Chapter 3: Hero's Awakening
"Han… Han… Han…"
Han began to open his eyes.
"Han… come on man, pull through!"
His eyes opened to find himself surrounded by Sullivan, Rad, and another one of Han's friends, Chris.
"Whoa… I'm alive." Han said as he attempted to sit up.
"What the hell happened man?! You were getting us worried, are you ok?!" Rad said loudly.
"Yeah… I think I'm ok…" Han's voice came to a halt when he found the same pendant in his hand that Schala had given him in his dream.
"What's this thing, where did it come from?" Sullivan said, pointing to the pendent.
"We have to talk, prepare to be shocked…" Han said with a serious voice. He began to explain the unexplainable.
"Well, I can't MAKE you guys believe this, but I'm going to explain it anyway." Han said in a very honest way.
"Shoot, I want to hear every detail." Sullivan said.
"Well, I was contacted in my sleep… by Princess Schala." Han said, expecting some sort of criticism, especially from Rad.
"BULL CRAP!" Rad hollered with a smile. "That's not true, sorry, but you're not fooling me THIS time."
"Dude, are you freak'n serious?!" Chris said in a surprised way.
"No, it's true, man." Han said with an honest look. Rad just glanced back at Han with a look that said 'You're full of it'.
"Dude, I'm dead serious!" Han yelled.
"Ok, ok, just… forget Rad, go on." Sullivan said in an anxious, annoyed way.
"Ok, so like I said, this will be hard to believe. Now, after I was knocked out, I woke up in the middle of this weird place. There was a street light in the center of this strange place. Then, this old guy led me to this room. I was then introduced to Schala and she told be a shocking story…" Han explained, still unable to believe that he went through this.
"And…" Sullivan said on the edge of his seat. He was really into it. But Rad, on the other hand, tuned Han out a bit. Rad didn't believe it to much at all.
"And… well… She explained that an evil man named Vern is plotting to find the Frozen Flame and rule existence and quite possibly become FATE himself." Han said with a shaky voice.
"WHAT!?" Rad , Sullivan, and Chris screamed at the same time.
"I know, it sounds weird, but…" Han said.
"This is serious!" Sullivan interrupted.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Chris yelled.
"Dude, you better be telling us the truth!" Rad scolded.
"I am! I wouldn't kid around about something like this." Han said in the most honest way. No one could disagree, this was serious indeed.
"Ok, let's use our brains now. We have to take action." Sullivan explained. Rad grabbed a seat and put his head down. Rad was a bit shaken up by this whole thing, who wouldn't?
"Well, Schala did explain that a man in some village could help us." Han added.
"We'll hell, NOW he tells us." Rad yelled out.
"And who may this person be?" Sullivan asked Han.
"Some blue-haired guy who lives in some village. Arni, that's the name of it." Han said while scratching his head.
"Ok, then that's where we are going." Sullivan said. "Does anyone here now where that is?"
"Yeah, I know where Arni is." Chris explained.
"Good, you're coming with us then." Sullivan said in a very forceful way.
"Dude, I can't. I'm working at the weapons shop, if I'm late one more time, I'm fired!" Chris remarked.
"WHO THE HELL CARES! What's more important, making money or saving the world?!" Rad yelled at Chris. Chris just stared blankly back at Rad. Rad just turned around and sighed.
"Listen, what I can do is make you guys weapons. I'm sorry, but I really need the money. I'll make a map for you to. Besides, you guys will be fine anyway." Chris concluded.
"That's fine then." Sullivan said to Chris.
"Know all we need is a ship." Han said wondering how they where going to get one.
"I can supply you guys with that. My boss knows this guy who he always trades with. His name is Fargo, a ship captain. He's going to be here tomorrow to trade with my shop. I'm sure if you guys ask him, he can give you a lift." Chris said.
"That's fine then, now the weapons, when can you get them to us by?" Sullivan asked Chris.
"Well, given that you guys are saving the world, I can get them to ya for free." Chris said.
"How?!" Rad yelled.
"My boss pretty understands if I tell him that you guys need them and that you'll pay him back later." Chris said.
"Fine then, now what are we all going to have?" Sullivan asked.
"I'll have an axe!" Rad said.
"Me? Um… I'll have a lance, it's what I'm good with." Han said.
"I'll go with a crossbow." Sullivan said.
"Ok then, I'll have it to you guys by morning. Now get some sleep, God knows your going to need it."
"So you guys are coming with me?" Han asked.
"Dude," Rad said "I've never let you down, why start now? I mean, we are going to save not only the world, but existence! You don't even have to ask me, I'm in." Han nodded his head and looked at Sullivan.
"Mano," Sullivan said with a smile, "you can count me in. If you think that I'm actually going to trust the fate of the world with you fools, you've got another thing coming."
"Ok then, lets get some sleep." Han said.
All of them slept over at Sullivan's house that night. Chris didn't sleep at all, he was working hard over at his job to make sure the weapons where good enough all night long. Sullivan slept in his bed, Rad slept on the couch, and Han… well… Han didn't sleep. He was lying on a mattress that Sullivan had pulled out, but no matter how hard he tried to get comfortable, it wouldn't work. He had the pendent around his neck that Schala had given him. He lay there, holding it firmly. He was so lost and so afraid, he surly didn't think he was cut out for this hero business. He laid there whispering Schala's name over and over, but it was drowned out by Sullivan's snoring and Rad speaking about crayons in his sleep. He wanted to speak with Schala again, he needed to. But no matter how hard he tried to prey or whatever, it wouldn't work. Finally he gave up, and tried to sleep
Meanwhile, Sullivan was dreaming about the whole thing. He kept on having the same dream over of Han telling this shocking tale. Sullivan wasn't experiencing insomnia like Han was, but instead he just had the same dream over and over.
Rad on the other hand was dreaming of something totally different than this whole thing. He had a dream that he was fighting killer crayons on a beach with pickles. That was one thing about Rad that everyone kind of liked. Rad was someone who focused on the positive, stupid things that made people laugh, other than the negative scary things that made life dark. But was he cut out for this adventure? Seemed so, no one else was going to keep the group up in high spirits.
They all got up that morning and boarded the ship thanks to Chris's help. They all had their weapons and where set to go. That morning, they embarked on a journey. It was the first day of possibly the last.
"Han… Han… Han…"
Han began to open his eyes.
"Han… come on man, pull through!"
His eyes opened to find himself surrounded by Sullivan, Rad, and another one of Han's friends, Chris.
"Whoa… I'm alive." Han said as he attempted to sit up.
"What the hell happened man?! You were getting us worried, are you ok?!" Rad said loudly.
"Yeah… I think I'm ok…" Han's voice came to a halt when he found the same pendant in his hand that Schala had given him in his dream.
"What's this thing, where did it come from?" Sullivan said, pointing to the pendent.
"We have to talk, prepare to be shocked…" Han said with a serious voice. He began to explain the unexplainable.
"Well, I can't MAKE you guys believe this, but I'm going to explain it anyway." Han said in a very honest way.
"Shoot, I want to hear every detail." Sullivan said.
"Well, I was contacted in my sleep… by Princess Schala." Han said, expecting some sort of criticism, especially from Rad.
"BULL CRAP!" Rad hollered with a smile. "That's not true, sorry, but you're not fooling me THIS time."
"Dude, are you freak'n serious?!" Chris said in a surprised way.
"No, it's true, man." Han said with an honest look. Rad just glanced back at Han with a look that said 'You're full of it'.
"Dude, I'm dead serious!" Han yelled.
"Ok, ok, just… forget Rad, go on." Sullivan said in an anxious, annoyed way.
"Ok, so like I said, this will be hard to believe. Now, after I was knocked out, I woke up in the middle of this weird place. There was a street light in the center of this strange place. Then, this old guy led me to this room. I was then introduced to Schala and she told be a shocking story…" Han explained, still unable to believe that he went through this.
"And…" Sullivan said on the edge of his seat. He was really into it. But Rad, on the other hand, tuned Han out a bit. Rad didn't believe it to much at all.
"And… well… She explained that an evil man named Vern is plotting to find the Frozen Flame and rule existence and quite possibly become FATE himself." Han said with a shaky voice.
"WHAT!?" Rad , Sullivan, and Chris screamed at the same time.
"I know, it sounds weird, but…" Han said.
"This is serious!" Sullivan interrupted.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Chris yelled.
"Dude, you better be telling us the truth!" Rad scolded.
"I am! I wouldn't kid around about something like this." Han said in the most honest way. No one could disagree, this was serious indeed.
"Ok, let's use our brains now. We have to take action." Sullivan explained. Rad grabbed a seat and put his head down. Rad was a bit shaken up by this whole thing, who wouldn't?
"Well, Schala did explain that a man in some village could help us." Han added.
"We'll hell, NOW he tells us." Rad yelled out.
"And who may this person be?" Sullivan asked Han.
"Some blue-haired guy who lives in some village. Arni, that's the name of it." Han said while scratching his head.
"Ok, then that's where we are going." Sullivan said. "Does anyone here now where that is?"
"Yeah, I know where Arni is." Chris explained.
"Good, you're coming with us then." Sullivan said in a very forceful way.
"Dude, I can't. I'm working at the weapons shop, if I'm late one more time, I'm fired!" Chris remarked.
"WHO THE HELL CARES! What's more important, making money or saving the world?!" Rad yelled at Chris. Chris just stared blankly back at Rad. Rad just turned around and sighed.
"Listen, what I can do is make you guys weapons. I'm sorry, but I really need the money. I'll make a map for you to. Besides, you guys will be fine anyway." Chris concluded.
"That's fine then." Sullivan said to Chris.
"Know all we need is a ship." Han said wondering how they where going to get one.
"I can supply you guys with that. My boss knows this guy who he always trades with. His name is Fargo, a ship captain. He's going to be here tomorrow to trade with my shop. I'm sure if you guys ask him, he can give you a lift." Chris said.
"That's fine then, now the weapons, when can you get them to us by?" Sullivan asked Chris.
"Well, given that you guys are saving the world, I can get them to ya for free." Chris said.
"How?!" Rad yelled.
"My boss pretty understands if I tell him that you guys need them and that you'll pay him back later." Chris said.
"Fine then, now what are we all going to have?" Sullivan asked.
"I'll have an axe!" Rad said.
"Me? Um… I'll have a lance, it's what I'm good with." Han said.
"I'll go with a crossbow." Sullivan said.
"Ok then, I'll have it to you guys by morning. Now get some sleep, God knows your going to need it."
"So you guys are coming with me?" Han asked.
"Dude," Rad said "I've never let you down, why start now? I mean, we are going to save not only the world, but existence! You don't even have to ask me, I'm in." Han nodded his head and looked at Sullivan.
"Mano," Sullivan said with a smile, "you can count me in. If you think that I'm actually going to trust the fate of the world with you fools, you've got another thing coming."
"Ok then, lets get some sleep." Han said.
All of them slept over at Sullivan's house that night. Chris didn't sleep at all, he was working hard over at his job to make sure the weapons where good enough all night long. Sullivan slept in his bed, Rad slept on the couch, and Han… well… Han didn't sleep. He was lying on a mattress that Sullivan had pulled out, but no matter how hard he tried to get comfortable, it wouldn't work. He had the pendent around his neck that Schala had given him. He lay there, holding it firmly. He was so lost and so afraid, he surly didn't think he was cut out for this hero business. He laid there whispering Schala's name over and over, but it was drowned out by Sullivan's snoring and Rad speaking about crayons in his sleep. He wanted to speak with Schala again, he needed to. But no matter how hard he tried to prey or whatever, it wouldn't work. Finally he gave up, and tried to sleep
Meanwhile, Sullivan was dreaming about the whole thing. He kept on having the same dream over of Han telling this shocking tale. Sullivan wasn't experiencing insomnia like Han was, but instead he just had the same dream over and over.
Rad on the other hand was dreaming of something totally different than this whole thing. He had a dream that he was fighting killer crayons on a beach with pickles. That was one thing about Rad that everyone kind of liked. Rad was someone who focused on the positive, stupid things that made people laugh, other than the negative scary things that made life dark. But was he cut out for this adventure? Seemed so, no one else was going to keep the group up in high spirits.
They all got up that morning and boarded the ship thanks to Chris's help. They all had their weapons and where set to go. That morning, they embarked on a journey. It was the first day of possibly the last.