Chapter 20: Time Runs Out
* I hope you're enjoying this so far...i'll try to put up longer chapters since i've had a few suggestions on making my chapters longer. Well, here it goes, wish me luck!*
I lay there waiting, my eyes shut, my brain spinning over everything that's happened. I can't believe it's come down to this. I was born to be an invader. I grew up training to be the best, I lived, breathed, drank, and dreampt of the invasion, I was ready when it came. I held out fine on my own, living up to the standards of my Tallest. I thought I could do this. I actually thought it was easy. That's where I went wrong. If I hadn't thought that it would have been so easy, then I wouldn't have made the mistakes I did. I would have been more alert, Theros wouldn't have lasted long. I knew what I had failed to do. The moment I laid eyes on Theros I knew I had to take him out then and there or be haunted by him and maybe ruin the mission. I had put it off, enjoying my time on this wretched planet that I had so foolishly come to love. Great Invaders don not fall for their planets, they ruthlessly carry out their missions and take over with such speed and force that the inhabitants won't know what hit them.
Sighing, I remember all the times I've shared with Link. He's such a good little android. I could swear he had personality. If he was disfuncional that way, i wouldn't care. Not now. I loved him and I hated the thought of leaving him. If it came down to the final battle and Theros won, I would have to leave him. Then there was Xen, I felt this strange magnetic pull towards him. My mind often wandered off to Xen. Why had he come? Did he know I would be in trouble? If he was the shadow creature and had been there before, then what had happened to his planet since he left it ungaurded? Did they rebuild and return to normal, erasing all his trace of inavsion? What exactally did he want here with me and Link? These questions swarmed around my brainmeats as I lay there, staring into the blackness of my eyelids.
Theros. I could feel him on the move again. He was in my neck and moving towards my brain. He seemed so determined. If Xen didn't get back soon, it would all be over before it started. I tried to drift off to sleep, but found it impossible. My mind kept rushing back to Xen. I gave in and let my mind think about him. It was soothing somewhat and it took my mind of my misfortune and the possible destruction and death ahead.
~meanwhile~
Xen walked out to his Voot, digging in it hurridly looking for bits and pieces to fashion a jar out of. He tossed them into Kor's head which started to whirr and make a buzzing noise as he fashioned one while they were walking. Xen picked up the jar as soon as Kor was done and ran back to the base. He had to hurry and finish the spell on the jar and then start with the one to enter Daft's body and defeat Theros. Time was running out, the hourglass in his mind was down to the last grains and he knew that Theros wouldn't wait three days. Xen entered and started to concoct the spell that would destroy Theros. He knew he had to do it.
Something in him was yelling at him to move while another little piece wanted him to give up and leave her there to end up blowing herself an the planet up. He ignored that part and soon another feeling came over him making him want to cry out to Daft and tell her how he felt, one that wanted to rush right in there and hold her and tell her it'd be ok. He knew he had to destroy Theros, even if that ment that he'd never see her again. She'd see him, yes, he'd be in her, with her every moment, but Xen would just be another body on the floor, while his essence was lost in another being. Where would that put him? Who knew, but he had to take this risk. He had to.
Suddenly there was a cry from the room Daft was in. Xen set Kor to finishing the spell and rushed in to see what was going on.
~~***~~
I cry out as i feel a sharp pain in my neck. He's moving again and i can feel his essence crawing up my spine towards my brainmeats like a slimy snake or worm. I grip my neck and shoot up, Link waking and running over to me. I can feel him slip into my brain as Xen appears in the doorway with a worried look on his face.
"It's In my Brain! It's In my Brain!" I scream Xen's face gets a look of horror to it as he rushes over to my side.
"We've got to hurry up and get to him. Come with me Daft, quickly."
"Aaaaggggghhhhh! I feel him, he's in my brain and he'd begun his control! Quickly!"
I leap up and follow Xen as we run down the halls, I grasp my head. I feel him working his way to the center of my brainmeants and it hurts. I rush into the room where Kor awaits, holding a bottle and a jar. He hands the bottle to Xen and tells him to drink it. Xen empties the body and doubles over in pain.
"Xen!"
"I'm fine! Get ready Theros...I'm coming for you."
I gasp as a sharp pain strikes me through my brain. I loose control of my body and I can feel myself go limp. Before I can hit the ground though, I take backseat to Theros's words and actions as he catches my balance and stands up straight. I want to cry out, but he's taken control. Xen sees this and starts chanting the spell as he grabs the jar and my shoulders. I want to cry out to him that it's too late, but I can't. Theros controls my body. He makes my arms come up and try to push Xen away. Xen grasps my shoulders tightly. I feel the pain of the grasp and cry out. Nothing escapes my lips as a white ball forms around us, enclosing us in a white light. It starts again. Xen backs off and lets his essence out.
A strange light from the jar comes first, forming what looks like a solid ball which is coated with Xen's Red essence. My infected Blackish-Purple essence also comes out, mixing together to coat over the Red essence. Everything goes dark, but I feel as If I'm still away. I'm falling down, down, down, trying to keep control of my consiousness. I feel myself hit the bottom and suddenly I'm in a dark and twisted place of rotting flesh and twisted trees. It's cold and eerie and in the distance I can see Theros hacking away at a part of what looks to be my brain, trying to elimiate my essence permenently. I rush towards him when suddenly Xen appears and slashes his back open.
I run towards them both but find myself crashing into the ground from tripping over my own feet. Curse my clumbsiness... I look up and watch as the battle starts. The one battle that will either end my life, or begin a new one for me. I start to get up as more attacks are made. Brushing myself off i stand there and watch as it begins. This will decide my fate and the fate of my superiors...
* I hope you're enjoying this so far...i'll try to put up longer chapters since i've had a few suggestions on making my chapters longer. Well, here it goes, wish me luck!*
I lay there waiting, my eyes shut, my brain spinning over everything that's happened. I can't believe it's come down to this. I was born to be an invader. I grew up training to be the best, I lived, breathed, drank, and dreampt of the invasion, I was ready when it came. I held out fine on my own, living up to the standards of my Tallest. I thought I could do this. I actually thought it was easy. That's where I went wrong. If I hadn't thought that it would have been so easy, then I wouldn't have made the mistakes I did. I would have been more alert, Theros wouldn't have lasted long. I knew what I had failed to do. The moment I laid eyes on Theros I knew I had to take him out then and there or be haunted by him and maybe ruin the mission. I had put it off, enjoying my time on this wretched planet that I had so foolishly come to love. Great Invaders don not fall for their planets, they ruthlessly carry out their missions and take over with such speed and force that the inhabitants won't know what hit them.
Sighing, I remember all the times I've shared with Link. He's such a good little android. I could swear he had personality. If he was disfuncional that way, i wouldn't care. Not now. I loved him and I hated the thought of leaving him. If it came down to the final battle and Theros won, I would have to leave him. Then there was Xen, I felt this strange magnetic pull towards him. My mind often wandered off to Xen. Why had he come? Did he know I would be in trouble? If he was the shadow creature and had been there before, then what had happened to his planet since he left it ungaurded? Did they rebuild and return to normal, erasing all his trace of inavsion? What exactally did he want here with me and Link? These questions swarmed around my brainmeats as I lay there, staring into the blackness of my eyelids.
Theros. I could feel him on the move again. He was in my neck and moving towards my brain. He seemed so determined. If Xen didn't get back soon, it would all be over before it started. I tried to drift off to sleep, but found it impossible. My mind kept rushing back to Xen. I gave in and let my mind think about him. It was soothing somewhat and it took my mind of my misfortune and the possible destruction and death ahead.
~meanwhile~
Xen walked out to his Voot, digging in it hurridly looking for bits and pieces to fashion a jar out of. He tossed them into Kor's head which started to whirr and make a buzzing noise as he fashioned one while they were walking. Xen picked up the jar as soon as Kor was done and ran back to the base. He had to hurry and finish the spell on the jar and then start with the one to enter Daft's body and defeat Theros. Time was running out, the hourglass in his mind was down to the last grains and he knew that Theros wouldn't wait three days. Xen entered and started to concoct the spell that would destroy Theros. He knew he had to do it.
Something in him was yelling at him to move while another little piece wanted him to give up and leave her there to end up blowing herself an the planet up. He ignored that part and soon another feeling came over him making him want to cry out to Daft and tell her how he felt, one that wanted to rush right in there and hold her and tell her it'd be ok. He knew he had to destroy Theros, even if that ment that he'd never see her again. She'd see him, yes, he'd be in her, with her every moment, but Xen would just be another body on the floor, while his essence was lost in another being. Where would that put him? Who knew, but he had to take this risk. He had to.
Suddenly there was a cry from the room Daft was in. Xen set Kor to finishing the spell and rushed in to see what was going on.
~~***~~
I cry out as i feel a sharp pain in my neck. He's moving again and i can feel his essence crawing up my spine towards my brainmeats like a slimy snake or worm. I grip my neck and shoot up, Link waking and running over to me. I can feel him slip into my brain as Xen appears in the doorway with a worried look on his face.
"It's In my Brain! It's In my Brain!" I scream Xen's face gets a look of horror to it as he rushes over to my side.
"We've got to hurry up and get to him. Come with me Daft, quickly."
"Aaaaggggghhhhh! I feel him, he's in my brain and he'd begun his control! Quickly!"
I leap up and follow Xen as we run down the halls, I grasp my head. I feel him working his way to the center of my brainmeants and it hurts. I rush into the room where Kor awaits, holding a bottle and a jar. He hands the bottle to Xen and tells him to drink it. Xen empties the body and doubles over in pain.
"Xen!"
"I'm fine! Get ready Theros...I'm coming for you."
I gasp as a sharp pain strikes me through my brain. I loose control of my body and I can feel myself go limp. Before I can hit the ground though, I take backseat to Theros's words and actions as he catches my balance and stands up straight. I want to cry out, but he's taken control. Xen sees this and starts chanting the spell as he grabs the jar and my shoulders. I want to cry out to him that it's too late, but I can't. Theros controls my body. He makes my arms come up and try to push Xen away. Xen grasps my shoulders tightly. I feel the pain of the grasp and cry out. Nothing escapes my lips as a white ball forms around us, enclosing us in a white light. It starts again. Xen backs off and lets his essence out.
A strange light from the jar comes first, forming what looks like a solid ball which is coated with Xen's Red essence. My infected Blackish-Purple essence also comes out, mixing together to coat over the Red essence. Everything goes dark, but I feel as If I'm still away. I'm falling down, down, down, trying to keep control of my consiousness. I feel myself hit the bottom and suddenly I'm in a dark and twisted place of rotting flesh and twisted trees. It's cold and eerie and in the distance I can see Theros hacking away at a part of what looks to be my brain, trying to elimiate my essence permenently. I rush towards him when suddenly Xen appears and slashes his back open.
I run towards them both but find myself crashing into the ground from tripping over my own feet. Curse my clumbsiness... I look up and watch as the battle starts. The one battle that will either end my life, or begin a new one for me. I start to get up as more attacks are made. Brushing myself off i stand there and watch as it begins. This will decide my fate and the fate of my superiors...