Chapter XX
To be able to bring along Selene, Edgar had to untie her, dragging her by the hairs in an underground room, which could be accessed only through his studio. Once inside, abruptly left the girl. However she, before falling, grabbed the hood of her kidnapper, revealing his face.
«Hey ... I ... I know you!» he whispered.
Ignoring the claim of young girl, Edgar asked her coldly: «Where is the serum?». Selene didn't answer, determined to reveal nothing. Looking the girl's obstinate silence, Edgar let go a slap in her face and shouted: «Where is the serum! Damned elf bastard!».
Her face burning with grief, Selene slowly looked up at him, and said, «I don't know.»
«You think I'm stupid? Have you ever separated from the damned bottle.»
«It 's the truth!» Selene said, raising her voice.
Edgar pointed the gun at the girl, firing a shot in her right leg. Selene felt nothing at first, just a few moments later, she felt a strong burning sensation in the leg, and saw with horror that she was losing a lot of blood. She realized that Edgar didn't want to kill her, not yet. He wanted to hurt her, to prolong her agony, and force her to talk.
«I'll continue, if you don't cooperate!» Edgar said mockingly.
«You'll kill me anyway.»
Edgar responded to the provocation by firing another shot, this time hitting her left shoulder. The girl, humiliated and tortured by the second bullet, was beginning to lose all her strength. Her vision was blurring, but she tried to not to give up, and to stay awake.
"It's useless to try again with you! You' re stupid, just like your mother! You'll not ever talk!" So saying, Edgar pointed the gun at his temple of Selene, but he couldn't shoot. Something had just come into his side. He looked down, and saw that he was pierced by a spear. Soon after, the same weapon that had struck him, he extricated him with a powerful jerk, leaving him with the same ease with which he had pierced. A searing pain began to pervade throughout his body, especially to the point where he was struck. He fell to his knees and looked up at the elf, ignoring, headed Selene, almost unconscious. Prince Nuada, in fact, had arrived just in time to prevent Edgar to kill her, but seeing that the girl was still lying on the ground, reduced very badly, turned his anger in concern. He leaned toward her, ignoring the still dying enemy, who merely stared at him.
«Selene! Try to stay awake, please!»
The girl did not answer, she just looked at him, bewildered.
At that moment she heard someone come: they were Red and Liz. The huge red demon, seeing the scene that loomed before him, remained speechless. Then, looking at the infamous man called Edgar in the face, stood aghast: no ... it was not possible. It could not be him. He could not say anything, if not two words ... a name:
«Ian Lacey!»
«S.. Surprised, Red?» Ian said, trembling. Although life was leaving him, he left his mocking tone and provocative.
«Why ...?».
« Look at yourself! More little than animals, incapable of reasoning. Your species is dying ... you are inferior to us in intelligence, so you never progressed, neither dominated the Earth ... and now ... with that stupid serum .. .you want to relegate us in your own inferiority ... ». He burst into a laughter, loud and desperate at the same time: «It is time to put an end to this story ...». He turned to Selene, and in a moment he returned to point his gun at her, «When you'll die, no one will know where the serum is ...».
At that precise moment the prince Nuada left Selene on the ground, drew his spear and rushed Ian Lacey, cutting his throat. He did not even realize that the shot was off, going to hit him right in the chest. He dropped his spear and turned to Selene, looking her for the last time before falling to the ground in agony.
«Forgive me, sister…» he thought, also feeling the agony of Princess Nuala, secondly, that was in the same storm of pain. Again turned his eyes toward Selene, who still looked him with dismay. He knew that she could not cure him, as she was losing consciousness. Probably she wasn't able to understand what was happening. The prince closed his eyes, waiting for the arrival of comforter death, that this time (he was sure) was coming.
A few yards away, Selene gathered her last strength to drag herself towards him. She groaned in despair: she had lost a lot of blood, and the forces were leaving her. In her condition could not be able to heal the prince, but she struggled just to make a poor attempt. The pain prevented almost moving, thankfully she felt someone grabbed her by the waist and arms, dragging straight from Nuada. She turned his head for a moment: Red and Liz were helping her to achieve him.
Without saying a word, Selene put her hand on the breast of the prince. She tried to concentrate, but failed to issue even a mere flash of light: all that she knew was that she was now the clouding the view. The senses, and perhaps even life, were leaving her. She closed her eyes, bowed her head, and said that it was useless, she had to surrender.
«NO! I gotta do it!» she thought as she opened her eyes again, making a superhuman effort to remain alarm: she pressed her hand very hard against the wound of the prince, but soon fainted finally, the last thing she could see was a big beam of light from her hand that entirely covered the Nuada's wound.