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Title My one & Only Pearl
Author Ivory Core
Chapter 19: The Abyss' Advocate
The guard's escorted Pearl down many twist and turns towards where she thought was the command deck.
Pearl kept a straight face as she walked down the hallway. In her hands she held the transparent sphere that inside the 'Ivory Core' swirled around. Blue and gold mist swirled inside the sphere, giving off a faint glow to surround Pearls hands and to reflect across her face.
Occasionally, she would feel a slight tingling at the tips of her fingers as they pressed against the sphere. This was a reminder for her on what she was really holding.
As they walked, Pearl noticed that about four guards were in front of her while another set of four were behind her. The rest, she supposed, where in the back. Each guard had their weapons tightly held.
As Pearl walked, she tried to take quick glances around her. The interior was very much like the Orion, but looking firmer. No doubt it didn't have OZ installed.
It was hard though to think that this meteor had been carved in to become a base. She had to give points for the construction. But too bad she was going to blow it up.
A smirk played across Pearls lips as she thought this, but she quickly wiped it away before the guards could notice.
They had turned a corner and straight ahead Pearl could clearly see a light blue 'wall' at the end of the corridor.
They were heading straight for the wall. Instantly, yet silently, Pearl kept her guard up. Knowing Gerksand, you never know what he had up his sleeves.
But once they were near to the wall, it slid to the side revealing the command deck.
"Into the belly of the beast…" Pearl heard Ivory state.
"That does nothing for my morale, Ivory." Pearl smoothly muttered back to Ivory.
"Sorry…"
Pearl was escorted inside the command deck. They took her down a small ramp that turned inward. Pearl walked down the ramp and stopped at the end.
A little away from her, someone's back was facing her. Hands were clamped firmly behind the back. Pearl stood where she was, waiting for them to make the first move. She didn't have to wait long.
"Sir. Pearlana Orianna Harper." One of the officers firmly stated next to Pearl.
Pearl watched as the back that was facing her slowly turned around to reveal the one face she wanted so desperately to bash in.
Gerksand slowly turned around to face Pearl. When his eyes laid down on her, he grinned deeply when he saw the Ivory Core sphere in her hands.
With his hands still clamped behind his back, Gerksand turned his head and gave a quick nod towards one of the officers who was standing next to some controls.
As Gerksand slowly walked towards her, Pearl gave a quick glance towards the officer. She watched as the officer turned a knob on the control pad and then seemed to raise something as well.
Her attention though was snapped back to Gerksand when he spoke to her.
"Welcome Pearlana. I see that you took heed of my warnings. Did the mention of yourBrothers bring you here?" Gerksand mockingly asked.
Pearlana proudly raised her head and stared right into the false green eyes of Gerksand. She straightened her back and with confidence, firmly replied.
"Enough of your crap, Gerksand. I've only come here to trade for the freedom of my brothers. In exchange...I will give you the Ivory Core." Pearl clearly stated.
Instead of being pissed off, Gerksand gave Pearl a wide open grin which inwardly made Pearl gag.
Then Gerksand closed the distance between them and slowly traced a finger down from Pearls eye to her jaw. Well, not all the way though. Because the second Gerksand touched her face, Pearl swiftly turned her face away.
She heard Gerksand chuckle as he dropped his hand.
"Such fire in someone so young. I admire that." He spoke in a dreamy state towards Pearl.
Then, as if someone flicked a switch, Gerksand dropped his dreamy state and became all business.
"So, you have the Ivory Cory and I have your brothers. How about we trade now and I'll release your brothers." Gerksand brought forward.
Pearl snorted and rolled her eyes. "Nice try Gerksand. I trust you like I trust a scorpion into not stinging me."
Mockingly, Gerksand clamped his hands. He then turned his back on Pearl and walked towards a consol.
"I want to see my brothers, personally." Pearl firmly ordered while making emphasis on the word personally.
She wanted to see her brothers alive and well through her own eyes.
Silence for a minute, until Gerksand turned around to face Pearl. He gave a curt nod towards the guards surrounding Pearl.
"As you wish. Please, allow me to escort you." Gerksand spoke as the guards around Pearl moved away.
Pearl watched as Gerksand walked towards her side and motioned his hand for her to follow him. She had no choice but to do so.
They left command and walked down the corridor. Pearl heard footsteps behind her and took a glance over her shoulder. She saw that the guards who where escorting her before were now walking in step behind them.
"Just for precaution. You caught us all by surprise after that stunt you pulled back on the Orion." Gerksand stated.
Pearl knew what he was talking about. He was talking about the time when the Ivory Core took control over her body. The asshole didn't know that it wasn't Pearl who was doing all those flips and kicks.
"But now I wouldn't recommend that you pull a fast one on any of us, because if you do my guards won't hesitate to shoot." He dangerously warned.
He then leaned down till his lips were right next to her right ear. "And that goes for your brothers too." He whispered in her ear.
He then straightened up and continued walking forwards. He didn't notice the dangerous glint in Pearls eyes or the raging storm that was developing within them.
"I swear I'm going to kill you! I swear it!" Pearl heatedly stated to herself.
"Calm yourself Pearl. You won't help your brothers if you don't clear your mind of revenge." firmly stated the Ivory Core.
So Pearl bit her lower lip and walked down the hallway, keeping her distance from Gerksand.
After a maze of twists and turns, which made Pearl totally confused as to where she was, they arrived at a large hanger like door.
The door slid open with a loud metallic bang. The room before them was revealed in total darkness; only a small shaft of light from the ceiling was the only source of illumination.
Gerksand stepped forward unto the floor plating. Immediately, florescent blue lighting erupted from the floor and blinked on straight towards the middle of the room; creating a pathway.
Gerksand silently motioned for Pearl to follow. Pearl quickly looked around the room, but it was too dark to see if there was any indication that this was a trap. So she tightly gripped the sphere and took a step forward and then another.
She kept on taking steps like these; taking a step, looking around, and walking forwards again.
In the middle of the room, where the shaft of light was aiming down upon, Gerksand was calmly standing near an incredibly large hole in the floor.
Pearl climbed up some small steps until she was on a large floor platform. Very carefully she inched forwards until she was peering down the large hole in the inner rim of the platform.
Pearl's eyes widened as she saw that the hole looked like a bottomless pit. Pure darkness kept on going on and on. Not even the shaft of light did anything to brighten up the dark pit.
"Incredible, isn't it?" The voice of Gerksand jolted Pearl from her thoughts.
Pearl turned her head away from the hole to look up at Gerksand. No doubt her thoughts of fear and questions were etched across her face, because Gerksand suddenly gave Pearl a cunning grin.
"I meant the hologram." Gerksand calmly explained, while motioning with his hand towards the hole.
"Prisoners believe it as a bottomless pit and when they fall in, it does start out to feel that way. But that too is only an illusion, since they are suspended in mid air for only a few minutes.
And since the illusion is so real, the prisoners believe that they will fall forever. Until that is they land, and not so softly I might add, on the floor of the prison." Gerksand explained with a chuckle.
He then walked off the platform and started walking towards a wall unit that had slid open to reveal a control pad.
"Sick bastard." Pearl muttered to herself as she peered down.
"Do you think my brothers are down there?" Pearl asked Ivory.
"Without a doubt." Ivory replied.
Pearl lifted her head up and took a glance towards the door. The guards were all standing at attention, blocking the door with their rifles at the ready.
Suddenly Pearls attention was snapped back to the hole as it seemed to expand. Pearl stepped back until she was away from the platform, which she found out, was just another part of the hole.
Pearl turned her head towards Gerksand and watched for a moment as he turned a knob counter clockwise.
The sudden sound of metal scraping against metal was heard, and then something was shifting.
Pearl looked up and saw that the beam of light was the thing that was shifting positions. Now the entire room was illuminated, as well as the hole.
Like someone punched her in the stomach, Pearl looked down into the hole and now could clearly see a few people walk around at the bottom.
Pearl took a quick survey around the bottom of the hole. It was then that she noticed one particular young man with spiky blond hair.
Without thinking, Pearl kneeled on the ground and leaned over the hole before she opened her mouth.
"HARPER!" Pearl called out. From up here, she wasn't sure if it was Harper or Shamus. But she didn't really care. At least she could clearly see that one of her brothers were alive.
"They can't hear you or see you." The voice of Gerksand made Pearl snap her head up to face him.
The pit below once again resumed its bottomless pit look, with darkness all around.
"All they see is a shaft of light beaming down on them." He explained with a sick grin.
Swallowing hard, Pearl slowly got up to her feet and faced Gerksand.
"Release them." She firmly stated, even though her voice started to wobble a bit.
Gerksand's grin only grew wider. He folded his arms over his chest and looked down at Pearl like she was the tiniest person in the world.
"No." He calmly stated.
Something fall from Pearls chest to land at her feet, she thinks it was her heart.
"No?" She countered.
Now Gerksand was smiling like he had heard a good joke.
"Look, we had a deal. You release my brothers and I'll give you the Ivory Core." Pearl heatedly stated back.
"True, we did have a deal. But there was something I forgot to mention." Gerksand stated as he started walking towards Pearl.
On impulse, Pearl reached for her forcelance. But she forgot that the guards and taken it from her. This only made Gerksand smile wickedly as he stepped up to stand right in front of her.
Pearl, discovering that she was now weaponless, wasn't prepared for the quick hands as they reached out and snatched the sphere right out of her hands.
Like in slow motion, she watched as the sphere was taken from her hands and where now tightly grasped by Gerksand.
"You bastard!" Pearl screamed as she reached out to grab the sphere. She wasn't prepared though for her own forcelance to be aiming straight at her heart.
With one hand holding the sphere, Gerksand with the other was holding onto Pearls forcelance and aiming it straight at her chest.
"Beautiful weapon, Pearlana." Gerksand calmly said as he started moving forwards.
Pearl, knowing that a shot from the forcelance could kill her, started to back up as Gerksand stepped forward.
"Look, you can keep the forcelance. Just please, please release my brothers. You don't need us." Pearl urgently rushed out as she quickly stopped taking steps back.
The reason was because she was now at the very edge of the circled pit. One false step and she will be falling into the prison pit.
"See, now that's where you're wrong." Gerksand replied as he stepped up to be an inch away from Pearl.
He then leaned forward and bowed his head until his face was inches from Pearls.
"Personal bubble invasion." Pearl muttered to herself.
"What do you mean?" Pearl questioned, her golden eyes staring right into Gerksand's mad green eyes.
"There was also something else the Abyss wanted…" Gerksand replied asnhis eyes glinted in the light.
Even though she had counted on Gerksand to take the sphere, even though she was counting on Gerksand to go back on the deal; she wasn't prepared for whathe was tellling her at this moment.
As Pearl looked into the insane eyes of Gerksand's, it came to her that there were things in this universe that could not be understood…until the very last minute.
"There's nothing else. You have the Ivory Core. What else is there!" Pearl screamed back, her voice etched in fear.
And then Gerksand leered right in front of her face.
"…you."
It was then that Gerksand pushed the forcelance against Pearls chest. It was so sudden, that Pearl lost her balance and started to fall backwards.
She flailed her arms wildly, her eyes expanded to twice their size at the surprise that she was falling into the pit.
But nothing could stop her backwards fall as gravity took over. As she fell over the edge and into the pit, Pearl screamed. She couldn't help it as her voice rose up to scream as well as throw a final curse at Gerksand before she was completely enveloped in darkness.
"YOU BASTARD!" Pearls voice seemed to echo all around the room long before she disappeared in the darkness of the pit.
With a chuckle, Gerksand turned away from the pit. The small sphere he held in one hand while the other still held Pearls forcelance.
Once he stepped off the platform, the hole began to close itself. Gerksand walked towards the guards who were at the door.
He then tossed Pearls forcelance towards one of the guards.
"Think of it as a souvenir." Gerksand stated as the guard caught it.
And then, with both hands, Gerksand gripped the sphere and brought it up towards his face. The blue/gold mist created a glow that illuminated his face.
He grinned wickedly as he looked at the sphere. He then brought it away from his face and took a quick glance towards the platform where the pit was located.
"He will be pleased." Gerksand firmly stated as he held the sphere in his hands.
With the guards at his heels, Gerksand walked out of the room and headed straight for the core of the ship. This was where he was to install the Ivory Core at the core of the Omar'sha.
As Gerksand held the sphere in his hands on the way to the core of the ship, he had no way of knowing that chaos was about to erupt from all corners of his base…
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