Deep in the Abyss
Crono, Albert, and Frog walked into the castle to find an empty entrance.
"I don't like this," Albert stated, "there isn't anyone here."
"Not that we know of," Frog stated, "we shouldn't drop our guard."
"I think we are in agreement," Crono said as he took out his katana. Frog took out Masamune, and Albert took out his battle rod.
"Left or right?" Albert asked.
"Let's try the left way first," Frog suggested. Crono and Albert nodded their heads. They went to the left way and found some people. They were all just walking around minding their own business.
"There is something wrong here," Crono said while in a fighting stance and slowly moving forward.
"I agree," Albert stated, "this is definitely wrong." They continued forward and found a empty room with an empty chair. There was a katana on the wall above the chair. They went back to the main hall and still found nothing.
"That means we go to the right," Albert stated. They did just that and found four kids in the first room. They went on to the next room to find a mysterious woman with long brown hair and wearing villagers clothes.
"Albert," she said happily, "come here."
"That's impossible," Albert said in shock, "why is she here?"
"Who is she?" Crono asked.
"My mother," Albert replied, "but she shouldn't be here."
"It must be an illusion," Frog stated, "Magus is a powerful wizard in the black arts."
"I see," Albert said with a calmer voice, "then let's keep going." They pushed past the illusion and saw two more. One was Queen Leene, and the other one was Crono's mom. They walked past all of them and into another empty room.
"That's strange," Albert said with a confused look.
"We must of missed something in the entrance hall," Frog suggested.
"Then let's go back and see," Crono suggested. They went back to the entrance and found nothing.
"I don't get it," Albert said in confusion, "we should have found something by now." Laughter came from the darkness. Everyone took a battle stance. Then, a strange green creature wearing a white robe.
"Greetings intruders," the creature greeted them.
"Is this Magus?" Albert asked.
"No," Frog replied, "this is Ozze, Magus's general."
"I'm so glad you haven't forgotten me," Ozze said evilly.
"Time for some pay back," Crono said gripping his katana tighter.
"Oh you will get to fight me," Ozze stated, "but first have to go through Slash, Flea, and the 100 monsters in this castle." Then, four humanoid monsters, two gargoyle monsters, and two bat monsters.
"BATS!" Albert shouted. He bolted towards the bats and smacked one into a gargoyle monster. He followed up by smashing both of the to pieces. He did the same thing to the other bat and gargoyle. While the four humanoid monsters were distracted by that display of violence, Crono and Frog easily defeated them. Ozze had left after seeing the first display of violence.
"What is it with you and bats?" Crono asked curiously.
"Hate them," Albert replied calmly, "just hate them." Frog and Crono were confused, but decided to drop the subject.
"Now what do we do?" Crono asked.
"Well," Albert stated, "we should check out the same ways again. Something must have changed." Crono and Frog nodded their heads. This time, they went to the right path first. The people changed into monsters and they were easy to defeat. Then, they arrived at an empty room again.
"I don't get it," Crono said in confusion. Then a bat floated down towards the group.
"I hope you are ready to suffer defeat from the hands of-"
"TALKING BAT!" Albert shouted. He jumped towards the bat and slammed his battle rod into the bat and it flew into the ground. Albert then violently repeatedly bashed the bat with his battle rod. Then, he put a piece of earth on top of it.
"Was that completely necessary?" Frog asked curiously. Albert took a deep breath.
"Yeah," he said without hesitation and left the room. Crono and Frog followed him. Then, they went down the left path. They found cyclopes and skeletons. They simply walked around them to find the same room filled with bones.
"This doesn't seem right," Crono stated. Then, the bones assembled and formed moving skeletons. They launched an attack, but the party easily defeated them.
"None of them were Slash," Frog stated, "where is he?" Then, a blue humanoid creature appeared in front of them.
"Is that him?" Albert asked curiously.
"Indeed I am," the blue creature replied, "I am Slash, greatest swordsman in world."
"I'm sure that either Crono or Frog can take you," Albert said smugly. Slash smiles and jumps back, and grabs the katana from off of the wall and took it out of it's sheath.
"Let's just see about that," he said with a crooked smile. Frog thrust his sword at Slash, but he dodged the attack by jumping. Crono then cast Lightning and landed a direct hit. Slash barely landed from the attack. Both Slash and Frog were shocked to see Crono use such an attack.
"Crono," Frog said in shock, "when did you learn such and attack?"
"Well," Crono said as he send a shock wave from his sword towards Slash, "I'll have to show when this is over." Albert slammed his battle rod into the ground and send a shock wave at Slash. Slash dodged both of the attacks by jumping into the air again. Before Crono could use Lightning again, Slash threw his katana at Crono. Crono managed to dodge the attack, but he was unable to cast his spell. Slash pushed off of a wall in mid air and soared towards his katana. He grabbed it in time to watch as Albert slammed his battle rod upwards into his gut. Slash then slammed into the ceiling of the room.
"Impressive," Slash said as he pushed off of the ceiling and landed on his feet. Albert went to hit Slash, but Slash was able to cut up Albert's arms a bit. He dropped his battle rod and shouted in pain.
"Damn you!" he shouted. Blood started slowly pouring from the wounds. Slash then sent a shock wave at Albert. Crono canceled it out with one of his waves. Then, Crono and Frog teamed up and slashed Slash in a X formation. Slash screamed in pain and vanished.
"I think we did it," Albert said happily. Then he grunted in pain.
"Hold on," Crono said as he fished through his belongings, "we have some medical supplies." Crono got the supplies out and started treating Albert's arms.
"Thanks," Albert thanked him. They decided to take a break since Crono needed to treat Albert's arms. Frog watched the exit.
"Where will we go now?" he asked.
"Not sure," Crono said as he finished treating Albert, "we should try the entrance hall again. There might be something there now." Albert moved his arms a little and picked up his battle rod.
"Good as new," he said as he put his battle rod on his back, "let's go." The rushed past all of the monsters and arrived back at the entrance hall. There was a portal there that wasn't there before.
"One guess where we go," Crono stated.
"This way," Albert said and entered the portal. Frog and Crono followed him. On the other side, they found a hoard of monsters waiting for them.
"I think it's time for some action," Frog said as he unsheathed Masamune.
"Agree," Crono said as he took out his katana.
"Let's go then," Albert said as he raised his battle rod. He then slammed the ground hard and a shock wave shot towards the monster hoard. He got ten in one shot. Frog and Crono did a few X Strikes to get rid a good portion of the hoard. With the three of them working together, it was easy to kill off of the monsters.
"I think they need to increase security at this place," Frog stated.
"Agreed," Albert agreed. The three rushed ahead to find Ozze.
"It's time to deal with you three," he said evilly, "Slash! Flea!"
"Sorry," Albert said sarcastically, "but Slash is out of commission."
"What?" Ozze asked in shock.
"And it seems Flea fled the field," Frog added. Ozze panic and fled himself. Crono, Frog, and Albert followed him. Monsters and traps were everywhere in the castle. Killing the monsters or avoiding the traps, the three went past it all and made it to the main chamber. Ozze was waiting for them.
"I'm surprised you made it this far," he said with a smug tone, "but this is where you journey ends."
"That's such a cliché line that villains use," Albert said with annoyance in his voice.
"Say what you want," Ozze stated, "but you can not beat me. Nothing can pierce my shield." Then, Ozze was surrounded by ice.
"He's right," Frog stated, "if we attack the shield, then he'll send the power back ten fold."
"Ouch," Crono stated.
"Then we need to find a way to affect him other wise," Albert stated. Then he noticed something in the room. There were four cranks. He then pointed them out to Crono and Frog.
"Sounds good," Crono said as he rushed towards one crank and started turning it. A hole opened in the floor and it nearly got Frog.
"Be careful Crono!" Frog shouted. Crono then quickly tried the next one. Another hole opened in the floor, but this time it nearly got Albert.
"Jeez man!" he shouted. Crono went to the next one, and the hole that appeared nearly got both Frog and Albert.
"STOP THAT!" they both shouted with angry anime faces.
"Face it," Ozze said in his shield, "you will never defeat meEEEEEEEEEEE!" A hole had opened underneath Ozze and he screamed on the way down. Crono had activated the last crank and that was what made the hole appear.
"Seriously," Albert said in frustration, "what kind of idiot makes a crank system like that?"
"We can't answer that Albert," Crono said with a smile on his face. Then, something was moving. They looked towards the source of the noise to see part of a wall moving to reveal a hidden path.
"I think that we must go this way," Frog stated, "Magus must be down there." Crono stepped closer to the entrance. Frog and Albert were waiting for him to say something.
"Let's go," Crono said proudly. Frog and Albert nodded their heads and went down the path. It lead to a stair case and they simply ran down it. At the end of it, they arrived at a dark room. As they walked forward, blue flames seemed to sprout up from no where. They continued forward and the blue flames made a circle. At the center of the circle was a blue haired man with a cape and a scythe.
"Magus," Frog said gripping the handle of Masamune tightly.
"So," Albert said as he took out his battle rod, "this is him." Crono took out his katana without saying a word.
"So," Magus said coldly, "it's the frog again. How is that new body I gave you?"
"It's just fine," Frog said with a smile, "I actually should thank you for the body."
"Really?" Magus asked as he turned around, "I see." He then looked at the Masamune. "I see that you found a way to restore the Masamune."
"Yeah they did," Albert said pointing his battle rod at Magus, "and we're going to kick your ass." Magus then looked off into a random direction.
"The Black Wind is howling," he stated.
"The Black Wind?" Crono asked curiously. Magus then focused back at the party.
"It seems a fight is unavoidable," he said with no emotion in his voice. Magus then cast a powerful lightning spell, more powerful than Crono's. Crono, Frog, and Albert barely managed to dodge the attack.
"How did he do that?" Albert asked in shock.
"He's a powerful wizard," Frog explained and charged at Magus. He swung his sword and nicked Magus by a hair.
"I'll show him how powerful I am," Albert said as he slammed the ground. The shock wave shot towards Magus. However, he simply slashed it with his scythe and completely stopped the attack.
"He is strong," Crono said as he cast Lightning. The attack hit Magus, and did some damage. Magus then cast a powerful earth spell. The group didn't have enough time to dodge it. It did major damage to them.
"Damn it," Albert said as he cast his Earth spell. Magus was unable to avoid it either and took a heavy hit. Frog then followed up and slashed Magus, and gave him a deep wound. It was non fatal, but everyone could see the strain on him.
"You think you can win?" Magus asked angrily, "you think this is over?" Crono and Albert stood up, and Frog was behind Magus.
"Yeah," Crono replied.
"It is three against one," Albert informed Magus. Magus then laughed a little.
"You are fools," he said as he raised his arms, "face my most powerful magic, Dark Matter!" A triangle appeared and showed a vastness of stars in it. I white triangle was inside and spinning. Suddenly, a powerful blast of dark magic shot out and hit everyone. They all flew back into walls hard and fell to the floor.
"What. . .the hell. .was that?" Albert asked in a weak stated. Frog then stood up, and with the rest of his strength, rushed at Magus. He didn't see Frog coming and Frog landed another deep attack on Magus. He fell to his knees.
"What. .have you done. . . .with the Masamune?" Magus asked weakly. Then, a quiet shaking started.
"What is. .that?" Crono asked.
"No!" Magus shouted, "why does he have to wake up now?!"
"What are you. . .talking about?" Albert asked.
"Lavos," Magus said with an angry tone, "he's waking up."
"What are you saying?" Crono asked curiously, "you created him."
"No I didn't you fool," Magus replied, "I merely summoned him to this place. He has been around a lot longer than you think."
"I don't get it," Albert stated, "what do you mean by that?" Suddenly, a large Gate started forming.
"The size of that Gate," Crono said in shock. He was being pulled into the large Gate with Magus, Frog, and Albert.
"It's massive!" Albert shouted. All four were sucked into the Gate and that's when they all lost consciousness.
Crono, Frog and Albert have a great start, but it ends in a way that they didn't expect.
Magus uses a powerful magic attack, and then they find out that he didn't create Lavos.
Where will our heroes end up?
Will they be saved?
Find out in the next chapter of. . . .
Chrono Trigger
Plus Two
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