Hell, this won't be easy.

[Megan you can do Lee...]

[Bumpity? Xervish wants a body T_T]

The spikes continued to rip out of the ground, spiralling around one another towards their target - Demon Lee. They began to surround him, intertwining like some kind of crushing prison; The impaling spikes facing inwards...

Lee slide his hand outward, touching the tip off the spike and shattering into black orbs...The orbs rippling out of sight. The Spikes continuing outwards, smashing over each other and heading towards the other two at increased speeds.

Serio jumps into the air and smashes his fist into the spikes, shattering them into many pieces.
"Crystal Shards!" bellows Xervish as the crystal's core glows with white light while he directs them back towards Lee at hurtling speeds.

Lee was gone, is body had moved elsewhere, leaving the two passages open. Each only capable of taking one person. You'd have to take each path...Choose wisely, who knows which Path is safe...

They went silenltly up to the diversion in the paths. They looked at one another and then Serio stepped into the left fork. A barrier of darkness covered the entrance.

Xervish stepped into the right fork, another barrier engulfing the entrance and his only means of getting out of the circles so far.
He sent a message through to Serio's mind I guess this is it. Meet you back here, soon. he sent, with a little doubt.
Serio didn't reply; there was no connection. They were completely cut off.

As you walk, the passages become narrower, the spikes closing in. Behind you, the passage locks shut, the spikes growing into locks, completely cutting off your way out....
A voice can be heard in your minds, "Left or right...Only one leads to 'safety', the other...there is no return...Entrapment...forever.."

Xervish's gait faltered slightly as he heard this. Left or right; Death or safety... he thought about Serio, I hope you picked the right path, friend.
~~~
Serio ran his hands along the wall as he walked down it, trying to feel the structure. It was completely solid; Perfection. He wouldn't be able to breaqk through no matter what.
His hand snagged on a spike. "Ouch," he muttered, wiping the blood away.

The blood seeping into the earth, unnoticed, the ground ripples. Life.
As Serio walks, small earthy claws follow him. He keeps walking and comes to a dead end. Turning around, the spikes close in. "Each step...means more spikes...Each moment your still....the floor gets hungrier..."

Serio's eyes widened and he stopped dead in his tracks. "But the floor gets hungrier," he murmured as the walls closed in slightly more. He began moving again and the spikes grew "Argh, what am I supposed to do?!"
He didn't appear to have long; he'd have to think of something.
He began erecting a shield around his body, stalling and giving him time to think.

[So... How long are the circles of hell. Xervish be missing out on action. He has a whole load of elves that can join the fight.]

[I was thinking if Meg says its ok, Hijo can bust you and your body out, he knows most of the lords of hell]

[Sounds awsome.]

[Ask ham of Meg thought of an epic song for the end of the battle xD]

['Ask ham of Meg' confused me.]

[Megan :L]

[Ok, i'll PM her]

Xervish could feel the reverberations of the fighting and the creation of the Crystal soliders even through hell. "It's began, then" he muttered. His completely cool attitude to being down here and facing all of these obstacles was gone.
"You cynical, devious fiend. Give me back my body, let Serio out of this hell hole or..." he lowered his voice "You'll be sorry." He was deathly serious.

"Serio is no more..." a cold voice said bluntly. "What are you going to do about it? Your just a spirit of an animal. Make it through my maze, and maybe i'll let you go up and get slaughtered by those crystal creatures above land. You'll be back here in no time to reclaim your real body...i'm sure."

"What have you done with him," He hissed "And i'm a blending, not an animal. I;m Elf and Wolf," he retorted. "Of course, you'd never understand that. Now, i'll ask you again, What have you done with Serio?"
~~~
Serio was trapped. The spikes getting ever closer.

Serio was trapped and doomed forever in hell.
He wouldn't let the psychotic BIZATCH have her way. He would come out fighting or die trying.
He shut his eyes, better to visulise the energies around him. He began drawing on them all at once, taking in as much energy as he could. The power sugred through his body; his hair stood on end.
"You.... shall... not have... me" He said between gasps of air.

The voice becoming clearer to them both, it was Nikuyuko. Her voice was angered, "Times Up!"
The spikes moving in faster towards Serio, closing in from all directions.

The Path was becoming clearer to Xervish, a large opening was seen. A huge minotuar stood in the centre, armed with a large double sided axe and chains wrapped tightly around his torso.
"Your close Xervish. Defeat the keep of Pride and he will tell you which path to take."
The Minotuar stood towering above him, a skelenton lay on the ground to the side, it was a humans. There was also a corpse of a Wolf and a tiger.

"Xervish... Good luck! My last... gift," Was Serio's final words as he released the power he had stored up. The surge was so strong that it knocked the spikes clean off the wall and the wall itself crumbled. A trickle of the secret art dispersed into the air.
Serio slumped to the floor, dead.
~~~
The air amulet on Xervish's neck became deathly cold and then began absorbing a small amount of power, recharging it, a small whsiper of wind could be heard if you held it to your ear. Realisation shocked Xervish. "No..." he whispered. One tear fell down his cheek. "Thank you, Serio."
He walked down the passage to face the minotaur. He narrowed his eyes, enraged. He flickered a glance to the side and noticed the wolf corpse. Could it be?
He charged at the minotaur, the Secret Art forming eddies around his hand in it's purest form. Slamming his hands together, a beam of white went directly for the beast.

It slammed into the chains causing them to loosen, the huge beast slugged back slightly.
He regained his balance and ran at him, swinging the Axe above his head, then slamming it down towards Xervish with great force.