Rescued

[Flash_Guardian ] Now, where were we? Floating just outside the Triad, in the maze?

Sam_Seymour had stepped out ...both in spiritaul form the corridors round and high ceiling....swirling dark miss hissed and rose from the watery substance flowing shifting over the ground....shronds of sticky substances draped hang upon the walls and down from the ceiling...glowing an eerie dim light..

Sam_Seymour looking back can see that the triad seemed partly buried within the cavities of the tunnel blocking that part from anything that was beyond.....she hoping that the way they have clear is the right way to go....

Flash_Guardian keeps his light spell going, concentrating on it intently to offer as much light as he can in such a dark place. The shadows make it difficult, but he does his best, trying to stay close behind Sam as they navigate the maze as best they can. Eyes peer this way and that, as hands reach out to slip between those sticky strands, nimbly trying to avoid such things and leave this place as it is.

Sam_Seymour nods to Flash as she walks....her fingers rubbing along the back pack straps as if by habit.....Flash's light would be dim yet enough to show them the curved rough walls of the tunnels....yet every so often would flare up into a brillant white light blindingly filling the tunnel with its brillance.....the watery substance splashing as Sam moves each step

Flash_Guardian has found it easier to have his feet upon the ground, rather than simply float about as he had been back aboard the Triad ... concentrating on the light source means his awareness is rather at a premium. He does, however, still have enough for a few words. "We really can't afford to get lost in here ... what we need is some sort of strategy. Any way we can mark these walls some how? Or use bread crumbs?" he asks her, using an analogy from a common children's story.

Sam_Seymour glances over her shoulder to him....up til then she had actually been concentrating on what might be ahead then what way they were actully going...stopping as she frowns.....a quick glance down....looking back up " Wont see anything if we leave it there....and if we're in a hurry to get back marking the walls aint gonna work......" she smiles slowly before her lips begin to move as she begins chanting....a purple light suddenly blazing in hand...." Duck..." was all she said before arching her arm back as she throw it high against the ceiling and along the tunnel......as it hit the ceiling it busrt into flames and funneled along the tunnel...arching and filling it like a ball of fire....suddenly to disappear in the distance.....the force of the explosion as it had hit the roof being more powerful then even Sam had intended...as she stumbled back and fell into the water.....her face flashed with scolding fire....

Flash_Guardian sees the purple flames just before they are thrown, and slides to one side neatly avoiding the blast, stumbling a little but managing to catch himself after a few steps and a wobble of arms. He finds himself standing over Sam, reaching a hand down to help her up even as he looks down the passageway she just incinerated. "Whoa ... I didn't think witches used those sorts of magics ... but maybe it's different here?"

Sam_Seymour was looking stunned.....no way was it supposed to be that big....an arm stretching up as a hand clasps around his own as she hefts herself up...clothes dripping as it softly hisses with the wisps of smoke arising from her....shaking her head " Ive never seen it be soo powerful...it was only supposed to be small enough to burn a path through the sticky stuff to show we've been this way...." her eyes look down the now blackened dark tunnel.....

Flash_Guardian grimaces, examining the damage as well and whistling appreciatively. "Probably augmented magic in this realm. Certain powers are stronger than others. You conjured those flames so easily, yet it takes all the willpower I have to keep this light even meagerly bright." He ceases concentration on the light for a moment, allowing it to recede to its normal glow as he turns his attentions to a spell of a different kind. His hand circles in the empty air behind the pair, wisps of bluish light lingering in the air as he traces a pattern before gathering the light in his palm and releasing it downward and away with a flick. If his spell goes as normal, it should cause a thin and short range beam of frost to project a little ways away to strike the watery substance on the ground, the chill of the magic freezing a small portion of liquid there into solid form.

Sam_Seymour rises a brow as she kinda hefts the back pack more.....watching as the surface of the watery substance seems to freeze yet not so much as freezing it to the bottom....the coldnes of ice seems to rise sending shivers through them......" Emm.....this your way of telling us where we've been......or to give us a better surface to walk on...?" a hand rises to her scorched face....at least the chilling air was cooling that down...a soft sigh escaping lips

Flash_Guardian shivers slightly, looking around him and rubbing against his arms a bit for warmth. "No ... just testing. That was one of the least powerful magics at my command," he explains, putting his concentration back into his globe of light, willing it to brighten as much as he can. "Shouldn't have affected the whole tunnel, really ... though I'd say your fire magics were boosted more than my ice." Flash gets an idea, taking a few steps back. "I'd like to try something ... might give us a better light source, and afford easier passage as well as protection. I can surround myself in a cocoon of flames." He stands ready to cast, letting the orb of light fall dim once again. If this works, it shouldn't be needed anyway. "Just ... stand back a moment."

Sam_Seymour nods stepping well away from him.....dark emerald eyes watchful.....after the last two displays of magic she was uncertain how wise doing more is...though Flash did seem to know what he was doing...kinda...sometimes....and thus she waits

Flash_Guardian keeps it subtle, downplaying his magic and trying to 'ease into' the spell. Hands and fingers flail in a spiral, gathering at a centerpoint about his chest as magic flares in brilliant red, arcing about his form and seeming to ignite his very aura ... he soon finds himself surrounded by a thin sheet of flame all about his form, from head to toe. It gives off light, and is very hot to the touch ... though by the nature of the magic, it does not harm him. Only him, though. He'll slowly feed his spell more and more power until it reaches its normal effect, as if he were wearing a fiery sort of armor, then just let it stand.

Sam_Seymour watches as it seems to flicker.....smoke.....before busrting into the sheet of armour...enveloping the body...first inches away from his body until the power seems to grow as flames lick and dance upwards as if arms going around him in the intense heat...the flames white heat in the centre.....the brillance of the flames filling the tunnel with light dancing over the smallest of shadow corners....as everything gets bathed in it

Flash_Guardian is finding his magics rather difficult to control in this odd environment, but lets it stand as it is now. "Well, that's a little better," he says, letting the other light orb drop out and vanish entirely, relying on his flaming aura to burn through the webs and light the way. "You okay, Sam?" he asks, looking to her to make certain she's alright.

Sam_Seymour nods she was actually grinning now.....as she waves her arm....." Go on pathfinder......go get 'em" as she steps closer to follow egaer to get this over with.....well at least to find Glyniss

Flash_Guardian nods, and carefully steps his way past Sam, moving at a bit quicker pace now that he finds himself not quite so hindered ... any webs would likely burn or melt away as he approaches, and there's enough light to see by. So on he goes, winding his way through the maze until he comes to anything that looks different ... hopefully until he reaches the end.

[Haborym ] You pass beneath the arch way into the huge cavernous chamber, a wave of intense heat hits you, the air wavering before your eyes and you soon see the source of the heat. The chamber is made of volcanic rock, the walls made of black basalt, the floors glassy smooth obsidian marked with random outcroppings of dark rocks. Huge pillars reach the ceiling of the cavern, each a two metre in radius column of basalt rock, the bodies of screaming victims carved into their surface .... or possibly encased in the molten rock, their faces caught in a constant look of terror. At the rear of the chamber is a massive central lava fall that oozes down like orange and black treacle. This lava fall empties into a large pool of magma that creates a deadly moat around two separated islands that raise up like miniature basalt mountains. At the summit of the right island is a golden harp, the body of which is made in the visage of a tortured woman, bound with strangling, thorny vines. At the summit of the left is a glass case ...

[Haborym ] in which sits a young woman ... the one you have sought all this time ... Glyniss sits at the bottom of the glass cage, her leg brace torn from her leg, leaving it horribly twisted. Her lips sewn shut and her body bound in chains of daisies ... much like children would make. She looks down at the ground like one who's mind is lost in the void, her eyes glassed over and un-responding. Her thumb missing and her clothes ripped and covered in blood. Both islands can only be reached by a number of large rocks and smaller stepping stones in the lava, at times the rocks completely sink into the pool before emerging once more from the sizzling, crackling molten rock. There is something missing however, you do not see Glyniss's captor.

Sam_Seymour can see how the rounded tunnel seems to suddenly arch and stop.....the light from what lays beyond somewhat blinding as she rubs eyes before stepping a little closer yet keeping her distance from Flash in his present state which actually humpers what she can see...hard to see anything when youve got a blazing tourch in front of you human size

Flash_Guardian is thankfully shielded from the heat of this place thanks to his flaming armor, at least to an extent. He glances back to Sam, checking to make sure she's alright ... then spots Glyniss, and his heart feels as if it has been wrenched from his chest by vile and clawed hands, gasping. His gaze in unable to turn away, as someone helplessly watching a once proud keep engulfed in raging flames. As if to shield him from such sight, his eyes slowly close even as his fists clench at his sides, a rising ire bubbling like magma deep within him, yearning to surface. "Haborym ..." he calls softly. Then, arching his head toward the ceiling and bellowing with all the might and rage he can muster, "HABORYYYMM!!!"

Haborym lets out a deep resounding laugh from behind the pair that had just entered it's chambers, the arch they had just passed under was not only an entrance, but was part of a massive throne on which the equally massive Baron of hell sits, it's neck twists and crunches in a painful sounding motion as the three heads of the demon rotate, the black dragon head taking the central position, it hissed, its glistening black tongue flickered between it's lips "Well well ... they finally arrived after all, welcome mortals, welcome to the fiery depths of PAIN!!!" the large demon suddenly raises to it's hooved feet, landing forward of his throne causing the chamber to shake

Sam_Seymour takes a backward step from Flash as he seems to holler in anger.....from this reaction this wasnt another coven leading off into more tunnels..she could feel the heat emmiting from whatever lay beyond...and from Flash's reaction it seemed maybe they had reached the centre ..she tried edging around to see more of what lays beyond..her eyes widen at what she does see...head and body spinning around to see what kind of demon they faced.....

Flash_Guardian stumbles backward from the impact a few feet before steadying himself. After he settles his eyes are trained upon the demonic lord of this realm without swaying, his senses on full alert. His anger has long since dropped away behind his placid facade. Fear? Oh yes, he feels it ... he's just not showing it. "So," Flash calls over to the demon Haborym. "You've been expecting us. Then I'm sure you already know why we've come."

Haborym let out another laugh "Indeed" he hissed "You've come to join your friend in her fate, she has become ... you say .... a particuliar worn out plaything" the demon reached back, gripping the shaft of the massive halberd resting against the wall behind him

Flash_Guardian keeps a tight handle on the cloak of flames which surrounds him. His voice takes on a more musical quality, carrying a light tone in stark contrast to the dismal surroundings. "Oh! So you've gotten rather tired of her, have you? Then I doubt you'll mind if we take her back to our world, where she belongs, will you?" Flash still stands ready ... the attacks of the imp Viimz still fresh in his mind. He remembers all too well the difficulty in fighting that creature. Its master would surely be even more formidable a foe, so it is in Flash's best interest to avoid a confrontation if possible. "If you would kindly release her to us, my companion and I will happily be on our way."

Sam_Seymour hand had slipped into her jacket pocket as fingers closed tightly around the stick within its dark recess....her eyes shifting from the monster before them to sweep over the fire covern....her jaw dropping a little at Glyniss...before her attention swiftly spins back to the man beside her and the creature ahead of her

Haborym gripped the shaft of the halberd in both of it's red taloned hands, it swung it in a testing arch, not looking down at Flash "An amusing propersition mortal, but I am a being of many personalities" the demon's neck began to turn again, the sound of bones grinding is awful, this time the red skinned lion head takes centre position "And we can get upset if we are cheated of our PRIZE!!!" roars the head, it bought the axe head of the halberd down int a viscious sweep, it slammed into the floor a mere two or three metres from where Flash stood, cracking the obsidian floor, the head turned once more, this time the rotting goat's head took the middle place, and it's voice didn't seem to come from it's mouth, but from within Flash and Sam's own heads, a calm, echoing whisper ~and though her body might be ruined a mind can just as amusing to torture~

Flash_Guardian backflips away from the speedy swing of the halberd ... perhaps it wasn't necessary, but he's taking no chances. He lands swiftly back on his feet, hands brought up defensively in front of him. "You would seek your amusement through battle? Fine, then," Flash challenges whole heartedly. "Come at me with your blade, and whatever power you have behind it ... I'll show you a good time." Flash cracks his knuckles, the tiny sounds paling in comparison to the horrid crackling of the creatures own neck ... yet there is confidence in Flash's voice that conveys his belief in his words. Flash has little power over mind or magic ... he cannot raise trees from acorns, or commune with higher powers, or any of that. What he can do ... what he was made to do ... is to fight. And he relishes it.

Sam_Seymour noted how the heads shifted as each spoke their part.....a soft muttering of lips as she withdrew the ludicously small looking stick from her pocket......yet a swift clear movement as she drops into a crouching postion instantly slamming the stick to the ground immediatly upon impact the once small stick extends as it does a spinning disc appears in front of her...much like a catherine wheel yet at a much greater size...

Haborym 's head cracked once more as it turned back to the black dragon's head, it hissed and turned to face Sam "Yes Viimz, such a useful little puppet, ignorant yet he did his job ... I wonder how many more of your order I can lure here" it shifted it's head back to Flash "I had no intention of fighting" the dragon inhaled, before any could really react it exhaled a cloud of pure blackness about the chamber, like a black inky mist, soon all was dark "I will be satisfied in simply destroying you" the Dragon demon let out a hissing dark chuckle

Flash_Guardian shields his eyes from the blast, closing them just in the nick of time as all goes black. And now he is forced to rely upon his other senses to keep him informed of what is going on, his third eye remaining open to his surroundings. Flash takes a step or two away from Sam's last location, allowing his flame aura spell to blossom to its full potential, less a human torch so much as a human bonfire now. "You'll have to do better than that," Flash calls out into the darkness.

Haborym was barely making a sound, leaving the two's breathing to be heard, as well as the bubbling and cracking of the flow of lava, hissing jets of steam, suddenly there was a whooshing sound, the more of a shrieking sound that got closer and closer to Flash and Sam

Sam_Seymour frowns at Haborym's words......though the inky darkness hid that from those here.....she could hear Flash move away his voice as much as anything telling her where....closing her eyes she searched over the details she had installed there in the bare minutes she had looked about the covern....head tilting as she listens....and quickly moves off to where she thought Glyniss could be..pausing holding her breathe as she hears the whooshing sound....head turning sligfhtly to get her baring of that before continuing edging her way towards where she hoped Glyniss was

Flash_Guardian braces himself against the darkness ... the darkness and shrieks, no matter how bloodcurdling, do not inspire any more fear than he is already feeling, and still he does not show it ... simply aware of it in a disconnected sort of way. He will not react until he senses some sort of attack coming at him through the darkness. He can hear Sam's footsteps clattering along on the stone, hoping she knows what she's doing ... his spell would afford him some small protection from the hellfire and lava, at least. He does not know how well protected she is, and a dip in the lava could easily be fatal for her.

Haborym 's halberd head suddenly glinted in reflection from Flash's fiery armour spell, the whooshing shriek was infact the sound of the massive blade swung straight at him, leaving less than seconds for him to avoid the blow

Flash_Guardian needs no more time than that, spinning and whirling around the blow with nimble grace ... though indeed the blade comes far too close for comfort, narrowly shaving off the hem of his sleeve. But now he has a better idea of where his attacker is. For now, he is content to wait for another strike and simply goad him on. "I've fought in worse environs that this fiery realm! There are deeper places in hell far more treacherous than just this!" That said, Flash hurls himself away from the stone floor ... moving silently now through the blackness and using it for just as much cover as the demon himself is getting. Where he is now is difficult to determine, as a result ...

Sam_Seymour memory was hopefully serving her right as she reached the pool of lavae.....her shoe tip feeling the edge to clarify how close it was a soft intake of breathe head cocked to hear another swish if its coming....the baton in her hand she reaches out touching the spinning disc....if the others could see they would note it had stopped this action as she guided it to the ground and she steped onto it....the disc lifting and carrying her across the stream by passing the rocky stepping stones

Haborym took a deep breath and seemed to suck the darkness from the room once more, the heads twisted and changed once more so that the lion head was in control, it let out a bellowing roar as it swung the halberd in a circle over it's head, eyes locked on Flash .... Sam on the other hand had unfortunately miscalculated in the darkness, she was heading to one of the islands, but it was the one that contained the harp, rather than the imprisoned Glyniss, the Demon mean while charged forward towards the exposed Flash, slamming the head of the halberd down to the ground once more

Flash_Guardian unfortunately has been caught in midmanuever ... his leap from the ground left him suspended in midair over Haborym, waiting to fall upon him with a powerful kick. Unfortunately, the demon's whirling halberd catches him squarely in the chest. "Ooof!!" He gets knocked away with considerable force, flying through the air in Sam's direction, sliding dangerously toward the edge of the lava-filled moat. His hands and feet claw at the ground to slow his progress, but indeed his foot goes over the edge ... depending how far down from ground level the lava is, Flash may or may not get his foot caught in the superheated stuff ... either way, he quickly hauls himself up and back onto dry land just in time to see the beast charging at him, only to roll away sideways across his back, landing in a crouch and still wincing from the prior impact.

Sam_Seymour blinks as the darkness suddenly lifts and instead of being close to reaching Glyniss finds herself next to the harp....deeply frowning she wasnt sure why it was being held yet the nature that it was showed it of some importance...afterall Glyniss was protected such an arm outstretcehed as fingers grasp it.....sweeping it back quickly to her.....as she pulled it close her fingertips accidently puck a few strngs

Haborym plants it's hooves as it reaches the edge of the moat, swinging the halberd in a wide arc, it rapidly descended toward Flash, giving him absolutely no chance to dodge as the blade slices down to split his skull in two, most likely cutting him from top to bottom and cleaving him cleanly in half, a familiar voice sang out however as Sam fumbled agaisnt the strings, the axe head of the halberd turned at the very last moment as the demon roared in what could only be described in agony, the lion head turned to snarl at Sam, dropping the halberd as it clutched it's arm from some invisible wound, it released it's arm and a crackling whip of lightning sprung to life in his taloned grip, he turned away from Flash and took a step into the lava

Sam_Seymour lets go of the harp as Glyniss's voice rings out clearly in perfect pitch as her fingers tug at the strings....hands fumbling to grip it as it clutters onto the disc at her feet.....her hand scooping it up once more head turning at the roar....

Flash_Guardian flinches away from the blow, only to see it miss ... the demon distracted just as much as Flash is by the familiar singing. It's a voice Flash knows all too well. "Glyniss ...!" Seeing the demon going after Sam as he is, Flash leaps from his coiled position, springing forth to attempt to latch onto one of the great demon lord's heads and hang on for dear life, lava and lightning whip be damned. "Sam!! Play the harp!" he calls up to her commandingly.

Sam_Seymour isnt sure what is happening though eyes and ears tell her the harp seems to be the key...within split second of Flash yelling at her she grabs the harp in a firmer grip....and lets her fingers run over the strings...plucking and pulling not actually trying to play a tune but make a noise.....head lifting as she glances over to Glyniss...yes her body was within the cage still yet.....her voice..her singing was here on the harp....the wailing of Glyniss's banshee taking up the rhymn rising and falling as it travels around the covern

Haborym thrashed it's heads back as Flash sudenly grabbed ahold of one, his hands finding a grip on the hornes of the decaying goat skull, the sole human eyeball turned to look him in the face, while the other two heads roared in anger, lashing the whip towards Sam, it cracked not like a whip but a boom of thunder, meanwhile the eye starred into Flash's eyes, who found something very strange happening, the pupil of the eyeball was slowly getting bigger and bigger, as if he was suddenly falling into a deep bottomless pit, the black eyeball consuming his vision as it forced it's illusionary powers deep into his mind

Flash_Guardian may not have power over others' minds, but his own mental defenses are considerable. Not that he'd be so silly as to look directly into the lone eye in the first place, as his attentions are currently elsewhere. But indeed when he feels a growing presence in his mind, it is quickly shut out, his mental door slammed in the creature's proverbial face. One hand clings to the goat horns even as the other flails about in the air, Flash doing his best to manuever amidst the grapple and flail a kick at the side of the dragon's head. And all the while, his fiery aura burns with the fierce intensity and raw strength of Flash's spirit, its flames torching and burning across the demon's hide.

Haborym let out another agonising howl of pain as the strings where strummed, the whip itself coiled around the opposite loop of the harp to which Sam held, the demon attempted to drag the instrument from her grasp, the demons body was beginning to smoke a red vapour, white hot cracks appearing in it's skin, feeling it's powers shut out the skull like face back to chat and snap at him, it bucked from side to side in an attempt to throw him off, it than suddenly lurched back with the movement of pulling the whip, the head lowering Flash towards the lava

Sam_Seymour automatically ducks down further the harp clutched int front of her....as the..what she thought was a whip cracks towards her....the thundering sound instead omitting from it..making her head sink into her shoulders her face cringing up as she tries blocking out the sound.....finger knuckles going white as she feels the sharp tug of the harp...as she tries holding onto it..the other s fingers going mad as it tugs at the strings.....turning her back to give her extra pull

[Flash_Guardian ] As the demon's head swings violently, Flash simply uses the momentum to launch himself up into the air, bringing a fist high up over his head even as it begins to glow with a crackling electrical energy of his own. Indeed, his timing was such that he manages to come down swiftly towards the hand that wields the whip, grabbing hold of the taught electrical line even as he delivers his own punch to the holding hand, backed with a magically empowered electrical shock of his own, trying to swat the weapon out of the demon's grasp.

Haborym goes still for a moment, it's head's turned upwards, mouths gaping, both Sam and Flash hear nothing, but feel a popping in their airs, there is a shattering of glass as Glyniss's cage shatters, leaving her to drop to the ground, the Demon it self suddenly let out a horrible yell of pain, the roof of the chamber began to crack, stone cracking on obsidian and splashing in lava, the demon began to crack like an egg, a fiery yellow glow beneath, as Flash bought down his blow the weakened arm shattered and the whip and hand holding it fell towards the lava, though leaving Flash little to grab onto, the demon was rabidly disintegrating into smaller shards, he begun to spin around in a spasm of agony as it's body disolved into a formless mass of flame and shadow, moving up his arms and legs as the disintegration rapidly climbed towards his three heads, all the while the chamber quaked and began to collapse

Flash_Guardian holds onto that whip for dear life, even though the electricity within its core is sending blinding pain up his arms. The whip still has its hold upon the harp above, allowing Flash the chance to swing his way to safety as the demon disintegrates. He grabs hold of the nearest stony pillar that he comes to, a wave of lava splashing up around his ankles as he slowly releases his hold upon the whip ... that way Sam isn't thrown back at its sudden release. From there, he springs from one stone column to the next, dodging falling rocks and moving higher and higher, slowly climbing his way up toward the fallen form of Glyniss laying beneath shards of glass. "Take the harp and get out!" he calls to Sam. "I'll bring Glyniss!"

Haborym let a roar from it's lion and dragon head as the flesh slowly cracked and fell from them, leaving a mass of flame and shadow respecitively in the shape vagualy resemblign the heads, all that was left was the floating skull, now vissible attached to a long spine, twisted at the neck, it hung like a tail as the flame and shadow swirled around it, a boulder dislodged itself from the ceiling and smashed into the skull, than another, until the roof caved in ontop of it, smashing the remains of the demain into the superheated magma, crackeds ripped through the floor as more lava began spewing into the chamber, the pressure and heat sending black rocks shooting into the air

Sam_Seymour having her back to the fight and creature was somewhat shaken as the place begun to tumble and shake....clutching the harp to her as she turns....not even bothering to watch the last of the demon falling disappearing into its own hell as she crouches down....sending the disc back over the frothing bubbling sea of hot smoking white hot liquid...another glance to where Flash is heading before jumping off the disc she directs it above her hearing the thud of rocks tumble againbst it as she runs towards the tunnel entrance....zig zagging as much as she can

Flash_Guardian makes the last leap to the uppermost ledge, letting his fiery aura at last dissipate as he kneels over the broken form of Glyniss. He cannot help but pause a moment as a chord of sadness strikes in his heart ... but now is certainly not the time, and he knows this. Hands and arms gently scoop up Glyniss's battered and bloody form, cradling her next to him as the ceiling comes tumbling down around him. With a leap, he begins to make his way back to the chamber's entrance in a haphazard route, springing from one pillar as it topples to land upon a large hunk of rock as it flies through the air from the rising blast from the furnace below, riding it a moment until he comes to the next pillar, using the crumbling rock as a stepping stone to reach the rift-torn floor of obsidian on the other side of the moat. The ceiling and walls continue to collapse ... and then a giant rift opens in the floor, cutting off Flash's escape as more boulders descend around him ...

[Haborym ] *There is a very loud crack and grinding sound as the lava fall behind Flash splits in two, unfortunately to let out a torrentual wave of magma that rushes forward, rumbling loudly as it melts the obsidian floor and outcroppings of basalt

Flash_Guardian leaps from the floor as it breaks up underneath him, flying forth across the crack with Glyniss in his arms, landing upon the floor and darting forward at a blazingly fast run, not daring to look back at the rushing wall of lava. With a flying leap, he flies through the opening and back into the maze beyond, turning over in midair to let the still form of Glyniss land upon him, cushioning her fall even as he flings a hand back toward the entrance, gathering shards of brilliant yellow energy to his palm. As the pair hit the floor with a massive whump, his spell triggers, bringing forth a powerful sheet of magical force energy in a barrier just outside the doorway, concentrating with all of his might to maintain this wall of sheer magical might and bracing himself for the lava wave's impact. "This is gonna suck ..."

Sam_Seymour is aware of the crushing heaving boulders earth cracking splitting ...yet she was doing her best to dodge and run zig zagging before choking from flumes and dust she reaches the the archway more then once she had heard the disc deflect considerable force to get her to saftey once at this entrance...or exit she turns around eyes steaming with the dust...and smoke as they search for Flash and co seeing Flash's problem.....she sends the disc towards them...as she steps back into the darken tunnels

[Haborym ] *The rumbling wave slammed against the tunnel leading into the chamber, it rushed fourth down the passage, Flash thinks for a moment he says the lava taking the form of a gaping goat skull before it crashes against the wall of energy, like trying to ... well hold off a wave of lava, the shield holds but the impact causes the masonry around the entrance to crack and split, about to collapse over the passageway

Flash_Guardian seems to recoil from the impact of the massive wave, almost as if he had taken the blow himself instead of the barrier. He grimaces, his hand only wavering slightly as he struggles to keep the barrier up with sheer force of will. "Sam," he calls back through clenched teeth. "Take Glyniss ... go ... I'll be fine ..."

[Haborym ] *the ceiling just above the forcefield looks like it will give as soon as it is released, fortunately it would seal off the lava, unfortunately it's likely to bury Flash alive*

Sam_Seymour eyes lift and widen at the massive wave of molten lavae heading towards them...and not even sure if Flash's magic can hold the barrier up nor how long she ties the harp to her back swinging it around to her back pack.....darting forwards to crouch beside Flash....." You cant do this on your own...get your arse moving...and get her out of here..." she pulled the baton out of her belt as she spoke...and begun twilling it between her fingers...above her head....pushing herself up as the speed of the twilling become faster and faster

[Flash_Guardian ] "Dammit, Sam!!" Flash calls back to her, straining to keep his barrier held. "If I move, this whole passage comes down! Take Glyniss and go!"

Sam_Seymour glances down at Glyniss......crumpled on the ground and quickly at Flash if it collapses when he moves how the hell is he gonna get out.......taking one step back...her lips setting into a form line....the disc sent to bring Flash and Glyniss back tilts grows....expanding above Flash and then......folds around him giving him a pocket sheilding.....something like a bubble...around just him....once done her twilling stops....and scooping Glyniss up in both arms she runs full pelt towards the traid

Flash_Guardian seems to be losing strength for a moment ... and then something miraculous happens. All at once his spirit blossoms with newfound energy as rainbow light surges forth from his very being. The others can feel a powerful secondary presence, like an angel rising on multicolored wings and lending Flash a second wind ... his barrier reinforced for the moment by this new strength, shining forth in varied brilliant hues from behing the protective bubble, so bright that Flash's form cannot be seen. Only when Sam reaches the far end of the passage does he release the barrier, the ceiling slamming down all around him with the wrath of an angry giant, a landslide of rock and stone to bury him and extinguish that glow.

Sam_Seymour can hear the collapsing of roof and walls....the bellowing of dust and rock....crushing down everywhere tempted to stop to look back even fight the urge to go back and see what she can do but Glyniss was in her arms...her mission nearly completed.....grimly setting her face into a stubborn line she continues running skidding and darting to slip pass some unseen falling boulder before looking up and seeing in the distance the large beded shape of the triad

[Flash_Guardian ] Just before Sam reaches the Triad, that same rainbow colored glow appears just a few feet off the ground ahead of her, shining with the brilliance of a star ... a figure slowly fading into being amidst the brightness, silhoutted against the colorful shine with arms outstretched and palms skyward. The light subsides as the shadowy shape regains its color, forming into the image of Flash amidst the aura of wavering colors, clinging to him for a moment longer like the embrace of a worried lover before at last departing, returning to the place where it rests in Flash's heart. As the spectacle subsides, Flash's battered body at last falls roughly to the earth in a heap, covered with bruises, scorch marks, cuts, and massive burns along his hand and arm.

Sam_Seymour blinks coming to a stop at the first sight of rainbow lights.....unsure if this was another trick of the demon's.....damning herself for not keeping hold of the baton...as she begins to lower Glyniss to the ground reaching for the baton.....straigthening...as fingers begin to twill and wide eyes watches as Flash seems to form and fall to the ground.....a glance to Glyniss at her feet and Flash over by the aircraft....ramming her baton back into her belt she heaves Glyniss up once move as quickly moves to the ship and inside....laying her down just inside the entrance...before stepping back and scooping Flash up and doing her best to carry him in ...slamming the door shut once inside..

Flash_Guardian lends what strength he can ... indeed, that guardian angel of his seems too stubborn to let him quit now. With weary footsteps and Sam's aid, he makes his way back to the Triad. "Thanks, Sam," he tells her in a whispered voice, glancing back to open door of the Triad, waiting with open arms. "Let's go home."

Sam_Seymour once she's got Flash settled which seems to be hard once his got the bite between his teeth she goes to Glyniss carrying her to a chair....tightening up the belts before slumping in one herself......" Get us back Flash....Glyniss is going need some help...."

Sam_Seymour once she's got Flash settled which seems to be hard once his got the bite between his teeth she goes to Glyniss carrying her to a chair....tightening up the belts before slumping in one herself......" Get us back Flash....Glyniss is going need some help...."