Author's note: Nothing new, but thanks for waiting!

UPDATE: Fixed the chapter up and re-uploaded it, sorry if it was rushed or anything. Besides, I forgot all about Vanity!

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Rise and Fall of the Hellbeast

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Jen, 09/08/10000, 7:21 PM

Hey, Sean, it's me. Lately, I've been hearing all about this Hellbeast, or whatever it's called, and that they're claiming it'll show up to kill us all tomorrow morning. Not to mention, that some of the officers here are turning into these weird creatures, while others want to take their own lives.

How about this: tomorrow morning, you and I get up, and as quickly as we can, make our way to the hangar and board a starship. That way, we'll be ready to investigate the six planets, and maybe even stop the Hellbeast along the way. What do you think?

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Lilia, 09/09/10000, 11:29 PM

As I exited Melissa's secret hideout, I continued my trek within Entropy. This time, I managed to come across a gold, labyrinth-like area, and as curious as I seemed to be, I started exploring the maze.

Making my way through, I was able to avoid the possibility of being attacked by the creatures that were nestling in the maze. Aside from being gold in color, they were quite odd in appearance, but the ones that truly stood out were the ones that resembled Moai statues and suns.

I also found some dead ends, in the form of lava, which looked like waterfalls. Two of those dead ends happened to have a disembodied head, one for each, and had maintained their gaze.

But when I was able to approach them, one of them said, "Turn back.", and the other said, "You can't stop him."

I had no idea what they were talking about: could the first one mean that I should leave Entropy and return to Mars? And did the other mean that I should just give up?

As I pressed on, I was able to find a creature that wasn't gold, but rather a dark shade of green. It appeared to be wandering aimlessly, and I wanted to help the poor thing.

Just as I was about to speak, however, a small flying machine flew towards the creature, and as it took hold of the helpless creature, it sped off. Once again with brimming curiosity, I chose to follow them.

When I found them, I discovered what appeared to be a cauldron-like vat, and that the flying machine was dropping the creature into it. Several seconds later, the creature emerged from the vat, now gold like the others.

I quickly made a beeline towards the exit of the maze, and caught my breath as I gave my feet a much needed rest before moving on.

The next area I located was an array of purple mountains and cliffs, almost reminiscent of the mountains from Pathos, except those were blue. There was also the planet of Extus in the sky, which was a glimmering shade of violet.

I was able to find a cave, and to my surprise, these small creatures sporting various colors, but also weird heads that resemble pods, were emerging out of them. As more and more were exiting the cave, I decided to follow them.

I continued following them until I stopped in my tracks: before these creatures was a cliff, and to my horror, it was quite clear they were going to kill themselves. Turning around, I went the other way, and continued to investigate some more.

I also saw more of these creatures being snatched up by large, crow-like birds, bringing them to their nests to dine on them. Eventually, I would soon discover another group of the pod-headed creatures being eaten by a cyan-colored monster.

Its name was Sarcyte, and it had a beak-like mouth, a pair of needle-like legs, and a spider-like tentacle. As I was able to destroy the cave, making sure that no more of the creatures would come out, it took notice and swung its tentacle at me.

Though I was able to dodge the first blow, I was caught off guard as it slashed at my arm. With my space gun equipped, I used the green crystals to fire some toxic bullets at it, and one of them happened to hit one of its legs.

It growled, and was about to attack me with its main tentacle when I ended up using the blue crystals to freeze it. Finally, using the normal bullets, it smashed right through it, destroying Sarcyte into many pieces.

With Sarcyte dead, I resumed my journey, ending up at another labyrinth, except it was in a cave, and was all black instead of gold this time around. I went into the cave, ready to endure what awaited me inside.

At first, it all seemed too quiet, and that there were no enemies. After spending some time thinking of carving a path out of this particular labyrinth, everything went dark, and as I was about to whip out the flashlight, a roaring sound was heard, following by the sound of feet.

I had to find a way out as soon as possible, otherwise, I'd be dead meat. As I made my way through, I was able to reach the halfway mark, and as the lights went back on, I was able to see a glimpse of the predators that were after me; black, with red claws and a red mouth.

When the lights went out again, I sped off, continuing my path down the second labyrinth until I saw another disembodied head. It said, "Whose side are you on?"

I was spooked out, but was puzzled as to what it said: Was I on the Hellbeast's side? Or Solomon's side?

Regardless, I was finally able to exit the second labyrinth. As I returned to the starship, I was ready to move on to and find Vanity.

Then a voice called out to me, "I've been waiting for you..."

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Up next: Entropy Part V!

With love for my fans,

Chrissy