Chapter 1 The sacred grounds of Krazoa
*Sauria 2 years later*
How did it come to this? After the loss of my home I hadn't had an easy life. This had never been more obvious then my clothes. I had been reduced to nothing more then a gold bralette, a loincloth and silver braces on my shoulders, arms and legs. At least I had feet support with my golden sandals, not only that but I still had my jewellery of my mother which I still wore on Cerinia. If anything, that made me feel safer even if I felt more exposed than ever, but anyway that isn't important now what was important was the reason I was here in the first place.
I had received a distress signal from the planet, though who sent the signal was complete unknown to me. The planet I arrived on Sauria, is also known as Dinosaur Planet as you can guess it is inhabited by various different types of dinosaurs. After the loss of my planet I had discovered many different types of creatures from this planet, I don't really wish to speak of the dark times that took over these past two years but let's say that I had been responsible for looking out for them. Especially the Cloudrunner tribe, winged Pterodactyls that had been under threat due to the works of space pirates and slave traders. Along the way I had befriended one called Kyte who was now willing to help me find out what was happening on this planet.
We had started our flight during the night, the skies were hardly the best for flying due to the heavy rainfall storming down on the both of us. It was during this time I wish I still had my robes from my ritual training, as my current outfit didn't exactly help against the vicious lashing of rain. However, it was due to this rain I knew we were getting closer to our destination. You see the distress signal I had picked up was talking about a temple situated in a storm, I knew it sounded dangerous, but I wasn't going to let good people suffer if there was anything I could do I would do it. That is how I chose to live my life, and I was more determined then ever to follow that philosophy. I was brought up to be good natured and caring of others, it wasn't like I was going to turn tail and run. Especially since I didn't want to live the horror of losing a place, I called home once again.
"You must be crazy to think we can get through this." Kyte spoke up suddenly, I couldn't blame him for this. After all I was beginning to think the same thing, the storm was not planning to let up and I could only guess it was naturally for this part of the planet to always be in this kind of condition.
"I received a garbled distress signal about a temple in a storm, I think that means we're getting closer." I had to shout to be heard over the rain and the loud thunderclap that had been heard as I was speaking. I was wondering if the person in distress was simply scared of the weather, no that would just be silly.
A lightning bolt crossed our line of sight, it was lucky that Kyte was such a confident flyer otherwise I would swear we would have been burned to a crisp by now.
"I sure hope so, the longer we're here the harder it gets to fly!"
"I'm surprised you can fly, let alone see in this. The rain is so thick I'm struggling to see anything." I cried back. "Not to mention it's freezing up here."
Suddenly things got much worse, a ball of fire whisked past us barely missing my ear. Then a volley of them in quick succession, I ducked lower on Kyte and slowly turned my head. We were under attack by a galleon! I mean space pirates weren't uncommon in this system, or any system to be fair. But this was just obscure! The first thing I noticed was the large stone shaped face at the front, it was in the form of a dinosaur with two devil horns on the top of its head. Yet that wasn't the only thing its mouth opened showing the reason for the fire balls that had been shooting at us.
The ship tilted to the right showing its broadside, along the side was the skulls of dead dinosaurs hung from the wooden gallows. These weren't ordinary pirates that much I could be certain.
Another loud clap of thunder sounded, and my vision was so blurred, I failed to notice the sound of a cannon fire. At first, I thought they were simply firing a cannon shot at us, but that wasn't the case at all. I turned my staff around in my hand in an attempt to fight back but I wasn't making contact with anything. It hit me soon enough as Kyte suddenly couldn't fly and I felt something wrap around us. This wasn't an attack to kill, it was an attack to capture us. No, NO, NO! I will not be a prisoner again!
I instantly attack the net with my teeth, I will not let anything bad happen to us. Not when we were so close to the source of the signal. We were being winced aboard the ship and though I was against the clock, I continued to bite down on the net causing the ropes to wane I knew we were going to have to board, but I'll be damned if I don't cause trouble for our captives.
We soon touched down on the deck of the ship, luckily, I had managed to break the part of the net holding me in and I rolled out. Waiting for me were several lizard dinosaurs, I knew of these creatures. They were a ruthless race called the Sharpclaws disgusting creatures who were meant to be terrorising the planet. Lead by a brutal dictator know as General Scales, many eyes leered at me. Most of them were probably filled with joy at the prey they now had in their claws. After all a Cloudrunner and a Cerinian were worth a lot on the black market. Especially since I was the last of my kind, others wanted to kill the bloodthirst was obvious and some of them were smacking their lips whilst looking at me. Oh god! I won't even tell you what they were thinking but let's say it wasn't exactly pleasant for me.
Knowing there was no other choice, I gripped my staff in my right hand and stood firm. I had a feeling I was in for an unavoidable fight, and not surprisingly one of the Sharpclaw lunged at me with his mace failing wildly. Taking what I learned from Sabre I spun my staff around and hit the arm of my foe, causing him to cry out in pain as he dropped his mace. Without a second thought I swung my staff around again smacking the Sharpclaw in the end, making him fall down on the ground before swinging my staff down hard on his head causing him to be knocked out. A couple more leapt at me, this time I shot a burst of flame out of my staff hitting one of them squarely in the chest. Making his armour burst into flames not paying much more attention I jumped up and struck the other in the chest winding him before rotating my body to give him a swift kick in the face. Two more down!
"I'm almost free, just a little…" Kyte suddenly paused but when his voice came back it was filled with panic. "Krystal help!" He yelped in horror as I turned around, I saw another Sharpclaw towering over him, a wicked grin on his face. Smacking his mace into his hand, the lizard laughed as his intentions were clear he was planning to bludgeon Kyte to death.
"Kyte NO!" I screamed, I tripped over the Sharpclaw I was fighting with my staff and ran back as fast I could. Raising my arm without my staff in and punched the lizard on the side of his face, causing it stagger back confused about what happened. Not giving it time to recover I swung hard with my staff knocking him closer to the edge of the ship, before delivering another blow to him making the disgusting creature fall overboard and plummeting towards the clouds to his obvious death. It may not be pleasant what I was doing, but if I wanted to live I had to fight it was as simple as that.
My feeling of victory was short lived however, as I turned around, I saw him. The monster that had slaughtered everyone I loved back on my home planet. It was then my own anger gripped my heart as I lunged at him. Big mistake! As I was about to strike, the claw that used to be where his hand had been shot forward and wrapped its way around my throat. I could barely breath in that short time before he slammed me into the side of the ship, as he let me go and I gasped in horror I could barely believe what force he possessed.
In his other hand was a familiar weapon, it was my brother's sword. This filthy dirtbag had my brother's treasured possession and was using it against me, Sabre I'm so sorry because of me you lost your life, but I swear I will avenge you.
"Who are you!?" This vile creature growled at me his red eyes staring daggers at me. I couldn't deny I was scared but I had to keep my fear in check.
"I didn't come here to cause you trouble, but I also didn't expect to be attacked by pirates." I was stalling yes but I had to get some feeling back in my body. "So, you must be the evil general I've heard of, General Scales!"
The tactic was failing fast though as Scales had pointed my brother's sword at my throat. Hissing at me in a hope to shush me from my ramblings, though the thing that surprised me was he didn't recognise me.
"I believe I asked you for your name girl, don't try my patience. Secondly, I'm not evil just a tyrant, who needs to rule over many tribes who would destroy each other if I didn't keep order with them." What a load of bull, he wasn't trying to keep order from the other tribes. Simply rule over everything, and anyone who would oppose that will get killed.
"I will ask you again and only once more, what is your name little girl?"
"Krystal." It was the only word that could slip out of my mouth, I knew if I didn't comply, he could easily chop me up. Now I could only pray he didn't recognise my name either.
Scales chortled as he moved the sword and positioned on my cheek, I could feel the cold metal touching my skin. Even in the thundering rain I shivered, I didn't want to die here. "Why are you here, Krystal?"
"I was simply following a distress signal."
He was toying with me now, moving his sword around my face. He wasn't using any force, but the threat continued to be there. "A distress signal you say?" Scales face twisted into a cruel smile, all of this was a huge joke to him. "My dear this whole planet is in distress. So, your search was for nothing, and now for entering my realm and assaulting my men. The only acceptable punishment is death!"
My blood froze at that last statement, I couldn't die here. Not until I find a way to dispose of this disgusting oppressor for the people of my world and this one. I aimed my staff toward him and using my power I fired another blast of fire at Scales. He moved away at a speed I've never seen, he wasn't phased in the slightest as my attack simply soared by him. It was then I felt a new pain, Scales kicked his foot hard into my chest, his sharp clawed feet threatening to dig into me. I coughed loudly, it felt like my insides had just been crushed, blood escaped my mouth. I would be amazed if I hadn't broken anything from that.
"Impressive but I'm afraid I must get rid of your little toy first." Scales roared swinging his sword to the side, knocking my staff out of my hand. It spun into the air and over the edge of the ship, this was it I knew I had no way to escape without my weapon. Everyone please forgive me, I closed my eyes as Scales spoke again.
"You will die well my dear, and I'm sure my men will enjoy feasting on you after this is all over. Farewell Krystal!"
The next thing I knew I heard Scales scream in horror, and my cheek erupted in a hot searing pain. My eyes flashed open in pain, Scales was trapped in the net that had imprisoned me and Kyte. His sword arm had swung at me, sinking into my cheek, I felt the blood run down my face and I clutched my hand to my cheek to try to stop the bleeding. This was pure agony, but I had to push on, staggering around I looked over the edge of the ship noticing my Cloudrunner friend. I didn't have time to hesitate as Scales had gotten free and was coming at me. No choice I flipped over the edge of the ship, praying that Kyte would catch me.
"Well that was certainly something I don't want to do again." Kyte huffed clearly not happy we had barely managed to get away. I couldn't reply as I was still holding my face in pain. "It's too dangerous here, we should simply head back."
"We…We can't!" I winced "I have to get to the source of the distress signal, I will live just go. Afterall lives are at stake here, I can't simply give up now!"
"You really have a death wish missy, but if you insist."
What possessed me to turn around and say what I said next I will never know. "Bad luck General maybe next time, but I guarantee your end is coming sooner then you think."
Scales scowled at me, murderous eyes making sure to keep on me as we flew away. "There is no place you can go to where I can't reach you. Nothing on this planet will save you!"
As the galleon faded away, I finally turned back to Kyte. "Well that was fun." I spoke flatly I still could feel the burning sensation in my cheek and the feel of blood between my fingers.
"You were very lucky, and for the love of the Krazoa. I didn't sign up for a suicide mission, if we run into that guy again. I don't think I will be able to save your hide." Kyte scowled me for my comment, not that I blame him. Nevertheless, he continued to fly towards the temple, I barely remembered what had happened for the rest of the trip as I slowly blacked out.
I awoke and stood at the place, finally I had made it. I looked at the temple, it was shaped more like a stone cathedral, several towering stone pillars made up most of the outside structure. Its dull gold tops had clearly been fading over time, the stain glass windows gleamed in the rainfall, also a dark arch was leading towards the entrance like the jaws of a giant beast it was almost saying "Come here and be judged!" Especially with the symbol of what I could only guess was the Krazoa God, it was more of a mask then a face with a rounded helmet style head and long pointed chin. It was ominous that was clear to anyone.
"This is the Krazoa Palace. It was a very holy place, but more or less it has been defiled as the storm would suggest. It's very dangerous here now possibly cursed!" Kyte spoke after I had got my bearings; my actions had not been unnoticed by my flying friend. "Are you sure, you will be fine?"
"Will you stop worrying so much? I will be fine, if anything I'm more upset about losing my staff!" I exclaimed without my staff I couldn't deny I felt a lot more vulnerable. The feeling wasn't helped by the fact of my exposed clothing.
"I will get everyone I know to search for it Krystal." Kyte said softly despite our ups and downs he was sincere about helping me.
"Kind of you to say, I will take it over from here. You best get on before anything else happens." I replied with a small smile, even if though it hurt to do so. I wasn't afraid of going alone, but I knew if Kyte stayed here any longer he may be in trouble. Kyte didn't say anything back as he took off, but I could tell he was worried, though he also knew it was for the best. Alright Krystal time to move on.
My sandals clicked on the stone floor, water splashed into them making me feet all wet or at least more wet then they already were thanks to the rain. It was time like this I hope I had actual shoes, as I climbed down the slope leading down to the archway. I saw the shape of another dinosaur, a Styracosaurus like creature known as an Earthwalker. He wasn't moving or breathing it was clear that he had been killed from an attack on the temple. Making my stomach plunge, Scales was right he could probably reach anywhere as it was clear the Sharpclaws had attack the temple themselves.
As I crept into the gap in the wall, I entered the interior of the temple. It was hardly what you would call pleasant, it was dimly lit and very grey inside. Flame torches crackled as I got more of a closer look inside, the walls were made of stone but there had been some metal implants on the structure in general. I wasn't sure if this was done by the Sharpclaws, or if it was simply to repair parts of the structure that were fading away. Though I could tell that the palace had seen better days, the stink was overpowering my senses too. A war had certainly broken out in here, as the smelling of decaying bodies and blood lingered on the air. Kyte was right this scared ground had been defiled. The stone floor clicked under my shoes as I continued on, my steps seemed so small as they echoed around the citadel it was quiet too quiet.
The next room was filled with fire related traps, a simple time cycle made them go off and there were three in all. The big issue was the wall past the flames, I could see it had been waned down slightly that a crack was showing but it wouldn't be big enough for me to fit through like the previous one. I sighed in frustration, why did things have to be more complicated by the minute. I needed to find something that would break the wall down, though that would require a huge amount of force. I searched the long hallway, eventually coming across a jellyfish like creature though that wasn't what was interesting. The thing that was, was the barrel it was protecting. I had seen these barrels before, they were used as explosive for the Sharpclaw army. Just don't ask how I knew that, it isn't a very happy story lets just leave it at that.
I knew it would be difficult to avoid the jellyfish, but I had to try if I couldn't get that barrel, I wouldn't be able to get through to the main area. Naturally it was around this time I wished I had my staff, that way I could have disposed of the creature and just moved on. Damn you Scales, I never hated anyone more in my life then you but now that feeling was growing more and more each day. I observed it's movements first before making my move. It appeared to simply be circling the perimeter, so the plan was simple wait for my chance then grab the barrel and high tail it out of there. As it went further away from me, I pounced at the chance and rolled towards the barrel. Luckily for me it could hear all that well, picking up the barrel I ran as fast as I could. It was a good thing all my practice about patience paid off, as it hadn't seen me at all. Now to continue that training as I had to navigate around the fire, once again a test in patience and timing.
Fortunately for me this wasn't exactly hard, sure the barrel weighed me down slightly, but I remained calm through it all. After all I wasn't willing to be burned alive by it all, I crept forward towards the first flame. The heat in the room was unbearable it was strange, I was almost missing the outside of the balance. Sure, it was horrible and wet out there, but at least it wasn't so hot it was like an oven. As the flame disappeared, I moved forward and ran past the second one before it could be lit. I had to stop for the third, but as I did, I began to feel my arms tiring. So, knowing I wouldn't last longer holding it, I threw the barrel it had barely dodged the flames, but it soared and hit its target causing the wall to crumble and my path to become clear.
After rolling under the third flame I entered the new room. This one was very different to the others, this time the floor was made of clear beautiful marble. The light coming in was brighter almost mystifying, silk banner hung from the rafters it was quite a stunning sight after the putrid smelling stone hallways that I had previously been in. Still it wasn't all pleasant as I saw another Earthwalker lying in the centre of the room, this one was in a great deal of pain but still alive. These poor creatures they truly didn't deserve this, I knew he must have been in a lot of pain, but I had to talk to him.
"You…You must be here to help…Please save the Krazoa…they are dying..." The Earthwalker coughed out, it was clear that he couldn't breath easily. Still you couldn't help but admire his determination.
"Yes, my name is Krystal! Are you the one that sent out the distress signal?" I asked gently massaging his head, in an attempt to easy his pain. Then again, I didn't know how much in vain it was to do this.
"When we were attacked, I signalled for help. We were massacred!"
I looked down and closed my eyes, it was so hard to not feel bad for this kind-hearted creature. He was hurting and there wasn't much I could do for him. I just couldn't help but reflect on the day my planet died, and how helpless I had been to save anyone. Why? Why did I have to be so powerless? No Krystal feel sorry for yourself later, this was a much more pressing issue.
"But what were you doing here in the first place?"
"The King Earthwalker sent us to protect this sacred place…" The dinosaur grunted in pain. "You must save the Krazoa spirts, if you don't the planet will be die."
"Isn't there anything I can do?" I questioned looking back at the dying Earthwalker. It wasn't really if there was anything I can do, I had to do it!
"Step into the Krazoa Shrine and my girl if you are pure of heart. You will be able to take their test and reap the reward. Please you must do this…Save this world…Save…Save Us…" His spoke before he spoke no more, he had passed away but left his last bit of hope with me. I promise your life won't be wasted and your faith will not be misplaced.
The door to the shrine opened up, and inside was a magical circle similar to the ones back in the temple I used to train in. Fear gripped me slightly, this wasn't the same though. I had a lot on my shoulders and this was not practice, this was the real thing. I couldn't afford to make a mistake, but what the Earthwalker had said worried me. What exactly was pure of heart? I mean I'm not perfect by any means, I've had to do things I'm not happy about to live these past two years. Then again, I was always willing to do my best back home and I was pushing forward to save this planet, for the creatures that lived here after all I didn't want to see another planet ruined like mine. I stepped onto the circle and prayed, these were gods I was talking to they would have to hear my pray.
"Holy Gods Krazoa, please hear me, I'm Krystal of Cerinia! Please forgive me for I'm not one of this world, but I beg of you to please guide me in saving this planet. Let me enter the realm of the dead, so I can meet you. I beg of you, hear my call, see me for what I am worth. Oh, powerful Krazoas. The followers of you cry for deliverance and place their faith… in my…"
I suddenly felt light headed and my eyes dry, what was happening to me? Was I sick? Was this the intervention of the gods? I suddenly couldn't feel my lower body, as my consciousness started to fade. My head flopped back and forth for a while, before I fell over onto my side with a small thud. My eyes closed, and I drifted off into a world of darkness.
When I came to, I was lying on my back, my eyes were still dry but at least I could open them. The area around me was pure white, with the exception of the golden glow of the portal underneath my body.
"Where am I?" I barely managed to utter out, I could barely focus my head was spinning and I felt so numb.
"You are where you wished to be!" A voice boomed, shocking me yet I still couldn't move. It belonged to a giant head of a Krazoa.
"I am Krazoa Kathegetes, spirit of truth. You wish to act as my vessel, so you can return me back to the shrine of the palace?"
"Yes…Am I worthy to be that?"
"No!"
"So, I am not pure of heart?" That answer had shook me, I know I'm far from perfect, but I also knew I wasn't evil by any means either.
"If you are or not is to be determined by your actions here. You will take my test of self-analysis whilst coming to realise your truth. Only when you have done that will I be willing to go with you." Wow this Krazoa was really putting me in a tough bind. Not like that was surprising, after all it was for the people of this world.
"What if I fail?" I asked dreading to know the answer.
"To succeed or to fail is purely decided by you." Wow way to dodge the bullet there.
"I'm ready…" Pfft yeah like I was really ready, but what other choice did I have? My answer also triggered a laugh I never wished to hear again, it was loud and somewhat menacing. Had I fallen into a trap was all of this fake? I had barely anytime to reflect on this as the room went dark, but it wasn't due to the room changing. I blinked to try and refocus my eyes then it hit me what had happened.
"I CAN'T SEE!" The Krazoa had blinded me what kind of test was this? What could I do without my sight?
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"
"Did you forget? I am the spirit that focuses on truth and reflection." The voice of Kathegetes came in the darkness. "Yet sight can simply blind you from the truth, Cerinia girl you possess the power of greater sight, unpolished or not it led you here. Now you must use your abilities within the darkness to find the real truth."
I shivered, I knew it was silly to be scared of the dark by now, but I feared I wouldn't be able to see what he meant. "How will I know if I succeeded?" my voice quivered.
"You will be able to see again, and this spell will be broken."
Now I was truly afraid, if I was to fail, I would be forever trapped in eternal darkness. "Please wait! Don't leave me!" I screamed out but got no response, it was official I was alone in here. No, I had to get a hold of myself, if I lost myself in here, I wouldn't be able to save anyone. I took a deep breath and tried to focus. Though the question was on what? Did it matter? I guess it didn't but all of a sudden many voices were screaming at me. Too many of them my focus was waning, how do you comprehend a thousand voices screaming at you? Ok I had to concentrate I had to focus on the closest voices. One of them was loud and familiar, it was calling out my name but was this really the voice I knew?
"Did you really forget about me Princess?" The voice of an all too familiar person came, I could simply picture the smirk that came with that comment.
"Sabre!?" I called out. "I thought you were dead! How can I hear you?"
Sabre's voice scoffed in the dark. "Everyone said you were special Princess! Though let's face it if you can't figure that out, you clearly don't belong here. Leave and don't even attempt to do these trails, otherwise I would have died for nothing."
"What?" I gasped. "Sabre I never wanted you to die."
"And yet I am, and all because of your very existence. Don't you understand that your life is putting everyone in danger?" Sabre's voice was so cold and distant now, I had never heard such hatred in his words.
"In those years you even helped the people that wiped our planet and people out! Helped those dirty Sharpclaws and for what? So, you could survive no matter who was trampled!"
"I didn't want to, I was forced to...Brother I never wanted any of this to happen. I just want to stop this planet's suffering." I croaked back, my throat was dry, every word Sabre was slinging at me hurt more and more.
"To succeed in these trails, you need to be pure of heart!" Sabre laughed. "You strut around with your higher then mighty attitude, claiming you can save others. Delusion is all you are good at, you tainted your heart by helping those scum. Your life is worth nothing!"
These cruel vicious words, had I really been tainted by actions I never wanted to do in the first place? Sabre my brother, why would you say such things? My life meant nothing? No, no I couldn't accept that, mother told me my destiny was to be the last of my people. The hope to give others, I wasn't going to give in here.
"I wasn't given a choice, but no matter what I want to help."
"You always had a choice, and you can't simply help anyone." Sabre's voice became more violent. "Now leave or just end your life now!"
"I can't do that Sabre. Father and you taught me to do the right thing, for the sake of everyone and I'm trying to do that." I suddenly got my voice back my resolve was stronger, and that was when everything became clearer in my head.
"You aren't my brother! Who or what are you?" I asked but no one replied.
"ANSWER ME! Maybe I can't do anything, but I will die trying to save this planet to prevent the same tragedy happening again. Do you hear me? I will gladly die for Sauria the planet that made me feel again!" Screaming at the top of my lungs I wasn't going to go down without a fight.
"Amazing despite your world being torn apart, caused by the corruption of the planet and the people tearing at each other. After you escaped you were found by pirate's and sold as a slave, only surviving due to your power as leverage for your life." Sabre's voice was fading and in his place was Kathegetes, so this was the 'test' I was going through.
"You found a small spark of light in the darkness, when you were able to help the dinosaurs that were in captivity with you. Your kind heart and dedication made you well known among them and you found a new home. You sacrificed even your clothing to protect young ones, keeping them all alive and well despite the circumstances. When you saw your chance, you helped an uprising and managed to escape with them. You were true to your words as well as yourself. You are truly worthy, so now save your home!"
I could feel my eyes clearing up, light was soon going to break from the darkness. I did it! I almost couldn't believe it.
"Krystal!" To my surprise Sabre's voice came within the light, his figure appeared in front of me fully transparent, but I could still seem him.
"Sabre? Is it really you this time?" I asked.
"Yeah Krys, I want to give you a message before I disappear. I never doubted you for a second, only in this realm I can exist but known this we will always be with you." His voice was calm and caring just like the time when we trained, I could feel tears threatening to leave my eyes.
"Don't cry soon you will have a new family who will love you just as much as we did. It will also be the time you will meet your special someone."
"Wait what?" I did a double take on his last comment. "What do you mean special someone?"
Sabre simply smiled as he was moving towards the light. "You will understand in time."
"Sabre wait!" I ran after him into the light with my hand reaching out to him. "Don't leave me!"
"Be strong Krystal my dear sweet sister." It was then he disappeared, and the light consumed me too. My vision soon came back after that, I was kneeling down in front of a Krazoa head like I was praying. My chest was burning, it was hard to breath. Yet somehow, I screamed out in pain. The Krazoa spirit Kathegetes was soaring out of my body and entered the head. I had done it; the first spirit was back where it belonged. The strain had been too much for me, I was mentally and physically exhausted my eyes closed then feel down. Once again, I had fallen unconscious.
When I woke up, I felt weird I was lying on my stomach and I couldn't stand up. My legs were bound and the same went for my arms then had been lashed behind my back. I struggled against my binds, but I simply couldn't move minus gently rocking side to side. I was able to see in front of me, a tiny Earthwalker was shaking uncontrollable clearly, he had been through a lot too. I tried to speak to reassure him, but my mouth had been gagged too.
"I told you there was no place you could hide." The voice of Scales came from above me as his slimy foot came into my line of vision. He forced me to look at his ugly face, as he placed his hand under my chin and forced me to look up.
"Now dear Krystal, I have plans for you. You see him?" He gestured towards the young Earthwalker.
"You and him will be publicly executed on the Ice Mountain, it will show this miserable planet that there is no saviour for them. So, enjoy your last few moments of life my dear as no one will save you now." Scales laughed in victory as he walked away. After all I did, was this really the end? I closed my eyes and hoped that my dreams would give me my answers.
A/N: Geez Louise that took a while. Poor Krystal she simply could catch a break in this chapter, will she survive? I'm sure she will after all the story is far from over. Next time we meet our other hero for real, yep Fox McCloud will finally make his debut, and he sure to come out swinging. I can't guarantee that the next chapter will be out quickly, but I will try. So see you next time for chapter 2: An awkward meeting!