Chapter 9 - Just Impossible
After a couple months of long, hard work, Matt had finally been able to get back on his feet and help out Kano once again. She had made quite an improvement in her mining skills, and it had almost caught up to Matt's. She was at level 94 mining, which was only a couple more levels until she caught up to Matt's level. Kano had gone to the wilderness for rune mining with the clan, and almost always there were no problems that she had encountered like the one Matt went through. I guess you can say she's one bit of a lucky girl?
As they were mining more coal, Kano noticed that Matt was barely trying, even though he had the full energy to mine. "What's up with you, Matt?"
He stopped with whatever he was doing, got frustrated and threw the pickaxe across the mine. "This piece of crap is not worth mining!"
Kano suddenly remembered that he doesn't have his number one pickaxe anymore. I didn't know it meant so much to him..
"There's no fucking way I'm going to be able to mine with this pickaxe! I want my god damn pickaxe back! Stupid motherfucking bitch who fucking broke my pickaxe!" He punched the walls of the mine several times, making his hands all bloody and scratched up.
Kano froze, not knowing what to tell him. She wanted to tell him to cut down on the swearing, like she always told him when he was mad.. but she knew this wasn't the right time. "It's okay Matt, I think I can handle the mining for today. Maybe you should go rest."
Matt looked up at Kano's poor, hardworking face. Matt knew he was the leader, and he was supposed to set an example, and most importantly, he had no right to become a slacker. Matt sighed, and dragged his aching body across the mine to pick up the cruddy, store-bought pickaxe. "It's alright Kano, I'm done ranting now. I can handle it."
If there is anything to make Matt happy again, I should try to find that pickhead for him one day... even if it means to go search out in the wilderness, where he had lost it...
And for the rest of the time, the two of them had stayed quiet and mined until it became dark.
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Couple weeks later...
Kano and Matt were mining when they heard a fanfare in central Falador. Villagers drew in from the attention, and gathered upon the important call. Miners began to flee to the area as well; they were very curious about what was going on.
"What's happening, Matt?" asked Kano, who was starting to panic.
"It's probably nothing.. Maybe they will anounce the mayor of Falador dead? I hope that's what it is... that guy was sure a big pain in the ass."
Kano laughed at the joke, and cheerfully motioned Matt to go over to see what it was. Matt followed.
There were so many people gathered around that Kano still didn't know what was going on, and who was doing all the talking. She was frantically searching for the answer, when flames bursted out of no where. People cried with shock, and soon the area became silent.
"I AM ZAMORAK!" Some cheered on, and others gasped horrifyingly by the presence of Zamorak. Zamorak continued. "I, Zamorak, have come to the city of Falador, to anounce that I will be the new ruler of Runescape!"
"What nonsense!" some people roared over.
"Yes! Finally, my great hero can reign over!" another bunch shouted out in such joy.
Zamorak spoke again. "I have taken the place of my (dear) old Saradomin, who has been found in unbelievable sickness. We do not know what has caused this to happen, but I have been notified to let you know that I will be taking over starting today."
Matt was shocked by the news told, and murmured to himself,"This is not good... not good at all..."
Kano was confused more than ever. "What are you talking about? How do people know of this Zamorak?"
Matt replied grimly,"Kano.. in Runescape, there are three gods that have first ruled over Runescape. Saradomin was the god of wisdom, who so loved peace and stayed away from hatred. Zamorak, the one who is in presence right now, is the god of war, he is someone you do not want to mess with. And last but not least, is Guthix, who is the god of balance. Guthix follows directly in between the ruling of Saradomin and Zamorak. People make up their own stories about these gods, and people also worship them in a respective manner."
"So then which god do you follow?" asked Kano.
"I follow Saradomin, I believe he knows what is best, since he is the god of wisdom. I do not like getting into wars or anything crazy like that, so I severely dislike Zamorak. As for some of the citizens here, they could be the exact opposite of what I feel." explained Matt.
Zamorak kept on blabbering about, and Matt continued to make remarks. Kano listened to them carefully.
"Something like this happened before." Matt finally said after pausing for a long while.
"Oh, really? When was that?"
"A couple hundred years ago, if I'm not mistaken. It lasted for a whole decade; a very gruesome war. Zamorak had ruled over when Saradomin no longer had the power at the time. After 10 years of hatred, Saradomin somehow regained his powers again, and the people who were against Zamorak had helped Saradomin stop it once and for all." Matt thought harder. "If this turns out to be exactly what happened then.. I'm afraid we are going to have a very rough life for a pretty long time."
Kano gulped. She had not experience this kind of fear, and she assumed Matt hasn't either. But from Matt's stories, she had only prepared for the worst.
Kano and Matt decided to continue listening to Zamorak's words. "...Everyone who would like to join me on my side, please step up forward at this time!"
Everyone was very quiet, and did as they were told to. A couple of men who favored Zamorak happily stepped up forward without any hesitation. Zamorak found that there weren't many people that had stepped forward, so he added this comment.
"These young men will get double pay in any work they do for me, and their families will be treated like the rich! ...But for those who do not wish to come with me will suffer long and hard!"
Crowds gasped, and more and more people began to feel afraid and pressured. A large amount of people began to step up forward, which pleased Zamorak.
"I don't give a shit about your god damn rule! I live up to Saradomin and only Saradomin forever! I will never follow your commands!" shouted one brave man who was very furious about this. People began to applaud to cheer him on, but that was cut shortly when Zamorak used his magic spell and instantly killed the guy. The citizens immediately stopped supporting him and quieted down.
Kano stared down at the guy who got killed. She couldn't believe what was happening. Then around from the corner of her eye, she saw someone familiar stepping up forward to Zamorak. It was Zezima. She wasn't the only one who noticed. A whole bunch of citizens realized that Zezima was stepping up forward confidentally, as if he knew what he was doing and trying to keep his cool. Lots of murmuring were going around. Everyone thought he was for Guthix, he even said so himself one time in an interview. One of the teenagers who was fooling around the whole time, asked foolishly,"Yo Zezima! Lemme have your autograph!"
People got irritated with him, knowing that it was not the approriate time to ask that to a celebrity. One of his friends that was paying attention punched him, and told him that he should be more serious right now. Zamorak didn't care about the comment the teenager blurted out. In fact, he was smiling really big because he had especially wanted the number one Runescape person to come on his side.
"So is that it? Just these guys?" Zamorak scanned the whole area, trying to find any more people to join. As he was doing that, Zamorak found jackpot, the exact person he was looking forward.
Zamorak reappeared right in front of this "special" person Zamorak favored. "You," he pointed to Kano with his long, cold and bony fingers,"come with me. We need more miners, and you seem the perfect one, the one who was taught obedience." He wrapped his bony, skeleton-like arm over Kano's shoulders, which made Kano get the chills. "So how about it, cutie-pie?"
Kano was deathly scared, practically paralyzed. "Umm..umm.. umm...I.. I...umm..."
Matt stepped up forward and bravely responded to Zamorak. "Leave her alone. Please.. take me instead. She is not worth taking anyway. I have more experience than her when it comees to mining, and I am one of the fastest miners around." He added,"My grandmother is the number one miner, does that tell you anything?"
Kano ferociously whispered,"What the hell are you doing! You're the one who told me you wouldn't dare go with Zamorak!"
Matt sighed. "Please, understand what I have just done. I am only doing this for your sake. When you had joined my clan, I had promised to protect you with everything I've got. If I turn you over to Zamorak.. you won't be living for long."
"What?"
"Just trust me, Kano.. I'll make sure to find a way to stop this. And eventually, I'll learn how to communicate you when I'm away. None of my warriors in my clan are for Zamorak, only Saradomin and Guthix, so they will be with you until then. Don't worry about me, Kano. I'll be alright. You'll see."
Tears were rolling down Kano's cheeks, who still couldn't believe all this was happening at once. Matt didn't bother looking back to say bye to Kano. He knew if he did, he would've started to cry as well.
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Author's Notes: Yes, I decided to add the gods of Runescape in my story. I do not want to hear any flames about how I wrote about the different gods. I have put Zamorak in the position that he is in my story because I do not favor him as much as Saradomin. Since this my story, and that this is ALL fictitious, there's no need to get offended. Besides that, please review! Tell me what I need to fix especially.. Thanks.