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 was overjoied that my mother was almost back with me. We had spent
the whole night talking about what has happened in my life. As I
sat on the bed, the new form of my mother's components sat next to me,
as she used to do when I was younger. As we sat there talking, my
mother just looked at me and said, "There is something different about
you." I didn't understand what my mother meant, but sometimes a mother
knows things that even we as children don't know. She looked at me
and then said, "You seem more like a woman."
I then realized that she must have sensed that I had had
a man in my life. I felt myself blush as I said, "I didn't know if
we were going to survive in rescuing you. I had been quite close
to Max, but he's gone."
As I felt a hand on my shoulder, and knew it was my mother's.
I looked at her and she said, "I know, but you don't have to fret.
He's still alive." I was excited when I heard that. The man
who meant so much to me was still alive, but where, and when.
I looked at my mother, perplexed and said, "How do you know?"
She smiled and said, "I can't tell you that right now.
I don't feel the time is right." Why would my mother keep me from knowing
about my true love, especially with all I've gone through.
I was about to ask her why she couldn't tell me when I heard
Radr say, "ATTENTION ALL GUARDIANS. TODAY IS THE DAY WHERE THE ROUTE
WILL FALL. REPORT TO THE WAR ROOM FOR THE PLANS FOR THE ASSAULT."
I watched as my mother's spirit returned to the Elbiot head. I carried
it out of the room toward the war room. As I headed there, I saw
Lena aside of me. My friend had been turned almost into a Crystoid,
and we now had a Crystoid helping us.
As we headed to the War Room, Lena said to me, "JaNa, I'm
worried. What will we do when we reach St. Marius, and your brother?"
I looked at my friend through the quest and said, "I'm sure
we will find a way to end this. St. Marius will be gone, and my brother
will be stopped." I wasn't sure how it would be done, but I felt
it would be done.
When we finally arrived to the War Room, I had seen that
Rich and the Crystoid had been there for a while. I also saw Li waiting
in the room as well. As I entered the door with Lena, I heard Rich
say, "Glad you made it. We have found a way to dismiss St. Marius'
spirit from your mother's body."
I felt more happiness in me than I had last night.
I look over to Lena's father and said, "What's the plan? How will
it work?"
I was startled when Radr told me. "I HAVE TO ADMIT,
I AM SURPRISED THAT A CRYSTOID CAME UP WITH SUCH A PLAN. IT SEEMS
TO BE ALMOST FLAWLESS." The word almost made me worry abit.
I then heard Sharm, the Crystoid, say, "When we reach the
inner sanctum, this little weapon," and a strange weapon came out of his
arm as he continued to say, "will fire a wire at your mother's body, and
like a vacuum sucks particles out of a container, it will extract St. Marius'
spirit out of your mother's body. Once out, your mother's components
will have 30 seconds to rejoin her body or else the body will die."
I didn't like the sound of that.
I heard another voice speak. "So what will happen
to St. Marius' spirit." I looked to see that Meg was standing there,
a displeased look in her eyes. There was something I just didn't
trust, like she was trying to hide something, but I was made aware of her
hatred for the Crystoids.
Rich then said, "Sharm says that St. Marius' spirit will
be obliterated. It is the best thing we can hope for." I saw
her frown. I think she wanted St. Marius to pay for these years of
agony on so many people.
I heard another voice say in a calm tone, "I know that today,
St. Marius' reign will end, and justice will be served." I turned
to see Joel sitting in a corner. He seemed to be confident of the
outcome, but I then remembered that Joel was a bit of a prophet.
Our chat was cut short when Radr said, "ALRIGHT EVERYONE.
WE HAVE TO START THE ATTACK SOON. IF WE WAIT ANY LONGER, WE WILL
LOSE. MEG AND JOEL, I WANT YOU TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT ISIS AND HER
CHOSEN FIGHTERS GET INSIDE TEMPLE. ONCE INSIDE, MAKE SURE THEY GET
TO ST. MARIUS' THRONE ROOM. EVERYONE ELSE, FIGHT OFF THE ROUTE AND
KEEP THEM FROM SAVING THE MASTER." As Radr finished issuing his command,
we all were off."
The battle had waged for almost a few hours. Both sides
had casualties, but the main figures of the Route still hid in the safety
of the desecrated temple. It took time, but the Guardians managed
to break through the lines of the Route. We were storming the temple.
Over the 5 years of our quest, the interior had changed, but we knew where
to head. Standing on a platfrom high above us was St. Marius.
I watched as the evil figure looked down at us and laughed. "I never
thought you'd manage to get that far in recovering everything. It's
a shame it will end here." Soon, St. Marius was blasting us with
force bolts that I had not seen before.
I then heard my brother, KLar, shout, "Oy, Vey, get out
here and slaughter my sister and her friends." Soon, the battle took
a new turn as the demons took to the sky.
I watched as they started to dive bomb us, but Lena changed
her arm into a machine gun and shot the demons out of the sky. As
they hit the ground, Lena just said, "You're next, St. Marius."
I watched as KLar took to the air on his black wings.
I flew up to attack him. I could not let him and St. Marius stop
us. I reached him first and punched him hard in the gut. "That's
for Dad."
As KLar went spinning through the air, I noticed a person
run out of the shadows and over to St. Marius. I heard him say, "Maybe
it's time to use that gift I brought you." I noticed that the man
seemed to wear a black outfit, and had whitish hair.
I didn't like the smile that crossed St. Marius' face as
he said, "What a good idea." I then saw him hold up a red marble.
He then said, "Thirteen is an unlucky number, for those that are good."
I heard Isis gasp and shout, "Stop him before he can summon
them." The marble scared her. It was then I saw the wire shoot
from Sharm's arm. I quickly flew down and attached the Elbiot head
to his arm.
After I had it attached, Sharm said, "It's over, St Marius."
St. Marius looked stunned when the wire hit him. I also notice that
the marble fell out of his hands, but the man who told St. Marius to use
it had grabbed it and ran off.
As if distracted by the man running off, my brother turned
to the man and shouted, "You coward. We can still defeat them."
I watched as my brother turned and flew straight at the wire. He
was going to try and sever it.
In one well timed attack, Li, Rich's wife jumped up in the
air, delivering a spin kick that sent KLar flying into the wall.
"You're not stopping this KLar. St. Marius has lost." I watched
as the wire began to return to Sharm. The process was done, but the
figure of my mother still looked a little groggy.
As KLar managed to right himself, he said, "Master, are
you alright?" I was worried if the process had failed. I took
to the air to stop my brother in case he tried to attack mother if it succeeded.
I found out soon enough as my mother finally spoke.
"I am now, son." He was in shock, and I was in joy. St. Marius
was gone.
KLar yelled in anger, "NOOOOO. You're suppose to be
dead, non-existant. I'll fix that." He went to attack my mother,
but I stopped him with a sonic scream. He spun around and said, "Better
yet, I kill you first and then all the rest. The Route will last
forever." I didn't have time to counter, but he never had the chance
to attack. I saw a wire hit him and realized that Sharm was doing
the same thing to KLar that he did to St. Marius. I was almost afraid
of a double cross.
As it finished, KLar's body fell to the floor, lifeless.
I heard Sharm said, "No, the route is done. Now, I shall go.
The evil's are gone, and I must return to my people." With that,
the Crystoid disappeared.
I heard Rich say, "At least that horror is over."
I could agree with him on that, but I was more preoccuppied with rejoining
my mother. She was finally whole again. I flew to her side
and hugged her.
She returned the hug and said, "I've missed you for so long.
I'm glad that that is over." I glanced around to see light returning to
the temple. It was Isis' power. She was making everything right
again.
I faced my mother and said, "I am so glad. I must
tell you everything, and then we can find Max, wherever he is."
I turned to face Rich, Li, Joel, Meg and the others come
up to us. I could tell in his eyes that he was uneasy about something.
He just said, "The rejoicing might have to wait, JaNa."
I didn't like the sound of that. I looked at him,
a little bit shaken up and said, "What do you mean?"
I watched in horror as Meg put chains on my mother and said,
"Vet, you are held responsable for the actions of St. Marius. You
will be tried and sentence in accordance." I couldn't believe what
I heard.
I just shouted, "NOOO. Don't do this to her.
She's been through enough." It was like I wasn't speaking.
I started sobbing and almost collapsed to the ground.
I felt Rich, Li and Lena at my side. I couldn't believe
he had allowed this, but he said, "Believe me, JaNa, I don't like this
either. We'll find a way to stop this misjustice. It will take
some time." I looked at him and saw that he didn't like what was
happening. I just hoped that it wouldn't be another 5 years until
my mother was free again.
I looked up and said, "What will I do now?"
Li took my hand and said, "You are part of our family.
You can stay with us until we get your mother free." I didn't want
to be a burden on them, especially now that the quest was over and Lena
has now a Cyborg, but something seemed distant in Lena. She didn't
seem herself. She seemed to remind me, for some reason, of the man who
ran off, and why was Isis so scared of that marble. But now wasn't
the time to look into that. Now was the time to save my mother, again.
Finish??