OoC: I know a few of these chapters have been slow but I'm just building back ground info, hopefully this won't be one of those slow post. Now back to the action
"Well I"m going to head back it's getting late" The professor said. "oh" Ryan said "I was just starting to like it here". "you can stay here for a bit just be at my lab by morning" The professor said as he walked away.
(Well at least I get more alone time) Ryan thought. Ryan walked over to the pillar again. "So this stuff is magnetized" Ryan said pulling his hand up to the pillar. A jolt of electricity went through his body as he touched it. "Ow,,, wait a minute it doesn't hurt" Ryan said looking at the blue energy flowing from the stone into his hand.
He tried to pull his hand off. "Wow this stuff is magnetized" Ryan said as he pulled harder. A loud crackle from the electricity filed the room as Ryan got his hand free. "Well thats one way to remind yourself your made of metal" Ryan said chukling.
Loud steady claping filled the room. "Huh?" Ryan said looking at the sorce of the claping. A figuer about the same size of Ryan stood there claping, He had a red cloak around him with the hood over his head. His legs were a solid black color. and his arms had red vein like marks over them. Some of his brown hair stuck out from the cloak.
"Hey! Who are you" Ryan yelled at the stranger. The cloaked figuer stoped claping. he walked toward Ryan. Ryan grabed his polar star. "I'm warning you stay back thats far enough" Ryan said. The cloaked figuer stoped. "a gun?" The cloaked figuer said. His voice sounded cold, dark as if he was drowning in a sea of lonliness drowning the words before they could reach his mouth.
"What do you expect that will do" The cloaked figuer said. Ryan fired a single shot. The cloaked figuer deflected it with his arm. "What" Ryan said surprised. "Do you really expect you can win every fight with that little pea shooter" The cloaked figuer said. "Who.. Who are you" Ryan asked.
"A wandering soul looking for purpose, kinda like you, but you can call me X" X said. "X?" Ryan said. "Is there an echo in here" X said angerly. "N..No" Ryan said. "Listen why do you think they threw you in the dungeon" X said. "That was.." X cut him off. "Why do you think they brought you back, why do you think they made you kill the locals, why do you think they are letting you protect the professor, and why do you even consider them allies" X said.
"..." Ryan said nothing as he lowered his gun. "There just using you, to them your just some other robot who can be easily destroyed anytime" X said. "It was you" Ryan said. "Huh?" X said surprised by Ryan's remark. "The guy who freeded the Mimiga that was you wasn't it" Ryan asked.
"..." X paused "You woulda done the same thing" X said slowly. "I was right" Ryan said. Ryan pointed his gun at X. "If you want to fight then let's fight" X Said pulling out 2 swords out from under his cloak. X charged toward Ryan with blinding speed. Ryan jumped back and shot at X. The shot bounced off him.
X slashed Ryan with his sword. A small cut on Ryan's right shoulder. "Next time you won't get off so easy" X said as he charged Ryan again. Ryan shot again. This time the shot was biger and blinded X. When his eyesight returned to normal he looked around. No sign of Ryan. "Guess the kid fled" X said. Suddenly he heard footsteps, like someone running. X looked around franticly. Sudenly he relized where the footsteps we're coming from. He looked up and saw Ryan running down the pillar toward him. (How did he..) X thought in surprise. Ryan jumped off the wall. he fell faster and faster.
"tsk" X said. suddenly Ryan slamed into him . A large dust cloud formed. As the dust faded Ryan was standing next to a crater. Ryan looked in the crater X wasn't there. "Good work kid, I almost broke a sweat" X said "We definally have to fight again someday" X headed into a different cave then to the one back to camp.
Ryan was panting, His head was spining. (how could he, why would he, can he) various questions rapidly filled Ryan's head so fast that he was having a hard time thinking. The room seemed to glow around him. Ryan read his energy readings. 5% and droping fast, (How could I spend that much energy) Ryan thought as his vision started to blur. Ryan fell to the ground with a clang and passed out.
OoC: I don't know whats' going to happen next but I just downloade a bunch of cave story remixed songs to my page so feel free to check them out. (There the numbered songs going backward from 29)
