Journey of the soul chapter 37
Jesus, look at that big number! We've racked up quite a few chapters.
Hunter: ….only you could get excited by a number.
I am excited. Because now, I can be a little creative with the story.
Hunter: whatever you do, I'm sure it'll be terrible.
Y'know you're being more of a pillock than usual. Is this because you aren't in this chapter?
Hunter:….my picture is the cover art of the story and I'm not even in this chapter…
Get over it ya big baby. I don't own fossil fighters and I'm okay with that, so you should be okay with this.
Hunter: I'm leaving
The world is a mysterious place, filled with many stories. And with these stories, many perspectives as well. This story has seen only one perspective, but that will change when fates overlap.
Not far from Vivosaur island is an archipelago called the Caliosteo islands. They are renowned for hosting some of the fiercest Vivosaur tournaments in the world. Outside the famous Wildwest tower where these battles are held, a little girl, no more than 7, is running across the pavement of Cranial island.
Lila's sandals flapped up and down as she ran towards the fossil guild. Her blonde hair whipped across her face and Her coin pouch jingled like a set of keys at her hip. Today was the day, she would finally get her vivosaur and be a fossil fighter. Lila dreamed of being a fossil fighter ever since she saw a vivosaur on her nana's tv screen.
"Look at that nana!" She squealed with delight, "a dragon!" Once her grandmother explained what a vivosaur was, Lila wanted nothing more than her own vivosaur. And after 6 months of cleaning plates and sweeping floors for an allowance, she had saved up the 4000 G needed for a fossil rock.
"Hey kid!" Lila was about to enter the door to the guild when she turned towards the voice. There were two men leaning against the wall. One was smoking a cigar while the other glared at anyone who came too close.
"Where's your parents?" The man with the cigar asked.
"Don't got any," Lila said curtly, not bothering to try and sound like a city person, she and her nana used to live out in the countryside of Vivosaur island before they moved here.
"Don't get lost." The man muttered. Lila went into the guild area while giving the two men a strange look.
The guild area was so huge even the map dwarfed Lila in size. Still, she knew the way to the fossil shop by heart. She sat on the step of the escalator as it carried her up, getting strange looks along the way. She entered through the door of the fossil shop and walked over to the counter, trying to conceal the excitement bubbling up in her stomach.
"Look who's back again!" The shopkeep said happily, "come to browse for new arrivals Lila?" He pointed at a large rock on a shelf behind a glass wall, "we just got a brachiosaurus leg in the latest shipment."
"I'm here to buy," Lila couldn't help but smile when she pulled out her coin pouch.
"Finally got enough G have you?. In that case, you'll be wanting to look over there." He pointed to the shelf on the other side of the room. Lila noticed that the fossils on the shelf were a bit small than everything else, but she didn't mind. Lila looked at the images of the dinosaur in the fossil displayed on a small tv in front of it. Velociraptor, deinonychus, pachycephhlosaurus. She stared at the images until she found it. A small brown raptor-like dinosaur.
"Compsug…compsag." Lila struggled to pronounce the name.
"Compsognathus," The shopkeep told her, "great support vivosaur. You may want to look elsewhere though, Compso isn't exactly a good starting Vivosaur.
"I want this one," Lila pointes at the compsognathus fossil, "this one will be my vivosaur."
"You sure?"
"Double sure."
"Alright," The shopkeep shrugged and unlock the glass pane keeping Lila from her vivosaur. She cradled the fossil like a baby before paying the shopkeep 4000G. She left with a massive smile on her face.
"Wait till nana sees this!" Lila nearly skipped with excitement as she made her way down to the doorway out of the guild. She was about to walk out when a hand fell on her shoulder.
"Where ya going with that, kid?" It was the two men from earlier. Lila nearly choked on cigar smoke when she turned to look at them.
"That's a nice fossil ya got there," the second man grinned, "betcha it'd be a pretty good vivosaur to have for the caliosteo cup." Lila nervously shifted away from the men. As a matter of fact, she WAS planning to enter the caliosteo cup with her Vivosaur. She wanted to earn some prize money to help out nana.
"You can't have my Vivosaur." Lila held the rock protectively.
"Oh? But it's not your vivosaur." The man sneered as he stretched his hand out for the fossil," whoever revived it gets to own it. And if you don't want trouble, you better give me MY Vivosaur." Lila seizes the opportunity and bit the man's hand. She ran as he yelped in pain.
"Damn brat! Get back here!" She heard footsteps chasing her, but Lila didn't stop. She ran outside and down multiple flights of stairs. Unfortunately, the stairs led to a dead end with a machine big enough for multiple people to fit inside. The sign next to the machine said this: Mt. Krakanak. Lila walked inside the machine and looked around. Suddenly, the floor of the machine began to glow.
"There you are!" Lila turned to see the two men stalking towards her. She closed her eyes and yelled.
"You better stay away from me and my Vivosaur!"
"I would hope that I would stay away, you sound very scary." Lila opened her eyes, but she was in a completely different place. An old rock path led
to a volcano in the distance. This was Mount Krakanak. It was supposed to be ten miles from the city and yet, Lila was standing on it.
"First time teleporting?" The voice belonged to an old man. He had a long white beard and was wearing a black cloak that co ceased his arms. Underneath, Lila could see a plain white shirt and a pair of brown pants.
"I was just…." Lila started to say.
"I understand," the old man leaned back from where he was sitting and showcased a pair of sunglasses, "Sure is hit tonight."
"It's morning."
"Is it?" The old man laughed, "well, I suppose you would be able to tell. For a blind man like me, that's a little more difficult."
"What's a blind?" The old man laughed again as Lila sat down next to him."
"It means I can't see," he explained, "Now Lila, why don't you tell me what you're doing all the way out here?" Lila shifted backwards, cradling her fossil.
"How do you know my name?"
"Let's just say that I'm acquainted with your grandmother."
"You know nana?"
"We've met in the past. In fact, I've met you in the past two, but you wouldn't remember."
"Gotcha ya little brat," Lila felt a hand clamp down on her shoulder. It was the man with the cigar, "how about ya give back that fossil ya stole."
"I'm afraid you're mistaken, good fellow," The old man spoke up, "she purchased that fossil with her own money."
"Stay out of this geezer."
"Geezer?" The old man laughed as he reached into his coat pocket. Lila stared as he pulled out a Dino medal, "Don't you think there are better ways to solve an argument?" The cigar man sneered.
"You're in for a world of hurt old timer. Metria!" The man sent out a large green vivosaur similar to spinosaurus.
"Lila, please get behind me and stay back."
"Can't I help?" Lila asked, "this guy needs a whuppin'" The man laughed again and handed Lila a hammer and drill.
"You can get your first vivosaur, that would help," He turned to face down Metria, "Allo, teach them to respect their elderly," The man simply dropped the medal and let it roll. A bright light surrounded the medal as a blue allosaurus sprouted from it. Allo snarled, showcasing large teeth.
"Green fang!" Metria bit down on Allo over and over again, who seemed unfazed. Meanwhile, Lila gasped when she cracked the jaw of the fossil a little.
"Don't reply too much on the hammer," the old man advised, "the drill is there for removing rock from the more delicate sections of the fossil.
"Hey geezer! You should pay more attention to what's right in front of ya!" Metria roared as it kicked Allo in the chin.
"Of course," The man grinned, "Allo, show this man the mistake he made." With one swift motion, Allo whipped around and sent Metria flying with its tail. The cigar man stood there, stunned.
"I believe this is the part where you run away," The old man smiled. Allo growled and the cigar fell out of the man's mouth. He bolted back to the teleporter when Allo took a step forward.
"I did it!" Lila looked down at her fossil. It was a slim skull about as long as her arm. Small rows of teeth lined the jaws.
"Excellent," the old man clapped, "Now, before you go and revive that fossil, can you take me to see your grandmother? She and I have a lot of catching up to do."
"Okay, but what's your name?" Lila asked, "you already know mine, so you should tell me yours."
"You May call me Alvis."
Miles away from Cranial island, on the mainland, there is a small neighborhood that holds one of the most infamous urban legends in the area. Almost everyone you ask there knows the story of a young couple who found a child in the woods in the small town of Mason. This kid grew up to murder that same couple seven years later only to disappear as mysteriously as he appeared. But, the house still remained. Kids would dare each other to get as close to the house as possible to see if the "Mason maniac" was locked up in the basement. Of course, they were all shooed away by the current resident of the house.
"Go on, get out of here!" Samuel Cloud waved a shovel at a bunch of snickering kids as they ran away, "buncha' hooligans." Samuel hated kids. He had ever since one had taken his brother's life. He walked down to the mailbox and looked at the paint marks that the kids sprayed on it. The word "creep" had been written in large purple streaks of paint. Samuel sprayed down the mailbox with a hose before returning inside.
"Recent developments on the newest residents of Vivosaur island, the Dinaurians," The news blared as Samuel sat down and tried to resume his nap. Recent developments had been hard on him. Hell, last week he was in an emergency shelter with hundreds of others awaiting the destruction of earth.
"The Dinaurians are a race similar to humans, yet their reptilian ancestry can be traced back to the Dinosaurs." A scientist went on about the alien species that had appeared on earth. Apparently, these guys showed up to warn the earth about a 27,000 mile long planet eater coming for dinner. (Cross: at least, that's the story Dr. Diggins and Hunter fed the media to keep the Dinaurians from being shot at.)
"In other news concerning the world's near death experience, Vivosaur island is expected to be open to the public again within the week." Samuel yawned and looked over at the one picture he kept in the house. It was of Dexter and Lily. There was a small whited out space between them in the photo. This was the only photo Samuel had of his departed brother and sister in-law. He wondered what they would think of all this.
"He was shown to have a broken rib and a dislocated shoulder. The stunning recovery of Hunter Cloud is inhuman. The again, he saved the world so-" Samuel's hands shook as he paused the television. The words froze on the headline: Hunter Cloud. Hunter CLOUD. Samuel stared at the picture of the boy projected by the tv. A teenager with dark blue eyes and unkept hair held up by a visor. Samuel grabbed the picture off the mantel and, not wanting to waste time, broke the frame. He grabbed the edge of the whited out space and ripped the cover away.
There was a small boy in the photo with dark blue eyes and shaggy hair.
"Found ya, you little bastard." Hands shaking, Samuel grabbed his phone and dialed the number for the police.
Done! This chapter is a little different, but I thought it turned out alright.
Hunter: I'm back, did you finish the chapter?
Yep, and you can't read it.
Hunter: why not?
Because you haven't even read half the story yet.
Hunter: yes I have!
Okay then, who's Dynal
Hunter: isn't that a diet pill?
Thought so. Thanks for reading!