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)
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I, as well as my family, JaNa, and Isis, could not believe that a Crystoid
was asking us for help. During this quest to save JaNa's mother,
and defeat the Route and St. Marius, we had learned of the existance of
the Crystoids, and that they abducted people. My father just looked
at the Crystoid and said, "Why should we help you?"
The Crystoid, who said he had been Sharm, said, "It is true
that we have been at odds for countless years, but if we do not ban together
now, we may end up in disaster. There has been a split in the Crystoids."
I noticed that Isis looked at the Crystoid very skepticly,
and said, "What kind of split, Shram, and how did you become a Crystoid.
You should have been executed."
The Crystoid just bowwed it's head and said, "I wish I had
been, for I failed my mistress, Shub..."
I watched as my mother quickly kicked the Crystoid.
"Don't you dare speak that name. I do not wish to join that evil creature."
I understood what my mother meant. I feared that I was condemned
to that fate, since only I could carry the 'Eye'.
The Crystoid then continued. "My apologize.
I forget that some do not see her the same as I do. You see, after
my defeat at the hands of Isis' father, my mistress felt that I must be
punished for my failure. Thus, I was sentenced to serve with my other
fallen bretherin in the service of my new queen, Mistress Prime, the queen
of the Crystoids."
I watched as JaNa just said, "But how do we know to trust
you? You have tried to kill the Elbiots and in turn, my mother."
The Crystiod just looked at her and said, "As of recent
times, the whole group has been split. One of the more impetuous
ones, Sabaranub, decided that we must destroy the Elbiots, but Mistress
Prime said that we must not, that to destroy them would be to destroy ourselves.
Now there is chaos amongs ourselves. I was sent amongst our group
to find you, and bring you to our home, so that you may save us, and your
world from the threat of the Crystoids."
I noticed that Isis was about to object when my father said,
"Do we have your word that this is not a trick."
The Crystoid looked up and said, "If I were here to capture
you, I would have done so. If you fear you cannot trust me, if any of you
is absorbed into those who wish to kill the Elbiots, you may remove the
Crystal that gives me life." For some reason, I felt we could believe
him.
My father gathered us all around and said, "I don't truely
trust him, but I have no idea how we will continue. This might be
what we need to save Vet's Mind Component.
My mother then said, "I agree, but we must be careful.
Just because he says he won't hurt us doesn't mean that he hasn't got an
ulterior motive.
Isis then said, "Unfortunately, it is the only way.
I just wish that the only ally we would get in this part of our quest was
a man that had not vowwed to kill my father.
My father then turned to the Elbiot and said, "Alright Sharm,
we will go with you, but you must act as our guardian. You cannot
let any of us be absorbed into your kind." When he nodded, my father
then said, "Now, take us to your world so we can rescue our friend.
I watched as a metal plate opened on his arm and he said,
"We shall arrive very soon." I watched as the Water World disappeared
from sight, only to be replaced with the starscape of the Celestrial World,
and mass of metal infront of us. Almost far below us, I saw the Celestrial
Temple, and it had gotten much darker. Sharm then said, "We are at
the entrence. The Elbiot has set up many traps along the way, so
I advise caution." When he opened the door, we entered a mass of
metal and crystals, intertwined with each other. I feared this place,
because I felt like I was being watched more than the others.
After a few turns, and near traps, I head JaNa say, "This
place is like a maze." There seemed to be a mumble of agreement through
out the whole group.
Sharm just nodded and said, "The Elbiot over the years has
taken our order and replaced it with chaos. Amongst all the walls
was were we rested, and gathered our energy, awaiting the Portal."
The way the Elbiot said portal put worry in me.
It was my mother who asked the question I didn't want to
ask, "What is the Portal?"
Sharm then said, "Portal is the one who will come to us
bearing the 7 powers. When the power of Shoac flows through them,
and the signs of 4 are active, our mistress will breach the gate."
I almost shuddered in fear. I felt as if he was talking about me,
and I couldn't shake that feeling.
I started to ask the question that bothered me. "What
are the ....." I trailed off as the floor fell from beneath me and
I slid down a trap. I had become obsessed with the story that I stepped
into a trap. As I slid down the path, I started to panic. I
heard the voices of my friends and family far above. I was afraid
I was going to slide out to my death. Soon enough, I slid into a
room. I looked around to see 15 Crystoids, who were all advancing
on me. They had to be of the other part of the Crystoids, the ones
who wanted the Elbiot dead. I quickly cast a spell of protection,
but the Crystoids cast a powerful Anti-Magic spell. I tried to get
away, but one grabbed me and I saw nothing.
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I came through when my senses assulted me with sensation.
It was as if they were hightened. I heard movement around me.
I opened my eyes to a frightful sight. There were a few Crystoids
were around me. I then noticed that I was strapped to a table.
I looked down at my body, only to discovered that I was now a mix of robotic
parts and human body. My arms were laced with robotics, as well as
my legs. Around the middle of my body, I felt robotics working inside
of me, as if they were under the armor that covered my chest, at least
it almost covered my chest. There looked like there were four slots
that were waiting for something on the 'armor'. Then I saw the thing
that scared me most. A crystal was dead center on my chest.
I feared that I was absorbed into their group. Then one of the Crystoids
shouted, "It's the others of her group, as well as the one with the others."
Another Crystoid shouted, "No, it's too soon. Sabaranub
wanted the Crystal in her for the absorbtion." Hope flew through
me as I realize that the crystal that made a cyborg a Crystoid wasn't in
me, but what was in me. I then realized what the gem was that I was
looking at was the 'Eye'. The Crystoid had implanted the 'Eye' into
me. This worried me more than being a Crystoid. How could they
do this, unless.. the Crystal they used came from the same source.
My thoughts on that were cut short when my parents, Isis,
JaNa and the Crystoid, Sharm, arrived to my rescue. The Crystoids
beat a hasty retreat, as my mother ran to my side, almost terrified.
"My daughter, what have they done to you?"
Before I could respond, the Crystoid just said, "No crystal,
they only got finished making her a cyborg."
My father almost shouted at him. "You must be blind.
What do you call that?" He pointed straight at the 'Eye' now part
of my body.
I then heard Isis gasp, and she grabbed a cloth and through
it over me. "That's the 'Eye'. They must have grafted it into
her."
I started to respond to her statement. "That's what
they..." I stopped speaking as the cloth hit me. My senses assulted
me with many sensations. They were too many to name.
The Crystoid yanked the cloth of me and said, "The mechanics
that they placed in her have heightened all her senses. Only the
cloths the Crystoids wear will not send her into a sensory overload.
There should be one over there." He pointed in the direction that
JaNa was standing.
JaNa looked behind her as my folks helped get me free of
the table. I noticed that she found a sheer looking fabric.
She looked at it, almost puzzled, and said, "Are you sure about that?"
He nodded as she handed it to him. "This fabric may
not seem sturdy, but it is the only thing that she will be able to wear
until she can adjust to the change. Most Crystoids were it for many
years." This didn't fill me with hope of reversal of this process
as he drapped the fabric around me.
When I looked at my new outfit, I could help but feel it
had a lot of short-comings. I just said, "This fabric doesn't make
me feel safe. It makes me feel like a harem girl."
Isis just said, "We'll try and manage to find something
stronger, but for now, we must find Vet's Mind Component. I wish
we could find a way to get to the Elbiot."
The Crystoid looked at my arm and said, "Lena, am I correct?"
When I nodded, he continued by saying, "One of the devices on your arms
will track the Elbiot, since it was installed by the ones who want to destroy
the Elbiot." I tapped the device on my arm, and I saw a screen with
a dot on it. It had to be the Elbiot.
I started to run in the direction of the dot. I looked
behind me only to see I had was leading the pack. In almost no time,
I was almost out of their sight. I realized that what was a run,
was an unatainable speed to the others. I started to slow down, but
I continued moving until I hit the wall. It was a very painful crash.
All I could mutter was, "This is going to hurt until I get use to this."
Soon the others were upon me, and pulled me out of the wall
I had crashed into. My father just said, "I think you better let
us help you for a bit, Lena." I nodded and my father just said, "Now,
point us the right way."
As I directed us closer to the Elbiot, Sharm walked over
to me and helped me move along. As we continued on, he just said,
"I'm sorry that this happen to you, but it may be a blessing for you.
You don't get all the benefits of being a Crystoid, but you can take care
of yourself, once you learn how to use you new body."
I looked at the Crystiod and said, "Once this quest is over,
I will have my old body back." At least I hoped that would be the
case.
I got scared as the Crystoid just said, "You can't remove
it. You see, your body won't be able to resist not having the extras.
Already it's adjusting. You have to admit that the extra senses are
a perk." Oddly enough, he was making sense. It sounded logical.
Then I realize that I was starting to sway from the right path. I
shook myself to my senses.
I brought myself back to reality just in time to face the
Elbiot. It sat on a throne, and watched as we entered. It looked
down on us and said, "I shall not let your illogical actions ruin the plan
of St. Marius." Then I saw it's face morph into that of Vet's face.
The face of my father's friend just muttered, "Use what it holds dear against
it."
I realized what it meant. I watched as the Elbiot
pushed a button on their throne, and shackles started to attach to everyone.
Reflex made me jump, and the new mechanics in me moved me out of the way.
It looked at me in anger and I knew what I had to do. With all the
rest captured, I just said, "Elbiot, I have a question for you, a question
of logic."
The Elbiot didn't try and capture me, as I challenged it
with something it held dear. It looked at me and said, "Alright,
if I fail to answer it, you win, else you and your friends will be killed."
I didn't like the sound of that, but I had no choice.
I then asked the question. "A king had an advisor from another land
who was very wise and never failed him. The king did not want to
lose the advisor, so he posed the advisor with a challenge. The king
asked to see something he had never seen, and the king had seen everything.
The advisor left and took no time in finding something. He handed
the king a piece of paper with three words on it. He was set free."
The Elbiot looked at me and said, "What were the words?"
I had grabbed it's intrest, and hoped that the answer would do what I wanted
it to.
"The words were, 'I have failed.' Now how could his
failure be his victory." I watched as the Elbiot started to think
about it.
So the Elbiot started muttering, "It failed but succeeded,
it can't have both. It can't have both. Failure is the absence
of success." Soon, the Elbiot shut itself down, and we were all free.
I used it's own logic against it. JaNa ran over to it's side and
started to obtain Vet's mind component.
Everyone ran over to me, and Isis said, "That was good thinking,
Lena, by posing that riddle, but how did you know it would work."
I smiled and said, "I figured it's logic couldn't accept
both success and failure. Now how are we going to get out of here."
JaNa then asked a better question. "Also, how are
we going to survive the Fire World. That is our next stop, so we can get
my mother's last component."
I noticed that Sharm was looking at me as it said, "Crystoids
have force shield generators to withstand the heat of most fires.
We have ventured into the Fire World many times. All we need to do is extend
my shield, and the one that is in Lena. I can transport us to the
door to the world."
My father looked at the Crystoid and said, "Then transport
us. You have as my word that when this ordeal is over, that if you
continue to help us until St. Marius' defeat I shall let you return to
your group, after that, we will be enemies again." The Crystoid nodded
and soon transported us to the door to the Fire World. Soon enough,
he was altering something on my arm, obviously altering the shield generator
on my arm.
To be continued.