Sparda's Revenge: Story 2

As Sparda entered inside the temple, saw that the entire are was a long pathway toward what Sparda though was a caged door in the distant. As Sparda made his way up the path, the bodies of warriors and soldiers laid who died so close from their true desire of Pandora's Box. As Sparda saw all the dead lying across the floor, he began to feel a sick burning in his stomach. The corpses reminded him of all the evil he had done to himself, his people and to Argoton. As he tied to block out the horrible thoughts, a head of a soldier laid on the floor with its eyes wide open staring at Sparda. This was Sparda's braking point as he thought of all those he had killed to his way up here. He looked at his reflection inside his blades. Blood covered his rough beetle like skin and as he transformed into his human self, the reflection became worse. A human man, that looked like any other Azarathian, cover in the blood of others as a monster of a man.

Sparda: "By the gods, what have I become?"

Voice: "Something wondrous."

Sparda turned around to find a woman covered in black robes.

Sparda: "Who are you?"

The woman removed her hood to expose her as the Harpy Queen, Nevan.

Sparda: (Turning away) "Why are you still here? Doesn't your master know where you are?"

Nevan: "He is my master no more. I have nothing left; all my harpies have been transformed and taken over by Argoton. I'm the only one left that hasn't been taken over by the evil work of the God of War."

The Harpy Queen stepped closer to Sparda and wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

Nevan: "You are the only one left that I care for and I will devote myself in helping you bring revenge for my sisters."

Sparda: (Walking away form Nevan) "You can devote yourself but I bring revenge only to me and no one else."

Nevan looked at the floor with a hurt face. She sighed and removed the entire robe off her body. Sparda turned around slightly to see that her beautiful clear white wings where now blackened and have lost their organized beauty of feathers.

Nevan: "Don't hurt yourself Sparda. The deaths you caused that night are not your fault. And now those you kill are those who represent serious of evil."

Sparda: "I have become a more of a Demon then ever. I have killed by own kind along with the innocent lives of others. For centuries I have killed only to serve myself and the legend of my name…I may have done good in my life but it still cannot be compared to the horror I have caused… If the gods can forgive my past, there are bigger fools then I thought!"

Nevan: "If you think that killing is the only thing you were meant to do then that is your idea of a curse. To me, I see a warrior who has served his life to protect those of the Azarathians. I see a soldier who set his name out as a legend as a respected hero and as a feared enemy." (Coming closer to Sparda) "I see a Demon but at the same time, I see a man."

Sparda said nothing for a while but looked at the ground.

Sparda: "Then you can see nothing."

Nevan: (Sighing) "I'm not going to tell you if you're a saint or a villain…But I think that you will find out for yourself."

Sparda turned around to look at the Harpies young face. Her white eyes shined his reflection but as a different character. As Sparda was about to reply, Nevan's face turned pale. Sparda turned around to find a ball of fire rolling down towards them. Sparda grabbed Nevan and rolled over to the side to avoid the burning sphere. He looked up to only see more burning boulders rolling down towards them.

Nevan: "What a mood killer."

Sparda grabbed Nevan's wrist and pulled her away as the boulder missed them barely. Both got to their feet and began to run back forwards towards the direction the boulders fell.

Nevan: "What are you doing!"

Sparda: "The box is just past that gate."

Nevan gulped and ran behind Sparda as the massive boulders came down. They dodged the direction that the flaming boulders were coming. The gate could be seen visible with a bright light shining through it.

Nevan: "We are almost th… Sparda look out!"

A minotaur jumped in front of Sparda but Sparda just ran past it while holding Nevan's hand. The minotaur charged after them but when Sparda dove to avoid a boulder, the minotaur was slow to respond and was crushed. As they closed in on their destination, Sparda noticed that the boulders had stopped rolling. He slowly slowed down while Nevan looked at him mysteriously.

Nevan: "What is wrong Sparda."

Sparda said nothing but listened, in the distance over the gate was a tunnel where the burning boulders fell. Still Sparda listened until he heard a large rolling sound, at which point he picked Nevan up and sprinted towards the gated door. He saw an incredible large boulder emerging that was exactly the size of the hall way and there was no way to dodge it. With a mighty throw, he threw Nevan through the gate as the boulder came rolling down. Sparda just stood for a moment before he broke running. Nevan pushed herself to sit up and watched as the boulder want rolling down.

Nevan: "Sparda!"

The flamed sphere kept rolling until it finally crashed to the end of the hall. Nevan's eyes opened wide as fear for Sparda appeared. Suddenly Sparda appeared from a crack he managed to slide through. Nevan smiled happily as Sparda came to her side and helped her up. Sparda smiled back but then his smile vanished when he looked in front of himself. Nevan turned slowly expecting a Demon but to her great delight, Pandora's box stood with the Statues of the Elder God, Raiden, and Shao Kahn.

Sparda: "By the Gods, we have made it."

Sparda went forth towards the box as Nevan attempted to follow.

Sparda: "No, wait there."

The box was two times bigger then Sparda and had a orange glow coming from it. Carvings of Demon's and tortured souls were carved around it by pure gold. Sparda stopped and looked at the mysterious box. Finally after all this time, the box that would help him destroy the God of War was in front of him. He took a big breath and grabbed the handles by the box. Shocks of electricity entered Sparda's body as he tried to pull it from its area under the three God statues. Sparda groaned as he felt his strength escape him. Nevan stood shocked and scared as she walked Sparda slowly die. She looked for a way to help him and saw that the statues eyes were glowing.

Nevan: "Sparda the statue!"

Sparda looked up in agony and saw the three Gods eyes glowing. He picked up his hand and using his remaining strength shot thunderbolts down on top of the statues. Immediately the shocks stopped and Sparda fell to his knees. Nevan ran over to his side and helped him to his feet.

Nevan: "You've done it Sparda. Pandora's Box is finally yours."

Sparda got to his feet and saw the mighty box in front of him. He smiled deeply and began to pull down the box. Suddenly they felt themselves being lowered down. The looked down to see that the floor had turned into an elevator was starting to take them down.

Sareena: "Sparda, your quest is at an end. You are the first mortal to ever reach Pandora's Box. You must bring the box back to my city and use it kill Argoton. Return Sparda, return and save my city!"

As the couples traveled down the elevator with Pandora's Box, across the desert to Artines The God of War could sense that a disturbance was inflicting his mind. As Argoton was about to swing his blade to bring down a temple, he sensed the familiar presence. Slowly he turned around towards the east where Sparda was.

Argoton: "So little Sparda, you've recovered Elder God's precious box. But you will not live long enough to see it opened."

Argoton bended over and picked up a large pillar that lay in the debris. With one grand throw, he launched it towards the east in an alarming amount of speed.

Argoton: "I will see to that."

As he finished his sentence, Argoton's eyes began to glow red and his hand began to shake as he held out in front of him.

Argoton: "Good-bye Sparda, you will rot in the depths of Shao Kahn for all eternity."

As the pillar flew through the desert, Sparda and Nevan exited the lower levels of the temple as the stood over a balcony viewing the sands of the desert as they felt the footsteps of Kondos underneath them. Nevan looked down at the Titans head and began to think to herself.

Sparda: "What is it?"

Nevan: "What will become of you after this is all over. Will you be able to defeat the God of War even with the box?"

Sparda: "I know that I will and the Gods will forgive me for all my sins…"

Sparda stopped in the middle of his sentence as he saw a distant object getting bigger as it was in sight of his eyes. With matter of seconds, the pillar that The God of War threw had impaled Sparda through the stomach as he crashed into the temples walls. Sparda gasped for air as his blood dripped from his wounds and from his mouth. Terrified, Nevan ran over to Sparda's side only to be grabbed hold of by a pair of harpies. The harpies grabbed their once known queen and flew off with her. She tried to fight back as he opened her wings up and knocked the harpies off her but moments later more groups of harpies grabbed a hold of her wings, arms, and legs. Nevan screamed for Sparda as she was kidnapped by the disfigured creatures.

Nevan: "Sparda! Please help me! Wake up."

Sparda watched helplessly as the harpies flew Nevan out into the deserts distance. He tried with all his might to pull the pillar from him but his strength was destroyed. All he could do was lean against the wall and moan in pain. Still as Sparda groveled, he saw from the balcony that a large wave of molten lava was heading straight for him. Sparda now began to pull harder on the pillar as the wave came closer. As the waves came into contact with the temple, the Titan Kondos that held the giant landscape of a temple on it's back only stumbled forward into the upcoming wave. The molten lava hit the body of Kondos as he screamed in agony. The flesh and bones on his body began to dissolve as the temple itself began to become cover in lava. All the centuries of building the temple was now being destroyed as the lava burned through. The architecture buildings, traps, and even the Demons with in it all ended with the wave of magma. Up top, the body burner could feel the heat rising as he threw another body into his fire. He stopped and turned around to see a wave of magma twisting closer to him. The body burner looked shocked but then he soon smiled in a relived way.

Body Burner: "Oh thank the Gods."

The lava simply engulfed him as he burned instantly. Yet down below, Sparda still fought desperately as Pandora's Temple crumbled and sunk deeper into the magma that now cover the dessert turning it into a burning red sea. As the burning lava entered the area where Sparda was, all he did was lay his head on top of the pillar. He knew that his strength could not free himself from the impalement. He began to see all the evil he had done through his eyes as the smell of the burning corpse of the titan Kondos filled his nose.

Sparda: "I'm finally at peace."

As Sparda closed his eyes, all that he could see was the magma flowing down the hall to where he was. Finally, everything went black in Sparda's eyes as his entire body went numb and cold.