Chapter 11, in which there is a fight with something not quite human

Roku Yarit
Roku drew himself up quickly and cracked his neck and painfully did the same to his twisted hands. "Red, don’t waste you time. You wont land a blow." Weaving blue strands of magic that seemed to materialize from the shadows and work their way around his feet, making a sort of glowing platform that rose him off the ground. Kneeling down low, tucking his head in and holding the outsides of his robes tightly, he suddenly shot up, crashing right through roof. It was only a quick few seconds before he was on the surface again and the platform dematerialized, sending him sprawling out on the ground. Spitting out dirt and coughing violently from the sudden fall, Roku looked straight at the grinning face of Palin.

Red Un
Red Un looked upwards.

"But we MUST have that key! In wrong hands it...can be bad."

Vodok
"Errr? Bad?? Errr... Define "bad"." the short dwarf said. "'O I can'' move fas' 'till the spell wares off. Oh god... Either no 'agic or no fas' movemen'." the short dwarf said.

Red Un
"Well, something like end-of-the-world-, ultimate-doom, no-hope-for-anyone-bad" Red Un said as he ran for Kelia.

Pheonix
-Rhia smiled... "We don't need magic as long as we have nature around."

Red Un
Red Un reached Kelia.

"Gimmie that key, or taste magical flame! And Rhia, don't just stand there, get nature movin' or somethin'!"

Roku Yarit
"Palin, you saw her right? The Elf woman?" Roku asked.

"Yes, lovely little girl but a bit full of herself."

"Yes, yes, that’s not the point. I want you to get out of here as fast as you can. Head for Carlin again, I’ll call you if I need you.
After a suspicious stare from the Dragon, he took off into the sky.
"Alright now to deal with the Patryn." He rushed over to where he remembered the hole was and waited, concentrating on how he was going to get rid of her without risking his own life. He felt a twanging pain for only a second but he noticed the scar the arrow made now. Looked like a star.

Pheonix
-Rhia made a rumbling noise asking the earth to move... It cut the woman off blocking her from them.

-"That should hold her for a while..."

Kelia
"Have you people not learned yet?" She closed her eyes slowly and then reopened them with a silver flash in her eye. She walked right through the woman’s body, passing through it like a ghost. Then she disappeared through the barrier of earth that blocked her path. Arriving back where she first fell through the hole, she closed her eyes again, they flashed back to brown and she climbed out of the hole, brushing the sand out of her crimson hair. "Hey! You should be dead by now! And wheres Palinthalasa?"

Red Un
"That key is goin' NOWHERE!"

Red Un took out his trusty rope and started to climb up the hole that Roku had made.

Vodok
The short dwarf who was bored was also a little afraid to be the only dwarf in sight. So he decided to climb after Red Un.

Red Un
"Carefull Vodok, or even this fine rope will break..."

Red Un climbed up from the hole and walked over to Roku.

"Hey Roku, who's that elf-girl and how can we get the key from her? I mean, we don't have to kill her, just get the key."

Tyrion Mist
"That Elf is Kelia Swift, a Patyrn from the Labyrinth. She’s spent her entire existence, since she was freed, hunting and killing people like me." He paused to sigh heavily, his shoulders slinking down. "If we go straight at her she will simply phase so we just catch her off guard. If her attention is elsewhere she cannot phase her body."

Roku Yarit
"Tyrion! What in Chelests name are you doing here?" the Sorcerer blurted out, shaking the elf by his arms violently. "Have you been following me? I swear if that is the case then so help me I’ll-" he was cut off in mid sentence by a sudden burst of laughter from the Patryn.

Red Un
Red Un grinned.

"Well, I'm great at distracting people. Well, more of annoying them really, but you get the idea. Hey Vodok! Do you know any good dwarven song?"

Kelia
Kelia pulled out her bow, gently placing an arrow in it. "Now hold still, Tyrion. It will be over soon." She took aim, making the arrow level with her eye, the golden writing burned brightly and reflected off her eyes.

Pheonix
-"This woman is getting on my nerves!" She said her eyes glowing. She began to walk toward the woman sinching the ground she walked on. "Why in Dadga's name do you wish to kill?"

Vodok
"Ahhh... 'Ong's, ey... Le'ssee 'ere... Oh yeah! 'Ere's a Minein' Song. Summin' like: Mine mine mine mine all day long. Mine some more and sing a song. Mine mine mine now sing a song. mine mine mine this is the mineing song. Now come on and mine along. Hum hum hum hum dee dar ham ham..." The short dwarf started to sing.

Red Un
Red Un took out his lyre and played the worst melody he could come up with. And that was bad. He also started to dance around Kelia, jumping, laughing and making strange sounds with his mouth.

"Keep singin' Vodok!"

Vodok
The short dwarf also started to jump around on the floor now yelling "MINE MINE MINE ALL DAY LONG!! MINE MORE AND SING A SONG!! MINE MINE MINE THIS IS THE MINEING SONG!! NOW COME ON AND SING ALONG!! MIIIIINE!! MIIIIIINE!! MINE ALONG 'N' SING A SONG!!"

Pheonix
-Rhia ignored the dwarves. She was now face to face with the unknown woman.

"You will have to kill me first before I let you kill others." she thought, directing it in no general direction.

Roku Yarit
Roku rolled his eyes and stifled laughter as he watched Vodok and Red Un sing and dance. It was probably the worst sound he had ever heard in his entire life. Rhia was picking a fight with Kelia, this would be interesting to watch and give him a head start. He ducked behind Rhia he moved around behind the Patryn.

Pheonix
-Rhia heard Roku move. "Stay right there Roku!" she said sternly. "I somehow feel you are the cause of this!"

Roku Yarit
Roku rolled his eyes. "Well forget about coming up behind Kelia and restraining her." He shot a stern glance to Rhia. "Seriously, Rhiannon, you’re so paranoid sometimes. How is it my fault that Kelia and those like her have been killing my people for the last thirteen years?!"

Pheonix
-Rhia did not seem fazed at all. She was so angered right now. Not from just what was happened but from every thing that happened in the past, from every thing she tried to forget. She had broke...

-"You forget I can read minds Roku... you are not telling me the whole story!!" she screamed in his mind.

-"Will not allow any more killing!" She yelled. Her body burst into sudden flames. They did not to seem to harm her at all. She closed her eyes and in a flash her Roku and Kelia where gone from the other's site.

-"Pheonix, Lady Bird of Compassion, you must calm your-self." A soothing voice said in her mind.

-Rhia turned around only to meet an old man who's eyes she looked into once before. "D-dadga!" She said surprised.

-He waved his hand putting Kelia to sleep. "Now, Roku Yarit, Do not be so surprised that I know your name." he chuckled. "Tell me, Why exactly, Do you want some old book so badly enough to sacrafice lives?"

Red Un
Red Un stopped dancing.

"SOME OLD BOOK?! Listen, I don't know who you are, but that library is not just some old book! It's the most amazing place! It holds every writing from the past, present and future! All the knowledge of the world is in there! It's..."

He realised what he was saying. He grinned nervously.

"Uhm...on second thought, it's just some old book. Nothing to be interested in. I just want it for...uhm...collectional value...yeah..."

Vodok
"VALUE?!?!?!" The short dwarf yelled after he had stopped singing. "If i''s go' value I ge' 'ome offa gold!! I wan' gold!!" The short dwarf yelled. "Oh.. 'n' when 'e get 'ere jus' read me future 'cause I wanna know if I ge' rich an' how tar prevent my self from dieing." the short dwarf said. The spell that allowed people to use spells was starting to wear off now. It would work a little more but not that much longer. "The 'ell 'at allowes yeh tar do spells is wearin' off. If yeh need to do summin' yeh better do it pretty soon." The short dwarf told everyone. "Adori vita vis... Adori gran... Adori Gran Flam" The short dwarf said with runes in his hands. Then he picked up 8 more rotten fish and a little bit of water. The short dwarf ate all the fish then drank lots of water. "Far yar own safety... Don'' go close tar me 'cause my breathe'll smell 'orrible." The short dwarf warned everyone.

Pheonix
-"Do you have any I-" Rhia was cut of by a wave from Dadga.

-"I was there when the book was written" Dadga smiled. "Red Un, you really do not have any Idea who I am, do you?"

Red Un
Red Un realised that the value of the library wasn't any secret anymore.

"Uhm...I don’t believe I've seen you before. And what book is it you're talkin' about? The one I carry? One of the books in the Library?"

Pheonix
-"The library is indeed filled with many books... But all those books are apart of one. He smiled. "As for who I am, I will tell you some day, but now is not the time. Do not read the wrong one though, or you shall bring danger to the land." With that said they appeared where they once were.

Red Un
"Danger to the land...danger to the land..." red Un muttered. Then he saw Kelia.

"Oh, right...the elf..."

Vodok
The short dwarf was extremely bored and was once again starting to suffer from non-drunkeness. "My god do I need beer!" the short dwarf said in a very clear and loud voice hoping that Roku would hear him and offer to make some beer. The short dwarf leaned against a wall thinking about stuff, some totally weird and some with sense. Wonder if I can move that fast even if I'm not in this place was one of the things the short dwarf thought. I wonder what mailbox's are made of was another thought. The short dwarf felt that the spell was wearing off. "Utevo Lux" The short dwarf tested. First some sparks flew around the short dwarf, then a light came on. Half the time the spell didn’t have any effect since the laws of magic normally didn’t work in that place.

Red Un
"Vodok, pull yerself together! We've got a magical, materia-shifting elf-thingy to fight!"

Vodok
"Ummm? Oh... 'K" And the dwarf took up a sudden death rune ready to fire...

"Exura" The short dwarf said, but it had no effect. The short dwarf felt that he could move ten time faster than anything.

Red Un
Red Un looked at Vodok.

"Hmph, that dimension must've had affected him. Pull yerself together!"

Red Un drew his sword.

"Dammit, how am I gonna fight that thing?"

Roku Yarit (postid 881883)
"Why should I be surprised if you know my name? Many people already do so I do not see why it should make you special." He looked at the unconscious body of Kelia on the ground, now was his chance. He could finish this once and for all. He could do what so many died trying to. He could kill a Patryn on the Labarinth.

Kelia
Kelia was furious. Some twitty little ingrate dared stand against her and now her body is ceased up like some sort of chains kept her eyes and body in a state of atrophy. That bastard Roku is probably behind this.

Red Un
Red Un was a little confused now. That elf seemed to not be able to move. He quickly ran forward and searched Kelias pockets. There! The key! He grabbed it. Then he saw Roku.

"Roku, leave her alone. No man of honour kills an incapacitated enemy. Give the elf a chance, now that we got the key."

Vodok
"Oh goodie! Le''s ge' goin' 'en. Speakin' o' that... Where are we goin' now anyway?" the short dwarf asked. "I'm tired... Can'' we ge' some sleep now?" the short dwarf asked right after in tired voice.

Red Un
"Well, our next target would be the Ice Islands. And we can't rest out here in the desert. We better get movin'..."

Pheonix
-"No he is not behind this... Kelia is your name? Well he is not. Dadga, a Celtic god of wisdom is." she said calmly. "He has informed me it will wear off but only if you answer my questions truthfully. What exactly are you? And why do you wish to kill Roku?"

Red Un
"A god of wisdom...that's a good guy to have as friend."


Kelia
"I do not have to answer to you. You know my name and that is enough. As for the Chelestran, I’ve been hunting and killing people like him all my life. They are the reason I never saw the sun or the sky until I was seventeen years old. This spell wont last for long anyway so get out of my head, witch." Kelia didn’t even have to move to close off her mind from everyone but herself. Another ability the Patyrns have acquired for dealing with mentalists and other mind-bending freaks of nature.

Pheonix
-Rhia smiles... She liked Kelia's attitude she was very funny at times. "I am not a witch Kelia... I am half Phoenix. I can read your mind because I have the ability to speak to your soul." She said out loud.

-"I will lift the spell Dadga has put on you, but do not kill Roku in my presence please. I hope you have honour." she said, mentally asking Dadga the Celtic god of wisdom to set Kelia free.

Vodok
The short dwarf was walking in the desert with everyone else getting very grumpy. "'Upid beerless 'esert... I 'ate 'e 'esert. 'Ope 'e 'esert dies pre'y soon." the short dwarf was muttering while he was wondering in the desert. He took up his last rotten fishes and ate them. Then when he reached for some water he noticed he didn’t have any. "Some'un gimme water!" the short dwarf said loud enough for everyone to hear.
Kelia
Standing up slowly and stretching her arms and legs she simply shrugged. "I don’t believe in souls so it doesn’t matter to me and I have no need for honour. I kill for revenge. It’s as simple as that." She walked towards Rhia, passing right though her body, paying no attention to the man before her. "You say you’re the victim here? You sentenced my people to seclusion and imprisonment because we did not live up to the standards laid down by people like you." Glancing behind her at Rhia and grinning she turned back to Roku. "Even the overconfident one doesn’t trust you, Sorcerer."

Red Un
Red Un sighed and looked up at the sky.

"Dammit Roku, ya should have told us that you had a vengeful super-elf after you when ya signed up. And that she hadn't seen the sun for seventeen years. I know what that does to people. Ya should see some of the miners in Kazordoon. Anyway, it's up to you now, there's nothin' I can do. But please..."

He looked up at the sky again.

"Do it fast, 'cause the sun is risin', and Vodok is dangerously sober."

Vodok
"YOU TALKIN' 'BOUT ME?!?" The short dwarf yelled at Red Un who only had said Vodok was sober. "GRRRR!!! Callin' me sober are yeh?? Gimme beer!!" The short dwarf yelled. The walk continued with the sun up and it was the hottest weather ever the short dwarf had experienced. "'A'fta... getta... ice island... coooold beer... must... not... melt..." The short dwarf was mumbling.

Danger
The young mage watched Kelia's pain. It reminded him much of his own and how long he has tried to kill the black knight.

"Kelia... May I have a word with you?" Talking to her as if he had known her all his life. "Away from every one else if that is ok."

Roku Yarit
"At the time, Red Un, I did not know any Patryns were still around. I wasn’t really thinking about it and technically I never signed up. Our goals are similar, that is all." Roku watched the Elfs fierce eyes and forced a grin. "I wouldn’t suggest trying to relate to her, Oriel. She wont be alive long enough to speak if I can help it!" His twisted hands moving with unseemly grace, blue sparks began to flash from his hands. His palms facing forwards with his thumb across it, a bolt of lightning burst forth from his fingertips.

Red Un
Red Un hesitated. There was something that was wrong with this...had that elf-girl been imprisoned by Roku? Was he responsible for her rage? He walked over to Vodok.

"Do you see something wrong with this situation?" he whispered.

Vodok
"BAH!! Wrong!! GAH!!" the short dwarf said as he raided his backpack in a desperate attempt to find beer. And he found some! "BEER!!! ME B'LOVED BEER!" the short dwarf yelled and drained the whole bottle. The short dwarf found another beer and drank that one to. The short dwarf hadn’t returned the ring against drunkenness so he slipped it on his finger. "Righ'" the short dwarf started happily. "Wrong, Eh? 'Ell I dunno... 'ell... 'is thing dont seem tar like Roku and 'e same thing 'ith Roku on thar thingy." the short dwarf said smartly. "Bu' nah. I can'' fin' anything wrong 'bout 'is situation. Le''s jus' wait 'till 'ey've settled down so we can getta Kazordoon an' drink beer." the short dwarf said. The short dwarf sat himself down. Suddenly he started twitching. Then he fell down rolling around on the floor, still twitching. Then suddenly he flew up on his feet, and then fell down again. The short dwarf came back from the thing and jumped on his feet. "Summin's wrong 'ere... I dunno wha' bu' summin' is sirously wrong..." the short dwarf said in a low voice while suspiciously looking around at everyone and everything.

Red Un
Red Un had a worried face.

"That's just your dwarf-ring wearing of. They don't work forever, ya know" he muttered and started to walk towards Roku...

Vodok
"I'm tellin' yeh Red Un! Sumin''s wrong 'ere! An' I ain'' drunk, 'is ring is new!" The short dwarf said in a worried voice.

Red Un
"Now that ya mention it, there seems to be an awful lot of static electricity here..."

Kelia
Kelia almost laughed as the lightning passed through her body. She quickly wrapped her right hand around his throat, lifting him off the ground as his feet dangled below him. "You tried that once before, didn’t you Roku? His name was Kalas Tize, was it not? You couldn’t fight him off could you? He almost killed you but you escaped. How did you get away, Chelestran? Tell us!"

Red Un
Red Un didn't waste a second. Before Kelia could react, he threw his sword at her while she was still in her material form...

"I don't like puttin' people in mazes for most of their lives, but I don't like chokin' people either."

Vodok
The short dwarf was getting extremely panicky and was running around. "'Is aint good this aint good 'is aint good 'is aint good." the short dwarf was muttering as he was running around.

Kelia
Her cold eyes tearing away from Rokus beat red face, she let him drop through her hand as the sword passed through her as well. Watching the dwarf stumble through her, she placed a foot on his back, keeping him pinned to the ground. "How very brave of you." She slowly drew out her dagger from her sleeve and kneeled down low to place its cold steel against the back of his neck. A little pressure forwards would be all it would take to drive it through his throat. "What say you now, Dwarf?"

Danger
The young mage whispered a quick spell. The sword flew out of Kelia's hand. And into his.

"This is a fine sword you have. What metal is this?" He said casually.

Roku Yarit
Roku coughed and gasped, holding his throat and scuttling away from Kelia against the wall as he struggled for breath. The Sorcerer then cast a sad glance as his hands, his twisted, broken hands. "Kalas Tize..." he muttered to himself and then pulled his robes over them. He watched as Danger disarmed Kelia from her weapon but was still poised over the Dwarf. "Begone!" He lunged forwards, throwing his shoulder into her stomach.

Red Un
"Argh, this is gettin' boring."

Red Un struggled under Kelia. He stretched himself after his firesword and grabbed it. It burst into flames as usual.

"Let's see how ya handle this..."

He held up the sword and watched as Kelias pants burst into flames...

Vodok
The short dwarf kept running around and took a sudden death rune in case he was attacked. The short dwarf looked up at the sky ignoring the fight going on. "WHA' THA???" the short dwarf yelled pointing at the sky. "I told yeh summin' was wrong... I told yeh... we 'af'ta get outta 'ere!" the short dwarf said panicly.

Roku Yarit
Roku hit her hard, knocking her onto her back, the flames spreading to his robes like a wildfire. Jumping off her quickly, he suffocated the flames with his heavy robes. He actually hit her. She couldn’t react in time and she was dazed but for how much longer? I fight...or run and let them deal with the Patryn. With a sign he leaned down and placed a broken, twisted hand on her stomach, his hand radiating with blue flames. "Lets see your trick work now, wench." he muttered beneath his breath.

Red Un
Red Un backed of and saw Roku hitting Kelia hard in the stomach.

Something was wrong. He didn't know what, but something here felt wrong...

Vodok
"'Ey... nowwa weathers back ta normal... but summin's wrong 'ere. Red, d'yeh feel it to?" the short dwarf asked.

Red Un
"Yes...that woman...she was trapped in a maze for years, never seeing the sun. Is it really right of us to kill her?"

Kelia
Had made an amateurs mistake. She had killed many Chelestrans without even letting them lay a hand on her. Acting quickly, she grabbed hold of Rokus broken hand and began to bend it backwards. "How can someone so weak even consider killing me. Your spells are useless. The best you could do was to prevent me from phasing for a few second before I simply removed your hand? That’s pitiful, Sorcerer." She got to her feet, still bending back his twisted hand. Kicking him in the chest, he fell to his back, knocking the wind out of him. With a smile, she placed on foot on his throat and brought the other heel down hard on his right hand.

Red Un
Red Un took a chance once again while Kelia wasn't phasing and swung his sword in a deadly arc while she was preoccupied with Roku.

Vodok
The dwarf turned around and then stood totally still, then turned back to the others, ignoring the fight that was going on. "Wha''s red, b'ind us, powaful, and seems ta wan' revenge?" the dwarf asked in a trying-to-be-calm voice. After a short while the short dwarf yelled "P'FAARD!!!!!!!" and started to run around and around screaming. "Unless..." the short dwarf started. "I''s an illusion... Yeah... I''s an illusion." the short dwarf said even though he didn’t believe it a single bit. Suddenly the dwarfs eyes rolled back, and the dwarf started to twitch and got a psyco-look in his face. "I’LL GET YOU THIS TIME! YOU’RE FAR AWAY FROM ALL CITIES!! YOU’RE AS GOOD AS DEAD!!" The short dwarf yelled. Then the short dwarf blacked out five seconds or so and jumped up. "'Orry 'bout 'at... mind controll..." the short dwarf said. Once again the short dwarfs eyes rolled back and he got a psyco-look in his eyes. "NO MORTAL CAN CAPTURE ME AND KEEP ME!" the short dwarf yelled, and blacked out in five seconds or so and jumped up. "'Orry again." the short dwarf said.

Pheonix
"You let your guard down Kelia..." Rhiannon said as she began attacking Kelia mentally. "Now Red Un... do you not learn? Physical attacks do work on her."

She began to attack her mind rather than her body... Was her mind as strong as she was?

Red Un
"Oh right, mindtricks. I'll just go over 'ere and slap some sense into Vodok then..."

Red Un took out a weird-looking fungus and crushed it in his hand. He showed Vodok the crumbs.

"Eat it if ya want that 'ol demon out of yer head."

Vodok
"'T'wont work 't'wont work" The short dwarf muttered but still grabbed the crumbs and stuffed in his mouth. Then the short dwarf looked around. No demon. "Oh... Eh... Well... was jus' testin' yeh... Errr... testin'... testin' summat. Yeah. Testin'" the short dwarf said.

Red Un
Red Un raised an eyebrow.

"Well, you can expect a pretty nasty headache soon. Those things weren't exactly fresh. But I guess a pain in the head is better than being possessed by a demon."

Roku Yarit
Roku screamed in pain as his hand was crushed against the ground. Tears dripped down his cheeks as he felt the bones snap as she applied more pressure. Blood began to flow down his arm and across the ground, his rage overwhelming all his other rational emotions or trains of thought. "DEAL THE CARDS THAT FATE DENIES! PLACE A GAMBLE ON ALL OUR LIVES! BEND THE RULES OF LUCK AND CHANCE! TO CREATE FOR ME AN ETHERAL LANCE!" Black light blinded the sorcerer for moment as he felt the translucent weapon form in the fingers of his free hand. His pain fuelling his rage he cried out and drove the weapon forward, into the Elfs stomach.

Red Un
"An etheral lance? Man, I'm glad that guy is on our side."

Vodok
"I'll 'elp ya!" the short dwarf said and started to walk forwards to Roku in order to give him help which didn’t seem needed. "Aaaaaw! Me 'ead!!" the short dwarf cried out suddenly. The dwarf sat himself down on the ground again. "Can'' we eva ge' outta 'is desert?? I''s drivin' me nuts!!" the short dwarf asked out loud to no one special, just hoping someone would hear him. Once again the short dwarf got a sharp pain in his head. "Ouch!! Poor me!!" The short dwarf said as if having a headache was much worse than having an unknown woman breaking your hand, and then standing on it.

Red Un
"Yeah, I wanna get movin' too, but that damn elf-ghost-thingy is bogging us down."

Kelia
Kelia gasped, her eyed widened. She stumbled backwards, still standing as she looked down. A lance piercing her stomach. Cringing, she pulled it out of her, letting it fall to the ground. She fell onto the ground, her blank stare locking with Rhiannons eyes. Blood began to flow from her mouth as she coughed it up. She could not phase herself out of this one. She had cleansed the world of many of these charlatans and she would get a chance to kill again. In the next life. She moved her eyes from Rhia to Roku, who clenched his hand. "C-Congratulations...more blood to stain your drenched hands...another Patyrn that you’ve slain. But I guarantee you that more will come for you, Sorcerer. You cannot live forever..."

Red Un
Red Un opened his backpack and took out a shovel.

"I don't know 'bout you Roku, but this girl put up a good fight. She deserves to be buried at least."

He started to dig a grave in the sand.

Vodok
"In 'is weather?! We'll be burned!" the short dwarf said. Then he realized that that wasn’t very noble. "I mean... Er.. I ain' go' no shovel. Yeah, Ain' go' no shovel." the short dwarf said. Then his shovel fell out of his backpack. "Err... 'Ow did 'at ge' 'ere??" The short dwarf asked. He picked up the shovel and started to dig, even though he didn’t want to.

Red Un
Red Un lifted up Kelias mangled body and put it in the grave. Then he filled it up.

"Needs some kind of marker..."

He took out a torch and put at the head of the grave.

"Rest in peace, miss elf-thingy."