Ch 11: The Temple of Zibra
Sage and Darkiea gathered supplies and headed to the edge of the village. Both of them had a lot of their minds but something else was bothering them other then the recent events.
"Hey Darkiea..." Sage said looking out in the distance.
"Yes Sage?" she replied doing the same.
"You worried about this mission?" Sage asked.
"I am a little." Darkiea said looking at him. "What about you?"
"I am but something... I don't know." Sage said putting his hand on his head.
"Whats wrong?" Darkiea asked worried.
"I don't know." Sage said trying to get his mind together.
Sage grabbed his head tightly in pain as something flashed before his eyes. He was in a cave, there were four figures shrouded in shadows.
"You are the chosen ones destined to bring down the great demon." One of the figures said.
"No we, we were but your teachers." Another said. "You are the ones who will slay the beast and bring peace to the lands once more."
"You have our blessings, all three of you." The first figure said again before it and the other vanished leaving the other two figures in silence as a massive door appeared before them.
Sage awoke on the ground with Darkiea trying to wake him up. "Sage wake up!"
"I am... I am up." Sage said as he sat up.
"Sage what happened?!" Darkiea said her eyes fulled with worry.
"I am not sure." Sage said. "I saw a vision, a glimpse of the past I think. I think that I saw two people getting ready to fight Umbreix."
"I though three people sealed Umbreix away?" Darkiea said.
"The third might not have been fighting but getting the seal ready somewhere or something like that." Sage said as he slowly stood up.
"Should we tell your father?" Darkiea asked looking at him.
"No, I will be fine." Sage said. "We need to get moving."
"Alright lets go then." Darkiea said and they took off into the sky.
Darkiea and Sage shot through the sky toward the temple. They didn't stop to rest or eat as they went. Off in the distance four great spires could be seen. Atop each of the spires a crystal could be seen.
"Sage I think I see it!" Darkiea said.
"Yea thats got to be it." Sage said.
As they got closer they could see the area surrounded the temple was filled with shadow beasts. On the ground several bricklock opened fire on them.
"Aim for the jewel like spot on it's head." Darkiea said.
"Got it!" Sage yelled and took air at one of the bricklock's jewel spots. "Scaro Blaka!"
Sage reared his head back and let loose a blast of silver energy. The beat shot forward and went right through the jewel. The bricklock glowed brightly and then exploded in a burst of dark energy.
"The bricklock are the biggest worry, kill them!" Darkiea yelled and took aim at one as well. "Darkkia tremoria pulsar!"
Darkiea threw a small orb of black energy and when it hit the ground it creating a shockwave that killed the bricklock and several of the other shadow beasts. The two battled their way through the shadow beasts and made it to the temple door to find it open.
"What the heck?!" Sage yelled.
"Bigger problems!" Darkiea yelled as the shadow beasts began to charge them.
"Get inside quick!" Sage yelled as he throws several explosive spells at the incoming hoard.
Darkiea didn't need to be told twice and shot into the temple. As soon as she was in Sage held out the crystal and the massive crystal doors slammed shut sealing them in and the beasts out. The inside of the temple has a carving on the walls. It was a carving of a dragoness. Her body has stripes all across her body and she had two foot long battle claws.
"Well we're safe for now I think." Darkiea said as she looked around.
"We need to get to the main chamber." Sage said and headed down the hall.
"We need to find the keystone then find a way out of here." Darkiea said keeping up with him.
Darkiea and Sage ran through the temple. After about a half hour they ended up in the main hall of the temple.
"Here we are." Sage said.
In the back of the hall Darkiea saw something that made her blood run cold. "Sep-Sep-Sep..."
"Whats wrong?" Sage asked.
"Sepertina!" Darkiea yelled as she heard her mother laugh.
"So my daughter you've shown up." Sepertina said with an evil sneer.
"Ah Darkiea how much trouble are we in?!" Sage said as he created his swords.
"We are about to fight the queen of shadows." Darkiea said as she created her daggers.
"So in other words we're completely and utterly screwed." Sage said.
"Yea pretty much." Darkiea said with a growl.
"Well my daughter it's time for you to die." Sepertina said with a grin.
"If we go down we go down fighting!" Sage said as he entered a battle stance.
"Foolish child you can't hope to win." Sepertina said as a scythe formed in her right hand.
"If we die Sage we will make it a death to remember!" Darkiea roared as she became enveloped in a black mist.
"You foolish hatchings." Sepertina laughed as her body became covered in a strange plate like black armor.
Sepertina laughed hard and charged at them. Darkiea and Sage just barely dodged her scythe and Sage brought one of his swords down on Sepertina's neck but it bounced off her armor and the two of them jumped back.
"Damn that armors tough as hell." Sage growled as he watched her carefully.
"Sage enter that moon form quick!" Darkiea yelled.
"I can't because the moon isn't out!" Sage yelled.
Sepertina took advantage of the distraction and charged at Darkiea. "Die traitor!"
Darkiea saw her mother's charge but it was too late for her to get out of the way. She closed her eyes and felt a hot liquid hit her face. When she opened her eyes she saw Sage with the tip of her mom's scythe going right through his shoulder. Before Sepertina could react Sage pulled the scythe out and with a kick to the chest sent her flying across the room.
"Bresorla!" Sepertina yelled as she recovered and strange tendrils of darkness erupted out of the ground and bound Darkiea so tightly she passed out.
"Darkiea no!" Sage yelled.
"Well now Sage it's just you and me." Sepertina said as she pulled out the keystone. "I could killed you now but I am going to torture you I think."
"You sick demented monster!" Sage yelled.
"I feel like traveling light and I don't want to take them both with me." Sepertina said with an evil grin. "You have to chose, Darkiea or the keystone."
"So your going to make me chose between a friend or my mission!" Sage yelled in anger.
"Yea pretty much." Sepertina said.
Sage looked between the keystone and Darkiea. After several minuets he looked at Sepertina. "I pick Darkiea. Take the keystone and let Darkiea go."
"My dear boy you have just doomed all the realms!" Sepertina said as Darkiea was released and she vanished through a portal.
"Darkiea wake up!" Sage yelled as he caught her ignoring his injuries. "Come on don't do this!"
Slowly Darkiea came around and looked at Sage. "Sage... Your hurt..."
"It's just a scratch." He said trying to play it off as he felt himself starting to get light headed.
"We need to get you healed." Darkiea said getting up.
"I said I am-" Sage started before blacking out.
"Sage no!" Darkiea yelled and began trying to heal him.
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So Sage risks his ass to save Darkiea. The little vision, I'll let you be the judge on what you think it is, wither it is the past or the future. All I can say is make sure you read it over carefully.
Sorry for not updating for so long. I am not giving up I've just found it a little hard to write, what with the new expansion for fallout3 and Prototype and all. By the way for all of those who are wondering, prototype is an amazing game. On another note, xboxlive, should anyone like to meet me on there or such my gt is magasword. If you want to just say hi or give me a kick in the pants to hurry up with the next chapter. For those of you who play gears of war 2 online, I wouldn't mind going a few rounds with you. Until next time my friends.
