Disclaimer:I dun own Yu-Gi-Oh, Eternal Darkness, or anything else that seems familiar, only the original new character is mine.
Chapter 2: Binding of the Corpse God...
I was being held by Yugi. He was cradling me on the floor, the tome open in my lap.
"Shh...Katy, It's ok," he said, rocking me gently. Seto and Mokuba were there also.
"What is this book?" Seto asked and I snapped the tome shut.
"It's mine. He left it for me. I just fell asleep I guess, and I just had a nightmare," I said telling a flat out lie.
"Yeah right. You saw something horrific in that book. I sense evil coming form it," Seto said and plucked it out of my arms, opening it.
"Seto," Yugi warned.
"There's a letter and a few pages of writing, then it's blank! There's a chapter listed on the first blank page. What scared you so bad?" Seto asked.
"I said it already, a nightmare," I said blankly. Mokuba sat down beside Yugi.
"Katy, I know it had something to do with this book, what did you see?" Mokuba asked gently.
"I can't tell you yet Mokuba. It's just I need to do this thing," I said, sighing in Yugi's arms.
"Oh, because Grandpa sort of made a last request to you?" he asked.
"Sort of Mokuba. It's confusing, but I'll be okay. I was just startled, that's all," I replied.
"Ok, big sister. I believe you," he said and stood up.
"Thanks Mokuba. Seto, put my book down," I instructed.
"All right and if you want to know, Mai arrived to give support. This place is getting crowded," Seto said, tapping Mokuba's shoulder. Then they left, but Yugi still held me gently.
"Are you ok? Are you sure you're ok?" Yugi asked, kissing my cheek.
"I'm fine love. Thank you for caring. This is something I need to do. I'll ask if I need something," I murmured into his chest. He laughed, and then slowly helped me up.
"All right, just know that I'm more than happy to help no matter what," he said.
"Don't get me started. I'm still depressed," I said, "Grandfather."
"It'll be ok. I'd better go make sure Joey still lives," he said jokingly.
"Don't joke, please," I said, "Not about that. We might have to break down the door."
"Fine, not a joke in this house, it's too creepy anyways," he said, kissing my forehead, then left. I had to find the next chapter. I opened the book to the page, chapter 2, it was blank. The chapter page had to be in this room. I glanced around, looking behind me, then around the room. I saw an odd piece of furniture, like the old ones used to hold secret stuff. I moved it so that it opened, then looked inside. Ah ha! The chapter page! I put it on the book and it glimmered. The words Mantorok floated up and a female appeared to be reading some sort of book. I began to hear my grandfather's voice this time, and I began to read.
***FLASH***
Edward: I cannot say what was the true beginning, nor am I sure of its end, so perhaps here is the best place to start. I am reminded of ideas I first encountered in Sir James George Frazer's book, "The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion". We are overwhelmed by our very human need to weave a web of meaning where there may be none. Since time immemorial, ancient peoples have dresses up their lack of knowledge as gods and demons. I have discovered that sometimes, the fates of gods and mortals intertwine, and legends are born...
In a temple somewhere…
Ellia: (Reading.) Thy time is done, Great Ancient. Forever in shadow will you be, Master of Chaos, and to fade to nothing in obscurity will be thy fate. My master has planned many millennia for this day. It is true the chaos of all things that you must now be entombed amongst the beings of flesh and bone.
***FLASH***
Pious: ...You have a great monument here, Mantorok. It is a pity that no one will recognize it as yours... (Invokes a spell of some sort, but it looked nine point of purple alignment, Mantorok alignment and it was a binding spell.)
Pious: May the darkness claim thee, crawling chaos and damned beast! No longer will thy reign be kept over the Ancients you have kept imprisoned. Thou has seen the last of this world.
(I watched as purple lightning streaks from Pious to the pillars suspended above Mantorok. One by one, the gigantic pillars drop into Mantorok's mass of flesh, blood sprouting at each impact, Mantorok roaring in pain. How sad.)
***FLASH***
Ellia: Not even these mythical fables can keep me amused. There has to be something to do around here. I only wish that something that fantastic, and of higher purpose, could happen to me.
***FLASH***
I was locked upstairs. Geeze, how could I of been this stupid? My name's Joey Wheeler. I remained by the door for like, 30 minutes, trying to open it without breaking it. Then I gave up and Mokuba said he'd look for the spare key, because Katy had just broken the other one, if there was a spare key. I started walking down the hallway to the corner. I turned and saw a... GHOST! I let out a yelp of surprise. It looked like a he, and he was just ignoring me, standing there, straight across from a wall. He was fat and see-through.
"Um... Mr. Ghost?" I asked. He remained still, didn't even flinch. He looked a little like the Kaiba family group, more like Katy though, but Katy wasn't chubby. I gave up, going to sit back near the door. I wasn't about to explore elsewhere when there were spooky ghosts about. Geeze.
***FLASH***
Ellia approaches Mantorok's body, as it continues to writhe in its death throes.
Temple Guards: Stop!! Don't go near it!!
I watched as Ellia turned to see the two guards behind her. Suddenly, tentacles shoot out of the darkness and grab the two guards, dragging them to their death. Ellia gasped in horror. Pious then appeared out of nowhere in front of her. She stares at him in horror.
Pious: So, you are reduced to feeding on flesh and bone, Mantorok. How the mighty have fallen. You will surely fester for millennia to come. A slow torturous fate, for thee... (turns to Ellia) You had best leave, young fool, or you will find yourself as food for the DEAD GOD!
Pious left. Ellia watches as he fades. All of a sudden, purple light leaps from the statue in front of Mantorok, knocking her out. She slowly comes to and is vaguely aware of a man standing over her.
Man: You are one of the chosen many, flesh and blood.
Ellia's vision fades, and she's now reclining on the steps, stirring to consciousness.
Man: It is now your destiny to fight the Eternal Darkness. (The man is now holding a glowing object in his hands.)
Man: I give you a gift in return for an obligation. The gift is your life, sweet dancer, the obligation is this.
(Ellia now holds the object in her hands.)
Man: You hold one of Mantorok's hearts. The Essence of the Corpse God. To some it is a source of great power. From those people you must defend it, lest they use it to destroy what little brightness your world has left in it. Guard it well...
The man departs. The heart of Mantorok is sucked into Ellia's chest. She screams and purple light pours from her eyes. It soon subsides and she stands. I watched her move as she completed getting the door on the other side open by inserting a staff into hole. She ran to the other side and into the door. She was grabbed by guards and Pious met her there... dead end...
Pious: Fool! You should have run! Instead you will die! Where is the essence of Mantorok?
(Ellia says nothing.)
Pious: Where is it? I will not ask again!!
(Ellia remains silent.)
Pious: Very well, then. You will succumb to the horrors of oblivion.
Pious invokes colored lightning, which sucks the life out of Ellia dropping her to the ground, dead. Pious's face stares forward, and then I closed the book.
***FLASH***
Crystal: If you're not scared now, you must have balls of steel... I guess...
Chapter 2: Binding of the Corpse God...
I was being held by Yugi. He was cradling me on the floor, the tome open in my lap.
"Shh...Katy, It's ok," he said, rocking me gently. Seto and Mokuba were there also.
"What is this book?" Seto asked and I snapped the tome shut.
"It's mine. He left it for me. I just fell asleep I guess, and I just had a nightmare," I said telling a flat out lie.
"Yeah right. You saw something horrific in that book. I sense evil coming form it," Seto said and plucked it out of my arms, opening it.
"Seto," Yugi warned.
"There's a letter and a few pages of writing, then it's blank! There's a chapter listed on the first blank page. What scared you so bad?" Seto asked.
"I said it already, a nightmare," I said blankly. Mokuba sat down beside Yugi.
"Katy, I know it had something to do with this book, what did you see?" Mokuba asked gently.
"I can't tell you yet Mokuba. It's just I need to do this thing," I said, sighing in Yugi's arms.
"Oh, because Grandpa sort of made a last request to you?" he asked.
"Sort of Mokuba. It's confusing, but I'll be okay. I was just startled, that's all," I replied.
"Ok, big sister. I believe you," he said and stood up.
"Thanks Mokuba. Seto, put my book down," I instructed.
"All right and if you want to know, Mai arrived to give support. This place is getting crowded," Seto said, tapping Mokuba's shoulder. Then they left, but Yugi still held me gently.
"Are you ok? Are you sure you're ok?" Yugi asked, kissing my cheek.
"I'm fine love. Thank you for caring. This is something I need to do. I'll ask if I need something," I murmured into his chest. He laughed, and then slowly helped me up.
"All right, just know that I'm more than happy to help no matter what," he said.
"Don't get me started. I'm still depressed," I said, "Grandfather."
"It'll be ok. I'd better go make sure Joey still lives," he said jokingly.
"Don't joke, please," I said, "Not about that. We might have to break down the door."
"Fine, not a joke in this house, it's too creepy anyways," he said, kissing my forehead, then left. I had to find the next chapter. I opened the book to the page, chapter 2, it was blank. The chapter page had to be in this room. I glanced around, looking behind me, then around the room. I saw an odd piece of furniture, like the old ones used to hold secret stuff. I moved it so that it opened, then looked inside. Ah ha! The chapter page! I put it on the book and it glimmered. The words Mantorok floated up and a female appeared to be reading some sort of book. I began to hear my grandfather's voice this time, and I began to read.
***FLASH***
Edward: I cannot say what was the true beginning, nor am I sure of its end, so perhaps here is the best place to start. I am reminded of ideas I first encountered in Sir James George Frazer's book, "The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion". We are overwhelmed by our very human need to weave a web of meaning where there may be none. Since time immemorial, ancient peoples have dresses up their lack of knowledge as gods and demons. I have discovered that sometimes, the fates of gods and mortals intertwine, and legends are born...
In a temple somewhere…
Ellia: (Reading.) Thy time is done, Great Ancient. Forever in shadow will you be, Master of Chaos, and to fade to nothing in obscurity will be thy fate. My master has planned many millennia for this day. It is true the chaos of all things that you must now be entombed amongst the beings of flesh and bone.
***FLASH***
Pious: ...You have a great monument here, Mantorok. It is a pity that no one will recognize it as yours... (Invokes a spell of some sort, but it looked nine point of purple alignment, Mantorok alignment and it was a binding spell.)
Pious: May the darkness claim thee, crawling chaos and damned beast! No longer will thy reign be kept over the Ancients you have kept imprisoned. Thou has seen the last of this world.
(I watched as purple lightning streaks from Pious to the pillars suspended above Mantorok. One by one, the gigantic pillars drop into Mantorok's mass of flesh, blood sprouting at each impact, Mantorok roaring in pain. How sad.)
***FLASH***
Ellia: Not even these mythical fables can keep me amused. There has to be something to do around here. I only wish that something that fantastic, and of higher purpose, could happen to me.
***FLASH***
I was locked upstairs. Geeze, how could I of been this stupid? My name's Joey Wheeler. I remained by the door for like, 30 minutes, trying to open it without breaking it. Then I gave up and Mokuba said he'd look for the spare key, because Katy had just broken the other one, if there was a spare key. I started walking down the hallway to the corner. I turned and saw a... GHOST! I let out a yelp of surprise. It looked like a he, and he was just ignoring me, standing there, straight across from a wall. He was fat and see-through.
"Um... Mr. Ghost?" I asked. He remained still, didn't even flinch. He looked a little like the Kaiba family group, more like Katy though, but Katy wasn't chubby. I gave up, going to sit back near the door. I wasn't about to explore elsewhere when there were spooky ghosts about. Geeze.
***FLASH***
Ellia approaches Mantorok's body, as it continues to writhe in its death throes.
Temple Guards: Stop!! Don't go near it!!
I watched as Ellia turned to see the two guards behind her. Suddenly, tentacles shoot out of the darkness and grab the two guards, dragging them to their death. Ellia gasped in horror. Pious then appeared out of nowhere in front of her. She stares at him in horror.
Pious: So, you are reduced to feeding on flesh and bone, Mantorok. How the mighty have fallen. You will surely fester for millennia to come. A slow torturous fate, for thee... (turns to Ellia) You had best leave, young fool, or you will find yourself as food for the DEAD GOD!
Pious left. Ellia watches as he fades. All of a sudden, purple light leaps from the statue in front of Mantorok, knocking her out. She slowly comes to and is vaguely aware of a man standing over her.
Man: You are one of the chosen many, flesh and blood.
Ellia's vision fades, and she's now reclining on the steps, stirring to consciousness.
Man: It is now your destiny to fight the Eternal Darkness. (The man is now holding a glowing object in his hands.)
Man: I give you a gift in return for an obligation. The gift is your life, sweet dancer, the obligation is this.
(Ellia now holds the object in her hands.)
Man: You hold one of Mantorok's hearts. The Essence of the Corpse God. To some it is a source of great power. From those people you must defend it, lest they use it to destroy what little brightness your world has left in it. Guard it well...
The man departs. The heart of Mantorok is sucked into Ellia's chest. She screams and purple light pours from her eyes. It soon subsides and she stands. I watched her move as she completed getting the door on the other side open by inserting a staff into hole. She ran to the other side and into the door. She was grabbed by guards and Pious met her there... dead end...
Pious: Fool! You should have run! Instead you will die! Where is the essence of Mantorok?
(Ellia says nothing.)
Pious: Where is it? I will not ask again!!
(Ellia remains silent.)
Pious: Very well, then. You will succumb to the horrors of oblivion.
Pious invokes colored lightning, which sucks the life out of Ellia dropping her to the ground, dead. Pious's face stares forward, and then I closed the book.
***FLASH***
Crystal: If you're not scared now, you must have balls of steel... I guess...