Mr. Hender shook his head feeling a bit dizzy. What happened? How did I end up in here? Wasn't I in the other wing of the library? Mr. Hender rubbed his head a bit. His head hurt and he was bit confused on where he was. Last thing he remembered he was in the west wing of the library looking up information on trying to deal with Zelgadis' ex-demon part. Now he was in the north wing of the library not knowing how he had gotten there. What he wasn't aware of the red-eyed demon standing behind him smiling.
"You served my purpose nicely." Zelgadis' ex-demon part cackled holding what seemed to be a dark blue crystal. "Now I don't have to worry about that bothersome Trickster Priest. But for now I will not need your service until after little Zelgadis gets out of his little machine." He cackled again even though he knew that Mr. Hender wasn't aware in the least bit of his presence. Though he looked at the little blue crystal with an evil smile.
Xellos sat on the floor of his place of captivity. He was shaking and shuddering while staring blindly at the ground. He had been stuck in the dark nothingness for two hours now and he was losing it. He was going crazy and he felt extremely claustrophobic. For a monster it was almost impossible to be trapped anywhere. Just a quick teleportation and they could be anywhere they wanted. But can you imagine? A person who's never really been trapped anywhere before and suddenly trapped not only in an area that they can't escape but one that they have no idea where and how they got there. So needless to say Xellos wasn't in his best frames of mind. He wasn't aware on where he was, how he got there or how his captor was smiling down at Xellos in his prison.
Zelgadis' ex-demon part resisted the urge to go down and check on his former human counterpart. But he knew that down in the lab Lina, Popo and Amelia where down there. Though he didn't give a damn about Popo and Amelia it was Lina that would be a problem to him. To his knowledge Lina was the only other person that could see him. And even though Lina may or may not be able to do anything to him he'd rather not take any chances. But Lina was going to be a problem to him. If that meddling blue thing hadn't woken her up I'd have Lina Inverse dead by now. Zel's ex-part mentally growled. He wanted carnage and blood but most of all he wanted Zelgadis to suffer. Zelgadis was the reason he lost his freedom.
Years ago a demon by the name of Gar had been terrorizing a small town near the country side. Gar was a heartless creature that only cared about death, destruction and himself. He was a rather intelligent creature even if he was evil. But then one day a man found Gar's secret dwelling. A blind man with purple hair. Gar thought nothing of it, the man was blind after all so he shouldn't have any trouble killing it. Or so he had thought. But when Gar tried to attack the blind man he found himself bruised, beaten and unconscious. Gar found out later when he awoke in a cage far from his home that the blind man was Rezo the Red Priest and was quite a strong mage.
Gar had no idea what this Rezo wanted with him but one thing he did know was that he was being kept in this prison and wasn't going to be released any time soon. Gar grew to despise the priest but then he didn't like anyone. Like he didn't like Rezo's great-grandson Zelgadis. Zelgadis to Gar was nothing more then a weakling human that's no better then cattle for food. But then Gar found out what Rezo really wanted with him when Rezo conquered up a golem. Gar whom had been accustomed to a life of freedom and carnage found himself trapped as part of a chimera body. Rezo made Gar, Zelgadis and the conquered up golem into one person. Now this wouldn't have been so bad if Gar was the base and had the dominant personality. Only Rezo who was still smart despite his insanity made sure that is was Zelgadis that was the one that controlled them. It made Gar so angry, because Zelgadis freely used Gar's power without letting him have a say in anything. He had no control over anything that their body did. Gar was in a way kept locked up tight in a cage that he couldn't escape while being used. Gar only got control a few times but that was only when Rezo triggered it. And even then Rezo had control over Gar so it was still like he was trapped. Gar and Zelgadis only had one thing in common, they both despised Rezo with a passion. But after Rezo's death Zelgadis became the target of Gar's hatred. He wanted control of the three, to put Zelgadis in his place, but that was impossible. So the next best thing that Gar settled for was taunting Zelgadis in the mind. Making him think that he was a monster, a freak anything that would bother him.
But that was the past, now he was free of Zelgadis and the golem. But still Gar, Zelgadis ex-demon part was not happy. He wasn't in a live body, and he still hadn't got his revenge yet. But after possessing Mr. Hender, Gar thought of something that might be more satisfying then just normal revenge. He evilly smiled and went off to see what Gourry and Sylphiel were doing.
Mr. Hender back in the west wing of the library was back to researching on ways to deal with Zelgadis' ex-demon part. But like before he wasn't getting anywhere. Though when he went back to the books he did faintly recall before that he had left the west wing and said something to Lina. Only it was a bit hazy in his mind. He would have thought more of it but he blamed it on lack of sleep and how tired he was and how much he's overworked himself.
"I guess at my age it's not common for people like me to go senile." Mr. Hender laughed to himself sarcastically.
Mr. Hender kept looking back at the clock. A few more hours... He was anxious about the time when the machine will be done with Zelgadis. He was afraid that Zelgadis might not live through it and he was very afraid that the demon might do something. How are we so supposed to deal with something we can't even attack? For all I know Mister Zelgadis might not even be able to see his ex-demon part if he comes out of the machine alive. And that would make Miss Lina the only one. And how would we go about stopping the creature if it decides to do something? The only reason Mister Zelgadis was able to stop the demon was because he was in that spirit like form too? But would he be able to do anything against the demon even if he's cured? And what if he can't even remember anything when he gets out? This is all to stressful. I just hope that that demon hasn't already done anything bad to anyone yet.
Sylphiel and Gourry were sitting at the restaurant drinking tea. Basically they were catching up a bit on what both of them had been doing in the past while. Though Sylphiel was able to tell him many things Gourry wasn't able to say much about himself. Problem being was that he couldn't really able to remember all the things he had been doing. But she didn't care, she just liked have Gourry around.
"So what do you want to do now Gourry-dear?"
"I don't know I guess I'll go look for Xellos. Amelia shot him pretty far. What about you?"
"I don't know I was thinking that I'd go to my room and do some reading. I guess I'll see you later then?"
"Sure Sylphiel bye."
"Bye."
And Gourry walked off while Sylphiel gathered up her stuff and headed towards her room. Gar watched the scene with interest. Now which one do I play with first? He smiled another one of his evil smiles.