Chapter 5
Awake

"Huh?" says Blade waking up very groggy. "What happened?"
"You were saved," says Erikson.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that Galban and I decided to step in before you got killed."
"But what happened to Yolagna?"
Erikson puts his head down and shakes it.
"You mean you couldn't save her?" asks Blade.
"Darkseid destroyed the rest of her body," responds Galban.
Blade jumps up out of the bed he was in and becomes really angry. "What's this going to do?"
asks Erikson.
"I'm going to find Darkseid," says Blade.
"Not in your weakened condition!" yells Galban.
Blade realized this. He powered down and sat in the bed. "Hey," says Blade just realizing,
"what happened to the hole in my stomach?"
"Oh, um, Erikson and I filled up what was missing with an alloy," responds Galban.
"Really," says Blade in a sly voice.
"Oh but it can be as easy to destroy like you flesh," says Galban. "So don't think you're
invincible now."
Blade gets up and walks out of the room.

"I don't think that Blade is still well," says Galban.
"You thought the same thing, didn't you?" asks Erikson. "I mean he is still pretty pissed about
Yolagna."
"Yes, but we have to get over that," responds Galban. "We have to destroy Darkseid and bring
him down now!"

Blade sits down in the next room and thinks to himself.
"How come I wasn't able to protect her? How come I couldn't stop him from killing her? Why
can't I be stronger to kill him?"
Blade turns his head. "It's my fault she's dead. It's my fault that I was blasted through the
stomach. It was my fault about everything that happened. But I will have to make up for that."
Blade stands up and yells, "You hear me Darkseid? You will go down!"
Galban and Erikson stand outside the door out of view from Blade. "I think he might be able to
do it," whispers Erikson to Galban.
"You know, you might be right," responds Galban. "Let's just hope that rage doesn't become his
death."
Blade walks out and turns his head to the direction of Galban and Erikson. "Okay guys," he
starts. "It's time for me to get better and train and become a lot stronger than what I was before."
"Yeah but your power level is very high!" exclaims Galban.
"What is it?" replies Blade.
"It's about 250,000,000," says Galban.
"What's Darkseid's?"
"300,000,000."
"Damn."
Blade turns his body around. "But I will train harder and I will defeat Darkseid and show him
the true Blade!"
Blade geta a devious smile and laughs.
"Let the training begin," says Blade. "Ha! Let the training begin."