Advent of War Duology: The Past...Again.
By: Pho galaxy889@hotmail.com
"You are the Setara," rumbled Goliath.
"Of course, why didn't you all expect me," said the Setara sarcastically, his wings flaring in annoyance.
"We did not know to," said Goliath, the others content to let him do the talking alone, for once.
"Well you shouldn't be surprised, your friend was possessed by the Vinkari instead of me. At least that is what I've been told by him," said the Setara pointing up, in a gesture as if to indicate God.
"She did sacrifice herself," Goliath confirmed with a quaver in his voice.
"For that I am grateful. Undoubtedly the Vinkari enjoys possessing a human body, it undoubtedly aided it in its destruction of the one deity religions, or so I've been told," said the Setara pointing up again.
"And what happens now lad," asked Hudson, finally speaking up.
"Now I tell you how the Vinkari and I came to be here, so long ago. It all began in another dimension. In this dimension the Vinkari and Setara fought, destroying entire sections of the galaxy. Caught between our struggles were the Valonians and Humanity, young races, too young to know about staying away from our battle.
"My ship and this Vinkari's were engaged in battle above Earth in my home dimension. Then a rip occured in space and time from our energy blasts hitting with too much force. The rip propelled us into this dimension and time, and then closed. We began to fight after my ship hid itself in the Atlantic Ocean.
"That is where I'm guessing you all intervened. You screwed up the timeline. You prevented something, what did you prevent?!"
"Hey we saved your butt," said Brooklyn," you and the Vinkari were going to merge and be freed to kill everyone."
The Setara seemed startled by this. Then said," Then I am sorry for yelling. The past is the past, for the most part anyhow. That must not be allowed to happen, but the religions must be restored."
"But we can't travel in time again. I accidently broke the machine on the way back," said Lexington, embarrassed.
"We can, or rather I can. Who wants to come with me," asked the Setara.
The Clan quickly took a vote, argued, discussed, and finally made a decision.
"Bronx will go with you," said Goliath at the end of the discussion," he is the one least likely to cause damage to the timeline."
"Very well," said the Setara motioning for Bronx to move towards him. Bronx did, after a little reluctance.
A brilliant golden light filled the castle. When the light cleared, Bronx and the Setara were gone.
"Do you recognize this place," asked the Setara to Bronx.
"Grrr," Bronx growled uneasily.
"Correct. This is indeed Stonehenge," said the Setara, planting crystals around the circle of stones.
"Grr," Bronx growled questioningly.
"Why is no one here? It is after the hours it is open to the Public."
"Grr."
"Yes I did know some magick orders performed ceremonies here. In fact that is why we're here. This place is above a wellspring of magick energy."
"Grr?"
"Why am I placing the crystals here? Simple, they are to focus the magick I am about to use. I need the utmost control over this place to create a portable time portal."
"Grr?"
"Portable Time Portal and what it looks like? It can be carried and will take us back in time, it looks like a mirror that is held in one hand...I think."
"Grr?"
"What do I mean think? It's not like I've ever done this before. The best way to learn is through trying. Now step back."
Bronx leaped back several dozen feet before feeling safe enough to stop. Though the Setara, standing in the center of Stonehenge couldn't blame him. He was nervous to.
"Temporalis, Draconis, Intra!"
Which in Setara meant "Time Dragon Within". A brilliant golden, purple, and then finally blue light rose above Stonehenge, the stones and crystals focusing the energy high in the air. Finally after several seconds it stopped and a mirror fell into the Setara's waiting hands.
"Grr?"
"Yes this is the Portable Time Portal. Now let me figure out how to work this," said the Setara, fiddling with it," now if I have the temporal coordinates set right we should be meeting Moses."
"Grr?"
"I'm not going to respond to that."
The Setara focused the mirror into the ground under them. Blue light poured from the mirror and then they dropped down...
It was so hot. The heat was overwhelming. Oh and a huge column of people was headed towards them. They had landed in the right time.
"Grr?"
"Why aren't you stone in this sunlight? Frankly, I have no real clue. If I had to guess I would say it is because of the portal sending us through time allows us to be outside of time. Thus allowing us to react to most stimulus but not others. Strange, eh?"
"Grr."
"Okay I think the guy with the staff is Moses."
"Grr?"
"Yes the one who is fighting off your friend Elisa. WHAT!? STOP VINKARI!"
No one expected that to work. And it didn't. Big surprise.
"Bronx, you scare the people from approaching, I'll fight the Vinkari."
Bronx began to growl at the people. They were screaming in fear and calling out curses in Hebrew.
"Hello Vinkari, I hear you enjoy possessing a human body," said the Setara to the Vinkari, who is possessing Elisa's body.
"So you found me," it said in Elisa's voice, full of hatred.
"Yes I did. Now I'm going to stop you from killing this Jewish religious figure."
"Actually the term is Hebrew in this time frame," taunted the Vinkari.
"Like I care," responded the Setara.
The Vinkari smoothly sheathed its curved blade and pulled Elisa's gun. It shot off three shots in quick succession. The first bullet missed and hit sand, the second missed and went out into the distance where a camel scream could be heard. The third bullet was deflected by the Setara easily.
"You can't use most of your power while in that body," said the Setara taunting.
With that the Vinkari and Elisa his host body disappeared.
"Come here Bronx," said the Setara beckoning, and then as Bronx came, the Setara spoke soothingly in Hebrew to the frightened people and their still alive leader. One religion down, two more left to save.
The Setara pointed the mirror to the ground and a blue beam came out. Soon Bronx and the Setara were falling through a blue time portal...
Bethlehem, a cool night here. It was crowded, as the Emperor had ordered everyone back to their birthplace for taxes and census. Yet they were only here to find one place. A certain stable in an inn.
Bronx was frightening many people, so the Setara cloaked Bronx in an illusion much like he was wearing, so as not to draw attention to themselves. Everyone saw a Sheperd and his one sheep moving through the town.
The Setara scanned the skies and saw a star, brighter than all the others. He and Bronx began to move in that direction. Eventually they arrived.
In the manger lay a baby. Two parents stood in front of the manger, as did several sheperds, and three men. In front of them and the manger was a woman, or what seemed to be one. Elisa/Vinkari holding a gun.
One dead sheep on the ground proved that its deadliness had been demonstrated. Now she/it was going to kill the baby in that manger, and those protecting it.
Bronx ran forward in one fluid motion and jumped up into Elisa/Vinkari. The gun dropped and a flash lit the air as the Vinkari and its host disappeared. The baby had been saved.
The Setara walked over to Bronx and picked up the gun. He put it under his robes and wings gently. He turned and gave one last look at this baby, who would one day grow up to be crucified for everyone's sins. Then he pulled the mirror and pointed it to the ground, blue beam forming a portal. He and Bronx fell through it again...
The Arabian Peninsula, a hot and dry place. At least there were caves nearby. Bronx and the Setara went into the nearest cave. There they found a man meditating or praying. Whispering for more to recite.
Mohammed, the founder of Islam. In the wake of an encounter which led him to tell others of Allah. Above him stood Elisa holding a curved blade.
The Setara rushed forward quickly, shouldering her into the hard rock wall of the cave. The knife fell from her hands. Foiled again the Vinkari and its host Elisa disappeared again, to several months before the present time from which the Setara and Bronx came.
The Setara took up the blade and put it into his robes. Bronx came and stood by him. The Setara pulled out the mirror and a beam of blue light shot into the ground. Slowly a portal opened beneath them. They fell through again...
Stonehenge, approximately a second after they left it. Only one more thing was needed to insure the safety of the past.
"Tolamara en Temporalis ti ortal!"
(Close the time to travelers-in Setaran.)
A massive wash of red light signified the closing. Now time travel would only be possible with the Portable Time Portal.
"Grr?"
"Yes I did close time travel with a spell," said the Setara smiling.
"Grr?"
"Of course we can go back to the Castle, just let me collect my crystals."
He collected the crystals quickly and put them and the mirror into his robes. Soon a golden flash engulphed them and they were back in Wyvvern. With that, they began to explain what had happened.
"Why should we keep you around any longer," asked one of the Council Members.
"Because of my latest plot," said the Illuminati Representative.
"Yes, you have promised us a profitable war."
"And it shall happen if you will watch and wait. It will soon occur, for my ally the Vinkari will make it happen."
"We find an alien in the body of a detective an unlikely candidate to start a war."
"I beg of the Council, give me another month."
One by one the Council gave their nods and the Illuminati Representative let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding.
The Setara watched as the Sun rose behind the Minarets of a Mosque, the Cross of a Church, and the roof of a Synagogue. The Gargoyles turned to stone. He could use a rest to, saving the world's three greatest one deity religions took a lot out of a being.
By: Pho galaxy889@hotmail.com
"You are the Setara," rumbled Goliath.
"Of course, why didn't you all expect me," said the Setara sarcastically, his wings flaring in annoyance.
"We did not know to," said Goliath, the others content to let him do the talking alone, for once.
"Well you shouldn't be surprised, your friend was possessed by the Vinkari instead of me. At least that is what I've been told by him," said the Setara pointing up, in a gesture as if to indicate God.
"She did sacrifice herself," Goliath confirmed with a quaver in his voice.
"For that I am grateful. Undoubtedly the Vinkari enjoys possessing a human body, it undoubtedly aided it in its destruction of the one deity religions, or so I've been told," said the Setara pointing up again.
"And what happens now lad," asked Hudson, finally speaking up.
"Now I tell you how the Vinkari and I came to be here, so long ago. It all began in another dimension. In this dimension the Vinkari and Setara fought, destroying entire sections of the galaxy. Caught between our struggles were the Valonians and Humanity, young races, too young to know about staying away from our battle.
"My ship and this Vinkari's were engaged in battle above Earth in my home dimension. Then a rip occured in space and time from our energy blasts hitting with too much force. The rip propelled us into this dimension and time, and then closed. We began to fight after my ship hid itself in the Atlantic Ocean.
"That is where I'm guessing you all intervened. You screwed up the timeline. You prevented something, what did you prevent?!"
"Hey we saved your butt," said Brooklyn," you and the Vinkari were going to merge and be freed to kill everyone."
The Setara seemed startled by this. Then said," Then I am sorry for yelling. The past is the past, for the most part anyhow. That must not be allowed to happen, but the religions must be restored."
"But we can't travel in time again. I accidently broke the machine on the way back," said Lexington, embarrassed.
"We can, or rather I can. Who wants to come with me," asked the Setara.
The Clan quickly took a vote, argued, discussed, and finally made a decision.
"Bronx will go with you," said Goliath at the end of the discussion," he is the one least likely to cause damage to the timeline."
"Very well," said the Setara motioning for Bronx to move towards him. Bronx did, after a little reluctance.
A brilliant golden light filled the castle. When the light cleared, Bronx and the Setara were gone.
"Do you recognize this place," asked the Setara to Bronx.
"Grrr," Bronx growled uneasily.
"Correct. This is indeed Stonehenge," said the Setara, planting crystals around the circle of stones.
"Grr," Bronx growled questioningly.
"Why is no one here? It is after the hours it is open to the Public."
"Grr."
"Yes I did know some magick orders performed ceremonies here. In fact that is why we're here. This place is above a wellspring of magick energy."
"Grr?"
"Why am I placing the crystals here? Simple, they are to focus the magick I am about to use. I need the utmost control over this place to create a portable time portal."
"Grr?"
"Portable Time Portal and what it looks like? It can be carried and will take us back in time, it looks like a mirror that is held in one hand...I think."
"Grr?"
"What do I mean think? It's not like I've ever done this before. The best way to learn is through trying. Now step back."
Bronx leaped back several dozen feet before feeling safe enough to stop. Though the Setara, standing in the center of Stonehenge couldn't blame him. He was nervous to.
"Temporalis, Draconis, Intra!"
Which in Setara meant "Time Dragon Within". A brilliant golden, purple, and then finally blue light rose above Stonehenge, the stones and crystals focusing the energy high in the air. Finally after several seconds it stopped and a mirror fell into the Setara's waiting hands.
"Grr?"
"Yes this is the Portable Time Portal. Now let me figure out how to work this," said the Setara, fiddling with it," now if I have the temporal coordinates set right we should be meeting Moses."
"Grr?"
"I'm not going to respond to that."
The Setara focused the mirror into the ground under them. Blue light poured from the mirror and then they dropped down...
It was so hot. The heat was overwhelming. Oh and a huge column of people was headed towards them. They had landed in the right time.
"Grr?"
"Why aren't you stone in this sunlight? Frankly, I have no real clue. If I had to guess I would say it is because of the portal sending us through time allows us to be outside of time. Thus allowing us to react to most stimulus but not others. Strange, eh?"
"Grr."
"Okay I think the guy with the staff is Moses."
"Grr?"
"Yes the one who is fighting off your friend Elisa. WHAT!? STOP VINKARI!"
No one expected that to work. And it didn't. Big surprise.
"Bronx, you scare the people from approaching, I'll fight the Vinkari."
Bronx began to growl at the people. They were screaming in fear and calling out curses in Hebrew.
"Hello Vinkari, I hear you enjoy possessing a human body," said the Setara to the Vinkari, who is possessing Elisa's body.
"So you found me," it said in Elisa's voice, full of hatred.
"Yes I did. Now I'm going to stop you from killing this Jewish religious figure."
"Actually the term is Hebrew in this time frame," taunted the Vinkari.
"Like I care," responded the Setara.
The Vinkari smoothly sheathed its curved blade and pulled Elisa's gun. It shot off three shots in quick succession. The first bullet missed and hit sand, the second missed and went out into the distance where a camel scream could be heard. The third bullet was deflected by the Setara easily.
"You can't use most of your power while in that body," said the Setara taunting.
With that the Vinkari and Elisa his host body disappeared.
"Come here Bronx," said the Setara beckoning, and then as Bronx came, the Setara spoke soothingly in Hebrew to the frightened people and their still alive leader. One religion down, two more left to save.
The Setara pointed the mirror to the ground and a blue beam came out. Soon Bronx and the Setara were falling through a blue time portal...
Bethlehem, a cool night here. It was crowded, as the Emperor had ordered everyone back to their birthplace for taxes and census. Yet they were only here to find one place. A certain stable in an inn.
Bronx was frightening many people, so the Setara cloaked Bronx in an illusion much like he was wearing, so as not to draw attention to themselves. Everyone saw a Sheperd and his one sheep moving through the town.
The Setara scanned the skies and saw a star, brighter than all the others. He and Bronx began to move in that direction. Eventually they arrived.
In the manger lay a baby. Two parents stood in front of the manger, as did several sheperds, and three men. In front of them and the manger was a woman, or what seemed to be one. Elisa/Vinkari holding a gun.
One dead sheep on the ground proved that its deadliness had been demonstrated. Now she/it was going to kill the baby in that manger, and those protecting it.
Bronx ran forward in one fluid motion and jumped up into Elisa/Vinkari. The gun dropped and a flash lit the air as the Vinkari and its host disappeared. The baby had been saved.
The Setara walked over to Bronx and picked up the gun. He put it under his robes and wings gently. He turned and gave one last look at this baby, who would one day grow up to be crucified for everyone's sins. Then he pulled the mirror and pointed it to the ground, blue beam forming a portal. He and Bronx fell through it again...
The Arabian Peninsula, a hot and dry place. At least there were caves nearby. Bronx and the Setara went into the nearest cave. There they found a man meditating or praying. Whispering for more to recite.
Mohammed, the founder of Islam. In the wake of an encounter which led him to tell others of Allah. Above him stood Elisa holding a curved blade.
The Setara rushed forward quickly, shouldering her into the hard rock wall of the cave. The knife fell from her hands. Foiled again the Vinkari and its host Elisa disappeared again, to several months before the present time from which the Setara and Bronx came.
The Setara took up the blade and put it into his robes. Bronx came and stood by him. The Setara pulled out the mirror and a beam of blue light shot into the ground. Slowly a portal opened beneath them. They fell through again...
Stonehenge, approximately a second after they left it. Only one more thing was needed to insure the safety of the past.
"Tolamara en Temporalis ti ortal!"
(Close the time to travelers-in Setaran.)
A massive wash of red light signified the closing. Now time travel would only be possible with the Portable Time Portal.
"Grr?"
"Yes I did close time travel with a spell," said the Setara smiling.
"Grr?"
"Of course we can go back to the Castle, just let me collect my crystals."
He collected the crystals quickly and put them and the mirror into his robes. Soon a golden flash engulphed them and they were back in Wyvvern. With that, they began to explain what had happened.
"Why should we keep you around any longer," asked one of the Council Members.
"Because of my latest plot," said the Illuminati Representative.
"Yes, you have promised us a profitable war."
"And it shall happen if you will watch and wait. It will soon occur, for my ally the Vinkari will make it happen."
"We find an alien in the body of a detective an unlikely candidate to start a war."
"I beg of the Council, give me another month."
One by one the Council gave their nods and the Illuminati Representative let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding.
The Setara watched as the Sun rose behind the Minarets of a Mosque, the Cross of a Church, and the roof of a Synagogue. The Gargoyles turned to stone. He could use a rest to, saving the world's three greatest one deity religions took a lot out of a being.