Magic of Care-a-lot Part Two
Disclaimer: I do not own: Slayers, Care Bears, Little House on the Prairie, Yugioh, Dragon Quest VIII, etc… on goes the "Where's Waldo?" game of crossovers I always play with my stories! Seriously…no harm intended.
Interlude: Distraction…
Xelloss found himself alone and quite inexplicably inside a small boat that seemed to propel itself thru a dark tunnel without the benefit of oars or magic…
"I wonder how I got here?" he asked to the empty room. The darkness of the room didn't really bother him but he was curious as to what awaited him inside. A skull and crossbones flag hung above the entrance he was slowly sailing to and as he passed it an eerie voice droned: Dead men tell no tales!
Xelloss sat up excitedly with a big happy smile on his face. He could tell that whatever was inside was meant to scare humans which meant he was definitely going to like it. Slowly a song began to play and Xelloss was plunged into a scene of watery destruction as a ship with black sails attacked a small fort that seemed to be vastly outgunned. A seeminglyout of place cheerful song began to play…
Yo-ho! Yo-ho! A pirate's life for me!...
"Oh this is fun!" Xelloss enthused as he passed through the water battle into a scene where some poor sap had been impaled to a wall and his decomposed body hung amidst piles of gold and melee weapons. He clapped in amusement as he passed another scene where a group of what he now knew to be pirates were torturing the local authority figure. He laughed in childlike wonder as a group of females were lined up to be sold as slaves. By the time he passed a drunken unconscious pirate sleeping in a pig pen by the shore he was happily singing along…
Drink up me hearties Yo-ho! Yo-ho! Yo-ho! A pirate's life for me!
As he reached the end he clapped enthusiastically as he passed a cave filled with riches where two pirates had killed each other for the loot. He sighed despondently as he saw the light at the end. He wished his mistress had been able to see it. Then just like that Zelas materialized next to him…
"Xelloss!" she exclaimed surprised to be there. He smiled…
"Oh! This is fun mistress! I think the Great Guardian is doing this though!" he said smiling as he could hear the song starting all over again.
"You mean the Lord of Nightmares…" Zelas replied eyeing the tunnel ahead with suspicion. The Lord of Nightmares' current servant was as powerful as Shabranigdo but had a horribly twisted sense of humor. Xelloss sang along as the two of them were carried into the mazoku-friendly mayhem…
"I hate it when they call me that…" said a disembodied voice inside Victoria's Base. The Great Guardian and the Lord of Nightmares were two completely different beings but because the beings of that world didn't have a complete comprehension of the universe's inner workings and the higher levels of command contained within it they often mistook one for the other.
"Oh like I love to be compared to Shabranigdo!" she retorted. The Great Guardian was in fact the creator of all things in all of existence. It was both creator and destroyer. From it had come both the Dragon Gods as well as the Demon Lords like Shabranigdo and even the Lord of Nightmares and Dark Star and on the list goesbut because children are sometimes selfish and arrogant in their youth they never mentioned their mother. Instead they adopted the ones that gave them what they wanted! Such gratitude!
"Don't worry I have something special planned for them later!" Victoria grinned wickedly. Yes she was old and powerful but she was by no means anything like Shabranigdo or any of his pieces! She was a completely different beast all together. Apples and Oranges people! They just thought she was powerful because no one could kill or injure her without the Great Guardian's permission. Her master however was reluctant to break in a new semi-mortal servant since her current was so efficient and thus bestowed on her endless invincibility!
"Well as long as they don't interfere with our plans…" the Guardian rumbled.
"Yes they do love to meddle don't they!" she laughed "especially when it comes to Lina and company!"
"Don't worry I've got it covered!" Victoria reassured her master as she switched her screen away from the amusement ride where she had trapped Zelas and her pet Xelloss in the Pirates' adventure story. She stopped to program the holodeck's computer to cycle them once more through there then send them to her "special" place!
"They're right about me having a twisted sense of humor though!" she laughed as she sat back and watched Zelgadis hurry into his bedroom and pick up the first of the presents he'd created for Amelia and scribble a little note as he rushed back out.
"Not much into wrapping is he?" she commented as he picked up a silver handkerchief and wrapped two deceptively delicate bangles in it. Bangles created in a temple in Galbadia where weapons and artifacts of great power could be created by sorceresses using rare and powerful ores. These were created by Zelgadis using the last remnants of some very powerful ores and crystals that Victoria had strategically placed in a forgotten treasure room that after some modification Victoria made it seem it had belonged to Rezo then carefully lead Zelgadis to it.
"I suppose it will suffice," she sighed. She had to go back in time and con Presea (the priestess who created the temple centuries ago) into altering the magic of the temple so Zel could have his moment in the spot light. Hopefully he would deliver and they could finally create balance on that world. The pieces were finally coming together…
I know it really doesn't make sense yet…It's like the pieces of a puzzle really! Albeit one rather odd puzzle but bare with me a little longer it will all make some semblance of sense at the end…
…and you shall be scarred for life! evil laughter
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