Chapter 11:
The Hardness of it All:
The party had battled their way to the fourth floor when things started to go wrong. Just as they were about to leave towards the fifth floor Ton was kidnapped by soul minions that they had not defeated. They came and were gone just like that. Vahn cursed himself for not watching but knew that they had to move on. But every floor they cleared some were taken in away. First Mini Bert, then Vladimir and Lastch, Regal, Zer0, Kal & Menein, and finally Keako. The only ones left when they reached the cave, were Vahn Issac and Elly.
"We may die fighting the monster," Said Vahn, "So if you aren't willing to die stop here."
When Vahn turned around, only Issac was there, sweat was beading around his face.
"They grabbed her . . ." said Issac in shock.
"We go to kill it," said Vahn, "It's now."
They stepped into the warp that Sue had stepped through with Vahn not three days earlier. The Soul Reaper was in front of them, ready to fight.
"TIME TO DIE REAPER!" Yelled Issac with a red mist surrounding his body.
Issac was no more than a blur while fighting, and Vahn found him self being surrounded by a mist that felt like a cool lick of flame. They dashed and slashed the beast so much that it would not have known up from down.
"It doesn't do any thing," Said Vahn.
He didn't realize that Issac was trying to assault it's face, and before he could stop him, Issac had gotten the soul sucked out of him.
"You . . . you killed my brother . . . YOU DIE FOR THIS!"
Vahn started yelling and the Maverick Blade's eye opened. Souls that looked like all of his friends except Kal sped towards the sword, it swelled until the point that it was a huge mass of blue light shaped like the Maverick Blade. Vahn fell to his knees with the power of the blade. Then a mass of what looked like code dived onto Vahn's power suit. His armor was transformed by the code, and he suddenly was covered with body armor, full metal with a helmet with a visor and air slits.
(WHAT?!) yelled the Soul Reaper.
"With my armor I can control the new power of this blade, and that means your demise!" Yelled Vahn, with a second, deeper voice accompanying his own.
With that, Vahn ran up to the Soul Reaper, and decapitated it. The souls it had consumed sprung fourth from its body, and flew into a cave that had materialized just beyond the platform. One soul stayed behind.
"You are Vahn?" said Vahn, or at least the one with the body said, "I mean, the Vahn that inhabited this body before I?"
"Yeah, that's me," said the spirit, "Thank you for helping me and the others. As the debt I owe is so great, I'm willing to harbor your spirit in my body."
"I'm sorry, I can't let you do that," Said Vahn, "I have saved you, and given you the power of my last experiment. This is the armor of a technological god."
"How can I make up my debt?" Said Vahn's sprit.
"Keep protecting your friends and your debt is repaid," said Vahn.
The once sprit Vahn felt warm again, and was back in his body. He swore to remember Vahn's words forever . . .
The Hardness of it All:
The party had battled their way to the fourth floor when things started to go wrong. Just as they were about to leave towards the fifth floor Ton was kidnapped by soul minions that they had not defeated. They came and were gone just like that. Vahn cursed himself for not watching but knew that they had to move on. But every floor they cleared some were taken in away. First Mini Bert, then Vladimir and Lastch, Regal, Zer0, Kal & Menein, and finally Keako. The only ones left when they reached the cave, were Vahn Issac and Elly.
"We may die fighting the monster," Said Vahn, "So if you aren't willing to die stop here."
When Vahn turned around, only Issac was there, sweat was beading around his face.
"They grabbed her . . ." said Issac in shock.
"We go to kill it," said Vahn, "It's now."
They stepped into the warp that Sue had stepped through with Vahn not three days earlier. The Soul Reaper was in front of them, ready to fight.
"TIME TO DIE REAPER!" Yelled Issac with a red mist surrounding his body.
Issac was no more than a blur while fighting, and Vahn found him self being surrounded by a mist that felt like a cool lick of flame. They dashed and slashed the beast so much that it would not have known up from down.
"It doesn't do any thing," Said Vahn.
He didn't realize that Issac was trying to assault it's face, and before he could stop him, Issac had gotten the soul sucked out of him.
"You . . . you killed my brother . . . YOU DIE FOR THIS!"
Vahn started yelling and the Maverick Blade's eye opened. Souls that looked like all of his friends except Kal sped towards the sword, it swelled until the point that it was a huge mass of blue light shaped like the Maverick Blade. Vahn fell to his knees with the power of the blade. Then a mass of what looked like code dived onto Vahn's power suit. His armor was transformed by the code, and he suddenly was covered with body armor, full metal with a helmet with a visor and air slits.
(WHAT?!) yelled the Soul Reaper.
"With my armor I can control the new power of this blade, and that means your demise!" Yelled Vahn, with a second, deeper voice accompanying his own.
With that, Vahn ran up to the Soul Reaper, and decapitated it. The souls it had consumed sprung fourth from its body, and flew into a cave that had materialized just beyond the platform. One soul stayed behind.
"You are Vahn?" said Vahn, or at least the one with the body said, "I mean, the Vahn that inhabited this body before I?"
"Yeah, that's me," said the spirit, "Thank you for helping me and the others. As the debt I owe is so great, I'm willing to harbor your spirit in my body."
"I'm sorry, I can't let you do that," Said Vahn, "I have saved you, and given you the power of my last experiment. This is the armor of a technological god."
"How can I make up my debt?" Said Vahn's sprit.
"Keep protecting your friends and your debt is repaid," said Vahn.
The once sprit Vahn felt warm again, and was back in his body. He swore to remember Vahn's words forever . . .