My Escape (Magi Fanfiction)

Chapter thirty- She's Not Fine

Chapter thirty- She's Not Fine

"I've been meaning to speak with you, Ashlyn."

Ashlyn's eyes widened, "A-Arba..."

The woman smiled, "So you do know. Interesting."

Ashlyn realized her words and covered her mouth with both hands. She was terrified. Gyokuen was the one who wanted her erased. Solomon's magi wanted her dead. The magi that had betrayed him, wanted her dead. "W-What do you want?"

"I'd like to know how you know who I am." Gyokuen smiled happily, like nothing was wrong.

"I-I don't know."

"What else do you know?" Gyokuen took a few steps towards her. "All of Alma Torran?"

Ashlyn swallowed hard. The empress might not've had her Al-Thamen members around her, but she was still terrifying. "U-Uhm..."

"No wonder I wanted to get rid of you from the start." The former magi spoke.

"You've got a strange power. And yet, you have no rukh. Why's that?"

"I-I'm not sure..."

"And you can still use a djinn..."

Ashlyn took a few steps back, "I swear, I have no idea how I can use a djinn. It just...works. I don't know why I know what Alma Torran is, I just do. I didn't mean to get into your business."

"Oh, that's not why I'm here. Partly it is, but I really want to get rid of you to see little Hakuryuu's reaction." Gyokuen smiled evilly. "Will he cry? Attempt to kill me again?" She laughed a little. "Then maybe I'll go after Hakuei too..."

Ashlyn gritted her teeth and hissed, "Zarad!" She looked at her metal vessels when nothing happened. Her eyes widened and she looked back up at Gyokuen, "What did you...?"

Gyokuen continued to smile, "You didn't just get sick randomly, Ashlyn."

"Y-You!" Ashlyn gasped. Without her djinn, she was hopeless, and she knew it. She's going to kill me...

"Now then, how shall we do this?" Gyokuen thought for a few moments. "I don't think I want to get my hands dirty." She looked at Ashlyn. "But I don't have to, do I? If you know Alma Torran, you know my power." She used her flexible borg and attacked Ashlyn with it.

Ashlyn managed to escape a few of the attacks, but doing so caused her to jump right into another one. This is Sheba's power! She tried to dodge, but she already felt weakened. "What did you do to me?!"

Gyokuen only chuckled and continued to pound her with attacks. Ashlyn tried again and again to activate Zarad, but he still wouldn't respond. This is impossible! I can't attack her without the powers of a djinn! Hit after hit made contact with her. Ashlyn felt worse than she had when she fought Daisy in Reim. She laid on the floor, helpless. Several thoughts flooded her mind, none of them helping the situation. I'm not going to see Alibaba and Aladdin again. Nor everyone in Sindria...I won't be able to help Ryuu... She bit her lip and tried to sit up. "Dwell within me, Zarad! Zarad!"

"It's useless!" Gyokuen laughed.

"S-Spirt of-of- Stealth and A-Assassination, in the name of my magoi, and my will to grant me a greater power, I-I order you and your members, come forth, Zarad!" Come on, Zarad. Do it for me, and for Setta! She tried. She hoped mentioning Setta would help. It did. Her bracelets began glowing and changed to daggers, the rest of her appearance changing as well. Ashlyn used her short-distance teleportation to move away from Gyokuen's attacks.

"How?" Gyokuen actually looked surprised.

"I guess Zarad's not too happy with you." Ashlyn said as she regained her footing and prepared herself.

"Whatever. You won't get close to me." The empress continued to attack her.

 God, does she never run out of magoi?! Ashlyn tried several times to get closer, but never found an opening. I can't do anything if I can't get close! She sighed in frustration and shouted -her voice cracking from still being sore-, "Zarad's Lightning Shower!" Sending a shower of golden lightning bolts from her daggers at Gyokuen. They bounced off her borg easily, barely inflicting damage. Not enough. More dark thoughts haunted her. If Hakuryuu couldn't kill her, how can I? I'm getting weaker already... Ashlyn stopped and tried to catch her breath. Bad idea. Gyokuen got several good hits. Ashlyn's djinn equip vanished.

"Are you done fooling around, now?" Gyokuen asked, walking up to her. She looked pleased with herself, "Don't worry, you'll bleed out soon." She then laughed and left the room, locking the door behind her.

"D-Dammit..." Ashlyn coughed up blood. She was covered in wounds, and she assumed she was bleeding internally as well. I need to at least tell Hakuryuu who did this. "Zarad...please..." She forced her djinn equip back on.

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"Ryuu!"

Hakuryuu jumped up at the sound of Ashlyn's nickname for him, "Ashlyn-dono?!" He ran over to her, shocked at her wounded, bloody state. "What happened?!"

"G-Gyokuen..." Ashlyn choked out.

Hakuryuu's expression hardened and he growled, "Gyokuen..."

"Hakuryuu..." Ashlyn's voice was hoarse. "Please...do whatever you need to to kill her. I-I'm sorry I couldn't help you more...I messed up." She was crying now. She didn't want to tell him to do whatever, she knew that meant falling into depravity. She wanted to tell him he couldn't get stronger by covering himself in darkness. But she didn't have time now. Hakuryuu gritted his teeth and held her in his lap. Ashlyn could tell he was keeping himself from crying as well. She was happy, for the strangest reason, "Judar was wrong. You don't only have the capacity to hate Gyokuen..."

Hakuryuu's eyes widened, "How did you...?"

"I overheard everything then..." Ashlyn admitted. "Sorry... I love you, Hakuryuu."

The prince clenched his jaw. He couldn't actually believe she was dying. He was so sure she'd be alright. He knew it was wrong to let himself fall in love. She had become his weakness, and Gyokuen knew that. So she destroyed one of the only things he cared about. He was unable to hold back the tears any longer, "I love you too...Ashlyn. I swear, I'll kill Gyokuen."

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Author's Note-

Ah...Don't kill me please...

THERES STILL ONE CHAPTER OKAY.

I...I have a song too... it's The Light Behind Your Eyes by My Chemical Romance I think it fits really well...

Especially the "Sometimes we must get stronger and you can't get stronger in the dark" Link is to the lyrics~ although the video is a lyric vid...