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

*Nick reaches round with his right hand and grips Chandra by the neck squeezing tighting*

~~I know you can hear me little mage. Come back to me, bring my daughter, and I shall let this bird and your friends go free~~

*From within the air bubble* Chandra, go to sleep!

*Chandra hears, and disappears in Nick's hands. Lumien grins, as the distraction has given Shaylar the advantage.*

*Syian begins to wake and on hearing the thunderous sound of fire falling and the ground shaking above them she knows what is happening*

Lumien? Lumien where are we?

*she feels compelled as ever to go to her father's side*

Nick: ~~ Yes, my darling daughter. Come back to me...bring me the mage~~

We're in an air bubble underwater! Shaylar hid us here, and I don't think she's the kind that would let your father walk away breathing!

He's alive...I need to go to him

*she seems hypnotised and struggles to get out of the air bubble*

Oh no you don't!

*Pulls her back, and waves her hand in front of her eyes.*

Put some kind of spell on you, did he?

*Covers Syian's eyes, and begins chanting.*

*wet tears cover Lumien's hand as she continues chanting; Syian slumps to her knees, defeated*

It's OK- I think I got it all.

*Hugs Syian.*

He's not going to get us ever again.

Why wasn't it real? </>

What do you mean? The sword? I think he wanted to hurt me as much as you, and seeing you die would have almost killed me.

What do you mean?

Why didn't he kill me? He should have done...

*her eyes are dull and devoid of emotion*

That doesn't matter now... Shaylar will make sure he never hurts anyone again. She's far more powerful than he could ever be.

I wish he had

No you don't.

I promise you, life without your father hunting you will be better. I'll show you some of the places I grew up in. Maybe we'll even find the elves again.

This is actually one of the places I came. Did you know there's a pirate shipwreck not too far from here?

*Ahem*

I'm here with you, now we must walk to Oane under the water Syian can you sense the way, can you get us to the outpost's front gate, they've been told to look out for us, my house in Oane has a masking spell over it we will be safe, for the moment. Your father is a very sick man, he needs to be destroyed and I think I know how.

Your father feeds on fear and he needs that rush of power it gives him, which is why he favours taking his desires on helpless young girls, which would also explain why did didn't try to seduce me as I showed no fear of him, don't get me wrong I was terrified but not showing it confused him, his lust and sexual desires plus that sword will be his undoing...............I hope

*tries to pull herself together; she feels the pull of the water and the life it gives her*

I think we need to go due north

*Lumien stands.*

Just do this for us Syian, you're the only one who can!

*she starts to walk forward in the bubble the direction she thinks the front gates are*

*Follows, and talks confidentially to Shaylar.* We're going to have to do something about this guy sooner or later. This would make the second place he's chased us to, and I don't want to try for three.