As Funk was counting his gold pieces, he thought about what to buy for his girlfriend Rachel. She loves weapons, she already has a considerable collection at her home. He wondered where they would live once they got married. Was the hooded woman who had shown him the way aware of that bandit, or maybe even the snake? It must have been an accident.
Funk sighed, all he wanted was to be with Rachel again, The last night with her was special, the next time he would see her, he would ask her to be his wife. He took a ring out of his inventory, he looked at it, a ring made of special twigs, he made it himself. With the money, they could afford an extravagant wedding, Funk left the building he was in, he had reported all the details of his encounter with Steve and Abby, the odd humans.
He went home and sat down in his comfortable chair and closed his eyes. All he wanted, was to learn how to fight, Instead, he got caught by a snake, And those strange humans, they talked about the weirdest things. Did he make a mistake by turning them in? No, probably not, They will get tortured and give the answers that the elder needs. But they were talking about stopping the purple death.
Funk let out another sigh as he struggled internally with his decision, oh well. It is not significant at all, how am I supposed to care when nobody cares about me? My dad beats me, my mom is dead, and the rest, I don't even want to think about that. Yes, maybe Rachel, she will be home soon. I should take a nap, this chair is so comfortable.
Funk woke up in the middle of the night, as a star flew through his window and glass flew everywhere.
Funk blinked a couple of times. “Holy crap, I am dreaming.”
The star spoke up. “No, you are not dreaming Funk. I am a messenger from the cosmos. It is much bigger than you think. And there are things at play that will be unraveled as time goes on. But time, or existence, will end, unless you take part.”
Funk shook his head, “What do you mean?”
The star flew around Funk’s head. “You know what I mean, Steve and Abby are from a different reality, they are unique beings, Abby is a human, sort of, and Steve, he is a— Whoops. Never mind that. We need you Funk, the cosmos needs you, I do not have long, You are the chosen one Funk, yes, we know about your extracurricular activities.”
Funk shook his head, “Believe me, I am not material for being the chosen one, there are so many things wrong with me.”
The star bobbed up and down, “We know what you desire, the cosmos needs you, Funk, Without you, we can never be truly free from what lurks in the deepest corners of the dark, or in the light.”
Funk shook his head, “What is lurking within the cosmos? The purple death?”
The star shook as if to say no. “Just, go with the flow Funk, be our warrior, you will be the one to save us, you will also secure the next chosen one.”
Funk started shaking his arms rapidly, “Wait, does that mean, I am going to die?”
How am I going to put this Funk, you will— A giant black tentacle rammed through the wall and wrapped around the star, its light slowly faded as the tentacle retreated.
Funk gasped, “Holy fuck, what in god’s name was that black tentacle of a beast?” Funk looked at the wall, and the window, for some reason, all the ambient mana had vanished.
The black tentacle had shattered the window even more than the star had done even if it came through the wall, glass had scattered everywhere.
Funk let out a deep sigh, “So, me the chosen one? Abby and Steve are somehow connected? I guess, I need them, after Rachel gets home, I am going to check on them.”
Funk started cleaning up the pieces of glass, with some dark energy he fixed up the wall, that is when he heard the door open.
Rachel walked in, “What is going on, Funk?”
He looked at her, purple eyes sat beautifully within her sockets, she had two small arms, and two small legs. A normal insect—like head.
Funk smiled as she looked at her, “You will never believe this, a star flew in and said, I am chosen to save the cosmos, maybe we can go together? We do need to break out Steve and Abby first.”
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Rachel shook her head, “Have you gone insane?”
Rachel crossed her arms, “I know what you did last Summer, I came back to confront you.”
Funk grunted in frustration, “Look, you do not understand.”
Rachel raised her left eyebrow, “Oh, I know, you have gone insane.”
Funk tried taking her hands, but she did a step back, “There is more to the picture than you think.”
Rachel sighed, “You cheated on me, with a man.”
Funk scratched his head, “Okay, I can see how that might be a problem for us, but I had a good reason for that, I needed to know for sure that—”
Rachel interrupted him, “Just shut up, I have had enough of your lies, she drew a dagger, I am just going to end you.”
Funk gulped, “This is not the right course of action, we can work together.”
Rachel charged at him, Funk suddenly felt a burst of rage, he dodged aside and pushed Rachel to the ground.
Rachel jumped up and slashed her dagger at Funk, he raised his arm and blocked the incoming blow. He punched her in the face, “Rachel, you need to listen to me. I only did good deeds, things other people would not do.”
Rachel drew a sword, “I do not believe you!”
Funk moved aside from the sword coming at him, “The star, it said I am the chosen one, we need to save the cosmos.”
Rachel grunted as she slashed her sword down again, “Just more lies!”
Funk grabbed the dagger out of her hand while jumping aside and stabbed it in her neck as green blood splattered everywhere, Funk gasped, “Oh fuck, that was not what I meant to do.”
Rachel dropped the sword as she grabbed her wound and fell over in agonizing pain, she let out a horrible screech, “See, you are a killer.”
Funk grunted, “Come on, it is just, this rage that filled me all of a sudden.”
Rachel chuckled while in pain, embracing death with open arms, “It seems, I am meeting my end, just as I had pictured it.” She shed a tear, “Goodbye Funk.”
“No, Rachel, I did not mean to do that, I was planning to stop, Rachel? Rachel?”
Funk had taken Rachel’s body into the swamp and buried her with a grave marker, Funk looked up, “Whatever you are, little star, if you got away safely, I am not the chosen one, how can I do this? What do I need to do?”
A beam of light hit the ground, it started writing, Funk looked at what had been written down. Actions have been taken to grant your wish, be patient.
Funk sighed, “Alright, I am going to need Steve’s help for this. Funk removed the message with his foot, he looked up, Mom, if you are looking at me, Then I will do my best, not to just kill a few people who have evil in their hearts. But to save the cosmos. And to begin with that, I will need help from those strange human-like figures, and, I guess, find the human they lost, who will most likely turn out to be, not a human.”
Funk made his way back to the village, it seemed morning was coming soon, he had taken the sword that Rachel dropped. He made his way to the dungeon, then he quickly made his way to the torture room. He looked inside, the Insectine that had tortured Steve and Abby sat there, Funk drew his sword and walked over, he hit the Insectine on the head with the hilt of his sword. Funk repeated the process since the Insectine did not get knocked out properly.
Then Funk let out a deep sigh, “I am sorry, father, I guess that is payback for beating the living crap out of me. I never called this place home, you know that, And now, I am leaving, again.”
Funk took the keys, he wondered, if he could keep on killing people, I mean, almost everyone had darkness in their hearts. “I guess, I will draw the line at children, or elderly people.”
Now that I have the cell keys, I should get Steve and Abby, we can use the secret exit, there is no time to get their gear. A bell echoed throughout the village.
Funk looked around, “Oh crap, I need to hurry to save them.” Funk started running towards the right cells, “Hold on Steve, and Abby, I am on my way to get you out of this pickle.” whatever you want from me, cosmos, please let me know if you need me to do something. Guide me to wherever I need to go because I am the chosen one.