A/N: Thanks for those who read and reviewed the first chapter I wrote. I hope you enjoy this one.
Chapter 2: The Truth Revealed
"Gahhhh. What a night!" Chris says as he enters his house.
"Do you realize what time it is?" his mother asked.
"Yah, it's time for me to get some sleep. That's what time it is." Chris replied.
"Oh really." His mother responds. She does the whole hands-on-hips movement and stares me down with cold eyes. My eyes flicker from side to side nervously, uncomfortable with the sudden awkwardness.
"Yah, so goodnight." Chris said, starting to tip-toe his way up the stairs. He closes the door quietly and nods his head in frustration. "Gah. What's with mothers these days? Heck, she really doesn't need to worry about me that much….well other than my grades." He tells himself and he plops face first onto his bed. He rolls over and faces the ceiling, recapping to himself what happened.
"For God's sake Chris….you're an A.T rider, be creative." Zeke said as he stood on the distant light pole.
What was on my mind then...Right, it was the train. 'Be creative' Zeke had said. And so I did. I managed to notice a loading ramp not to far from the tracks. What happened next though was nothing I expected. I hit the ramp with great speed, just avoiding the train. That's when I saw it. It was a road. It wasn't an ordinary road though. This road was a dark black colour on one side and a bright white on the other side, but in the middle, the colour looked like a crimson red. As soon as I noticed the crimson, that's when I snapped back to reality and noticed myself plunging into the river next to the tracks. Whatever that road was…why did it appear? Maybe Zeke will know. In the mean time though, I need to get some sleep.
The next morning came so quickly for Chris. He road to school, determined to find out the truth and the only person he knew that had the answer was Zeke.
"Zeke!" Chris yelled, as he dashed through his first period door. He turned and looked and saw no sight of Zeke in class. "Odd. That's not like him to miss class." Chris said to himself. "Oh well. I guess he was really worn out from last night." As Chris made his way over to his desk, he noticed a note on top of the desk. "What the heck..." Chris said to himself as he opened the note. The note said:
Chris,
As you can probably see, I'm not in class. I'll explain later. Just meet me near the running track after your done first period and don't forget to bring you're A.T's.
~ Zeke
"Alright then." he thought to himself.
As soon as class ended, Chris dashed as fast as he could through the hallways and as he turned of the corners, he ran into someone. Making her drop her book.
"Oh. I'm so sorry." Chris said.
"It's alright. I should have expected someone to dash around the corner." she replied.
"Unfortunately I had to be that person." Chris said with a bit of a smirk. "Well any ways I gotta get going. Here's your book."
"Thank you." she replied.
"Alright then. Catch you later." Chris said.
"See yah." She replied. "Wait! I didn't catch your name."
"I'm Chris and you are?" Chris asked.
"I'm Myra…." she responded.
Before long, Chris was off and dashing to meet Zeke by the running track. A minute later, Chris was at the track.
"Zeke, are you here?" Chris yelled as he stood in the middle of the track.
"The one and only." Zeke responded appearing out of no where be hide Chris.
Chris jumped and turned around. "Zeke! What's with the sneakiness?"
"That's how I am." He responded. "Shouldn't you have figured that out after last night?" Zeke asked.
"Well I guess. So what did you want to talk to me about? I'm guessing it had to do with last night." Chris responded.
"Yes. That is exactly right. Let us sit down and talk about this." Zeke said as him and Chris made their way over to the bleachers by the track. As they sat down, Zeke asked "So what did you think of the road?"
"The road was so odd. It was like a feeling of hate and hope as I made my way through it and saw the dark black and bright white colours. The weirdest thing though was that instead of the colours fighting off each other, they were combining into a crimson red colour." Chris responded.
"Did you just say a crimson red colour?" Zeke asked.
"Yah, it was a crimson red. I don't know why it was there though. That's what I was going to ask you when I saw you." Chris replied.
"That is very odd and very rare. I have only heard stories of this type of road, but no one has ever experienced this road until now." Zeke responded. "You do realize what that means Chris?"
"Umm. That I was the first to experience this road." Chris replied in confusion as he scratched his head.
"Other than that fact, it means that you are possibly the only one destined for this road."
Zeke said.
Chris looked at Zeke shocked. Eyes as wide as a full moon, on a clear night. He didn't even know what to say at this point, other than ask "Why me though? Why am I the only one?"
"Who knows? That's why I have called you out here to tell you that, 'it's time to train'. As we train, we will try to uncover this mystery as to why you out of all average Joe's…"
Before Zeke could even that sentence, Chris stopped him.
"What do you mean 'average Joe'?" Chris asked.
"What do you think I mean. Well look at you. You're an 'average' grade 12, around the 'average' weight and height. Short, black hair and brown eyes." Zeke responded.
"And that's what makes me an average Joe?" Chris asked as he had that annoyed look on his face, with his eyes looking down and his fist clinched in the air.
"Exactly." Zeke responded. "Also, you're an average Joe because I am the only 'token' brown guy in this school with black hair and a good physique, who actually 'knows' how to ride A.T's."
"Umm buddy? I go to the gym more than you do. How are you in better shape then me?" Chris asked.
"Well, I train with myself." Zeke replied.
"How can you train with yourself?" Chris asked in confusion.
"Just watch and see." Zeke replied as he pointed over to the middle of the track. Just then, what appeared to be a portal shows up in the middle of the track, with another Zeke jumping out of it fighting another person with a sword. "Hi Zeke!"
"Hi Zeke!" the other one replies as he continues to fight some one. Then as soon as the one portal appears, another one appears, allowing the other Zeke and the person he was fighting to disappear as they entered the other portal. After they were gone, both portal's close.
Zeke turns to Chris and says "See. Now that is how I train with myself."
Chris was completely stunned by what had just happened in front of him. His jaw was to the floor in amazement. "What? How?" Chris was speechless. It made him feel like his brain had hit the reset button on everything he had learned in chemistry and physics.
"So. Do you have any more questions?" Zeke asked.
Chris turned to Zeke, still in amazement and confusion and said "Yes. I still have one more question."
"Wow, I'm surprised that you still are able to speak after what you just saw. Usually when I show people that they go hide in a corner and assume the fettle position. Do ask you question though." Zeke said with that whole look of confidence on his face, like he could answer anything.
Chris looked Zeke straight in the eyes and asked "Have you ever seen a road?"
Zeke's stare suddenly went blank, like something had triggered within his memory. "Yes, I have seen a road before; well I have actually seen two roads."
"Two roads. How could any one see two roads?" Chris asked.
"Well, you know about the original 8 kings, right?" Zeke replied. "Well there were actually 10 kings and I was one of them."
Chris suddenly looked like a deer in the headlights, his eyes showed the surprise. "Really, you were once a king."
"Yes Chris, I was a king, the king of hell. My original road was known as Hell's Road. This road, looks like it has been carved with the blood, bodies and bones of its victims." Zeke replied. "To top it off, I had the Hells Regalia."
Chris was just amazed at what he was hearing. He didn't what to say other than the questions that randomly popped into his head. "What about the other road?"
"The other road is one of 'the' most power fullest roads ever know in the world of A.T's. It is so powerful I don't even like to use it unless I absolutely have too." Zeke replied.
"Is there a reason why" Chris asked.
"Yes, there is. It has the same power as having Heaven and Hell combine to form the apocalypse. Therefore, it was given the Road to the Apocalypse or the Apocalypse Road." Zeke replied.
"What does that one look like?" Chris asked.
"You DON'T want to know." Zeke replied with a stare that looks like it pierces the soul.
"Alright…." Chris replied now looking like something did pierce his soul. "There's one thing I don't get though. If you control hell and ride the Apocalypse Road, then who controls heaven?"
"I do…" Zeke replied. "If you wondering why. Well it all goes back to when the sky children were formed." Zeke begins to recap on his past.
When the sky children were formed, there were originally 8 of them, each who were a king of their own road. As they grew up and started to live their lives, they began to meet people in the 'outside world', Sora met Rika, Spitfire met Zeke and Simca met Mocca. In the time that Spitfire and Simca knew Mocca and I, they taught us how to ride A.T's and eventually we became part of the sky children. Mocca became the 9th king and bestowed the Heavens Regalia and I became the 10th king and bestowed the Hell's Regalia. As the years went by, and the team grew stronger, the bond between Mocca and I also grew stronger, but no one really knew that other than us. It wasn't until that one day where everything suddenly changed.
Apparently Mocca met up with some guy that told her that I was conspiring against Sleeping Forest, to 'permanently' put them out of commission.
"That can't be true! Zeke would never do such a thing." Mocca screamed at the guy, contemplating the information just given to her. She looked as stunned as the look you would have if someone phoned you and gave you the worst possible news. "How? There is no way Zeke would even think of such of thing, would he? Tell me he wouldn't!" At this point she was starting doubt anything her and Zeke had between themselves.
"I don't know. I'm not him and if I was him, I wouldn't think of doing such a thing. I mean who would try and take on all of sleeping forest? He's an idiot, looking for his death wish." the man replied.
"I just can't believe what you're saying. I'm going to go and find out this for myself." Mocca said. Before the man could say something, she was off and on the pursuit of finding Zeke. She searched all over the city and eventually found Zeke training at a shipping yard.
"ZEKE!" Mocca yelled.
"You rang." Zeke replied as he finished up what training he was doing.
"Is it true Zeke? Is it really true." she asked.
"Is what true?" Zeke replied.
"Don't play dumb with me. I know what you're going to do." Mocca said.
"If it's about buying you that I-pod. You caught me." he said with his hands in the air.
"You were gonna buy me a…Don't play games with me! I know what your really going to do, so I came here to stop you from destroying Sleeping Forest." she replied as she had tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Destroying Sleeping Forest? Where did you hear that from? Are you feeling alright?" he said in confusion.
"I heard it from an anonymous source. He told me what you were going to do and now I'm going to stop you." she said as she reached down to her A.T's and said "Heaven's Regalia activate."
"I can't believe you would listen to some random person. I thought you were so much smarter than that, but if this is how it has to be then fine. Hell's Regalia activate." Zeke replied.
The battle for the truth was about to begin in the struggle of Heaven and Hell. Mocca dashed across towards Zeke and tried to hit him with a fierce kick, but Zeke managed to dodge her. Just then, Mocca's turned and kicked Zeke right in the arms, which managed to move Zeke further into the shipping yard.
"That was too close." Zeke said to himself. "I have to figure out how I can convince her that I would never think of doing such a thing."
As he thought of a way, Mocca came out of no where from be hide a shipping crate.
"You're mine!" she yelled as she came at Zeke with another kick.
Zeke noticed the kick and just barely dodged it. "You really are trying, aren't you?" Zeke asked her.
"Of course I am." she replied, with tears dripping from her eyes.
"Then try and get control of yourself!" Zeke yelled as he turned and kicked her into the air.
As she flew into the air, a large crate was being moved in the opposite direction as she was flying.
"Oh shit." said Zeke, as he disappeared from the ground and reappeared right in front of her, grabbing her to stop her from hitting the crate. "Does this prove something?" he said to her as he held her in his arms and kicked the crate back, braking one of his regalia's.
"Yes it does Zeke. Thank you." she said as she turned to him and gave him a hug. "I'm sorry for not believing you. It's just that I didn't realize the truth from fiction."
"Don't worry about it. Just remember, nothing will come between the relationship we share with one another." he told her as he hugged her back.
Just then, from out of no where, a crate came flying at them.
"Zeke look out!" she said as she pushed Zeke out of the way. "Heaven's Barr…" before she could even use her technique, it was too late. She was hit with the crate, sending her crashing into another one and falling onto the ground.
"Mocca!" Zeke yelled as he ran over to her. "Why? Why would you do such a thing?"
Zeke asked her as he held her in his arms.
"Well…people tend to do stuff for other people when they truly care about them." she replied with a smile on her face.
"Hmm, they sure do. Now let's get you to a hospital." Zeke said as he picked her up.
"Zeke." she said. "It's too late for that now. My injuries are just too serious."
"No, it's never too late." Zeke replied.
"For me Zeke, times up and heaven is calling me now." she said. "Before I go though, take this." She reached down and gave Zeke her regalia. "Use them well."
At this point Zeke didn't know what to say other than what she wanted to hear. "I will."
He replied.
"I will never forget about you Zeke. Goodbye." she said to him as her eyes closed into a never ending sleep.
"Goodbye." Zeke said as a tear rolled down his cheek.
"That's how I got the Heavens Regalia." Zeke said to Chris as he continued to stare off into the abyss.
"Did you ever figure out who or what threw the crate?" Chris asked.
"Unfortunately no, but each day I look, I feel that I am getting one step closer to finding who ever did that." Zeke replied. "Well now that you know about my past, let's begin the training for your future."
"Alrighty then, sounds good to me." Chris replied as he got off the bleacher and stared into the sky. "Get ready world, because here we come."
"Who are you talking to?" Zeke asked as he looked in the same direction as Chris.
He turned to Zeke and said. "No one Zeke, I'm just to into the moment."
"Well it's time to get out of that moment and focus on the task at hand. Your training."
Zeke replied as he got up off the bleacher and walked into the middle of the track and said "Let us begin."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter, the next one should be up in about a week or so. Please Review and let me know on what I can improve.
