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AN : Ok FINE, I will continue the story to some degree as long as a few people keep reading it. So without further ado here is the next chapter.
Chapter 6
Evilyn gaped into the Sword of Protection. Through her reflection she glared at her own satanic smile. That image terrified her. She had become everything that her father had feared she'd become. It was as though a demon had taken control of her body. The beautiful jewel in the center of the sword that once gleamed with all the colors of the rainbow was now as red as blood. At the sight of this, the sword fell slowly out of her hands to the ground. Evilyn held her hands to her head trying to get a hold of herself, but she could not ward off the images of her victim screaming in agony before he died. It then came to Evilyn's attention that she was still surrounded by her enemies thus she grasped her sword and then vanished into the darkness from which she came.
"Adam, we have to . . . we have to keep going" Duncan said softly. He placed his hand on the young Princes shoulder. "I can't, I can't believe he's gone" uttered Adam. "It isn't FAIR! If I was He-Man I could have stopped this from happening. I was given the power of Greyskull. I should have been able to save him, save Teela, the Sorceress. But I failed. I failed you, I failed Teela, my father, I failed them all. This is ALL MY FAULT"he bellowed. "NEVER say that again Adam or you will dishonor Mekanek's sacrifice for you and your future Kingdom. You are not all powerful Adam, you can't alter fate. Mekanek died trying to prove himself. It was his decision to challenge Evilyn. He died most honorably, as a warrior" spoke Man at Arms with a sense of pride. Adam and Man at Arms at last arrived at Snake Mountain. It was a bit eerie to see Snake Mountain being that last they saw it, it was in the form of Serpos under the control of King Hiss They sought out King Hiss and his band of Snake Men. "KING HISS, REVEAL YOURSELF" Duncan commanded.
Not King Hiss, but Kobra Khan, his second in command emerged from Snake Mountain however he did not come alone, he came with Rattlor, Tung Lashor and a mass of his bestial Snake Men.
"Rattlor, you can have the older one, that fresh young ripe morsel belongs to me" Kobra Khan said with drool at the tip of his fang.
"HOLD IT Kobra Khan, that's Prince Adam, he belongs to King Hiss.
Adam could not help but to feel a bit distressed as he stared at the Hellish carnivorous creatures, foaming from their mouths with their eyes fixed on him. "Uh Man at Arms, I think it's time to wave the red flag" Adam insisted to Duncan who seemed perplexingly relaxed. Adam knew that they wanted human flesh and Prince Adam to them looked like a big steak. "Adam, we have business here, don't be a coward" Duncan protested. "Well my snake men, it's time to FEAST" Kobra Khan hissed. "We must speak to King Hiss" Man at Arms commanded. The Snake Men didn't seem to be paying any attention to a word that Duncan had uttered as they closed in around Prince Adam salivating at they idea of feasting on a royal eternian banquet. It wasn't even clear whether or not they comprehended any English. "MAN AT ARMS, DO SOMETHING" Adam now insisted.
"STAND ASIDE" Rattlor hissed "He belongs to KING HISS" The beastly Goliath Snake Man threw all the others aside. He clutched the young blond prince by his throat trying to drain whatever life was left in him. Man at Arms fired his immobilization ray paralyzing a half dozen Snake Men. But one of the creatures took him by surprise and bit deep into the circuitry causing a discharge that paralyzed both the creature and Man at Arms leaving Adam alone to defend himself.
As if things couldn't get any worse, one of the Snake Men had uncovered the Transport and discovered Teela's lifeless body. Adam looked on in horror, still in the clutches of the behemoth Rattlor. Rattlor drew him up the steps of Snake Mountain. Adam struggled with all his might but to no avail. But before Rattlor reached his destination, Kobra Khan slithered in front of him, cutting off his path. "Hiss can starve as far as I am concerned. This one is MINE" he hissed. "FOOL, you no longer have ambrosia in your veins thus I am now stronger than you" Rattlor conceded. Khan cackled before uncovering a small ration of ambrosia. "I've been saving it for they appropriate occasion, HAHAHAHA" he laughed. Kobra Khan swallowed the small ration of ambrosia that he had acquired during the Snake Men's siege of Andrenos. To the dismay of Rattlor, Khan grew immeasurably in both size and power before he leveling Rattlor down the stairway of Snake Mountain. Adam took that opportunity to flee down the steps but Khan hovered ominously behind his prey. Adam reached the transport to find that the Snake Men where closing in on Teela. Adam took up Teela's staff and pummeled every Snake Man he could reach. but he was completely outnumbered. The Serpent-like creatures threw the staff aside. Tung Lashor rapped his tongue around Adam leaving him defenseless. "First let's drain him so he can't struggle when we devour him ALIVE" said one of them sadistically bringing out a exited clamor among the serpents. One of the Snake creatures bit deep into Adam's shoulder. Another bit into Adam's chest. Adam wailed in agony as the carnivorous creatures drained gallons of plasma from his body. As Adam felt the life ooze out of him, he could not help but stair at Teela. He had failed her, failed to protect her. Without her he would have no reason to live anyway he thought. But before the carnivorous creatures could embalm Adam alive, a figure came dashing out of oblivion wielding a red staff twirling it around and around. With the staff he hived a half dozen of the Serpents into the air. Then he clubbed General Rattlor upside the head who was already dazed to begin with and knocked him completely unconscious. The figure now maneuvered towards Adam. Kobra Khan attempted to cut him off but by the time he got their the figure disappeared. Khan turned around to see that the red figure had some how escaped his path and now hovered in the air before prince Adam and sliced Tung Lashor's tongue off of Adam. Adam, now barely any life left in his body fell to the cold hard ground. "Well well, if it isn't the Cosmic Enforcer. What business do u have hear Zodak" he asked malignantly? "Only the business of protecting my future King" replied Zodak. "HISSSSSSSSSSSS! You won't defeat me, I have the power of ambrosia on my side. "That will not be enough" replied Zodak. Zodak wielded the power of the Cosmos. Kobra Khan was no match for it, not even with the ambrosia. He and the other Snake Men were forced to retreat into the bowls of Snake Mountain. Man at Arms was revitalized by Zodak but Adam had loosed too much blood at the hands of the Serpents. He would require a blood transfusion. "But HOW in Eternia are we going to get blood for Adam" he asked? King Randor and Queen Marlena are trapped in the Palace of Eternos. What are we going to do, march into the Castle and declare a temporary treaty with Hordak" he spat. "No, there is only one way to save his life. I must bring Adam to Etheria, Eternia's sister planet" he explained. "And HOW may I ask will you do that. The only way to reach Etheria is through the Sorceress and that is quite obviously not an option at the moment" Duncan explained. "I am not called the Cosmic Enforcer for nothing. I guarded Castle Greyskull long before Teelina was the Sorceress, I know all the secrets of the ancient Zodakkians. There is a way to reach Etheria without the magic of the Sorceress" he explained. "But WHY, WHY go to Etheria" Duncan asked? "I'm afraid I cannot answer that Duncan, it is not yet time for you to know" he explained. Before I go, I will MAKE King Hiss listen to you. In his weakened state, he won't be able to pull anything" Zodak explained.
"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISS, you WILL listen to Duncan or I will slice your head from your belly" Zodak wailed.
In his weakened state, King Hiss had little choice other than to listen to Man at Arms proposition.
The threat of Hordak holding the power of Greyskull was too great a threat for Hiss to ignore. He agreed to supply Man at Arms with an army of Snake Men. Man at Arms reluctantly agreed to lead them to Eternos.
"Once my business there is complete, I will return to help you on your quest Duncan" Zodak explained.
Man at Arms looked down at Adam. It was bad enough he was losing his adopted daughter Teela and the Sorceress, but now Prince Adam, all semblance of hope was being drained away. Duncan pulled his head up in an attempt to appear confident, but his distress was as clear as the summer day.
"Don't greave Duncan, do what you can, that is all that can be expected of you" Zodak said, attempting unsuccessfully to put Man at Arms troubles at ease.
"There is still hope Duncan, there is ALWAYS some hope" Zodak proclaimed. "Yes, but so little time" Duncan explained.
Zodak shook his head in agreement before he threw Prince Adam over his shoulder and started on his journey to Etheria.
Man at Arms returned to his transport. He caressed through the hair of his adopted daughter. "My sweet Teela. Where are you? Why can't my mind touch your thoughts? If only you could tell me what is happening to you" he said with a tear tinkling off of his cheek. Then the tear instantly froze. A cold chilling wind had chilled the volcanic ash that blanketed Snake Mountain. The usually sweltering hot wasteland of the Dark Hemisphere had become a frigid glacial latitude. Icicles had formed around the frame of Teela. Man at Arms knew not what this meant, only what He hoped that it meant. Before Duncan could think, he heard a familiar voice from afar. "Duncan, Duncan . . . " called the voice. Man at Arms found himself in a different place. The ground was littered with now snowfall, Teela's body, now lying on a sheet of ice encircled by shards of knifelike Icicles in a cave with half a ceiling. Then he looked upon a familiar face, one he thought he would never see again. It was the face of the Sorceress, unscathed by the evil force of the candle of doom. "Is this, is this real" he asked? "I wish that was so Duncan, but the constraint of the candle cannot be undone. "My Lady, I have failed you" Duncan uttered with remorse. "No, Duncan, as I've tried to tell you, My continuance as Sorceress has come to an end. You cannot change that now, I have accepted my fate, As I accepted this path and my ultimate and final destiny long ago. "My Sorceress, I don't know what you mean, your destiny is life, not death. "In time you will understand Duncan, in time you will. The Sorceress looked upon her daughter. The bed of icicles glistened with light. "What is happening to her. Why can I not reach her" he asked? "Because you are not listening" whispered the Sorceress. "Then in a flash of light, Evilyn burst onto the scene. An icicle was cut from the wall of the cave by the Sword of Protection as it plunged upon Teela's body. Man at Arms looked to the Sorceress. She returned to her decrepid state, withering, dying, virtually clinging to life. This dream concocted by the Sorceress had ended. Evilyn positioned the Sword of Protection to the Sorceress's delicate neck. "You've been in contact with Duncan. Don't you know you can no longer hide your thoughts from me. "I know" responded the Sorceress. But Evilyn was too sly to not realize that the Sorceress was still hiding the biggest secret of them all. "Don't play with me, I am not Skeletor, I know that you are too wise to use up the last of your life energy to contact Duncan unless you had a real purpose in doing so. " I wanted to look upon my daughter's face one last time" she lied. Even though Evilyn knew that the Sorceress was still hiding her true purpose, she excepted this Explanation and departed back to her Chamber.
Within seconds, the breeze had passed and the icicles had melted. The dry spell of Snake Mountain had resurfaced. Man at Arms nervously checked teela for a wound from the fallen icicle and fortunately found nothing.
Then he felt a cold shadow. Standing quite ominously behind him was the giant frame of General Rattlor. "Don't worry Duncan, as long as you keep your end of the bargain, you will keep your head HAHAHAHA" he cackled. "I am a man of my word" Duncan proclaimed. Man at Arms started up his vessel and programmed it for full speed. He set the coordinates for Eternos. Man at Arms Ship took off followed by a fleet of Bestial Snake Men. Only time would tell how long this Unholy Alliance would last.
AN : Ok FINE, I will continue the story to some degree as long as a few people keep reading it. So without further ado here is the next chapter.
Chapter 6
Evilyn gaped into the Sword of Protection. Through her reflection she glared at her own satanic smile. That image terrified her. She had become everything that her father had feared she'd become. It was as though a demon had taken control of her body. The beautiful jewel in the center of the sword that once gleamed with all the colors of the rainbow was now as red as blood. At the sight of this, the sword fell slowly out of her hands to the ground. Evilyn held her hands to her head trying to get a hold of herself, but she could not ward off the images of her victim screaming in agony before he died. It then came to Evilyn's attention that she was still surrounded by her enemies thus she grasped her sword and then vanished into the darkness from which she came.
"Adam, we have to . . . we have to keep going" Duncan said softly. He placed his hand on the young Princes shoulder. "I can't, I can't believe he's gone" uttered Adam. "It isn't FAIR! If I was He-Man I could have stopped this from happening. I was given the power of Greyskull. I should have been able to save him, save Teela, the Sorceress. But I failed. I failed you, I failed Teela, my father, I failed them all. This is ALL MY FAULT"he bellowed. "NEVER say that again Adam or you will dishonor Mekanek's sacrifice for you and your future Kingdom. You are not all powerful Adam, you can't alter fate. Mekanek died trying to prove himself. It was his decision to challenge Evilyn. He died most honorably, as a warrior" spoke Man at Arms with a sense of pride. Adam and Man at Arms at last arrived at Snake Mountain. It was a bit eerie to see Snake Mountain being that last they saw it, it was in the form of Serpos under the control of King Hiss They sought out King Hiss and his band of Snake Men. "KING HISS, REVEAL YOURSELF" Duncan commanded.
Not King Hiss, but Kobra Khan, his second in command emerged from Snake Mountain however he did not come alone, he came with Rattlor, Tung Lashor and a mass of his bestial Snake Men.
"Rattlor, you can have the older one, that fresh young ripe morsel belongs to me" Kobra Khan said with drool at the tip of his fang.
"HOLD IT Kobra Khan, that's Prince Adam, he belongs to King Hiss.
Adam could not help but to feel a bit distressed as he stared at the Hellish carnivorous creatures, foaming from their mouths with their eyes fixed on him. "Uh Man at Arms, I think it's time to wave the red flag" Adam insisted to Duncan who seemed perplexingly relaxed. Adam knew that they wanted human flesh and Prince Adam to them looked like a big steak. "Adam, we have business here, don't be a coward" Duncan protested. "Well my snake men, it's time to FEAST" Kobra Khan hissed. "We must speak to King Hiss" Man at Arms commanded. The Snake Men didn't seem to be paying any attention to a word that Duncan had uttered as they closed in around Prince Adam salivating at they idea of feasting on a royal eternian banquet. It wasn't even clear whether or not they comprehended any English. "MAN AT ARMS, DO SOMETHING" Adam now insisted.
"STAND ASIDE" Rattlor hissed "He belongs to KING HISS" The beastly Goliath Snake Man threw all the others aside. He clutched the young blond prince by his throat trying to drain whatever life was left in him. Man at Arms fired his immobilization ray paralyzing a half dozen Snake Men. But one of the creatures took him by surprise and bit deep into the circuitry causing a discharge that paralyzed both the creature and Man at Arms leaving Adam alone to defend himself.
As if things couldn't get any worse, one of the Snake Men had uncovered the Transport and discovered Teela's lifeless body. Adam looked on in horror, still in the clutches of the behemoth Rattlor. Rattlor drew him up the steps of Snake Mountain. Adam struggled with all his might but to no avail. But before Rattlor reached his destination, Kobra Khan slithered in front of him, cutting off his path. "Hiss can starve as far as I am concerned. This one is MINE" he hissed. "FOOL, you no longer have ambrosia in your veins thus I am now stronger than you" Rattlor conceded. Khan cackled before uncovering a small ration of ambrosia. "I've been saving it for they appropriate occasion, HAHAHAHA" he laughed. Kobra Khan swallowed the small ration of ambrosia that he had acquired during the Snake Men's siege of Andrenos. To the dismay of Rattlor, Khan grew immeasurably in both size and power before he leveling Rattlor down the stairway of Snake Mountain. Adam took that opportunity to flee down the steps but Khan hovered ominously behind his prey. Adam reached the transport to find that the Snake Men where closing in on Teela. Adam took up Teela's staff and pummeled every Snake Man he could reach. but he was completely outnumbered. The Serpent-like creatures threw the staff aside. Tung Lashor rapped his tongue around Adam leaving him defenseless. "First let's drain him so he can't struggle when we devour him ALIVE" said one of them sadistically bringing out a exited clamor among the serpents. One of the Snake creatures bit deep into Adam's shoulder. Another bit into Adam's chest. Adam wailed in agony as the carnivorous creatures drained gallons of plasma from his body. As Adam felt the life ooze out of him, he could not help but stair at Teela. He had failed her, failed to protect her. Without her he would have no reason to live anyway he thought. But before the carnivorous creatures could embalm Adam alive, a figure came dashing out of oblivion wielding a red staff twirling it around and around. With the staff he hived a half dozen of the Serpents into the air. Then he clubbed General Rattlor upside the head who was already dazed to begin with and knocked him completely unconscious. The figure now maneuvered towards Adam. Kobra Khan attempted to cut him off but by the time he got their the figure disappeared. Khan turned around to see that the red figure had some how escaped his path and now hovered in the air before prince Adam and sliced Tung Lashor's tongue off of Adam. Adam, now barely any life left in his body fell to the cold hard ground. "Well well, if it isn't the Cosmic Enforcer. What business do u have hear Zodak" he asked malignantly? "Only the business of protecting my future King" replied Zodak. "HISSSSSSSSSSSS! You won't defeat me, I have the power of ambrosia on my side. "That will not be enough" replied Zodak. Zodak wielded the power of the Cosmos. Kobra Khan was no match for it, not even with the ambrosia. He and the other Snake Men were forced to retreat into the bowls of Snake Mountain. Man at Arms was revitalized by Zodak but Adam had loosed too much blood at the hands of the Serpents. He would require a blood transfusion. "But HOW in Eternia are we going to get blood for Adam" he asked? King Randor and Queen Marlena are trapped in the Palace of Eternos. What are we going to do, march into the Castle and declare a temporary treaty with Hordak" he spat. "No, there is only one way to save his life. I must bring Adam to Etheria, Eternia's sister planet" he explained. "And HOW may I ask will you do that. The only way to reach Etheria is through the Sorceress and that is quite obviously not an option at the moment" Duncan explained. "I am not called the Cosmic Enforcer for nothing. I guarded Castle Greyskull long before Teelina was the Sorceress, I know all the secrets of the ancient Zodakkians. There is a way to reach Etheria without the magic of the Sorceress" he explained. "But WHY, WHY go to Etheria" Duncan asked? "I'm afraid I cannot answer that Duncan, it is not yet time for you to know" he explained. Before I go, I will MAKE King Hiss listen to you. In his weakened state, he won't be able to pull anything" Zodak explained.
"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISS, you WILL listen to Duncan or I will slice your head from your belly" Zodak wailed.
In his weakened state, King Hiss had little choice other than to listen to Man at Arms proposition.
The threat of Hordak holding the power of Greyskull was too great a threat for Hiss to ignore. He agreed to supply Man at Arms with an army of Snake Men. Man at Arms reluctantly agreed to lead them to Eternos.
"Once my business there is complete, I will return to help you on your quest Duncan" Zodak explained.
Man at Arms looked down at Adam. It was bad enough he was losing his adopted daughter Teela and the Sorceress, but now Prince Adam, all semblance of hope was being drained away. Duncan pulled his head up in an attempt to appear confident, but his distress was as clear as the summer day.
"Don't greave Duncan, do what you can, that is all that can be expected of you" Zodak said, attempting unsuccessfully to put Man at Arms troubles at ease.
"There is still hope Duncan, there is ALWAYS some hope" Zodak proclaimed. "Yes, but so little time" Duncan explained.
Zodak shook his head in agreement before he threw Prince Adam over his shoulder and started on his journey to Etheria.
Man at Arms returned to his transport. He caressed through the hair of his adopted daughter. "My sweet Teela. Where are you? Why can't my mind touch your thoughts? If only you could tell me what is happening to you" he said with a tear tinkling off of his cheek. Then the tear instantly froze. A cold chilling wind had chilled the volcanic ash that blanketed Snake Mountain. The usually sweltering hot wasteland of the Dark Hemisphere had become a frigid glacial latitude. Icicles had formed around the frame of Teela. Man at Arms knew not what this meant, only what He hoped that it meant. Before Duncan could think, he heard a familiar voice from afar. "Duncan, Duncan . . . " called the voice. Man at Arms found himself in a different place. The ground was littered with now snowfall, Teela's body, now lying on a sheet of ice encircled by shards of knifelike Icicles in a cave with half a ceiling. Then he looked upon a familiar face, one he thought he would never see again. It was the face of the Sorceress, unscathed by the evil force of the candle of doom. "Is this, is this real" he asked? "I wish that was so Duncan, but the constraint of the candle cannot be undone. "My Lady, I have failed you" Duncan uttered with remorse. "No, Duncan, as I've tried to tell you, My continuance as Sorceress has come to an end. You cannot change that now, I have accepted my fate, As I accepted this path and my ultimate and final destiny long ago. "My Sorceress, I don't know what you mean, your destiny is life, not death. "In time you will understand Duncan, in time you will. The Sorceress looked upon her daughter. The bed of icicles glistened with light. "What is happening to her. Why can I not reach her" he asked? "Because you are not listening" whispered the Sorceress. "Then in a flash of light, Evilyn burst onto the scene. An icicle was cut from the wall of the cave by the Sword of Protection as it plunged upon Teela's body. Man at Arms looked to the Sorceress. She returned to her decrepid state, withering, dying, virtually clinging to life. This dream concocted by the Sorceress had ended. Evilyn positioned the Sword of Protection to the Sorceress's delicate neck. "You've been in contact with Duncan. Don't you know you can no longer hide your thoughts from me. "I know" responded the Sorceress. But Evilyn was too sly to not realize that the Sorceress was still hiding the biggest secret of them all. "Don't play with me, I am not Skeletor, I know that you are too wise to use up the last of your life energy to contact Duncan unless you had a real purpose in doing so. " I wanted to look upon my daughter's face one last time" she lied. Even though Evilyn knew that the Sorceress was still hiding her true purpose, she excepted this Explanation and departed back to her Chamber.
Within seconds, the breeze had passed and the icicles had melted. The dry spell of Snake Mountain had resurfaced. Man at Arms nervously checked teela for a wound from the fallen icicle and fortunately found nothing.
Then he felt a cold shadow. Standing quite ominously behind him was the giant frame of General Rattlor. "Don't worry Duncan, as long as you keep your end of the bargain, you will keep your head HAHAHAHA" he cackled. "I am a man of my word" Duncan proclaimed. Man at Arms started up his vessel and programmed it for full speed. He set the coordinates for Eternos. Man at Arms Ship took off followed by a fleet of Bestial Snake Men. Only time would tell how long this Unholy Alliance would last.
