Cosmix
Chapter 3- Mordecai
The New Herald of Youth
My life was always this crazy. About two years ago, I used to have all these crazy adventures with my best friend. I'm not talking about Casey, I'm talking about Rigby. The dirty raccoon who I always hung out with. But one day something went wrong and he ended up dying.
I'd tell you about the details, but frankly it's just way too painful to get into.
So anyway, back to the present. I'm here trying to fight off evil green aliens with my friends and now Casey is fused with this other alien. He just saved my butt from those Fusion Beasts that look like they're from this crazy gym called the Muscle Tower.
I grouped up with Muscle Man, High Five Ghost, Pops and Benson. They all seemed very tired and terrified, the park was still crawling with the green invaders.
"Okay look you guys need to get out of here…" I told them firmly.
"But what about you?" asked Pops in a concerned tone.
"Mordecai you can't fight those things alone!" stated Benson.
"Guys look, it's clear we can't handle these things. So I'm gonna get Skips and Casey and I'll meet you guys later."
"But bro-" said Muscle Man before I cut him off.
"Just get out of here!" I demanded, seeming rather angry.
They all nodded and ran off. I honestly felt really bad, but I just didn't want to have to watch another friend die.
I gripped the proton rifle I got from Skips and ran off, desperate to find my friends. I managed to get one of the carts to help in my search. I suddenly felt a tremor as I drove, before I knew it. A giant worm erupted from the ground. It shrieked, quickly trying to ingest me and the cart into it's massive maw.
But I saw a strange moving bulge out of it's back. As I pondered the source, the bulge exploded. Revealing that it was Casey, having turned his hands into a large drill. Skips was right behind him wielding the Fists of Justice.
"Mordecai! Get out of here dude!" demanded Casey as the worm began to heal at an incredible rate.
"No way man I'd helping you!" I protested I fired my rifle into the beast's mouth.
It didn't seem to even phase it. The three of us began to fend it off. Skips used the Fists to combat it close range, Casey had generated an organic whip from his hand and smacked it. While I had continued shooting my blaster.
It seemed like we were about to win, but then something awful happened. The worm took a powerful bite into Skips' torso. Causing him to shriek out in pain and fall back on the ground. "Skips!" cried out Casey before charging at the beast, surrounded in that mysterious blue energy.
As I looked over him, he moaned in pain before coughing up blood. "Skips! Skips!" I called out to him, tears swelling in my eyes.
"Mordecai… I have a favor to ask you. I'm not long for this world…" he replied weakly, the bite wound continuing to bleed violently.
"No you're gonna make it! I'm not going to let you die too…" I began to cry, having no idea how I could save my friend.
"Mordecai, you can't blame yourself for what happened to Rigby. I know you did all you could to save him…"
"And now you can't blame yourself for what happened to me either." He continued, I simply nodded.
"Look when I die, The Guardians of Eternal Youth will want a new herald. Someone to take my place.."
I remembered the Guardians, giant baby gods that Skips worked for. Every thousand years or so, Skips had to fight an evil guardian known as "Clordbane the Destroyer" with the Fists of Justice. They also made Skips immortal so he could live forever, but still die in battle.
"Goodbye…" He said weakly before his eyes closed.
I tried to wake him up, not able to let him go. But Skips was gone, just like Rigby. Before I could mourn more, my body was covered by a golden flash of light.
I didn't realize it at first, but I was being teleported somewhere. Leaving Casey alone to fight that worm.
I was sent to a glowing castle with five thrones at top. As I looked around I saw the castle was floating space. Sitting in the thrones were 4 four giant chubby babies, leaving one of the thrones open.
They wore golden helmets and bibs, along with white diapers. There were the Guardians, but want did they want with me?
"Hello Mordecai." Said the center guardian in a deep voice.
"What do you want with me?" I asked, somewhat scared.
"We need a new Herald, to carry our work for us. Like Skips, you shall be the new wielder of the Fists of Justice and made immortal." He explained.
"Look that's an amazing offer and all, but I have more things to worry about. If you didn't notice, there's some crazy alien invasion going on!" I stated with rage in my tone.
"We are well aware, the invaders cast a containment field on your planet. It took an incredible amount of power to bring you here and after today we will not be able to reach you. Now if you agree to become our Herald, you will receive empowerment from Youth and the ability to wield the Fists of Justice. Do you accept?"
"I accept, but what's going to stop me from dying as easily as Skips did?" I asked with uncertainity.
The rightmost guardian began to speak "Mordecai, the Power of Youth is very powerful. But Skips' multi-century old body couldn't handle it very well. Your twenty three year old body will be far stronger than Skips was."
And with that, another golden flash of light sent me back to Earth. Casey was barely managing to fend off the worm. I looked down, noticing I had a golden aura radiating from my body. I was wearing the Fists of Justice, I felt stronger and faster than I ever did.
With a powerful leap, I punched the beast with great might. "Woah!" Casey said with awe.
We both quickly defeated the beast, watching it's body evaporate. Casey began to return to normal, that blue goo draining into the inside of his body. While the Fists reverted into simple gloves and my golden aura faded.
We might have won the battle, but a war was about to begin.
