The Fate of the First Hero of Light

I am weightless. As if to swallow me, I fall and I am consumed into darkness. I see my senses break loose from where I was.

"Geir jy hoef nie so kwaad te wees nie. Mense kan dood gaan as jy nie rustiger is nie."

That language it is Dwarfish. "Why should I be calm? If you threaten my Tribe, you will face the consequences."

"As jy die koningin vermoor, sekerlik die koningkryk sal nie rus totdat julle almal dood is nie?"

"Speak my language. It is irritating for me to try and translate it."

"Who are you. what do you want of me?"

A figure moves out of the darkness. It is Adam the one from the Dwarven World.

"My name is Ezekiel."

"I met a figure that looks like you before. Even your life energies are the same. His name was Adam."

"Adam is my twin."

"Are you also an artificial creation?"

"Yes."

"What do want from me?"

"Recently we have detected major energy fluctuations in your world. I have been sent to if possible find the cause of this occurances. Then to stop it."

"That is very noble of you. Why contact me?"

"You are an expert observer and that you could grasp the implications of the factories expansion in moments. We needed someone who could understand even the most of complex functions instantaneously."

"Praise is not an answer. What are you after?"

"Recently the use of artificial objects called "Runes" have been detected. Multiple times."

"I used mine on two occasions, to save my life and to curse Adam." He seems upset by this news.

"The Runes are something that absolutely must not be used. Only days ago we detected a massive disturbance." It was certainly when Zelda's was removed.

"Why should they not be used?"

"This story might take some time. If you would be willingly to listen?"

"We are in a world with a different flow of time. You can take as much time as needed."

"Unbelievable how could you know that in not even the shortest amount of time?!"

"I did not know. I just said the most ridiculous thing possible and then you confirmed it." I still do not believe his story but I have no other options at the moment. I do not know how to return to the Throne Room. I still have to remove Zelda's head from her neck.

"Tell your story then."

"Very well let us leave this place."

In front of me and around me an image is displayed. As we move the picture stays fixed. It gives the illusion of being at the place that is projected. "This is the entrance of the "control building". "Yes, this is a Research Institute it is called Future Technology Research." The picture starts moving. Many Humes are entering the building. "Through me" a tall muscular man walks. There are woman, they see him, immediately they run towards him.

"Môre Dokter Stand hoe gaan dit met jou?" "DOKTOR STAND!" It is Uncle Thandall! I run through the illusion and I turn around. I can only see a darkness. He moves through me and I turn around I can clearly see him."Is this image taken from a fixed point of view?" "Yes, do you know that man?" I have to be very careful. It seems he does not know my circumstances. I still regard him as my enemy.

I have to confirm some things first.

"Do you trust me?" "Only a fool would." "You do not have to trust me. Just follow me please." We enter the building. We are on the floor where Uncle Thandall worked. "More Doktor Stand tik asseblief jou kode in." I want to look at him, but this man might notice. We move through the illusion. I hear a chair slide from within the open door. It is Uncle Thandall preparing for work. He is using the same motion, as he did when last we entered the room.

"There was a large Cerebrum in that room when we were last here." "These images were recorded, before it was completed." I follow him. I stop at the first floor. I cannot see into the room, the same darkness as before. "Is something wrong?" "This room was completely empty last time. Why did you not record its contents?" "Let us move higher."

That room must be of extreme importance. I inspect the darkness. The shadow does not look like the ones of the other figures. They follow a pattern almost like waves, this one has a ripped texture. The image was removed after this vision was documented.

The next floor is busy. There are many Humes examining "computers". They are talking loudly, having a heated argument. There is a short man even though I have never seen him before. I know who he is, Great Father Houzmas Grimmaker. I received his curse, when I became one of the Dwarven Four Hero's of Fate. I move towards the door.

"DO NOT ENTER THERE!"

I cast my ice magics on Ezekiel, I froze him solid. He cannot move.

This little charade is over, I understand how this machine works. These images are not his minds memories. I can move it with my mind. It uses all the mechanisms that document images in this building to build a framework. Some of the Humes are wearing eye wear with small circles on them. They are so small, even the Humes do not realize they are there.

This image was documented by one of the Humes unknowingly.

I move to the lower door. I want to enter.

There is an image projected in front of the door. The image is too abstract to be real. It makes an amber cross on the door. It speaks:

VERBODE INGANG

SEKURITYTS KODE NODIG

"Forbidden entrance. Security code needed." I type in the code I memorized from Uncle Thandall and my first visit. There is an artificial chime and it says:

SEKURITEITSVLAK 3

OF HOËR

BENODIG

"Security level 3 or higher needed."

A Hume walks through me, a code is entered in the silver panel on the side of the door. It opens. I walk through! Suddenly I can understand why this place led to their ruin. Before I can even laugh at their stupidity.

I am shocked, there are body parts suspended inside green tubes filled with liquid. They are similar to the ones Zelda and my Grandmother use, to put the limbs of the unfortunate victims of my Grandmother's wrath into. Great Father Houzmas Grimmaker runs into the room! He starts throwing the "computers" off from the tables. They are shattering on the floor. The other Humes move to restrain him. There is a large pull lever on the wall. He moves to pull it. They subdue him. The Golems we fought, the "humanoid machines", enter the room. Everyone in the room is overtaken by fear, they cower underneath their tables or hide behind their chairs.

The Golems move to kill Great Father Houzmas Grimmaker. I automatically move, I have an ice pick in my hand. I pierced the Golem moving to kill him through the head. The Golem falls over! I feel heat, smell something similar to the liquid they use at medical facilities to clean the floors. I hear the sounds that the "computers" make.

I look at Great Father Houzmas Grimmaker, our eyes meet he sees me. I feel as if I am really there. The other Humes also react they scream at me. Asking who I am. I feel weightless I fall back into the darkness. I am back in the machine. The Humes are panicking. It is almost as if, I was really in the Dwarven World!

The Great Father runs to a desk. He finds a piece of parchment. He quickly scribbles something on it. He shows it into the air. I move to see, I cannot read the script. I copy the symbols as fast as I can, I carve them onto my arm. The other Golem restrains Great Father Houzmas Grimmaker. He is escorted out of the room. The other Humes move to look what was on the parchment. Immediately it is ripped to shreds. They have a machine the remains are put into it. Only small strips of parchment falls out.

They cover all their "computers" with clothing. It is hidden, I cannot see what is written on the "computers" anymore. One of the Humes runs to a device. I believe he wants to warn the others about the occurrence.

Foolishly I use my ice magic on the device. He presses the button the device does not function.

Does this machine enable me to interact with the images and somehow alter them? That would explain why the Golem fell. It showed me what would have happened, if I could possibly have interacted with the Golem.

I think to myself, "Should I heal my arm?" The message was most likely just a illusion created by this machine. I cannot read Dwarlic, it might just be nonsense? I think it could not hurt to ask Uncle Thandall of it. Maybe my mind had read something of our previous visit. Then the machine recalled my memories, it then formed the message.

I freeze the door shut. I cannot see the ice. Still I feel somehow the door's hinges have stiffened. They cannot open it to leave. I turn around and examine closer.

At the end of the rooms wall. There is a very large tube like container, it is filled with a clear liquid. Inside the container is a flayed body. The broken body is fastened in an upright position. It looks almost Hume like. All the intestines are missing, the arms and legs are gone. The spine is visible and some of the bones are left. Only the head is still attached. The cerebrum and eyes are visible.

It has many pipes and wires leading into the pathetic creature. They are without a doubt, needed to keep it alive and suffering. Some of the containers, have the parts of the lizard like creature. That was dead on the upper level, when I visited their "future" broken world for the first time. The beings other parts are arranged in the containers. They are stored close to the destroyed body.

I move to inspect the creature. This was a Hume at some time. The body is that of a young child not older than 10suncycles.

I think, I have never felt rage like this in my whole life.

The machine showing me the visions can even incite my emotions?! I calm myself.

As I move the creatures exposed eyes follow me. This feeling it is if I am almost in this world again. The Humes run through me. They look at the being, they are very excited. Taking notations and examining the panels on the container. They uncover their "computers" and start working again. The creatures eyes move forwards.

I sense its suffering. The same kind of despair, as when I broke those little abomination inside the World Serpent.

"Red my asseblief."

There is a chill down my spine, like I have never felt. I turn around the creature is looking at me. I can almost see it suffering. I move to the lever, the Great Father wanted to pull it. I touch it, a hand that is made out of darkness reaches out of the wall grabs me. I am outside of the room.

There are many Golems outside. They are hitting the door with a heavy tool to open it. The stairwells are filled with Humes looking at the scene in shock. I move onto another floor. Again I wait for a Hume to open the door, then I walk inside with them?! How incompetent could you possibly be?

There is a large machine. It is holding upright, three thick concentric circles made of a substance similar to stone. There are runes written on the circles sides, but a mechanism must have scribed them. They are constructed in such a complex matter, they could not be formed by hand. I recognize two runes "Inwards" and "Black".

One of the Humes activates the machine. The circles start spinning inside themselves and in different directions. I feel massive amounts of magics gather. They are spinning very fast. In the middle of the circles. I hear a sound similar to when you rip a thick piece of parchment, but it sounds otherworldly. In the middle of the spinning circles a small black ball is formed in the air.

I am outside again. I used the magics in the room, I shattered the hinges of the door and broke it open. I felt like that hole could swallow me inside, I know I would have died if I stayed inside. This has to be really happening!

Somehow I "folded" inside their world.

I move as far as I can from the room, I cast my strongest crystal magics. The crystals are broken in a way so bizarre my mind cannot grasp it. Finally they are sucked into the room. This machine must have caused one of the catastrophes that led to this worlds ruin.

The next floor the door is reinforced. I already know who is inside here. The door is opened from the other side.

A short female Hume walks past. She was the dead Hume in the archive room, who barricaded herself inside. That room should be on this floor. This building must have changed over time. New projects and the like started. That would explain the empty first floor when we first arrived, it had fulfilled its function. Then it was used for some other project. So the suncycles went on. Then finally it was emptied.

How long did it take, before they ruined this world?

The annoying brats are inside this room Eva and Set. They are in the Dwarven Orphanage in our time. They constantly annoy everyone, going on about how they are the perfect beings. I glare at them, they can see me. They want to talk to me. I just ignore them. I study the room. Completely white padded walls with restraints. A bed, table and chairs made out of clear "plastiek" . The inorganic material they use in this world, to build almost everything out of. I want to leave the room again the abstract cross over the door asking for a code. I do not know how long they will be gone. I freeze the hinges contract and compress them many times. I hear them snap. Eva and Set notice immediately they jump with force against the door. It is open, they are out. I hear screams and calls for help.

I want to hide under the plastic table, luckily no one can see me. They are going to go on a killing spree!

Now is my chance.

The higher levels are going to open now.

Finish.