Omega: Chapter 2 is now here, and thanks to feedback on the first. I made and effort to make this one much better than the last. Enjoy it my fellow Dark Souls Fans. (Revised spelling and grammar.)

Chapter 2: The Burg


Jack and Oscar were dropped off at Firelink Shrine after a 20 minute flight from the Undead Asylum via the massive crow now perched atop the shrine's tower. Jack and Oscar took in their surroundings. The area was rather decrepit with broken stone walls and a crumbling building that was being overtaken by vegetation. A lone man in chainmail armor was sitting on a fallen tree.

Jack approached him and the man spoke.

"Another 'Chosen Undead' eh? Well, good luck."

"Thanks, but why are you just sitting here?" Jack asked.

"I like to watch the 'heroes' come and go, most never return regardless of which way they go." the man replied.

"Alright, you do that. I am going to go ring the Bells of Awakening. Now where are they?" Jack asked himself.

"One is in the parish up that way." the man said pointing to the stairs along the cliffside. " And the other is below in Blighttown."

"Wonderful information. I again thank you." Jack said as he walked away.

"No problem at all." the man said chuckling.

Jack walked back to Oscar, who was sitting at the bonfire and apparently in deep thought. Jack sat beside him and began to examine his equipment. It was in some pretty poor condition. The armor was rusted and bent while the sword and shield had evident cracking. Oscar stood and faced Jack.

"I believe it is time we set out to start our quest." Oscar said.

"Agreed, though, I need to have my equipment fixed before I can engage in actual combat." Jack said.

"Conveniently, I have just the thing to fix that." Oscar said reaching into his bag. He pulled out a golden powder and handed it to Jack. " Here, use this to fix your equipment."

Jack took it and poured over himself. The rust and damage was erased from the armor along with the cracks on the sword and shield. " Good, now we can get on our way." Jack and Oscar walked along the cliff's stairs and ran into a group of Hollows waiting in ambush.

They rushed the first Hollow and felled it easily. Another jumped from a set of stairs to their left and came down on Oscar. Oscar fought on the ground with the Hollow while Jack went to attack the Hollowed soldier in front of them. He dead stopped as a firebomb came from above. The Hollow soldier charged with a slash. Jack parried and reposed for a quick kill. Oscar finally kicked off the Hollow, sending it tumbling down to the chasm below. Jack and Oscar rushed up and took down the firebomb flinger along with two other Hollows.

They walked into the aqueduct and killed a rather large rat as they made their way into Undead Burg. They cleared out a few more Hollows while moving through buildings and ended up at another ambush with an archer. Hollows charged at them but were swiftly cut down. Oscar blocked arrows while Jack crept up and put a sword through the archer's chest. Jack walked into a small tower with Oscar following behind and found a Bonfire.

"That was rather easy." Jack said as he sat down.

"Quite, but I feel it will only grow more difficult." Oscar said as he took a seat.

"Yeah, but hey, we make one hell of a team!" Jack said triumphantly while raising his hand in a brofist.

"I concur." Oscar said accepting the Brofist of Awesomeness.

"Now, I think that was a good enough rest. Shall we get on to more Hollow slaying?" Jack said as he unsheathed his sword.

"Yes, lets."

Jack and Oscar walked back out and saw the Hollows they had just killed back and alive. They both found this strange but shrugged and went to killing. Jack charged the archer and knocked him down to the streets below while Oscar kicked a Hollow to from the stairs to a massive drop. Two more Hollows charged Oscar and died with their heads removed. After all the immediate enemies were dealt with Jack spoke.

"This is just perfect, we kill them they come back whenever we rest! The difficulty just went up! I LOVE IT! MORE FOES TO SLAY!"

"I agree it is quite satisfying to be able to repeatedly slay enemies to gain more power." Oscar said thoughtfully.

"Why don't we?" Jack asked.

"Yes, time is distorted in this place so we can do this as long as we want without a hindrance to our quest."

"THEN LETS GET KILLING!" Jack yelled rushing back to the Bonfire.

After a few hours slaying the same enemies over and over, Jack and Oscar decided for a quick break.

"That was quite enjoyable." Oscar remarked.

"Agreed. Now, I heard while in the Asylum from one of the still sane prisoners that you can use souls to better yourself. How would we go about doing that?" Jack asked.

"Good point. I believe that you offer souls to the Bonfire and ask in your mind what ability you wish to be enhanced. If you have sufficient souls, the Bonfire will make you stronger." Oscar explained.

"Wonderful now let me see how many souls I have." Jack said as he closed his eyes and searched in his mind for the souls. "Ah, I have about 10000 souls."

Oscar let out a whistle " Wow, I have... 5000. Damn."

Jack said no more and placed his hand upon the Bonfire. The souls rushed through his arm into the Bonfire and he stood. Jack turned to face Oscar. " Do you have any Greatswords within your pack?" Jack asked.

"I do. But they are to heavy for me to wield." Oscar began pulling a Claymore from his small pack.

Jack looked at him awkwardly for a moment. " How did you fit THAT in there?" Jack asked.

"This pack is magically imbued to be able to hold anything. It also functions as a portal to a dimension I was told never to go to." Oscar said cringing at the last part.

"You have any extras?"

"Yep, here." Oscar said pulling the extra out and giving it to Jack.

"So, how does it work?"

"It is very simple, you place an item in and wish to pull that out when you reach in the bag."

"Perfect." Jack said happily, placing his straight sword in his pack that was strapped to his side. Jack took the claymore that was laying on the floor and one handed it with his shield. Oscar looked in awe.

"How are you doing that?" Oscar asked.

"I wished for greater strength and endurance from the bonfire and was granted it. Now shall we get going?" Jack said walking out.

"Sure just one moment." Oscar said placing his hand on the bonfire.

Jack awaited outside as Oscar came running out as if the armor seemed much lighter than before.

"You seem much faster than 5 seconds ago."

"Pure endurance enhancement." Oscar said proudly.

"Good. Lets get killing." Jack said walking onward. They crossed a small bridge while running from firebombs raining from above. They reached the safety of an ambush inside a building. A Hollow soldier attacked from the left and ax wielding Hollows from the front. Jack took to fighting the ax wielders and Oscar fought the soldier. Jack swung his claymore, cutting the Hollows in half. Oscar side stepped the Hollow's poor attack and cut him down.

The pair continued forward and took down a few more Hollows up a flight of stairs. Jack took a ladder behind them to reach the fire flingers and dispatch them. They dropped down and continued forth. Jack took care of a few Hollow soldiers but took a bolt to the back. He turned to see Oscar stabbing the archer in the back mid-reload. Jack issued a hand-based insult to Oscar as he pulled the bolt out with the other hand. Jack took a sip of Estus.

"Sorry, I was trying to surprise him." Oscar said coming down.

"You were a bit late." Jack said clearly annoyed.

The two continued forth when a figure caught Jack's eye. It was a tall knight wielding a large, bloody sword and shield. The Black Knight stood in a narrow hall and was facing away so Jack slowly crept behind him. Jack was about to stab him when the knight turned and kicked Jack to the ground. This was followed by a quick stab through the chest. Jack felt the rush of pain and faded out.

Oscar witnessed Jack begin to fade and charged the knight, only to be parried and sliced in half. They both awoke a moment later sitting at the Bonfire with the enemies outside alive and well.

"What happened?" Jack asked.

"The Darksign, we died, and it brought us back to the nearest Bonfire without humanity nor souls." Oscar explained. " Also, we are now back on our way to hollowing." Oscar said as lifted his visor, revealing the jerky-zombie face of a Hollow.

"Shit." Jack uttered upon realizing he now was in the same condition.

"Though, we can get our humanity and souls back. We must fight our way back and collect them." Oscar said closing his visor.

"Then what are we waiting for? I have been like this long enough already." Jack said storming out to reclaim his humanity.

Oscar followed swiftly. The two carved their way back to where the Black Knight was and saw there orbs of souls and humanity sitting right there behind him. Jack crept up and grabbed his without being noticed. Oscar, on the other hand, tripped and fell down the stairs and landed right behind the Knight. It turned and brought its sword up to slay Oscar but was stopped by Jack's claymore. Oscar grabbed his souls and rolled back with shield and blade in hand.

The knight attacked first, slamming its blade into Jack's shield. Jack stood firm and responded with a stab of the claymore. The knight blocked but the sheer force caused a small stagger, which Oscar took advantage of. Oscar jabbed his sword into the knight's gut and ripped it out expecting guts to fall out, only nothing appeared. Oscar staggered back as Jack brought down the claymore on the knights head. The blade went through the armor all the way down through, slicing the poor bastard clean down the middle. The knight faded away and souls rushed into Oscar and Jack.

"That was the most challenging enemy yet." Jack said breathing heavily due to the stamina that attack took.

"Yes, and it appears he dropped somethings." Oscar said pointing.

Jack picked up the knight's sword and some pieces of titanite. Jack continued down the hall and found a body with a bright blue ring attached to the finger. Jack took it off and placed it upon his own. No effect was registered, but Jack felt it held some capability. He turned around and walked back to Oscar.

"I believe we should go back very quickly back to the Bonfire, I believe there was another path we didn't take." Ah yes, I saw it was guarded by some spear Hollows. Shall we see what was there?" Oscar asked.

"Lets." Jack said leading the way, wielding his prize from the knight. The two back-tracked and reached the alternate route. They easily killed the spear Hollows and went down the stairs. Oscar was the first to notice an obvious trap. He positioned up against a wall and signaled Jack to go in front. When he did, an ax Hollow rushed out from behind some crates but was intercepted by Oscar's sword, the Hollow's head carried the rest of the momentum and flew out of a window adjacent to the ambush point.

"Good for spotting that." Jack complemented his ally.

"Thank you." Oscar replied with a bow.

"HEY! YOU TWO EITHER GET OVER HERE AND BUY SOMETHING OR SHUT UP!" a rather angry yet weaselly voice yelled.

"Did he say buy something?" Jack said with a bit of excitement.

Jack walked out to a small balcony like area and was greeted by a rag covered Hollow merchant.

"Greetings. What do you happen to sell?" Jack asked.

"Take a look. Tell me if you like anything." the merchant said rubbing his hands together.

Jack looked over the assortment of items and picked a few. A strange looking contraption, an orange stone, and key all caught his eye. " I would like those." Jack said pointing to the items.

"Alright, just give me 3000 souls, and they are yours." the merchant replied.

"Sure, but could you explain what they are?" Jack asked extending his hand and materializing the souls in a crystal form.

"You did pay so, I guess I will. The contraption repairs your stuff, just plug souls into it, the key opens some of the houses around here, and the stone lets you send messages across dimensions." the merchant explianed.

"Wonderful, thank you." Jack said as he walked away.

"I'm always looking for repeat customers!" the merchant called.

Jack stood back inside the room with Oscar nowhere in sight. He suddenly began feeling souls come to him. He sat for a moment seeing if Oscar would come, and he did. Oscar came in with a satisfied strut to his walk.

"What makes you all happy?"

"I just got a humanity and a crossbow for us to use." Oscar said proudly.

"Wonderful, we now have range and you no longer need to look like a jerky-zombie. Speaking for that. Shouldn't we go and restore our humanity?" Jack said.

"Good point."

The two went to the bonfire and re-humanized. They cut their way through the Hollows and finally entered the big tower. They climbed to the top and found a wall of fog in their way. Oscar tried to charge through it, but looked really stupid when it solidified at his touch and he went rolling down the stairs from the impact. Jack cleanly walked through it. Oscar followed shortly.

"Looks like one hell of a place for an ambush." Jack remarked.

"I concur." Oscar said.

"Hand me that crossbow and bolts."

Oscar gave Jack the light crossbow and 50 bolts. " Good, now I am going to climb up there. You head forth, any big creatures come at you, run back here and we can drop on there heads." Jack said.

Oscar nodded and went forth only to receive crossbow bolts to the back. He turned to see Jack kicking an archer off the edge and slicing another. Oscar gave a look of annoyance present through his visor and took a swig of Estus. Jack pulled his crossbow out and watched Oscar go forth, only to run back seconds later a massive beast wielding an ax ran after him. Jack loosed bolts at the monster but didn't slow it in the slightest. Oscar frantically climbed the ladder as the beast barreled down at him. It crashed into the side of tower and was stunned for a moment, long enough for Jack and Oscar to perform their 'Double Plunge of Awesome Destruction'. They drove their blades into its skull and killed it. The fog wall faded and the two rested.

"Glad that was over. Want to get moving?" Oscar asked.

"No, lets just relax for a few moments and get moving later." Jack replied.

"Alright, but I must say, awesome team work." Oscar said extending the brofist.

"Indeed." Jack said, accepting it.

The two sat and relaxed next to the rotting corpse of the demon.


Omega: That is all for now my good people, but there will be more! Also, I will be introducing a co-writer next chapter. Until next then, see you later.