h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*walks to the wall and pounds it with all his strength, it cracks and then begins to crumble*

*Runs to the otherside of the room before the wall collapses*


*There is a deep rumble and the wall shatters*

*the two step out of the tower into the gardens*

*blinks*

*shields her eyes*


*stumbles.. falls against Brena*

*holds her up*
Now, mort - lil. Help me find my way out of this mage's land and into my own

*looks around to get her bearings.. the destruction to the surrounding area is enormous!*


I.. I.. don't know... *looks up at the Rift in the sky*


*Wipes dust from her eyes*

*Looks up again... and remembers the power that hit her mind just before the shields collapsed.... Such a strong power*

Quickly, you must take me to where we can go to my world
*the memories Brena showed to lil occur to her, the one's with Tetsu's death in their world*

*Brena holds her in his arms.. and the rings Cara gave her glow... Suddenly they are between dimensions... in the darkness... she can feel him breathing against her neck and she shivers..*


*Then they stop... and are standing in a field... lil realises she has been here before*


You are home Brena............*collapses*

Yessss, home at last.
*he leaves lil on the floor and waits*

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Many months have passed and the Tower lay in ruins with no one daring to come near until..................




*She finds herself, once more, standing outside. This time she does not need to summons the spell to open the secret door, for the Tower is wide open to the elements.*


Is this all that is left of my lover? His ruined home? </>


*With a heavy heart she once more enters the Tower of Illusions*

*As lil wanders through the ruined tower a small rumble echo's through the corridors, She turns a corner and sees her passage blocked by a lairge pile of rubble. Lil turns to find another route and she hears the rumble again from directly behind her, Lil turns suddenly, the words for a spell on her lips ready as the rubble shifts slightly showering her with dust and stone chips. As the dust begins to settle she spots something beneath the rubble*


*Lil leans down for a closer look she sees a small gold finger showing beneath the rock and the realisation suddenly hits her.... MINOS*

*In her anguish to reach Minos, Lil conjures up a spell and loudly claps her hands. Suddenly... all the rubble begins to part and flies back to its original placing on the walls of the tower*

*She sits on the stairs in shock, as the passageway and stairwell begin to clear! The Tower groans as it appears to feel its life force returning!*


*She crawls towards her friend, tentatively...*

Minos??? </>

*Minos lies on the floor covered by a thin layer of dust, His body battered and dented he jerkily attempts to raise his head to look at lil. One golden hand raises slightly rwaching out for her but falls just as quickly*

M.....M......M..........

*She laughs! She cries!.. She had thought herself alone here... *


MINOS!!!!!.. ... *she wipes the layers of dust from his golden surface*


*She can see the damage, but there is something else... She can feel his life force draining... *


Minos!.. Wait!

*Turning, she runs up the stairs and at each landing she once more dismisses the rubble to its rightful place and she rapidly gains the level of the testing rooms and nearby.. The LIBRARY!*

*She closes her eyes. She tries to control her breathing, to steady her nerves.. to try to remember which book she needs... but more importantly, she needs to remember how to summons the book to herself!*


SSsshhh.. Calm, calm, calm... *she mutters to herself over and over*

*the book Lil searches for suddenly appears from over her shoulder held by a strong male hand, Lil garbs the book and turns to face........ CARA*

*Lil's drops the book in surprise but Cara puts a hand up to stop her before she speaks*

MY LADY.... IF YOU ARE SEEING THIS THEN I AM GONE.

*Cara begins to pace in front of lil and as he moves he seems to flicker*

FOR WHATEVER REASON I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME FOR SOME TIME, IF EVER BUT I COULD NOT LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE.

*The image hangs his head*

ALL THIS I LEAVE TO YOU MY LADY. EVERY BRICK, EVERY ROOM AND EVERY SECRET THIS TOWER HOLDS IS NOW IN YOUR CAPABLE HANDS. I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO ME PROUD AS MISTRESS OF THE TOWER AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR LIFE HERE.
DO NOT GIVE UP ON YOUR TRAINING, FROM THE DAY I MET YOU I KNEW YOU HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE A POWERFUL MAGE AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT TALENT WASTED.
FROM THE BEGINING OF THIS MESSAGE ALL OF THE TOWERS COMMANDS ARE BEING TRANSFERED TO YOU. INCLUDING MINOS.
HE IS YOURS NOW MY LADY AND I HOPE HE SERVES YOU AS WELL AS HE HAS SERVED ME.

*The image begins to flicker more*

I DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME MY LADY BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU AND I ALWAYS WILL.
BE SAFE MY LADY AND MAYBE IN TIME WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN.

*The image of Cara flickers and dissapears*

*Her heart pounds as she drops to her knees and closes her eyes, savouring the memory of him for a moment longer*


*Her eyes look at his writing on the cover of the book and she swallows hard against the tears before they can blur her sight. She tenderly touches the ink with her fingertips*


*Picking up the book, she leaves the library and makes her way back downstairs to Minos*

*Sitting on the stairs next to Minos, she opens the book and turns the pages. Quickly she scans for the spell she knows is there. It had to be, Cara gave her the book!*

*Hours pass as she finally recognises the passage she needs. Rubbing her tired eyes, she reads the page very carefully. To err now would lose her Minos forever!*

*Tearing material from her dress, she begins to wipe all the dust from the surface of Minos before she can begin the spell*


*Slowly, Lil weaves her hands and makes a tight circular movement with her fingers... as she feels her powers growing, she begins the spell*...


The joy of giving is always to be
the power deep inside of me.
To master death we first need life.
To master life we must control strife.
To deal with loss we first must love.
To deal with love we need master emotion.
To deal with emotion we seek devotion.
All this gives us strength in our loss,
but now I require that strength for Minos!


*She swallows against the dryness of her throat before she can continue*


I beg the gods above and below
to enable me to this NOW!!!!


*Lil places her hands onto the body of Minos and closes her eyes tightly against the pain which surges through her body. She can feel the energy flowing from herself into Minos....*


*She can feel herself beginning to waver... her strength depleted, when she feels hands grabbing hers and pulling her off so suddenly that the "Calling" makes her want to return immediately*

NO MISTRESS!!! YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH! STOP NOW!!!

*She recognises his voice, it tears at her very soul.. for she had forgotten, Minos sounds like Cara! She has not the strength to open her eyes and she can feel herself drifting away, away from the day!*

*Minos lifts Lil gently in his arms, he runs a soft hand across her face making her drift gently off into a restful sleep*

YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH FOR NOW MISTRESS..

*Minos sighs gently and carries her upto the sleeping quarters, he bypasses Lil's old room and continues higher. He stops outside the Masters room, opening the door he carries her in laying her gently upon the bed and then begins his work*


*When Lil awakens still feeling weak she finds her self lay in Cara's old bed although the room has changed, now outfitted with her belongings the room has been decorated to suit Lil in every way. All of her dresses and items are neatly laid out and a tray lies on the table next to the bed*

*Looks about Cara's room and is amazed at the transformation just a few items have made to it*

*The starkness has gone. Now it looks friendly*

*She sees the tray, but can only just face having a glass of water. She manages to pick up the ewer and pour herself a drink*


*She quenches her thirst and immediately drifts off to sleep again*