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Dark Rocket Knight Axel-Opossum's Waltz

Chapter 1- A meeting with a Tormented soul

"Tormented? Doesn't look like it to me"

Axel was finally out of the Subspace that Gedol had created and traveling through the ever closing wormhole he had created. "Damn it, this wormhole is not taking me in too well!" Axel said as he quickly set his rocket pack at full power. The wormhole was shifting now. Shrinking and growing, zigzagging and curving, twisting and turning. Axel was an ace at flying but he even had trouble dodging the dimensional fluxations. "Whoa, that was a close one" Axel said as he dodged an incoming wall.

The wormhole was now generating dangerous orange lightning. "There it is, I can see Zebulos Castle." Axel Said happily as he was nearing the end of the wormhole. " Sparkster, my arch nemesis, I hope you are not surprised to see me for when I return and re-equip myself, I will vanquish you and rule the planeirjfrirfeioiejforjeoje….." Axel was not even able to finish his sentence when an orange bolt shot into his purple armor and fried his sentence as well as his consciousness.

It was too late now, the arched body of Axel had caused his rockets to careen him into an invisible wall and bounce him backwards as the wormhole closed in from both sides. Axel's rocket pack then gave out as he fell and then floated in the now circular and compressed form of the remnants of the wormhole. The wormhole collapsed into blackness as the Anti-gravity around the circle in which Axel was in disappeared. Sending Axel into the void of nothingness.

Meanwhile at the other end of the closing wormhole. Sparkster, the blue armored leader of the Rocket Knights was patrolling the castle by air and noticed the wormhole. He unsheathed his mighty sword and hovered in place at the front of the wormhole. "Wha…What is that! This can't be! Whatever comes out of here, I must defeat it to protect the Kingdom of Zeb…no, to protect the planet! SO COME OUT……" suddenly that end of the wormhole closed as instantly as it had appeared leaving Sparkster stunned "Uhhh? What just happened?"

Axel had finally landed, with a loud "THUD!" that echoed through the air due to his armor. Axel still lay unconscious as the pitter patter of little feet could be heard. "d.d.you.h.ar.t.at?" was all Axel could hear as he slowly began to regain consciousness. "w.o is th.s guy an. h.w di. he ma.age to ge. to t.e t.w.r" a more frightened voice said. "Bo.s.r w.ll be ang.y .f he fi.d. him up here" an authoritive voice said. "Wait Wait, he's getting up! What do we do!". "Club him and take him to the dungeon". And before Axel could get up and assess the situation he's clubbed in the face, only getting the image of turtles in his head.

Axel was now in another dream. Only this time he was looking at himself. "Why hello there my dear friend Axel" the mirrored Axel said quite calmly "have a seat, we have much to talk about"

Axel reluctantly sat down on a suddenly visible chair "Who are you, well your me, but what matter of me are you?" The Mirrored Axel placed both his armored palms on a now visible table." Well, to put it simply Axel. I am your inner power" Axel replied calmly "You are eh? Do you hate Sparkster" Axel asked.

"Yes" Mirrored Axel said.

"Well then we have some common ground" Axel said quite happily

"yes yes we do, however my friend. You and I are an incomplete part of a dark rocket knight that needs to be one; you see I am an entity created by your torment. A torment you gave up in a matter of a week when you found that stone" Mirrored Axel seemed quite upset.

"Oh is that what you are, well ya see. I Don't need you anymore as I have overcome my uselessness back at Gedol's subspace" Axel said with confidence.

"You may have overcome me, but what if you were locked up again and all you had to talk too was me?"

"I'd be crazy then, look if you don't excuse me. I have a knight to kill and a planet to rule"

"do you really feel that way then?"

"Yes"

"Well then good luck my rash friend"

Axel awoke when a green droplet hit his nose; he slowly rose and rubbed his dirty hair. "God, that was weird. Ok first thing's first. Find out where I am and find a suitable weapon." Axel sat upwards and surveyed his surroundings. He noticed grey old bricks, a rock built bed, a horribly managed toilet and…metal bars! "DAMN! I'M TRAPPED AGAIN!"

4 hours passed by. Axel was still in his cell. Pondering the situation he was in "hrm inner power he says, he should have said the power to keep sane because this is ridiculous. No one has come to even see how I am doing. If I can get out of here I'd show whoever put me in here the end of my blade……when I find one." Axel sat up and walked towards the cell bars and crossed his arms "I wonder how sturdy these things are". Axel tapped the metal bars, and as soon as he did the bars fell like sticks in the wind. "Gah, that's all I needed to do! Damn it!" Axel yelled frustratingly.

Axel looked around the dungeon carefully as to not attract any attention. "Where exactly am I, this can't be the Zebulos dungeon can it? And….it's quite hot in here." Axel tapped his chest plate shrinking it into nothing but a fashionable belt buckle. "That's better". Axel continued to creep carefully into the dungeon when he saw a light at the end of the dungeon hall. "that must be the exit, doesn't seem to be any guards. This castle has horrible security".

Axel carefully walked to the archway of light when he noticed his way was riddled with turtle skeletons littering the floor." Not much for cleanliness either I see." Axel said as he disgustingly looked on at the bones at the horribly moist floor.

However as soon as Axel managed to reach the staircase past the archway of light. The skeletons rose up and clobbered him in the back of his head while cackling through their dirty skulls "No one escapes from our king's dungeon"

Axel was now unconscious again. His spectral self in his dreams fell to the black ground as he came face to face with his other self again.

"Back again I see"

"Shut up, just a minor setback"

"I thought you overcame me, so why are you still talking to me in your sleep"

"Hey, quiet. I don't question why your still in my head"

"True true"

"So you say you're my inner power? Yet you are born of my tormented soul?"

"indeed I am, however to be exact I was formed when you touched Gedol's gem"

"Oh Shit, your probably Gedol hiding as some other self of me so when I get back to Elhorn, you can break through my head. Take over my body, and exact your revenge!"

"No no, see that would be a horrible plot twist done too many times"

Axel had an uncertainty"so if you are, then what do I desire besides Sparkster's head on a silver platter and the planet of Elhorn"

"Princess Sherry"

"Damn! You are an alternate me. However what good are you besides conversation every time I get bashed in the head?"

"well to set it out all clear cut and cookie cutter, if we can reach a similar frequency of thought. Then your physical body would grow two times stronger"

"And how do you suppose we reach this "similar frequency""

"That's actually quite easy, even though we are both sophisticated evil opossums, the fact is you will never like me, and true I'm not fond of you either, is if we face Sparkster and equalize our hate to amass the spectral energy into physical energy to defeat him"

"I see, wait I don't hate you. I mean your me, right? Just tormented yet not tormented when actually met"

"Shhhh, your creating a plot hole to the story"

"Plot hole to what story?"

"Damn it, I said Shhhhh"

And at that moment, alternate Axel grabbed the spectral table and smashed it over Axel's face. Awakening him from this awkward and confusing dream.