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: Yes another intermission…It's a necessary evil! Trust me!
It's a small world after all! It's a small, small world!
Zelas and Xelloss held on to each other tightly trying to block out the sounds and sights that currently surrounded their little boat ride. This was their third run through that horrid world with those creepy little puppets singing that horrifyingly happy song. By the second time they figured out however that blasting and screaming was useless and only made the boat slow down or stop. So they figured if they just sat quietly the boat would move along quickly! They were right…
"It worked mistress…" Xelloss drew in a shaky breath. Zelas nodded struggling to draw in her power as the "Pirates" section's entrance droned out its mazoku welcome greeting: Dead men tell no tales! The pirate frolicking and mazoku friendly mayhem soon ensued. As the mayhem and madness restored their power they commented on how the torture had only lasted one chorus set and one verse in less than 2 minutes they were out of there.
"I am sure now that we are being tested for some purpose Xelloss," Zelas remarked as the screams of a pirate being chased by cannibals restored her vigor.
"Yes mistress! I thought so too!" Xelloss agreed cheerfully feeling much more like him self again amidst the pirate mayhem.
"I wonder if we passed…" Zelas pondered as they passed a group of pirates screaming obscenities at the officials who were about to hang them.
"I don't know but I hope this test ends soon," Xelloss replied with uncharacteristic seriousness…
Victoria stood now in her living room watching the four small screens intently. She wasn't concerned for Zelgadis' safety because she knew he'd be just fine so she paid little attention to the happy goings on in Saillune. She had changed into her battle gear now. With her giant sword strapped at her back it was time to get down to business!
"They are a good choice," George said solemnly patting her on the shoulder proudly.
"Yes, I knew Xelloss and Zelas would figure it out first," she replied proudly. She tapped a few commands into the remote. Zelas and Xelloss would not be returning to the "It's a small world!" scenario. She shook her head in disappointment. Their counterparts were still blasting away at the dolls not taking an instant to think about their situation.
"What about the others?" she asked. She was all business now because the others had failed it only meant one thing: they would be destroyed! George smiled at her he knew how she disliked the destruction and chaos part of her job. But that was the nature of maintaining the balance in the universe: sometimes you help create happy endings other times you kill and destroy. Light and Dark must always be in equal balance!
"Send them back but you won't be doing the deed," he answered reading her thoughts as always. She looked puzzled.
"No? Why not?" she countered truly mystified. George smiled once more.
"Zelas and Xelloss aren't the only ones who need to be tested!" he smirked cheerfully. She rolled her eyes annoyed that she'd forgotten in her enthusiasm over Zelas and Xelloss' triumph. Of course this whole endeavor was because Zelgadis would soon be keeper of a very important power and they needed to be sure he could handle it.
"Please don't say you're sending Raistlin…" she asked she wanted Zel to be tested without the world being obliterated if at all possible. He chuckled and shook his head.
"No he's busy elsewhere at the moment!" he replied cheerfully and explained that Raistlin had asked for another shot at Takisis and George had granted it since she wasn't being very cooperative and not doing her job properly. She relaxed with Raistlin busy elsewhere whoever they sent to kill the other demon lords Zel should have no problem handling. Her mind started running through possible candidates…
'Let's see: Vader or maybe Palpatine! No he's too much! Voldemort maybe? Or maybe just Xemnas? No… Xemnas is a wuss! Old Voldy aught to do the trick!' she thought as her master watched her intently a mischievous smile growing on his lips once more.
"I'm sending Sephiroth instead," he added calmly.
"Oh Sephiroth…WHAT? You might as well send Raistlin! Sephiroth is nuts! He'll get carried away for sure! Zel will be toast and his world along with him!" she yelled rounding on her master in defense of her chosen one. Sephiroth was rarely ever let loose from his prison because he never obeyed orders and always ended up leaving a trail of galactic wide carnage in his wake. The only ones who could control the nearly invincible Sephiroth were her master, Raistlin and her!
"Remember what happened last time? You let him lose and he created the Borg! Just for kicks mind you it wasn't part of his job! You still haven't fixed that by the way! And what about the Atlanteans? You sent him out to give my people a little kick in their complacency and what did he do?" she asked her tone heavy with scorn. He just stared at her the little mischievous smirk still in place. He loved provoking her!
"He created the Wraiths and a disease and here we are millions of years later and I'm all that's left of them! What little was left "ascended" into a mediocre bunch of cowards who are so afraid of their powers that the sit around doing nothing rather than get out there and get involved! They hide behind their "we're not supposed to interfere" rule as an excuse to neglect their unfinished business!" she answered for him sounding very angry by now.
Races that had evolved to a higher plane of existence and claimed neutrality because of it irked her. It was her major pet peeve. Everything in existence outside of the great guardian and his servant has to pick a side light or dark: no exceptions! Anyone pretending to be neutral and a higher authority over regular mortal realms was stepping on Victoria's toes as well as breaking the rules and eventually would get their punishment. He suspected she was angrier about that than Sephiroth's unruliness!
"If he blows up that world…"
"…I will hear it for the next million years!" he cut off with a laugh! He cupped her face in his hands and smiled reassuringly.
"Everything will turn out exactly as it's supposed to…" he reassured. She glared at him and turned away to watch her screens and command the computers to release the other demon lords and return them to their lairs. Zelas and Xelloss would remain a little longer in the holodeck to keep them safe…
"That doesn't mean it will end well…" she retorted bitterly after all she'd lost count of the times she heard that as she was forced to allow entire worlds to be destroyed and civilizations lost. Watching Krypton get blasted into oblivion by something as mundane as a data-collecting computer was a hard blow. Kryptonians were a peaceful and philosophically advanced society and she had resented having them destroyed before they could achieve their full potential.
George sighed tiredly. He didn't want to lose this servant. She was the best he'd had in eons! The fact that she could still feel anything after so many centuries is what set her apart from all her predecessors but in the end she was mortal and she could only take so much. He sighed again and disappeared…
Victoria and George: What are they exactly? Well they are a metaphor! They represent us and the creators of the worlds in which we write!
George: represents the authors you know all those guys that actually get paid oodles of money for their ideas. Yea those! They create the worlds and the characters and their foundation dictates how those worlds work and thus the directions in which we will take our stories. thus why I made him look like George Lucas...It was on purpose!
Victoria represents us the fan fiction author! We write whatever we want! We can be beautiful or we can be deadly. We are invincible because where one fan author hangs his or her writing cap ten more will take their place. We are unstoppable but in the end we must capitulate to whatever the wishes of Lucas-sama or Kazuki-sama or Kanzaka-sama or Square-Enix or all those other guys who own the stuff we like to write about. sigh
Thanks for being patient! Work has really been sucking the life out of me and I haven't been feeling very good lately so it's been really hard to get any inspiration. This was part of the "setting the stage" section of the story. Hopefully I should get to the good stuff soon!
Thanks for reading!