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Chapter 37: So That's What They Are!!!
"Are you ready, Omega?" Billy asked nervously.
"Yeah," Brian said, "and will you calm down? You're making me nervous."
"Just get ready, okay?"
When Brian was prepared, he told Billy and then he walked towards the area where they had chosen to fight.
"Okay," Billy said, a safe distance away, "three... two... one... go!"
Brian immediately went into a defensive position, but a hole in the air appeared above Leo and two unconscious girls fell on top of her. Two familiar girls. Then Brian realized they were Ashley and Julie. He started to walk towards them.
"What the hell?" Billy shouted, running towards them, and Jake soon followed. Then time froze for them.
"Okay," said the short, green man (thing?) while he walked towards the group of people, "Modify all of them except for that one." He pointed at Leo. "She doesn't know."
"Fine," said the almost pure white, taller one, "but I must restate that I am against this."
"Ah know that, moron!" The shorter green one said back.
"Fine." Said the taller one, and went into extreme concentration. "There," he said after a few minutes, "your dirty deeds are done. May I go now?"
"Yeah, yeah, good riddance." The shorter one said angrily.
The taller one left, and then the shorter one looked around and found a hiding place in some bushes.
Then time started back up again. Billy started running towards the odd spectacle of Leo trying to fight free of the unconscious forms without hurting them.
"Well," said Billy, slowing down as he came up to them. "Well, that was... interesting."
"Well, Billy," said Brian, "you've met my sister , Julie, before, but that's my girlfriend, who I'll introduce you to when she wakes up."
"Sounds fair enough," Billy said, nodding, "let's wait."
"No fight," said Leo, frowning, then she looked up at Brian. "We'll fight later, okay?" Brian nodded.
"So," said Billy, "now we wait."
"Ah believe ah can help ya kill some time." Said a voice behind them, as a short, green man stepped out of the bushes.
"That voice," said Billy, "Omega, this is the man that hired me to help you. Perhaps we can get a little information out of him, eh?"
Again, Brian nodded. "No need fer aggression," the man said, "my name is Alter, and Ah'll answer yer questions."
"Okay," Brian said, "why'd you hire Billy to help me?"
"I'd also like to know that," said Billy.
"Because," said Alter, "ya would have passed by the Window and Psycho in that forest, if ya even would've gone through the forest."
"My turn," said Billy, "I've been through lots of worlds, but I've never seen your race before. What are you?"
"Ah'm a Mystic, and that's all ah can say. Now, there's someplace ah need you to go-"
"No," Brian interrupted, "I've got too many questions. I'm not leaving right here without answers!"
"Billy, ah'll pay ya top dollar..."
"No," Billy said sternly, "not until we get some answers. Omega's told me his story, Alter, if that's your real name, and there seem to be a lot of coincidences. Give us some information and I might consider taking this job."
"He told ya his story, did he?" Alter asked, "he didn't tell ya how he transformed, though, did he?"
"I'm sure he has his reasons, and I respect that," said Billy, crossing his arms.
"Fine," said Alter, looking angry, "ah'll answer all yer questions."
"You first, Omega," said Billy, "then I'll ask, then you, etc. Okay?"
"Yeah, I agree with that," said Brian, "okay, first, what, exactly, is a Mystic?"
"A Mystic," said Alter, still looking angry, "is an ageless being of immense power and magic. They live forever, they can't die, they can't reproduce, so basically they're demi-gods. They never change the age they look."
Brian said his thought out loud, "Junior."
And Billy and Leo both said, "Gatekeeper."
Alter nodded, "they're both Mystics, although Gatekeeper doesn't get involved in anything except dealin's of the dead."
Brian looked at Billy, who said, "I'll explain later." He turned to Alter, "okay, my turn. Why are you so fascinated with Omega? Some of the stuff he's been through hasn't been just coincidences."
"Ah can't say why we're so intent on Omega, yet." Alter said, avoiding both Brian's and Billy's gaze.
"'We're' so intent on Omega?" Billy said out loud, and Alter bit his lip.
"Crap," Brian said, "okay, you were the one who changed me, weren't you?"
"I," Alter started, then he stopped talking altogether.
"Weren't you?" Brian asked, and Alter remained silent, looking at him fearfully. "You're afraid of me? Why on Earth would an almighty Mystic such as you be afraid of little, insignificant me?"
Alter remained silent. "You know," Billy said, "we're not going to do your job unless you answer our questions. Now answer Omega's question."
"Fahne. I've been stripped of my immortality, by someone who ah never saw. But it wasn't a Mystic. That's why ah'm afraid of ya."
"There, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Billy said. "Now, tell us the job, then you'll answer a few more questins, and if I'm satisfied, I'll take the job. Omega makes his own decision."
"Okay," said Alter, "ah need ya ta kill a Jeweled One, but he has strong powers and bodyguards, that's why ah need to hire the best in the business."
"Flattery will get you no where," said Billy.
Brian had a question ready. "Who changed me?"
Alter seemed to be thinking of some way to get out of telling the answer, but couldn't. "Ah did." He finally said, "ah'm not gonna sugarcoat it, ah've been watchin' ya the whole time."
"I'm out of questions," Billy said, "so go ahead, Omega."
"Okay, why did you change me?"
"Cain't say," Alter said, shaking his head, "ah cain't tell ya."
"Okay," said Billy, looking devious, "then I guess I won't take your job."
"If I tell ya, will ya take mah job?" Alter asked Billy.
"Yes, if you answer," Billy decided.
"Fahne. I changed you to-" his face went emotionless. He keeled over, dead.
Behind him was another Mystic, a tall, muscular one, holding a spear with silvery blood on it. "I'm fortunate I didn't leave when he told me to. The piece of filth didn't deserve to live."
"Who are you?" Billy asked, looking edgy.
"I," said the Mystic, "am Lance, a good Mystic. I'll answer the questions he didn't want to, to the best of my abilities, starting with the one I interrupted. He changed you into a Jeweled One because he wanted to ruin your life to make his own little toy soldier who would do all his odd jobs, starting with the first one."
"I think you'd better explain the Mystics," said Billy, not trusting Lance.
"Very well," said Lance, "there were eight- now, thanks to me, seven- Mystics. Three are on the good side, three are evil, and two- now one- is neutral. We were having a debate about whether or not a certain Jeweled One with dreams of multi-planetary conquest should live or not. The Jeweled One was extremely evil. He was kidnapping people from different worlds and he even set loose a virus in one world that turned people into Pokemon Halflings, and continuing to do damage daily. Naturally, me and the other two good ones wanted him to die, the three evil ones wanted him to live, one neutral didn't care, and one neutral," with this, he pointed his spear at the dead Alter, "kept changing sides and taking matters into his own affairs."
"Like my changing to a Jeweled One," said Brian.
"Yes, and your friends, too," said Lance, nodding. "He planned to make you an emotionless soldier by getting all your friends killed in different situations. Some of them were going to be killed by Blake, and some by you yourself."
"The gas," Brian said, thinking.
"Yes," Lance nodded again, "and, when that failed, he was going to erase those friends from your memory, which he thought I did, but I only feigned it, and hire Blake to kill Ashley and Julie, but now his plans are gone. I will, however," Lance added, "pay you twice the amount of money Alter would have."
"How much money are we talkin' here?" Billy asked, "name the figure."
Lance did. "Whoa," said Billy, "that has to be the biggest hunk of cash I've ever gotten for a job, even when I split it with Omega."
"Wait," Brian said, "there are other things I need answered. Is there a cure for a Jeweled One?"
"I'm afraid not," Lance said, "if I could change history, I'd stop this from happening, but only a few can. No more questions, I'll answer more once the job is done. Also, you won't want to wait for those two," he pointed his spear at Ashley and Julie, "because Alter put a spell on Julie. She won't wake up until the job is done. I can't counteract it."
"Omega," Billy said, "I'm willing to take the job, are you?"
"Yes," said Brian, "I am."
"Me too, no charge," Wilder said, walking up beside them.
"And me!!!" Said Leo, running up to them, "I need to fight, but I don't know how to get out of the Middle-Verse," she said sulkily.
Lance extended his arm at Leo and pointed his finger at her. A beam of light shot into her eyes. "There," Lance said, "you're still dead, but you can leave."
"Yay!!!" Leo shouted, jumping up and down and Brian noticed that she had fur on her paws, it just matched the skin perfectly.
"You two," Lance said, pointing to Daniel and Jake, "watch Julie. Ashley will wake up soon and want to go, then I'll transport you to the place."
What Lance said happened, then Lance, Brian was surprised to see, used the same method as Billy to open a Window, and they went through it.
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Next up is a big scene that was actually the first part of the story I created in my head, to kill some time while I was bored, I made an action scene in my head. Now, it's part of a story that I didn't know I'd be writing when I made it. Wow.
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Chapter 37: So That's What They Are!!!
"Are you ready, Omega?" Billy asked nervously.
"Yeah," Brian said, "and will you calm down? You're making me nervous."
"Just get ready, okay?"
When Brian was prepared, he told Billy and then he walked towards the area where they had chosen to fight.
"Okay," Billy said, a safe distance away, "three... two... one... go!"
Brian immediately went into a defensive position, but a hole in the air appeared above Leo and two unconscious girls fell on top of her. Two familiar girls. Then Brian realized they were Ashley and Julie. He started to walk towards them.
"What the hell?" Billy shouted, running towards them, and Jake soon followed. Then time froze for them.
"Okay," said the short, green man (thing?) while he walked towards the group of people, "Modify all of them except for that one." He pointed at Leo. "She doesn't know."
"Fine," said the almost pure white, taller one, "but I must restate that I am against this."
"Ah know that, moron!" The shorter green one said back.
"Fine." Said the taller one, and went into extreme concentration. "There," he said after a few minutes, "your dirty deeds are done. May I go now?"
"Yeah, yeah, good riddance." The shorter one said angrily.
The taller one left, and then the shorter one looked around and found a hiding place in some bushes.
Then time started back up again. Billy started running towards the odd spectacle of Leo trying to fight free of the unconscious forms without hurting them.
"Well," said Billy, slowing down as he came up to them. "Well, that was... interesting."
"Well, Billy," said Brian, "you've met my sister , Julie, before, but that's my girlfriend, who I'll introduce you to when she wakes up."
"Sounds fair enough," Billy said, nodding, "let's wait."
"No fight," said Leo, frowning, then she looked up at Brian. "We'll fight later, okay?" Brian nodded.
"So," said Billy, "now we wait."
"Ah believe ah can help ya kill some time." Said a voice behind them, as a short, green man stepped out of the bushes.
"That voice," said Billy, "Omega, this is the man that hired me to help you. Perhaps we can get a little information out of him, eh?"
Again, Brian nodded. "No need fer aggression," the man said, "my name is Alter, and Ah'll answer yer questions."
"Okay," Brian said, "why'd you hire Billy to help me?"
"I'd also like to know that," said Billy.
"Because," said Alter, "ya would have passed by the Window and Psycho in that forest, if ya even would've gone through the forest."
"My turn," said Billy, "I've been through lots of worlds, but I've never seen your race before. What are you?"
"Ah'm a Mystic, and that's all ah can say. Now, there's someplace ah need you to go-"
"No," Brian interrupted, "I've got too many questions. I'm not leaving right here without answers!"
"Billy, ah'll pay ya top dollar..."
"No," Billy said sternly, "not until we get some answers. Omega's told me his story, Alter, if that's your real name, and there seem to be a lot of coincidences. Give us some information and I might consider taking this job."
"He told ya his story, did he?" Alter asked, "he didn't tell ya how he transformed, though, did he?"
"I'm sure he has his reasons, and I respect that," said Billy, crossing his arms.
"Fine," said Alter, looking angry, "ah'll answer all yer questions."
"You first, Omega," said Billy, "then I'll ask, then you, etc. Okay?"
"Yeah, I agree with that," said Brian, "okay, first, what, exactly, is a Mystic?"
"A Mystic," said Alter, still looking angry, "is an ageless being of immense power and magic. They live forever, they can't die, they can't reproduce, so basically they're demi-gods. They never change the age they look."
Brian said his thought out loud, "Junior."
And Billy and Leo both said, "Gatekeeper."
Alter nodded, "they're both Mystics, although Gatekeeper doesn't get involved in anything except dealin's of the dead."
Brian looked at Billy, who said, "I'll explain later." He turned to Alter, "okay, my turn. Why are you so fascinated with Omega? Some of the stuff he's been through hasn't been just coincidences."
"Ah can't say why we're so intent on Omega, yet." Alter said, avoiding both Brian's and Billy's gaze.
"'We're' so intent on Omega?" Billy said out loud, and Alter bit his lip.
"Crap," Brian said, "okay, you were the one who changed me, weren't you?"
"I," Alter started, then he stopped talking altogether.
"Weren't you?" Brian asked, and Alter remained silent, looking at him fearfully. "You're afraid of me? Why on Earth would an almighty Mystic such as you be afraid of little, insignificant me?"
Alter remained silent. "You know," Billy said, "we're not going to do your job unless you answer our questions. Now answer Omega's question."
"Fahne. I've been stripped of my immortality, by someone who ah never saw. But it wasn't a Mystic. That's why ah'm afraid of ya."
"There, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Billy said. "Now, tell us the job, then you'll answer a few more questins, and if I'm satisfied, I'll take the job. Omega makes his own decision."
"Okay," said Alter, "ah need ya ta kill a Jeweled One, but he has strong powers and bodyguards, that's why ah need to hire the best in the business."
"Flattery will get you no where," said Billy.
Brian had a question ready. "Who changed me?"
Alter seemed to be thinking of some way to get out of telling the answer, but couldn't. "Ah did." He finally said, "ah'm not gonna sugarcoat it, ah've been watchin' ya the whole time."
"I'm out of questions," Billy said, "so go ahead, Omega."
"Okay, why did you change me?"
"Cain't say," Alter said, shaking his head, "ah cain't tell ya."
"Okay," said Billy, looking devious, "then I guess I won't take your job."
"If I tell ya, will ya take mah job?" Alter asked Billy.
"Yes, if you answer," Billy decided.
"Fahne. I changed you to-" his face went emotionless. He keeled over, dead.
Behind him was another Mystic, a tall, muscular one, holding a spear with silvery blood on it. "I'm fortunate I didn't leave when he told me to. The piece of filth didn't deserve to live."
"Who are you?" Billy asked, looking edgy.
"I," said the Mystic, "am Lance, a good Mystic. I'll answer the questions he didn't want to, to the best of my abilities, starting with the one I interrupted. He changed you into a Jeweled One because he wanted to ruin your life to make his own little toy soldier who would do all his odd jobs, starting with the first one."
"I think you'd better explain the Mystics," said Billy, not trusting Lance.
"Very well," said Lance, "there were eight- now, thanks to me, seven- Mystics. Three are on the good side, three are evil, and two- now one- is neutral. We were having a debate about whether or not a certain Jeweled One with dreams of multi-planetary conquest should live or not. The Jeweled One was extremely evil. He was kidnapping people from different worlds and he even set loose a virus in one world that turned people into Pokemon Halflings, and continuing to do damage daily. Naturally, me and the other two good ones wanted him to die, the three evil ones wanted him to live, one neutral didn't care, and one neutral," with this, he pointed his spear at the dead Alter, "kept changing sides and taking matters into his own affairs."
"Like my changing to a Jeweled One," said Brian.
"Yes, and your friends, too," said Lance, nodding. "He planned to make you an emotionless soldier by getting all your friends killed in different situations. Some of them were going to be killed by Blake, and some by you yourself."
"The gas," Brian said, thinking.
"Yes," Lance nodded again, "and, when that failed, he was going to erase those friends from your memory, which he thought I did, but I only feigned it, and hire Blake to kill Ashley and Julie, but now his plans are gone. I will, however," Lance added, "pay you twice the amount of money Alter would have."
"How much money are we talkin' here?" Billy asked, "name the figure."
Lance did. "Whoa," said Billy, "that has to be the biggest hunk of cash I've ever gotten for a job, even when I split it with Omega."
"Wait," Brian said, "there are other things I need answered. Is there a cure for a Jeweled One?"
"I'm afraid not," Lance said, "if I could change history, I'd stop this from happening, but only a few can. No more questions, I'll answer more once the job is done. Also, you won't want to wait for those two," he pointed his spear at Ashley and Julie, "because Alter put a spell on Julie. She won't wake up until the job is done. I can't counteract it."
"Omega," Billy said, "I'm willing to take the job, are you?"
"Yes," said Brian, "I am."
"Me too, no charge," Wilder said, walking up beside them.
"And me!!!" Said Leo, running up to them, "I need to fight, but I don't know how to get out of the Middle-Verse," she said sulkily.
Lance extended his arm at Leo and pointed his finger at her. A beam of light shot into her eyes. "There," Lance said, "you're still dead, but you can leave."
"Yay!!!" Leo shouted, jumping up and down and Brian noticed that she had fur on her paws, it just matched the skin perfectly.
"You two," Lance said, pointing to Daniel and Jake, "watch Julie. Ashley will wake up soon and want to go, then I'll transport you to the place."
What Lance said happened, then Lance, Brian was surprised to see, used the same method as Billy to open a Window, and they went through it.
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Next up is a big scene that was actually the first part of the story I created in my head, to kill some time while I was bored, I made an action scene in my head. Now, it's part of a story that I didn't know I'd be writing when I made it. Wow.