Here we go! Believe it or not, this is going to end soon because 1. My think tank is running on empty, except for a few ideas, and 2. I've got an idea for a humorous story, but I need to get on with an event in this story for it to work, and 3. I want to finish this before my parents make me go through TV (and computer) free week.
There will be a sequel, once I can think of enough ideas.
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Chapter 40: Whoa, This Is Unexpected
They were surprised to find an Inn after walking for about ten minutes. They rented a room there, and went into it, making sure to lock the door.
"Okay," said Billy, "I'll go up there as soon as I know exactly what to expect. I want to be ready for it. Tell me what's happened to you so far."
They did that. "Hmm," Billy hummed, "let me think."
A few minutes later, Billy started talking again, "okay, here's what we know: you're all from the same world, and something happened involving Windows, sending you here. Someone hired Black and Blake to kill Omega. Alter wanted you to do something, but Lance killed him and said he offered the same job, but Black and Blake were in on it the whole time. I have a theory that the person up there, that Jeweled One Lance hired you to kill, is behind it all. Think about it, he could have hired Black and Blake to kill you, because he somehow found out about you and wanted you dead for some reason. Then, when he failed, he also found out about Lance's plot to kill him, and had Black and Blake pose as me and a friend to lead you right to your death." Then he stopped for a second. He motioned for complete silence and went towards the door.
He opened it, and Black fell inside, leaning against the door. While he got up, Billy put his shotgun against Black's back.
"Okay," Billy said, "who hired you?"
"Like I'd tell you!" Black snorted, "then you'd have no reason to not kill me!"
'Intimidation time. Time for fun,' Billy thought. Then he said to Black, "Even for a Jeweled One, do you know what would happen if I shot the back of your head with a shotgun this powerful?" Black shook his head. "Good, then I get to tell you. The impact of the bullet would literally blow your head away. Blood, brain matter, skull shards, all mixed together, all over the floor. Pain in the ass to clean up, but I'm willing to, because I will kill you if you don't tell me who you were hired for, and a few other questions. You were in my head, you know I'm not lying."
"Fine," Black said, defeated, "the person who hired me was a Jeweled One named Platinum. He didn't seem incredibly powerful, but he had a lot of money. I didn't want to take it, but Blake insisted."
"Okay, why were you spying on us?"
"I wanted to help you."
"After all the efforts you went through to kill Omega, do you actually expect me to believe that?"
"Think straight, man. You want to kill me, but as you said, I was in your head, and you know I was against what I was going to do the whole time."
Billy holstered his shotgun. "What are you doing?" Wilder asked.
Billy waved his scaly hand, "he's telling the truth, you can't really lie when you're thinking, so I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt." He turned back to Black, "you're sure he wasn't that powerful?"
Black turned to Billy and nodded, "he wasn't as powerful as me, so he's not as powerful as you or Omega."
"After that," said Billy, turning to Brian, "I've just got some beef with the guy who hired Black to do this, then you'll have to find your friends and other answers on your own unless we meet again, Omega. I have to walk my own path."
"If you say so," Brian said, nodding.
"Okay," said Billy, "anyone who wants to mess with Platinum, come. Black, you're coming, you need to help."
Black agreed to this and they went back to the tower (Author's Note: Final battle coming up soon, few more chapters)
When they went up one more, Platinum was sitting on a golden throne. He was a tall, slim figure, with shiny metallic skin. Next to his throne was a long sword.
"Black!!!" He said, surprised. "What're you doing? I thought you said you killed them!!!"
"You're far too trusting, Platinum," Black said, smiling, "I've always liked the side of good more, so I lied, foiled the plan with Lance, and brought them back.
"So this is how it's going to be," said Platinum, looking more afraid than he sounded. He ran towards four crystal balls in the corner of the room. He got down onto his knees, crying, "masters, masters! He has betrayed us! They are here! Help me, masters!"
A wind started swirling around, and out of nowhere four Mystics appeared. Brian recognized Junior, and two others were also pitch black skinned, but one was still staying in the shadows, out of sight. "Masters!" Platinum cried, relieved, "destroy them!"
"First," said a rich looking female Mystic, "we have to get rid of some rubbish that's failed us." She pulled out a dagger and stabbed Platinum in the chest. He fell to the ground, dead.
"Now," said another one, a witch-looking female, "you will die!"
"First," said Billy in a business tone, "I'd like some answers."
"Yeah wight!" Junior said sarcastically.
"Think about it," Brian said in the same tone, catching on, "you're definitely going to kill us, so what's the difference if you tell us or not?"
The three went into a huddle formation. The rich looking one said, once they broke out of the huddle, "fine. But we won't answer all the questions."
"Okay," said Brian, "what started this?"
"Well," said the rich lady, "we realized if we put our powers together, we can overpower the other Mystics. Then we created a Jeweled One named Platinum to serve us. He kidnapped the greatest heroes of all the worlds so we could clone them into soldiers. Alter looked like he was going to join us, but then he decided to play goody-goody and brought you here to stop us."
"Me?" Brian asked, "why me?"
"If you don't know, then we're not telling you."
"Why'd you kill Alter?"
"He was getting in the way too much. He weakened my gas so you wouldn't be a soldier for us, just an evil person. Then he tried to tell you everything. Luckily, Lance misunderstood and destroyed him for us."
"Why did my friends come into other worlds, too?"
"Again, if you don't know, we're not telling you. Enough questions," the rich lady declared, "now you die, and our spy will kill you."
'Spy?' They all thought together.
As the three Mystics disappeared, so did three of the crystal balls. Then Lance stepped out of the shadows.
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Next chapter, fight scene, then a conclusion chapter. I've had fun writing this, but I'm going to work on something more humorous. First I have to do something with Billy, though (yep, not done changing him yet).
There will be a sequel, once I can think of enough ideas.
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Chapter 40: Whoa, This Is Unexpected
They were surprised to find an Inn after walking for about ten minutes. They rented a room there, and went into it, making sure to lock the door.
"Okay," said Billy, "I'll go up there as soon as I know exactly what to expect. I want to be ready for it. Tell me what's happened to you so far."
They did that. "Hmm," Billy hummed, "let me think."
A few minutes later, Billy started talking again, "okay, here's what we know: you're all from the same world, and something happened involving Windows, sending you here. Someone hired Black and Blake to kill Omega. Alter wanted you to do something, but Lance killed him and said he offered the same job, but Black and Blake were in on it the whole time. I have a theory that the person up there, that Jeweled One Lance hired you to kill, is behind it all. Think about it, he could have hired Black and Blake to kill you, because he somehow found out about you and wanted you dead for some reason. Then, when he failed, he also found out about Lance's plot to kill him, and had Black and Blake pose as me and a friend to lead you right to your death." Then he stopped for a second. He motioned for complete silence and went towards the door.
He opened it, and Black fell inside, leaning against the door. While he got up, Billy put his shotgun against Black's back.
"Okay," Billy said, "who hired you?"
"Like I'd tell you!" Black snorted, "then you'd have no reason to not kill me!"
'Intimidation time. Time for fun,' Billy thought. Then he said to Black, "Even for a Jeweled One, do you know what would happen if I shot the back of your head with a shotgun this powerful?" Black shook his head. "Good, then I get to tell you. The impact of the bullet would literally blow your head away. Blood, brain matter, skull shards, all mixed together, all over the floor. Pain in the ass to clean up, but I'm willing to, because I will kill you if you don't tell me who you were hired for, and a few other questions. You were in my head, you know I'm not lying."
"Fine," Black said, defeated, "the person who hired me was a Jeweled One named Platinum. He didn't seem incredibly powerful, but he had a lot of money. I didn't want to take it, but Blake insisted."
"Okay, why were you spying on us?"
"I wanted to help you."
"After all the efforts you went through to kill Omega, do you actually expect me to believe that?"
"Think straight, man. You want to kill me, but as you said, I was in your head, and you know I was against what I was going to do the whole time."
Billy holstered his shotgun. "What are you doing?" Wilder asked.
Billy waved his scaly hand, "he's telling the truth, you can't really lie when you're thinking, so I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt." He turned back to Black, "you're sure he wasn't that powerful?"
Black turned to Billy and nodded, "he wasn't as powerful as me, so he's not as powerful as you or Omega."
"After that," said Billy, turning to Brian, "I've just got some beef with the guy who hired Black to do this, then you'll have to find your friends and other answers on your own unless we meet again, Omega. I have to walk my own path."
"If you say so," Brian said, nodding.
"Okay," said Billy, "anyone who wants to mess with Platinum, come. Black, you're coming, you need to help."
Black agreed to this and they went back to the tower (Author's Note: Final battle coming up soon, few more chapters)
When they went up one more, Platinum was sitting on a golden throne. He was a tall, slim figure, with shiny metallic skin. Next to his throne was a long sword.
"Black!!!" He said, surprised. "What're you doing? I thought you said you killed them!!!"
"You're far too trusting, Platinum," Black said, smiling, "I've always liked the side of good more, so I lied, foiled the plan with Lance, and brought them back.
"So this is how it's going to be," said Platinum, looking more afraid than he sounded. He ran towards four crystal balls in the corner of the room. He got down onto his knees, crying, "masters, masters! He has betrayed us! They are here! Help me, masters!"
A wind started swirling around, and out of nowhere four Mystics appeared. Brian recognized Junior, and two others were also pitch black skinned, but one was still staying in the shadows, out of sight. "Masters!" Platinum cried, relieved, "destroy them!"
"First," said a rich looking female Mystic, "we have to get rid of some rubbish that's failed us." She pulled out a dagger and stabbed Platinum in the chest. He fell to the ground, dead.
"Now," said another one, a witch-looking female, "you will die!"
"First," said Billy in a business tone, "I'd like some answers."
"Yeah wight!" Junior said sarcastically.
"Think about it," Brian said in the same tone, catching on, "you're definitely going to kill us, so what's the difference if you tell us or not?"
The three went into a huddle formation. The rich looking one said, once they broke out of the huddle, "fine. But we won't answer all the questions."
"Okay," said Brian, "what started this?"
"Well," said the rich lady, "we realized if we put our powers together, we can overpower the other Mystics. Then we created a Jeweled One named Platinum to serve us. He kidnapped the greatest heroes of all the worlds so we could clone them into soldiers. Alter looked like he was going to join us, but then he decided to play goody-goody and brought you here to stop us."
"Me?" Brian asked, "why me?"
"If you don't know, then we're not telling you."
"Why'd you kill Alter?"
"He was getting in the way too much. He weakened my gas so you wouldn't be a soldier for us, just an evil person. Then he tried to tell you everything. Luckily, Lance misunderstood and destroyed him for us."
"Why did my friends come into other worlds, too?"
"Again, if you don't know, we're not telling you. Enough questions," the rich lady declared, "now you die, and our spy will kill you."
'Spy?' They all thought together.
As the three Mystics disappeared, so did three of the crystal balls. Then Lance stepped out of the shadows.
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Next chapter, fight scene, then a conclusion chapter. I've had fun writing this, but I'm going to work on something more humorous. First I have to do something with Billy, though (yep, not done changing him yet).