Swords Crossed Part 1
All I remember before The Blank is that I was held captive in the underworld. My name is Rex. I'm trained with a special gift for controlling fire. But what I didn't know was why I woke up in an empty wheat field.
I was laying eagle spread on my back with wheat under it. As I came to realize this, my mind became under attack, with horrid pictures popping in and out, like a bad disco rave party. Then all at once it ended. I had no idea what anything meant. I tried to stand up, but found my legs not working. My left leg had a scar going all around it, like a curling snake. I looked at my right arm, and the same pattern was on it. I again tried to stand, and found my body more responsive. I looked around at my surroundings, and found nothing but wheat and scarecrows. I looked at my clothes, a dark grey t-shirt and torn up jeans. A sword and its' scabbard hanging on my left side of my hip. I had no idea how my face looked, but I imagined it quite bad looking. I looked down to see my shoes, but I had none. "Huh" I said out loud. My own voice startled me, not expecting me to be able to speak. "Which way do I go?" I asked myself. I tried to find a landmark, mountains or a water tower. All I could see was a lonely tree way in the distance. "I guess I should go that way" I said. So I started walking.
A couple of things I figured out while walking to the tree. Walking without shoes really started to hurt, and that tree was really far away. After about 2 hours of walking, I stopped at a boulder to take a rest. I pulled out the sword to get a better look at it. It was a steel double bladed sword with engravings on it. They looked like Greek and Norse symbols, but no actually words expect "fire blade" craved on the bottom of the hilt. I put the sword back into its' scabbard and looked at the sky. It was beginning to turn night. "I guess I better sleep here" I said, " I wished I had a pillow". But I found out that I didn't need a pillow, I was so tired I passed out as soon as I put my head down. Throughout the night I heard voices taunting me, "try to stop me hero" and "try to cage us now hero". It was pretty annoying as I slept through the night
I woke up with the sun beaming into my eyes. I got up, surprisingly well rested. I started walking again to the tree. When I finally got there, it was about mid-day already. The tree wasn't much to look at, with a small bush of leaves up top, gnarled roots, and torn-up bark. But behind the tree was a cliff, with a small house at the bottom. "Yes, a house!" I said, "Maybe someone could help me". So I climbed, but mostly rolled, down the cliff and made it to the house. As I climbed up to the door, I had no idea what I was going to say. Before I could think of anything, someone opened the door. It was a boy, about 16 years old. He had brown, long hair. He was wearing a teal and white t-shirt, with khakis topping it off. He had red sneakers that weren't tied. "Hey, can I help you?" he asked. "Um" I replied elegantly, " I don't know where I am, could you help me?" "Yea, ok come inside" the boy said. This kid is pretty cool, I thought.
I came into his house, and found it to be pretty small, with tile floor and wood walls. In the corner was a small T.V and a couch. It seemed to me the boy lived alone. "By the way, the name's John. John Ice, I know, kind of a weird name" John told me. "Uh, my name is Rex...um". Ok, I didn't even know my last name. "Well, Rex, welcome to my humble abode. You're in good ol' New Mexico. This farm of mine is near Farmington, but it's way out in the middle of nowhere and there's only one road, and its right in front of the house. So what do you need pal?" John said. "You may not believe me, but I literally just woke up in your wheat field a day ago." As soon as I said that, John looked at me like I'm crazy and I might infect him with it. "First off, why would anyone appear in my farm? And secondly, why do you have a sword?" he asked. I completely forgot I had my sword, which made me look more insane than anything else. "Well," John continued, "I guess I'll believe you. It makes sense with what I saw of course." Now it was my turn to look at him weirdly. "What did you see?" I inquired. John looked at me darkly and said " I was told a teen would come from a farm with a sword, and I would have to fight him with my powers."