Tales Of Lola The Black (6 page)

“I might be different now but I will never be as good as you.” Lola said as she hovers in the air, her black swan like wings thudding.
“You are the real monster. You tried to take my powers when I was a young girl. You raped me and used your students as well.”

“Only a monster would kill her own friends.” Perim responded. Lola could see the fear in his grimacing face. “Pikan Granda!” Perim yelled, a large ball of fire launched from his rod.
Lola laughed at Perim’s spell. Using her rod she smacked the ball of fire and redirected it back at Perim. He dodges it leaping to the side and his spell detonated on the roof of the mansion creating a large hole. 

Lola ascended up in the air and dived toward
s Perim. He ran up the slope of the roof as Lola shot bullets of fire. Perim dodge her fire and retaliated. “Pikan Granda!” He continued to launch that large ball of fire. His spells were powerful, bigger and contained more energy. He was a master in the fire arts and refused to lose to one of his students. On the flat surface of the roof he ran across. Lola dived, her wings spread wide and the end of her rod bath in fire. She aimed to kill him and knew the right spell that would take his life instantly. She was a dozen feet above him now and yelled “Pikan Ray!” Then Perim stopped, spun, jumped and from his cloak he drew a sword. He swung at Lola while in the air. She was not expecting such a bold move from him. She pause her spell and guard with her rod. Their weapons collided and vibrated. Lola was shocked and ascended. Perim fell and rolled on his back once he touched the ground.

Lola had never seen Perim wield a sword. She thought he was strictly a mage.
That won’t happen again
, Lola swore. She spun back and dived again. She saw a bundle of fire bullets flying towards her. She tilted and dodged the bullets. More flew towards her. They were like arrows of flame, Perim shot from his rod. Lola dodged them in mid air and batted them aside and dived. “Pikan Ray!” She yelled. A red beam burning like lava flew from her rod. Perim used his sword; the beam hit his sword and absorb the spell.
His sword is enchanted as if it were a magic rod
, Lola assumed. Perim lashed his sword and line of red glowing energy left his weapon. Lola gasped and ascended dodging his attack. Had she continued to dive, he body would have been cleaved.

I must be at a closer range to defeat
him
, she plotted and spun around. Lola decided to hover over the center of the roof. Perim saw that she was close to the ground so he ran towards her, launching missiles of fire from his rod. Lola deflected his missiles and absorbed some. She flapped her wings, they thudded blowing heavy winds. Her wings flapped faster and faster and blowing gusts at Perim. The man tried to grip on the tiles of the roof. The gust was strong and the wind got in his eyes, blinding him. Lola then shot bullets of fire from her rod but this time it was black fire. Fire like the ones she used to burned Perim’s apprentices.

Perim was able to dodge a few but one hit him and burned his cloak. The black fire burned quicker than regular flames. He immediately removed his cloak and tossed it. “So you have
also learned air magic with that demonic form of yours.” Perim commented and laughed as the wind lashed him. “You won’t be able to defeat me with a few new spells. You lack combat tactics.”

Lola ignored him and continued to blow gust
s of wind and launch black fire. She began to feel her mana slipping away. If she used too much she won’t be able to defeat Perim. She descends down to the roof and panted. “My mana is fading. I must find a way to kill this bastard quickly but he is too fast.” Lola gambled with her remaining strength and launched a bullet of black fire. Perim stood up and deflected her spell. The bullet hit a pinnacle of the mansion. Perim ran, his sword raised and burning red. He swung it and from it left a line of red glowing energy. A sharp beam that could cut much like a sword. Lola tried to fly and dodge the beam but it slices her left wing. She screamed in pain and her wing fell and shattered in a thousand feathers. Her dark powers slowly left her. She scurried back as she shot bullets of black flame. Perim ran towards her. He had quickly learned of her dark spells and deflected her black flames. “Try running away now!” He yelled.

I can’t die here
, Lola’s heart pounded. She might be stronger than him but Perim’s combat skills were greater. Lola was tired and panted. Never had she fought like this before. Her recent battles that she had throughout Alexandria were not as difficult as this. She had never faced anyone with a sword before. No one had ever cleaved off her wings in her dark form. This was a first time for Lola. Perim was close now. Right in front of her. He swung his sword and she dipped. His sword cleaves her wing. Lola screams and received at kick to her chest. She falls back and scurries away from Perim.

“You must
be a child of a fiend.” Perim told her, his voice cold and slow.  He paced towards her and Lola slowly scrawls away from him. “Had you not challenged me, your powers could have been of great use? It is still not too late my dear Lola. King Alexander will compensate us handsomely once he sees your dark powers.”

“I will never work for you again.” Lola bellowed
, she shed tears. “I will not be your slave. I will continue to taste freedom.”

“I hope you like the
taste of steel. Black harlot.” Perim insulted and drove his sword in her gut. Lola screams. Her cry was so great it echoed in the skies and pierced Perim’s ears. Her body shattered into a hundred crows.

“
No!” Perim yelled disappointed he could not end her life. The crows flew in circles around him. Black birds of death and their eyes an angry red. They cawed as they would with the moons above during the night. “You will die my dear Lola. Whether if you are a bird or a fiend.” Perim said and raised the black rod.
Salamander,
he hissed and pounded the ground with the top part of his rod. Flames began to dance around him and swirled. A serpent like creature clad in flames orbited him. It hissed and snapped it fangs. Its flames grew and its body stretched towards the sky. The salamander blew flames at the crows and bit them. One by one they began to fall from the skies. The black birds caught on fire and fell.

Soon the crows fle
w down. They formed Lola’s body again even those that had caught on fire and bitten by the flame salamander. Her body was restored. She gasped for air and her clothes steamed with smoke. Her long skirt tattered and her corset torn, showing her skin. She coughed and got to her feet. Her arms and legs weak and her mana was low. Her fangs withdrawn and her eyes were green again.
I will not be slain by this bastard,
she told herself.
I will get my father’s rod back and continue my life as a drifter with Dougal. There has to be a way to kill him. I still have mana left in me. I can still summon my black fire.

Perim paced towards her, confidently now with
a flame serpent circling his body. He stood a dozen feet from her. Lola clenched her teeth and seethe with anger. Her blood boiled but she knew better than to berserk. She waited for the perfect moment to strike and restore her mana.
I am not leaving; I will not back down until you are dead Perim
.

“I can sense your mana slipping away.” Perim said, eyes narrow, pointing his sword at Lola. “I am still not sure of what I should do. Should
I make you faint and have my way with you. Perhaps lock you in a cage and deliver you to the king. I still have some test I want to do on you my dear. One way or another your powers will be mine.”

Suddenly Perim
’s salamander hissed wildly, so loud that it startled him. Perim spun around and realized that the black wolf had shot a bullet of fire. It was Dougal. “Filthy animal!” He yelled.

“Pikan Ray!” Lola shouted. The red beam jetted from her rod and sliced Perim’s right hand off. His salamander vanished and his
hand fell from the roof. Perim screamed a cry so loud it echoed in the skies. Lola rapidly cast her spell again. “Pikan Ray!” She sliced his left hand. Perim dropped the black rod; it slide down the slope of the roof. Perim turned to Lola, “Curse you. Harlot!” He cursed and looked at his wrist and was agonized. His arms ended with a stump.

“It ends here.” Lola
said voice hoarse and gritted teeth. She used the red beam again and sliced off Perim’s left leg. The man fell to the side. He screams even louder. His cry was loud; birds of the night flew away in fear. It was the scream of a fiend, like a monster being slaughtered. Lola and Dougal stood by him, staring down at the man who for so long had hinder their lives. Now he suffered at their feet and at the mercy of their judgment.

Perim’s screaming subsided. He now moaned and groaned unable to stand or crawl away from Lola. Both his left and right hand sliced off by Lola’s spell. A spell she had to learn on her own since he would not teach it to her. Lola stared down at him solemnly. He was defenseless. She knew she could end his life immediately. There was nothing the bastard could do.

“I knew you would need my help eventually.” Dougal said looking up at Lola.

“Thank you my love. What would I do without you?” She responded with a soft sweet voice.

“Nothing my dear but there is definitely something he can do about my cursed form.” Dougal said and stomped on Perim’s chest growling. “You better start talking. Release me from this wolf form and turn me back into a human.”

Perim did not answer. In fact the man smi
led. Then he began to chuckle and then it turned into a laugh. He laughed hysterically and it only made Lola angrier. She stomped between his legs and the man screamed again. The laugher stopped and he moaned in pain.

“What in
necros are you laughing at? You better tell us how to release Dougal from his wolf form or you will suffer without meeting death.” Lola insulted and stomped between Perim’s legs again. The bastard shrieked this time, a squeal so loud like a pig being slaughter.

“Why …would I tell…you? Hahaha. I am already
dead.” Perim finally spoke. “You cut off my hands so I can’t perform any spells. I can’t even stand on one leg. It is not as if you will let me go if I tell you. Either way I lose. If I tell you I still lose. I rather spit in your face and die with pride?”

“Did you not h
ear what I said? If you don’t tell me I will torture you and you will suffer without meeting death.” Lola threatens getting inpatient.

“You are already vulnerable. I
f I were you I would try not to anger her.” Dougal suggested.

“Hahaha! Dougal. I always knew you and Lola were in love.” Perim told the wolf. “
I never truly liked you but you were always so useful. I thought of kicking you out of the mansion but your wits always keep you from getting in trouble. I was jealous of how you and Lola had become so close. I always wanted her all to myself. The night when both of you tried to steal the dark rod and escape was the night I decided to unleash my anger on you. So I used a gemstone from the underworld that was given to me by a fiend. Still Lola loved you. I guess you can’t win it all. It was good while it lasted. So go ahead. You can kill me but your boyfriend will forever remain as a wolf. A beast of darkness. Hahaha!”

Dougal and Lola were silent for a moment. It seemed that there was no solution to Dougal’s curse.
Lola did not know what to do so she just unleashed her anger on the man she hated for so long. “Pikan Ray!” She shouted and cleaves Perim’s manhood with the red beam. Perim squeals like a thousand pigs. A sound so vile that irritated Dougal’s wolf ears.

“Lola wait!” Dougal alert her.

“What do you suggest we do? The spell he casted on you was not his own.” Lola said, her eyes moist.

“Let me ask him again.” Dougal stood on top of Perim’s body. The wolf growl at the helpless man and stared into his blue eyes. “This gemstone you used on me. You said
it was from the underworld. From Necrovania. How did you obtain it?”

“Like I said. A fiend gave it to me.” Perim answered and spat at the wolf and chuckled. “Unless you have any connection
s with the underworld you won’t be able to get any of those gemstones. Even if you do find a way to the underworld. I wish you good luck trying to find it. You can free yourself from that wolf form but you will be stuck in the underworld for all eternity. Bwahahaha!”

“Please can I just kill
him?” Lola urged.

“No wait. There is something else I need to know.” Dougal continued. “We had run into
fiends in the misty woods before entering the mansion. How were you able to have fiends working for you.”

“Why don’t you just kill me and end my misery.” Perim said. Dougal growled and
bit off a huge chunk of Perim’s flesh from his chest. The man screams so high pitch it sounded like the screech of bats in a cave.

“The grimoire!” Perim screamed
and groaned. “The shadow grimoire in the Alexandrian castle. The king studies the arts of darkness. Please no more. No more. Don’t make me hurt anymore.”

“That is all I needed to know.” Dougal then looked up at Lola. “End his misery and let’s get out of here.”

“Pikan Ray!” Lola shouted and pierced Perim’s heart with a red beam of fire. Perim’s life ended and Lola could finally breathe with ease. She then slide down the slope of the roof and lifted her father’s rod that Perim carried. It had his hand gripping the shaft. Lola uncurled the fingers and tossed the hand with disgust. She looked at the rod and felt deep satisfaction. The rod was black with bat wings and the top had a black onyx gemstone. It was beautiful in her eyes.