As they move into the next room Zephyr keeps a pissed off look on her face. When they turn the corner, they can see a large number of Prisms along the wall redirecting light from a hole in the roof into the past chambers that they just walked through.
“Hmm so that’s where the light was coming from!” Kannell said appearing amazed.
“Okay I’m just going to say whats on my mind!” Zephyr shouts from behind Ryan.
Everyone in the tunnel looks behind them and sees Zephyr who is pissed off.
“Ryan you have really pissed me off by keeping the fact that Citra was your pet. I love you to death, but I don’t want you keeping secrets from me! Okay?!” Zephyr said in a firm tone.
Both Greena and Kannell then look over at Ryan and stare at him.
“Wait whats going on?” Kannell asked
“Ryan has been keeping the fact that Citra is his pet a secret from us” Zephyr cried out in a jealous emotional tone.
Kannell frowns at him.
“Oh, that explains why you were able to summon her” Kannell said
“Ya but I can only summon her for emergencies” Ryan replied to Kannell
“Why is she your pet in the first place. I’m Kind of curious” Kannell asked him.
“Shes being hunted by the Succubus Queen. Shes like not allowed to live a life full of freedom or something along the lines of that” Ryan explained to her.
“Wait Lilith is back?!” Kannell said seeming alarmed.
“Apparently so.” Ryan said while crossing her arms.
“Does Queen Lake know about this?” She asked him seeming freaked out.
“Well Ya, she was the one who authorized us to take her along with us” Ryan explained
“She tells me EVERYTHING, but she didn’t tell me about that” Kannell said while turning around and shaking her head.
“Ya, as it turns out Citra has a bounty for head. If she gets in trouble, she wants me to summon her to get her out of a pinch. She really hates having a master but “Trusts me” because she knows I wont “take advantage” of her. Ryan explains.
“She is a hell of a fighter I will admit that, but I kind of wished you told me this earlier too” Kannell said while crossing her arms.
“Why is that?” Ryan asked seeming confused.
“Because when shes around, her aura mellows out Joseph” Kannell said while giving Ryan a pissed off look.
“So?” Noodle replies to her seeming confused on her reply.
“So??? BITCH THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE MY JOB!” Kannell screams at him.
“I said the same exact thing to Ryan girl!” Zephyr replies to her.
“Look I’m sorry for keeping this a secret. Nothing bad will come of this” Ryan tells them.
“I really don’t want you having a Succubus as a battle pet Ryan” Zephyr replied to him in a stern voice.
“She’s Saved our ass twice Zephyr. Look this gig is only TEMPORARY. As soon as the threat is cleared, I will unbind her” Ryan told Zephyr calmly.
“No fuck that! You unbind her this instant!” Zephyr screamed at him.
“No Zephyr, shes staying bound to me until my promise to her is kept. Stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about others” Ryan tells her.
As soon as Ryan said that Noodle grabs Ryan and smiles at the ladies.
He hastily pulls him away from Zephyr who stood there with a “face of imminent death” toward Ryan.
“Dude, Look I know your Younger than me, and I get it. But for your Safety you need to know 2 things. 1. DON’T ever tell a woman to stop thinking about herself and start thinking of others. Them’s fightin’ words dude. The second thing is NEVER keep secrets from your Girlfriend. Trust me on that one. She will make your life a living Hell if you do” Noodle warns him.
Kannell who was listening to the conversation then shouts: “You Better listen to him Ryan!” while Zephyr continued giving him that “Just wait till we are alone” face.
Kannell then walks toward them
“Dude look I know you have a good heart and all, but like seriously don’t keep anymore secrets from us. You don’t really now how much of a threat Lilith is. But if Queen Lake wants us to take care of her, I hope her reason behind it worth it” Kannell said while Crossing her arms and expressing fear.
“Guys lets keep going” Greena said while walking further into caverns. Everyone else follows her around the corner and then they see some Water Elementals.
“Ryan this is all us here. Use your electric attack on them” Kannell said as she starts casting [Arcane Shockwave]
Ryan then fires up [Ball Lightning] in in Electric mode and lets it go. He aims his spell right in the middle of the group of 4 and detonates the spell in mid-flight. The radius of the blast was bigger and way more potent since he put points into this spells improvement slot. This destroys the elementals forms and reduces them all to water.
“Wow that was amazing! I put 2 points into that spells improvement slot and look at the potency of it now!” Ryan shouted seeming amazed.
Kannell then releases her spell and takes out 6 more elementals that were blocking the door.
As soon as she killed them all the other Elementals in the room which were around 15, start charging at them. Ryan and Kannell then Charge up their spells and in 3 rounds they were all gone before they managed to even reach them.
“Ya Putting a point in an improvable spell makes a hell of a difference. I almost have my [Mana Shield] maxed out” She told him as they all walk into the next room.
“Well I also spent some points in improving my spell power as well” He told her.
“Spell power directly affects your overall potency. But spell improvement makes it more efficient and also improves the perks on the spell” She told them as they walk into the next section.
“If I may ask, why do you put points into your Shield Kannell?” Ryan asks her.
“Its apart of my Role in the Navy’s Special Forces. As a Landing Specialist my job is to get my team on the enemies ship. But at the same time my job was to also act as a tank for my Allies when we went below deck. You see you can’t wear plate armor out on the water because you can’t swim with it on. You will drown in a heartbeat. But since that meant no one could armor up, I was chosen to be the first one in and last one out with my [Mana Shield] spell. I would absorb the first few hits and my allies behind me would see where the threats were coming from and take them out. We would do that to all the rooms until we got what we were after.” She explained to him.
“Oh, I see that answers why you identify as a tank” He replies back to her as they go down a long S shaped hall.
“It’s just what I’m used to” Kannell tells him as she stops to read some strange purple and blue runes on the wall. They all then enter into the last room. When they walk into the middle of this large chamber, out of the shadows a ghostly woman appears.
“Welcome to my room.” the demonic woman greets them.
The woman was glowing blue and black and had Hot pink glowing eyes. She appeared to be a demonic shade.
Everyone just stands there silent looking at Greena.
“This must be the boss” Kannell tells everyone in a unphased voice.
“Yes, I am this chambers Guardian, it’s amazing you all want to take me on” The woman said giggling and looking at her nails.
“Greena why are you terrified right now?” Zephyr asks her appearing confused.
Greena doesn’t say a word she slowly starts backing up.
“I’m a little upset you killed my ogre friend Glik, But I haven’t had a challenger in these parts for a Very Very Long time. Go ahead and Choose you Fate” The woman said while giving them a serous smile.
“Guys I read the eleven writing on the wall in the last chamber this woman means business. Let’s get the hell out of here!” Greena said in a panicked state.
“Hush you Undead peasant!” She screams at her while casting a spell at the door behind them. The spell then puts a magic barrier over the entrance.
Everyone then feels a cold sensation run down their spin.
“Choose Your Fate challengers” The woman said while crossing her arms.
“What do you mean Choose our Fate?” Ryan asks her.
“I will take on the shape of the entity that will destroy you!” She tells them while walking to Ryan.
Ryan doesn’t move a muscle and pulls out his sword as she stands 8 feet in front of him Glaring at him.
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“I can take on the shape of all of your fears, and all of your desires. So, go ahead choose my form that will destroy you all. Choose your Fate!” The woman said as she grows taller and more Shadow like.
“No one think of anything! Clear your head and don’t think about anything! We need more time to study her!”
Everyone then clears their head and closes their eyes. However Ryan could here Zephyr humming the Intro of “Welcome To The Black Parade”
“Very well Your Fate has been accepted!” The Woman said while taking a step back.
“Wait Huh?” Ryan said in confusion
The woman then Splits into 3 Forms.
2 of her forms take on the form of 2 Twins. They were two 5 foot 7’’ Females.
They both had the same Black hair with 2 slightly different Hairstyles, wore all black, had a small superhero-like black mask over their eyes, and both had Black high-top boots, and Black and white pin stripped Military parade jackets on.
The other Form was a Tall 6-foot woman wearing the same military Parade jacket as them, but also with a Victorian style dress that had a black Steal reinforced cage around it. The woman had blonde hair and also was wearing a Gas mask.
Ryan was staring at the most terrifying Boss that an emo Kid like himself could ever go up against. He was looking Fear, Regret, and Mother Of War right in their eyes.
Mother of war then sends Fear and Regret in and they start casting [Bolt of Fear] and [Bolt of Regret] at them. Zephyr and Kannell duck down and Regret’s Blast misses them but blasts a massive 10-foot hole in the wall behind them. Fear’s bolt however Fly’s toward Ryan and Noodle moves in front of him to Intercept it. The spell hits him and sends him flying back really hard. Ryan pulls out his phone and checks on Noodles status and he only lost 26% of his health. Greena then moves in to heal him up and makes him scream.
“Damn it Greena please stop doing that! That spell hurts more then the attack!” Noodle Cries out in frustration as he gets up and charges toward Fear. Ryan then Casts [Ball Lightning] at Regret.
Zephyr and Kannell then focus their fire on Regret and she sends another [Bolt of Regret] at them. This hits them sending them flying against the wall. Ryan charges up his [Ball Lightning] spell up as high as it can go and lets it go at her. It bounces off of her and sends it flying back right at him. His spell hits him and sends him flying back in pain. Greena then quickly heals him up and just feels a mild tingle from her [Shadow Heal]. Noodle at the time lands a direct hit on Fear and her form dissipates into air. However, as she dissipates Noodle falls to the ground screaming. He starts getting flooded with images of everything he fears inside his head. As he was on the ground screaming those images manifest into real objects.
A Tour bus magically comes running out of the wall and begins chasing after him in Reverse, Metal Jail like cages fall from the ceiling forcing him to dodge them, and there is even a Zombie form of Kannell that was chasing him.
Ryan sees this and fires a [Void Blast] bolt at the bus that was chasing him, and the spell just goes right through it like a ghost. Kannell who was busy dodging more of Regret’s attacks looks over the Zombie form of herself that was chasing after Joseph and wonders what the hell is going on.
Noodle who saw the bolt pass right through the giant bus stops running from it. He looks at this bus that was headed right toward him and stares at it. Thinking this is just a ghostly form that can’t hurt him, he just stops running and faces this fear. But the ghostly bus fools him for being harmless and then rams him and sends him crashing into the wall 30 feet behind him . It pins him against the wall and then passes right on Through the wall.
The impact knocks the breath out of him but doesn’t hurt him. It simply scared the living shit out of him. Then out of nowhere a Metal Jail like cage falls from the sky and passes over him. It then materializes into a Real object.
Joseph then Tries to escape from it but can’t. It was rock solid. The Zombie version of Kannell then reaches him and smiles at him. The zombie version of her then bends the bars just enough for him to escape. She grabs him by the shirt and gives him a Kiss, then turns to dust without any warning. Noodle then hops out the bent bars in his cage and jumps out crying. Kannell who saw this stops in her tracks and tries to decode this “zombie” enigma.
She realized Noodle was reliving his worst fears in this chamber. Noodle then falls to the ground crying appearing to be temporarly traumatized.
Ryan runs over to him and pats him on the back and stands by his side for 15 seconds and then runs over to help the girls out with Regret.
When Ryan gets near her, He casts “Drain Health” on Regret and she redirects the spell to Zephyr.
Zephyr then screams in agony and Ryan kills the spell. Greena meanwhile sits down on the ground and starts meditating and thinking hard.
Ryan then goes charging into Regret with his sword and plunges it into her shadowy body. He then injects [Detonate] into her. This makes her explode into a black mist. The ghostly outline of this mist then smiles at Ryan summons forth a memory of his past. A ghostly, Holographic movie starts playing in the middle of the chamber. It shows a memory of Ryan in his Halo suit looking over at Vicki who was kissing another guy from his school. Sad, upset, and pissed off Ryan then hops on his Sportbike and speeds off.
As soon as Ryan saw this scene Ryan runs toward the screen and picks up Noodle’s sword and tries to attack the scene and get this nightmare scene to disappear. But since it was a hologram him striking it doesn’t do anything. The scene keeps playing and everyone watches the emotional unstable memory of him run through Red lights in a crazy Suicidal state. Then everyone sees it. They see the chain on his bike Snap and his gruesome death unfold before their very eyes. Seeing this Memory unfold before his eyes again brings Ryan to his knees and starts making him Cry.
He’s been secretly trying to forget this scene and it playing again right before him just destroys him. The mist then stares right into Kannell’s eyes and starts playing a Scene that she doesn’t want anyone to see.
It’s a scene where she was fighting with her task force on a ship. The ship was raided by Disturbian Force’s and the enemy captian had several children and mothers held hostage. She just landed her party on the deck and slayed 5 men who were providing over watch. She just activated her [Mana Shield] and takes point and charges downstairs to go below deck. As soon as she turns the corner a man with a cutlass takes a swing at her and hits her shield. Another man comes around the corner and also hits her shield too. Her teammate from the rear then casts [Ice Bolt] at them and blasts them away from her. A Rogue in the group, who was her Squad leader then runs past her and executes them immediately.
They then proceed to go into the next room with her taking point again. As soon as she enters the room She is shot by an arrow. The arrow shatters her shield and before she can react, The Squads Hunter snipes the person who fired that arrow. The hunter then switches to the Crossbow that was on his back that was preloaded and fires a shot at another hunter who was on the other side of the room behind 2 barrels. Then her Squad leader casts [Throw Knife] at another man who was running down the stairs with a cross bow in his hands.
Their hunter resets his Cross bow and puts a Bolt in it and slings it behind him as the squad leader examines the room for traps. Kannell then takes a deep breath and reactivates her shield and they charge into the next room. They start clearing rooms looking for hostages but don’t find any. They then go to the next level under the ship and are met with a surprise. The whole room of this ship was rigged with explosives and there were 40 people all chained together to the wall of the ship. There was a little 8-year-old girl holding a Magical detonator who was standing in front of the leader of this attack.
Without saying a word 14 men pop out of the shadows and start firing on her team. Kannell who had her shield up sees the threat right in front of her. That 8-year-old was her first priority. She sees the leader of this resistance standing behind her and makes a rash decision. She casts [Arcane Shockwave] on the man and the shockwave pushes the girl away from him. She then quickly casts [Arcane Hailstorm] on the incoming attackers and helps kill 5 of them. But right as she turns to secure the remote from the girl, the little girl pushes the button on the detonator with a devious smile on her face. This causes the explosives around the room and under her dress to detonate. Her squad who where all gathered around a satchel of bombs in the corner of the room when it detonated, gets killed instantly. The room then starts to quickly fill with water. Kannell who had her [Mana Shield] up at the time remains protected from the blast.
The choice she made was fatal mistake for her squad. She should have killed this little girl instead of assuming she was a victim and trying to save her.
As all 40 people scream for help as the cabin of the ship starts to fill up, she scrambles to get the keys from the body of the enemy leader. She couldn’t find the keys on him and with water rising up fast she looks a mother who 3 in the eyes and says, “I’m sorry”.
She then runs out of the room crying while it was filling up with water. She then blasts off the top of the deck and lands on her command ship that was a quarter of a mile away. She tells them what happened and tells everyone about her fuck up. The captain of the ship immediately gets a rescue team of 15 people in a hurry and she heads out on the deck and launches them over to the sinking ship. The rescue team then goes below deck with her. The Ice mages all focus on freezing the water that was coming through the hull of the ship and provides a temporary plug for the fire mages on board to start cutting the chain attachment points on the wall. They all do this in a hurry and then leads everyone who still had chains on their legs up to the top of the deck. When they get outside a Fire mage shoots a flare up into the sky. No less then 30 seconds later a team of Teleportation mages teleports over to the ship and waits for the Fire Mages to cut the chains in half so they can separate the victims into groups of 10 people each.
When they get the first group of people of 10 in a group, an Arcane mage teleports them all over to the command ship. They then do this for the other 3 other groups. As soon as the last group is off the ship Kannell goes below deck and grabs the Ice mages hands who were about to get overwhelmed with the pressure of the water pushing back on them. She then teleports them to the Command ship. NO less then a minute of her getting them on the command ship the ship starts to roll over and sink.
Kannell who saw this memory unfold in front of her starts weeping.
Then the mist of Regret looks at Zephyr.
It shows her leading an army of Lyieku the wrong way away from a battle.
This memory makes her tense up with Embarrassment. The demon then tries to reveal Greena’s greatest regret but before she does so Greena stands up from her meditation and casts [Banish] on the mist before it could project her memories.
As the Mist vaporizes into the air Mother of War remained in the back of the room. She swings her hand away from her and a magic force pushes everyone away from Ryan. The woman then starts walking toward Ryan. When she gets near close to Ryan, he starts to freak out.
Just the appearance of her with her Gas mask alone starts to trigger a lot of fear in him. Scared for his life, he then starts Spamming [Void Blast] and [Detonate] on her but she doesn’t even budge. Greena then starts charging up [Shadow Blast] on her. Ryan hears her spell power up and then ducks down. Greena then lets her spell loose at her at full power and it doesn’t even make her flinch.
Ryan who was getting back on his feet in front of Mother Of War realizes that if Greena’s strongest attack doesn’t even faze her then they are all screwed. When he realizes this, He feels his heart skip a beat. Mother of War then looks down to him and pulls off her Gas mask.
Ryan then gets a clear look at the face of who was behind the mask. He sees his mother staring him directly in the eyes. She then powers up a Shadow spell that was supposed to imitate Bunnell’s Holy magic. Ryan just stood looking into this demons eyes who was imitating his mother. Ryan remains motionless, stunned and speechless. The demon then brings the spell she charged up in her hand over his chest.
Ryan who had so much disappointment and hatred for his mother doesn’t even resist her. He's already accepted what was coming next. The demon then with a loving smile on her face let’s loose her spell over his chest and loud deafening explosion sends blinding light and dust flying all through the room.
Everything then goes black to Ryan.
He then wakes up sitting in front of a Giant Blue Screen of Death with him holding his arms around his knees in broken and depressed state again. He looks at the screen that said:
:( The Connection to Your body has ran into a problem it couldn’t handle and needs to restart.
He waits on the floor reflecting on his life again.
He then teleports onto the floor of Arcadia’s respawn room. Arcadia who had a view screen open to the Realm below walks over to Ryan.
The screen shows Ryan’s lifeless body with a huge bloody hole right in the middle of chest. It shows Zephyr, Greena and Kannell, and Joseph desperately trying to get out of the room. That last attack she casted on Ryan made it noticeably clear, They DON’T want to fight this monster. They start freaking out and start rapidly attacking the magical barrier with all they got. When they realize it wasn’t breaking Zephyr quickly runs over to Ryan’s body and grabs his phone from his pocket. They all Gather around Kannell and she quickly teleports them the hell out there and leaves Ryan’s body behind.
Arcadia then sits behind Ryan and holds him in her arms. Ryan doesn’t say anything, but Arcadia just squeezes him firmly and shows him that she cares. She then rests her chin on the back of his head and her green and blue dyed emo bangs falls over his eyes. She then wipes away the hair from his eyes and just sits with him as he reflects on his life.