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When Worlds Collide--A Journey of Six Chapter 5: The Gathering, and the Introduction of Gradius
In a faraway land not all that much unlike our own, 5 gleaming, human-shaped figures appeared. One was red, the next purple, then green, another blue, and finally silver. Soon, the lights dissipated, revealing 5 youths, all unconcious. Soon, one of them awakens and walks over to a second person.
"Mark? Mark, you in there?" Eathen said as he shook the aforementioned boy.
"Yeah, yeah... What's goin on, Eathen?" Mark asked when he DID get up.
"How should I know?" was the reply. "I'm gonna wake up the others." And soon everyone was up. "Hey, wait a second... I know you..." Eathen says to Kenny.
"Yes, Eathen, yes you do." Kenny replied.
"Friend of Josh? Name's Kenny?"
"Yeah."
"Perhaps we oughta all introduce ourselves..." Justin suggested. "My names Justin. I'm a friend of Kenny's."
"I'm Eathen, a friend of Mark's and someone named Josh."
"I'm Mark, obviously a friend of Eathen's and also a friend of Josh's."
"Josh? I know someone named Josh..." Antoinette said to herself.
"You do?" Eathen asked, having heard Antoinette (He can hear really quiet things if he wills himself to.)
"Yeah... Oh! I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Antoinette." she said.
"Wait a second... All 5 of us know someone named Josh... I doubt that yours is the one we know, Antoinette, but..." Kenny said.
"Maybe we oughta look around. I mean, where the heck are we?" Justin suggested.
"Agreed." Kenny replied.
"Sounds good to me!" Eathen added.
"Yeah. Let's get out of here. This place kinda creeps me out..." Mark said.
"I guess we should... No knowing what kinds of animals might be here..." Antoinette finished. While everyone agreed on that, one question remains on the readers' minds. Where IS Josh, anyway? Suddenly, a golden light shone nearby the quintet (Group of 5 if you didn't know...) and when it died down, a familiar face appeared...
"Josh!" the group shouted.
"Wait a sec... Antoinette... You know this Josh?" Kenny asked.
"Yeah. We're friends with each other and go to the same school. Why?"
"I was suprised, is all..."
"Reasonable."
"Uh... guys?" Eathen said, worried.
"What is it?" Justin asked.
"He's...He... He isn't breathing!" Eathen exclaimed.
"Someone do CPR!" Mark shouted.
"Don't know how..." Eathen said.
"If I do it wrong...I'm too afraid I might hurt him..." Kenny added.
"Never done it..." Justin said
"Wait a second... he's breathing..." Antoinette said as the 5 looked at Josh, and could finally see the steady rise and fall of his chest.
"Ugh... My head hurts." Josh said to himself as he finally awoke.
"Huh?" Josh said as he heard the voice. "Hey... What're you guys doin here...? Where are we anyway?"
"We haven't got a clue..." Justin replied.
In a far away castle brimming with darkness
"Gradius. Kill them. They are the Chosen Warriors!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, fool... Now go and do my bidding!"
"Yes master. At once."
"Do not fail me, my minion..."
"Of course, sir."
"Now... Begone!"
"Right away master." Anbd there was a sound like a thunderbolt as the creature teleported.
Back with our heroes...
Josh looked around the area, taking note of who all was there.
Unknown to anyone, though, a large shadow entered his body.
'I am inside him... Now then... Let's see his friends try and stop me...'
'Get out of my body!'
'And why would I want to do that? You keep a cozy body.'
'What the heck are you?'
'I am a being beyond your comprehension... I now control you.'
'What? But that's impossible!'
'Watch, mortal... And learn...'
At this point, Josh spoke in a voice not at all his own. "Foolish children... Prepare to feel my wrath!" he said. At that point, he began to crackle with black electricity and a black orb was growing in his hands. "Prepare for the end! This is it for you!"
"Oh man... This can't be a good thing..." Mark said.
So...? How was that? What's going on? More revealed next chapter! Till then... Ciao! Jq1790