Chapter 8. Read it, review it, and tell me what you people think. This is just here for people to enjoy. Enjoy! :)
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Chapter 8: Answers Part 1
In Jack's dream, Jack is away from a little girl and two parents in a blazing area and they are surrounded by the Nightmares.
"Guys?" He shouted in panic to the three individuals. He looking over the flames trying to find a way through but no luck. The little girls head turns to face him. That girl looked familiar. It was the same little 8 year old girl, with dirty blonde brown hair.
"Help…" She murmured with tears rolling down her eyes. The Nightmires raise their claws and strike down the little 8 year old girl and the two parents. Their bodies lay dead, in a huge puddle of their own blood. Eyes wide open, but lifeless. This disturbs Jack completely.
"Aaaaaaahhh…!" He screams.
Jack suddenly wakes up.
"Arrrrgghhh! Wha-? It was just a dream." He says panting and sweating from the dream he had witnessed. Jack never had dreams before, let alone nightmares. "Where am I?" Jack scans the area in the room from his bed. "Wait… I'm on a backwater planet…" He remembers. He then turns his head to the window and sees light shining through the window. He stands up and walks over to the window and sees the town lively under nice summer sun. "BT." He said.
"Activating." Said a female voice. A humming sound, then a ding. BT was activated as she jumped out of Jack's pocket sack and transformed into her mecha humming bird form. "Scanning." She simply said. She was scanning Jack for any signs and changes. "No major changes in brain waves or circular system. 100% cleared. Good morning Jackson Overland Frost."
"Good morning BT." Jack replied. "What time is it?"
"Currently 7:56 AM." BT answered.
"I see. Thank you, BT." Jack said. "Today we're going to gather information on this new Earth's history. Maybe we'll find the past Earth's history in the process."
"Understood." BT answered. Just then there was knock at his guest room door. In that instant BT changed back into her ball form and went back into his pocket sack.
"I'm coming in." Called a all too familiar voice. The door opened up to reveal none other than Elsa. She came into the guest quarters.
"Good morning." Jack said politely.
"Good morning. Did you sleep well?" She asked with a smile.
"Yes. Thank you, kindly." Jack bowed in respect.
"That's great to hear." Elsa smiled. "I came here to let you know that breakfast will be ready soon. Until then, the library is free for you to use at your leisure." She explained.
"Thank you." Jack nodded. "I can't thank you enough."
"Please, think nothing of it." She giggled. "I'll see you at breakfast." She left the room and closed the door behind her. Jack got himself ready for the day. He cleaned himself up, got dressed, and headed out of the guest room and headed towards the library.
The inside of the library itself was huge. Rows and rows, shelf after shelf, each one full of books. Each shelf with it's own category and genre in a neat and tidy fashion. Jack looked around in awe at the massive room of massive bookshelves.
"BT, scan the room and depict what books that tell about this Earth's history." Jack whispered.
"Scanning." BT said in a low monotone voice from Jack's pocket sack. After a moment BT concludes her scans. "Scans complete." She says. Jack looks around for anyone in the room. So far none. He takes out BT in her ball form.
"Okay, BT. Show me the list." Jack requested. BT displayed the list of books that held about the country's history with a little bit of THIS Earth's history too. It wasn't exactly what he was looking for, but it's a start. Jack finds a table with blank piles of paper and pens. He takes a piece of paper and pen, sits down at the table, and wrote down a list of books he needed.
He began searching through the rows of bookshelves for the books he needs. There were those that were high up and Jack would have to use a latter to get them. But Jack once again looks around for anyone in the room and he starts to levitate in the air (Did I forget to mention that?). This allowed him to gain the books he needs. After awhile, he got quite a lot of books. They were all stacked into two neat piles. He began his research on the country's history.
"Long ago this country was founded by the one of the Seven Sages, the founders of the world. This sage, the fifth sage, was born in the continent of Europe." Jack began to read. "This sage was so wise, like his sage brothers, named all the countries of Europe. Norway is one of these countries." Jack pondered for a moment. "So the names of the countries we're still remembered, but not their history." He murmured to himself. "And these Seven Sages, who were they? How did they know about the names of the world?" He asked. "This seems too convenient to be a coincidence." Jack thought to himself. But he kept on reading. "The fifth sage was known as Gabriel, lead humanity out of the darkness and into a new home. From then on humanity was able to build civilizations and live in total prosperity. Gabriel taught humanity many things. How to read and write, talk, draw signs, and count. He taught people how to build, how to fight, how walk, how to run. He and his sage brothers taught humanity everything from their own separate continents and countries. However he also taught religious practices. The one religious practice was to serve and please the Gods of the World." Jack stopped where he was. "The Gods of the World?" He wondered. He kept on reading the text and looking at the drawings of the past. But then he saw a few drawings that caught his attention. In different books and different pages, several different pictures depicted different creatures of different sizes and shapes. They looked familiar. They were called 'The Gods of the World.' But they didn't look like gods from Jack's perspective. "What are these things? They look familiar." He pondered.
Out on the docks of Arendelle, ships come and go. Sailors and shipwrights unload or load cargo to and from ships. Quartermasters help with docking ships as well as ship departure. On this particular morning one quartermaster was looking out at sea with his trusty telescope. He looks out around the sea and sees a ship with an all too familiar flag.
"By the Gods!" He murmured to himself. He rang the emergency bell. "Southern Isle vessel approaching! Southern Isle vessel approaching!" He called out. Everyone hearing the bell and the announcement immediately started to panic. They all thought the Southern Isles came for revenge, but they were only half right. Soldiers immediately came marching in to calm everyone down. Then Arendelle's top general comes walking down to the docks. His name is General Markus.
"What seems to be the situation quartermaster?" Markus asked.
"There's a Southern Isle vessel approaching sir!" The quartermaster explained. "It's also waving a white flag too, but I figured I run this by you."
"Very good." Markus nodded. He held out his hand to the quartermaster, indicating to hand over the telescope. The general looks through the lens to see the Southern Isle ship. He sees both their flag and the white flag too. "I'll head down the docks with a squadron of men with me. Have everyone else keep the citizens safe if anything should happen." He instructed.
"Aye, sir." The quartermaster saluted. At that very moment Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and even Jack came rushing out of the castle grounds and to the docks.
"Your majesty." Markus bows.
"What seems to be the situation, General?" Elsa asked.
"A Southern Isle vessel is approaching shore." Markus answered.
"T-The Southern Isles?" Anna quivered. Kristoff held Anna close for comfort. Jack wondered why and what was going on.
"Is it Hans again? Has he come back for revenge?" Elsa asked. Jack didn't understand. Who is Hans? And what is going on?
"Not sure, your majesty. My men and I are about to head down there and see if there is any danger." Markus explains.
"Okay then. Be careful general." Elsa nodded. Markus nods in response as he makes his way down the docks. A squadron of soldiers followed him down to the Southern Isle vessel. But when they got down there, to their surprise, it was badly damaged.
"What is the world happened?" The general whispered to himself examining the ship. "Its looks as if it went through some heavy cannon fire."
"General look!" One of soldiers shouted and pointed. Markus looked up the direction of the soldiers was pointing at. From there his eyes went wide with horror. He saw a body hanging over the shipboard. Scared and bloodied.
"Good Heavens!" Markus murmured. He ran up on deck to find six men, all wounded and scared. He ran up to the one nearest to him. He placed his hand on his neck for a pulse. "He's still alive!" And he was right because Markus then heard faint breathing coming from him.
"H-Help…" He faintly begged. Then he fainted again.
"Let's get these men to a doctor fast!" Markus ordered. The soldiers wasted not time and helped the six wounded men off the badly damaged ship. Elsa and the others watched in horror seeing the six wounded bodies being carried off the ship.
"Take them the doctors at the castle!" Elsa orders. Markus nods and motions his men to fallow. Jack also manages to catch a glimpse of the wounds inflicted on the six men. He pondered what was going on here. There is some kind of story behind this and it might do him some good to find out what it is.
In the castle, Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, Markus, and even Jack all waited outside the hospital doors. Anticipation and anxiety quivering through their veins.
"I wonder what happened to them out at sea." Markus wondered. "Their ship was so badly damaged, it looked like it was hit with heavy cannon fire."
"You think they were trying to escape their homeland?" Elsa wondered.
"Maybe, Hans wants revenge on us. So he sent those men as an example that he means business." Anna said. "Those poor men didn't deserve such cruelty." Jack then decided to take this opportunity and find out the backstory of the situation.
"If I may be so bold as to ask, who this Hans is you are speaking of?" Jack asked. There was long silence. But Elsa took a deep breath and began.
"Hans is a prince of the Southern Isles and he almost took over my kingdom through marrying my sister." Elsa explained briefly.
"I think I get the gist of it." Jack nodded. Though it was half of the gist.
"Can I tell you the whole story tonight, right after we've taken care of this?" Elsa whispered.
"Of course." Jack nodded. The door then opened up to reveal the royal doctor.
"Well doctor, how are they?" Elsa asked.
"They're stabled, but they barely made it. However we managed to treat them and fix them up. Still, whatever cannon fire attacked them, they barely managed to escape in one piece." The doctor. Explained. "But with a day's rest they'll be able to make a full recovery."
"Thank you doctor." Elsa nodded. "Can we see them? I like to ask them questions."
"Certainly." The doctor nodded. "Please, this way." He motioned them to follow.
Inside the hospital wing, were six beds, three in a row. The six men were all bandaged up and lying on the beds resting from the attack. The doctor lead them inside slowly and quietly, so is not to disturb them.
"Please try to keep your voices down." The doctor advised. They all nodded in response. They came to the first bed where a one of the men was lying on. "This here is the captain of the ship they were on. I didn't bother to ask him anything else as me and my staff were bandaging them up."
"I understand." Elsa nodded. Jack looked around at the medical supplies in the wing.
"The medical facilities on Elysium are better than anything on this rock." Jack thought to himself. Then the guys started to stir.
"Are you alright?" Elsa whispered. The man's eyes slowly flickered open.
"Argh! My head." He groaned in a monotone voice.
"Don't strain yourself too much young man." The doctor advised.
"Where am I? Where are my brothers? Did they make it? Is this Arendelle?" The man looked around.
"Yes it is." Elsa answered. "As for your brothers, they're fine."
"Good." He sighed in relief. "And my I ask who you all are?"
"I am Elsa queen of Arendelle." Elsa introduced herself. "This here is my sister Princess Anna and her husband Kristoff." She gestured the others.
"Hi I'm Olaf. I like warm hugs." Olaf whispered and smiled. The man stared in awe.
"S-So it's true." He murmured.
"I beg your pardon?" Elsa squinted in confusion.
"Oh, my apologies. I'm Albert. On of the thirteen brothers of the Southern Isles." He introduced himself.
"So… you're one of Hans' brothers?" Anna stared in shock.
"Yes." Albert nodded. "I've heard what my brother has done and I was simply disgusted by his actions. I'm sure he told you about six other brothers trying to put him in prison."
"You six are the ones?" Anna asked.
"Yes." Albert nodded again. "THIS wasn't the first crime my brother Hans has committed. He's committed several others before this. Acts of bribery, theft, blackmail, manipulation, and of course, murder." He explained.
"That's terrible!" Elsa shuttered.
"It is."
"But has Hans been imprisoned?" Kristoff spoke up.
"No." Albert shook his head. "My six other brothers let him loose."
"What!? But why!?" Kristoff went wide-eyed in shock.
"We recently found out last night that our six other brother delight in his antics. But they don't like his cockiness. In fact I've recently discovered my other brothers crimes. They managed to do a lot worse than Hans ever did." Albert explained. "They managed to keep all of their crimes in secret. Compared to them, Hans was just novice work."
"Is this why you guys are so badly wounded?" Elsa asked.
"Obviously." He sarcastically smirked. But he groaned in pain again. "I was looking through my brother, Hans' room. I then happened to find his diary and found out about my brothers' crimes. I had to inform the others. Which I did, but we were discovered. We had to escape. From then on we were marked as traitors marked for execution. We barely managed to escape." He explained. It was very frightening to everyone.
"Well… did you figure out what plans they had?" Elsa asked nervously.
"Yes. We figured out their ultimate goal."
"And what is that?"
"War."
Chapter 8 is done! OMG the seven brothers of the Southern Isles are gonna start a war! Who! What! Where! When Why! How! I'm going completely nuts here! Read it, review it, and tell me what you people think. This is just here for people to enjoy. :)
