Xelloss was getting nervous. How could Zel get Lina and the others to understand. They obviously didn't believe their pasts. Then again......He smirked. Perhaps he was being too general before. He moved close to Zelgadiss, and spoke quietly, but loud enough so Lina could hear, "Hey, Rocky, maybe you could spark a memory....remind her of something that happened....."
Zel couldn't help flinching when Xel got close. Even here, the bastard made his skin itch. But he did have a point........
"Lina," He took a step towards her, she took a step back.
Gourry made a defensive stance and Amelia put her hand to her mouth, somewhat afraid.....but also attracted to this weird guy... What am I thinking??
Getting the point, Zel tried to look as least threatening as possible, "Lina, Tell me, does anything I say strike a memory? Maybe something that's been suppressed?"
"What? You're my psychiatrist now?"
"Psy-chee-ah-what?"
Ignoring the quip, Zelgadiss continued, "My Grandfather, Rezo. He was a blind man, a great mage. Perhaps the most powerful mage on earth. H-he....." Damn, even after so long, it hurt to talk about it, "He turned me into a chimera. Part golem, part human, part...." He spat, "Demon. You were stealing from bandits......"
Maybe that's a little too much detail....Xel decided to speed things up, and shoved Xel aside, continuing the story, "You stole a really ugly statue that actually had a really powerful rock in it. Zel here kidnapped you, and let you get your head slobbered on by a giant fish. Then he escaped with you 'cause he found out dear old gramps was out of his gods-damned mind. He threw you into a tree, burned your food, blasted you with a spell when you tried to help him, and kept ditching you off. But he actually had a crush on you," Xel made little kissy-kissy motions with his face, "And he wanted to have hot, steamy, kinky, dirty Se....."
"Liar!"
"But Zel..." Xel was whining now, "I was just making the story better....."
Zel mumbled to himself, "Enigmatic bastard......"
Gourry was completely lost, as was Amelia. Lina was just as confused, but as the two told the story, something tugged at her, some memory, taunting her mind. She reached for it, but it retreated just out of reach again. Damn, what is it that's so familiar about all this. These guys are just freaks.....But how come I'm not afraid of them, then. Sure, that priest, if he even is one, makes me nervous, only I don't think he'd hurt me. And that other guy.....He's the weirdest, but he's the most familiar. Like a brother, or an old boyfriend... She blushed at her own thoughts, He is cute though.....NO! He's NOT cute, he's a psycho. Damn, now all I have to do is convince myself that's true......
She cleared her throat self consciously, and couldn't help from keeping a slight waver from her voice, "This Rezo guy..." Rezo.....Why was that so familiar, "What did you....I do to him..."
Zel stared at her like she had just grown Naga-sized breasts, "Y-you killed him Lina....You completely destroyed him with the most powerful known spell in existence. The Giga Slave....."
"G-giga Slave?" She was getting nervous now. The memory danced in front of her, so close she could see it for a second before it whirled away, only to bombard her again.
Zelgadiss nodded, it looked like he may finally be getting through to her, "Yes, the Giga Slave. It channels power from the Lord of Nightmares herself. You saved the world Lina...."
She looked at him, tears making her eyes shine, "But I could have destroyed it...."
That made everyone pay attention. Xelloss smiled, she seemed to be making progress. Zel looked at her sympathetically. "Yes, that's true, you could have. Lina, what do you remember?"
Lina Inverse looked away, "I remember the feelings. I had the Sword....the light sword....Gourry had given it to me. I felt fear, nervousness, it was my last hope.....I spoke the words...Darkness beyond blackest Pitch, deeper then the deepest night......The sword's power went into me...elation, happiness.....Gourry." Sweat beaded her forehead as she spoke, her voice soft and distant. She tried to bring coherent words to her emotions, tried to make all of them understand, "Then....Darkness, all was lost....I had to make the words right.....Let the fools who stand before me destroyed by the power you and I possess........the sword became unstable, wanting to throw the energy into oblivion....I had to make the words right....keep my thoughts on my goal....another presence.....Rezo....He gave his life for the world...." Tears fell freely now, making small wet dots on her shirt, and beading on the grass like an early dew, "Sword accept this darkness and obey my command....Power, darkness, light.......an explosion.....An honour given to me by Ruby-eye.....His death.....then.....Relief, exhaustion......chaos......" She then fell to the ground, unconscious.