[This is almost it...there will be an epiloguish type deal comin'. Sorry about the quality of this installment, but writing fights doesn't come easily to me. ^_^;;]
It would be fun to watch him burn like the other two.
"I'm right here," Ruel's voice responded from Ellyn's right. She spun around to face him. He hadn't been there before...he was
playing tricks already. He was
always playing tricks.
It didn't surprise her, then, when her spell fizzled
away to nothing around a magical barrier surrounding the drow.
Ruel's lip curled up in a
faint sneer, and he opened his mouth to begin an
offensive spell of his own. However, he didn't quite have the time to
utter his incantation -- Ellyn was quicker than he was, and she had already formed an
icy javelin, which was zipping through the air towards Ruel's head. As her ice spell crashed against his barrier, he had to drop the offense and concentrate on maintaining his barrier.
Ellyn knew no defensive spells, but she laughed as she remembered
being told that the best defense was always a good offense. She hurled
spell after spell at Ruel, laughing as the effort made her light-headed.
Ruel's voice came faintly, as if he were miles away. His voice was
calm, as if he were
completely unconcerned with Ellyn's spells, despite the fact he was obviously struggling with his single defensive spell. "You can't keep casting those spells forever," he uttered, looking Ellyn
straight in the eye.
The dragon snarled in response. "You can't keep that barrier up...forever..."
"Ellyn, Ellyn..." a speck of
concern creeped into Ruel's tone. "A truce...let's discuss this calmly...a partnership would benefit the both of us greatly...don't you agree?"
Ellyn briefly halted in her assault, the concern in Ruel's voice throwing her off. Decia's
last scream echoed around in her head, distracting her from her surroundings,
accusing her...but Decia couldn't have cared about her...that wasn't possible. And Ruel himself couldn't possibly...
She snapped to just as she felt a
wave of magic wash over her body. Ruel stood looking pleased with himself, and he was now standing with his hands spread in a
mockingly non-combative manner. "Now," he said in a confident tone, walking towards Ellyn. "Let's talk..."
"NO!" Ellyn shrieked. She might have agreed to a truce...but Ruel had broken it...with
some spell. Ruel looked utterly surprised as a
blast of crackling shadow energy caught him in the chest and threw him backwards. He landed
painfully on his back, and scrambled to his feet, just barely dodging out of the way of a second spell.
"Ellyn!" he snapped. "ELLYN! Listen to me! You NEED me! You need me to get rid of tha--"
A
shard of ice catching his side shut him up quickly, but Ellyn wasn't really listening to him anyway. The
blood roared in her ears, and her voices --HER voices, HER mind-- were now in complete control. Her veins
raced with bloodlust, and her mind demanded Ruel's death. She must kill him. She had to kill him. He was a trespasser and he had to die...
She kept flinging spells at him,
snarling as they missed or were blocked,
crowing in triumph as each successful spell hit home. A small part of her mind screamed at her to stop, telling her that she was going to collapse from the drain soon...but she ignored that part entirely.
She would rest -- right after she put Ruel to his final rest.
Ruel himself didn't seem so keen on dying.
Burnt, bleeding, and broken, the drow finally managed to yell out a spell in between Ellyn's attacks...and just as she watched him turn around to flee, he successfully
disappeared from sight.
"NO!" Ellyn screamed. She began throwing spells all around,
blasting the area where she'd seen Ruel last. As her spells disappated, connecting with nothing, she began spinning around in place, throwing spells in every direction around her. Her mind railed at her, berating her for
letting her prey escape. She again ignored the small, quiet part of her mind that was telling her he was gone, and she needed to rest...
her target wasn't dead, and so Ellyn kept tossing spells, hoping one might hit.
She continued casting and casting, until she couldn't cast any more. Her body unable to take any more punishment, Ellyn finally collapsed to the ground. <p><font color=navy><hr width="47%"><small>
Hello, my name is Dia. I'm a dragongirl, and I bite. RAWR!<hr width="31%">
Quotes of the moment:
-=- "Love is when your brain stops working." -- White Knight
-=- "Love is when 72 billion monkeys steal a porsche and drive it off a cliff." -- SuperRube
-=- "Love is an intricate dance of lewd comments and biting." -- Lord McBastard</font></p>
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