SailorStar9: Anyway, Chapter 2 goes up. This is Chapter 3. To all my non-reviewing readers, I love you all! Will love you more if you review! *hugs all round!*
Disclaimers: Nothing here is mine, well, except the plot and the pairing.
Chapter 3: DASH! Run for it! My Magic Doesn't Work?
"I'm kinda of bored looking at trees all the time." Lina yawned.
"Can't help you there." Aria reminded. "The best route to Atlas City is through these woods."
"Hey, Gourry." Lina started. "Remember how I said those guys from last night would attack us again? Look, I'm not going to have my powers for the next couple of days, so I'm going to stick close to the two of you when we fight."
"You can't use your powers?" Gourry echoed.
"That time of the month, huh?" Aria realized.
"Looks like it's time to get serious." Gourry grinned.
"You…" Aria gaped when Zelgadis appeared before them.
"So, you've decided to quit playing around and show yourself." Gourry remarked.
"I want the item." Zelgadis demanded. "If you have any objections to that, then I will take it from you by force. So, which do you prefer? Choose."
"I'd think carefully before you answer." Dilgear warned.
"A werewolf." Lina noted.
"Looks like you've got troll and wolf blood in you." Aria stated. "And I'm not going to ask about that ridiculous leather armour."
"So, all we have to do is get the Orihalcon statue from here?" Dilgear asked.
"Dilgear!" Zelgadis snapped.
"Oh yeah, you said not to tell them anything." Dilgear remarked. "Well, it doesn't matter. They're all going to die here."
"You're really the one to talk." Lina sighed. "Look, I don't know exactly how tough you are, but you don't want to get on my bad side."
"The little lady got spunk." Dilgear mused. "Okay, let's see what you're made of."
"All right, but you're not going to like it after I win." Lina assured. "I'll take you both myself. Go get them, Gourry!"
"Now hold on there." Gourry protested.
"Have you no shame?" Aria exclaimed. "Guess I should've expected that from you." She sighed.
"Hold it, you three." Rodimus stepped out. "Nothing to worry about. I'm here, now."
"The guy from last night." Lina recognized. "Hey, three against two isn't fair."
"I don't know what you did to me last night, but today's gonna be different." Rodimus assured.
"Are you ready?" Zelgadis asked. "Let's go. Flare Arrow!"
"Shield of Cold!" Aria's water barrier was immediately in place. "Lina!" she cast a side glance at the fleeing sorceress.
"Allow me to test your skills." Zelgadis stated, clashing blades with Lina. "You flee?" he took off after Lina. Appearing before the fleeing Lina, he slammed a knee into her stomach.
Blinding her opponent with a light spell, Lina took off running.
"You're pretty good, holding us both off." Rodimus noted, Gourry parrying off his opponents with Aria backing him with her 'Water Slicer' attacks.
"Looks, we're just after that girl." Dilgear stated. "Stay out of our way and you won't get hurt. Don't get impatient. Right now, our leader, Zelgadis, is probably…" he pulled his thumb across his throat. "Looks like he did it." He noted, Zelgadis having sent out a flare to signal he had captured their target.
SailorStar9: Okay, this chapter is finally down. Read and review folks.