Chapter 11
And here it is! The new chapter, geez that took a long time.
"Well that was fun, don't you guys agree?" Aya said, lighting a cigarette and watching at the pile of dead bugs in front of her. "That gun Mari gave me is really a beauty. huh?" She turned around and saw that the clouds above the castle had gone haywire. "What the f*** is going on inside?! If that thing is Latoya's work then we're screwed big time!"
Latoya watched open-mouthed while Magus kept closing in. She got afraid and backed away. "Urgh, what happened." Petra said while slowly regaining consciousness. She looked around and was shocked to see Magus, surrounded by shadows. "Oh my god! Is that what I think it is?! Hey Pogapo wake up!" She shook the lady laying next to her, she groaned and woke up, she to watched in shock at Magus. "Is.. is that the eternal darkness?!" She asked Petra softly, Petra just nodded. Latoya suddenly laughed and clapped in her hands. "Bravo! Good job, you summoned the eternal darkness, and how does it feel? Not good huh? The human body isn't adapted to so much darkness. I know that the dark forces inside you are tearing your body apart and scorching away your soul." Magus's eyes narrowed. "I know," He answered. "But I also know that Schala's love will protect my mind from the darkness." Latoya looked at him strangely, then laughed out loud. "Hah! You really think a little white dot can help you?" "That 'little white dot' is my only memory of my sister, the only person who ever cared for me." "And now you guess you can do it, so now you think you can succeed in which hundred, maybe thousands before you failed? They all died because of the darkness before they could even cause damage to their enemy." "As you might have already noticed, I'm not just anyone, I'm Magus, the entity of shadow and your destroyer." "Ooh, certain of yourself are you?" "Magus! Don't listen to her!" Petra interfered. "The longer the darkness stays inside you, the more damage it does to your body and soul." "I know." Was the warlock's simple answer. "I'll release it whenever I want." "Just releasing it?!" Petra exclaimed. "Not forming it in a concentrated beam?" "Didn't you hear me? I'm gonna release it like a Luminaire, that way it's stronger, and I will fry the Molochs on this Island as well." "But then you'll die for sure! When you do it in a beam you'll have at least a slight chance of survival." "I don't care, these demons have to die, don't ask me why, but something inside me tells me I have to do this, for Till, for you three, for whole mankind, my own life doesn't matter." "But. Magus." "Shut up!" The dark figure roared, startling everybody. "Listen, I want you to protect Brian, I'll try to divert the energy away from you guys, but the monk doesn't seem to be in a condition to defend himself." Petra bowed her head in agreement and respect. She and Pogapo then went towards a barely alive Brian and created a shield. Magus turned back towards Latoya. "Now let's get down to business." He took a step, but stopped while panting really loud. He felt his body being drained of power and his mind being exhausted. He needed to exert the energy fast or it wasn't going to cause any damage. "Let's begin." He said and straightened himself. Latoya watched at him, getting ready for battle. She planned to attack his as soon as he had collapsed from the intense energy, because she was sure that a measly human never could sustain so much power. "Bring it on." She said. Magus raised his fists and closed his eyes in concentration. The earth began to shake, large cracks appeared in the castle walls and the air seemed to be filled with hot air, so everything was blurry. Petra and Pogapo looked in astonishment, but Latoya didn't seem to mind. Suddenly, the darkness around Magus expanded in an explosive manner destroying everything inside it, Magus roared, and the black orb of destruction grew bigger and bigger. Soon it engulfed the entire castle, nothing stayed alive except Pogapo, Petra and Brian who looked in shock from their protective orb to the destruction around them, and Latoya, who felt deep pain surging trough her body. "How can this be!?" She exclaimed, she felt her body being lifted from the ground. "You won, I'm impressed, but you'll never defeat us al!" She yelled, before her body was totally disintegrated by the darkness.
"Sh*******************************************T!!!!" Aya shouted while she was blown away by some mysterious force, when she hit the ground she looked at the orb which grew bigger, leaving nothing inside whole. When the orb reached her, she felt something, it didn't hurt, but it didn't feel good either, she curled up, trying to avoid the horrible feeling inside of her. After a while it stopped, and when she rose, she saw the castle and the forest had dissapeared, leaving only three human beings, and Epoch in the back. She ran towards the middle. "Hey guys! What was that?!" She yelled. "That. was the Eternal darkness." Petra said slowly, still not believing it herself. "Huh, Wha? Eternal darkness????? Wasn't that some Nintendo video-game?" Aya asked confused, scratching her head. "Not excactly, it's a spell Magus used to. Oh my god! Magus! Is he alright?!" Petra exclaimed while she rushed towards the place she saw Magus laying on the ground. He shivered, while his body was covered with a now transparant black fog. As soon as Petra tried to reach Magus, the fog dissapeared. She looked at his eyes, they were open, but they didn't seem to be looking at something, like those of a dead fish. To make absolutley sure, she felt his pulse, it was still beating. "Is he still alive?" Aya asked, who bent over the body. "Yes, sort of." Petra said. She turned around and saw Pogapo putting Brian's head carefully into her lap. "How about Brian, is he gonna be okay?" Aya asked. "I don't know, he's bleeding from large wounds and I can't even start counting the bone-fractures. He needs help fast." She said worried. "Listen, We get Brian back to the end of time first, and then Magus, agreed?" Aya asked. Pogapo and Petra nodded. Aya then walked towards Brian and put his arm over her shoulder, Pogapo did the same. Brian moaned in pain when they lifted him. "Don't worry, we'll patch you up in no-time." Aya said, entreatingly. "Just hold on a little longer." And they dragged him towards Epoch, once they settled, Brian opened his eyes and looked into Pogapo's. "Did.we.?" He asked, but was stopped by painfull hacking coughs. Some more blood flowed out of his mouth. Pogapo gently stroked his fore-head. "Hush. Magus has destroyed the demons, you just rest." She said, smiling gently at him. The wounded monk smiled back and closed his eyes to rest. "You guys ready?" Aya asked from the driver's seat. "Here we go." She said and carefully (yes, carefully) took of and made the time-machine travel at warp speed.
"How do you think they're doing?" Maya asked while she,Gaspar, Kari, Marle, Frog and Robo were playing cards while Lucca and Mari were discussing scientifical stuff. "I hope they're faring well, I don't feel like taking on these creatures alone." Till said, sitting next to Maya, watching the game, Ayla sat between the group, not knowing how to play. "No worry, Magus strong, he win." She said. "I don't know, these demons are quite something." Kari said, and she picked a card. "Don't worry, it's four against one." Maya said again. "Hey, Full house!" "Yeah, it'll be alright." Kari replied, "Royal Flush! I won again! Woohooo! (I don't know poker so don't blame me!) Hey, isn't that the sound of Epoch?" She noticed, and after a while Aya jumped on the platform. "Hey sis! Did they win?" Maya asked. "Yes we did, but both Brian and Magus are out of order." She said. "Don't worry. I will heal them." Marle said, and she jumped into the Epoch and turned towards the heavily wounded Brian. He looked up at her. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." She said and closed her eyes. She started to chant words and began glowing, the glow jumped from her to Brian, and all his wounds seemed to close. He raised and looked surprised at his hands. "Amazing." He softly said, and he jumped out of Epoch. "Thanks." "You're welcome." Marle said smiling. Aya yelled at her. "HEY! There's some other person who needs your healing-lightshow." She screamed. "Sorry," Marle replied, and jumped next to Aya, Pogapo left the vehicle. "Let's go." And they took off.
Petra sat in the barren desert which Magus's attack had created, holding his head into her lap. Magus looked up at her with dead, empty eyes. "I really hope you wake up soon, because I can't stand the way you look at me." She said, soon after that Epoch landed in the desert. "Here we are." Marle said cheerily while running towards Petra, her face fell when she looked into Magus's eyes. "Is he." She asked. "I don't know, his body's alive, but I doubt if his soul is to." Petra answered. "His body is exhausted beyond limits, so it can be that his soul is just resting as well." "Can't Marle heal him?" Aya asked. "I saw what you did with Brian." "That's impossible, I can only take away physical damage, not exhaustion. And I can't heal souls either." Marle bowed her head. "Let's just hope that his soul survived, or else he'll be nothing more then a vegetable." "Well, we can't help'em here, let's go." Aya said, and picked up Magus's lifeless body. "Wait!" Petra shouted. "Time-traveling might do more damage than good, let's take him somewhere in this age. You guys know a spot?" "Beats me, I'm not from around." Aya said. "We can ask queen Leene and king Guardia to let him stay there." Marle suggested, Aya and Petra nodded and dragged Magus's body towards the Epoch and flew towards Guardia castle.
"So you're asking for us to let Magus rest in this castle?" King Guardia asked, raising an eyebrow at the comatose warlock on Aya's shoulder. "Yes, please, he has nowhere else to go." Marle pleaded, the King frowned. Queen Leene came to the rescue. "Please do it, I believe what Marle tells." She pleaded, her husband pondered for a while, then nodded. "Good, he can rest at the knight's quarters. But when he gets well it's better that he leaves." The king said, Marle jumped up and down in joy. "Thank you! Thank you so much." She said. "Hate to interrupt your victory-dance, but where the hell are those 'knight's quarters'?" Aya asked impatient. "Oh, just follow me." Marle said and showed Aya the way. When they got there she put of his cloack, lay him down on a bed and covered him with a sheet. "What should we do now?" Marle asked. "Hmm, hey! Brian can read minds, he can help." Aya suggested. "But can I go home first? Without those demons around there's no need for me to be here."
"Fine with me, I'm getting a little home-sick." Petra answered. "And we should think about Till's education, his powers are beyond compare once he masters them." "But we defeated the demons, right? So we don't need his powers anymore." "Did you really think it was over!? This is just the beginning. Demons have their own world, a world you most likely known as hell. This attack was a warning-shot, to let us know they're ready. So we need to prepare for the worst." Petra said with a serious look on her face. "But if Till's so strong, why are you and the other entities needed?" Marle asked. "We must guard him until his powers are fully awakened." "Oh, say I'm leaving, anyone coming?" Aya said, and raised from her chair. Marle followed her. "We're going back to the end of time and tell everyone." She said, and both the girls dissapeared. Petra stayed, and waited.
And waited. I know all you faithfull readers, (A shrinking number) have waited for this chapter. And here it is! What to expect for the next chapter: Magus has a minority-complex and Brian tries to help him. will he succeed?
"Well that was fun, don't you guys agree?" Aya said, lighting a cigarette and watching at the pile of dead bugs in front of her. "That gun Mari gave me is really a beauty. huh?" She turned around and saw that the clouds above the castle had gone haywire. "What the f*** is going on inside?! If that thing is Latoya's work then we're screwed big time!"
Latoya watched open-mouthed while Magus kept closing in. She got afraid and backed away. "Urgh, what happened." Petra said while slowly regaining consciousness. She looked around and was shocked to see Magus, surrounded by shadows. "Oh my god! Is that what I think it is?! Hey Pogapo wake up!" She shook the lady laying next to her, she groaned and woke up, she to watched in shock at Magus. "Is.. is that the eternal darkness?!" She asked Petra softly, Petra just nodded. Latoya suddenly laughed and clapped in her hands. "Bravo! Good job, you summoned the eternal darkness, and how does it feel? Not good huh? The human body isn't adapted to so much darkness. I know that the dark forces inside you are tearing your body apart and scorching away your soul." Magus's eyes narrowed. "I know," He answered. "But I also know that Schala's love will protect my mind from the darkness." Latoya looked at him strangely, then laughed out loud. "Hah! You really think a little white dot can help you?" "That 'little white dot' is my only memory of my sister, the only person who ever cared for me." "And now you guess you can do it, so now you think you can succeed in which hundred, maybe thousands before you failed? They all died because of the darkness before they could even cause damage to their enemy." "As you might have already noticed, I'm not just anyone, I'm Magus, the entity of shadow and your destroyer." "Ooh, certain of yourself are you?" "Magus! Don't listen to her!" Petra interfered. "The longer the darkness stays inside you, the more damage it does to your body and soul." "I know." Was the warlock's simple answer. "I'll release it whenever I want." "Just releasing it?!" Petra exclaimed. "Not forming it in a concentrated beam?" "Didn't you hear me? I'm gonna release it like a Luminaire, that way it's stronger, and I will fry the Molochs on this Island as well." "But then you'll die for sure! When you do it in a beam you'll have at least a slight chance of survival." "I don't care, these demons have to die, don't ask me why, but something inside me tells me I have to do this, for Till, for you three, for whole mankind, my own life doesn't matter." "But. Magus." "Shut up!" The dark figure roared, startling everybody. "Listen, I want you to protect Brian, I'll try to divert the energy away from you guys, but the monk doesn't seem to be in a condition to defend himself." Petra bowed her head in agreement and respect. She and Pogapo then went towards a barely alive Brian and created a shield. Magus turned back towards Latoya. "Now let's get down to business." He took a step, but stopped while panting really loud. He felt his body being drained of power and his mind being exhausted. He needed to exert the energy fast or it wasn't going to cause any damage. "Let's begin." He said and straightened himself. Latoya watched at him, getting ready for battle. She planned to attack his as soon as he had collapsed from the intense energy, because she was sure that a measly human never could sustain so much power. "Bring it on." She said. Magus raised his fists and closed his eyes in concentration. The earth began to shake, large cracks appeared in the castle walls and the air seemed to be filled with hot air, so everything was blurry. Petra and Pogapo looked in astonishment, but Latoya didn't seem to mind. Suddenly, the darkness around Magus expanded in an explosive manner destroying everything inside it, Magus roared, and the black orb of destruction grew bigger and bigger. Soon it engulfed the entire castle, nothing stayed alive except Pogapo, Petra and Brian who looked in shock from their protective orb to the destruction around them, and Latoya, who felt deep pain surging trough her body. "How can this be!?" She exclaimed, she felt her body being lifted from the ground. "You won, I'm impressed, but you'll never defeat us al!" She yelled, before her body was totally disintegrated by the darkness.
"Sh*******************************************T!!!!" Aya shouted while she was blown away by some mysterious force, when she hit the ground she looked at the orb which grew bigger, leaving nothing inside whole. When the orb reached her, she felt something, it didn't hurt, but it didn't feel good either, she curled up, trying to avoid the horrible feeling inside of her. After a while it stopped, and when she rose, she saw the castle and the forest had dissapeared, leaving only three human beings, and Epoch in the back. She ran towards the middle. "Hey guys! What was that?!" She yelled. "That. was the Eternal darkness." Petra said slowly, still not believing it herself. "Huh, Wha? Eternal darkness????? Wasn't that some Nintendo video-game?" Aya asked confused, scratching her head. "Not excactly, it's a spell Magus used to. Oh my god! Magus! Is he alright?!" Petra exclaimed while she rushed towards the place she saw Magus laying on the ground. He shivered, while his body was covered with a now transparant black fog. As soon as Petra tried to reach Magus, the fog dissapeared. She looked at his eyes, they were open, but they didn't seem to be looking at something, like those of a dead fish. To make absolutley sure, she felt his pulse, it was still beating. "Is he still alive?" Aya asked, who bent over the body. "Yes, sort of." Petra said. She turned around and saw Pogapo putting Brian's head carefully into her lap. "How about Brian, is he gonna be okay?" Aya asked. "I don't know, he's bleeding from large wounds and I can't even start counting the bone-fractures. He needs help fast." She said worried. "Listen, We get Brian back to the end of time first, and then Magus, agreed?" Aya asked. Pogapo and Petra nodded. Aya then walked towards Brian and put his arm over her shoulder, Pogapo did the same. Brian moaned in pain when they lifted him. "Don't worry, we'll patch you up in no-time." Aya said, entreatingly. "Just hold on a little longer." And they dragged him towards Epoch, once they settled, Brian opened his eyes and looked into Pogapo's. "Did.we.?" He asked, but was stopped by painfull hacking coughs. Some more blood flowed out of his mouth. Pogapo gently stroked his fore-head. "Hush. Magus has destroyed the demons, you just rest." She said, smiling gently at him. The wounded monk smiled back and closed his eyes to rest. "You guys ready?" Aya asked from the driver's seat. "Here we go." She said and carefully (yes, carefully) took of and made the time-machine travel at warp speed.
"How do you think they're doing?" Maya asked while she,Gaspar, Kari, Marle, Frog and Robo were playing cards while Lucca and Mari were discussing scientifical stuff. "I hope they're faring well, I don't feel like taking on these creatures alone." Till said, sitting next to Maya, watching the game, Ayla sat between the group, not knowing how to play. "No worry, Magus strong, he win." She said. "I don't know, these demons are quite something." Kari said, and she picked a card. "Don't worry, it's four against one." Maya said again. "Hey, Full house!" "Yeah, it'll be alright." Kari replied, "Royal Flush! I won again! Woohooo! (I don't know poker so don't blame me!) Hey, isn't that the sound of Epoch?" She noticed, and after a while Aya jumped on the platform. "Hey sis! Did they win?" Maya asked. "Yes we did, but both Brian and Magus are out of order." She said. "Don't worry. I will heal them." Marle said, and she jumped into the Epoch and turned towards the heavily wounded Brian. He looked up at her. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." She said and closed her eyes. She started to chant words and began glowing, the glow jumped from her to Brian, and all his wounds seemed to close. He raised and looked surprised at his hands. "Amazing." He softly said, and he jumped out of Epoch. "Thanks." "You're welcome." Marle said smiling. Aya yelled at her. "HEY! There's some other person who needs your healing-lightshow." She screamed. "Sorry," Marle replied, and jumped next to Aya, Pogapo left the vehicle. "Let's go." And they took off.
Petra sat in the barren desert which Magus's attack had created, holding his head into her lap. Magus looked up at her with dead, empty eyes. "I really hope you wake up soon, because I can't stand the way you look at me." She said, soon after that Epoch landed in the desert. "Here we are." Marle said cheerily while running towards Petra, her face fell when she looked into Magus's eyes. "Is he." She asked. "I don't know, his body's alive, but I doubt if his soul is to." Petra answered. "His body is exhausted beyond limits, so it can be that his soul is just resting as well." "Can't Marle heal him?" Aya asked. "I saw what you did with Brian." "That's impossible, I can only take away physical damage, not exhaustion. And I can't heal souls either." Marle bowed her head. "Let's just hope that his soul survived, or else he'll be nothing more then a vegetable." "Well, we can't help'em here, let's go." Aya said, and picked up Magus's lifeless body. "Wait!" Petra shouted. "Time-traveling might do more damage than good, let's take him somewhere in this age. You guys know a spot?" "Beats me, I'm not from around." Aya said. "We can ask queen Leene and king Guardia to let him stay there." Marle suggested, Aya and Petra nodded and dragged Magus's body towards the Epoch and flew towards Guardia castle.
"So you're asking for us to let Magus rest in this castle?" King Guardia asked, raising an eyebrow at the comatose warlock on Aya's shoulder. "Yes, please, he has nowhere else to go." Marle pleaded, the King frowned. Queen Leene came to the rescue. "Please do it, I believe what Marle tells." She pleaded, her husband pondered for a while, then nodded. "Good, he can rest at the knight's quarters. But when he gets well it's better that he leaves." The king said, Marle jumped up and down in joy. "Thank you! Thank you so much." She said. "Hate to interrupt your victory-dance, but where the hell are those 'knight's quarters'?" Aya asked impatient. "Oh, just follow me." Marle said and showed Aya the way. When they got there she put of his cloack, lay him down on a bed and covered him with a sheet. "What should we do now?" Marle asked. "Hmm, hey! Brian can read minds, he can help." Aya suggested. "But can I go home first? Without those demons around there's no need for me to be here."
"Fine with me, I'm getting a little home-sick." Petra answered. "And we should think about Till's education, his powers are beyond compare once he masters them." "But we defeated the demons, right? So we don't need his powers anymore." "Did you really think it was over!? This is just the beginning. Demons have their own world, a world you most likely known as hell. This attack was a warning-shot, to let us know they're ready. So we need to prepare for the worst." Petra said with a serious look on her face. "But if Till's so strong, why are you and the other entities needed?" Marle asked. "We must guard him until his powers are fully awakened." "Oh, say I'm leaving, anyone coming?" Aya said, and raised from her chair. Marle followed her. "We're going back to the end of time and tell everyone." She said, and both the girls dissapeared. Petra stayed, and waited.
And waited. I know all you faithfull readers, (A shrinking number) have waited for this chapter. And here it is! What to expect for the next chapter: Magus has a minority-complex and Brian tries to help him. will he succeed?