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Dark Rocket Knight Axel-Opossum's Waltz
Prologue-Dark Rocket Knight's Lament
"Punishment for Self-Failure"
Axel Gear, the Dark Rocket Knight wearing a dark purple armor, was a strong, red haired Opossum. Unfortunately he was an evil knight who sought conquest on the planet of Elhorn. He made three attempts to conquer the kingdom of Zebulos, but all attempts were foiled by the good rocket knight Sparkster. His original plan was Quite simple, kill the only one that can stop him and use an opposing kingdom as a base of operations and capture Princess Sherry (which incidentally he had a crush on), then when Zebulos was conquered he would betray his allies and wed the princess of the kingdom he sought after and rule the world. Unfortunately for him, the opossum he killed was not just a master rocket knight, it was Sparkster's master, Mifune, and this only gave Sparkster more power to defeat Axel on all three accounts.
Axel was now sitting on rubble of Gedol's castle; he would have left if not trapped in the magical subspace created by his employer. He was angry for his self-failure; however he considered his tomb his punishment. A hell in waiting for the hell he will enter when his body gives out. Such an Escape artist as to escape the destruction of the Pig Star, and even his "Gear Mech" when he did battle against Sparkster for what was the first mech battle he has done in space, yet he could not escape something as a trifle as gap of dimensions. Axel now feels that his lust of power, his hate for Sparkster, his love for Sherry, was all for naught if he knew this was his fate. Locked forever in-between Dimensions. At least it gave him time to think.
Axel is sitting on a floating pillar from the floating remnants of the castle, pondering to himself:
"So, this is how my legacy ends. Trapped in the void that represents my eternal tomb"
Axel jumps from the pillar onto floating rubble. "How could I be so foolish? Fighting Sparkster here was a mistake I myself made. And he took my sword and fused it with the 6 other legendary blades to become a force that I could not even hope to defeat. Then after he defeated that fool, Gedol, he broke through the subspace itself to return to our original dimension"
Axel floats down to the throne room where the final battle took place between Sparkster and Gedol. "I was too weak to escape, and defeated and dishonored by the removal of my helmet and sword. I could have had Zebulos, the world, why, even princess Sherry would have been mine. And yet despite beating that fool Mifune, I could not beat that poor excuse of a fighter that was just a mere squire to that opossum"
Axel walks to the nearby throne and sits, resting his head on his hand. " But, after analyzing the situation, I was too arrogant to see that Sparkster was indeed the better fighter, my first true encounter on Devotindo's Pig Star was a truly an exhilarating fight, I had never thought Sparkster would be so good a fighter. And because of my arrogance I failed my true chance to succeed. And my second attempt had no real true hope as Sparkster was already too powerful to handle by Lioness. Even I could not beat him. And yet when I fought him here, when I had found one of the legendary swords and claimed it as my own, I could still not defeat him!"
"Alas, I will never be able to get another chance."
Axel dozed asleep on the tattered throne and dreamed a dream of destruction, conquest, and even love that quickly turned into a nightmare of defeat at the hands of Sparkster, Sadly not even Axel Gear's dream haven is safe from the menacing rocket knight hero. Axel struggled against the apparition but to no avail, and the phantom sword of the demon eyed Sparkster struck through Axel, just as everything around them both began to disappear into a bright light that engulfed both combatants.
Axel, Still unconscious, Stirred on the throne and swung his armored fist into the air like a flail and tilted and shook as the throne lost balance and caused Axel to fall and awake in a daze.
"ARGHFREGALEIDKF" was all he could muster as he tried to defeat a mere piece of tapestry.
Axel finally awoke when the dowel holding the tapestry fell and smacked him in the face.
"AHH! Ahh, Dammit! Why does he curse me even now, perhaps it is more punishment for bringing it upon myself ever..y…time…"
A shiny stone near where Axel fell was lying, hidden under debris that Axel's flailing had uncovered.
"What is this?" Axel said as picking up and examining the Dark red oval stone.
"WAIT! This…this is it, the source of Gedol's magic! His very life-force! The magical stone he calls the Heartstone."
Axel's excitement was soon quieted when he saw the Heartstone had a crack
"Alas, it is worthless. The very stone is useless to me. The slice to the forehead must have cracked it, I cannot manipulate the subspace with this junk."
Axel took the stone and skipped it into a wall. Upon impact with the wall, the stone release blood red sparks. Axel noticed this and at first thought nothing of it until an idea popped into his head.
"Wait, perhaps this stone might have a final use. If I throw it into subspace it might create a distortional wormhole for me to pass through, or it might destroy this entire dimension with me in it"
Axel carefully picked up the sparkling stone and activated his rocket pack to travel to the end of the subspace line.
"Here we are, my final chance, you better be good for something"
Axel winds up his pitch
"HERE WE GO!"
Axel throws the stone into the end of subspace creating a black and blood red wormhole appear in front of him with violent winds brushing towards him. Amidst the dimensional storm Axel is Cackling.
"This is it, my salvation, I was a fool to think I can't win. When I return, I will finally have, once again, the chance to rule this world and to destroy Sparkster ONCE AND FOR…WAH WAH WAIT AHH!"
Axel quickly rockets toward the quickly closing wormhole and warps through it
Perhaps Axel's torment will perhaps lead him to a road of righteousness or his lust of power and revenge will darken more of his soul. While his love for the princess is in-between, however he would never admit that one out loud. Whatever the case, Axel's Quest to Elhorn will not be an easy one. Also on a related note: he changed his tormented views quite instantly, wouldn't you say?