Chapter 28: Entrapment
The phoenix's passion inside them had awoken after so many years. chaos and the others were afraid of this power, there's was always a chance that it would take you over completely. But it seemed that it was time to let it out.
Here inside the tunnel there was nothing but blackness. No light, no sound, no life. Rules meant nothing to this abyss. It was just there to absorb you into its nothingness. Consume you into its unexplainable lucid chaos.
Yavyn felt the burning of the creatures she was trying to restrain. Ahead she suddenly sensed--not saw--the end of their universe and the beggining of another. This one would be easy to find the three seals for the Fallen. Plus they would confuse those that lived there for this was an existence of rules that made sense.
All hell broke loose when the gnosis and phoenix's burst forth from the portal known most commonly as a blackhole. Bright glowing beasts screeched in fury as they battled with eachother and their gnosis advasary. Yavyn threw them off right into a nearby planet after thrashing about violently for some time. She hissed.
The five creatures turned out to be giant hawk like birds. Light traced every slightest flowing movement they made, giving them a sort of heavenly aura. The only easy way to identify them apart was their eyes.
The lead one, which they presumed was chaos stepped forword, unphased by the impact. He lowered his head and wings, swishing his long tail like a cat about to strike. The emotions and thoughts he felt were no longer exactly his own. This "transformation"happened only once before to a phoenix. That was when they were reborn to restart. Or in this case a starting to get desperate situation. It was dangerous to be in this form for both the recipient and the one doing it. chaos let out a battle cry, followed by the others in unison. The phoenix's screeched in fury and leaped off of the planet at Yavyn, their bodies blazing with power.
Explosions bigger than even ten nukes burst from the battlefield. The hawk like birds moved with such agility and swiftness it surpassed any being that was known. It made Shion's eyes hurt just watching. Actually, all she could see was flashes of light and a bit of movement here and there. It as all going to fast for the human eye to register. The creatures tackled eachother, smashing into the near by planet biting and clawing at eachother, fighting for dominance.
Without warning the gnosis King appeared out of the blackhole. It sensed what was happening. It knew of the dangers that would happen if nothing was done about the raging phoenix's. It's grotesque body rippled and it began to glow. The Zohar in the center of the emulaters began to glow fiercely while giving off a high pitched note.
A shockwave of white blue energy erupted from the gnosis' body. The phoenix's screeched almost musical notes of pain before their body disapated back to their humanoid form. Keteya was disoriented for a bit. Feeling weak with the sudden drain of massive energy. She shook her head slightly and turned in time to get smacked by Yavyn Mistra, sending her flying into the planet once again. Keteya groaned, this was just not anyone's day. The young phoenix climbed out of the hole her impact had created. Once she stood up someone snatched her up by the throat.
Yavyn Mistra found her way mostly clear of any obsticles. She hissed in pleasure and glided swiftly towards the planet.
A taunting coo caught her attention. She turned to see that three phoenix's still in their mega form standing on top of the King. chaos tilted his head, eyes dancing with mock. Daring her to try and get to him before he did what he was about to do.
Yavyn's features twisted in pure hate. She had a desicion to make. Either get to the planet or attempt to save the Zohars. She made her move.
chaos dug his barbed beak deep into the flesh and began tearing out the Original Zohar while his sisters dug for the emulaters. They ripped them out and sent them flying out into space. The King rippled, making a sound close to a walrus in pain. chaos readied himself for Yavyn but was surprised that she wasn't there. She'd faked them out by starting their way then backtracking back to the planet.
Wilhelm raised his voice for the first time, "Go! Get back into the exit now!" he actually looked afraid. The phoenix's didn't hesitate in listening, they were afraid of this new existence, should they be trapped there they would be forced to use the inhabitants to get back. Nephilim appeared, watching both the Fallen and the Dream Haven's scramble to get inside the blackhole. Most made it.
The planet's surface cracked then seemed to melt. Steam rising and freezing in place when it left the surface. Gnosis left from the battle gathered in masses against the surface then vanished. chaos watched in horror as vine like tentacles sprouted from the planet and sank into the center of the blackhole. Half of each army was left stranded now. Without warning chaos felt his power stripped and he was left drained and useless.
"What are we gonna do now chaos?" inochi gripped his arm, same as death, a little habit they always did. chaos didn't answer. He didn't have one. Suddenly his attention was drawn to the Zohars floating freely above them. chaos floated up towards the Original. He stayed suspended in place in front of the eight pointed star symbol. Maybe.....
Slowly, very hesitently, chaos reached out and pressed his palm against it. A blast of energy knocked him back, but it seemed that his hand was glued to the Zohar. chaos threw his head back screaming. His body and soul unable handle the complicated power flowing into him. Instantly inochi and death were by his side, the energy eminating from the Original increased ten fold when the sisters joined.
Nephilim did not approve of this, neither Wilhelm, but it seemed the best course of action. The Guardian turned to Cherankov, "Take a piece of each of the emulaters, should Yavyn and that King get a hold of them atleast they won't be complete."
Cherankov nodded, then followed by several other phoenix he circled the emulaters one by one. Taking a bit of the energy inside so that they would be incomplete. The Triplets seemed to be having a bit of trouble however, it seemed that they couldn't stop absorbing the Original.
The King let out a muted cry of rage.
"Go! Go! Scatter them!" Nephilim screamed. In random directions phoenix's took each emulater through a portal. Not knowing where it would take them. Smaller gnosis opened up a portal as well, not to pursue, but to steadily transfer their King somewhere safer until the Zohars were retrieved.
"Ahhhh!" chaos finaly ripped his hand from the Original, heatwaves simmering from his body. He held his throbbing hand tenderly, his sisters no better off. Briefly the center of the symbol burned onto chaos' forehead, the other halves on inochi and death.
"Heh, happy now chaos? You're trapped here with us. Whether you like it or not. And you won't be able to stop us," chaos looked up to see Margulis, "not with your only way home blocked."
chaos clenched his fingers tightly. Anger and hate boiling within his veins, "How could you bring our war into another existence? They do not belong in this! This is between us and you. No one else."
Marulis chuckled then held up a limp, very battered looking Keteya, "So clevor was Wilhelm to send the seals to hiding in another universe." chaos felt the emotions beggining to churn inside his gut. On the verge of becoming uncontrolable.
"That is a lie Margulis, and you know it." Wilhelm glided forword, "The seals choose where they hide. And I did not do the choosing for them. Asmodeus is twisting his information to increase your hate of us."
"Asmodeus is our leader and a wise one."
"Even a wiseman needs some intelligance."
"Do not mock him!" they heard a crunching sound, Keteya gasped then whimpered in pain.
"Stop it!"
"chaos no!" inochi missed grabbing him.
chaos sent balls of light that exploded on contact, forcing . He brought out his spear and sliced Margulis' arm off, earning a very angry man after him. But chaos grabbed Keteya and pulled her away in time to avoid the explosions. He skidded across the surface of the now empty Original.
"Keteya? Keteya wake up! We're safe." chaos shook her slightly.
Keteya's eyes snapped open, "Can't say the same for you!" she lifted her arm, there was a flash of green light as she stabbed down into his left shoulder.
"AHHHHHH!!!" the phoenix smacked her away, pulling the emerald dagger out from between his bones. He crouched there, trembling.
inochi and death were by his side, "Keteya! Why?!" inochi yelled. She stopped herself when she saw that Keteya, their best friend and chaos' love was dead. Truly dead. inochi sensed no heartbeat, no life pulsing within her veins. Dead. Keteya's body did not disipate into ashes like it should have.
Margulis landed in front of them. First his bones grew back, then veins and flesh, "I hope you find your stay pleasent with Yavyn."
Before what his words took meaning in their heads, the Triplets were jerked back like an invisible string was pulling them from the back of their neck. Shion flinched when they smacked down into the molten earth. chaos suddenly felt trapped in mind and body.
"Help!" inochi screamed.
chaos snapped out of his daze to find that he was being tapped inside an obsidian coffin, "No!" he banged his fists against the glass over and over. Pain shot through out his body starting from his shoulder. Keteya's demented grinning face of betrayel haunted his mind's eye. Tears slid down his face, "Stop it! STOP IT!!"
She's dead.....
No, it can't be true! This whole thing is just an illusion right?
Keteya's betrayel.
Was it by her own choosing or Margulis' puppet?
Pain, a burning inside his soul and body. Mind and heart. chaos felt like a huge snake was forcing its way down his throat and slithering inside his arms, legs, chest, gut, and head. The screams of his sisters were mute to his ears. Cres, Nyima and the others........for all he knew they could be dead. In his living hell he was taunted with the paradise he'd been in just hours before. chaos didn't really care for this, he cared for the people he loved and cared for. The question haunted him, had it been of free will or control? Was his friends dead or no?
Nephilim pressed her palm against the glass case, "I am sorry chaos, inochi, death. But to lessen your pain I must do this." Something smoke like filtered out of the coffin swiftly and gathered into glowing silver orbs. They hovered just above her delicate hands. chaos stilled relatively.
"You insignificant little worm!" Yavyn burst from the mangma, lashing out with her hair tentacles. Nephilim vanished and they grabbed empty air.
The core grew its outer 'shell' rapidly. Gnosis came and went. A gnosis queen able to give birth without the need of the male. The remaining phoenix no where to be seen. About this time the first Zohar Emulater was uncovered from its hiding place on Earth. chaos, inoch and death remained 'dorment' with their coffin prisons.
"You took all their memories away?" Shion asked after a time.
"Not all. Just the ones that I thought would give them the most pain and left the one's they needed. But that turned out to be too much of who they'd once been. Now, even if I did replace their memories they'd never be the same." Nephilim kept her eyes on the rapidly growing Dead's Tear, "I also did something else in taking themselves, they almost went crazy not knowing where they came from or what was going to happen to them. I tried talking to them but they just wouldn't listen. Too much in pain and agony to want to."
"How long has gone by?" Shion wondered.
"A little over four millenia. You all will be surprised at how intertwined chaos is with each of you."
"Four millinia?" Kos-mos spoke for the first time. Startling everyone, "That is a long time to be experiencing pain." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------
Doh! maybe i should've merged em. (shrug) Oh well. Review please!
The phoenix's passion inside them had awoken after so many years. chaos and the others were afraid of this power, there's was always a chance that it would take you over completely. But it seemed that it was time to let it out.
Here inside the tunnel there was nothing but blackness. No light, no sound, no life. Rules meant nothing to this abyss. It was just there to absorb you into its nothingness. Consume you into its unexplainable lucid chaos.
Yavyn felt the burning of the creatures she was trying to restrain. Ahead she suddenly sensed--not saw--the end of their universe and the beggining of another. This one would be easy to find the three seals for the Fallen. Plus they would confuse those that lived there for this was an existence of rules that made sense.
All hell broke loose when the gnosis and phoenix's burst forth from the portal known most commonly as a blackhole. Bright glowing beasts screeched in fury as they battled with eachother and their gnosis advasary. Yavyn threw them off right into a nearby planet after thrashing about violently for some time. She hissed.
The five creatures turned out to be giant hawk like birds. Light traced every slightest flowing movement they made, giving them a sort of heavenly aura. The only easy way to identify them apart was their eyes.
The lead one, which they presumed was chaos stepped forword, unphased by the impact. He lowered his head and wings, swishing his long tail like a cat about to strike. The emotions and thoughts he felt were no longer exactly his own. This "transformation"happened only once before to a phoenix. That was when they were reborn to restart. Or in this case a starting to get desperate situation. It was dangerous to be in this form for both the recipient and the one doing it. chaos let out a battle cry, followed by the others in unison. The phoenix's screeched in fury and leaped off of the planet at Yavyn, their bodies blazing with power.
Explosions bigger than even ten nukes burst from the battlefield. The hawk like birds moved with such agility and swiftness it surpassed any being that was known. It made Shion's eyes hurt just watching. Actually, all she could see was flashes of light and a bit of movement here and there. It as all going to fast for the human eye to register. The creatures tackled eachother, smashing into the near by planet biting and clawing at eachother, fighting for dominance.
Without warning the gnosis King appeared out of the blackhole. It sensed what was happening. It knew of the dangers that would happen if nothing was done about the raging phoenix's. It's grotesque body rippled and it began to glow. The Zohar in the center of the emulaters began to glow fiercely while giving off a high pitched note.
A shockwave of white blue energy erupted from the gnosis' body. The phoenix's screeched almost musical notes of pain before their body disapated back to their humanoid form. Keteya was disoriented for a bit. Feeling weak with the sudden drain of massive energy. She shook her head slightly and turned in time to get smacked by Yavyn Mistra, sending her flying into the planet once again. Keteya groaned, this was just not anyone's day. The young phoenix climbed out of the hole her impact had created. Once she stood up someone snatched her up by the throat.
Yavyn Mistra found her way mostly clear of any obsticles. She hissed in pleasure and glided swiftly towards the planet.
A taunting coo caught her attention. She turned to see that three phoenix's still in their mega form standing on top of the King. chaos tilted his head, eyes dancing with mock. Daring her to try and get to him before he did what he was about to do.
Yavyn's features twisted in pure hate. She had a desicion to make. Either get to the planet or attempt to save the Zohars. She made her move.
chaos dug his barbed beak deep into the flesh and began tearing out the Original Zohar while his sisters dug for the emulaters. They ripped them out and sent them flying out into space. The King rippled, making a sound close to a walrus in pain. chaos readied himself for Yavyn but was surprised that she wasn't there. She'd faked them out by starting their way then backtracking back to the planet.
Wilhelm raised his voice for the first time, "Go! Get back into the exit now!" he actually looked afraid. The phoenix's didn't hesitate in listening, they were afraid of this new existence, should they be trapped there they would be forced to use the inhabitants to get back. Nephilim appeared, watching both the Fallen and the Dream Haven's scramble to get inside the blackhole. Most made it.
The planet's surface cracked then seemed to melt. Steam rising and freezing in place when it left the surface. Gnosis left from the battle gathered in masses against the surface then vanished. chaos watched in horror as vine like tentacles sprouted from the planet and sank into the center of the blackhole. Half of each army was left stranded now. Without warning chaos felt his power stripped and he was left drained and useless.
"What are we gonna do now chaos?" inochi gripped his arm, same as death, a little habit they always did. chaos didn't answer. He didn't have one. Suddenly his attention was drawn to the Zohars floating freely above them. chaos floated up towards the Original. He stayed suspended in place in front of the eight pointed star symbol. Maybe.....
Slowly, very hesitently, chaos reached out and pressed his palm against it. A blast of energy knocked him back, but it seemed that his hand was glued to the Zohar. chaos threw his head back screaming. His body and soul unable handle the complicated power flowing into him. Instantly inochi and death were by his side, the energy eminating from the Original increased ten fold when the sisters joined.
Nephilim did not approve of this, neither Wilhelm, but it seemed the best course of action. The Guardian turned to Cherankov, "Take a piece of each of the emulaters, should Yavyn and that King get a hold of them atleast they won't be complete."
Cherankov nodded, then followed by several other phoenix he circled the emulaters one by one. Taking a bit of the energy inside so that they would be incomplete. The Triplets seemed to be having a bit of trouble however, it seemed that they couldn't stop absorbing the Original.
The King let out a muted cry of rage.
"Go! Go! Scatter them!" Nephilim screamed. In random directions phoenix's took each emulater through a portal. Not knowing where it would take them. Smaller gnosis opened up a portal as well, not to pursue, but to steadily transfer their King somewhere safer until the Zohars were retrieved.
"Ahhhh!" chaos finaly ripped his hand from the Original, heatwaves simmering from his body. He held his throbbing hand tenderly, his sisters no better off. Briefly the center of the symbol burned onto chaos' forehead, the other halves on inochi and death.
"Heh, happy now chaos? You're trapped here with us. Whether you like it or not. And you won't be able to stop us," chaos looked up to see Margulis, "not with your only way home blocked."
chaos clenched his fingers tightly. Anger and hate boiling within his veins, "How could you bring our war into another existence? They do not belong in this! This is between us and you. No one else."
Marulis chuckled then held up a limp, very battered looking Keteya, "So clevor was Wilhelm to send the seals to hiding in another universe." chaos felt the emotions beggining to churn inside his gut. On the verge of becoming uncontrolable.
"That is a lie Margulis, and you know it." Wilhelm glided forword, "The seals choose where they hide. And I did not do the choosing for them. Asmodeus is twisting his information to increase your hate of us."
"Asmodeus is our leader and a wise one."
"Even a wiseman needs some intelligance."
"Do not mock him!" they heard a crunching sound, Keteya gasped then whimpered in pain.
"Stop it!"
"chaos no!" inochi missed grabbing him.
chaos sent balls of light that exploded on contact, forcing . He brought out his spear and sliced Margulis' arm off, earning a very angry man after him. But chaos grabbed Keteya and pulled her away in time to avoid the explosions. He skidded across the surface of the now empty Original.
"Keteya? Keteya wake up! We're safe." chaos shook her slightly.
Keteya's eyes snapped open, "Can't say the same for you!" she lifted her arm, there was a flash of green light as she stabbed down into his left shoulder.
"AHHHHHH!!!" the phoenix smacked her away, pulling the emerald dagger out from between his bones. He crouched there, trembling.
inochi and death were by his side, "Keteya! Why?!" inochi yelled. She stopped herself when she saw that Keteya, their best friend and chaos' love was dead. Truly dead. inochi sensed no heartbeat, no life pulsing within her veins. Dead. Keteya's body did not disipate into ashes like it should have.
Margulis landed in front of them. First his bones grew back, then veins and flesh, "I hope you find your stay pleasent with Yavyn."
Before what his words took meaning in their heads, the Triplets were jerked back like an invisible string was pulling them from the back of their neck. Shion flinched when they smacked down into the molten earth. chaos suddenly felt trapped in mind and body.
"Help!" inochi screamed.
chaos snapped out of his daze to find that he was being tapped inside an obsidian coffin, "No!" he banged his fists against the glass over and over. Pain shot through out his body starting from his shoulder. Keteya's demented grinning face of betrayel haunted his mind's eye. Tears slid down his face, "Stop it! STOP IT!!"
She's dead.....
No, it can't be true! This whole thing is just an illusion right?
Keteya's betrayel.
Was it by her own choosing or Margulis' puppet?
Pain, a burning inside his soul and body. Mind and heart. chaos felt like a huge snake was forcing its way down his throat and slithering inside his arms, legs, chest, gut, and head. The screams of his sisters were mute to his ears. Cres, Nyima and the others........for all he knew they could be dead. In his living hell he was taunted with the paradise he'd been in just hours before. chaos didn't really care for this, he cared for the people he loved and cared for. The question haunted him, had it been of free will or control? Was his friends dead or no?
Nephilim pressed her palm against the glass case, "I am sorry chaos, inochi, death. But to lessen your pain I must do this." Something smoke like filtered out of the coffin swiftly and gathered into glowing silver orbs. They hovered just above her delicate hands. chaos stilled relatively.
"You insignificant little worm!" Yavyn burst from the mangma, lashing out with her hair tentacles. Nephilim vanished and they grabbed empty air.
The core grew its outer 'shell' rapidly. Gnosis came and went. A gnosis queen able to give birth without the need of the male. The remaining phoenix no where to be seen. About this time the first Zohar Emulater was uncovered from its hiding place on Earth. chaos, inoch and death remained 'dorment' with their coffin prisons.
"You took all their memories away?" Shion asked after a time.
"Not all. Just the ones that I thought would give them the most pain and left the one's they needed. But that turned out to be too much of who they'd once been. Now, even if I did replace their memories they'd never be the same." Nephilim kept her eyes on the rapidly growing Dead's Tear, "I also did something else in taking themselves, they almost went crazy not knowing where they came from or what was going to happen to them. I tried talking to them but they just wouldn't listen. Too much in pain and agony to want to."
"How long has gone by?" Shion wondered.
"A little over four millenia. You all will be surprised at how intertwined chaos is with each of you."
"Four millinia?" Kos-mos spoke for the first time. Startling everyone, "That is a long time to be experiencing pain." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------
Doh! maybe i should've merged em. (shrug) Oh well. Review please!
