A Story And Addendum For Memoirs Of The Heroes. (Previously "Memoirs Of An Adventure's Child."))
(All Characters Are Ficticious And bare no resemblence to living people. Any resemblence to fictional characters is only by chance. Special Thanks to Howard Phillips Lovecraft) =====================================================
After recovering my mother's Air Component, we had returned to the path
to the Celestrial World. Almost instantly, we arrived back at the
Celestrial World. Judging by the inactivity in the area, something
was happening. I decided to ask, "Isis, where is the Final Passage
located?"
Isis, who started moving through the Celestrial World said,
"The Final Passage is located in the Underworld of Pureland."
I noticed that Rich had thought of something. He then
said, "Isis, that was where Odin's world was located above. Did he
choose that land for that reason?"
Isis then said, "Odin was just one of several evil Gods
that invaded Pureland. He kept our dead from going to the final passage,
giving them immortality, as it made him stronger. That was why I
felt it nesessary to disconnect Pureland from our world. If they
realized the power he was claiming, this world would have been destoried."
Isis stopped talking and glanced in a direction.
We all realized why no one was searching for us. It
appeared that they were preforming an execution. Horror took over
my mind when Max said the name of who was being executed. "It's Lynn."
We got nearer, but not close enough to be seen.
I saw St. Marius in my mother's body. He said, "You,
foul being, practice the beliefs of the evil goddess. You must pay
for your heresy."
Lynn shouted defiantly, "You are the heretics. You
follow the path of evil." A guard gagged her mouth. She struggle
defiantly against it, while another tightened her bonds.
St. Marius then continued, "You are destined to fall into
the clutches of the demon world. With luck, you may be caught by
an Elemental. They create harems." I saw Lynn's eyes go wide.
I realized what that ment. The Elementals must have some way of preserving
mates.
I turned to Isis and said, "Isis, I need to save Lynn.
It was my fault that she lost her temple, and now I must save her life."
Isis nodded and said, "We'll head to Pureland. When
you catch her, bring her with you, but be careful. Go down too far,
and the demons will come for you."
I turned and dived under the world. Just as I had
dived down, I saw them toss Lynn. I followed and caught her.
She looked at me, and as I took the gag off, she said, "Where have you
been for four years? Your mother is claiming to be St. Marius."
"She is. Her life force was split up, and Isis, myself,
and Rich's family is gathering it back together." I heard shrieks
and looked down. I saw demons flying up to catch us. I immediately
flew back to the world and into the Pillar to Odin's former world.
When we reached the site of his palace, I saw Isis.
I flew down to her and she said to Lynn, "Are you alright? And what
about your followers?"
Lynn answered back, "I'll be fine. Everyone is in
the fortified guardian base. We still have spies in the 'Route'.
I was going to get information from one when they trapped me. Also,
my natrual father still has his fortress in the desert world. Some
of us have been hiding there."
Rich looked at her and said, "Who is your father?"
Lynn then answered, "Mask."
Isis looked at her and said, "Nothing is known about Mask.
I don't even know how Rich's father chose him as his most trusted fighter.
I can't even figure out who his parents are, or were."
Li then said, "Isis, we should get her back to the base."
Rich then said, "My father said that he had a magical Door
that would take him straight to the Guardian base if needed. We can
leave her with him." Isis nodded and made a motion. All of
a sudden, we were floating. She was floating us down to Pureland.
Rich then said something disturbing. "Isis, I wonder if the entities
are still there?"
Isis gasped and said, "They are, but they never venture
into the underworld. We have to get into the underworld, and fast."
Rich just replied, "My father is residing in one of the
towns that has a path to the underworld. I just can't remember the
name."
Isis said, "I use my magic to guide us to him." I
watched as we started to float toward one of the towns. I then noticed
that as we neared the town, a darkness was passing over us. I looked
us and saw a hideous mass floating above us. I screamed, and Isis
looked up. "Xagor."
I heard a voice say, "Prepare to die, Isis." Bolts
of lightning started shooting all around us. We nearly made it to
the ground as a bolt of lightning soared past our heads.
Suddenly, I heard my mother's voice. It was her Air
Component speaking. I had pulled the head of the Elbiot out of my
pouch. I had placed it there when we headed back from the tower.
Her whispy voice just said, "What is happening?"
I looked at the airish form in the head and said, "One of
the invading gods, stuck in this world is attacking us." All of a
sudden, a great whirlwind appeared from the box, and Xagor went spinning.
The wind stopped and Xagor went spinning away. My
mother then said, "That took alot out of me. I will rest. Wake
me when you get my Spirit Component."
Isis just looked at the head and said, "Thank you, Vet,
but don't try that again until we merge you with your Spirit Component."
I placed the head into my pouch and Isis said, "If she uses all of her
powers, she may die..."
I just covered my ears and said, "I know. Will merging
with her Spirit Component revitalize her." Isis nodded and we finally
reached the ground.
Rich looked over in a direction and smiled. "Father.
Mother. How are you?" He hugged both of them.
Rich's father looked at him, and then us and bowwed.
"Isis, what are you doing here? It is not safe for you down here in Pureland."
Rich answered the question for her. "Dad, much has
changed since you were in our world. You know of the 'Route of Rigge'."
His father nodded and Rich continued, "They have taken over."
His father was surprise. "They can't have taken over.
They can't bring their so-called savior back from being cursed."
Rich just looked away. I notice he had difficulty
saying the next thing. "Vet and I defeated the Hani. Vet delivered
the death blow and the 'Route' vowwed to use Vet's body to bring the Hani
back. Her daughter, and my family, as well as Isis, are gathering
her components."
I noticed that Rich's father was abit dumbstruck.
"What about the Guardians? Are they still around."
Lynn then answered, "They are hiding deep under the base,
sir. I was hoping you can get me there."
Rich's father looked at her and said, "I shall send you
to the base, but I can only use the door device that I have two times.
I shall send you back with all of them." He turned to us and said,
"I shall have Lynn stay with us until you return. I take it that
you are heading into the world of the Dead."
Isis nodded and said, "Yes, we have to travel down the Final
Passage."
"Be careful down there. All of your slain enemies,
as well as friends, are down there. If they kill you, you will be
stuck down there, as their servants. If you are going to die, deliver
the deathblow yourself, and do not use a death spell, for it will make
them stronger.
Li then said, "Let's just hope that there are no Crystoids
down there." I saw that Rich's father's face went white as a sheet.
He looked at Rich and said, "Crystoids attacked you?"
"We just had a run in with them, but you don't have to worry,"
Rich replied. I noticed that Rich's father was worried. We
all started down the path to the underworld when I noticed that Rich's
parents had pulled Isis aside. I stopped and listened.
Rich's father said, "Please Isis, don't tell him about his
brother."
Isis was surprised by this. "I thought that Rich was
an only child."
"No, it was when Mask arrived that the Crystoids attacked
the guardian base. That was when we moved underground. During
the attack, my first son, Eric, was taken my the Crystoids. Rich was only
a baby at the time. He would hate me for this." I was amazed
at what I had just heard. Rich was not an only child. I started
down to the underworld as I thought about what that meant.
Meer moments later, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I turned and saw Isis. She looked at me and said, "Do not say a word!"
"How did you know I was listening?"
Isis just looked at me and said, "I heard you. I tell
you not to say a word because of the safety of all. Nobody but the
guardians must know of the Crystoids. I doubt that even the Route
knows about them." I finally understood how dangerous the situation
was, but I questioned the reasoning.
When we finally reached the rest of the group, there was
a giant being guarding the steps. Li just said, "I have never seen
a creature like that before. I don't think we can beat it."
Lena was paging through a book and said, "I have it.
A Morph spell. If it works, we will look like those beings."
She cast the spell and we all appeared to transform into the giant being.
We past by the being with no problem. Isis then led the way to the
Final Passage.
Eventually, I saw a town. At that time, Isis said,
"These creature built their town over the entrance to the Final Passage."
When we entered the town, we saw the passage, but many of the beings of
the town were gathered around it. In our disguise, we joined the
group.
I then saw, what appeared to be the leader, holding a being
in its hands. The being looked similar to what a Crystoid would be,
except that it had no crystal in it. The leader then said, "As we
came to this world, we came to help our bretherin. As was dictated,
12 sacrifices a year for 20000 years, and our mother's forces would come
through the mystical portal of the dead, sealing it off and condemming
all the inferior creature to serve our mother. Today is the first
day of the final year. This inferior will die to feed the mother."
"Noooo!" screamed the Cyborg, as Isis had discribed them
long ago. "I don't want to die as food. I don't want to feed
her. I don't want to be a meal."
The head being said, "You are inferior, and thus you must
be food or slave. The mother has slaves and minions, so you must
be food." The being then turned to the entrance to the Final Passage
and said, "Our Mother, send your messenger to bring you your meal.
May their spirit nurish you, and their body feed our waiting bretherin."
I watched as the portal and a gem above it turned bright
red. Soon a giant claw came out, and then another. Finally,
something twice as tall as these beings were came out. It stood on
two treetrunks of legs and was all white. It had a face that was
all teeth. I heard the Cyborg scream in fright and pain as the monstrosity
grabbed them. I then saw blood oozing from the claw. It disappeared
and the portal returned to normal. The rest of the beings disbanded,
but we remained. Eventually, I heard Isis say, "I never thought that
what Rotat told me when I saw him the first time was true. I thought
he was lying, but now I have seen it."
"What did he tell you?" I heard Rich ask.
"I will tell you when we enter the passage. It is
safe to enter." I was a little hesitant to enter the passage.
I wondered what that creature was, and if it guarded the Final Passage.
Everyone else started, but I didn't move.
At that point, Max came over to me and said, "Don't worry.
I won't let you die. I will protect you." I started in with
him. Ever since this quest began, I was starting to have feelings
for him.
As we started down the passage, Lena dropped the Morph spell
and said, "What was that creature, Isis?"
"You know how Rotat is older that our world." When
we all nodded, she then said, "That is because Rotat is an Eternal, not
an Immortal. Eternal are beings from worlds totally out of dimension
leaps. There are two forces of Eternals, the Elders and the Greats.
The Elders are creators, and they created life to inhabit worlds.
They tend to create a limitless supply and then leave the worlds to manage
it. Rotat is an Elder, and it is sworn amongst the Elders that they
can only inform of the Greats, but not interfer."
I then looked at Isis and said, "And those giant beings,
and creature, were Greats."
"The beings are called Dwelgs. I heard legends that
they plan to bring their mother into this world, making it corrupt.
Corrupt is different than evil. Where evil has death to look forward
to, corrupt people and beings are forces to the pits of the head Great.
The head Great is the mother of the Dwelg, the mother of all corrupt beings,
and that thing you saw was only one of the small ones. That was a
Dimensional Shambler. It is sent into dimensions as an instroment
of genoside. According to tales, just one of them could destroy everything
on a landmass." Isis started to cry. "And soon, our world will
be doomed to corruption."
I turned to Isis and said, "What if that gem was removed?
Wouldn't that stop this menace of the Greats?"
Isis looked at me and said, "That gem is not a gem, but
the eye of the head Great. I only heard about it from Rotat.
He was told to tell the deciding members about the Eternals' existance.
He told me that one of my followers would be able to stop the Greats, and
that they would do it twice. He told me that they could hold the
'Eye of Shub'. He also told me that to say the full name of the head
Great was to lead to enslavement."
Rich just looked at all of us and said, "We'll take care
of that gem, after we get Vet's Spirit Component back." We all nodded
and headed down the Final Passage.
Eventually, I noticed a bright light, and I saw someone
beconing us. When we reached the being, they looked at us and said,
"You were not suppose to enter yet. Your spirits are still in your
bodies." It then looked at Isis and said, "Isis, it is not your time
yet. Your father has told me that much. I was surprised to
see you pass through the wall where the door was." I turned to and
saw a wall, with a large door in it. How could this being not see
the door, unless the dead can't return through the door, but how did St.
Marius do it. The being then said, "There is someone saying that
you were coming here, but ever since the Elbiot took over, all the evil,
except for any Hani, has been preparing for you."
Rich turned to Isis and said, "You mean that since St. Marius
was a Hani, his spirit would never come down here."
Isis turned to him and said, "His spirit should have come
down here, unless a spell was cast on him before he was cursed."
We all turned when I head a familiar voice. I turned
and saw the spirit of my father. "Papa," was all I could say.
He looked at me and said, "JaNa, how are you? You
don't know how relieve I am to know that every day, you still haven't joined
us. I knew you would come to save your mother. The good forces down
here have had to hold back their attacks on the Elbiot. Only you
and your beloved can save her Spirit component." My beloved, did
he mean my former boyfriend. Did he know of what I had found out.
I was about to question him when he turned to Rich and Li, "Rich, Li, I
hate to tell you this, but it must happen that one of your children must
be taken, but they will not die."
"What do you mean? Will they be abducted by Crystoids?
Teleported someplace where we will never find them?" I could tell
that Li was frantic. Rich started to calm her down. Lena looked shock,
but Max came over to my side.
When Max got close to me he said, "I need to tell you something,
but I don't know if I'll have time to tell you later. I..."
His words were cut short when there was a loud explosion. We all
turned to see a group of beings all standing there.
Isis recognized the leader of the group, as well as Rich.
All he said was, "Apollo!!"
"Yes. And now we are all going to have a chance to
torture you for the rest of eternity. Imagine dying every day as our willing
slaves. Prepare to die and become our slaves."
Rich just drew his sword and yelled, "Never!!!" All
of a sudden, a battle so great insued. I used my scream ability to
hold back some of the Evil Gods, but Rich jumped in to attack. Isis
and Lena were casting spells, and Max and Li were helping Rich.
The battle was definitately going our way. But then
I remember what my parent's said about the power of these gods. I
realized they were holding back on purpose. I was about to warn everyone
when I heard someone behind. I spun to attack them, but they hit
me. The last thing I heard before blacking out was, "Time to catch
up on old times, and remember what we could of had."
I awoke to a cold and clammy feeling. I openned my
eyes and saw that I was in a room with walls covered by a black ooze.
I saw a light in the back of the room. I tried to move, but then
I looked down at myself. From my neck down, I was covered by the
black ooze. I was stuck in the wall. I then saw an even scarier sight.
On a table in the middle of the room was all of the possessions I had with
me, including all of my clothing and armor. One thought scurried
into my mind. A demon had me. I could belief that I was going
to perpetually die as a demon's mate. Then I heard a voice as another black
form arose from the floor. It formed the face of someone I didn't
want to see. "Well, JaNa, it's time to catch up on old times." I
realized who it was. It was my former boyfriend, who Lena killed
with a Death Spell. I was starting to hope it was a demon. The face
came towards me, but I turned away. It then said, "I know you, JaNa.
You can't resist me, and once I control you, the others will fall."
I could tell he still had his powers, but they weren't as
strong as they were. I was still in control of who I was as I said,
"You won't control me."
"We shall see." All of a sudden, the black ooze in
the room started to pulse. I gasped in shock and that was when he
brought his face to mine. All I could remember was him kissing me
as I blacked out. In a instant, my eyes were openned again as he
said, "Just think of that going on for a few hours. Eventually, it
will kill you, and then you will be mine forever." I couldn't even
figure out what had happened. He just looked at me and said, "Do
you submit?" I didn't even feel like I could verbally reply, so I
just spat at him. He just smiled. "I was hoping for a negative
reply." He started the pulse up again, but just as it started, it
stopped. I looked at his face as it fell to the floor. All
he said was, "Not again."
I looked over and saw Max, with a sword drawn. He
had beheaded the monstrosity that I had been my former boyfriend.
He ran over to me and said, "JaNa, are you alright?" He started pulling
at the ooze and said, "When I saw this mass attack you and take you away,
I thought you were dead. I didn't want to see you die, not before
I told you that I love you." I was so thrilled to hear that that
I forgot the state I was in.
I looked him straight in the eye and said, "I love you,
too." He reached up and kissed me. I then fell the ooze sliding
away from me. I looked over to my wings to see the tops of them visible
again. I then realized my situation again. I looked at Max
and said, "Could you please turn around and toss me my stuff. I'm
not in proper dress under this ooze." I saw him blush and then turn
around. When he tossed me my armor, I was free of the ooze and fell
to the ground. I quickly got into my clothes and armor and went over
to Max. When he turned around, I kissed him again and said, "Thank
you. I couldn't begin to picture eternity as his slave."
He held me in his arms and said, "I couldn't bear being
without you. I hope we can make the best of the time we get."
I nodded in agreement.
All of a sudden, I hear a mechinical voice say, "How touching,
but it is sickening. You must be terminated." We turned to
see the Elbiot. I realized that that was what caused the light. The
faceless head of the machine changed, and I saw my mother's face.
She said, "Daughter, the shield of the spirit will protect you, but strike
the bot with the venom of the spirit." The face disappeared and the
Elbiot said, "I shall destroy you." All of a sudden, the Elbiot lauched
an attack at us.
I saw Max go to attack, but I grabbed him and said, "Wait,
I understand." I held him and kissed him. He was surprised,
but he returned the kiss. The attack came straight at us, but stopped
not too far from where we stood.
The Elbiot sounded stunned, and said, "What in the name
of St. Marius happened?" I felt hatred flow through me as it said
the name, and I struck the foul machine with a sword to the chest.
It collapse and my mother's face appeared and said, "Thank you. Now
get me out of this thing."
I took out the Elbiot head with the Air Component in it
and attached it to the head of the defeated Elbiot. I heard my mother's
Spirit Component join with the Air Component. During the joining,
Max said to me, "Why did you kiss me like that? We could have died."
I smiled and hugged him. I whispered into his ear,
"Love is the shield of the Spirit. With love, you can fight any obsticle,
and Hate is the venom of the Spirit." I released him, and then disconnect
the Elbiot Head.
I saw a new form in the head as my mother's Air/Spirit Component
said, "Now there is something to be done about that gem. Your father
says it is the doom of all." I realized what she was referring to.
I nodded and Max lead me back to the group.
When we arrived, I saw Rich look at his son and say, "Max,
I thought you were dead."
"I had to save JaNa. We just rescued Vet, but now
we have to get that gem." They looked at us in shock.
Li turned to me and said, "You and my son are in love?"
I nodded and she just hugged me. "You seemed right for each other,
after we found out what happened."
Isis then lead us out the Final Passage. Lena morphed
us again and we arrive in the town in the middle of the night. I
pulled out the Elbiot head, and Isis said, "How do we get that gem?"
My mother's Air/Spirit Component just said, "Mortal Magic
is the key." She returned to her slumber and I heard Lena swallow.
She was the only one who could grab it. She chanted a spelled and
a ring of red went up and brought the gem to her hand. She placed
it in a bag and closed it up.
She looked at us and said, "Let's leave this area.
I'd rather deposit this in the Guardian Base Vault if that's alright."
We all nodded. As we left the town and headed for the steps to the
surface. When we reached the surface, Lena removed the Morph and
we headed to Rich's father.
When we arrived, he looked at us and said, "Did you rescue
her?"
Rich looked at his father and said, "Yes, and saved our
world from a bigger threat." His father's eyes went wide, but Rich
just said, "I tell you after we stop the Route, now send us to the base."
His father nodded, and pulled out the door. He openned it, and Lynn
went in first, and we all followed. When I passed through the door,
however, I collapsed in complete agony. I couldn't figure out what
was happening. Two guards placed me on a table, and Max was by my
side. We were travelling down a hall when I blacked out from the
pain.
The Quest Continues....