Lina awoke on the wrong side of the bed that morning. She could feel the beginning of a small cold brewing, not to mention her period was almost due to arrive. She was still annoyed at Zel for avoiding her all day yesterday as well.
What's does he think I'm made of? Time or something? Today's my last day, She growled in her mind and began to pace the room like a caged tiger. She was interrupted when Gourry crashed into her closed window and caused Rezo to fall off the bed in fright. Lina opened the cracked window and allowed Gourry to slide inside. Rezo struggled to climb back onto the bed as Gourry shook himself, recovered and grinned at her.
"Hey Lina!" Gourry congratulated, "I just heard the good news! And I thought you'd never land a husband with your flat - "
WHAM
"What are you talking about?" Rezo panted, victorious in his climb.
"Wha?" Gourry rubbed his head. "Oh. It's all over town. Ya know, about the prince getting hitched all of a sudden."
Lina looked at Rezo puzzled. "It could be that he felt the honorable thing to do after the 'Tunnel' incident was to ask you to marry him. He may be on his way to do so now,' Rezo reasoned.
Lina figured a rushed wedding could be the answer to her problem although she wasn't too keen on the idea of getting married so soon in the relationship.
A knock on the door created an abrupt halt to all the activities going on in the room. Simultaneously, Rezo dived for cover, Gourry flew out the window, and Lina answered the door. Lina swung open the door to see Xellos standing there, gawking. Looking down, she realized that she was wearing only a rumpled teddy and she quickly slammed the door closed to go put on a robe. Covered up to her satisfaction, she re-opened the door to find out what Xellos wanted.
Once the door was opened, Xellos swept Lina up into his embrace. Smiling evilly, he gazed into her startled eyes and spoke. "Ah, my darling, I bring devastating news. But fear not, I am here to comfort you."
"Eh?" Lina's expression said.
"You see, our very foolish chimera friend has decided to marry someone else. Rather callous of him. But, my sweet, this means that there is nothing to keep US from being together," Xellos moved in for the kill as Lina snapped out of her shock, burning mad.
With a well-placed uppercut Lina was free, and Xellos was flung into the wall. She stormed into her room and tore into her closet for a suitable outfit for bringing-down-all-hell.
Dressed to kill, literally, she picked up Rezo and Xellos and dragged them out of the palace, behind her. Putting Xellos into a chokehold, Lina demanded he tell her where the event was to take place.
"Boat docks sailed off!" Xellos wheezed out. Dissatisfied, Lina dropped him and turned her evil eye to the dangling Rezo.
Rezo: Eeep!
Rezo was saved by Noonsa's and Gourry's arrival.
"Hey, Lina! You'll never guess what we just saw," Gourry yammered. "See we were going by this really big boat, that was covered in pink streamers and balloons and stuff. There was also this huge cake, and yeah, that Zel guy was there."
"AMELIA IS GOING TO MARRY YOUR PRINCE!!!" Noonsa yelled, fed up with waiting for the birdbrain to get to the point.
Lina was really ticked off now. Rezo, who had managed to formulate a plan, decided that now was the time to butt into the conversation.
"Ok, people!" Rezo started. "We've got to move and move fast! Noonsa, you and Gourry go on ahead and stall the wedding. Ah ... take Xellos with you. Lina and I will get a ride there a.s.a.p."
The red duo raced off in search of a speedboat to 'borrow', leaving a determined trio behind.
"So how exactly does one stall a wedding?" Gourry asked, confused. Noonsa shrugged, just as clueless.
With a sigh, Xellos pulled himself to his feet and pointed. "With that!"
The others glanced over to see a small bell encased in glass, with a small hammer hanging beside it. On the glass was written 'Break Glass to Activate Emergency Wedding Stalling Procedure.'
Gourry and Noonsa: Oh. Well, that's sure handy.
Xellos grabbed the hammer and smashed the glass with one blow. A loud doomsday bell rang out and instantly several forms of wildlife, ocean life, and even the coast guard set forth into action.
The AEWSP charged the lone sailing vessel, at full speed. Catastrophe broke loose and several screams could be heard coming from the poor ship as the party aboard was obliterated. Some people managed to jump overboard while others raced to secure lifeboats. The poor bride-to-be wept hysterically and blamed the groom for the mess.
The disaster was paused when Xellos screamed out, annoyed "HEY YOU MORONS!! THAT'S THE WRONG SHIP!!!!!!!" In which case the sheepish army apologized profoundly to the innocent victims of their wrath and decided to wait until the trio in charge showed them the correct ship to attack.
"This is going to take a while. Isn't it?" Noonsa sighed.