Chapter 19: The Clock Ticks On...
I pressed the button and brought up the screen, dialing the Almighty Tallest and waiting with my fingers crossed that they would understand and could help. Xen and Kor had left the room and It was only me and Link. Suddenly I was faced by the Tallest themselves. I opened my mouth, feeling a twitching feeling in my arm.
"Invader Daft reporting in, Sirs....There's a problem..."
"Yes? I see that your SIR is up again." Red commented.
"Yes he is, my tallest, but that's not the problem. It turns out that one of our deadlyest opponents is inhabiting this planet. Do you remember the Emporor Theros?"
"Uh...." They stammerd
"Well, he's here. He was banished by his people after they saw how we could help them."
"I don't see what's so bad about that." Purple said.
"Well, he's formed a plan to crush Irk from the inside and has started with his plan. The really horrible thing is that he has....well, he has planned to use my body to crush you silently. He's inside of me right now my Tallest. I can feel him working his way into my brain. Xen estimated that I had 3 days minimum before he totally took control."
"Xen?" Red asked.
I remembered my promise to Xen about not bringing him into this and quickly thought of something.
"Uh, yes. That's my SIR'S name. But that's not important right now. What is, is that if he succeeds, you won't know what hit you when he makes his move through me. I'm telling you this just incase I can't defeat him and flush him from my system. If I do not report back to you with good news, expect him to have taken over my body and do not let me anywhere near the base. If you must, destroy me and my planet immeadiatly. I've given my SIR a secret code that he'll report back to you if Theros succeeds in taking over my body. That's it, I will destroy this evil within and save you from destruction. If I don't I'd just like to say that it has been a pleasure serving under you. Invader Daft, signing out...."~End Transmission~
I sigh as Xen comes back in holding a few strange items in his hand, Kor carrying more behind him.
"Well?"
"They seemed to take it well. At least now they're informed."
"I see. We have to get to work, and quickly. If we find what he did to get in, we can find a reverse spell to make him get out. I need you here because you're the only one who knows just what happened inside that ball of light you were submerged in."
"I see. Let's get to work then."
Xen walked over to a table I had just put up and set down a few holographic instruction manuals and things like that on the table, followed by Kor. He opend a few and we seared through them for the symptoms that I described, finding little. Hourse passed, the sun had set and the three moons rose to shine in the dark sky. For a planet with three moons, it sure did get dark here....
"Aha!"
Xen pointed to a part in one of the books about a essence spell, puppeteering and controling your victim. I leaned over to read it with him, my eyes growing wide as I read it. I could feel a faint twitching in the back of my brain. He was closer than I had thought. What if it only took one day? I was doomed then.
"Does it say anything about a reverse spell?"
"Yes, but it sounds hard."
"What do you have to do?"
"Well, according to this, the only way to reverse it is to have someone do the spell while carrying an essence jar while they're transported into the being. In other words, someone else has to go in, capture the black essence, or Theros, destroy it and rid the body of the virus. Unfortuatly, there' nothing that says that the person who goes in can get out."
"So...If you were to go in, you'd never come out?"
"Correct."
"What if we made an android and sent it in?"
"That wouldn't work. They have no natural essense."
"I see. Then it'd have to be you, wouldn't it..."
"Yes, unfortunatly. But I'll do what ever it takes to make sure that yo...the Irken Empire is safe."
"Yes. That is important. There has to be a way out though."
"There's not one where I've looked."
"Right. I guess it's gonna have to be a one-way mission then."
"Yes. I'm up to it though. Are you?"
"Well, if Irk will be safe then yes. But if it fails, I want Link and Kor to go to oppiset ends of the planet and self destruct, blowing up the planet, me, and Theros's evil plan."
"Yes. I doubt it will come to that though."
"If it should, they know what to do."
"But...I don't want you to leave me Daft!" Link said in a small voice.
I looked down to see him in tears with the thought of me leaving him for good.
"Don't worry Link. Xen knows what he's doing, and if he succeeds, i won't leave you. But...If he does succeed...then he'll...leave...."
I looked over at Kor, worried that he wouldn't want his master to leave either.
"Don't worry Daft. I know that if my Master goes, it is for a good reason. I'm not going to stand in his way. Anyway, if he leaves to fight Theros, and succeeds, he'll always be with us, in your brain."
"Right."
I looked back at Link and hugged him.
"If all comes to all, do it. Blow up the place after telling the Almighty Tallest. I'll miss you, but it's for the sake of Irk. We must not fail now. We've come to far to throw it all away and let Theros win. Do it for me. Do it for Irk. Do it for The Almighty Tallest."
"Should we get on it?"
"Yes. We need to find a essence jar."
"I can make one. You rest. You'll need your strength in case worse comes to worse."
I nod to him and hug Link again, teling him he's the best partner one could ever have. I walk off to the restoration chamber to rest and save engery. Xen goes out with Kor to gather supplies while Link napps beside me. I drift off, searching my mind to find Theros. Almost as soon as I drift off, I find myself experienceing a mental twitch. Suddenly, there's a sharp pain in my neck. I can see him, he's lodged himself in my neck to wait. I roll over moaning with pain. He won't win. I'm gonna keep an eye on his movements while I rest. Subconciously I pray that Xen hurries up. Theros has moved quickly and might even attack my brain today even! Determination runs through him, so does pure evil, making him almost unstoppable in his quest for control and revenge. I pray that it won't belong before we crush him where he stands.
I pressed the button and brought up the screen, dialing the Almighty Tallest and waiting with my fingers crossed that they would understand and could help. Xen and Kor had left the room and It was only me and Link. Suddenly I was faced by the Tallest themselves. I opened my mouth, feeling a twitching feeling in my arm.
"Invader Daft reporting in, Sirs....There's a problem..."
"Yes? I see that your SIR is up again." Red commented.
"Yes he is, my tallest, but that's not the problem. It turns out that one of our deadlyest opponents is inhabiting this planet. Do you remember the Emporor Theros?"
"Uh...." They stammerd
"Well, he's here. He was banished by his people after they saw how we could help them."
"I don't see what's so bad about that." Purple said.
"Well, he's formed a plan to crush Irk from the inside and has started with his plan. The really horrible thing is that he has....well, he has planned to use my body to crush you silently. He's inside of me right now my Tallest. I can feel him working his way into my brain. Xen estimated that I had 3 days minimum before he totally took control."
"Xen?" Red asked.
I remembered my promise to Xen about not bringing him into this and quickly thought of something.
"Uh, yes. That's my SIR'S name. But that's not important right now. What is, is that if he succeeds, you won't know what hit you when he makes his move through me. I'm telling you this just incase I can't defeat him and flush him from my system. If I do not report back to you with good news, expect him to have taken over my body and do not let me anywhere near the base. If you must, destroy me and my planet immeadiatly. I've given my SIR a secret code that he'll report back to you if Theros succeeds in taking over my body. That's it, I will destroy this evil within and save you from destruction. If I don't I'd just like to say that it has been a pleasure serving under you. Invader Daft, signing out...."~End Transmission~
I sigh as Xen comes back in holding a few strange items in his hand, Kor carrying more behind him.
"Well?"
"They seemed to take it well. At least now they're informed."
"I see. We have to get to work, and quickly. If we find what he did to get in, we can find a reverse spell to make him get out. I need you here because you're the only one who knows just what happened inside that ball of light you were submerged in."
"I see. Let's get to work then."
Xen walked over to a table I had just put up and set down a few holographic instruction manuals and things like that on the table, followed by Kor. He opend a few and we seared through them for the symptoms that I described, finding little. Hourse passed, the sun had set and the three moons rose to shine in the dark sky. For a planet with three moons, it sure did get dark here....
"Aha!"
Xen pointed to a part in one of the books about a essence spell, puppeteering and controling your victim. I leaned over to read it with him, my eyes growing wide as I read it. I could feel a faint twitching in the back of my brain. He was closer than I had thought. What if it only took one day? I was doomed then.
"Does it say anything about a reverse spell?"
"Yes, but it sounds hard."
"What do you have to do?"
"Well, according to this, the only way to reverse it is to have someone do the spell while carrying an essence jar while they're transported into the being. In other words, someone else has to go in, capture the black essence, or Theros, destroy it and rid the body of the virus. Unfortuatly, there' nothing that says that the person who goes in can get out."
"So...If you were to go in, you'd never come out?"
"Correct."
"What if we made an android and sent it in?"
"That wouldn't work. They have no natural essense."
"I see. Then it'd have to be you, wouldn't it..."
"Yes, unfortunatly. But I'll do what ever it takes to make sure that yo...the Irken Empire is safe."
"Yes. That is important. There has to be a way out though."
"There's not one where I've looked."
"Right. I guess it's gonna have to be a one-way mission then."
"Yes. I'm up to it though. Are you?"
"Well, if Irk will be safe then yes. But if it fails, I want Link and Kor to go to oppiset ends of the planet and self destruct, blowing up the planet, me, and Theros's evil plan."
"Yes. I doubt it will come to that though."
"If it should, they know what to do."
"But...I don't want you to leave me Daft!" Link said in a small voice.
I looked down to see him in tears with the thought of me leaving him for good.
"Don't worry Link. Xen knows what he's doing, and if he succeeds, i won't leave you. But...If he does succeed...then he'll...leave...."
I looked over at Kor, worried that he wouldn't want his master to leave either.
"Don't worry Daft. I know that if my Master goes, it is for a good reason. I'm not going to stand in his way. Anyway, if he leaves to fight Theros, and succeeds, he'll always be with us, in your brain."
"Right."
I looked back at Link and hugged him.
"If all comes to all, do it. Blow up the place after telling the Almighty Tallest. I'll miss you, but it's for the sake of Irk. We must not fail now. We've come to far to throw it all away and let Theros win. Do it for me. Do it for Irk. Do it for The Almighty Tallest."
"Should we get on it?"
"Yes. We need to find a essence jar."
"I can make one. You rest. You'll need your strength in case worse comes to worse."
I nod to him and hug Link again, teling him he's the best partner one could ever have. I walk off to the restoration chamber to rest and save engery. Xen goes out with Kor to gather supplies while Link napps beside me. I drift off, searching my mind to find Theros. Almost as soon as I drift off, I find myself experienceing a mental twitch. Suddenly, there's a sharp pain in my neck. I can see him, he's lodged himself in my neck to wait. I roll over moaning with pain. He won't win. I'm gonna keep an eye on his movements while I rest. Subconciously I pray that Xen hurries up. Theros has moved quickly and might even attack my brain today even! Determination runs through him, so does pure evil, making him almost unstoppable in his quest for control and revenge. I pray that it won't belong before we crush him where he stands.