Rhaden's Secret Mission
Chapter One
The M'arrillian invasion was over and they had won, but as the blue Overworld Muge looks out into the dark ocean, he didn't feel like they had won anything and knew it wasn't over like every one had thought.
After the M'arrillian's defeat and Tangath Toborn's sacrifice, Rhaden wished to come back to Kirvak Mound to see if they did indeed changed the outcome of the future. Unfortunately, he fond that nothing had changed and that all of Perim was a giant, toxic ocean just like the millions of other times he came here before.
The only thing that was different was the temperature. It was much colder than what he remembered. It might have just been cold because it was night-time and the sun had already gone down a few hours ago, but even at night it was never this cold. He could even see his breath and it looked like it might start to snow judging from the clouds over head.
"Why?" Was all he could think of at what he was seeing." Why is nothing different? Why was Tangath's sacrifice for nothing? Why did we loss so much in that bloody war just for it to only delay the death of all four Tribes?" He truly felt like no matter what he did the fate of Perim will not change and that all the hard work of the four Tribes was for nothing.
He stopped his train of thought as he noticed a small figure standing next to the shoreline, far enough to not get his feet wet, but close enough to be in danger of a M'arrillian grabbing him and dragging him under the waters.
Rhaden knew it was a human without a debate in his mind. Only a human would be foolish enough to think it was safe being that close to the dark water with who knows what's in it and the shape and size of his body was a dead give away.
It appeared that the human didn't know, Rhaden was there. He wondered what the human was doing here, but didn't give it a seconde thought. Humans only come to Perim to get scans of anything that would help them win their games. This human was more than likely no different then the other humans, so it was safe to say he came to Kirvak Mound looking for something to scan and fond his way here like the other humans he had helped not too long ago.
"Perhaps, I should go warn him of the danger in the waters. If he does not heed my warning then it will be his last mistake."he said to himself then flew towards the human.
As he got closer he noticed the human was male and was wearing odd clothing. Sure humans always wear strange cloths (in almost every creature's opinion), but Rhaden had never before seen any human wearing these kinds of clothes in this kind of fashion. He had a white jacket with a high collar that was zipped up all the way to his face with a hood and black goggles. He also had baggy camo pants that were tucked under his black leather boots that went up to his knees. There was a large black bag on his back that looked like it contend enough supplies for the human to live off for weeks. Rhaden didn't see any sign of his scanner, but his hands were in his jacket pockets, so it might be in there.
The human finally noticed, Rhaden coming towards him and his body tenses up as he took one step back while taking his hands out of his pockets revealing black leather finger-less gloves.
It was like he was either getting ready to run or fight. Rhaden didn't care if he choose either one; if he ran then Rhaden won't fallow him and if he decided to fight him, well he would go easy on the poor, mindless human.
"You have nothing to fear from me human." Rhaden said, stopping just a few feet away from him. Rhaden was a bit curious of where the human's scanner was at. From what he knew of humans, they always have their scanners and if they feel threatened then they would get out their scanners just in case if they have to transport back to their safe haven known as Chaotic.
"Who are you?!" he demanded in a commanding voice that reminded, Rhaden, of a warrior giving orders to his subordinates. Rhaden had thought the human was a young boy at first, because he couldn't see the human's face and since most humans that came to Perim were young. But from the sound of his voice, Rhaden now believed he must been between forty to sixty solans old or twenty to thirty years in human terms.
"I am Rhaden. I saw you standing here and thought to warn you of the dangers of being so close to the ocean." Rhaden informed him. What he said seemed to make the human angry as he clenched his hands into fists and his body became even more tensed then before.
"I know perfectly well what monsters live in that ocean! Now go away and leave me alone!" the human yelled, turning away to look back into the ocean. Rhaden was taken aback by the human's words, but he didn't show it. He had a feeling that the human had not taken his eyes off him even if he did turn his head away from him. It was impossible to tell with the goggles he was wearing.
"I am sorry if I have said something that had upset you. May I ask who you are? After all it is the polite thing to do if someone else has already interdicted themselves." He politely asked. Normal he won't be this talkative to humans or any one for that matter, but this human was different and Rhaden wanted to know way.
The human turned his head to face Rhaden, before he said: "If you must know, it's Alexander Knight. Now go away." He then looked away from Rhaden and back to the ocean.
"Alexander Knight, why are just standing here? Are you waiting for something or trying to find something?" he asked.
I'm not really here for any reason, just came to look at the ocean, is all. It's nice having a place in Perim that I can stand at without it being ice. Pretty lucky of me that that glacier melted didn't drown this place in water. " Alexander said, a little less hostile.
"When did this glacier melt?" Rhaden asked. He had a sinking feeling that this human didn't come through the tunnels that lead him to this time. In all his time coming to this future, he has never seen anyone, but a M'arrillian being from here. The part about only standing on ice was a bit confusing, but Rhaden was more interested in finding out about this melted glacier at the moment.
"Wait, shouldn't you know that, M'arrillian? I know you weren't the ones that did it that time, but I would think y'all would have remembered the event that almost made you the dominant race of Perim. " Alexander said, now looking at Rhaden like he was insane. Or maybe he was giving him a different look; it's hard to tell with his face being covered.
Rhaden wasn't sure what to say. If this human knows how Perim became an ocean, then he might have just fond the answers he has been looking for. But, if Alexander was pulling one of those human pranks; Rhaden wasn't laughing.
"I ensure you, I am not a M'arrillian. I'm a Overworlder Muge. " Rhaden told him. Alexander didn't say anything and stared at Rhaden, but with his face covered Rhaden couldn't tell what emotions the human was experiencing.
After a minute of them staring at one another, Alexander finally spoke up in a deadpan voice: "We need to talk somewhere else, away from any spying eyes."
"Indeed." Was all Rhaden had to say.
Author's Notes
Hello lovely readers. I hope you liked this story of mine so far. Anyways this was just an idea I had like a year ago, but instead of writing it I just had written the idea down in a note-book and forgotten about it. I just recently fond the note-book and fond what I had written down, so I thought it would be nice to write it.
It was originally going to be a long one-shot, but I changed my mind so now it's going to be a multiply chapter story. I'm not sure how many chapter there will be, but I have the whole story thought out in my head. All I need to do is write it, which is easier said then done.
The name Alexander Knight just popped into my head and I had no idea where it came from, but it does sound very familiar to me.
As you probably already guessed, this is going to be one of those time travel stories were they try to change the future and all that. Time travel can be a tricky thing to write, but I have always liked time travel stories and there is so many factors to think of.
I've already started to work on the next chapter and it's half way done, so it won't take too long for an update.
Please review even if it's only a few words.