Chapter 5
The Truth of It All
Fox woke up but had his eyes shut. He heard two voices in the background. "Aww, come on Ray!"
said a deep, man's voice. "Go easy on me! I'm just a begginer!"
"You always say that as an excuse." said a familiar voice.
Fox remembered, that was Ray's voice. 'What happened?' though Fox to himself.
"Shall we try another round?" said Ray's voice.
"I think I'm just about done with 'Stone Cards' here." said the deep voice.
There was laughter. "Well of course you can't beat Ray," said a woman's voice. "He's the one
who made the game! I don't know why you even bother to challenge him, Spike!"
"Because I'm bored!" said the man's voice. "Now with the Geist infesting these towns, there's
nothing to do!"
Silence was in the air. "So," began the woman's voice, "did you get the kid's name?"
"Nope." said Ray's voice. "He kept throwing questions at me and wouldn't let me talk. So,
I used my 'Wind of Sleep' card."
"Should we wake him up?" said the man's voice.
"Yeah," said Ray's voice, "go wake him up, Faye."
"Okay." said the woman's voice.
Fox felt something nudge his back and heard the woman say:" Wake up...."
Fox opened his eyes and found himself in a tavern. The bar was across the room, lamps were on
emmitting light. He looked over and saw the face of the woman, Faye. She was in her early thrities,
she had dark, black hair woth some purple in it, she wore a yellow top and yellow shorts that ended
near her waist. She wore a rose red jacket tied around her neck. "Aren't you cute?" said Faye in
her seductive voice.
Fox looked and saw at a large marble table Ray and another man. The man had dark green, messy
hair, with a blue suit. He was in his thirties and altough thin, he seemed like a strong guy.
Ray got up and started for Fox. Frightened, Fox got up and ran to the bar. "Where am I?" Fox said
scared. "Who are you? Why did you bring me here? Where was that sword I jus-"
"QUIET!" yelled Ray at an instant scaring Faye and the man. "Damn.... Just be quiet and I'll
explain everything to you!"
Fox hesitated. Finally, he walked over to the table and sat next to the man. The man grinned at
Fox. "Name's Spike Speigel." said the man. "Over there's Faye Valentine." He pointed to Faye.
"Hello!" said Faye sitting next to Fox.
"Um...hi...." said Fox silently.
"I've never really seen an anthro in my life." said Spike.
Ray sat at the table and took off his trench coat. "And of course, I'm Ray." he said. "Now,
I know you have plenty of questions you would like answered. I will only tell you what I know and
what everyone in this city knows, okay?"
Fox nodded. "We're not here to hurt you or anything," said Ray, "We're actually here to help
you."
Ray took in a deep breath and started to talk. "You're in Meveric City on the continent of
El. As you know, you saw those weird creatures in the city. They're called Geists. We have no idea
where they came from, but they came here around three months ago.
"We don't care where they came from, but one thing's for sure; they gotta go back to wherever
they came from!"
"What exactly are they?" asked Fox.
"They're people that don't belong in this world or the world in which they came from." said
Spike. "They found a way out of their world into ours. But, they defied all the laws of living, for
their wrongs, they can't exist in either world."
"If they can't exist in any world then why are they here?" asked Fox confused.
"They have the ability to enter a world," started Faye," however, there's a price to pay.
They have to take forms of monsters and have to be able to come back. So, they have some of their
limbs in the Underworld, usually the feet, so that they may still be connected to the Underworld."
"Which explains why those monsters you saw had their feet in the ground." said Ray.
"What's the 'Underworld'?" asked Fox.
"The Underworld is a realm in which the evil souls go to." said Ray. "No one has actually
proven that there is one, but we think it's a real world."
"What was that sword that I had?" asked Fox.
Faye and Spike looked at Ray wearing a serious face.
"He's a Light Weilder?" asked Faye surprised.
"Yes." said Ray. "Let me explain, uh.... What's your name?"
"Fox." said Fox.
"A simple name to remember." said Spike.
"Well, Fox," said Ray, "I'll explain what it was. It was a Light Weapon. These weapons are very
sacred to this world. For some reason, other weapons don't affect the Geist. When I used my Light
Double Blade, I was astonished.
"Who knows how, but I wouldn't like to ponder about it during this kind of time. Your weapon,
the Light Short Sword, I never knew I would see it."
"Why?" asked Fox. "Is it special?"
"Kind of." said Spike. "It was once weilded by a warrior named.... Uhh.... What was his name?"
Fox looked at Spike confused. "It doesn't matter." said Ray. "All I can say is, use it when
you need to! Don't go sticking at someone's throat asking for money."
"Why?"
"Because the weapon will turn on you!"
"How?"
Silence filled the air. Ray looked at Fox with a serious face. "It will feed on your bad karma,
forging it into a weapon of mass destruction." said Ray. It will also change you! It will then become
a Dark Weapon.
"After that, you will destroy the lives of innocents, the weapon will corrupt your soul!"
"How do you know all of this?" asked Fox seriously.
Silence again. Ray looked down at the table. "Because my father did those crimes...." said
Ray softly.
Fox was taken aback. He felt sorry for Ray knowing that his father would actually turn bad.
"I...I'm sorry, Ray...." said Fox softly.
"Don't be." said Ray. "It wasn't your fault. There was nothing you could do. It was my father's
decisions that made him that way. All I can tell you is, make the decisions that suit you."
"Hey!" said Fox. "Where's my sword?"
"It's here," said Faye, "it's just within you."
"What?" said Fox looking at himself.
"You see," started Spike, "once you discover your weapon, it stays with you. It dissapears
when it's not needed and reappears if there's danger. However, if the weapon senses clean souls,
then it will not be drawn out."
"But, when I saw Ray," said Fox, "He did some weird thing with his hands and his sword came
out."
"That's because there are ways of taking out your weapon at will." said Faye. "But it requires
tremendous amounts of training."
"Ohh...." said Fox in understandment. "And I take it, not everyone can weild a Light Weapon."
"Nope." said Ray. "Anyone can weild a weapon, but the weapon has to choose who will weild it."
"And the Dark Weapons are formed only with bad decisions, right?" said Fox.
"Yep." said Spike.
"And you're a large group of people who are protecting the city against those Geist things?"
"Yes." said Faye.
"I think I get it now." said Fox. "WAIT! My friends!"
"You had more people with you?" said Ray.
"Yes!" said Fox worriedly. "Oh.... We were sailing and then a water hydra sunk our ship!"
"I think Cait-Sith should find them." said Spike in a relaxed tone.
"Who?" said Fox.
"He's another friend." said Ray.
Just then, a door leading into the tavern opened up. A large, fat, white creature was there
with the bodies of Falco, Bill, and Wolf in its arms.
The Truth of It All
Fox woke up but had his eyes shut. He heard two voices in the background. "Aww, come on Ray!"
said a deep, man's voice. "Go easy on me! I'm just a begginer!"
"You always say that as an excuse." said a familiar voice.
Fox remembered, that was Ray's voice. 'What happened?' though Fox to himself.
"Shall we try another round?" said Ray's voice.
"I think I'm just about done with 'Stone Cards' here." said the deep voice.
There was laughter. "Well of course you can't beat Ray," said a woman's voice. "He's the one
who made the game! I don't know why you even bother to challenge him, Spike!"
"Because I'm bored!" said the man's voice. "Now with the Geist infesting these towns, there's
nothing to do!"
Silence was in the air. "So," began the woman's voice, "did you get the kid's name?"
"Nope." said Ray's voice. "He kept throwing questions at me and wouldn't let me talk. So,
I used my 'Wind of Sleep' card."
"Should we wake him up?" said the man's voice.
"Yeah," said Ray's voice, "go wake him up, Faye."
"Okay." said the woman's voice.
Fox felt something nudge his back and heard the woman say:" Wake up...."
Fox opened his eyes and found himself in a tavern. The bar was across the room, lamps were on
emmitting light. He looked over and saw the face of the woman, Faye. She was in her early thrities,
she had dark, black hair woth some purple in it, she wore a yellow top and yellow shorts that ended
near her waist. She wore a rose red jacket tied around her neck. "Aren't you cute?" said Faye in
her seductive voice.
Fox looked and saw at a large marble table Ray and another man. The man had dark green, messy
hair, with a blue suit. He was in his thirties and altough thin, he seemed like a strong guy.
Ray got up and started for Fox. Frightened, Fox got up and ran to the bar. "Where am I?" Fox said
scared. "Who are you? Why did you bring me here? Where was that sword I jus-"
"QUIET!" yelled Ray at an instant scaring Faye and the man. "Damn.... Just be quiet and I'll
explain everything to you!"
Fox hesitated. Finally, he walked over to the table and sat next to the man. The man grinned at
Fox. "Name's Spike Speigel." said the man. "Over there's Faye Valentine." He pointed to Faye.
"Hello!" said Faye sitting next to Fox.
"Um...hi...." said Fox silently.
"I've never really seen an anthro in my life." said Spike.
Ray sat at the table and took off his trench coat. "And of course, I'm Ray." he said. "Now,
I know you have plenty of questions you would like answered. I will only tell you what I know and
what everyone in this city knows, okay?"
Fox nodded. "We're not here to hurt you or anything," said Ray, "We're actually here to help
you."
Ray took in a deep breath and started to talk. "You're in Meveric City on the continent of
El. As you know, you saw those weird creatures in the city. They're called Geists. We have no idea
where they came from, but they came here around three months ago.
"We don't care where they came from, but one thing's for sure; they gotta go back to wherever
they came from!"
"What exactly are they?" asked Fox.
"They're people that don't belong in this world or the world in which they came from." said
Spike. "They found a way out of their world into ours. But, they defied all the laws of living, for
their wrongs, they can't exist in either world."
"If they can't exist in any world then why are they here?" asked Fox confused.
"They have the ability to enter a world," started Faye," however, there's a price to pay.
They have to take forms of monsters and have to be able to come back. So, they have some of their
limbs in the Underworld, usually the feet, so that they may still be connected to the Underworld."
"Which explains why those monsters you saw had their feet in the ground." said Ray.
"What's the 'Underworld'?" asked Fox.
"The Underworld is a realm in which the evil souls go to." said Ray. "No one has actually
proven that there is one, but we think it's a real world."
"What was that sword that I had?" asked Fox.
Faye and Spike looked at Ray wearing a serious face.
"He's a Light Weilder?" asked Faye surprised.
"Yes." said Ray. "Let me explain, uh.... What's your name?"
"Fox." said Fox.
"A simple name to remember." said Spike.
"Well, Fox," said Ray, "I'll explain what it was. It was a Light Weapon. These weapons are very
sacred to this world. For some reason, other weapons don't affect the Geist. When I used my Light
Double Blade, I was astonished.
"Who knows how, but I wouldn't like to ponder about it during this kind of time. Your weapon,
the Light Short Sword, I never knew I would see it."
"Why?" asked Fox. "Is it special?"
"Kind of." said Spike. "It was once weilded by a warrior named.... Uhh.... What was his name?"
Fox looked at Spike confused. "It doesn't matter." said Ray. "All I can say is, use it when
you need to! Don't go sticking at someone's throat asking for money."
"Why?"
"Because the weapon will turn on you!"
"How?"
Silence filled the air. Ray looked at Fox with a serious face. "It will feed on your bad karma,
forging it into a weapon of mass destruction." said Ray. It will also change you! It will then become
a Dark Weapon.
"After that, you will destroy the lives of innocents, the weapon will corrupt your soul!"
"How do you know all of this?" asked Fox seriously.
Silence again. Ray looked down at the table. "Because my father did those crimes...." said
Ray softly.
Fox was taken aback. He felt sorry for Ray knowing that his father would actually turn bad.
"I...I'm sorry, Ray...." said Fox softly.
"Don't be." said Ray. "It wasn't your fault. There was nothing you could do. It was my father's
decisions that made him that way. All I can tell you is, make the decisions that suit you."
"Hey!" said Fox. "Where's my sword?"
"It's here," said Faye, "it's just within you."
"What?" said Fox looking at himself.
"You see," started Spike, "once you discover your weapon, it stays with you. It dissapears
when it's not needed and reappears if there's danger. However, if the weapon senses clean souls,
then it will not be drawn out."
"But, when I saw Ray," said Fox, "He did some weird thing with his hands and his sword came
out."
"That's because there are ways of taking out your weapon at will." said Faye. "But it requires
tremendous amounts of training."
"Ohh...." said Fox in understandment. "And I take it, not everyone can weild a Light Weapon."
"Nope." said Ray. "Anyone can weild a weapon, but the weapon has to choose who will weild it."
"And the Dark Weapons are formed only with bad decisions, right?" said Fox.
"Yep." said Spike.
"And you're a large group of people who are protecting the city against those Geist things?"
"Yes." said Faye.
"I think I get it now." said Fox. "WAIT! My friends!"
"You had more people with you?" said Ray.
"Yes!" said Fox worriedly. "Oh.... We were sailing and then a water hydra sunk our ship!"
"I think Cait-Sith should find them." said Spike in a relaxed tone.
"Who?" said Fox.
"He's another friend." said Ray.
Just then, a door leading into the tavern opened up. A large, fat, white creature was there
with the bodies of Falco, Bill, and Wolf in its arms.