Chapter 2: Gift from the Fates
In the military base, Frost lies there on the ground not moving after being shot in the head, however, after a few seconds, he began to move. He stood up as his torso grew taller, his arms staying in place, and two more arms formed above his original arms; scorpion arms to be exact. From his waist down grew longer as one hairy leg after another came out and a red hourglass appeared near the end. Then two giant bug like wings formed closer toward the middle of his body. After the transformation was done, Frost shot his eyes opened and they now glow an eerie red color. Frost then lunged at the others in the room.
Back with Jack and the group, Jack carefully aimed his gun and fired off three quick shots at one of the zombies head. The head popped off and then got hit by another bullet and then by another and then the head blew into many pieces splattering blood everywhere. The other zombies looked at their teammate and then looked around to see what had happened and found the gate opened.
Jack had backed up against the wall again and looked at the others. "Ok everyone, it's going to take a lot to beat these things so here is what we will have to do. First blow off their heads and then stomp on them." Jack then looked around the corner and then quickly backed back up into the wall. "Scratch that and since when did zombies carry guns." Jack aimed quickly and took out two more of the zombies before he had to back up again. "I took out three but we can't just take off their heads easily. We will have to wait till they get close. They do have guns so watch your backs. Jack then looked around the corner and couldn't find anything of any help to them, at least not where he could see easily anyway.
Two zombies came rushing toward them and around the corner shocking Jack and the group. The two zombies grabbed Jack and Harold and fought to keep their hold. Wendy and Lionel saw this and went to help when they were grabbed from behind.
Jack struggled and then snapped his elbow backward knocking off the creatures head and then he flipped its body over his head knocking the zombie off of Harold. Jack quickly knocked off the zombies on Wendy and Lionel and then finished off the zombie that attacked him. Soon the rest of the zombies were running at them.
The oldest of the Fate sisters watched as the four took on the beginning of their battle when Anubis came into the room. "Hello Fates, tell me something. When the time comes, will his boy be of any threat to me?"
Then the youngest of the fates came into the room. She is wearing a dress that ends halfway on her right shoulder and then heads down about an inch and a half and then crosses over all the way to the back and up again leaving her left shoulder and arm uncovered. Her right sleeve has a slit from the elbow down and her dress from the waist down has a slit on the right side.
Coming in right behind her is the middle sister who is the most revealing. The front of her dress is cut all the way down to right above her bellybutton. There is no back to the dress and the bottom of the dress from the back of her knees and down is also gone. A small strap wraps around her neck keeping the dress up.
The oldest turned to Anubis and shook her head and firmly spoke to him. "You know what you need to know Anubis. Everything else is kept with me and me only. Now if you would kindly, leave me and my sisters to do our job." The oldest, Verella, said as she turned back to what she was doing.
Anubis bowed to her and then left, not so happy. Then the youngest walked over to Verella. "Verella, it seems as though those four are harder then Frost would have expected correct."
"Yes Arella, but Frost too is very powerful. You can't underestimate Jacks group or Frost." Verella said.
"Verella, why can't we know what you told Jack but you can know everything that we've said to the people that you assigned us to?" Siana said angrily and confused.
"Siana, as the Oldest of us, I have been granted with most of the power which for me is hard to control. The earth is delicately balanced as well as the things on earth and if there is even one mistake, the world would tear apart. You will sooner or later know everything that has been said." Then Verella continued to watch as the second battle had started to come to an end. "The arrows were set as a trap." Verella said out loud.
The group had just grabbed some bow and arrows when over twenty more zombies came out. They held up in the small shop that they grabbed the arrows and after about twenty more minutes, they had finally taken out all the zombies, at least as far as they knew. Jack walked out of the bloody shop and looked around for anything when he heard something behind him and he turned around just in time to see a zombies head fall into two different directions and what looked like a ninja star turn and head up the side of the mountain next to the village borders. Jack looked up to see something turn and walk away. Jack shook his head out of his thoughts and went back to the others when a giant odd looking creature came up to them. "Jack, it is time to get rid of you before you get too far into this." The creature grabbed a staff out from behind his back and stabbed Jack through his gut with it. He slammed Jack onto the ground and left him to bleed to death.
Verella saw this and then called Arella over. "Arella, go get Himerish and tell him to go and give them our gift." Verella then pulled out a small blue orb and handed it to her sister. Arella bowed and then quickly left the room.
Back on earth, a blue mist formed in front of the three people looking at Jack. Himerish pulled out the orb and lifted it into the air and it shot out multiple beams of blue light. When the beams faded, Jack started to wake up. "Jack, my name is Himerish and I am a servant to the fates but in a good way. Anyway, they have given you and the others some special things. The first of these things is the ability to die three times before you die off completely. However after waiting for so long, this ability does recharge and I promise you that you will need it. The second thing is six health gauges. They are on your arms, legs, head, and your torso. These things are on your back so that they will not be a distraction to you, however once you get close to dying, you will be informed. Now, if your legs or arms are out of health if you will, they will no longer be usable. You must get out of battle to let them heal. If the ones on your torso or head go down, you will die." Himerish then turned to the other three.
"You three have the same as Jack plus some extra things that he does not have. Wendy, you are an explosive specialist and so you have been given the ability to hold more explosives with you then the others and you will take less damage from explosives." Himerish explained and then turned to Harold.
"Harold, you specialize in weapons in which your weapons get a damage boost to all fleshy enemies. Unfortunately that is all for you." Then Himerish turned to the last person in the group.
"Lionel, you specialize in machines in which you will do more damage to anything mechanical and you will take less damage from anything mechanical. Now that that is said, I must be going." Himerish then disappeared leaving the group confused.
Shortly after Jack came back to life, Frost came into the Fates home. "Fates, I have killed him, how can you just bring him back." Frost yelled as he marched over to Verella.
Verella turned to Frost angrily. "Frost, he isn't meant to die yet and I will not allow it. You will have your chance to take him out soon enough as you know already. Now I suggest you leave." Verella said turning back to watch the scene.
"Why can't we just let him die early? I'm not giving his son a chance to come and get me." Frost yelled angrily.
Verella grabbed his throat. "It is up to you whether his son dies or not but it isn't up to you when Jack dies. If you fail to kill his son then it is your fault. I can only say so much to you Frost, now leave and if you return to us again, I have the ability to kill you off." Verella then threw him and he disappeared.
A/N: So I wanted to give the fates names and so a lot of this chapter was focused around them. So sorry if it was rushed but I needed to add a few things to possible clear up some things that may confuse you if anything. So thanks for reading and reviewing. Please continue to read and review and I hope you enjoyed.