Episode 4: On the Move! He's Out for Revenge?

VALGAAV: Hahahaha! Ahahaha!

AMELIA: Aah! It's not going to hold!

LINA: Eh! First Xelloss shows up, and now THIS guy's after us! And WHY is this happening to us here in the outer world?!

VALGAAV: Heheh! How pathetic! Is this all you're capable of, Miss Lina Inverse?!

(all scream as they are thrown back)

LINA: Eh...
(Valgaav punches her)
LINA: Hwah!

AMELIA: Miss Lina! Uh?!
(Valgaav throws her)
AMELIA: Waaaah! Uh! Eh!

ZELGADIS: Haaaah!
(charges Valgaav)

VALGAAV: Hyaaah!
(throws Zelgadiss back)

GOURRY: Aaaah!
(charges Valgaav, gets thrown back)

LINA: Uhh... Uh.

VALGAAV: You disappoint me. You must have more tricks up your sleeve, don't you? Heheheheheh...hahaha!

LINA: Well, I see you've inherited Garv's sense of chivalry, haven't you? Well, I think it may be exaggerating to say you're Gaav's equal, but it definately looks like you're pretty powerful.

VALGAAV: If you understand that, then start fighting. It's the least you can do for someone who's traveled all this way just to kill you, isn't it?

LINA: Oh, please forgive me if I wasn't being polite! How about we just shake hands on it and forget the whole thing? Huh?

VALGAAV: Unfortunately, I'm not quite that generous. Especially when you insult me.

ZELGADIS: Lina!

AMELIA: Wuuh!

VALGAAV: You understand, don't you? I will show you no mercy!

LINA: No kidding. What do I do? If I take him on toe to toe, I can only use the Ragna Blade!

VALGAAV: I'm sorry! That's all the time we have!

GOURRY: Lina!
(charges Valgaav)
GOURRY: Aaaaaah!

VALGAAV: Huh.
(meets Gourry)

GOURRY: Haaah! Uuh!

VALGAAV: Gorun Nova?

GOURRY: What did you say?

LINA: Gorun Nova? Isn't that what Gaav called the Sword of Light?

GOURRY: Aaaaaah!

*

ALMAYCE: Oh... Ragud Mezegis is reacting to something. Gorun Nova...? What are you doing, Valgaav? Hurry up and take it!

*

VALGAAV: Don't worry. There's no need to be hasty, now. All right! That's enough! Rrrr!

GOURRY: Uuuh! You'll...never...get it!

VALGAAV: Foolish boy! I only want what's mine!

GOURRY: Huh?

ZELGADIS: Take this!

ZELGADIS & AMELIA: Bom Di Wind!

VALGAAV: What?

(gets thrown)
GOURRY: Aaaaah!

LINA: Gourry!

VALGAAV: Huh?!

XELLOS: I've finally found you, Valgaav.

VALGAAV: Xellos...

LINA: Xellos?!

VALGAAV: Hwaaah! Huh? Huh?

LINA: Elmekia Lance! Ha!

VALGAAV: Uwah! Huh?!

GOURRY: Don't count me out yet! If you think...I'm at a disadvantage, then you're dead wrong!

VALGAAV: Well, perhaps I underestimated you. Oh, I see. You're working together! Well! That doesn't seem very fair, now does it?

LINA: What'sa matter? Don't tell me you want to fight one on one now! Remember, Gaav took us on in this same set up! Or are you just bluffing when you say you're as powerful as Gaav was?

VALGAAV: Oh, I see what you're trying to do. You want me to prove that I am by taking you all on at once? Heheheheh... How transparant... Ha! Sounds like fun!

VALGAAV: Let's try it! Here we go!

(earth shakes)

LINA: Uh?

VALGAAV: What's that?

FAB 4: Woah!

LINA: Now what's happening?! Waaaah!

*

GRAVOS: What in the world is goin' on?!

JILLAS: Owah! Ooooh! Aaaah!

JAWAS: Ooo! Eee!

*

VALGAAV: Huh? Huh?

(Valgaav and Xellos lash out at each other)

VALGAAV: Yah! Heh!

(and then...)

GOURRY: Huh?

AMELIA: They disappeared...

(earth shakes again)

FAB 4: Aaaaah!

*

JILLAS: Oh! Aaaaaaah! Oh!

(falls on Jillas)
GRAVOS: Dammit! What is this thing, anyway?! We almost had it out! Rrrrrrrr!

JILLAS: Oh, Boss...

*

LINA: It stopped?

ZELGADIS: It seems that way.

LINA: Heh?

ZELGADISS: Huh?

AMELIA: Oh!

(notices she's gripping Zelgadis's waist) LINA: Hahaha! Ahahaha! Haha! Heheh-

XELLOS: Oh, my! How sad! How very, very sad! It looks like he managed to stay one step ahead of me. It seems he'll be a difficult opponent to deal with. Oh? Hello, my friends! Fancy meeting you all here! What an unexpected pleasure!

LINA: Oh, Xellos! What a nice surprise! How great to see you again! We ALL know you're behind this, you crazy priest! When are you gonna start helping us out for a change instead of getting us into trouble all the time?!

XELLOS: Ooh... Oooh... Oh... Eheh! So, you've figured that out, huh?

LINA: Of course I have! Just like you were after Gaav, a traitor to the Monster Race, you're after Valgaav, his remaining minion, too! Isn't that right?

(Amelia draws line in sand connecting black rock to white rock)

XELLOS: Yes. And meanwhile, so he can avenge his master, Valgaav is after all of you.

(Amelia draws line connecting white rock to red rock)

AMELIA: So, you used Miss Lina as bait to make it easier to lure him out.
(draws line connecting red rock to black rock)

BLUE ROCK: Huh. That's a sick little love triangle.

XELLOS: But, alas, I wasn't able to catch him in the end. Valgaav gained a lot of power recently, and it's been almost impossible for the Monster Race to keep up with him.

LINA: So... You're implying he has someone powerful backing him now.

XELLOS: Well, it's hard to be sure...

ZELGADIS: What we know for sure is that we have a nasty new enemy.

(Good call, Zelgadis.)

AMELIA: I guess this has to do with the threat to the world that Miss Filia mentioned, doesn't it?

GOURRY: By the way, where'd Filia go?

LINA: Huh?! Uuuuhhh...Forgot her.

XELLOS: Filia?

AMELIA: Miss Filia!

LINA: Filia! Where are you!

GOURRY: Filia!

LINA: Filia, answer us!

GOURRY: Where are you?

AMELIA: Miss Filia!

*

GRAVOS: L-lord Vargarv, it's true, I tell you!

JILLAS: Yeah! It was only when the boss tried to draw the sword! When he let go it all stopped!

VALGAAV: Yes... Hm. Some sort of magical ward. I see... We can use this. All right, Gravos. If we draw this sword they'll end up coming near this cave. Wait for my signal.

GRAVOS: But, sir I-

VALGAAV: All you have to do, Gravos, is what I say!

GRAVOS: Lord Valgaav!

*

ALMAYCE: Ah... So you're going to use Ragud Mezegis, are you, Valgaav?

VALGAAV: Yes. An annoying Monster has turned up in my parlor.

ALMAYCE: Huh! That troublesome pest. Well, no matter. I'll give you one warning. Don't let your blade cross with Gorun Nova's.

VALGAAV: Right. Of course not.

(Vargarv, like Zelgadiss, possesses selective hearing.)

ALMAYCE: Very well.

(Would you give a man obssessed with revenge a weapon of mass destruction?! Get a clue, Al! Or at least a nap...)

VALGAAV: You will pay, Xellos! And you, Lina Inverse! Hahahahaha!

*

ALMAYCE: He doesn't know the true horror of our weapons as I do. Just follow my dance as as best you can.

*

FILIA: How cruel! Not only do you abandon me, but now you bring this filthy Monster into my presence! Miss Lina, how could you?!

LINA: Nobody's more upset about this than I am! But...even though this was all just a pretext for luring Valgaav out, huhh... He did end up saving us after all.

XELLOS: You don't have to sound so sad about it!

FILIA: Xellos! The Dragon Race's enemy during the War of the Monster's Fall! The one who nearly destroyed my people! He's a demon among demons!

XELLOS: Oh? Am I really that bad?

FILIA: Look, I found Miss Lina first! I don't know what you're planning, but stop interfering! Stay out of our way!

XELLOS: I'm not getting in your way. Oh, I get it. It's okay for YOU to get Lina out here on a pretext, but it's horrible if I did it first?

FILIA: Even if I did use a pretext, I'M trying to save the world from a horrible threat! It isn't like the selfish pretexts a Monster would use!

XELLOS: A pretext is a pretext.

FILIA: Ohhhhhhhh!

LINA: Ohhh...

GOURRY: Do you get the feeling that those two really don't like each other?

AMELIA: Well, one's a Monster and the other serves the Gods as a priestess of the Fire Dragon King.

ZELGADIS: A grudge that's gone on since the War of the Monster's Fall.

LINA: Look, look. Anyway. Can we all calm down here? Let's just sort out what we've learned so far. Xellos, for once I want you to tell us EVERYTHING you know in detail!

XELLOS: As far as I know, the enemy has three objectives.

LINA: Three?

XELLOS: First, as you already know, your death!

LINA: To avenge Gaav, right.

AMELIA: He has no reason to hate us!

XELLOS: The next one is Gorun Nova, which Gourry possesses. The Sword of Light!

GOURRY: Huh?

LINA: Hold on a second! What do you mean "Gorun Nova?" Is that your peoples' dialect?

XELLOS: Hm? Haha! Oh, no. You see, Gorun Nova is the proper name for it. From ancient times.

GOURRY: Now, hold on here! This has been passed down through my family! In other words, it's MINE!

LINA: Rrr! That's not the problem here!

XELLOSS: Oh, never mind! I recognize your ownership of it.
(starts to whisper)
XELLOSS: While it's to my advantage, at least...

LINA: What are you mumbling about?!

ZELGADIS: And? What's his last objective?

XELLOS: It seems he's looking for a weapon similar to the Sword of Light, but even more powerful.

AMELIA: Now that you mention it... Remember those greedy people we saw when we arrived? They seemed to be looking for something.

LINA: You think they were involved with this, too? Come on! That's silly. Besides, if it was true and they had a weapon as strong as the Sword of Light, they wouldn't have run away like that!

XELLOS: True... But it is a fact that they're in a frenzy to find the other weapon. Currently, their eyes are on the Holy Sword held by the Sand People.

LINA: The Holy Sword of the Sand People? Huh? Wait, how did you know that much?

XELLOS: Before I ran into you all, I saw them attack a Sand People village. I've seen how serious they are.

LINA: Uh...so... What's happening in the village now?

*

XELLOS: See for yourself.

AMELIA: Ohhhhhhh! You mean you just LET that village be attacked? I don't believe it!

XELLOS: Well... If Valgaav himself isn't there, it doesn't concern me, does it?

LINA: You know, you sure would make a great politician, Xellos. Well, anyway...

ZELGADIS: You're going?

LINA: Exactly! And I'll take the Sand People's treasure for myself!

AMELIA: What?! You're not gonna to save them?!

GOURRY: Hey! Wait for me! Come on! Wait for me!

FILIA: Oh, Miss Lina! Oh!

XELLOS: So! Tell me, Filia! How's the Fire Dragon King these days?

FILIA: Aaaaaaaaaah! Don't set one foot outside this line you creep!

(Xellos says something I couldn't understand...)

FILIA: Don't try to follow us or YOU'LL BE SORRY!! AND I MEAN IT!!!

XELLOS: Okay...

*

JILLAS: Here they come! Aayeeeee! Here they come, boss! They're coming!

GRAVOS: Ohhhh...

VALGAAV: All right. Do it!

GRAVOS: Don't blame me for what happens! Hwaaaaa! Ohhh...

(tremors)

JILLAS: Hwaah!

*

(rock crashes off pillar)

ZELGADIS: Oh!

LINA: Hawaaaah! Uhhh... Uh? What the...?!

(ground explodes under feet)

FAB 4 + Filia: Dwaaaaaaah!

GOURRY: Huh!

LINA: Hewa!

WORM: Gwaah!

(Valgaav starts slicing at Lina)

VALGAAV: Huh!

LINA: Hwah!

VALGAAV: Hwah!

LINA: Hyah! Huh!

VALGAAV: Hyah!!

(Gourry performs heroics)

VALGAAV: Oh! Hwah! Rrr... Ah, the protector I've heard so much about...

GOURRY: Yeah, I suppose you could call me that.

LINA: What's that weird weapon he has?

VALGAAV: Heh, would you prefer a closer look?

LINA: That's impossible! That weapon! It's just like the Sword of Light! Gourry!

GOURRY: There's only one Sword of Light in this world! And it belongs to my family!

VALGAAV: In that case, care to test it?

VALGAAV: Ngaaah!

*

WORM: Rrrr!

AMELIA: What IS that thing?!

ZELGADIS: We'll have to finish it off.

GRAVOS: Ow... I warned him, I warned him! Huh?!

ZELGADIS: What do you mean?

(ears fall in shame)
GRAVOS: It's his fault! It's his fault for makin' me summon that monster!

AMELIA: What? Then...!

XELLOS: Oh, I see!

AMELIA: Mr. Xellos!

XELLOS: It seems the Sand Peoples' Holy Sword was simply a key for keeping that monster sealed.

AMELIA: Do something, please!

XELLOS: Oh, no. If I were to do something, Lord Beastmaster would be very angry with me.

ZELGADIS: Typically useless! Huh?!

WORM: Rrrrr!

GRAVOS: Look, I don't know what's going on here...

JILLAS: Let's get outta here!

GRAVOS: Right!

AMERIA: Uh? Come back!

(Gravos and Jillas come flying unwillingly back)

GRAVOS and JILLAS: Woah!

AMELIA: Miss Filia!

FILIA: You won't be taking off on me THIS time!

*

GOURRY: Aaaah!

VALGAAV: Well? Are you satisfied now?

GOURRY: Heh. You're pretty tough. So I guess this means you've finally found what you've been looking for!

VALGAAV: One of them, at least.

LINA: ONE of them?! You mean there are others?!

GOURRY: Then let's stop playing around!

VALGAAV: I'm game...if you are.

*

FILIA: We have to get this sword back where it belongs! All right?

AMELIA: All right! Leave it to me! So, where's it belong?

XELLOS: Inside that cave over there, I believe.

AMELIA: A- All the way over there?!

ZELGADIS: Amelia, How much to you weigh? Mmf!

(Amelia uses sword for much needed smacking of Stone Boy)

ZELGADIS: I was asking you seriously!

WORM: Rrrrrr!

(Amelia whispers weight into Zelgadis' ear)

ZELGADIS: All right! Direction, 30 degrees. Firing angle, 20!

AMELIA: Um, Mr. Zelgadis...?

ZELGADIS: Relax Amelia! Let's get going! Bom Di Wind!

AMELIA: Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!! Oh! Oh! Oh! That...wasn't nice!

*

WORM: Rrrr...
(CRASH)

ZELGADIS: I hope it worked!

XELLOS: Hey, where's Lina?

*

VALGAAV: What's the matter? You doubt the power of my weapon?

LINA: No! Don't let him provoke you!

GOURRY: I'm already provoked! Aaaaaah!

GOURRY and VALGAAV: Uwaaah!

(swords go crazy upon meeting)

VALGAAV: Wha... What the...?!

GOURRY: What IS this?!

XELLOS: That's...!

GOURRY: What's happening!

VALGAAV: Waaaaaaah!

GOURRY and VALGAAV: Ohhh!

(swords go boom)

GOURRY: Woah!

VALGAAV: Uh! Uh!

(Almayce APPEARS)

L, Z, A, and F: Ohhh!

XELLOS: Nnnnhh!

VALGAAV: I...

ALMAYCE: Retreat.

VARGARV: Why? Why retreat when I'm so close to finishing them off?!

ARMEIS: I said retreat.

VALGAAV: Bah!

LINA: Oh, no! You're not gonna get off that easy!

ZELGADIS: You're not getting away!

LINA: ELMEKIA FLAME!

ZELGADIS: RAH TILT!

ALMAYCE: Heheh.

LINA: Huh?!

FILIA: Their magic wasn't strong enough!

XELLOS: Not true.

FILIA: Huh?

XELLOS: It's not that it isn't strong enough. It's meaningless to even try to use magic on one of his kind.

LINA: What is he, anyway...?

VALGAAV: Damn you, Lina Inverse! Mark my words! I will kill you!
(disappears)

LINA: Man! Who are these guys?!

XELLOS: Well, it looks like another major battle is underway.

FILIA: Is that... Is he the one who will fill the world with darkness?

XELLOS: Apparently so. It's just as your prophecy warned... The threat to the world.

*

LINA: Let's go to the temple of the Fire Dragon King! Filia! Xelloss! What is the problem with you two?! Next time: "A Wild Rumor? You Can't Have Smoke Without Fire?" You better watch, or I'll REALLY cause some trouble!