Chapter XVI

Will




   Was... Ally dead?
   I kept seeing what the shadow did with Ally... I needed to avenge her. I took out my guns out shot him repeatedly, and he fell over, black ooze spilling everywhere.
   The boy the shadow came out of finally opened his eyes. Color returned to his skin, and in an instant, he knifed the fallen shadow and kicked him into the volcano.
   "He'll come back," The boy told me, looking at his arms once again, seeing a light tan color instead of an indigo color. "I haven't killed him."
  He turned to Ally. "Thank you. I feel like I've known you before, ever since I saw you. You've somehow helped me get my sanity back, after being kidnapped by the shadow."
   I noticed his face looked grim, then he turned away. Keesa came back the the necklace, except the flame seemed more uncontrollable. Keesa whispered words into it, and the flame emerged out of the glass, forming into a beautiful bird of fire. It was the Fire Spirit, the most holiest and powerful in Lynara.
   "Fire Spirit! Help us!" Keesa cried. "Our savior of the land... she's possibly dead."
   The Fire Spirit turned to the wolf. Her wing that looked like the color of the sun touched her, and held her in her wing. A red color stained her golden wing, but it didn't seem like she cared. She put Ally down, and shook her head.
   "This heroine... she's severely injured. Her body is losing a lot of blood. She won't make it." The Fire Spirit said.
   "Please help her!" The boy said. "The shadow might come back any moment, and we don't have the stuff to defeat it!"
   "The shadow's name is Aku. And even I can't even destroy that evil spirit."
   The Fire Spirit closed her eyes, and a bright light lit up the world, destroying the super-cell. The light grew smaller and smaller, until it was only taller than us by half a foot. The light faded, and there stood a woman, tall and pale with hair the color of fire. She wore an orange dress with a red gem in the center, and a halo formed of fire appeared above her.
   "I'll try healing her, but I assure you it won't work." The Fire Spirit said. She walked up to Ally, and held her paw.
   "Please still be alive." I heard Keesa and the boy whisper, and I found myself saying it too.
   A dim light grew where the Fire Spirit touched, and the light went across Ally's leg and filled in where her veins were. When it was complete, the light faded, but Ally was still idle. A tear fell from my eye. Our whole world will soon be shrouded in darkness once again.
  The Fire Spirit seemed solemn too. Fire blossoms sprouted around her, and we all knelt down, waiting for the shadow to come.
   "Do not fear, my people." A ghostly voice said. I turned my head, and saw the shaman, wearing a hood over her. I suddenly saw her wrinkled skin turn smooth. Her matted hair looked as if she brushed it without using anything! The shaman removed her hood, and there stood the ghost of Rina.