Espial Prophecies
by: Omni
Dragon
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Omni:
Okay, this chap maybe boring, but it needed to be continued!
Lloyd:
...whoo-hoo
Omni:
Maybe I should start a rotation...
Lloyd:
rotation of what?
Omni: writing
fics....
Lloyd:
...*rolls eyes*
Omni:
Yup...I might do that....
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Chapter eleven: Your
Leaving Me?
Laying in motionless heaps on the floor,
Eiko and Yu had revived the dead Rose whom had meant so much to Lavitz. Neither
of them moved, mind for breathing, They were whipped
out of their senses from using all of their life energy to revive her with the
scale.
Arios, being the strongest and since
Lavitz was already busy carrying Rose, took Yu’s arm and started out of the
door that Yu had kicked down earlier. Dart rushed over and grabbed his feet.
Lumiale, leaving Setsuna to stabilize
Albert on two legs, picked up Eiko and she dangled in his arms, “We’ll be
entirely vulnerable this way...”
Setsuna glared at him, “Well, we don’t
really have any other choice than to just leave them here to let them die, or
take them with us. Personally, we’re going to need them for the long-run.....”
Lumiale agreed and followed her out
of the doorway and into the hall.
Shana and Tatsumi stayed behind with
Lavitz.
Tatsumi looked at him, “So...you
really love her...huh?”
Lavitz turned dark red, “Well,
I...uh no.....umm....what I mean is.....I like.....her a
lot....and.....I over dramatize things?”
Tatsumi raised an eyebrow, “yeah...uh
huh....you can’t really over dramatize except in plays......err.....movies
too....but honestly...I can keep a secret....”
Shana looked at the both of them, “I
don’t think your really going to do much keeping a secret, almost everybody
should know, or should have noticed something by now.....”
Tatsumi nodded in concurrence, “Yup...that
so called over dramatization kinda caught everyone’s eyes....so....” she
grinned and cocked her head at Lavitz.
Lavitz turned around and blushed,
Shana looked at the both of them, “We
better get going, or we’ll never get out of here....”
Tatsumi, “Yeah....I guess so...”
The three of them, with the out cold
Rose, walked out to the door and evaporated in the hallway.
--the hallway--
They could see no one around, which
wasn’t quite surprising seeing as how they had stayed after for a period of
time. Tatsumi looked around on both sides, and seeing that
the rainy footprints had been stepped in again, but going the other way.
Tatsumi pointed at the ground and
then the direction, “They went this way...”
Lavitz blinked, “Great eye....”
Tatsumi grinned at him again and
walked off along the footprints.
Lavitz and Shana followed right
behind her.
Tatsumi had her hands on the hilt of
her daggers and Shana had a bow out, ready to shoot.
Lavitz couldn’t do much unless he
threw down Rose and grabbed the spear from his back, so really all that he
could do was be concealed by the two, so not to get hurt.
The hallway still smelt damp, and
eerie. The torches were about to flicker out, and soon, it would be to dark to
see.
They quickened their pace and went
around a corner.
Then, the three heard some voices
and Rose sat up in Lavitz’s arms, alert.
“Ro-“ Lavitz
tried to exclaim, but her hand clamped down on his mouth.
--Conversation--
“How could you just let them be like
that?! Escape! How cowardly you are!” A voice bellowed.
“I am not....And therefore I must leave......I
do not work for you....”
“Yes....you can leave.....but before
that... you shall pay dearly.....”
“Really?....”
“Indeed!”
A clash of metal sounds and then
stops. Either both or one of them is dead. Whomever
they are at any rate.
--Cut to
the hallway again--
The four exchanged looks and waited a
moment.
Footsteps were heard clanking across
the ground. One of them, surely was alive. Either that
or ghosts had begun to haunt the prison.
The emptied out
into a large chamber that connected two halls.
--Large
chamber--
Shana put her hand to her mouth and
looked away.
Tatsumi stared at her feet in disgust
and Rose just stared up at the ceiling.
Lavitz was the only one to speak of
the mangled body, “Fruegel....”
Tatsumi looked up at the knight, “You
know him....?”
“Yes...” he nodded and let Rose down
to her feet.
Rose stood firmly and glanced at
each of the three faces, “We must hurry....if we tarry, we
may not get out of here alive....”
They all bowed their heads in
agreement and continued to the other side towards the opposite hall.
--Cut to
the other group--
Each still carried someone, fully
vulnerable to be attacked.
It was very quiet, mind the distant
sounding footsteps. They tried to be quiet, for they could be easily killed.
And they needed to stick around a little longer.
Lumiale felt some strange feeling
surge through Eiko as his arms were placed behind her head and back. He shook
it off, thinking it to be an irregular heartbeat and kept moving.
Albert then fell over, his motions
bouncing off the walls of the prison. Everyone stopped and turned to see
Setsuna help the king to his feet and wait for them to continue.
The rest waited a moment, to see if
they had been heard. Apparently, hearing nothing of the clank of armor or
having someone pop up and slay someone never came and they moved on.
After quite some time, with the
hallway seeming to drag on, they accelerated in their steps.
A strange patter
seem to go along the ceiling and they all stopped and their heads all
looked up. Nothing. They saw absolutely nothing.
An odd flow of fright fell upon them
and they waited a moment just as before.
Had they been heard? They asked
themselves. Were they or whatever after them?
Nothing happened anymore and then
they continued, going very fast now. They cared very little with taking small, quiet
steps. Now, with fright, the horror of death kept them going.
The patter came along the ceiling
more slowly now, seeming to be far away. Then, it just dissolved all together.
Eiko sat up and fell to the ground,
Lumiale scared out of his mind.
He whispered to her, speaking his
guilt, “I am sorry, I didn’t mean to drop you....you....you just sat up pretty
fast and I was already on edge....”
Eiko shook her head and took his
apology.
He helped her up and then she looked
about her surroundings.
She could hear the pitter patter,
yet, no one else could.
Then, Lloyd’s voice entered her mind
through telepathy, using Setsuna’s to his advantage. *Setsuna can’t hear inside
other’s mind as of now*
--Conversation
in Eiko’s mind--
“I never really got an answer.....”
“Who....Who are you!” She demanded.
“Lloyd....”
“...Lloyd...?”
“Yes...”
She gulped and still stood very
still.
“Will you come with me...?”
“...Where...”
“To wherever our wings take us...or
wherever you desire....”
She could feel him smile in her
mind. “Why me....?”
“I don’t know...I feel something for
you...it’s strong.....and I wonder.....what would happen
if I lost you now...”
She thought nothing for a moment. Scared of what to think.
“Eiko...?”
“I’m still here....yes....I’ll go
with you....”
--Cut
back to the hallway--
Tatsumi and the others had just
caught up with the main group and saw them not moving an inch.
Tatsumi cocked her head at everyone,
“What’s going-“
Suddenly, Lloyd appeared on the
ceiling and swooped down, wings out and picked up Eiko. He flew down the
hallway fast and was gone in a flash.
Yu fell out of the arms of Arios and
Dart and screamed, “EEEEIIIIIKKKKKKOOOOO!!!”
Everyone stood, immobile and
stunned.
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Omni:
Alright! another chapter done!
Lloyd:
.....where am I going?.....
Omni:
You’ll see....
Lloyd:
...I’m not going to kiss her am I?!!!
Omni:
....you’ll see....
Lloyd:
WELL, WHY THE FREAK DID I SAY THAT I FELT SOMETHING FOR HER?!!!
Omni:
YOU’LL SEE!!!
Lloyd:
Do I love her or something?!!!
Omni: Soa
dammit, you’ll see!
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Yeah,
finally something long...Aer wanted me to write something longer since I wrote
some pretty short catch ups....so...please review!
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Next:
Well...look at the questions that Lloyd asked up there...maybe not all of them
will be answered next...but eventually they will be....okay? okay!
-Omnidragon