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Ilisia laughed weakly at the others. Zalexis, I'll kill you to save my friends. If it's the only way, I will. She spotted Zalexis staring sorrowfully at her from a distance. She set a compacted shield and walked up to him, ignoring the bloodshed around her. "Zalexis? Long time no see, old friend."
He glared and she felt his magic. She laughed in mirth. "You'll have to do better than that!"
Zalexis sighed. "Illie, why didn't you come back to me? I told you I loved you!"
Ilisia shook her head. "I wanted to. But I couldn't! You know that..."
Zalexis angrily shot a bolt of fire at her. "Damn you! If you had loved me the way I loved you, you would have come back to me! I can't believe... I loved you for nothing."
Ilisia looked down in shame. "I do love you. But... I wanted to save her. From the life we have to live. She's gone now. Her name was Malria."
Zalexis stared in shock. "My... daughter?"
Ilisia nodded and Zalexis fell to the ground. "I have... a daughter... somewhere out there."
Ilisia smiled sadly, turned back to the fight and let her shield fall so that she could attack.

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Ilisia saw a familiar looking Half-Elf come up and she stabbed him. "You got what you deserved, Ilathe. Cruel, sarcastic and demeaning, you're getting what you deserve." She stabbed two others and turned around to see Zalexis just sitting, stunned, on the ground. "Zalexis. She's safe. That's all that mattered to me at the time. She's never known about either of us, which is all for the better. She's safe because she... she looks like my mother in all of those paintings rather than like us."
Zalexis glared scornfully at Ilisia. "Illie, why didn't you tell me?! I would have tried to run away to help you." He grabbed Ilisia and shook her. "I loved you. I would have done everything I could to help."
Ilisia looked away. "Loved... She made you take Fealty Oath, didn't she?"
Zalexis sighed. "Yes. She didn't me to leave like you had. She knew you wouldn't make a difference to her army but I would."
Ilisia looked at Zalexis and pleaded, "Help me now. You were never meant to be a slave."
Zalexis cringed and nodded. "All right. I'll do what I can to help."
Ilisia looked for Rayne and called, "Zalexis will help us for now! We may win the battle after all!"

Ilisia turned to Zalexis. "You know what to do... I know it'll be impossible for you to resist the oath's power very long, but do what you can, all right."
Zalexis nodded. "I'll be okay. As long as I know of Malria, I'll be fine."
Ilisia ran over to Rin. She felt dangerous magic that she had never before met. She halted and made a shield for herself that she hoped would withstand the magic. "Rayne? Are you all right? Zalexis is helping us! I'm so glad I didn't need to hurt him..."
She turned around to get away from the dark magic. She ran over to the Half-Elves that Zalexis had frozen and slit their throats. She whispered, "It's for the better. I'm sorry I have to do this when you can't to anything to block it, but I have to." One Half-Elf managed to resist the power long enough to cut her leg. She gasped. Ilisia quickly slit his throat and mended her leg. It was painful but she went about her grim work as quickly as possible. "I hope that Zalexis will be okay." She whispered to herself as she looked up and saw Zalexis grimacing and wincing painfully. "I wish that she hadn't been so cruel to him. He didn't deserve it."

Ilisia called out. "Rayne! Will you help me? Or are you fighting. Zalexis is immobilizing them so I can slit their throats. I wish I didn't have to do this..." Zal, how much longer can you last...?
Zalexis cried out in pain. Ilisia gasped. Oh, no. It's taking hold. "Zal, let go! I don't want you to be hurt! Let go!"
Zalexis shook his head and set to freezing more of his comrades. Ilisia sighed and killed them as effeciently as she could. She whispered, "Please, Zal. I don't want you to hurt. Let go now..."
Then Ilisia saw them. The Inner Circle had arrived.

Ilisia screamed. Zalexis gasped and ran over to her. "Are you okay?"
Ilisia laughed weakly. "You know that my weakness is the mental attacks."
Zalexis nodded grimly and tried to freeze the Half-Elves. Every attack seemed to reflect off a shield and caused Zalexis pain. Ilisia cried out, "Zal! Don't do it! You don't have to do this!"
Zalexis shook his head and kept on working. Ilisia shot arrows into those that seemed to be affected by the magic. Then she remembered. "Zalexis. My magic isn't strong enough to control dark attack magic. But I can do it. Let me. I know how it ended last time. How could I have ever forgotten?"
Zalexis sighed and stopped. He was pale from all of the failed attacks. Ilisia closed her eyes and cast a spell that made the ground shake. The ground beneath the Half-Elves became like quicksand. Ilisia grimaced in pain. She set a ring of fire to surround the area so that the Half-Elves couldn't escape. She gasped and fell to the ground. Zalexis held her up as best as he could. Long scars appeared on Ilisia's arms. They burst and began to bleed. The earlier cut on her leg reappeared and began to bleed as well. Zalexis used the little bit of healing magic he knew to attempt to staunch the bleeding. Ilisia's wounds still bled and she passed out.

She saw Half-Elves fall as her wolf went about her work. She turned when she heard screaming and stared at her friends bored as they seemed to lose it. She glanced at Rayne. Hm that's interesting. and then Illisia. Malria isn't that the... She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to look at Joirden who nodded his head in the direction of the woods. "It's time," he said. She slanted her eyes as the Inner Circle appeared and grinned evilly. Finally.

((I know. It's so sappy.))
Zalexis nearly yelled in shock at Ilisia's blood-red eyes. He swallowed his fear and backed away slowly. "No. NO. NO! It's not possible. She's... she's... she can't be!" He turned and ran. He picked up Ilisia's daggers and stabbed every Half-Elf within reach. He let go and screamed. "Come out! Now! I want to fight you until I kill you!" Zalexis felt a sharp headache begin and grimaced. He whispered, "I'll still fight you! I will."
Ilisia stood up and screamed. She attacked Zalexis. She whispered venomously, "Ilisia doesn't exist anymore. You know that. In order for you to hurt me, you first have to kill her. Can you do it? Can you?" Then she bit Zalexis on the neck. "Can you?" Zalexis went limp. "I can't. Illie! I know you're in there! You can fight this! Come on!"