There was one reason why Lina wanted everyone to meet up and have a discussion at a certain time. Because right afterwards Lina wanted to go and have lunch. But instead of going back to the inn to eat like they would normally do, Mr. Hender insisted that they stay and he make something to eat for everyone for lunch.
"Are you really sure that you want do this? You do realize that you are going to need to make a lot of food. Do you even have that much?"
"Yes Miss Lina, I am aware and I do have enough food. I just figure that it's pointless to go all the way back there and have to pay money when you can eat here for free considering I always have all this extra food usually anyway. And besides this way you can still continue researching while you eat. But if any of you would like to help with the cooking I wouldn't mind the help."
Everyone looked to Sylphiel naturally and she gave a slight chuckle. "Sure Mr. Hender I can help you out."
"Thank you Miss Sylphiel. So I guess we'd better get started on the food, since it's going to take awhile."
"Well I guess we can get back to researching while we are waiting." Lina said right after Sylphiel and Mr. Hender went off to the kitchen.
"What's the point? We'll just find nothing anyway." Zelgadis grumbled in a very discontented voice.
"But Mister Zelgadis! You can't give up! If we don't keep trying and persevere then we wont be able to find away to get your memory back! We can't give up!" Amelia said before going straight into one of her standard justice speeches.
Zelgadis leaned over to Lina. "She does this a lot doesn't she?" Zelgadis asked whispering.
Lina nodded. "Yup. Gets it from her father."
"Hey! You guys aren't listening to me!" Amelia cried out.
"Anyway we need to get going and get back to work." Lina got up with Zelgadis and walked off despite Amelia's protests.
Gourry just looked around the now empty room wondering what to do. He knew that he should follow Lina and go help out but he was hungry. I'm going to go see what Sylphiel and Mr. Hender are making. And Gourry trotted off to the kitchen.
Gar watched Zelgadis from outside the library. He made sure that none of the people inside could see him while he spied on them. Damn that little brat! She's purposely making it hard for me to do anything! Gar glared at Lina from his vantage point. I wouldn't be surprised if it was her that has been causing me all these problems lately! Gar thought about that for a few moments. Damnit! It probably was her! Oh that infuriating girl! I'm going to be so happy when I get rid of her for good! He evilly grinned about the plans he had planned for Lina and everyone else. Now if I can just get my chance...
A little while later everyone was sitting in one of the more, larger rooms of the library finishing off their meal while they continued to research. Unfortunately they hadn't found anything useful still.
"I bet we could look for weeks and we aren't going to find anything useful." Zelgadis put down the book he had just been looking at.
"Yeah well it's either we continue looking or we give up on any other way to help get your memory back besides what we're already doing."
"Which isn't helping much at all by the way." Zelgadis said while taking a swig of his coffee. He involuntary gagged. "BLEH! Yuck! Coffee isn't supposed to be this strong!"
"But Mister Zelgadis that's how you used to like having it before."
"And what the hell was I? A caffeine freak?" Zelgadis shook his head. "I swear the more I hear about ‘myself' the more I have trouble believing that I am what you say I am."
"Well I guess you could say that you were a really strange person, but we only knew you as a chimera. We have no clue what you acted like before when you were still human."
Zelgadis gave Lina a sour look. "But still I sound way to weird to what you guys have told me."
"And it will probably always sound weird till you get your memory back."
"That is if I get my memory back."
No one said anything to what Zelgadis said. Because they all knew that it was possible that he may never get his memory back that he may never again be the Zelgadis that they all knew. But one thing was for sure he was still depressing like when he was chimera.
"Oh well if everyone is done I'll take the dishes back to the kitchen." Mr. Hender got up and went to get some of the dishes, but given on how many there were it was obvious that he was going to need to make more then one trip. "Would anyone be willing to help me take some of these in? Otherwise it's going to take me forever to take everything in."
Both Sylphiel and Amelia volunteered and went to help Mr. Hender.
For most of the day Lina and everyone else spent their time at the library looking up information. Lina had a very good reason for not wanting to leave the town just yet, but the others were starting to get suspicious on why they were still there. But Lina couldn't just come out and say that they were in danger because of Zel's ex-demon part that was now running amuck and on a murderous rampage.
Once they were through with for the day they all went back to the inn for some much needed food and rest. Though the staff at the inn/restaurant still weren't terribly happy with them, they couldn't really eat once again at Mr. Hender's home/library. After cooking for the Mr. Hender didn't have an dishes left that were clean.
"Now remember you two, I want you both when you go to bed tonight to pretending that you are sleeping. We need to know who or what is putting up those weird barriers." Lina instructed to both Sylphiel and Amelia after they had all finished their dinner and about ready to turn in for the night.
"But Miss Lina why is it really so necessary to find out who it is? I mean whoever it is doing us a good deed by protecting our dreams, so doesn't that mean that this person is a good guy?"
"It doesn't mater if they are protecting us, we don't know what it is. And damnit I want to find out who it is. How can someone get into our rooms without disturbing us? Don't you find that a little weird?"
"Well yes -- "
"Then make sure you do what I told you to do. And make sure you can try to get a good look at the thing okay? Anyway I'm off to bed now! See you all in the morning!" Lina said waltzing off to her room.
"Why does Miss Lina keep referring to the person as a thing?" Amelia asked everyone but everyone else just shrugged.
Rather then go to bed right away, Zelgadis stayed up sitting in inn's barroom. Basically he was reviewing over all the things that he had been told about himself and was trying to make sense of it all. He wasn't in the room alone; there was the bartender and a few sleeping drunks. The whole time he was there Zelgadis sat there nursing a glass of wine. He had been so lost in his thoughts that he lost track of time. He didn't realize how late it was till he noticed that the bar had been closed up and the bartender had left. The only other people left in the room now besides himself was the slumbering drunks. I guess it's a bit late, maybe I should go to bed now seeing how as Lina is probably going to wake me up tomorrow morning. Zelgadis sighed as he got up and left the practically silent barroom.
As Zelgadis walked through the halls of the inn that he and the others where staying at, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. He kept looking behind and around him, but no matter how many times he looked, Zelgadis never saw anyone. He shook his head in disappointment as he approached the door his room. Get a grip on yourself. Man, why am I feeling so paranoid all of sudden? This isn't like me. Then Zelgadis paused on that thought. Isn't like me? Hell I don't even know what is like me. Zelgadis sighed in annoyance as he put his key into the door lock. He was just about to turn the key when he felt a sudden draft by his ear. Zelgadis tilted his head to the right to see when everything suddenly went black.