Ally
The lich stumbled into the lava. I grabbed a hold of my sword, and pulled it out. I jumped out of the molten rock, just as the earth closed up again. I looked around, and saw Will and Keesa... gone.
My whole enter body went into shock. Of course! The lich made them a part of them. The lich was like a voodoo doll to them, and they were the people that took the affect!
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" I said, breaking down. Suddenly, I saw the phoenix in my vision, and then felt a glowing aura within me.
Heal them. I heard the phoenix say. I am with you.
I first touched Keesa's forehead, and saw the cut I had done with the sword. It melted away, and Keesa sat up, dazed.
Then, I touched the sear marks all over Will's skin. The magma had burned him to his death. I heard a sizzling noise, like boiling water dousing a fire, and saw the sear marks vanish.
Good, I heard the phoenix say. I'll be waiting.
The vision went away, and Keesa and Will gave me a soft pat on the back. Then, a horrible thought struck me: What happened to the helicopter?
As if life answered my question, I heard a loud explosion. I looked up and saw pieces of the copter spiraling down to the grass.
"Now how we can there get faster?" I screamed in frustration.
"We'll run," Will answered simply. "It'll be our fastest way, now."
Keesa agreed. "M-hm! But we should hurry... night's growing."
I looked up at the sky. It was purple, with streaks of pink cloud. The sun was halfway in touching the ground. I checked my palm, and sighed with relief; it was the same as last time.
We all began to set foot to the volcano. I kept on thinking... thinking of my parents. I was thinking of the Demon Lord, and what he was probably plotting. I was thinking of Rina, Demica, and Fier. I thought of how this world came into existence, and why there was a fire curse and the only antidote was the phoenix. I thought of before I was cursed, back when I couldn't get into that nearby building in Oregon. Then, I thought of hearing and seeing about 10 people that got in the building, and thought about the fact that I couldn't.
"Ally?" Keesa asked. "Are... you ok?"
"I'm fine!" I mumbled back, waking up from my mind. "I was just... wondering."
"I still can't believe the fact that there is another world besides ours." Will said. "I wonder how much more... magical it is there."
I instantly thought of Unborne and liches and magic. "Oh, your world is much more magical. Magic never existed in mine."
"Oh."
We instantly heard a whirring type of noise, like an electric mixing machine. I turned my head and saw the Demon Lord and two Unborne at his side. I pressed my mouth together, knowing that saying mean things wouldn't help.
"What do you want?" I moaned.
"What I want is for you to surrender," The Demon Lord answered casually. "Listen, my whole entire army is marching right up to the peak of the volcano, so if you guys all go there, it'll be... mad."
"Say, didn't you get hurt?" Keesa asked, tilting her head to one side.
"Oh, yeah!" The Unborne leader said, smacking his head. "Yeah... but I'm much more stronger than you guys so, surrender now and I'll make you my prisoners for life."
He paused for a moment.
"And maybe transform you guys into an Unborne. Ally, I'll just wait for your death toll."
I turned completely red. "Well, don't start estimating us now! Wait and see! We'll get to the volcano, and kill your whole sorry army!" I smiled mischievously. "Then I'll kick your butt when we fight each other." I nodded. "Yup!"
The Demon Lord scowled, then punched me in the gut, knocking me over. I stood up and tried to attack back, but Keesa and Will held me back.
"You... you little clump nugget!" I screamed in disbelief.
"Well, in order to make me win, I have to make you all shriveled up. The punch was only to catch you off. The rest is just to make you die before you even reach the phoenix." The Demon Lord said, and vanished instantly.
"What does he mean 'the rest'?" Keesa asked.
"Look!" Will pointed behind us. I whirled around, and saw a bunch of Kage rising out of the ground.
The shadow wolves barked furiously, all with sharp ivory teeth. The pack grew more and more, until they crow grew more than 15 meters away. It was horrifying to see bloodthirsty shadow wolves eye on your flesh, and the extra two Unborne were added to the mix.
"Wanna... run?" I suggested, feeling terrified.
"Sure!"
We all ran towards the mountain, as fast as we could, leaping over fallen trees and around mossy rocks. Then, my foot got caught in a root. It was the end!
"Go on without me!" I said, tugging at the root. It was no use.
"Then where would we go? The only reason we went here was to help you!" Will said, and took out his gun at the Kage.
I kept on tugging at the root, and attempted to pull myself out of it. "Help me! Please!"
Keesa came to my aid, trying her best to get me out.
Then, the Kage leaped right at my neck, and for a brief moment, felt the heat of the breath on my skin. I squeezed my eyes, waiting for the bloody kill.
But nothing happened.
"Ally! Open your eyes! They were holograms!" Keesa said.
I opened my eyes and saw the wolves and the two Unborne falter light for a moment, then vanished. Holograms! "Why would the Demon Lord use holograms to tire us out?" I asked out loud.
"He's probably a scaredy-cat!" Will teased, then tried to get me out.
"Meanwhile, I'm stuck in this annoying root!" I groaned.
Keesa looked at Will's gun. Then, she whipped it out of his pocket and aimed it at the root. I stared at her alarmingly.
"No! No, no, no! You're gonna kill me!" I said.
"Relax, I can slow it down."
Keesa whipped out a piece or glass coated with plastic. Then, she shot the bullet at the glass, shards splintering out, then hit the root. The root seemed to whine, then pulled into the ground. I wiggled my foot around, then stood up, saying thanks.
The glass shards automatically pieced together again, and flew into Keesa's pocket. I stared at it, amazed.
"Well, let's hurry!" Will announced, and we all hurriedly set off to the volcano.
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