Aya walked into the looming tower, an old, musty smell greeted his
nose. The tower had obviously not been entered for an extremely long time.
"Alright, spread out and search the area," Aya shouted to monsters coming
in from the storm,
"There are bound to be many-" he was cut off as a scream cried through the
first level of the tower, Aya turned his head to the source and his eyes
went wide, vines had begun attacking the nearest evil hare, Aya was shocked
at the horrendous display, the vines entagled the Hare and began
constricting, the other monsters stayed grouped near the middle of the room
as more Vines appeared from every direction and shot out, trapping monsters
everywhere, Aya dodged numerous vines and watched his men being trapped
within the constricting vines,
"LIGHTING!" Aya screamed, freeing a few of his stronger monsters and making
a large hole in the wall, revealing another room.
"Move! Anyone else left in the vines is still expendable!" by now many of
the monsters had begun glowing and the vines released as more and more
monsters were turned to lost disks.
There were still a considerable amount of monsters left with Aya, "traps"
he finished his earlier sentence.
"Is all of this really necessary general Aya?" an Ebony who was Aya's right- hand monster said. "Whatever the boss wants, the boss is gonna get, even if it means we lose troops, don't look back, and don't run away." Aya stated both confidently and while looking the Ebony right in the eyes, the Ebony shaking very visibly, Aya's deathglare told him that if any of them ran away, they'd end up a lost disk anyway at the paws of Aya.
"Well what do we do now?" a Garu spoke up.
"We keep going," said Aya, "like I said, no turning back, no looking back," he gave each member of his team left a glare that stirred all of them except for the Garu that had spoken. Aya stared at the Garu, she kept his gaze, and his muzzle broke out into a toothy grin, "You have courage, no one holds my gaze save for our master."
"I have seen more battles than you, wolf, I intend to live long enough to see all here persih before I do." Her gaze was cold, her voice harsh. And Aya's smile widened,
"You..." he gestured to the Garu, "What is your name?"
"Gidan," she said.
"Ah, Gidan, I shall put in good word for you," he smiled again and turned around, continuing down the long hallway of the Tower. After the first room, the numbers of the group had decreased, half of the monsters hadn't even made it to the tower, and half of the ones who went in, didn't make it through. None of this mattered to Aya. He figured that if they weren't smart enough to save themselves, they were useless.
Aya's eyes scanned the walls and floors for any signs of triggers, cracks, any concealed holes, he found none. There were also no more vines. The Tower was just one room of self defense and the rest was an impossible labyrinth, the group had grown even smaller, monsters becoming lost when they had once been right next to another, doomed to wander the ancient halls until they became lost disks, a grim but near future.
Gidan stared at the dust, mold and cobweb covered walls, there were inscriptions, she knew most of them, she had studied under Gali of the big bad four, she knew she was stronger than Gali. He taught her the secrets of the tower, including the guardian, Illusen, faerie of the Earthen Orb. She had told no one of this knowledge, she smiled to herself, she had brought the necessary things with her to recall Illusen into her disk if she was accidentally released, but not before she watched the guardian take care of her companions. She was ruthless, powerful, and smart. 'They don't stand a chance' she thought.
"Halt." Aya said suddenly, the now small group of 6 or 7 monsters all stopped behind him. They had entered with nearly 100 monsters. It was a shame some of the more worthy monsters had disappeared throughout the labyrinth. Still, Aya nor Gidan showed any remorse for the lost, they were seen as weak and undeserving for being separated. "I can smell something up ahead."
"I can smell it too" stated Gidan rather non-chalantly.
"Smell what? Is something wrong?" The Ebony said with a look of stricken fear across his face.
"Nothing wrong, just... a smell, lingering, old and musty." Aya said, he slowly approached the darkness around the next bend. As he turned, his face stayed the same as it had been throughout this maze of darkness, calm, cool, and collective, which was the best reaction from the group. Gidan mimicked his expression of unseeing eyes and the Ebony's eyes went wide and he began whimpering. Standing before them was a mass of lost disks, the vines holding them into place twisted and rotting. They had been there for a very long time. As Aya approached the first rows of disks, they began to glow a faint white, the disks had been resurrected!
Wave after wave of disks began to glow faintly white, Aya's features began to stiffen and he awaited the inevitable battle. This was finally going to get interesting. The disks were resurrected into zuums, dino's, mogi's and arrow heads, and a Golem towered above them all. "Let the ebony handle the monsters, all of them are weak, not even worth our time." said Gidan.
"And is that supposed to be saying I'm weak?" The Ebony snarled at Gidan. She trained her murderous gaze upon him and he cringed.
"You may not be weak, but you are horrified at the thought of fighting any stronger than you, I relish the challenge. You take all but the Golem, I will judge your performance and then see if you are worthy to be this far"
The Ebony snarled at Gidan, then focusing his attention to the monsters now resurrected all the way back to the Golem standing in the rear, "FATAL WINDS!" The Ebony screamed throughout the hallway his voice echoed, and large gusts began blowing, the monsters in front of them turned to rubble and sand and they fell to the floor in silence, The Ebony stared at the piles of dirt laying strewn about the ground, "It's like they weren't even there, my attack is not *that* strong"
"You are right about one thing, you are not strong at all." Gidan replied with her eyes closed and arms crossed, "A pathetic performance"
"Your arrogance gets on my nerves, remember, I hold a higher rank than you."
"Captain? HA! Don't make me laugh, you were defeated before, I could slice you in two in a split second, do not think for a second that your rank has anything to do with your power."
"I don't see you going after that Golem standing there." The Ebony captain retorted.
"Just watch." In the blink of an eye, she had sprinted down the hallway and began slashing with extended claws, she leaped into the air and pounded onto the large rock monsters head, moving on to the weak joints such as the knees and elbows. Gidan leapt back from the target and landed graceful in the spot she had stood in before.
"He's still standing" The Ebony grinned like a maniac.
Gidan made a small gesture with her finger, as if pushing over a tree, the Large Rock based monster was grinded down into dust and fell apart, crumbling away easily. The rubble flying up dust into the stunned monsters faces. All but Gidan and Aya shielded their eyes.
Aya whispered "flawless" and returned his toothy grin to his muzzle once again, before continuing on his way down the long hall.
At the end of the corridor was a solid brick wall. "A dead end?" cried the Ebony, "But then, why were those monsters guarding it?" "They were all made of sand, a trick." Gidan spoke up, "Whoever is in control of this tower is toying with us." "WHAT!" The Ebony screeched, a look of terror on his face, "This horrible place has reduced our numbers to less than a quarter of what we came here with! And thats toying???"
"You didn't expect it to be a walk in the park, did you captain?" Gidan sneered.
All at once Aya lunged at the dead end, The rest of the monsters turned from Gidan and the Ebony's argument and watched as Aya disappeared through the wall. Shocked faces turned Gidan's attention towards the wall, she could still smell Aya, but he wasn't visible!
"Come on!" Aya's voice yelled through the wall, then his voice appeared through the wall, creating many surprised and shocked faces on the other monsters.
"Come on! It s a holographic illusion!" Gidan kicked herself for not being able to tell that the wall was, indeed, an illusion as she and the others steppe through the wall into what appeared to be an old monster shrine, but there was no unlock panel, in place of it was an old tome. In the centre of the room was a lost disk, and there were four more in each of the corners. At the back wall sitting on a pedestal was a small chest, engraved on the front of this chest was a small divit. "Gidan, take the emerald and slot it into the chest, that should open it."
"Yes, General Aya" she bowed respectfully and took the emerald. As she made her way to the box, she smiled, 'fools will get themselves killed, doesn't matter to me though' she thought. She approached the box in its place and set the green emerald into the small divit on the box. As the emerald was placed, a warm wind began blowing through the room, the torches lit up in a green blaze, and Gidan turned, her eyes reflecting the torchlight. 'At last, Illusen will be freed'...
_______________________________________________________________________ Mattatami: Well, I just wanted to get to the tower, so I left the heroes out of this one. Anyway, I hope you liked whats going on so far, and I hope the cliffhanger did its job ^^
"Is all of this really necessary general Aya?" an Ebony who was Aya's right- hand monster said. "Whatever the boss wants, the boss is gonna get, even if it means we lose troops, don't look back, and don't run away." Aya stated both confidently and while looking the Ebony right in the eyes, the Ebony shaking very visibly, Aya's deathglare told him that if any of them ran away, they'd end up a lost disk anyway at the paws of Aya.
"Well what do we do now?" a Garu spoke up.
"We keep going," said Aya, "like I said, no turning back, no looking back," he gave each member of his team left a glare that stirred all of them except for the Garu that had spoken. Aya stared at the Garu, she kept his gaze, and his muzzle broke out into a toothy grin, "You have courage, no one holds my gaze save for our master."
"I have seen more battles than you, wolf, I intend to live long enough to see all here persih before I do." Her gaze was cold, her voice harsh. And Aya's smile widened,
"You..." he gestured to the Garu, "What is your name?"
"Gidan," she said.
"Ah, Gidan, I shall put in good word for you," he smiled again and turned around, continuing down the long hallway of the Tower. After the first room, the numbers of the group had decreased, half of the monsters hadn't even made it to the tower, and half of the ones who went in, didn't make it through. None of this mattered to Aya. He figured that if they weren't smart enough to save themselves, they were useless.
Aya's eyes scanned the walls and floors for any signs of triggers, cracks, any concealed holes, he found none. There were also no more vines. The Tower was just one room of self defense and the rest was an impossible labyrinth, the group had grown even smaller, monsters becoming lost when they had once been right next to another, doomed to wander the ancient halls until they became lost disks, a grim but near future.
Gidan stared at the dust, mold and cobweb covered walls, there were inscriptions, she knew most of them, she had studied under Gali of the big bad four, she knew she was stronger than Gali. He taught her the secrets of the tower, including the guardian, Illusen, faerie of the Earthen Orb. She had told no one of this knowledge, she smiled to herself, she had brought the necessary things with her to recall Illusen into her disk if she was accidentally released, but not before she watched the guardian take care of her companions. She was ruthless, powerful, and smart. 'They don't stand a chance' she thought.
"Halt." Aya said suddenly, the now small group of 6 or 7 monsters all stopped behind him. They had entered with nearly 100 monsters. It was a shame some of the more worthy monsters had disappeared throughout the labyrinth. Still, Aya nor Gidan showed any remorse for the lost, they were seen as weak and undeserving for being separated. "I can smell something up ahead."
"I can smell it too" stated Gidan rather non-chalantly.
"Smell what? Is something wrong?" The Ebony said with a look of stricken fear across his face.
"Nothing wrong, just... a smell, lingering, old and musty." Aya said, he slowly approached the darkness around the next bend. As he turned, his face stayed the same as it had been throughout this maze of darkness, calm, cool, and collective, which was the best reaction from the group. Gidan mimicked his expression of unseeing eyes and the Ebony's eyes went wide and he began whimpering. Standing before them was a mass of lost disks, the vines holding them into place twisted and rotting. They had been there for a very long time. As Aya approached the first rows of disks, they began to glow a faint white, the disks had been resurrected!
Wave after wave of disks began to glow faintly white, Aya's features began to stiffen and he awaited the inevitable battle. This was finally going to get interesting. The disks were resurrected into zuums, dino's, mogi's and arrow heads, and a Golem towered above them all. "Let the ebony handle the monsters, all of them are weak, not even worth our time." said Gidan.
"And is that supposed to be saying I'm weak?" The Ebony snarled at Gidan. She trained her murderous gaze upon him and he cringed.
"You may not be weak, but you are horrified at the thought of fighting any stronger than you, I relish the challenge. You take all but the Golem, I will judge your performance and then see if you are worthy to be this far"
The Ebony snarled at Gidan, then focusing his attention to the monsters now resurrected all the way back to the Golem standing in the rear, "FATAL WINDS!" The Ebony screamed throughout the hallway his voice echoed, and large gusts began blowing, the monsters in front of them turned to rubble and sand and they fell to the floor in silence, The Ebony stared at the piles of dirt laying strewn about the ground, "It's like they weren't even there, my attack is not *that* strong"
"You are right about one thing, you are not strong at all." Gidan replied with her eyes closed and arms crossed, "A pathetic performance"
"Your arrogance gets on my nerves, remember, I hold a higher rank than you."
"Captain? HA! Don't make me laugh, you were defeated before, I could slice you in two in a split second, do not think for a second that your rank has anything to do with your power."
"I don't see you going after that Golem standing there." The Ebony captain retorted.
"Just watch." In the blink of an eye, she had sprinted down the hallway and began slashing with extended claws, she leaped into the air and pounded onto the large rock monsters head, moving on to the weak joints such as the knees and elbows. Gidan leapt back from the target and landed graceful in the spot she had stood in before.
"He's still standing" The Ebony grinned like a maniac.
Gidan made a small gesture with her finger, as if pushing over a tree, the Large Rock based monster was grinded down into dust and fell apart, crumbling away easily. The rubble flying up dust into the stunned monsters faces. All but Gidan and Aya shielded their eyes.
Aya whispered "flawless" and returned his toothy grin to his muzzle once again, before continuing on his way down the long hall.
At the end of the corridor was a solid brick wall. "A dead end?" cried the Ebony, "But then, why were those monsters guarding it?" "They were all made of sand, a trick." Gidan spoke up, "Whoever is in control of this tower is toying with us." "WHAT!" The Ebony screeched, a look of terror on his face, "This horrible place has reduced our numbers to less than a quarter of what we came here with! And thats toying???"
"You didn't expect it to be a walk in the park, did you captain?" Gidan sneered.
All at once Aya lunged at the dead end, The rest of the monsters turned from Gidan and the Ebony's argument and watched as Aya disappeared through the wall. Shocked faces turned Gidan's attention towards the wall, she could still smell Aya, but he wasn't visible!
"Come on!" Aya's voice yelled through the wall, then his voice appeared through the wall, creating many surprised and shocked faces on the other monsters.
"Come on! It s a holographic illusion!" Gidan kicked herself for not being able to tell that the wall was, indeed, an illusion as she and the others steppe through the wall into what appeared to be an old monster shrine, but there was no unlock panel, in place of it was an old tome. In the centre of the room was a lost disk, and there were four more in each of the corners. At the back wall sitting on a pedestal was a small chest, engraved on the front of this chest was a small divit. "Gidan, take the emerald and slot it into the chest, that should open it."
"Yes, General Aya" she bowed respectfully and took the emerald. As she made her way to the box, she smiled, 'fools will get themselves killed, doesn't matter to me though' she thought. She approached the box in its place and set the green emerald into the small divit on the box. As the emerald was placed, a warm wind began blowing through the room, the torches lit up in a green blaze, and Gidan turned, her eyes reflecting the torchlight. 'At last, Illusen will be freed'...
_______________________________________________________________________ Mattatami: Well, I just wanted to get to the tower, so I left the heroes out of this one. Anyway, I hope you liked whats going on so far, and I hope the cliffhanger did its job ^^