The YogLabs Incident

Part 10

Ridge hovered over the Yogscast members, still invisible. He didn't want to reveal himself, but he was watching them. Then Kim started yelling his name. He drifted down, and stood next to Lalna, then he leant down and put a hand on his chest. There were a few sparks, and Lalna slowly opened his eyes. Ridge flew up higher again, as Kim and Honeydew reached down for Lalna again. Kim hugged him tightly, and as she stood up, she waved up into the air, and mouthed thankyou in Ridge's direction. Then she stood around Lalna with the rest of her friends.

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"Don't move, or he dies." Lalnable called out. Xephos stood still, not even daring to breathe. "Now, we are all going to leave, and not draw any attention to ourselves." He continued, glancing pointedly over at Xephos, who in turn, nodded. Lalnable swiftly walked out of the forest, still holding the knife under Rythian's throat. Xephos knew that he couldn't even teleport away, because he would then risk being cut as he teleported, so he stayed put. They got half of the way back to YogLabs, before things started going wrong. Xephos tripped again, on an uneven patch, and Lalnable whirled around to check on him. In that time, Rythian managed to slip away from Lalnable, without getting hurt. Lalnable stopped, and looked back and forth between the two of them. "We are not going with you Lalnable," Xephos stated. He growled, as he saw that there was no way he could take them away. "Fine!" He snarled. "But you're not staying here or going back either!" Then he lunged for Rythian.

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As the others slowly left YogLabs, only Honeydew, Kim, Trott, and obviously Lalna remained. He'd managed to get up into a sitting position, and they'd been able to assess his wound. Already, it was healing, mainly due to Ridge, but it wasn't healing fast enough. Lalna also knew he'd lost too much blood. All his energy from before was gone, and now the pain and sadness set in. His left arm was numb again, and it seemed like Ridge's power has done nothing to help get rid of the poison. If anything, it was getting worse. "Guys, look," Lalna said weakly. "It's getting late, and Xephos and Rythian still aren't back, maybe you should leave me here and go and-" "No." Kim interrupted. "We are not leaving you here alone, and we are not taking you with us, so we'll all stay here for now," her tone of voice made it clear that that was the end of the topic. Lalna sighed, and slipped further down the wall. He was so tired, maybe he could just have a little nap... Within seconds, Lalna had fallen asleep.

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Rythian managed to teleport away just in time, but Lalnable was already after him again. Xephos watched, trying to figure out how he could help. Then he decided, a life for a life. He yelled out insults at Lalnable, running round him as he talked. "Stop being such an idiot Lalnable, leave him alone and fight me! Or are you too chicken?" Xephos continued circle him, as he reached for his diamond sword. The last comment set Lalnable off, and he changed direction, now heading straight for Xephos, who was no desperately trying to find his diamond sword. Where is it?! He thought. He couldn't feel it in its scabbard, and it wasn't anywhere else, either. He was starting to feel less confident now. He had no chance against Lalnable if he didn't have a weapon. But the clone kept coming in his direction anyway. "You want to die first? Go ahead!" Lalnable yelled. Then he was upon Xephos, striking out with his fists. Xephos collapsed in a heap, unable to get up. Then he felt something digging into his back. His sword. He'd hidden it in his quiver! Of course, no one could find it that way, but it must've been a good hiding spot if he forgot about it too. Xephos turned over and pulled it out. Impossibly enough, after the whole battle with Lalna, his sword was still clean, and now he could see it had a faint purple aura around it. Then he figured out what it was. It would be useful against Lalnable, but not- "Oh no..." Xephos muttered. It would kill Lalna, even if his wound healed. He had to get back and tell them. Well, not him, but someone else. "Rythian!" He called. Then he looked over at Lalnable who was standing still in between the two. Xephos drew his arm back, and threw the sword, right at Lalnable. It went off centre slightly, and hit his arm, but it was enough of a distraction. Lalnable shouted something out, before trying to pull the sword out. It was harder than it looked when he had only one arm to do so. Xephos ran over to Rythian, and told him what he had figured out, then told him what he had to do. Rythian nodded, and teleported away again, leaving Xephos alone in a small clearing, fighting for his life against a psycho clone.