(I have no school tomorrow; thank our almighty lord, Jesus Christ. Anyway, I also hope I don't have to cheat on 'Baten Kaitos', but I will if I must. In any case, I will do the Aaron story, because I'm starting to take a liking to him even though I'm his creator, which means I suck. Oh well, please read the chapter and review it, like always. Darn, disregard everything I said because I started typing this a week ago.)
The Myth of Crystaelius:
Chapter Nine: Weapon of Steel I
Zane entered Guile's chamber casually as he scratched his neck. "Master Guile, have you any idea what that disturbance was?"
Guile stood before a small altar, studying a map. "I… am not completely sure. It may or may not be an interference in our plan, but I would disregard it for now. The Drifters should know of our plot by now, and I have an idea of how to take care of them."
"What do you suggest?" Zane asked shakily. Guile smiled. "It's simple, really. We summon Onerog and destroy them."
"Onerog! Are you serious!"
Guile turned to him. "Do I ever joke or kid, Zane? We have come too far for us to fail, and I'm sure we can easily summon Onerog by acquiring the Celestial Pendant."
"The pendant; how do you suggest we enter the tower than?"
"We don't need to enter it; the recent disturbance was the Tower of Osiris, Onerog's resting place. My grandson and his troupe should already be headed for it."
"So, um, anyone have any interesting dreams?" Enrique asked as they began to settle near a boulder.
"Yeah," Jet began, "of you shutting up."
Enrique scowled at him. "Aside from that, I had one, about a chocolate cookie chasing me. I think it was because I was craving chocolate."
He glanced at Aaron, who had sat down on the ground. "What about you, Aaron? Any interesting dreams?"
The swordsman closed his eyes. "It wasn't important, just a common dream I usually have."
Virginia smiled. "I dreamt about my father, when I was a child."
Todd shook his head. "None."
Enrique shrugged. "Hmm… That's nice; anyone have a nice story to tell?"
The group was silent as Aaron stood up. "Let's not stall for so long. We should be continuing to the source of the quake."
He then began to walk, and the others had no choice to follow. However, it did not take them long before finding something strange.
A massive crater with a peculiar tower structure lay surrounded by a desolate plain.
"So, I suppose this was where the quake originated from?" Aaron thought aloud as Virginia and Todd approached it.
Jet winced somewhat as he rubbed his right temple. "What is this? I don't get any of this; it's like this tower thing has an aura around it."
The tower had many different structures hovering around it, and its base seemed to be dug into the ground. It held a greenish tint, and a large crystal stuck up from the top.
"Well then, let's get moving," Aaron stated as he began to walk towards the tower.
The interior of the tower was extremely different from the outside; it seemed to be constructed completely of crystal, and there was a great heat emanating from the main chamber.
There was a large staircase which spiraled up from the foyer, and there was a hallway leading from the only door on the ground level.
"We seem to have two choices; we can either split up, or take it on as a group," Aaron explained.
"Well, they took advantage of us the last time we did that, so I would recommend we head upward as a team," Virginia commented as the temperature increased somewhat.
Aaron nodded. "All right then, we can check out that hallway when we're done."
The group then began to ascend the staircase.
It seemed like an eternity as the group headed upwards. There were no breaks or such to intervene with the walk, just the staircase.
Finally though, they reached the top.
"Thank goodness," Enrique remarked as Jet grasped his head.
"Are you okay?" Virginia asked urgently as he glanced towards the door on the landing. "I'm fine, we should just hurry up." The group then ventured through the door.
A large chamber lay before them; grand concrete tiles created the floor, and many different crystals hung from the ceiling. A small pillar stood at the very back of the room, and a strange black aura surrounded it.
However, a figure suddenly appeared in the room.
"I didn't really expect you all to be here so soon, but it saves time," Guile stated as he inspected them. Aaron flinched and they all readied their weapons.
Guile held up his right hand to stop them. "Please put those away; I'm not here to mingle with you all, well, I won't be the one mingling."
He then turned back and walked over to the pillar. "I have to say I'm impressed. You Drifters escaped Orion and left two of my associates dead, but your streak of luck is about to change." He then touched the pillar once, and a wave of dark energy erupted from it, knocking all of the down.
Guile smiled and reached into the pillar, which had separated into two halves vertically.
"Now, prepare yourselves, for the power of Onerog!" he exclaimed while turning to face them with a small pendant in his hand.
"The Celestial Pendant… It will serve as Onerog's awakening."
The room shock as a strange aqua colored liquid from it. The liquid continued to fall to the floor until it formed a fairly large puddle, which then began to form and grow.
A large humanoid shape rose as silver chunks of armor began to encase it. A large horn erupted from the entity's forehead while another smaller one shot out from the back of the head. Two extremely large obstructions sprouted from the shoulders as huge boots crashed into the floor.
The creature gave out a devastating roar as another wave of energy shot from it.
Guile let out a small laugh as he placed the pendant around his neck. "I present to you fools now, Onerog, the very first golem. With the pendant, he will follow whatever commands I give, and so, Onerog, eliminate these foul pests!"
The armored hulk roared and reached into its chest plate, bringing out a large sword. Two crimson eyes centered on Virginia before it dashed at her with amazing speed.
She had barely been able to look up at it before it reached her. Jet quickly pushed her out of the way and jumped back, raising his ARMs as the top hatch opened and he fired the Magnum bullet.
