Chapter 17

The group had thought: Safety, but safety was a word that would DEFINITLY not be used. Unlucky would be a good word, fucked could even be one. The team got in battle stance. Fazu moving his arms in the same motion as he did back on earth, Kerrigan turning on her cloak, and Canta and Kaza Didn't really need to prepare. John wondered what he could possibly do for the team. He couldn't. He was a plain old human, and that wouldn't do well against raging Orcs.

"Alright Fazu, I want you to make a Fire and earth spell." Kerrigan commanded.

"Fire and earth…Volcanic Wake?" Fazu asked.

"Yes, that's the one."

"Kerrigan, true it is a strong spell, but using Volcanic Wake in this small confined area could-"

"JUST DO IT!" Kerrigan yelled with anger. It wasn't that she was mad; it was just the pressure that was put on her shoulders. Could she really kill all of these Orcs?

"Kerrigan," Kaza started, speaking for him and Canta. "What should we do?"

"Canta, find something VERY heavy and hold on to it till I say."

"Got it!" Canta saluted and ran off with haste.

"Ok, Kaza this may seem dangerous, but I need you to distract the Orcs. Just do whatever you can without getting hurt got it?"
"Yeah, no prob!"

The team assembled and then broke off to do what tasks Kerrigan had given them. Fazu began a great spell as the earth under them started to sprout up. A volcano was forming, a giant one at that. Canta found a great pillar that had once held up the throne's curtain. He easily lifted it up and held on to it, using it to smack each one of the Orcs that got too close. The team was doing excellent, though John felt helpless as he watched his friends battle terrible monsters and he sat in the corner. It didn't seem right. Kaza swerved left, then right, and left again repeatedly, drawing the Orcs 'almost' full attention to him. Kerrigan began shooting in her cloaked form. Always aiming for the head, and never missing, except on occasions where they would charge at her, resulting in a almost ammo depleting spray.

All was going well, until Canta's strength gave way and the pillar fell on top of him. Kaza raced to him but even with his incredible speed, it was too late. The Orcs had gotten him. The team stopped for a moment and gave a quick silence has short memories came up. The team then realized they couldn't doze off like that and began fighting again. John had started to get a headache, as the rage he held inside towards the Orcs and Canta's death began to immerge.

"Canta… I, I… NO!" Suddenly John's headaches stopped and a dark green aura surrounded him. The once dormant energy was released. John's eyes became a piercing bloodshot red, and wings began to grow out of his back.

"FOR CANTA!" He yelled, rushing towards the Orcs with his bare fists. John charged at the Orc that laughed over Canta's body. "DIE!" He quickly read a somehow memorized incantation. After the last word a dark blade appeared out form the sky. John quickly grabbed it and smashed it into the ground, put excessive pressure on the blunt side and pushed off with his muscle filled arm. Faster he became now, rushing at the Orc. Finally he came to his final stretch, the hand he used smashing right through the Orc's armor and body, and even the stomach. As sick as it was, it was amazing. John lifted his arm in a 90 degree angle with his head. He concentrated his still surging power on the blade and it floated to his hand.

John was no longer John. He was something else, something that, to a stranger, would never be thought of as a human. Every Orc saw the kill, and quickly focused all their energy on John. Back and forth he swung his vorpal blade. Always using his signature move: A charge right at the enemy and at the last second sliding on the ground and slashing the enemy's legs off. Over and over the move came up. Although it grew boring and less challenging, it worked, and that was all that matter.

They didn't stop. The waves kept pouring in more and more. john wondered why. The only explanation was a portal. The Orcs had to have a portal stationed here that came form their home planet. John realized that the Orcs had overpowered him in his time of thinking. As John thought it was the end a great flame broke loose. Fazu's spell had finally been finished.

"Everyone get out! If you can fly, do it now!" Fazu yelled.

"Wait," I stopped them. "Their must be a portal beyond this room. I just know it!"

Kerrigan stepped in, "And what if you're wrong John? What if it's a dead end?"

"That's a chance the brave ones here will take. Now c'mon!" John flew over the flames and Orcs and went into the next room. "I'm gonna kill you John…" Kerrigan whispered to herself. She flew next over the flames and Orcs. Kaza grabbed onto Fazu as he too flew over and into the room. The room indeed had a portal.

"Well, let's get in." John demanded.

"Where does it lead…?" Kaza asked.

"I hope to Aris, and if it doesn't, then we have each other."

"That's all you have to base this on, Each other?" Kaza gave a blank stare.

"I'm going in." John grinned and stepped into the portal. He was gone.

The rest of the team did the same and in a matter of seconds the surrounding they once were in changed. No longer was it slimy on the inside and dry on the out, but now it was filled with water, water everywhere. Was this Aris, or was it a new planet, or even worse: The Orcs home planet. John and the group had no idea, but one thing John did know, as he stood up and looked around at lifeless sky, was that they had each other. And that was all that mattered to him.