AC: I hope you like this chapter...There's 2 more parts before the end of the desert journey.
Chaotic: Creatures in human world
Arc 2: Liberation of Perim
Opening: New World
ROMANJI
sora wo koete
umi wo koete
chiisana fuan
kibou ni kaete
arukidashita
kono sekai de
donna deai wo
sagashi ni ikou
omoi kuzuresou demo zawameku kokoro osaeru
kimi no koe ga tsutsumu saki shinjite
bokura no tabi wa mada hajimatta bakari
doredake no yume wo kizuna wo tsunaide ikou
atsumaru kokoro wa tatakau tsuyosa ni naru yo
yami wo koeta
asu no sono saki e
TRANSLATION
Beyond the skies
Beyond the sea
A bit of uneasiness
Can become hope
As I walk
On this earth
What sort of encounters
Am I here to find?
Although my thoughts are scattered, I hold back my stirring heart
And believe in the future enveloped by your voice
Our journey has only just begun
Connecting to unknown extent our bonds and dreams to each other
The hearts who assemble as one will give us strength to fight
And overcome the darkness
To what lies beyond tomorrow
Chapter 34: Mipedian Tribe part 2: The quest to Owayki
Near the Canyon
The creatures put themselves in position. The humans stand beside their partner except Alex is has lost all his calm.
The mipedian ghost raises his hands and points them to the sky. The mipedian scales are a light green color and has yellowish eyes. Wears shoulder pauldrons and a rusted red scarf followed by a traditional mipedian cloth down to his waist. He emits ghostly aura.
Nothing happens...Then the 3 scanners starts making a noise sound and they look at it. A message is slowly written on it. Guy read the message.
I am the royal general Owayki. I am not here to hurt you or trying to scare you. Says the message.
"He's the general!" Shouts Nile.
"He comes to us." Says Sobtjek.
"He's just a f-f-f-freaking ghost! If we listen...He'll...D-d-d-drag us to hell!" Shouts Alex.
"I never knew you were superstitious." Comments Carlos surprise.
"You were always calm...Not anymore." Says Intress.
"It's a ghost!" Shouts Alex.
I am sorry for frittering you...But I am only here to talk to you. The message says.
Owayki ghost appears to be sad by the reaction of Alex. Alex sees this and he calms down.
"Calm down my friend...I'm sure he's not dangerous." Says Odu-Bathax.
"What happen to you?" Asks Guy politely. "We humans are always scare of the unknown...It is normal that dead and ghost freak us out."
I do not know exactly what happen...My soldier and I only know that we are cursed by something...My loyal soldiers turn into stone...70 years ago...And I...As I am today...Leaving our family alone...Not dead and neither alive...Thinking about what happen to them...Thinking about what happen to our child...My son...Sobek...I've leave him alone when he was recently born.
Owayki closes his eyes and he would cry if he can.
"Did...He say...Sobek?" Asks Vinta.
"Do you know him?" Asks Guy.
"Yeah...It's...never mind that." Says Vinta.
"Alright." Says Guy.
"Where should we search for you Owayki?" Asks Sobtjek.
You have to pass the Canyon...I shall wait you there. Owayki then disappears from their eyes.
Alex is now calmer and he stops freaking out. Odu-Bathax is a little surprise by him. He never loses his cool but when the ghost appears...Another part of Alex appears.
Guy looks at Vinta who is now the one to be perturbed by the text on the scanners.
"That was the legendary warrior!" Shouts Nile.
"Yeah." Says Ario.
"We have to go now." Says Sobtjek. "You have to remember that this place is dangerous. We have to proceed with caution when we enter in the canyon. Strange events occur...It is also..." He looks at Alex and he could help but smirks. "Hunted."
Alex shouts a little in fear and the group laugh but a more nervous laugh. The mipedians know about the danger but Alex was currently more afraid than Nile who's trembling a little on the Kozorr. He is afraid of what will happen now...But he tries to be brave for the tribe...which he fails of course.
The group starts walking in the canyon...The danger is now around them...Waiting for the victims to come...And calm their lust of blood...With their flesh.
Near Al Mipedim
"You're...Cousin..." Says Myna.
"Yes...He is right here...We have to free his mind...But how?" Asks Mudeenu.
"Did you forget already?" Asks Samantha. "We need to defeat the M'arrillian leader so all mipedians can be free of the M'arrillians control...We can also free Iflar alone but he can be possessed again. We just need Guy to-" Samantha stops talking. "We have a major problem."
Only Kaya and Yoshi didn't gasp when they realise something is wrong.
"What is it?" Asks Yoshi.
"We...completely forgot...That only Guy can free everyone." Says Myna. "He can break the mind control."
"Without him...We can't do anything." Says Kaya when he realises what they think.
"Even so we can't stop right now!" Shouts Mudeenu.
"Alright...We have to think of a plan that will get us inside the city." Says Agitos. "We can still kidnap Iflar and drag him all the way to our world and ask the Cothica to free his control...Or be free by coming to our world."
"That is true." Agreed Samantha. "We just need a plan to enter in."
"I think I know how." Says Mudeenu. "I've live here since my childhood. I know some secret entrance in the city I use when I was young...I use them to get out of course...I was almost eaten by a Diserr. Father saved me at the very last second."
"Alright. We will follow you...But...How do we enter in the city without being spot? They know we are not control...They are not dump." Says Samantha.
"We enter...Secret agent style." Says Yoshi.
"...Not the way I'll put it but it's the good plan." Says Agitos.
"We just need to wait for the night." Says Mudeenu.
"They are returning inside." Says Myna.
They look at the M'arrillians and the mipedians returning in the city.
"Where did the M'arrillian go?" Asks Kaya.
"Who?" The others ask.
"The one that get out of the city." Says Kaya.
"He was going...Dammit!" Shouts Myna.
In the Canyon
Old legend says that the Canyon was once a peaceful place. The Canyon was known as the Peace Soul. The soul of every being that goes there were in peace and calm. All aggressively disappears...It was like entering in the heart of the Cothica. But one day...Some dark corrupted the Canyon...The place becomes unstable...The energy disrupted by the dark and hurricane, lighting, even tidal wave can appears out of nowhere. It becomes the cursed Canyon. The dark is still there...Alive...Lurking in the shadow and watching his prey. When the night comes...The Dark venture outside and eats the fools who dare stays in the darkness...Only the light of the flame or the light of your soul can protect you from the danger. If you are not careful...Dead will come...No...More than Dead...Eternal pain and suffering...The dark will delight of it and will never stop. The Dark knows no mercy...The Dark...is the opposite of the Cothica. No salvation for those who are weak and have a dark heart.
Sobtjek then grunts and he look at the others who have listened to him.
"That is the story of the Canyon?" Asks Alex visibly afraid.
"Yes...But it is only known has legend...But...They always have a little part of true in it." Says Sobtjek.
"I wonder why they were there." Says Carlos.
"I don't think the troop of Owayki was there without a reason." Says Intress.
"I feel better...I can walk now." Says Nile.
He gets down of the Kozorr and he starts walking by the side of Ario, a little in the middle of the group in case of an attack.
The group continues for a while until they reach a part of the canyon where there were holes on the wall. They look at it and they see nothing. Alex him...Looks closer and he sees a pair of eyes looking at him before disappearing. He breathes strongly and he thinks he sees a ghost.
"There's something looking at us." Says Alex.
The group looks and they see nothing.
"Must be your imagination." Says Guy.
"This place isn't completely safe...We may see things that aren't real." Says Dakkamal.
"We may be hallucinating?" Asks Odu-Bathax.
"Maybe." Says Ario. "We have to be sure to see the same thing."
"Alright." Says Intress.
The group continues walking for a while and nothing troublesome seems to appear on their way. Nile was walking the best he can and tries to be brave for everyone but it is very difficult for him. He isn't use to any of this. He then sees some red eyes looking at him...Maybe it is something Alex has seen.
"Ario...I...I see something." Says Nile.
Ario looks at him and Nile points the direction. Ario checks and he sees nothing.
"There's nothing there." Says Ario.
Nile looks once again and he sees nothing.
"Maybe I've hallucinate too." Says Nile.
"It is possible." Says Ario.
"Sorry for wasting time." Says Nile.
"...It's alright...It's better to confirm if something is real or not." Says Ario with a small smile.
Ario smile gives some courage to Nile and he continues walking. The red eyes appear once again and it looks at them.
They continue through the canyon and nothing seems to be existing in this place. Guy looks around and he isn't sure...He has a bad feeling something bad is walking around them. Vinta also feels something wrong around them but he didn't see anything. He uses all his talent of stalker and he checks every details but he finds nothing suspicious. They continue that way for a while and the Re starts to be low in the sky. They find a place protect them for the night. When they see one, they found and old and abandon city. They enter in it and watch around. Dakkamal and his 3 soldiers see nothing suspicious and they put a small camp. Everyone sits on the ground and they say nothing for a while.
"...I just realise something." Says Intress.
"What is it?" Asks Carlos.
"How can Mudeenu frees Iflar from the M'arrillian influence?" Asks Intress.
"Guy has received the training for that." Says Carlos.
Intress looks at Carlos and he realises the problem.
The others hear this and Guy did a face palm at his face.
"How could I forget about this?" Shouts Guy.
"We all forgot about that detail!" Shouts Alex.
"What do you mean he can free the control?" Asks Ario.
"I receive the training to free the creatures from the control of the M'arrillians...I can free them individually and also the entire tribe if he manages to attack the control of the M'arrillian who's the satellite leader." Says Vinta.
"He...can do that?" Asks Sobtjek.
"Yes." Says Vinta proud of his partner.
"Then he can rescue our tribe and accomplish a miracle...We can...Really hope." Says Nile. "My parents can be saved."
Ario looks at Nile for a while, for one second his eyes look at the ground.
"The problem is that we are far away." Says Odu-Bathax.
"We have a long distance to make when we have found them." Says Alex.
"Do not worry." Says Sobtjek. "We have a...fast way to return to Al Mipedim."
"Yes." Says Dakkamal with a smile.
"Good." Says Guy.
A very quick sound has been made. Vinta, who's be train for this notice the detail.
"Quiet." Says Vinta. "I've hear something."
They stop making any sound and they look around. They hear nothing. Ario knows Vinta well...He knows there's something around them.
"Something is...watching us?" Asks Nile afraid.
Ario puts his hand on the young mipedian shoulder.
"Do not worry...We will protect you." Says Ario with a smile.
"Alright...I'll...be careful." Says Nile.
They look around for a while when Vinta spots the red eyes. Guy looks at his gaze and he sees it too.
"Something with red eyes is looking at us." Says Vinta.
"Me too." Says Guy.
"Red...Red eyes." Says Nile.
"Yes." Says Vinta.
"The thing I've seen has red eyes." Says Nile.
The light disappears and the darkness is now covering the canyon.
A loud sound has been made and the red eyes jump at their direction.
"That...That must be...T...t...t-t-t the Dark." Says Nile.
Nile hides behind Ario who takes battle position. Everyone does like him and they are ready to fight the Dark. It lands close and Nile shouts in fear when he sees the creatures.
"What...is that?" Says Nile.
"Don't know but stay behind me." Says Ario.
The Dark is not alone. 3 others identical being is with him. They have a dark appearance. Their body seem to be like petrol falling on the ground. They have red eyes shining on their face. They have 5 legs they use to walk. They have 3 horns on their head that seems sharp and also melting on the ground.
"That's...An insult to life." Comments Guy. They are the source of his fear.
"Wha-What do we do?!" Shouts Nile afraid.
"The story!" Shouts Alex.
"! On it!" Shouts Dakkamal. He raises his hands and he throws fire.
The 3 Dark move away from the flame and they charge at Guy and Vinta who are away from the flame. When they are close to Guy, they wimp of fear and they move away from him and they take a distance.
"Why are they afraid of you?" Asks Intress.
"The light of the soul...I have that light?" Says Guy unsure.
"Good." Says Vinta.
The 3 Dark moves around and tries encircling the others. Dakkamal throws fire and they back away except one who jumps over the mipedian. He charges at Ario. Nile shouts in fear and he moves out of the Dark way. Ario throws a Wind Slash and he hits the Dark but he falls on his legs and he charges at Nile. Nile shouts in fear when the Dark is close when Ario tackles the Dark before he reaches Nile. Guy and Vinta moves closer to Nile.
"Stay close to me! They won't attack me." Says Guy.
Odu-Bathax uses his earth abilities to create a wall around them and offers protection. Alex stays close to him and he already has boosted his partner power. Intress uses her water abilities to pushes the enemy away. After a while, the 3 Dark give up and they walk away.
"They...give up." Says Sobjek.
Dakkamal order his troop puts wood and he lights it up. The flame creates a strong light and it will make the Dark stay away from them.
"Ario...Thank you for saving me." Says Nile.
"It's my duty." Says Ario.
"I'm just a weight for you...I...I can't fight." Says Nile. He looks at the ground.
"You are not a weight." Says Ario.
"It's true. You never try to cause trouble." Says Dakkamal.
"Give yourself some time and you will be a great mipedian." Says Ario.
"For real?" Asks Nile.
"Of course." Says Ario.
"You are very nice with Nile." Says Guy. "I never thought you'll be that way."
"You do not really know me." Says Ario.
"I know." Says Guy.
"So...do you think those thing may attack us again?" Asks Nile.
"Maybe...But we know how to counter them." Says Sobtjek.
"Those thing...They are not the predators." Says Alex.
"I think like you...They are vicious...But there's something...Not normal...I fear they are something even worse...Maybe it has a link with the Dark Dead?" Wonders Carlos.
"If it's true...But They only seems to guard this place." Says Sobtjek. "Maybe they have cursed the soldiers of Owayki."
"...Turning into...Statues..." Says Nile. "Hum...I...I can see...It is worse than dead itself...They will suffer for long."
...
A long silence occurs.
"I think it is a good answer." Says Sobtjek. "But it can still be only a legend."
"I think we should rest now." Says Odu-Bathax.
"True...We must be ready for tomorrow." Says Sobtjek.
"I shall stay awake for the first part of the night." Says one of the soldiers of Dakkamal.
The soldier stands for guard duty while everyone else falls asleep. Nile is the only one who can't fall asleep. Ario opens his eyes and he looks at the young mipedian.
"What is it?" Asks Nile guardian.
"I...I don't want to sleep." Says Nile nervously.
"Why?" Asks Ario.
"They...They might come back." Says Nile.
"You do not have to fear anything. I've promise I'll protect you." Says Ario.
"But...He almost gets me." Says Nile.
"I...Well-" But Nile cuts him.
"Sorry...It's not what I mean...You can't always protect me...I...I don't know what I can do...If I am by myself." Says Nile.
"You shall learn everything as you grown up." Says Ario. "I wasn't that strong too at your age. You need first to believe in yourself."
"Believe...In...Myself." Says Nile.
"Yeah...You can become a great mipedian...I know you can." Says Ario.
"Thank you...But I'm still too afraid to sleep." Says Nile.
"Come closer." Says Ario.
Nile moves closer to his guardian. Ario taps his big belly and Nile puts his head on Ario soft gut. Ario then pats the young mipedian and it succeeds in comforting the teenager mipedian who falls asleep. Ario looks at him.
"Sleep well." Says Ario.
The guard puts some wood on the fire and the flame grows a little bigger for a while. He looks around and he sees the red eyes keeping a safe distance from it.
"I hope the night end soon." Says the soldier.
Night: M'arrillian territory DeepMines
Aa'une is now waiting for the results. His soldiers have found out that the humans he seeks are in the mipedian territory. He closes his eyes for a few seconds and he opens them again. He puts a hand on his chest. He can feel the fear again in him. He then shakes his head. He's overthinking about this once again.
"Daddy?" Asks a voice.
Aa'une turns at the direction of the young girl and he takes her on his palm. He then raises her at the level of his chest.
"What is it?" Asks Aa'une gently.
"Are you alright?" She asks.
"Of course I'm fine...You have nothing to worry about." Says Aa'une.
"You are not telling the true." Says Amethyst.
"..." Aa'une doesn't replies to this.
Amethyst walks on his palm and she hugs the chest of her father. Aa'une closes his eyes and feels the love she is giving to him. For a moment, all his worry disappears...Every time he is with her...He feels like everything will be fine.
"I'm feeling better." Says Aa'une with a small smile. "As a leader...I tend to worry a lot for nothing really important."
She keeps hugging the chest of Aa'une for a while and Aa'une decides it is time to sleep. She stays on his chest for the rest of the night.
Night: Al Mipedim
The group decides that it is time to infiltrate the capital. Mudeenu was first followed by myna, Agitos, Samantha, Yoshi and Kaya. They enter in the town and they look around. Myna and Samantha slashes their card for the Skeletal Specter to see the mipedian if they are invisible. Mudeenu and Agitos look around and they check to be sure there's no mipedians present. They see nothing and they walk behind the building. Mudeenu checks around and he sees nothing. He gives a sign and the others nod. They follow him until they are behind another building. They continue that way for a while and are moving closer to the castle. After a while, they see a group of soldiers, M'arrillians, that are looking inside a building. They get out and they return with food and water.
"There's too much food and water for all the soldiers." Says Kaya.
"There must be...prisoners there." Supposed Samantha.
"It's not a prison." Says Mudeenu.
"Then...What is there that needs guard?" Wonders Agitos.
"We have to investigate." Says Myna.
The agreed and they walk closer to the building. They look at a high window. The 3 creatures give a boost to their human partner with their shoulders and back. They then join them in the air except Kaya who can't really do that. Kaya then opens his ears and he listens to what's going on.
"It's..." Says Myna when she sees what's inside.
"Civilians." Completes Mudeenu.
They look inside the building and they see mipedians in there. They appear to be under the control of the M'arrillians. They weren't badly threat. They were not all here, but only some of them. The group sees the soldiers giving them food and water to assure that they do not miss anything. The children were check by some of the mipedians doctor to be sure they are alright. It also seems that the children are with their parents.
"That's what happens to the civilians." Says Mudeenu surprise. He didn't expect that from the invaders.
"They are well threated...That's not something you can expect." Says Samantha. "I'm starting to question their real motive."
"I can see that the place where the civilians are is behind walls...But also out of the way if an attack happens...They are really planning to be attack...But...Who can that be when all tribe are under their control?" Asks Agitos.
"Maybe something else is here?" Says Yoshi.
"Maybe it's about the Dark Dead...If they are acting that way...Maybe Phelphor wasn't lying like I first thought...I was believing it was just...justification." Says Myna.
"We do not have time for this anyway. We have to find a way to rescue my cousin." Says Mudeenu.
"Alright...But we have to reach the castle first." Says Myna.
The moves away from the building and they walk until they reach the castle. They start walking inside when a mipedian appears behind them. Kaya smells him and he turns around. The Chezaron shoes his teeth and the mipedian makes a chut. They others turn around and they see the mipedian waving them silently to follow him. The group looks at each other's and aren't sure about what to do. They decide to follow him and they walk behind him. After a while, they see a house and he walks beside it. The mipedian presses a few switches and a secret passage open. They group enter in it and they climb down the stairs. After a while, they reach a corridor and they pass it after the mipedian light a torch. They walk in the corridor and they reach a room where one more mipedian is looking at them. When the 2 looks at the group; the light of the torch reveal their face.
"Marquis Darini...Brathe." Says Mudeenu.
The Marquis is a wise Mipedian and remains strong – even though age has taken its toll on the commander. One will often be able to recognize the Marquis by his beautiful blue cape and his traditional Mipedian sabre. He has whiskers or a moustache and eyebrows. He has also a blue loincloth. He has a long tail raising his from his authority that also shrine in his yellow eyes. He has a very pale green scales on all his body. He also has a dewlap over his head. He smiles at the sight of Mudeenu. When he sees Agitos and Kaya he was surprise and a little curious about their presence. He also looks at the humans and he is completely taken by surprise since he has never seen them.
Brathe is an agile and robust Mipedian. He seldom wears any real armor and relies on his Speed and thick, leathery skin to provide any defense he needs – that is, when he is not invisible. He has red gauntlet that doesn't cover his fingers. He has pale orange skin covering his body. He has light fur over his eyes like the humans. He has spikes from the top of his head to the end of his long tail. The tail end like an arrow.
"Mudeenu...It's good to see you here." Says Brathe with a smile.
"Prince Mudeenu...You're back...I didn't expect you to come back with creatures of other tribe." Says Darini.
"I now...I'm just full of surprise." Replies Mudeenu with a smile.
"You...with humor." Says Brathe. "I must have lost my mind...Or you."
"I've change a little." Replies Mudeenu with a small smile.
"There's other mipedians who aren't control by the M'arrillian." Says Agitos surprise. "I thought Sobtjek and the others were the last one."
"There's...Others who are free of their control!" Shouts Darini.
"Yeah...I come back here with my friends to rescue all the tribes." Says Mudeenu. "If you are here...That explains the patrol we see outside...They are searching for you."
"That is true." Says Darini.
"Anyway...What happen when you were absent?" Asks Brathe.
The group gives their name to the mipedians and they also explain their journey in the human world. They listen to their story.
"So we are here to rescue my cousin and the mipedian tribe." Concludes Mudeenu.
"I think you should rest for today." Says Darini. "You are sleepy. You should rest for the night and do this tomorrow."
"I think Darini is right." Says Myna. "We are not at top shape right now."
"I need my night of sleep too." Says Kaya.
"Alright...From what I can see...Iflar isn't in danger of death anyway." Says Mudeenu.
"What happen to your armor?" Asks Darini.
"A very violent fight." Says Mudeenu about the duel against a Chezaron.
"You horn is almost complete once again." Says Brathe. "You may also return to normal psychologically...Even if I prefer the new Mudeenu." He adds with a smile.
"I change because of fear...Myna can be really...Really scary when you upset her." Warns Mudeenu.
Myna looks at them for a while with a small and scary smile.
"I do not want to see it then. Nothing really scares you anyway...Except Chaor but you can hide it well." Says Darini.
"Anyway...Let's sleep." Yoshi then yawn. "We have a big mission tomorrow and Guy isn't here to help us."
"We can only count on ourselves." Says Myna. She takes out her scanner and tries to talk with the others but nothing happen. "I guess we are out of range...100% by ourselves."
"Anyway...Let's sleep for now." Says Samantha. "I'm sure they will come here...I think they might have a way to come back here fast...Guy also have a flux card."
The group then sleep on the ground for the rest of the night.
Al Mipedim Palace
Vitar'zu was walking in the palace and his brain was working hard. He knows the humans are in the mipedian territory and he couldn't help but feel himself threatened. The creatures with them and the humans are a dangerous combination. Aa'une warns them about all M'arrillians about the danger the humans represent. He also orders them to be brought alive. They are dangerous but very important; except the little girl. He says to look up for one of them who seem to shrine more than the other humans.
Vitar'zu continues walking for a while before going to bed. It is his second night he can't sleep. He fears the humans but he also hope to obtain them. It's the only way they can survive. He closes his eyes but he can't fall asleep. He decides to try to think about something else but even that can't help him.
Vitar'zu is one of the few who knows the real danger. He shakes his head and he changes his thought for something else. When he knows about the danger, he was unable to sleep for a while. When Aa'une gives the plan, he feels a sense of security that calms him and he was able to sleep again...But...The humans stand in their way and he has lose this security. He is once again afraid by it. He closes his eyes and another thought calms him... Amethyst...Everything he thinks of her...Like most of the M'arrillians, they feel like there's nothing to fear. Her innocent smile makes them believe it.
"I sure want to see you right now." Says Vitar'zu. He closes his eyes and he falls asleep.
In the Canyon
The group in the canyon wakes up and they eat a fast breakfast before they continue walking. They advance in their journey in the canyon...They do not know something is coming closer to them. He is lurking after them.
They continue walking the track for a while when the weather suddenly starts changing. The Kozorrs start panicking and their instinct tells them that something bad is about to happen. The group knows something is about to happen. The clouds in the sky appear very fast and the sound of lighting can be heard. The group follows the Kozorrs there they run but Nile falls on the ground. Ario sees him and he turns away. He takes Nile on his arms and he runs the faster he can. A lighting strikes from the sky:
"AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!" One of the soldiers of Dakkamal screams in pain.
The cloud then suddenly disappears. They look at the dead soldier. Blood came out of his nose and mouth. The humans see this and they tremble in fear and sadness. They are still not use to see dead and it hurts them a lot.
"NO!" Screams Nile.
(Shin Megami Tensei II – Neutral theme)
The young mipedian runs at the side of the dead soldier.
"Come on! This is not the time to take a nap! Wake up!...This is not funny!...Wake up...Wake up!...WAKE UP!" Screams Nile at the dead soldier.
"...It's useless." Says Ario. "He...won't come back." Ario closes his eyes. He is use to see dead...But he isn't use to comfort someone who lives such situation the first time...And without a military training. Nile isn't ready to witness this.
"No...No...NO!" Screams Nile.
"We...have to...continue." Says Dakkamal hardly.
"How can you say that?!" Shouts Nile.
"We have a mission...We...Do not have time to mourn his dead." Says Dakkamal looking down.
"That's...MONSTRUFUL!" Screams Nile. He closes his eyes and he cries over the dead mipedian. Tears fall on the dead body of the dead mipedian.
Ario walks closer to him and he puts his green hand over the young mipedian shoulders.
"Nile...I'm sorry to say it but...We do not have much time." Says Ario with great difficulty.
"You too!" Shouts Nile. "Why aren't you crying for him?!"
"Because it isn't the time for this." Says Ario. "This is the life of a soldier."
"We can at least bury him!" Shouts Nile.
The humans are still sad about their dead. There let some tears falling over their eyes. They didn't say anything. They are like Nile...They do not understand their way of thinking.
"We...do not have time." Says Ario.
Nile turns at the direction of Ario and he tries punching the chest of Ario. Ario chest is too hard to hurt the green mipedian. After a few tries he just stays there and he burst into tears on the chest of Ario. Ario then gives a hug to the young mipedian and he lets him cry.
Odu-Bathax decides to arrange this and he digs a hole. Dakkamal puts the dead soldier into the hole and they bury him. Sobtjek then gives a few words to give him his honor.
"Rest in peace." Says the humans with courage. Nile says it too.
(Theme end)
Nile wasn't really in shape to walk. Ario puts him on the Kozorr. Nile doesn't look at Ario after this. They continue like this for a while until they hear a song behind them. The group turn around. It was one M'arrillian. He was moving closer to them. His name was Ihun'kalin.
Ihun'kalin is a powerful M'arrillian. He is floating in the air. He has green color over all his body and some blue part armor on him. His legs are tentacles that don't touch the ground. His arms are 2 long tentacles. Higher from his chest seems to have a big black hole where a purple eye looking at the group.
Behind them a sound is made and a light appears. Owayki appears once again. Alex would have shouted in fear but the M'arrillian is scarier for Alex. He charges at the M'arrillian and he uses a slash beam attack on Ihun'kalin. He hits the M'arrillian who flies until he hits the wall. Owayki then calls a fire ball and he throws it at Ihun'kalin who blocks it with a wall of water. He then counters with a beam attack and he hits Owayki. Ihun'kalin then throws a white beam at the ghost mipedian.
"The M'arrillian is trying to take control of Owayki's mind!" Shouts Sobtjek.
"This isn't good." Says Intress.
Owayki disperse the beam and he looks at the M'arrillian.
"The wise one is right! They can't control them!" Shouts Sobtjek.
Owayki throws a wind slash at him. He hits the M'arrillian who partially blocks it. He then counters with another attack that seems to be dispersing.
"What is that?" Asks Odu-Bathax.
Dakkamal, his soldiers and Nile have a headache for a few seconds until their eyes shine with a red color.
"...This isn't good." Says Alex.
Dakkamal, the soldiers and Nile turns around and they attack the group. Dakkamal attacks Vinta while the 4 remaining soldiers charge at Odu-Bathax, Intress and Sobtjek. Nile is the last one and he walks at the direction of Ario. Ario walks away from Nile. He doesn't want to fight the young mipedian.
The battle is chaotic around and they fight the best they can. They have problem fighting those who are in control and they have a little bound with them. Vinta was hesitant to hit one of his fellow soldiers and brother in arm...Especially after one of them died and Nile and the human were sad...and are still sad about it.
Ario doesn't have any will fighting Nile. Nile charges at Ario and he punches Ario gut. Nile then tries to kick Ario but he blocks it with his arm. Nile then attacks Ario with a low kick and Ario jumps over it.
"Nile...Wake up! You don't want to fight me!" Shouts Ario. He dodges another punch from the teenager mipedian.
"Destroy the enemy." Says Nile under control.
"Stop! Remember me! You have to! What about your parents?!" Asks Ario.
Nile ignores Ario plea and he charges at Ario who falls on the ground. Nile jumps on Ario stomach and he then starts strangling Ario with his hands. Ario tries to free himself but he doesn't want to use brute force.
"N...Nile." Says Ario weakly.
Alex and Carlos appear behind Nile and they force him to get off Ario and they throw him away. Guy runs next to Ario.
"Are you alright?!" Shouts Guy.
"I'm...fine." Says Ario.
Sobtjek sees that the fight is going bad and he takes out one of his mugic.
"Melody of Mirage!" Shouts Sobtjek.
The song can be heard playing and a giant beast appears in front of the mipedians and the M'arrillian. They walk away and try to fight back.
"What is that?" Asks Odu-Bathax.
"It's a mirage! We have to run before it disappears." Says Sobtjek.
"We can't leave Nile behind!" Protests Ario.
"No time my friend! We have to run." Says Vinta. He takes his friend arm and they run away from the M'arrillian and the brainwash M'arrillian. Sobtjek takes one of the Kozorr and he runs too.
The group runs away until they reach something that looks like a river with white fog.
"Let's go!" Says Carlos.
He was about to pass over the fog when Sobtjek stops him.
"No! If we try passing it...The fog might kill us!" Warns Sobtjek.
"With what we see! I think he's right." Says Alex.
"Let's pass over that rock bridge." Says Odu-Bathax when he sees it.
The group runs at the direction of the bridge when they see enemy after them. One of them throws a beam but he hits Alex.
"Argh! Dammit!" Shouts Alex in pain.
"ALEX!" Shouts Odu-Bathax. He takes him and he joins the other. He puts one of his hands over the part where Alex is bleeding.
They pass the bridge and they see the enemy getting close.
"CARD SLASH! Pyroblaster battlegear activates!" Shouts Guy.
Vinta takes the Pyroblaster that appears in his hands and he fires at the bridge. Ario takes his own Pyroblaster he puts on the Kozorr they have bring. The bridge cracks and it falls into small pieces.
The enemies stop and they wait for a while. They look around and they move to another bridge.
"Let's go." Says Sobtjek.
They walk away. Owayki who has given time disappears after giving them a sad look. Their morale is now low...Especially Ario who starts mourning one small sentence time to time...Like a whispering.
"I've fail my promise." Ario says sadly.
They continue until the night comes back once again. They light up a camp and they sit there. Guy sees Ario very depress and he sits next to him and he talks to him.
"Ario...Do you want to say what's on your mind? I've hear you saying that you fail your promise...Is it about Nile?" Asks Guy with a calm voice.
"...Yeah...I've promise I'll protect Nile." Says Ario. He closes his eyes for a moment. "I...don't want to talk about it."
"Are you sure?" Asks Guy. "Maybe it isn't too late to fulfil it. I can free his mind."
"Alright...Listen well." Says Ario. Ario opens his mouth and he starts talking.
It was a few months ago. The city was under attack by the M'arrillians. The town has suffered some destruction. I was with Dakkamal and we were fighting back the enemy in the merchant section of the town. We were losing the fight of course but we refuse to give up. Iflar was at the center part of the town, fighting back the M'arrillians. It was a violent fight of course and we fight with all our strength until we hear a sound. I was ask to check it out and I go to the place where the sound has been made...I've see a crushed building and I run in case someone needs help...I've see 2 mipedians there with black scales. I run next to them and I've seen that they are agonising...They will not survive more than a few minutes. They are Nile's parents...I move closer to them when the father opens his mouth weakly.
"My...son...place...save him...*Keuf Keuf*!" He coughs a few times.
I listen to his last words which are slowly grave forever in my memories.
"Nile...Please...Promise you'll...P...protect him." Says the mother of Nile. "He's somewhere...else." She closes her eyes for a few seconds before opening them. "Tell him...We...love him."
"Nile...I...I...don't want...to...to...die...Nile...be...sad...please... protect him." Says Nile father. He drops his head and he falls into his pool of blood and dies.
"Take...this necklace...Give him my...necklace." Says Nile's mother.
Nile mother also dies the same way in her own blood of pool.
I decide to respect their last wish and I search around in the battlefield. After a while...I've found Nile who was hiding under some broken building. I knew it was him because he has the color of the dark scales. He was trembling and crying in fear. He sees me and he tries hiding deeper. I walk closer and I look at him.
"Do not be afraid...You parents have ask me to help you." I say.
"No...I do not know you." Says Nile.
"You're name is Nile...Right?" I Ask.
"...Yes..." Says Nile.
"You parents ask me to protect you." I say.
"You are lying." Replies Nile afraid.
"Look." I check on me and I show Nile the necklace his mother gives to me. "Do you recognise it?"
"Mom necklace!" Shouts Nile. Nile starts to trust me and he moves closer to me. He takes the necklace and he looks at it. He decides to wear it. "Thank you!...What happen to mom...and dad?"
"Well...euh..." I hesitate for a while...I didn't know what to say. "I've lost them when we were searching for you...I...I do not know what happen to them." I lie. "We will be back...But we have to get out of here for now."
"Al...Alright." Says Nile looking at my eyes with little doubts.
I think he was too afraid to ask question to me.
"That's how I meet him...I never tell him that his parents are...dead." Says Ario.
"It's alright...You did it because you thought it was best for him...But one day...You'll have to tell him the true." Says Guy.
"I know...Thanks for listening to me." Says Ario with a smile.
"You are welcome...We can rescue him...I have the power to free him mind...When we can...I'll do it." Says Guy.
"Thank you for this." Says Ario.
The group then starts sleeping except Odu-Bathax who is watching Alex. He has use the mugic to heal him but he is still watching him.
Al Mipedim: Night
The group who's in Al Mipedim have finish preparing the plan to infiltrate the castle. They follow Mudeenu to reach the castle.
"Alright...It is time to rescue my cousin." Says Mudeenu.
Everyone is ready to enter in the castle. They are in front of it and they enter. When they reach the inside, Samantha and Agitos think that something is wrong...It was too easy. Darini and Brathe are also more careful. They also feel that they are not in a good position.
"Welcome to my castle!" Says Iflar appearing behind them, turning visible. The royal guard also appears and they point their spears at their direction. "My dear cousin...I was wondering when you'll come visit me...I guess it's now."
"This isn't good." Comments Kaya.
The M'arrillian leader also appears and he walks at their direction.
"That's right...You are in a very bad situation." Says Vitar'zu. "We cannot let you free the mipedians...We need them...Now...Surrender and we will bring you to a nice prison." He says with a small smirk.
To be continued
AC: Cliffhanger...I'm sure you already want to discover the next chapter but you'll have to wait. Until next time, have fun!