Episode 11: Advancing
"Confuse!" Thuw shouted, and, the runes assembled rose into the air, forming a purple hazy charm, that fired upon the Minotaur, and sent it reeling in a dazed fumble. Thuw grabbed the opportunity, and took a water, an air, a mind, then cast a water strike upon the Minotaur. The Minotaur was still dazed, and took Thuw's first Five Tanes to it. At last, the blood-red mist rose above it, and it formed the head of a scythe, mist closed in below it and formed the handle. The hand of a red creature formed upon the scythe, a body formed from the hand, a ghostly hand in glinting red armour, that was attached to the red armoured body of a scarlet figure, a man with everything normal about him except for his godly figure, his godly armour, and his ghostly appearance. A ghostly Lord Zamorak stood in front of him, a scythe in his hands. Zamorak hovered over the ground, then entered the presence of the minotaur, without bringing down the scythe upon it. The weakened Minotaur opened his mouth in a roar that made no sound as it ws torn from existence, scrunched up into a ball and imploded, Zamorak dissapeared alongside it. Thuw gaped.
"Why did that happen? Why did he come?"
"Lord Zamorak? He comes to kill those who are destined dead, he's what the people of Earth would call "The Grim Reaper". Earth is another dimension that exists alongside Runescape. Anyway, Zamorak comes to kill everyone who dies, basically."
"But, when I was training with those chicken ..." this seemed to have left Runecraft puzzled too.
"Yes, I always did wonder why Zamorak never came then. Of course, it might just be that that was your first attack. First ... kill, rather. No matter, though, lets be advancing, you've learnt as good as a water strike, time to use combat. Well ... attack." Runecraft apparated a long sort of javelin,
"A hasta," he explained. "It's good for attack behind a gate, means that you can get to them but not vice versa. This'll train your attacking ability, think you're up to it?" Thuw was now eager to move on to actual combat training, and nodded his head vigourously.
"Right, get right up to gate," they walked forwards, making light footsteps, so as not to attract the attention of the new Minotaur. They stood right up next to the gate. Thuw grabbed the hasta from Runecraft, and carefully slipped the head through the bars. Then, he drew back his force, and thrust it forwards into the back of the Minotaur. It moaned as a red "3" formed above it, and blood spurted out of it's back, then dissapeared as the wound became a red circle marked on the back of it. It turned round, and gave an almighty snarl at Thuw, Thuw didn't draw back, as it lowered itself to head height, Thuw threw the hasta into it's face. Four Tanes showed above it's head. The Minotaur made a swipe at Thuw, but missed. Thuw looked above himself, and saw blue mist beginning to form, a great "0" above his head, no Tanes taken. Thuw launched another strike at the Minotaur, it hit it right in the stomach, the Minotaur moaned and flung back, as the mist of a "5" pursued it. Twelve Tanes had been taken from it,
"Ten Tanes to go," Runecraft muttered. Thuw drew back an almighty blow, and struck. The Minotaur roared, six Tanes had been taken away. Thuw brought back the Hasta one more time, and then it happened. The air threw itself against the Hasta as it flew through the air, and brought the Minotaur to death. The scythe of Zamorak appeared, and Zamorak along with it. But it didn't stop there. A boy, about half the size of Zamorak, appeared in red ghostly mist, wearing the same armour, with pale skin, but an evil look about him. Then a girl appeared, slightly older, looking like a woman, but, next to Zamorak, she looked like a teenager, without armour, but red robes and hand plates with the head of a double-scythe upon each, a head that Thuw and Runecraft had seen before. The three ghosts stepped down to the floor, Zamorak walked through the Minotaur, killing it, but he did not dissapear alongside it. They walked through the gate, and all of a sudden, they lost their ghostly appearance. They became completely solid, three near-humans stood next to them. Thuw gasped, now that he saw the girl (or woman) in solid form, he realized who it was. Zamorak, Iban, and Zeldana stood in human figure, Zeldana's emblem hanging above her in the solid figure that taken Tanes used. Zeldana apparated her magic scythe, as the heads dissapeared from her wrist armour, and Iban drew out his own staff. Two gods - and what seemed like a third - of evil stood in front of them. Zamorak stood forward. He opened his mouth, and rasping voice came out, that must be that of Lord Zamorak himself.
"You shall not seek rivalry with my ablessed daughter, Zeldanathein, this is our battle. You shall duel with the honour upheld by the great forefathers whose blood runs through me." Zamorak brought his scythe in front of him, and snarled.
"Wait, father," Zeldana stepped up behind him.
"I wish to duel them both too." Zamorak stopped, and looked down on her, smiling with a smile that didn't fit upon his face.
"Very well, Zeldanathein. Death shall prevail, as you say, and death indeed shall upon them. Three duels." Zamorak held up an armoured fist, holding up three fingers. "Zeldanathein shall challenge you first, Ibanivús may duel second, and may I kill you last."
