Plot twist introduced this chapter. Now it should make more sense to anybody who did not guess what happened last chapter. I am stating once again this is not the end.
"Simon." A faint voice called to him. He groggily opened his eyes. Betrayal was the first thing that popped into his mind. All of the memory modifiers and the respawns had done to make him forget came tumbling back. He thought that he was confused before well now he just wanted to give up on the current timeframe and move on. "Simon." He blinked and began to look around. The area was a mess. Duncan had done a number on the place. "AAAHHAHAHGG! Fuck you Duncan!" He slumped to the ground helplessly.
"Simon." That stupid voice. It would not leave him alone. "Simon." He looked up again and saw the ripped open doors that once contained the clones. "Simon." I looked over to the left and saw the hole in the wall that Duncan made. I saw a large metal husk near the hole. I walked over to it and was confused by what I saw. "This metal arm. I looks just like Duncan's did. What could have done that?" I stepped out of the hole in the wall and saw someones heel moving around a corner. "Simon." Simon got up and followed the figure that he had caught a fleeting glimpse of. It led him down a pathway always staying just a few blocks ahead. "Simon."
Rythian fumed and boiled. Zoeya and Teep both thought that he should calm down even if only to stop damaging his house. He had let the girl die. He was not careful and Amy had been murdered. He stalked menacingly into his room where he collapsed on his bed. "I failed again. Duncan won again. How. My life was fine and I even rebuilt my home. Duncan when will you stop ruining everything around you." The proud Ender Mage quivered. "Why can I not stop you. My magic is strong and I have been just. Why . ."
An Aetherial voice breached his conscious. "Joakim Hellstrand. You have not failed. Rest and know peace. May the truth you find heal your soul." Joakim. He recognized that name. He stopped shaking and laid down quietly. Later that night Rythian the Endermage was found to have died peacefully in his sleep with a smile visible on his face.
Hannah Rutherford Kim Richards has been enslaved. The mainframe connected to Duncans mind has overridden her own. Even if she thought that she was going over the edge and losing herself she could no more change it than Lewis Brindley could have saved his friend Simon Lane. Duncan Jones is dead. He lost himself to the Flux. An entity formed a contract with him in the void. It claimed that it could save him and that his last hope was in it. He agreed hoping to be released. It removed his soul and sent it on. His body was saved and a spirit of revenge was placed inside. Hannah Rutherford remember and - Wake up!
Hannah groaned as she sat up. She felt awful. She knew that she should have worn armor that day. "Hannah you are finally awake."
"Huh, where am I." She looked around and saw basalt brick. "Black rock. Perfect, Zoeya I need to tell Rythian somethi-"
"About Kim right?" "Yes how did you know?"
"Rythian found out and . . Well anyway your warning is no longer needed. Duncan and his team launched his attack two days ago."
"What!? So I was out for two days?"
"Longer. Several weeks ago a girl named Amy Pink was spotted by Teep. She was carrying you towards the castle. You had a magical Plasma burn on your stomach and we were not sure if you would survive. Rythian healed you. Two days ago an old friend of hers named Josie turned up. She sided with Duncan." They both looked at each other with understanding both knowing what it meant to serve him. "She tried sneaking in but Rythian detected her and defeated her. Amy went to visit her later and- Duncan ordered Josie to kill all opposition and- None of his servants can oppose their directive no matter what. Rythian ended her need to follow the directive." Hannah nodded understanding how hard it was for Zoeya to talk about killing a younger person. For any reason. "Rythian took that as Duncan's greatest victory over him. Forcing him to kill a person who did something that they would never have done of their own will. It broke him. He-e passed away earlier this morning." The mushroom obsessed woman began crying. Hannah had no idea how to react. "He died?" She said aloud by mistake. Zoeya stopped crying "Yes. He was hurt and I could not help him. Teep and I we failed. We should have been able to help my friend." She looked up and Hannah could see the hurt in her eyes. "I am sorry I have to go." "Zoeya no please I am sorry."
Duncan walked through a mountainous region back in his original form. He had a large smile on his face and was humming a song that only he knew the words to. He came upon a small fort filled with people all clad in diamond armor. He gripped a book in his hands tightly and proceeded to enter the base.
"Dwarves be ready the monsters will be out soon." Shouted an ancient looking dwarf. "Sir a human has entered the base."
"How? Thor the thunder god sealed this realm off from anybody who sought to enter. Who is this man?"
"The guards reported that he was called Duncan and he knew a dwarf from the Honeydew clan."
"That tribe of weaklings. Nobody had the courage to stand up to Thor except my clan. Tell him to get lost. He can do nothing here."
"Oh I would beg to differ." Shouted a man from the entrance. "Call me Dunc. I did not claim allegiance to the Honeydew clan. I need it destroyed."
"Why would I destroy one of my brother clans?"
"Because I hold the contract that Thor tricked you into signing. I can fix your curse and you can keep your death stare and whatever else it is you have."
"Freedom? Pause. Tell the soldiers to break out the beer kegs. We are going to be free!"
Teep had always thought that you could not die of grief. That was a bet that he was doomed to lose. Hannah never meant to hurt Zoeya but… It was inevitable. She was hurt by Rythian's passing. Hell even he had thought that Rythian would live forever not die in his sleep. He should have lived to the end to battle Duncan himself. Rythian told him one thing before his passing. Jon Evans I appreciate your help in making the Black rock Chronicles. May you find peace as well.
He sobbed again and looked at Zoeya's dead body. Enderbane stuck through her back cruelly and he could see displaced organs as well. He drew in another shuddering breath. When he had been created there had only been a small genepool available. He could not withstand such mental trauma. He found his voice again after losing it so long ago. "Joakim Hellstrand Zoey Proshak it has been an honor. I hope to see you shortly." His last thoughts before he lost consciousness were: Do dinos have an afterlife?
A man dressed in yellow robes stood upon a large wall surrounding a large city filled with Elves. He gazed at the small boat coming up the canal. A prestigious scientist was coming to visit his city and this was something that flustered him. A man wearing a brown shirt walked up behind him. "King David. The welcoming party is set up would you like me to stand there in your place?"
"No, Weyland I will be down there shortly. I simply am trying to think of a way to convince him to help me in my war. With a scientist such as him with my resources. Well I will be set to defeat that traitorous scum bag Finbar."
"The privateers have been keeping a close eye on him. He has begun filling Rapture and it is becoming dangerous for our boats to travel along the coast."
"Finbar will eventually bow to the might of Elysium. But for now let us honor our guest."
Weyland nodded and began walking down the ramparts towards the docking area. David however jumped off of the wall onto a nearby house before dropping down onto the ground. He then sprinted over to the docks at an incredibly fast rate.
Hannah closed Teep's eyes as her final rite. She could not take care of the body as it deserved. She looked over at Zoeya. She now lay on a table covered in a transparent white sheet. Enderbane was resting next to her. Hannah looked at the blade longingly. One quick slice and her trouble would be over. She looked at all of the people who had taken care of her while she slept. She had not been able to do anything to help. She placed the blade against her stomach. "Lewis, Simon, Teep, Zoeya, Rythian, and all of you other people out there who died because I was too late. I am sorry. Please forgive m-" She looked to the door and saw a hand gripping on the brick. She dropped Enderbane and walked to the door. She looked down the hallway just in time to see a shoed foot go around a corner and down a set of stairs. She followed.
Duncan smiled at the city. He had heard about it and decided that it suited him perfectly. A man now known as The Architect ruled there. And from what he understood of him this Architect he would be a useful ally.
"Hello there David. It is wonderful seeing you here. Thankyou for finding the time to talk with me."
The man stepped forward. "The honor is mine."
"I seem to recall that you needed help fighting a dangerous rebel. I would be honored to join your cause."
Simon stumbled quickly through the halls when he suddenly found himself falling down a hole in the floor. He fell onto something remarkable soft. "Oh my this is a wonderful mattress I wonder where it came from." Upon looking closer at his mattress he noticed that it had a grey bottom half a blue top half and at the very end of what now seemed to be a very misshaped mattress he saw an owl. "Simon get off of me." came a very weak voice from the mattress that he now could see was Hannah. "So sorry I really did not expect to see you here."
"Neither of you expected to be here. I can promise that to both of you." They both jumped and looked at were the voice was coming from. They saw a man standing behind what looked like an enchanting table from hell. "Simon Lane and Hannah Rutherford I presume. You can both call me Mr. P."
I am back. Now anybody who is going to say that nobody would act like Zoey did to Hannah's remark YOU are dead wrong. I speak from experience. Now guys I should say that I will update more regularaly. But I planned to have this done about a week or two ago. I had to finnish a Science project in two days that my partner forgot about and did almost none of what he had said he did. He did enough to show me when we met but when we met together to put together the board. Suprise he had not done remotely enough. I am sorry that I delayed this long and I HOPE that summer will leave me with enough time to update but I must say first of all this is me and I am lazy. Seccond when is summer really a break. Also I tend to do the real reiew at the end just incase the top and bottom do not match. I write the top at the begining of the story and the bottom just before I post it. Enough talking I will let you get back to your
