Chapter 10
Mika: (sighs) Hi everyone…
Zuki: ….
Icarus: What's wrong with Mika?
Zuki: She is depressed…
Dragoness: W-why?
Zuki: It's hard to explain.
Mika: I have a message for all the readers… Zuki and I are dedicating the second half of our story to my friend, Tyler, who had just recently passed away from the Flu…
Icarus: I'm so sorry
Dragoness: Me too
Zuki: He'll never be forgotten…
(In loving memory of Tyler Sensenbrenner, thanks for all the laughs.)
ICARUS'S POINT OF VEIW
I felt something tapping on my head. I woke up to see a tall male angel, sitting next to me. He had orange hair freckles, and large white wings. He seemed to be wearing a toga similar to mine.
"Finally your awake," he said. "Who are you?" I asked sitting up. "I'm Tyler, and you are?" "Icarus," I replied, "wait where is Dragoness?"
"I'm over here…" she moaned, crawling over to us.
"Where are we?" I asked. "We're in the Chaos Realm," Tyler answered. "Have you seen my Mistress? "Who?" Tyler asked Dragoness. "Have you seen our mother, Medusa?" I corrected.
Tyler took a step back, "M-Medusa?!"
"She isn't as bad as you think she is…" Dragoness insisted.
"Yes, I've seen her, the king; Mordai took her to his castle." "What does he want with her?" I asked.
"Oh, just what every other immortal wants with her, her soul." "Why does he want her soul?" Dragoness asked tugging on my toga.
"Medusa has the silver soul, its power is very great." "S-so he's gonna…" Dragoness started. "Yes, he is gonna suck the soul out of her body." Tyler finished.
"M-Mistress…," Dragoness said tears dripping down her cheeks.
"Don't worry, we'll save her, "I said, hugging her. "Well, its not gonna be easy," Tyler said, "Mordai will take Medusa's soul on the night of the New moon." "But that's in five days!" I shouted. "I know, that's why I've come up with a plan, "Tyler assured him, pulling out a journal. "If we defeat Mordai's top commanders, his life energy will weaken; therefore it'll take longer for Mordai to steal Medusa's soul!"
"Maybe they can also lead us to Pandora and Thanatos!" Dragoness cheered, perking up.
Tyler gave us a bizarre look, "You two sure know some interesting people."
We started to hear strange growling noises, "Timbob Lizards!" Tyler shouted, pulling out his blade. "What?!" Dragoness asked. "Mordai's minions don't let them bite you, or you'll be paralyzed," Tyler warned.
Large purple lizards jumped out of nowhere and surrounded us. They had red eyes, sharp claws, and dagger like teeth that were dripping with strange black ooze. One of the lizards lunged at Tyler, but he stayed calm and took it out with ease. Some lizards charged straight for Dragoness. "EEK!" she screamed, and squeezed her eyes shut, which made her teleport right next to me. The lizards charged at me, and I flailed my arms at them, since I had no weapons.
Suddenly, a strange purple fire came out of hands, and destroyed the lizards! "What…the-what, just happened?!" I stammered, looking at my hands. "So, you ARE the descendant of Darkness…," Tyler said.
He walked over to me, "C-can I help you on your journey to save Medusa?"
"Of course you can!" I answered. Tyler spread his large white wings and leaped into the air, "I know where one of Mordai's top commanders is, come on!" "Wait, Dragoness and I can't fly…" I said, feeling embarrassed. Dragoness tugged on my wings and I looked down at her. She pulled out a small pouch, "Mistress said that we could use this if there's and emergency." "What does it do?" I asked her. "A pinch of this dust will let us fly for five minutes," she replied.
We put a pinch of the dust on our wings and within seconds, we were flying. Tyler led us to an abandoned battle arena, "the commander is in there," he said, as we drew closer.
Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my chest. Dragoness pulled on my arm, "Are you okay… Icarus?" "I-I'm fine…" I said as the pain vanished.
We landed at the entrance and ran inside. A giant three-headed dog was there. "Cerberus," Tyler shouted. Dragoness teleported all around the arena, to distract the dog, while Tyler attacked his feet.
'That's no good,' I thought, 'I have to hit the dog's chest.' I closed my eyes and concentrated, I felt something in my hand. I opened my eyes; I was holing a black dagger with snake designs on it! The dagger started to glow silver, and I heard a familiar voice, "Icarus…." "Mom?" I asked. Her voice came again, "Focus, Icarus, attack when the dog's heads are up…I love you, stay… strong." I wanted to cry, but I followed what my mother said.
"Dragoness, try to keep the heads up!" I shouted, Dragoness nodded, and teleported onto the dogs back. Cerberus growled, and reared his heads back. "Tyler, try to keep him in place," I shouted.
Tyler started to stab the dogs feet with his blade. I took a deep breath, focus, aimed, and I stuck! Cerberus yowled in pain and collapsed dead. "VICTORY!" we shouted, hugging each other. We found a good place to sleep for the night. Tyler laid back and gazed at the stars peacefully. Dragoness curled up next to me, "I miss her…" she said. "
"Don't worry, we'll save her, I promise." I answered. Dragoness nodded and drifted to sleep. I tried to sleep, but my thoughts kept pulling me back, "Mom…," I whispered, and started to cry.
Meanwhile….
MEDUSA'S POINT OF VEIW
I woke up, stated, "I-I heard him…," I said to myself. I started to cough up more blood, staining my dress again. I was trapped inside of an old cell. Chains were tightly wrapped around my arms and legs. There was also a very thick chain wrapped around my neck, making it hard to breathe.
I started to think about my family again. Pandora, who was getting beaten again, Thanatos, who was treated like a slave, Dragoness who used to never leave my side and… Icarus. I brought my busied knees to my wounded chest and hugged myself. "My family…," I whispered, and cried myself to sleep again.
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