Mansan tapped his book pendant once for the blue energy around them to gradually change. A village started to emerge completely to their sights. Homes made of straw and trees leaves were arranged in a neat order along a dirt pathway. Such a path moved through the village on both sides into deep forest. The forest surrounded the entire village. In the forest, 10 feet bean-looking trees could be seen. They were the only forms of plant life there.
People around the village were living a primitive life. Walking around the village, they took in nature and made small talk with each other. A pleasant aroma from the trees in the forest uplifted their spirits. They looked close to being human but had no nose with eyes twice as large.
Compared to all the places Theodore and Shawn had experienced before, it was simple. The people did not have any conveniences like shopping centers or fancy houses. With the nature that surrounded them, they were satisfied.
From deep within the forest, a group of three strangers emerged. They appeared like humanoids dressed in sky blue cloaks with moods of humbleness. Their irises of their eyes glowed white at some moments. They were known as the Awakeners.
People in the village stopped what they were doing to pay attention to the Awakeners. They ended up talking amongst themselves about it. An elderly man slowly approached the Awakeners in a happy mood. He wore a dress different from the people and held a wooden staff taller than his head. It showed he was the leader of the village. The Awakeners stopped to glance at the man.
Elder: He expressed a positive mood. “Welcome travelers to our village. It is a pleasure to meet new faces around here!”
He offered a handshake to which they willingly agreed.
Elder: “We have a shop that sells herbs and a wonderful park for you to explore and enjoy. It’s not much but we are all satisfied with it.”
One of the Awakeners laughed calmly as if entertained. The Awakener in front spoke smoothly with a smile.
Awakener: “We haven’t come here to enjoy your worldly pleasures. We are here to free you from your imprisonment. Don’t try to resist or escape. Your time for Awakening has come...”
The Awakener summoned his arrow from his book pendant form. In a few seconds, he shot the elder in the chest. The elder collapsed to the ground. His body was shaking with white energy moving out from his body. Soon, the body shaking ended to leave him unresponsive.
The villagers looked on with horror. Some hid inside their homes while some hid into the forest. Others stayed where they were since they were too paralyzed in fear to move. While the people were afraid, the Awakeners the whole time had a calm peaceful expression on their faces.
Suddenly, the old man's body jotted with white light coming out from his eyes. Once the whiteness in his eyes disappeared, he slowly got up onto sitting position. The Awakeners were there to help him up to his feet. Looking at the elder, he appeared just like the Awakeners with that calm peaceful look on his face. He looked directly at his own people with the Awakeners behind him.
The confused villagers were not sure what to make of what happened. A young man decided to move off to the elderly man.
Villager: He faced the Awakeners. “What have you done to him?” He then faced the Elder. “Elder, are you alright?”
The elderly man walked towards him to place his hand on the young man’s shoulders.
Elder: “Don’t worry my child... I have realized peace and freedom from the relinquishment of who and what I am. It’s time for you all to embrace the ending of everything you are... And the end of this world...”
The Elder quickly summoned his weapon to startle the young man. Unfortunately, the young man didn’t have enough time to act. With one shot by the elder, the young man went to the ground. Holding his chest, he tried to stop his energies from pouring out. The Elder had a humble smile on his face. Unconsciousness soon overtook the young man. After that, he went through the same process to become humble just like the Awakeners. He was then helped up by the elderly man. The young man looked directly at his people who were afraid.
Panic and fear overwhelmed the villagers. They reacted by running off from the Awakeners deep into the forest. The Awakeners with the possessed villagers immediately moved off separately. They planned to attack every single villager they could find.
At one part of the village, a few Awakeners were chasing a couple who were running off into the forest. The couple knowing that they couldn’t outrun the Awakeners had to engage against them. They started to summon their weapons before firing arrow shots to the Awakeners. Their arrow shots hit the Awakeners on different parts of their bodies. Despite the damage their enemies’ bodies took, the Awakeners were moving towards the couple as if they didn't feel any pain. The couple looked on with horror from the sight of it.
Woman: “Our attacks don’t have any effect on them…”
Awakener: “You act on fear and pain... Once awakened, you will feel nothing...”
They tried to get away but the Awakeners shot an arrow to each of their backs. The couple went to the ground. In a few seconds later, they got to their feet with a calm humble look to their faces. The couple then went off to slain people down who was once their kind.
In the forest, another group of five villagers were using their swords to slash away the Awakeners. Their attacks were able to give the Awakeners cut marks that were mortal wounds. Although they saw the cut marks on the Awakeners' bodies, the cuts healed instantly. The group moved back as the Awakeners came closer. Soon, the villagers were in an area of the forest where they were trapped. They saw the Awakeners staring at them with glowing white eyes.
Man: “Are they immortal...?”
Awakener: “We are beings who have transcended death... Rejoice with us and embrace the death of everything you are...”
They looked on helplessly as the Awakeners fired arrow shots to them. The villagers tried to counter their enemies’ shots. In the end, they were all hit. They went to ground before getting up with humble smiles on their faces. With white glowing eyes, they went off to hunt down other villagers.
In another area of the village, another group of six villagers were being chased by the Awakeners in an area full of homes. The group collectively fired a shot at one of their houses. The house collapsed to crush and bury the Awakeners in the process.
The people stopped running to express happiness and relief. Suddenly, they saw the Awakeners squeezing themselves out of the wreckage. The way they done so looked painful. As the Awakeners emerged out, they appeared with broken bones and were severely injured. What was disturbing was when they could hear the Awakeners’ bones snapping back into place. The Awakeners’ bodies were starting to regenerate as their body parts distort back into alignment. After their bodies were restored back to normal, the injuries they had quickly disappeared.
The villagers walked back terrified of the Awakeners.
Man: “They aren’t people... They are monsters... Can those monsters be stopped...?”
Awakener: “There is no way to prevent your awakening from happening... Doing so will only cause you more pain...”
The Awakener moved in with swords to quickly slain down the villagers. The villagers went to the ground before emerging with humble smiles on their faces. They then started to join in the hunt in claiming their own people.
Through the chaos the Awakeners had caused, homes were destroyed and trees were ruined. No matter where the villagers hid to, they were soon claimed. Yells and screams were heard miles away to end in silence.
Eventually, the village appeared like a warzone. The villagers could be seen walking through the warzone with humble smiles. With the look on their faces, they were completely possessed thus, were on the Awakeners’ side. They met up at one place as a gathering of people. The Elder turned his attention to the Awakeners.
Elder: “Thank you for freeing us... Now what are our instructions?”
The Awakener in the front smiled.
Awakener: “For now, you will head back to our world where you all will serve a new purpose. Before we go, let’s put an end to your home world so it could experience real divine freedom. We will have an existence with no emotions, excitement, hate, pain, desire and pleasure. Just nothingness... Let's go to our spaceship where we can embrace the death of a planet...”
The villagers were escorted into a spaceship. They then flew off from the planet.
The scene changed from the village to outer space. A purple world could be seen to a distance. Near the world, a spaceship filled with possessed people could be seen. The Awakeners tapped their book pendants together. A light emerged out from them to consume the entire world. It radiated with white energies before disappearing. The villagers smiled humbly without any forms of negative reaction. They appeared completely fine with their home world destroyed.
Awakener: “This is a taste of what we will do to the entire Dream Existence.”
The people agreed humbly as their ship flew off into deeper space. Theodore and Shawn’s surroundings went back to a blue background. Fear consumed Theodore and Shawn so much that their bodies were trembling.
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Shawn: “I don’t... believe this... They will doom us all...”
Theodore: “The Awakeners are nothing but monsters…”
Mansan: “Do you see what the Awakeners will do to people who are not Awakeners? They force them to be like them... The person that others were familiar with and loved gone forever... They become a shadow of their former self... An energy zombie…
They are nothing but corpses possessed by the Awakeners to use however they see fit. That’s not true freedom... It only means true destruction for life itself. And what does that mean for the Physical World?”
Theodore and Shawn looked at Mansan with worried eyes.
Mansan: “It will be destroyed along with the Dream Existence. The Physical Existence came from the Dream Existence. If the Dream Existence is destroyed, the Physical Existence will end as well…”
Theodore and Shawn: “What!?!?”
Theodore and Shawn paused in fear for a moment then Theodore spoke.
Theodore: “Then they must be stopped but how? There could be an army of them by now… Who knows how many people the Awakeners had infected...”
Mansan: “Now you understand why joining the Impure Order is necessary. Without the Impure Order, the Awakeners would have ended this entire existence already...”
Theodore: “The Awakeners are a threat but your so-called order isn’t any better. We refuse to side with the Impure Order... As the Dream Club, we will find out on our own how to stop them.”
Shawn: “If we side with you, we would be supporting the dark deeds you have committed to the world. As a spiritualist, this goes against what I stand for. As long as we have The Source, we will be safe.”
Mansan: “You don’t know what you are up against... The Pure is insignificant… Only Impurity is the key to stopping them… Let me show you what the Impure Order is doing to combat this threat. I’ll even show you what happens to those who serve the Impure Order well.”
Mansan tapped his book pendant for the environment around them to change. Soon, a City Hall at the heart of a downtown city started to appear to their sights. The City Hall building appeared alien in design that was made of spherical shaped bricks.
Many buildings and malls were surrounding the place with people walking to and from countless places. They appeared human but their mouths were stretched out a bit. Their bodies had skin colors of purple and hair colors of white. Some dressed like business people while others dressed like causal people.
The people suddenly stopped walking to turn their attention to the north. Soon, they started to run for their lives. Out from the social chaos, a group of Impure Troops were marching to the City Hall. In front of them, there was a being leading them. It appeared like a dark blue sphere with an ‘A’ imprinted on it.
Soldiers from within the City Hall building emerged out to confront the Impure Troops. They summoned their weapons to the approaching creatures. The troops stopped advancing any further to observe the soldiers defending the City Hall. Instead of showing any form of fear, the troops started to laugh evilly out of amusement. All of the City Hall soldiers there were trying their hardest to suppress their fears. The blue spherical creature went to confront the City Hall soldiers.
Dr. A: “Hello, my name is Dr. A. I am the top Impure General of the Impure Force. I came here to have a word with your president... Cooperate and the Impure Order would leave with nothing touched. Resist and I will show you no mercy...”
City Hall Soldier: “We can't let you pass! Leave now!”
The City Hall soldiers directed their weapons towards the Impure Troops. They saw the troops going from laughing to them to smirking.
Dr. A: “Fools... I guess you want your city to go extinct...”
Dr. A started to glow in blue energy before creating a flash of light to cause the soldiers to disappear. The Impure Troops then burst into the City Hall Building. They marched inside to blast away any person that stood in their way.
The scene changed from the City Hall Grounds to inside a hallway of the City Hall. Far to the end of the hallway was the President's Room. On the walls, there were fancy paintings. In each painting, there was a person dressed in royal clothing. The people appeared to be of significance as if they were once leaders of the city. White columns were spaced 5 feet apart from each other with lovely plants in between them.
Sounds of shots firing and soldiers yelling echoed through the hallways. Smoke filled the hallway like a rush of wind. Out from it, the Impure Troops led by Dr. A could be seen moving to the President’s Room.
They burst through the door to end up into the President’s Room. The cubic room had 20 feet windows to give daylight into the place. There were three floor steps that led to a throne. On the throne, it had a terrified middle-aged President.
Dr. A: “Hello president Clark Wills, I am Dr. A, the top Impure General of the Impure Force. I have some pressing matters that you will agree to listen...”
The president pressed a button on the arm rest of his throne. He was trying to call for help from the intruders.
Dr. A: “Don’t try to send reinforcements. They have been taken care of. Your world is now ours. We are here to ensure that this world will agree with our new order.”
The president observed the many Impure Troops staring at him.
Clark: He expressed great fear. “Okay... I will agree to your demands...”
Dr. A: “Good... Now the situation is that your city is now under the threat of the Awakeners... To save yourselves, you have to join the Impure Order. If not, you will become one of them... If that happens, we won’t be able to do anything for you...”
Dr. A motioned an Impure Troop next to it to summon a newspaper of the coming threat. The president looked at the newspaper to see the events on paper happening like watching TV news. He learned that the Awakeners had claimed more lives.
Dr. A: “The Awakeners had already destroyed three solar systems in the Whirly Interstellar System. They had done so within a few weeks. Fortunately for you, they are light years from where we are but they will come here eventually... That's why we need your soldiers to fight against such threat before it happens. This you will agree...”
Dr. A motioned an Impure Troop to summon his weapon but not to point. The president who had no choice agreed to Dr. A’s request.
Clark: “Okay... The world of Mayville is now servant to you.”
Dr. A: “No... Not me... The Impure Order…”
Clark: “Yes... Yes... Forgive me...”
Dr. A: “One more thing... From hence forth, you will accept Mansan as your lord. Refusing to do this will result your severe punishment.”
Clark: “Yes... I will... Accept Mansan as my lord.”
Dr. A laughed out of bit.
Dr. A: “Now since you have willingly joined the Impure Order, we could discuss what the Impure Order could do for your world...”
Dr. A summoned a hologram to show to the president the benefits the Impure Order could give him.
When the president saw the hologram, he saw a world full of pleasures and the like. Every citizen was fulfilled with their lives. His own soldiers were outfitted with advanced armory and weaponry of Impurity. Buildings were as good as new as if the city had done a makeover.
He saw many Impure Troops offering an almost unlimited supply of resources. Resources like natural resources, materials to grow the world's economy, and troops from other worlds serving as additional security.
The look on the president’s face showed that he was amazed.
Dr. A: “See your world of tomorrow... Your world will now have the latest technologies to make your lives more convenient and pleasurable... Not only that but you will now have support by the Impure Order itself. By every planet year, your world will gradually become a wealthy place... You will no longer have to worry about the Awakeners threatening your world... In exchange, you have to give up some of your freedoms for our Lord’s cause... And two, you must take any order we give you... or else... Under these conditions, you will agree...”
Clark: “Very well... I will agree to these conditions...”
Dr. A: “Nice to do business with you. I have other worlds to be. Be aware that some of my troops will come back to check this world again... For inspection purposes and to test your loyalty.”
Dr. A left the president’s office with Impure Troops behind it. Clark placed his elbows on his lap and his head on his hands.
Clark: “How could I have done this...? To sell a world to the Impure Order without fighting... I’m a coward... I’m not worthy to be the president… At the same time, it would be best to join them. As I could see it, the Impure Order stands a better chance to stop those monsters than what our forces could do...”
The scene went back to the environment of blue energy. Anger was on Theodore’s face while concern was on Shawn’s face.
Mansan: “This is what the Impure Order does. They try to save the people who are not infected by the Awakeners. We convince them to join and once they join, they are given privileges and pleasures beyond your wildest dreams. Something that through Theodore’s own mind powers, he won’t be able to create. A very privileged, wealthy and famous life you could have if you join us...”
Theodore looked on with a sense of hesitation that Shawn stepped in.
Shawn: “We still refuse… It is not the spiritual way to make people live their lives in fear and slavery.”
Theodore: “You’re right… I find it sickening of the many lives you have under your thumb. What's more sickening is how you use fear to control people.”
Mansan: “Despite you disliking how I do things, it is necessary... I’m trying to reverse what the Awakeners had done. One day, we will find a way to revive infected people back to life. Thanks to the Humans... Accept that the Impure Order is the only force capable to stop them.”
Theodore: “We don’t care... We will never join your corrupted order. They wiped out those soldiers without any remorse... They even enslaved people under their rule and punish those who resist them... We refuse to be a part of that. Even if we’re desperate...”
Mansan: His eyes radiate rage concealed with calmness. “Your book will agree with me on what I have shown you... I thought I could convince you to join based on the truth I have given you. Not even force is enough to convince you to accept a new path in life. Your resistance will lead you to your suffering... Until you join with the Impure Order, your physical life will be nothing but a memory.
Even if I allowed you to return to physical life, be aware that the world is going to end… Theodore, it is over for you... There is no escape and you don’t have the power to stop what I’m about to do... This is the end of your physical life Theodore…”
Theodore was about to react until he paused in fear. He could feel the dark aura radiating out of Mansan’s body. It was so dark and evil that the overwhelming fear for Mansan returned for him.
Shawn was also frozen in place not being able to look away from Mansan. He was nearly speechless of what he was feeling from him.
Theodore watched helplessly as Mansan tapped his book pendant to send a wave of dark energy to him. In the process, Shawn was blown back to the cell bars. His back got pinned on the cell as the rush of dark energy was pushing on his body. It made every movement extremely difficult for him to do. All he could do was watch his friend get consumed in what appeared to be a black hole.
Inside the black hole, Theodore looked around to find himself in a deep dark void. In the deep void, all he saw in all directions was nothingness. Despite there being nothingness around him, the feeling from it overwhelmed him.
Once the black hole disappeared, he burst in green energy in three places. He fell down to the ground soon losing consciousness. The force of dark energy radiating out of from black hole disappeared allowing Shawn to free himself off the cell. He landed to the ground in a panicked state after witnessing his friend defeated.
Mansan unleashed a dark aura from his body that started to instantly consume the entire environment within seconds. Suddenly, Shawn woke up in his bed. Looking out, he found out that he was back in his bedroom.
His bedroom contained a lot of books on his tabletop and on the floor. It appeared like his bedroom was a library. Each book that was in his room was based on spirituality and paranormal science.
Judging by the daytime sun, it was morning. He looked at his book pendant for some time to reflect on what he had experienced. Soon, he jumped out of his bed in a state of panic.
Shawn: “That was a very horrible dream!! I have to speak to my friend about this!!”
Shawn quickly got ready. Within 20 minutes later, Shawn quickly left his house to run down the sidewalk to where his friend Theodore was. At the apartment building front entrance area, Shawn was running to meet up with his friend. He stopped to witness a horrible sight. What he saw was an ambulance at the roundabout area. People that lived in the apartment were looking at the situation that was happening. At first, Shawn tried to keep his cool. He started to panic when he saw Theodore on a stretcher appearing unconscious. He was being carefully sent to the ambulance by Emergency Medical Technicians.
Shawn: “Theodore!!! It can’t be!!!”