Never Trust A Basilisk

Sam sends Luke the message and tells him to be on alert. Soon Ellis, Clive and the celestial boys feel something.

Patrick speaks "The mermaids have been killed. What's going on?"

"Ah, Patrick. Weren't they out for too long. It's obvious they would die." Says Joel

Replying Patrick says "Yes, but they didn't die cause they were out of the water. They were killed. The mermaids who came here had fragments of the sapphire. They can

stay out of the water for one full day. They are dead that means they have been killed."

"Fragments of the sapphire? What does that mean?" says Clive

Patrick's face drops.

"Patrick, you have nothing to do with the sapphire being taken by the king, so…" says Ellis

Taking over Patrick says "Ellis, I was forced to take the sapphire from Pegasus but I threw it on purpose cause I didn't want the king to get it. But I only made things worse. The princess took the biggest fragment. The other fragments, these mermaids picked up and they found they can stay out of water for a whole day. For that reason they became the elite force. As for the princess, ever since she's taken the big fragment, she's always under attack. I saved her a couple of times cause she was the princess. Then the king appointed me as her bodyguard. I took it as a privilege but soon it became hell and since he's announced our wedding. The king wasn't enough, she had to join in."

"What do you mean by she had to join in too." asks Fallon

"You get hit by your wife ('To-be-wife, we're still not married' says Patrick). Says Denver "Still, I don't get it. Why don't you avoid her, stop her. You are a man, even if you're a mermaid, you're still a man."

Giving a weak smile Patrick says "Yeah, but she's a princess of royal blood. If I was of Noble blood, it might have been different but I'm a slave. Our marriage is only so I can be around her round the clock and protect her. But officially at the end of the day, I'm only her slave. Her wish, her desire. If I oppose, I'm punished."

Ellis had been quiet for a while. Then all of a sudden he summons his sword. Everyone thinks he's going to strike at Patrick so, Fallon says "Ellis, you can't hurt Patrick"

A little confused Ellis says, "What? Hurt Patrick. I'd never do that. I'm going to finish that thing out there. Luke and the boys won't be able to hold on for long. Edward, make sure no one comes out.

Smiling, Edward says "Don't worry Ellis. Go out and send that thing back to where it belongs."

"Got it." says Ellis and leaves

As Ellis comes out, Luke sees him and says "Ellis, this thing has killed the mermaids. They were going to attack your house but this thing just glared at them and …"

Smiling Ellis says "OH, so they thought he would make the way and they could go inside and capture Patrick. But looks like they got betrayed cause for the basilisk there's no need for anything or anyone just his hunger. These vamp-wolves will be next. Have to break their stance."

"What?" says a werewolf "Why should we save them?"

"Guys, they're not themselves. At the present they are wild dogs without leashes. Better off then stay here. And with this thing, it's more than enough. And be careful, this creature is a lethal body full of poison. Don't come in contact or inhale it's breath. You'll die on the spot." says Ellis

Looking at Ellis Luke says, "What to do?"

Taking a deep breath Ellis says "Boys, allure the vamp-wolves away from here and break their stance. The ones that run off, let them go. The ones that attack, you're free to do what's right. Remember heads off. Me and Luke will deal with this basilisk once and for all."

Luke jumps over to Ellis while the werewolf boys allure the vamp-wolves away from Ellis's House.

"Ellis, got any idea on how to Dela with this thing." says Luke

"You bet I do," says Ellis "Now one thing for sure we can't kill it cause it's immortal with a sealed lock. So we need to send it back into the underworld portal hole ('It's a underworld creature? ' asks Luke). To be honest the last I heard and saw it was in Harry Potter. And when his and mine worlds combined, I really don't know. Now that it's here, let's send it back. Luke, do your telepathic thing and ask Sam to ask Patrick if he doesn't mind we use the mermaids as bait. (Luke does as told and asks Sam to ask so Sam asks 'hey, Patrick, Ellis is asking if they can use the mermaids as bait' 'sure, they ain't my relatives' says Patrick so Sam sends Luke the message Back and Luke also tells Ellis Patrick has no objection.) Now one thing we are sure of is we can't send it to the above two dimensions so that leaves the underworld. OK, listen carefully. I'm going to summon my blazing sword and open the portal hole. I want you to keep throwing those mermaids in to allure it to enter the portal hole and as soon as it enters I'll close it."

Luke asks 'Why not just kill it?"

Replying Ellis says "Luke considering their poisonous breath and contact I'm amazed the mange to spring up again. And why a cockerel incubates them. But fact, they are immortal. So we can only send it underworld and hope it doesn't come back. So, ready."

"Ready when you are. " says luke

Ellis summons his blazing sword and summons his powers. The sword blazes hotter than it ever was. Ellis strikes it on the ground, opening the underworld portal hole.

"Luke, now. "

Luke begins to throw the mermaids into the portal hole while Ellis strikes it with his sword and tries to push it back. Then he uses his swirling wind to lift it off the ground and throw it into the portal hole. Ellis had almost succeeded but all of a sudden he feels weak and just when the basilisk was about to escape a wind of snow comes freezing the basilisk and turning it into a statue.

Just then Leonardo says "Ellis don't break it, just shove it into the hole, quickly. " and drops onto the ground.

Without wasting any time Ellis does as told and with one strike of his sword shoves the basilisk back into the portal hole and closes it.

As the hole closes the atmosphere around them turns back to normal and seeing everything is normal Ellis clicks his fingers and releases his house from the protective spell.

As soon as everyone sees the protective spell is taken off they come outside. Seeing Leonardo is on the floor Jane rushes towards him and asks "Leonardo are you OK? " Leonardo replies saying "Yes, but you should check on Ellis, he's gotten weak also. "

Jane turns back and sees Luke and Patrick are next to him.

Ellis gets up holding onto Patrick and says "Leonardo you really want me to attend your funeral don't you?"

Smiling Gaby says "Watching a celestial beings funeral is not possible as we are immortal as in nothing can kill us. The only way we can die or vanish is when we give our entire power to someone else, we perish and become a star. so, till and if that day comes, Leonardo is not going anywhere."

"OK, now hearing that feels better, " says Ellis "now that the basilisk is gone hopefully we can have peace for a while."

Looking a little confused Clive asks "I don't get one thing though, why did the basilisk kill the mermaids?"

"Clive, there's no rocket science here. It's clear. If the basilisk could be around anyone or anything, why would it be one of the most dreaded creatures of the underworld? It's breath, it's touch matter of fact it's glare is deadly. That's why it's alone. And it uses everything in its way as source of energy. The mermaids were just food it would use to keep its power up. And that's why I can clearly say, you can never trust a basilisk. " says Edward "OK, now let's take Ellis and Leonardo inside. They both need rest. "

Everyone goes back inside with Patrick escorting Ellis inside and Sam escorting Leonardo inside. As Ellis and Leonardo sit down, Ellis says "Honestly Leonardo, why did you come outside? Though if you hadn't come outside, it would have been hard to put it inside but still no excuses. You are hurt, you need rest."

Taking a deep breath Leonardo says "Ellis, as long as me and the boys have life in us, we will always come to help you. That's why we are created or else our existence is useless. "

"OK, but please until really needed, no one and I mean it no one, and that goes for everyone in this house, will risk their life. We're in together. " says Ellis