Arrival of the Actillian
Chapter 3
Dream
In total darkness, Joe stood in the middle of it all. He asks, "Where am I?"
"You shouldn't of fought my control, I would've helped you," said someone behind him. Joe turns around, and he is surprised. Sephiroth stood there, but his eyes are different.
Joe said, "Help from you is like me asking a killer to kill me. There is no way I would've asked you to do something terrible, even though that is what you do."
"All you had wanted me to do is defeat the rabbit in battle," Sephiroth said.
"I don't trust you, even though you're my favorite super villain," Joe said.
"All you did was change your body to fit my mind, you were going to control me to defeat the rabbit," said Sephiroth, his eyes still didn't change.
Joe thought of it, it would be wise to get rid of him out of his mind. But he doesn't know how, and he might need him in future battles. So he said, "Just don't scare me like that again…"
Sephiroth laughs, and said, "Call upon my power, warrior-mage." Then Sephiroth's body disappears, and nothing is there anymore.
"Now I must figure out how I got here, and how I can do that," Joe said.
"I can help you," said someone from behind him, and Joe turns around to look.
It is a male mouse clad in armor, carrying Martin the Warrior's sword. Joe said, "Hello Martin, how can you help me? This kind of thing never happened before, even in my world."
"All I can tell you, to go between north and east. You will find the ones who need help, and something there is waiting for you," Martin said.
Joe looks at him in confusion, and said, "You want me to go in a direction that is north-east, to help someone that is in trouble, and something there is waiting for me. The last part is kind of impossible; there is nothing in this world that concerns my kind."
"Yes, but it is something that will help you get home," Martin said.
Joe thought it over, and said, "Very well. But here is a question, what is this total darkness?"
"You're asleep, from what you had done seven days ago has knocked you out," Martin said.
"Seven days? I've been asleep for seven days, that's a lot of energy drain," Joe said.
"It is best that you go now, while it is dark out," Martin said, and he slowly disappears.
"Very well, thanks for the information Martin," Joe said, and soon everything brightens up. Causing him to close his eyes…
In the infirmary room, Joe opens his eyes. He sat up, and looks around. No one is in the room, and he notices his backpack and jacket beside the bed he was sleeping on. He than notices that outside, it is dark out. Just like what Martin said, and best listen to him. After reading all those books, not listening to him is a fool.
He hears his belly groan as he looks down. He realized that he hadn't eaten anything; after all he was knocked out for seven days. Than he remembered that he has a bag of nacho cheese and his favorite drink in his backpack. So he'll eat, once he got outside of Redwall.
Joseph got out of his bed, puts his jacket on. Than picks up the backpack, and puts it on his back. He notices that his boots weren't taken off, so he is all ready.
He slowly walks over to the door, trying not to make a sound. He slowly opens the door, and it creaked open. He pulls it slowly, and went through and he didn't shut the door. He came upon the stairs, and he walks down those steps. Trying not to make any loud noises, not to wake anyone up.
He came to the bottom of the stairs, and he walks forward into the hall. He sees the torches, showing the tapestry in the light. Joe walks to the middle of the area, and looks at the middle of the tapestry. He looks up at Martin the Warrior that is on the tapestry, and he bows to it.
Joe then straighten up, and walks towards the main entrance of the Abby building.
"Where do you think you're going?" someone asks him from behind.
Joe turns to look, and he sees Baltimore there. He is looking at Joe with a serious look, and waited for Joe to reply.
"I have to leave," Joe said.
"Now? After seven days in the infirmary, why not wait till morning," Baltimore asks him, as he walks towards him. "After all, you can see this place much more in the light of day."
Joe said, "I have been told to go, I will go."
"And who told you?" Baltimore asks him. Joe looks to the right, and Baltimore looks at the direction. Seeing Martin on the tapestry, and he asks, "Martin's spirit told you to go?"
Joe nodded, and he backs away. Baltimore walks in front of him, and said, "Well I can't stop the one that has been told my Martin to do something, but I will come with you."
"I don't think so, I go alone," Joe said, trying to make it clear.
"But you don't know where to go," Baltimore said, trying to make Joe to understand.
"I know where to go, and I go alone," Joe said. "Easier to keep other creatures safe from what I can do."
"You think that, but it will be safer for you to go in a group. Making it less chances of what you can do," said Baltimore.
Joe is getting mad, he needs to go alone. And Baltimore won't have no for the answer, and Joe forms his right hand into the fist. He jumps towards Baltimore, and uppercut the badgers chin.
Baltimore got hit hard from it, and he fell on his back. Knocked out, and Joe gripped his right hand in left hand. With his face showing in pain, he would've yelled in pain but than it would've wakened everyone up. He looks at Baltimore, and said, "Sorry Baltimore, but I must go alone." He turns around, and leaves the Abby.
He got into the Abby courtyard, and he walks over to the main entrance. He opens the gate, trying not to make any noises. Getting through them, and he shut the gate into place. Accidentally shut the gate doors on his fingers, and he shouted, "Ayah!" He pulls his fingers out, and breathes on them. Trying to make them feel much better, than he realizes from his loud yell. The creatures of Redwall might wake up from it, or stayed asleep.
So he runs off, heading northeast. If he gone east, in a few days he would've gotten to Salamandastron. And right now, he wanders of who needs help in that area…
Baltimore is still knocked out, and as he slept. He gets a surprising visit from Martin the Warrior in his dream. Baltimore asks him of why he sent Joe in that direction, but the only reply he got is "Follow him," Martin said it over, and over.
Then Baltimore woke up to see similar faces, two otters and Tameo. Tameo asks him, "What happened big fellow?"
Baltimore sat up, and rubs his jaw. His jaw felt sore, he didn't realize of how much strength Joe had. Then he heard, "Where did Joseph go to?" He recognizes the voice to be Father Abbot.
"Joseph left Redwall," said Baltimore.
"Wot? Why did he leave?" Tameo asks him.
"He said Martin told him to go in north-east direction," Baltimore said. "And Martin told me to follow him…"
"Well that explains of where he went, but it doesn't explain why you where knocked out," Tameo said.
Baltimore places his paw on his jaw, and said, "He knocked me out, just after I kept telling him I'll be coming with him. This happened just before the vision…"
"So Joseph knocked you out with one hit," Tameo said, and he begins laughing.
"Stop that Tameo," Baltimore said, he started to get mad.
"So will you go follow him right now?" Father Abbot asks him. Baltimore nodded, and Father Abbot continue saying, "Well you best pack up some food, I have a feeling Joseph hadn't eaten anything. So he'll be easy to catch up…"
Baltimore nodded, than he notices that it is bright out. He said, "I best hurry, he had a good running start."
"Then maybe I should go to him, try to keep him in one place until you come," Tameo said.
"That might work, but remember of not making him mad. Remember last time," Baltimore said, and this made Tameo shivered.
"Say no more, old chap. I know what to do," said Tameo. "I'll be off," and he runs off, going into the Abby Courtyard. Running to the gates, and opens them to get through. He looks around in the north-east area, and found foot prints. He than begins running off in that direction, falling the foot steps.
Back at Redwall, Father Abbot said, "Thank goodness he went off. This gives you to stack up some food, instead of that hare emptying the kitchens." Father Abbot gave a chuckle, and he walks off.
Baltimore laughs; he knows of how much Tameo can put away. He looks up at Martin the Warrior, on the tapestry. The badger now wanders of where Martin has sent Joe off too. He knows Joe only been here for eight days, only seven he was out cold. He felt like a friend to him, and that is why he wanted to go with him. He already knows that Joe can defend himself, after what everyone had witness. But the way he changed back, he was knocked out. What happens if he did that again, and falls to the ground in the mercy of enemies' hands? He must go, to make sure he will be alright.
He got up, and follows Father Abbot. He needs to get ready, and he doesn't know of how long Tameo will hold him.
As Joe walks through the forest, he already had some nachos from his bag. He best not eats too much, or he will run out of them. He walks on, heading straight in the north-east.
Then suddenly, he grabs his head in pain. Feels like a nasty headache, and he hears words in his head. "Tameo is running through the forest, trying to find a human creature. Stop him, and hold him until Baltimore arrives," said the voices in his head. It sounded like it came from a book, and it sounded like his words. Thus makes him much more confused.
He looks around, trying to figure of what to do, that hare has already made him mad before. But if he loose control of his anger, he might do more harm than good. Then he notices something, rope on a branch. He came to it, and inspects it. It is an old rope, has been here for months no doubt. Might be useful to stall that hare, so he takes it. Then he sets up a trap, a trap he thought of after watching few old shows. Where the one who gets trapped, is hanging in a tree by a foot. He saw how it can be constructed, and so he set it up.
As soon as he finished, he tries to make the rope less visible. Putting leafs, and some grass on the rope. As soon as he is done, he walks about five feet away from the trap. He sat down, and waits. As he waited, he pulls out his Nintendo DS and played his DS game. The game he has in it is Pokemon Platinum, and he is training his usual team.
Tameo ran through the forest, still looking down at the foot prints. He notices the foot prints are in walking form, so if he kept running he'll catch up to him. He begins to slow down, getting tired of the running.
Just then, he begins to hear strange noises. Some kind of beeping sound, and music. It is coming from the same direction of where Joe has gone. He walks forward, and he saw Joe sitting down by a tree holding some black thing in his hands.
"Ah there you are, I finally found you, wot," said Tameo, and Joe looks up at him. He closed his DS, and puts it back into his backpack and zipped it shut. He got up, and put the backpack on his back. He turns to walk away, and Tameo said, "Oh no you don't!"
Tameo runs forward, and suddenly he is in the air. He looks around in surprise, and he looks up to see his foot tied by a rope. He walked straight into a trap, and he couldn't believe it.
Joe laughs, and looks up at him. He said, "I knew you were coming, you were going to keep me here until Baltimore arrives."
"Why you little! Get me down from here," Tameo demanded, feeling very angry.
"Nah, this gives me a head start. By the time Baltimore gets here, it will be time for you both to take a rest for the night. And your legs will be tired from all the hanging; there is no way you both will catch up. I must go alone," said Joe, and he begins to walk away.
"Wait a second! Baltimore got a vision from Martin, he said," Tameo begins to say.
"Follow him, that is what he said," Joe said, that too came into his head as he runs off. "Martin sent Baltimore after me, I know. I heard it…"
"But that is impossible," said Tameo, he couldn't believe it.
"Well you don't have something that can tell you who is following," Joe said, than he said bye and runs off.
"Get back here and get me down, you, you fiend!" Tameo said, feeling very angry. All he heard back, was Joe laughing as he runs off. "Oh you just wait, you creature. Once I catch you, I'm going to make you feel the pain, wot!"
As hours pass, Baltimore walks through the forest. He carried a bag of rations on his back and his war hammer in his left paw. Following the human and hare tracks, and he knows by the looks of it that he is getting close. He than came into a small clearing, and he sees leafs and pulled grass everywhere. The footprints from Tameo ended here, and the human's footprints went on.
"There you are!" said Tameo.
"Tameo, where are you?" Baltimore asks, looking around.
"Up here you buffoon, get me down!" said Tameo, and Baltimore looks up.
He sees a hare hanging by a foot in the tree, a tall tree in fact. He asks, "How did you get up there?"
"That fiendish Joseph set a trap for me, which is wot!" Tameo said in anger.
"I see he gotten the better of you," Baltimore said, and he notices a rope tide to a branch. It is tight on; it seems Joseph is trying to stall him with this. So he grabs hold of the branch, and breaks it off.
He let's go of the branch, and it went flying upwards as Tameo came downwards. Tameo landed on the ground, and he sat up and removes the rope. He said, "Oh I'm gonna make that human pay for this, wot!"
"But first we have to catch up to him, and we will go first thing in the morning," said Baltimore, as he notices the sun is setting.
"But we must go now!" Tameo said.
"You're not able to go on, you must've been hanging in those trees for hours," said Baltimore said.
"You don't understand Baltimore; he knows that we're coming. He knew I was coming here first, that is why he set up the trap. He even knew you were told by Martin to follow him," said Tameo.
Baltimore looks at the hare confused, and he said, "So you're saying that he knows we're following him. Then he is setting traps in the night, which gives us time to catch up. We'll catch him as he sets up traps…"
"Yeah, and then I'll make him fall into one of his own," said Tameo. "Well I'm hungry, what is in that bag?"
"Not yet, we'll stop to eat once we catch up to him. Since you said we must get to him now," Baltimore said, and he begins walking in that direction
"Oh come on! You fiend, I was stuck in a tree nearly all day. Come back here," said Tameo, and he walks after Baltimore. As they both journey together, to catch up with Joseph.
Too bad for them, that Joseph isn't setting traps. He is walking forward, trying to get far as possible. Then he will take a rest, and continue on in the morning.
End of Chapter 3
Written by Josephiroth
