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The Ultimate Spell

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It was a beautiful day.  The sun sparkled in a sky unmarred by clouds.  The
wind blew a cool off of the mountains
into the valley.  The valley was nestled within two mountains ranges.  The
only means of passage through the
mountains lay through this valley.  A road led from one pass to the other.
Midway in the valley, snuggled up against
a lake, lay a village.  Rather, The remains of a village lay snuggled up
against a lake.

It was in the midst of being destroyed by a demon and the two heroes
fighting it.

�I can�t believe that you actually broke that seal, Lina,� Gourry called out
as he dodged a blast from the demon, �It
plainly said, do not open, the demon, Mxthjad, has been sealed inside.�

�Hey, how did I know that the demon really was bound in there?  I�ve put
worse warnings on my dirty laundry bag,�
Lina Inverse yelled back at him.

The demon, Mxthjad,  laughed as it looked at the pitiful humans who were
trying to send it back to hell.  As demons
go, it was quite handsome.  It had the body of a male lion.  Bony spikes
protruded from the tuft of hair at the end of
its tail.  Where its neck should be, the torso of a woman was.  The torso
had six breasts.  Eight octopus like tentacles
replaced its arms.  Lastly, its head was inverted.  The eyes were below its
nose and mouth.  Its� mouth was worm-like
and was placed on the top of the head.  Shark-like  teeth studded the ring
of the mouth.  Making matters worse, it
stood ten meters tall.

It thought to itself.  Some heroes, a blond swordsman and a little girl who
claimed to be a sorceress.  Looking over the
devastation it had caused, it said, �Give up now and I will kill you
quickly.  You are no more than fleas to me.  Fight
me and I will eat you while you still live.�

�Big deal!  I defeated Shabranigdo.  I can defeat you!� Lina yelled back at
Mxthjad.  �Gourry, keep it busy while I
cast my spell.�

�Okay, just let me know when to duck, �  Gourry said.  He then lit his light
blade and ran to the attack.

As he fought the demon, he heard Lina shout, �Dragon Slave!�  He ducked for
cover knowing what would happen
next.

He waited for the explosion.  It didn�t come.  Looking up, he saw the demon
finish sucking the energy from the spell
into itself.  �Thanks, girl, I needed that.�  It growled as it grew to 18
meters tall.

�Uh oh,� Lina said stunned.

�UH OH??  What do you mean UH OH!�  Gourry demanded as he sprang to the rear
of Mxthjad and struck its tail
off.

�ARRGHH!!!  That hurt, you little worm,�  Mxthjad yelled as he turned
towards Gourry.

�Um,  Lina, another spell would be nice now, don�t you think?�  Gourry ran
away from Lina. �I have its attention.�

Lina began a second incantation.  I can�t make any mistake on this one.  If
I do, Mxthjad will be a pleasant memory.
I�ve done this before.  Take your time.  She thought to herself as she
finished the incantation. �...GIGA SLAVE!�

Gourry heard her end the incantation.  Once again, he ducked for cover.  He
definitely didn�t want to caught in the
backwash of this spell.  This was the spell that brought down Shabranigdo.
He covered his ears and opened his
mouth in preparation for the concussion of sound.

Nothing.

�DAMN!�  Lina yelled as Mxthjad ate her spells energy again.

�Thanks again, little girl.  Keep this up and I�ll let you live.�  Mxthjad
chuckled as he grew to forty meters in height.

�Do you have a spell that will hurt him?�  Gourry asked as he rolled away
from several tentacles.  He then jumped up
and sliced at a tentacle with his light sword.  As the sword touched the
tentacle, its energy was extinguished.  The
demon grew to 45 meters tall.

�Lina, I think we�re in trouble.�

�I�ve got one more spell to try,  keep it busy!�

�HOW!!!�

�Improvise!�  Lina yelled and then began her next incantation.

Gourry, in desperation, grabbed Mxthjad�s right rear leg and began climbing.
Mxthjad kicked him off.  As he flew
threw the air, he heard, �GIGA...�  Then he slammed into a wall and fell
unconscious.

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�Am I still alive?�  groaned Gourry a short time later as he woke up.

�Yep!  The demon is gone.  My last spell worked,� Lina said proudly.

Gourry heard a strange beeping.  �What is that noise?�  he asked.

Lina big-sweated as she pulled out a round object on a chain and began
tapping on it until the beeping went away.
�There is a side effect to the spell I cast.  The spell always works.  It
just that you have to work to keep it active.  I
didn�t really kill the demon.  I didn�t even banish it.�

�Well, what happened to it?�  Gourry asked again.

�Well, the spell I cast was the Giga Pet spell.  It traps whatever it is
cast against into a locket.  To keep the thing
trapped in the locket, you have to tend it whenever it beeps at you.�  Lina
then smiled brightly at Gourry, �Here I�ll
trade you Giga Pet Mxthjad for your light sword.�

�No.�

�Please!�

�No.�

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Okay, I hope you like this one.  Someone has probably already done this
joke.  What the hey, I haven�t seen it.
I watched the first three tapes of �The Slayers�.  This idea popped into my
head.

Let me know what you thought.  All C&C, MST�s, flames whatever accepted with
all due respect.

Ja ne,

Mike Allen