Legend of Zeben
Chapter 2: The Ultimate Warrior
When Ben awoke, his head ached as if he has just finished a PlayStation marathon through the night. He rememered the zombies, the crows, and Zebe. Had it all been a dream? No, it was real. It had to be. Because his leg still had a bruise in the shape of a hand print. That zombie may have gone down easily, but it had a strong grip. Ben sat upright. "What's wrong with me?! Zombies don't just come out of peoples closets! Zebra's can't talk, and I can't kick that much ass! ..Well, I don't know about that last one but.." Speaking of Zebras, where was Zebe? As if he was thinking, he heard a voice inside his mind. "Urg.. I'm right here.." The voice sounded faintly like Zebe's, but where was he? "Zebe!" Ben called out into the thick mist surrounding him. "Dude, I'm right here. But where are you? I can't see you!" Ben got to his knees to stand up, and out of the corner of his right eye, saw two long, leathry wings follow his arm. Alarmed, he turned to see if some kind of bird was on his back, and the wings kept just inside of his vision. Zebe also was turning frantically to see what was on him. "Zebe, how come we can't find each other, but we can hear each other and there are wings on both of ours backs?" Ben asked questionlingly into the nothingness around him. "Haha, maybe we became Zeben? Ahaha..haha...ha?" "That's it," Zebe's thoughts could be heard in Ben's mind. "We ARE Zeben." He paused. "We can't see each other, yet we can 'hear' each other." Ben started to become disturbed. "Uhmm that's not possible. People can't fusion with things, that's just in games and shows." "True, but do zombies normally attack your house?" Zebe retorted. "And do you feel that sense of..of confidence? That's definently a Zeben trait" "As are the wings." Ben started to become hysterical now. "We are Zeben! Yes yes yes!! This is so cool!" He had now started jumping up and down spinning in circles, when he realized that he was jumping 15m into the air!"Wow! This is everything I've ever dreamed of!" he was so excited that he did not notice the group of 'people' approaching him from behind. The gang of 5 were tall, lanky figures, with very pointy ears. Their ears protruded about 4 inches from under their shoulder length hair, which varied from purple to silver. All 5 were wearing animal hide tunics that covered the most part of their chests. Long, but tight leathery pants were worn by the group. The 5 were all male, and were carrying spears and bows. "State your race!" one of the taller elf creatures orderded, appearing to be their leader. "What?" 'Zeben' felt very perplexed by the group, and his mind came to a blank. "We have orders to kill intruders, unless they are of an Elvaan tribe!" He seemed to get more angry with every passing moment. "Excuse me?" He now felt very stupid, not knowing what was going on. And that frustrated him. "Seize him!" Two of the Elvaans charged him and held him to the ground, starting to bend his wings. "You're..you're hurting me." The new and improved Ben felt very overwhelmed by it all and didn't know how to react. The 2 other guards approached him, and raised their bows to his head. "Too bad we have to kill you, I sense strong powers emiting from you. You could have been great. What a waste." their leader spoke as if Zeben was some kind of God. "You're the fourth one to fall from the sky today. All of the Dreamers we've captured are powerful." He raised his spear to Zeben's head. "In the name of MA--" He was cut off by the sight of Zeben, who had started to glow an eerie yellow. "Could have been great? I AM great!" he taunted, breaking free of the guards easily. Energy began to spark from him, sending tendrils of erratic power striking everything. "Noo! He's..he's the..KILL HIM!" On their leaders order, the 4 others began to fire arrows at him. Zeben just stood their, calm, as arrows flew by missing him by an inch. A spear, aimed straight for his face, came right athim. With a plain look on his face, Zeben grabbed it just as it was about to connect. When his hands grabbed it, the spear dissolved. More and more power began to gather around him, greating a powerful wind, that made the Elvaans cower. Zeben lifted his wings, and floated easily into the air. Raising his right hand, energy began to swirrl and crackle as it condensed into a sphere. "Now.. Shall we leave?" Zeben was totally confident that he was stronger than anyone here. "Ahh! Get away!" The guards got to their feet and ran as far as they could into the mist, which was now thining. Calming down, Zeben floated back to the ground and let out a breath as the energy began to subside, and dissapear. When his foot touched, he instantly collapsed. "I'm outta shape!" he stated with difficulty. He started to get a headache, and felt more clumbsy and stupid, than before. His wings started to glow, as they were absorbed into his back. His hair shortened and became lighter, and came back to Ben's normal hair colour. His white fusion pants were replaced with a pair of dark blue jeans, and his stripes gave way to a white t-shirt covered by a gray hoodie. Ben looked at himself. "What? What happened?" Frantically, he looked for an explination and found none. Zebe came floating up from the ground and stated with caution "We've used up all our strength, way to go. You just had to try and show them up didn't you?" "Hey, it wasn't all me! I felt you in there having fun. So don't act as if I made you do it! But, we're all right so it doesn't really matter. And by the looks on their faces, they wont be back for a while." Ben was still confident, but he now knew his limits. "Ok, so now that we aren't fusioned, we might wanna get to, umm, safety?" Zebe felt very vulnerable when he wasn't part of Zeben. "Nah, I'm all powerful, remember? I wasted those zombies. And you've still got your elemental attacks, so we should be fine." Ben was fully confident that everything would turn out all right. "Hardly, I haven't ever used my attacks before, and you just became powerful like 20 minutes ago. So don't go thinking you're all that, or someone might want you to prove it!" Zebe said in a way to try and lower Ben's ego. Ben looked in his pockets to see what they had; $3.75, a package of halls, some lint, and Pikachu. He took Pikachu off of his belt hook and pressed a button, the check on Pikachu. Except, Pikachu wasn't there. The time said 1:36 pm, but Pikachu just wasn't there. "Zebe, what's going on? This is weird.." "You're so dense. Zombies, Elfs, magic, fusions. This place is obviously ...." Zebe stopped. "Umm, a place we've never been to before. "Thanks tips." Ben said with a huge amount of sarcasm."Well, whatever this place is, we should try and find a town or city. We need to find a place to stay tonight, and I'm getting hungry.." Ben patted his stomach as he felt a small growl. "You're ALWAYS hungry. And besides, It might be hard finding a city." His partner said very mysteriously. "And why's that?" Ben inquired. Zebe answered very plainly. "I don't think we're in Kamloops anymore."
Chapter 2: The Ultimate Warrior
When Ben awoke, his head ached as if he has just finished a PlayStation marathon through the night. He rememered the zombies, the crows, and Zebe. Had it all been a dream? No, it was real. It had to be. Because his leg still had a bruise in the shape of a hand print. That zombie may have gone down easily, but it had a strong grip. Ben sat upright. "What's wrong with me?! Zombies don't just come out of peoples closets! Zebra's can't talk, and I can't kick that much ass! ..Well, I don't know about that last one but.." Speaking of Zebras, where was Zebe? As if he was thinking, he heard a voice inside his mind. "Urg.. I'm right here.." The voice sounded faintly like Zebe's, but where was he? "Zebe!" Ben called out into the thick mist surrounding him. "Dude, I'm right here. But where are you? I can't see you!" Ben got to his knees to stand up, and out of the corner of his right eye, saw two long, leathry wings follow his arm. Alarmed, he turned to see if some kind of bird was on his back, and the wings kept just inside of his vision. Zebe also was turning frantically to see what was on him. "Zebe, how come we can't find each other, but we can hear each other and there are wings on both of ours backs?" Ben asked questionlingly into the nothingness around him. "Haha, maybe we became Zeben? Ahaha..haha...ha?" "That's it," Zebe's thoughts could be heard in Ben's mind. "We ARE Zeben." He paused. "We can't see each other, yet we can 'hear' each other." Ben started to become disturbed. "Uhmm that's not possible. People can't fusion with things, that's just in games and shows." "True, but do zombies normally attack your house?" Zebe retorted. "And do you feel that sense of..of confidence? That's definently a Zeben trait" "As are the wings." Ben started to become hysterical now. "We are Zeben! Yes yes yes!! This is so cool!" He had now started jumping up and down spinning in circles, when he realized that he was jumping 15m into the air!"Wow! This is everything I've ever dreamed of!" he was so excited that he did not notice the group of 'people' approaching him from behind. The gang of 5 were tall, lanky figures, with very pointy ears. Their ears protruded about 4 inches from under their shoulder length hair, which varied from purple to silver. All 5 were wearing animal hide tunics that covered the most part of their chests. Long, but tight leathery pants were worn by the group. The 5 were all male, and were carrying spears and bows. "State your race!" one of the taller elf creatures orderded, appearing to be their leader. "What?" 'Zeben' felt very perplexed by the group, and his mind came to a blank. "We have orders to kill intruders, unless they are of an Elvaan tribe!" He seemed to get more angry with every passing moment. "Excuse me?" He now felt very stupid, not knowing what was going on. And that frustrated him. "Seize him!" Two of the Elvaans charged him and held him to the ground, starting to bend his wings. "You're..you're hurting me." The new and improved Ben felt very overwhelmed by it all and didn't know how to react. The 2 other guards approached him, and raised their bows to his head. "Too bad we have to kill you, I sense strong powers emiting from you. You could have been great. What a waste." their leader spoke as if Zeben was some kind of God. "You're the fourth one to fall from the sky today. All of the Dreamers we've captured are powerful." He raised his spear to Zeben's head. "In the name of MA--" He was cut off by the sight of Zeben, who had started to glow an eerie yellow. "Could have been great? I AM great!" he taunted, breaking free of the guards easily. Energy began to spark from him, sending tendrils of erratic power striking everything. "Noo! He's..he's the..KILL HIM!" On their leaders order, the 4 others began to fire arrows at him. Zeben just stood their, calm, as arrows flew by missing him by an inch. A spear, aimed straight for his face, came right athim. With a plain look on his face, Zeben grabbed it just as it was about to connect. When his hands grabbed it, the spear dissolved. More and more power began to gather around him, greating a powerful wind, that made the Elvaans cower. Zeben lifted his wings, and floated easily into the air. Raising his right hand, energy began to swirrl and crackle as it condensed into a sphere. "Now.. Shall we leave?" Zeben was totally confident that he was stronger than anyone here. "Ahh! Get away!" The guards got to their feet and ran as far as they could into the mist, which was now thining. Calming down, Zeben floated back to the ground and let out a breath as the energy began to subside, and dissapear. When his foot touched, he instantly collapsed. "I'm outta shape!" he stated with difficulty. He started to get a headache, and felt more clumbsy and stupid, than before. His wings started to glow, as they were absorbed into his back. His hair shortened and became lighter, and came back to Ben's normal hair colour. His white fusion pants were replaced with a pair of dark blue jeans, and his stripes gave way to a white t-shirt covered by a gray hoodie. Ben looked at himself. "What? What happened?" Frantically, he looked for an explination and found none. Zebe came floating up from the ground and stated with caution "We've used up all our strength, way to go. You just had to try and show them up didn't you?" "Hey, it wasn't all me! I felt you in there having fun. So don't act as if I made you do it! But, we're all right so it doesn't really matter. And by the looks on their faces, they wont be back for a while." Ben was still confident, but he now knew his limits. "Ok, so now that we aren't fusioned, we might wanna get to, umm, safety?" Zebe felt very vulnerable when he wasn't part of Zeben. "Nah, I'm all powerful, remember? I wasted those zombies. And you've still got your elemental attacks, so we should be fine." Ben was fully confident that everything would turn out all right. "Hardly, I haven't ever used my attacks before, and you just became powerful like 20 minutes ago. So don't go thinking you're all that, or someone might want you to prove it!" Zebe said in a way to try and lower Ben's ego. Ben looked in his pockets to see what they had; $3.75, a package of halls, some lint, and Pikachu. He took Pikachu off of his belt hook and pressed a button, the check on Pikachu. Except, Pikachu wasn't there. The time said 1:36 pm, but Pikachu just wasn't there. "Zebe, what's going on? This is weird.." "You're so dense. Zombies, Elfs, magic, fusions. This place is obviously ...." Zebe stopped. "Umm, a place we've never been to before. "Thanks tips." Ben said with a huge amount of sarcasm."Well, whatever this place is, we should try and find a town or city. We need to find a place to stay tonight, and I'm getting hungry.." Ben patted his stomach as he felt a small growl. "You're ALWAYS hungry. And besides, It might be hard finding a city." His partner said very mysteriously. "And why's that?" Ben inquired. Zebe answered very plainly. "I don't think we're in Kamloops anymore."