Here we go. This is gonna be different when you see the effects of the cloud on Omega...
Oh, and I couldn't decide on the two names below, so just use the one you like best.
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Chapter 13: Altered Mind, Enhanced Body (or Bad to the Bone)
Omega walked through the back alleys of Hyrule City, the part of Hyrule that wasn't destroyed, that is. He had bought another cloak with money he got by killing some monsters and was wearing it and hiding his face. Under it, he was also wearing a new Hylian shirt. The Justice Blade was in its holder on his back. "Let's see, the informer should be around this corner..." he whispered to himself.
He found the man he had been looking for leaning against the alley wall, a man that he had heard had information on everyone in Hyrule. "Are you Dave?" The man nodded. "I'm looking for a man named Black, a very unusual looking man," he said, walking up to Dave.
Dave smiled. "No one ever looks for him, it's usually the other way around. I can tell you anything you want about him... for a price, that is."
"I don't have any money left, so how about this?" He said, pulling his hood down and enjoying the shock on the man's face. "How about you tell me and I let you live?"
"You wouldn't dare," Dave said, his shock fading and his smile growing wider. "There aren't any murders in Hyrule. Link would be all over you like-"
"I'm not afraid of Link," Omega interrupted, "but perhaps you need a little persuasion." He punched Dave in the rib cage, knocking him to the ground. "Oh, that had to hurt," Omega said with sarcastic sympathy, smiling at the man, who was lying on the ground and twitching in pain. He pulled the man up to his feet, watching amusedly at how Dave couldn't support himself very well. He grabbed Dave by the collar and lifted him off the ground, "that broke at least two of your ribs, and it was a very light punch for me," he warned, "ready to give me that information now?"
"Yeah, whatever you want," Dave said frantically, "all I know about him is he comes to me every once in a while, looking for someone who's been in Hyrule. Last time he came here he was looking for someone named Omega, and was angry that I couldn't tell him who he was, and left. That's all, I swear!!!"
"Did he say anything about who hired him?" Omega asked, his eyes narrowing.
"A little, maybe. It doesn't come without a price."
"Pathetic." Omega said, "you still haven't learned respect." He changed his grip so he was holding on to Dave's neck. "I could snap your neck like a twig. Care to reconsider your last comment?"
"All he said was he was hired by the owner of the bar. I had to ask, otherwise I wouldn't have, because he's almost as scary as you."
"Flattery will get you nowhere," Omega said, smiling, "now which bar?"
"The only bar in Hyrule. About a mile thataway." He pointed to the left.
He put Dave down. "Your service has been appreciated. You've pleased me in the end, so you will get paid. Here," he handed Dave a potion, "this will heal your broken ribs. I made it out of herbs before I came into Hyrule. But I can do things far more worse than a few broken bones, so don't ever rat me out or cross me, understand?"
"Yeah, whatever you say..." Dave said, then he drank all of the potion.
"For example," Omega started, "that potion will heal your bones, but it's excruciatingly painful while the bones regrow for about five hours. Enjoy." He walked towards the bar, laughing.
'This must be the place,' he thought to himself, 'not very creative name, though...' there was a sign plastered across the wall of the stone building that said 'Hyrule Bar'.
"I'm not gonna get in with a cloak, I'll look too suspicious, so I'll have to find a way..." he was interrupted by his own mind when a power he didn't know he had popped into his mind.
'Okay, let's try this out!' he thought. He concentrated and his jewel glowed. Then his hair turned brown and grew shorter, then, from the hair, over the white skin grew pink skin. It grew down his body as he also grew fingernails, toes, his eyes shrank and he regrew ears painlessly. He walked over to a window. 'Not too shabby', he thought, looking in a near by window. 'It looks exactly like I used to. The missing pupil and the eye scar's still there, though, except the scar's red. Well, I think it looks cool. Makes me look very badass. Wait, I'm in Hyrule, those ears will draw attention, and I don't wanna do that... yet...' He concentrated and his ears grew pointy. 'There, now I look like a Hylian. I hope powers I don't know about pop up like that again. Then I can have even more fun.'
He walked up to the bar. There wasn't anyone out front except for a bouncer. As Brian walked up, the bouncer shivered when he looked at Brian's scar, then he regained his courage and asked, "how old are you, kid?"
"I'm sixteen years old."
"You have to be twenty-one to get in the bar. Sorry."
"Oh no, I'm not here to drink. I need to speak with the owner."
The bouncer looked suspicious. "What do you need to see him for?"
"Business."
"What sort of business?"
Brian was starting to get angry. "My business is none of your business. Just let me through."
"If you can't tell me your business, you're not getting through me."
"Oh, I'm getting through you. I'm sick of this." Brian grabbed the bouncer's arm and tossed him over his shoulder, knocking him out. 'Glad this body's just a disguise, and I've still got my power,' he thought to himself.
He walked up to the bar counter. "I need to speak with the owner."
The bartender sized him up. "What do you need to see him for?" He finally said.
"Business concerning him and me, not you."
The bartender, who was very muscular, sized him up again. "Fine, I am the owner," he said, "let's go into the back room so we won't draw any attention."
The back room wasn't much of a room. There was chair and a bar stool in the middle of the room, but other than that it was completely bare. "You came to see me?"
"Yeah. You hired someone to kill me, a man named Black."
The bartender looked scared. "Don't know anything about that," he muttered.
"Liar. You know something."
"Yeah, but you won't get it out of me."
Brian smiled. "Thank you," he said, "you've made it so I can have a little fun. Watch this trick," he said, then, in one swift movement, he was off his chair, kicked the bar stool out from under the owner, and grabbed the owner by the neck and lifted him up before he could regain his balance. "I'm stronger than you can imagine," Brian growled, "so you're going to tell me everything, got it?"
"Sure," the owner choked out, "just put me down..." Omega dropped him to the floor and waited a few seconds for the man to catch his breath. "I was ordered to hire Black. You don't look like the person he was sent to kill, though..."
"Never mind that, now ordered by who? And if I don't like your answers, I'm gonna let it out."
"I don't known his name," the owner said, stumbling backwards, "he came in a cloak, I never got his name. It was such a good deal, though..."
"Deal?"
"Yeah. I order Black to kill you, and the man gives me four million rupees. I was supposed to give one million to Black, but since he never killed you, I never got the money."
"What about anyone named Blake? Do you know about anyone named Blake?"
"Yes, I had to order him to kill everyone in this inn I'd never heard of. He'd get a million, too."
"You... oh crap," Omega said while his fake skin fell off when he flexed his muscles for no apparent reason. "Might as well..." he said, ripping the rest of the fake skin off of himself.
"You," the owner muttered, horrified, "you're like Black and Blake! I've told you all I know, just don't..."
Omega walked toward him, smiling. "You're willing to sacrifice lives for money. Time to teach you the ultimate lesson."
A minute later, he walked out of the back room, wiping blood off his blade. He looked up and realized that everyone was staring at him. Then it dawned on him, "oh crap! I'm not wearing my skin! Well, so much for being subtle." He put his blade back in the holder, and ran, jumping through one of the glass windows and ran all the way out of Hyrule City in about forty-five seconds, then stopped and tried to think. "Well shit, that was a dead lead," he muttered to himself, "what'll I do now? I'll go back to the crater to think it over.
He walked half-way to the crater, then saw Ashley, Mark and the others walking down from the crater. "'Guess I don't have to decide," he said with an evil smile, "because an activity's come right to me. What? A Jeweled One?" He said, eyeing Clash. "A real chance to test my skills, unlike that gutter trash in Hyrule. This'll be fun!!!
A different figure was also watching through a crystal ball. "Hmmm, like, I wonder which one of them did this to him. Probably Baby Bro," she decided, "like, he never did like the good side. I can't counteract the effects of that cloud, so I'll like have to do my own voodoo that I do so well to help them. Like, I hope the others don't get involved..."
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The plot thickens. More chapters coming soon!!!
Oh, and I couldn't decide on the two names below, so just use the one you like best.
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Chapter 13: Altered Mind, Enhanced Body (or Bad to the Bone)
Omega walked through the back alleys of Hyrule City, the part of Hyrule that wasn't destroyed, that is. He had bought another cloak with money he got by killing some monsters and was wearing it and hiding his face. Under it, he was also wearing a new Hylian shirt. The Justice Blade was in its holder on his back. "Let's see, the informer should be around this corner..." he whispered to himself.
He found the man he had been looking for leaning against the alley wall, a man that he had heard had information on everyone in Hyrule. "Are you Dave?" The man nodded. "I'm looking for a man named Black, a very unusual looking man," he said, walking up to Dave.
Dave smiled. "No one ever looks for him, it's usually the other way around. I can tell you anything you want about him... for a price, that is."
"I don't have any money left, so how about this?" He said, pulling his hood down and enjoying the shock on the man's face. "How about you tell me and I let you live?"
"You wouldn't dare," Dave said, his shock fading and his smile growing wider. "There aren't any murders in Hyrule. Link would be all over you like-"
"I'm not afraid of Link," Omega interrupted, "but perhaps you need a little persuasion." He punched Dave in the rib cage, knocking him to the ground. "Oh, that had to hurt," Omega said with sarcastic sympathy, smiling at the man, who was lying on the ground and twitching in pain. He pulled the man up to his feet, watching amusedly at how Dave couldn't support himself very well. He grabbed Dave by the collar and lifted him off the ground, "that broke at least two of your ribs, and it was a very light punch for me," he warned, "ready to give me that information now?"
"Yeah, whatever you want," Dave said frantically, "all I know about him is he comes to me every once in a while, looking for someone who's been in Hyrule. Last time he came here he was looking for someone named Omega, and was angry that I couldn't tell him who he was, and left. That's all, I swear!!!"
"Did he say anything about who hired him?" Omega asked, his eyes narrowing.
"A little, maybe. It doesn't come without a price."
"Pathetic." Omega said, "you still haven't learned respect." He changed his grip so he was holding on to Dave's neck. "I could snap your neck like a twig. Care to reconsider your last comment?"
"All he said was he was hired by the owner of the bar. I had to ask, otherwise I wouldn't have, because he's almost as scary as you."
"Flattery will get you nowhere," Omega said, smiling, "now which bar?"
"The only bar in Hyrule. About a mile thataway." He pointed to the left.
He put Dave down. "Your service has been appreciated. You've pleased me in the end, so you will get paid. Here," he handed Dave a potion, "this will heal your broken ribs. I made it out of herbs before I came into Hyrule. But I can do things far more worse than a few broken bones, so don't ever rat me out or cross me, understand?"
"Yeah, whatever you say..." Dave said, then he drank all of the potion.
"For example," Omega started, "that potion will heal your bones, but it's excruciatingly painful while the bones regrow for about five hours. Enjoy." He walked towards the bar, laughing.
'This must be the place,' he thought to himself, 'not very creative name, though...' there was a sign plastered across the wall of the stone building that said 'Hyrule Bar'.
"I'm not gonna get in with a cloak, I'll look too suspicious, so I'll have to find a way..." he was interrupted by his own mind when a power he didn't know he had popped into his mind.
'Okay, let's try this out!' he thought. He concentrated and his jewel glowed. Then his hair turned brown and grew shorter, then, from the hair, over the white skin grew pink skin. It grew down his body as he also grew fingernails, toes, his eyes shrank and he regrew ears painlessly. He walked over to a window. 'Not too shabby', he thought, looking in a near by window. 'It looks exactly like I used to. The missing pupil and the eye scar's still there, though, except the scar's red. Well, I think it looks cool. Makes me look very badass. Wait, I'm in Hyrule, those ears will draw attention, and I don't wanna do that... yet...' He concentrated and his ears grew pointy. 'There, now I look like a Hylian. I hope powers I don't know about pop up like that again. Then I can have even more fun.'
He walked up to the bar. There wasn't anyone out front except for a bouncer. As Brian walked up, the bouncer shivered when he looked at Brian's scar, then he regained his courage and asked, "how old are you, kid?"
"I'm sixteen years old."
"You have to be twenty-one to get in the bar. Sorry."
"Oh no, I'm not here to drink. I need to speak with the owner."
The bouncer looked suspicious. "What do you need to see him for?"
"Business."
"What sort of business?"
Brian was starting to get angry. "My business is none of your business. Just let me through."
"If you can't tell me your business, you're not getting through me."
"Oh, I'm getting through you. I'm sick of this." Brian grabbed the bouncer's arm and tossed him over his shoulder, knocking him out. 'Glad this body's just a disguise, and I've still got my power,' he thought to himself.
He walked up to the bar counter. "I need to speak with the owner."
The bartender sized him up. "What do you need to see him for?" He finally said.
"Business concerning him and me, not you."
The bartender, who was very muscular, sized him up again. "Fine, I am the owner," he said, "let's go into the back room so we won't draw any attention."
The back room wasn't much of a room. There was chair and a bar stool in the middle of the room, but other than that it was completely bare. "You came to see me?"
"Yeah. You hired someone to kill me, a man named Black."
The bartender looked scared. "Don't know anything about that," he muttered.
"Liar. You know something."
"Yeah, but you won't get it out of me."
Brian smiled. "Thank you," he said, "you've made it so I can have a little fun. Watch this trick," he said, then, in one swift movement, he was off his chair, kicked the bar stool out from under the owner, and grabbed the owner by the neck and lifted him up before he could regain his balance. "I'm stronger than you can imagine," Brian growled, "so you're going to tell me everything, got it?"
"Sure," the owner choked out, "just put me down..." Omega dropped him to the floor and waited a few seconds for the man to catch his breath. "I was ordered to hire Black. You don't look like the person he was sent to kill, though..."
"Never mind that, now ordered by who? And if I don't like your answers, I'm gonna let it out."
"I don't known his name," the owner said, stumbling backwards, "he came in a cloak, I never got his name. It was such a good deal, though..."
"Deal?"
"Yeah. I order Black to kill you, and the man gives me four million rupees. I was supposed to give one million to Black, but since he never killed you, I never got the money."
"What about anyone named Blake? Do you know about anyone named Blake?"
"Yes, I had to order him to kill everyone in this inn I'd never heard of. He'd get a million, too."
"You... oh crap," Omega said while his fake skin fell off when he flexed his muscles for no apparent reason. "Might as well..." he said, ripping the rest of the fake skin off of himself.
"You," the owner muttered, horrified, "you're like Black and Blake! I've told you all I know, just don't..."
Omega walked toward him, smiling. "You're willing to sacrifice lives for money. Time to teach you the ultimate lesson."
A minute later, he walked out of the back room, wiping blood off his blade. He looked up and realized that everyone was staring at him. Then it dawned on him, "oh crap! I'm not wearing my skin! Well, so much for being subtle." He put his blade back in the holder, and ran, jumping through one of the glass windows and ran all the way out of Hyrule City in about forty-five seconds, then stopped and tried to think. "Well shit, that was a dead lead," he muttered to himself, "what'll I do now? I'll go back to the crater to think it over.
He walked half-way to the crater, then saw Ashley, Mark and the others walking down from the crater. "'Guess I don't have to decide," he said with an evil smile, "because an activity's come right to me. What? A Jeweled One?" He said, eyeing Clash. "A real chance to test my skills, unlike that gutter trash in Hyrule. This'll be fun!!!
A different figure was also watching through a crystal ball. "Hmmm, like, I wonder which one of them did this to him. Probably Baby Bro," she decided, "like, he never did like the good side. I can't counteract the effects of that cloud, so I'll like have to do my own voodoo that I do so well to help them. Like, I hope the others don't get involved..."
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The plot thickens. More chapters coming soon!!!