"So this is what they turned my great temple into." Chaos stared at a skyscraper in the center of the city. The surrounding are were always on fire, never ceasing to stop or dim. The sky was also always black, which made the line of burning buildings seem like torches. Cars and rubble littered the long street leading towards the building, which soon exploded into a long stone temple. Chaos grinned beneath his mask and walked towards his new home. Inside, human skeletons hung on the walls and a long blue rug led to his throne in the back. "That young wizard poses as a threat to my plan…" Chaos told him self. "I must destroy him." Out of a door way walked a small Cerberus. "Oh? You'll do nicely, little dog! Chaos Brand!" The puppy screamed as flames shot at its forehead. In the center of its forehead was now an eye, similar to Chaos's chest eye. The puppy then grew twenty times its size and growled. "Now go, do my bidding, dog! Do not disappoint!"
"GGWWWAAAARRRLL!" It roared. It ran through the door and disappeared.
"Ha, ha, ha… boy are those 'heroes' in for a surprise."
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Cerberus blasted his way through New York, searching for the three heroes. "Bad dog!" Jake yelled, swooping down from the sky. "You know better!"
"No need to tease him Jake," Hannah said. "He looks angry already."
"…" Dan was silent. "Let's go." Dan was the first to fire at the large dog; surprisingly, Cerberus felt no pain. "What?" Dan blasted Cerberus again and again.
"Dan! What's wrong with you? Strength alone is not the key!" Jake yelled.
"Shut-up, I know what I'm doing!" Dan called back in anger.
"There's something wrong with that boy…" Jake said.
"There always has been, don't tell me you're just now noticing it!" Hannah said. Cerberus howled at Dan and clawed him with its fifteen-foot claws. Dan was now in a trashcan in an alley. "Here comes back-up, Dan!" Hannah called as she flew around Cerberus. While Cerberus was distracted chasing Hannah, Jake attacked from behind, hurting the dog.
"Dang it!" Dan yelled. "Why couldn't I hurt him?"
"Maybe you're doing the wrong things, long…" Something whispered.
"Huh?" Dan asked. "Who said that?"
"You can't always see what you can hear, smell, or feel… It's just a matter of how smart you are, really… perhaps you are working for something you shouldn't… following the path of your past life… destiny is not what will be, but what you make it to be…fate, however, decides all that is, has been, or ever will be, and your fate has changed in your rebirth… don't follow the wrong path, for fate will catch up to you… it always does…" It continued to whisper. "Don't take me the wrong way… I'm not evil, but at the same time I'm not good. Don't choose the wrong path, Dan, stay true to your fate and open the door…" The whisper disappeared as Cerberus fell to the ground dead and Jake and Hannah walked towards Dan.
"Are you okay?" Hannah asked.
"Yeah…"
"I heard a whisper, was someone here?" Jake asked.
"No… I don't think so at least… something is going on around here, and I don't like it." Dan said.
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"Show yourself being. I know you're here." Chaos said.
"There is nothing to show. I stand before you now, Chaos." It was the whisper that spoke to Dan.
"A disembodied voice, eh?"
"Disembodied? Perhaps. I am not like you, born of a creature of pureness that has always been there. In truth, even I had a beginning."
"I don't get the mind games, voice."
"I neither exist, or not exist. I am neither dead nor alive, here or nowhere at all. I just am. I come with a warning Chaos, be prepared for a surprise and a great tragedy, your days are numbered unless you act quickly. Smite your enemies now, before it is too late."
"The presence has left. That was strange, but if what it spoke was true… then I may be in trouble."
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