Chapter 25: Land Of The Demons Part 1
At the Dark Hand headquarters in San Francisco, Ogre was having a tirade, consistently berating the Dark Hand for allowing the demon portals to be re-sealed.
"I can't believe you losers, eight times out of eight, you failed to keep demon outside of the portal between worlds, I don't know why I put up with you!" growled Ogre.
"Because you don't have a body, Lei destroyed it," answered Steve.
"I know that, that was also your fault, you couldn't stop him in time, or beat his team for that matter," hissed Ogre.
"Well they are formidable fighters, so of course we're gonna have a hard time with them," replied Hwoarang.
"Chess king is caught in check!" shouted Paul
"Either way, you still suck, it's time for me to pull out my trump card to make sure that this world will be mine!" roared Ogre.
"And what exactly is your trump card?" asked Steve.
"I shall rewrite the Book of Ages to where me and my demon bretheren are the rulers of the world! I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner, but that is what I will do!" growled Ogre.
"So where is this Book of Ages that you speak of?" inquired Lee.
"Back in Australia, now we must get there quickly without alerting the Lei Team so that way they don't interfere with us!" ordered Ogre.
"Yeah, I love creative writing, it was my favorite subject in high school!" squealed Dragunov.
"Snow day cancels school!" shouted Paul as he smacked Dragunov's face as the Dark Hand prepared to return to Australia to rewrite the Book of Ages. In the meantime, back at Wang's antique shop, the Lei Team was relaxing, tired from their whirlwind travels around the world.
"Phew, now I loved seeing the world and all, but after all that demon chasing, it actually feels good to be back in the antique shop," commented Lei.
"Despite the fact that it still smells like vitamins and pee, I'd have to agree with you," chimed in Xiaoyu.
"Hey, no make fun of my vitamins, you want dead Wang?" cried out Wang.
"We never said that, we know you need your vitamins, but we don't have to like the smell!" replied Asuka.
"Despite all that, it's still great to finally get a siesta in," commented King.
"Damn right, sleep is one of my favorite things to do, besides eat," stated Ganryu.
At that moment, Raven's cell phone rang, Raven quickly answered it and upon hearing what the person on the other line said, his eyes bugged out causing the other memebers of the Lei Team to look at him with concern.
"What's going on Raven, did something happen at Section 13?" inquired Lei.
"The Dark Hand is up to some serious shit right now, we need to stop them fast!" answered Raven.
"What could they possibly do now, we sealed all the demons up?" questioned Xiaoyu.
"They're headed off to Australia, they're trying to find something called the Book of Ages so they can rewrite it," informed Raven.
"Ai ya, not the Book of Ages, we must not let that get into Ogre's hands!" screamed Wang.
"What's the Book of Ages?" asked Ganryu.
"The Book of Ages is a mystical book that has every single event that has ever happened in the history of this world enscribed in it. If someone were to alter what was written in the book, then history itself would be altered and would cause catastrophe for the future. Ogre is most likely going to use that book for diabolical purposes!" lectured Wang.
"Whoa, we can't let them do something like that, that will just spell chaos for the world if they should reach the Book of Ages, quickly, we must get to Australia to keep that book out of Ogre's hands!" ordered Lei.
At that moment, a Section 13 chopper lowered down in front of the antique shop, the Lei Team all dashed into the chopper and right as they all got in, the chopper immediately flew off for the land down under as they went off to intercept the Dark Hand and their sinister plot. A few hours later, the Lei Team landed down on the site of an old dilipidated shrine. Upon exiting the chopper, they saw the Dark Hand running towards the entrance of the shrine.
"This is where Book of Ages lies, we must not let the Dark Hand lay it's dirty hands on it!" cried out Wang.
"Hey you Dark Hand dick suckers, what do you think you're about to do?" called out Lei.
"It's simple, rewriting history to where none of these debacles that happened with you losers will have ever happened!" growled Ogre.
"Virus deletes computer programs!" shouted Paul.
"Fat chance we'll let that happen, we'll take care of you once and for all here!" responded Raven.
"I agree, let's finish this!" responded Hwoarang.
Withouth a moment's hesitance, the Lei Team and Dark Hand dove at each other and began brawling once again in the shrine where the Book of Ages was being kept.
"You will not interrupt my bedtime story!" exclaimed Dragunov as he tackled King to the ground, but King reversed Dragunov's hold on him and stomped hard on the Russian's back.
"Sorry, but this is your bedtime story!" replied King.
Lee then rushed at Xiaoyu, but then Ganryu blocked Lee's attacks and pushed the white haired man back with his belly, Xiaoyu then leapt off of Ganryu's shoulders and flipped Lee onto his back. Hwoarang then rushed over to help his buddy by delivering a split kick to Xiaoyu and Ganryu, but then Asuka ran in and swept Hwoarang off of his feet and then stomped hard on his groin, cuasing Hwoarang to scream out loudly in pain.
"Reading in dark cases blindness!" yelled Paul as he charged at Lei and Raven, Raven dove to avoid Paul's attack as Lei countered with a headbutt to Paul's stomach and then knocked the blonde oaf away with a roundhouse.
"And I think you're blind to the fact that you're jut fighting another losing battle here," commented Lei.
"That's right, the Book of Ages will not fall into your hands!" cried out Wang.
"He may be right, bu I can use your hands to do my handwriting!" growled Ogre as he expelled his soul from Steve's body and made a beeline for Lei's body.
"Whoa, he's out of me, he actually left my body! Whoo, no more Ogre inside of me!" exclaimed Steve as he jumped for joy.
"Your body is mine!" hissed Ogre as his soul shot straight into Lei's body, Lei groaned in pain and then let out a loud growl as he staggered about a bit disoriented.
"Hey, what are you doing, get out of my body!" shouted Lei.
"No way, you shall rewrite the Book of Ages for me!" hissed Ogre as he forced Lei's body to make a run inside the shrine.
"Hey, Ogre's got a hold of Lei, we need to go help him, hurry, let's follow suit!" ordered Asuka to the rest of the Lei Team.
The Lei Team soon dripped what they were doing as they ran into the shrine after the Ogre-possessed Lei in an attempt to keep Ogre from using Lei to assist him in rewriting the Book of Ages.
"Don't worry Lei, we'll get Ogre out of your body!" called out Xiaoyu as the Lei Team ran through the shrine looking for their leader. Ultimately, they came across a golden colored room with glowing multi-colored lights blinking all around the room. On a pedestal at the center of the room was Lei looking at an old looking book sitting on the pedestal.
"Ai ya, it's the Book of Ages! We must protect it!" cried out Wang.
"Damn it Ogre, I'm not doing your dirty deeds, now get the hell out of me!" roared Lei.
"You will obey me, no matter how hard u may fight!" retorted Ogre as he forced Lei to grab a nearby pen and open the book.
"Stop Lei!" cried out the Lei Team as they all started to dash towards Lei, but a group of Jacks appeared from out of nowhere and grabbed the Lei Team detaining them. Xiaoyu, however, managed to wriggle free from the grasp of the Jacks and made a dash towards Lei before Ogre could force him to write anything in the book. Xiaoyu dove towards the Book of Ages and grabbed one end of it, Ogre quickly used Lei to grab the other end of the book as the two yanked back and forth for control of the tome.
"Do not stand in my way vermin!" hissed Ogre through Lei's body as he kicked Xiaoyu away, causing her to rip out one of the pages of the book as Ogre went straight to work in rewriting the Book of Ages.
"AI YAAAAAAAAAA!" hollered Wang as Ogre had successfully rewritten the Book of Ages. At that moment, a golden flash of light emitted from the book and everything all of a sudden went black for everyone.
"Oh, my head, what the hell just happened?" inquired Xiaoyu as she awoke in a haze. Upon looking around, she saw some bizarre stuff going on. The sky was a dark red color as odd sounding howls filled the air, the water also looked like dried up blood, and for some reason, she had been transported to the Forbidden City in China.
"What the hell am I doing in the Forbidden City? And what's happening here?" asked Xiaoyu to herself until she whirled around and laid eyes on a golden statue of Ogre sitting in the middle of the courtyard.
"Oh no! Ogre succeeded in rewriting the Book of Ages! But why am I not affected by the changes?" mused Xiaoyu until she looked at the torn page in her hands that had written on it "Ling Xiaoyu was a valuable asset to the Lei Team and brought a lot of energy to the Lei Team helping them defeat the Dark Hand numerous times."
"No wonder, I ripped out the page about me, so Ogre couldn't alter that one!" exclaimed Xiaoyu.
"Hey, what are you doing out here, Ogre and his bretheren are gonna be angry if they see you slacking off out here!" called out King's voice from behind Xiaoyu. The pigtailed girl whirled about to see King and Raven both in ragged white robes carrying cleaning tools with them.
"King, Raven, glad to see you guys are alive and well!" exclaimed Xiaoyu.
"Quiet, you want demons breathing down your throat, don't do anything to anger them," whispered Raven in a warning tone.
"Come with us, before you get into any trouble," ordered King.
Xiaoyu followed the two into the nearby doorway where they started to walk down a hallway lit with a bevy of torches. At the end of the hallway sat a throne room, where they saw Ogre and all his demon friends sitting on thrones high atop a series of pillars overlooking the three humans.
"What do you pitiful maggots want!" bellowed Ogre.
"We've finished cleaning your palace, almighty Ogre," responded Raven.
"Good, now get into your quarters before I decide to make you our dinner!" ordered Ogre loudly.
"Speaking of dinner, I'm hungry, where is our food?" asked Goro.
"Hey cooks! You better not be screwing around in that kitchen, hurry up before we cook YOU!" shouted Bowser.
"Yes sir, it's almost ready!" cried out Lei's voice from another room.
"We just adding the seasoning you all like!" added Ganryu's voice.
"Good, but to help pass the time, slave girl, entertain us!" ordered Duke.
At that moment, Asuka walked out dressed in a gold bikini and began to reluctantly dance for the demons gyrating her voluptuous body to mesmerize the sinister demons and make them forget about their hunger. Xiaoyu, Raven, and King all hid out and watched what was going on, making sure not to make any sound so that they wouldn't give away the fact that they were watching what was going on. After a few minutes, Lei, Ganryu, and Wang all ran into the room dressed in chef's outfits with trays full of tasty food in front of them.
"Your dinners are ready masters!" stated Wang.
"We hope you enjoy them," added Lei.
"Just gimme my meal damn it!" barked Urien.
"Yeah, skip the spiel, gimme the meal!" added Gargos.
Ogre used telekinesis to levitate the plates of food and distribute them amongst his demon bretheren and immediately began gorging their meals right in front of everyone else's eyes looking at them with fiendish glee.
"This is just wrong" thought Xiaoyu to herself.
As Ogre and his cronies finished devouring what they had ate, they tossed the dishes down at the chefs.
"Now go clean the dishes, and return to your quarters!" ordered Hyo.
"Slave girl, leave us and go to your quarters immediately!" growled Huitzil.
Lei, Wang, and Ganryu ran back into the kitchen to clean the dishes as Asuka left the sight of the demons as well.
"ARGH! I'm in the mood for something funny, bring out the court jesters!" ordered Cervantes.
At that moment, a pair of Jacks escorted Ogre's five jesters into the room, it was all the members of the Dark Hand, Steve, Lee, Hwoarang, Dragunov, and Paul all dressed up in clown outfits. Xiaoyu had to work hard to stifle her laughter, King and Raven then decided to drag her off to the quarters where the human slaves stayed. Xiaoyu goraned in disguest as she gazed at the dirty surroundings.
"I can't believe you guys can live in such filthy surroundings," commented Xiaoyu.
"We all have to, we're the bottom of the food chain in this world, aside from the lesser animals, with all these demons running around, they run everything," commented King.
Within minutes, Lei, Ganryu, Wang, and Asuka all entered the living quarters. Ganryu let out a loud sigh upon shutting the door.
"Just once I wish I could eat my own cooking," grumbled Ganryu.
"And I'm tired of dancing for these sleazy demons," added Asuka.
"I wish we could get rid of these demons, then life wouldn't be so hellish," remarked Lei.
"That would be nice, but we have no fighting skills to speak of, how could we combat them," piped up King.
"The Book of Ages, we must undo the changes that Ogre made to that book to get everything back to normal," chimed in Xiaoyu.
"Isn't that just a myth?" inquired Wang.
"No it's real, that's how Ogre got control of this world, he rewrote the book to where him and the demons succeeded in taking over the world," answered Xiaoyu.
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head or something, besides, how would we get to the Book of Ages even if it did exist?" asked Lei.
"It does exist, and I shall assist in setting things right," boomed a voice from out of nowhere.
A bright flash of white light emitted in the living quarters for the humans and a figure with brown hair and white robes materialized in the room. Angel like wings sprouted from his back and his hand he carried a gold and blue bow ready to strike with it when necessary.
"What the hell is going on here!" exclaimed Asuka.
"I am a messanger from the gods, I am Pit, I have been sent to assist you in getting to the Book of Ages and erasing Ogre's rewriting of it," answered the angel.
"You mean the Book of Ages really does exist, and Ogre rewrote it which is why we live in such a crappy environment?" asked Ganryu.
"Yes, all of you fought Ogre and succeeded in defeating him, you Lei, were the leader of this fearless team that kept the world safe from Ogre and his demon bretheren," answered Pit.
"Wow, that's quite a shock, I'm surprised I actually defeated Ogre in a fight!" gasped Lei.
"That's right, however, Ogre changed that to where it didn't happen, Xiaoyu was not affected by the rewrite because she ripped out the page that contained that information about her," stated Pit.
"So how do you plan on getting us to where the Book of Ages is?" inquired King.
"We'll have to hijack a boat, we need a diversion though," answered Pit.
At that moment, the court jesters walked into the living quarters, the Lei Team looked at them and smiled.
"Hey, can you guys go and distract Ogre and all his buddies?" asked Raven.
"What are you all up to?" questioned Steve.
"We're gonna change history back to normal, we're going to go find the Book of Ages," answered Lei.
"Hmm, sounds like a tall tale, but if it does change our lifestyle, then we will help you," commented Steve.
"Let's go jesters, we got a distraction to cause," ordered Hwoarang.
"Idiot watches plastic bag in the wind!" shouted Paul as the court jesters exited the living quarters and headed out to distract the demons.
"What are you doing out of your quarters! You know you are not allowed out of them unless we say otherwise!" growled Ogre.
"So what, you don't like it, you can suck our asses!" exclaimed Lee as he and the rest of the Dark Hand turned around and mooned the demons.
"What the, how dare you do such a rude act in front of me, you shall pay with your lives for that!" roared Ogre.
"Hey, someone just stole one of our boats!" caleld out Cervantes as he looked out a window near the demons throne area.
"What! They're trying to change the Book of Ages and strip away everything I worked so hard to get all of us! You shall die for distracting us!" roared Ogre.
However, before Ogre could eradicate his jesters, Pit swooped down and flew the jesters to safety, plopping them in the boat with the Lei Team as they sailed their boat back towards Australia to go to the shrine where the Book of Ages was.
"Quickly, let's get our armada together and stop them from even getting close to their destination!" ordered Urien.
"Yes, we'll make sure the history I made remains the history of the world forever!" roared Ogre.
Meanwhile on the boat, the Lei Team, the Dark Hand, and Pit all looked onward waiting to reach Australian shores so they could right was was currently wrong with the world.
"Soon everything will be back to normal and Ogre and all his demon douchebags will be sealed up again!" exclaimed Xiaoyu.
"I sure hope so, I don't want to have to deal with these demons anymore," replied Lei.
The boat continued to sail forward as they waited with anticipation to accomplish their task of restoring the world to it's normal state.
Ask Lei segment
"Hey Lei," pipes up some little kid.
"Yes?" asked Lei.
"Did you like history in high school?" asked the kid.
"Well, it was one of my favorite subjects in high school, it's always fun learning about all the things that happened in the past to help shape our future. And if you don't learn from the past, you're doomed to repeat it," answered Lei.
"I know that for a fact," replied the kid.
"I'm hysterical for history!" exclaimed Lei.
Author's Note: Well yeah, still busy with both work and school, so updates have been slow. Hopefully you Super Smash Bros fans liked seeing Pit here. Next chapter the conclusion to this Book of Ages arc, what will happen as Ogre tries to keep Lei and the others from erasing his rewrites to the Book of Ages, you'll have to wait until next chapter to find out, until then however, please read and review.