Sorry for the long wait, I've been busy with school stuff lately. And now for Chapter 11. Enjoy. :)
Chapter 11 - Chaos
"ARE YOU CRAZY? YOU WANT TO CREATE A CLAN WAR RIGHT NOW? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN RUNESCAPE RIGHT NOW?" Kano was extremely disappointed with the clan, and decided yelling was the only thing she could do at the time. Ever since Matt left, Kano was officially in charge of his clan.
"Sorry... I mean.. oh, never mind.." muttered one of the warriors.
Kano softened up. "Do you know what we need to do? We need to get Matt back, and find a way we can stop Zamorak from ruling."
All of the warrios looked at each other stupidly, and didn't say a single word of suggestion.
"Idiots... I don't have any clue why Matt thought you guys were 'the superior' ones. I expected better from you guys! Sigh.."
There was a moment of silence, when there was a knock on their door. Kano dragged her tired body over and opened the door. It was a couple of Zamorak's guards.
"Zamorak has sent us out to gather up more fighters, for the upcoming war. We heard that you have an excellent clan full of strong, abled warriors..."
"Sorry, you've got the wrong house. Go somewhere else." Kano said, dully. She lazily shut the door, but one of the guards abruptly opened it again.
"Step aside girl, we'll just 'borrow' a couple of these warriors from you, mmkay?" One of the guards shoved Kano away, so they were able to get through.
"Okay, let's see.. I pick you.. and you.. oh, this one, too..." The guards locked all of the chosen warriors, so they wouldn't escape.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS!" exclaimed the warriors, pushing away and trying their hardest to escape.
"We'll explain later. But right now, all of the selected warriors must come with us, or we will kill that pretty chick over there." The warriors gave up, knowing that their number one priority is to protect Kano. In result, the guards started to break with laughter
Kano was furious about all of this, so she quickly grabbed her Saradomin staff and casted,"SARADOMIN STRIKE!"
She thought she had it. I am using Saradomin's power against Zamorak's.. it better work...
All of the guards were found harmless, still laughing, and quickly headed back to Zamorak's palace with the captured warriors.
What! What... what happened? Why didn't it freaking work? Kano collapsed, her eyes filled with tears for being so unsuccessful.
"Sorry guys.. So sorry.. I'm such a weak leader.. I promise.. I'll get them back with Matt soon..." The remaining warriors came close to her and tried to comfort her.
"Nah, Kano.. it's alright.. we may not understand what you're going through.. but you are no weak leader to us. Please forgive us for not helping you either when we really should've." spoke one warrior, with a gentle and calm voice that was barely above a whisper.
"But.. but why didn't Saradomin's strike work..? Shouldn't it have been at least a bit vulnerable to them?"
None of the warriors wanted to answer her question. Finally, one brave warrior responded grimly,"They were originally for Saradomin in the beginning. They've accepted their god as Saradomin for all of their lives. It was all because of Zamorak, he forced most of us to join him, so their mind has been changed to worship Zamarok instead.. And the strike didn't work on them because they still have Saradomin blood deep inside them that can never be changed."
"Oh.. wait, how do you know they were for Saradomin?"
Another warrior answered her question. "All of those guards that came.. used to be our schoolmates. All of us remaining here used to be friends with those guards long ago. But the one's that were chosen to leave.. were the people that our so-called friends used to pick on the most. Once we realized that our schoolmates weren't so friendly anymore, we left them behind and were no longer considered as our friends."
Kano sat there, trying to organize every bit of information in her head. She was speechless.
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Why... Why did you leave Matt?
I had to, Kano.
..No you didn't. I hate you.
Don't worry, Kano.. I'll get this figured out for you.
...Yeah right. (slaps Matt)
"WAKE UP!" shouted his fat, old roommate.
Matt was wondering if his dream actually happened.. where Kano actually did slap him.. He turned around and saw his roommate, and figured out he was the one who slapped Matt. He checked the rusty, brown grandfather clock, which read exactly 4 in the morning.
"CRAP, we're late! We're supposed to be down at the dining hall by this time! Who the fuck touched my alarm clock!"
He digustedly saw his roommate scratching his back. "Fine, ignore me, it's not going to be my fault if the guards catches you late!"
Matt hurriedly got dressed up and raced to the dining hall without anyone noticing him.
Zamorak had just entered the dining hall and anounced,"For those who are still in their rooms, my guards will instantly kill them, because they aren't worth keeping." Lots of murmurs were started and Zamorak spoke once again with an evil grin. "It looks like many of you aren't going to be having roommates anymore."
Silence filled the room, and all that was heard was the wind and tree branches scratching the window panes.
"C'mon eat up, you guys get 5 minutes, and then off to work. I think I have already discussed to all of you where your work stations are, so I will not be repeating them today."
Matt didn't eat. He lost his appetite from the food they were served.
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I love mining. So why does mining suddenly feel like my worst nightmare now? thought Matt, as he mined as Zamorak's slave.
Click.
Mining was so much more fun back in Falador...
Click.
At least the mining area was filled with happy people who just loved to talk...
Click.
So boring here...! No one's even talking.. too scared that Zamorak might be listening...
Click.
Most importantly.. I wish to mine with Kano one more time. I wonder if that will even be possible...
"Yo, dude, didn't you hear the whistle? It means our shift is up, if you didn't know." called out one random miner.
Matt snapped out of daydreaming. "Oh.. Yeah, I knew that. Just about to leave right now."
Matt's first day was completed. 12 hours of mining completed.. can he survive doing this everyday? He was so tired, that he collapsed on his creaky, old bed and rested for a while. He was half asleep when he heard his two other roommates coming in, chatting along as if everything was fine.
"Oh man, look at all these splinters I have from woodcutting today!" exclaimed a roommate named Dan.
"Pfft, that's nothing! I've been crafting ALL day, and I've got several burnts already from the oven! It's been hurting me like hell..." replied the other roommated named Bob.
Ugh.. Why did they have to come in here! Can't they see someone trying to sleep..?
Dan and Bob both jumped on their beds, looking up at the ceiling. They both stopped talking because they ran out of things to tell each other.
Finally.. some peace and quiet...
"Hey, Bob.."
"Yeah?"
"Remember when Zamorak anounced to Falador how he's taking over because Saradomin got really sick?"
"What about it, Dan?"
"It's not entirely true. I mean.. Zamorak did something to Saradomin that made him so sick."
"REALLY! But... wow.. And I trusted Zamorak, too!"
"Shh.. be quiet. I'm about to tell you something that no one is supposed to know. My friend is an elite guard here, so he told me everything about Zamorak." Bob nods, and motions him to keep on going with his breaking news.
And so Dan did tell his story. "Long, long ago, there was an extremely powerful sorcerer named Jagex. When Jagex is compared with Saradomin, Zamorak or Guthix, they are all nothing. Jagex was the original creator of Runescape. He knew all about his past, present, and future as well. Shortly after he created the wonderful world of Runescape, he found out he was going to die soon. Runescape needed a ruler, maybe more than one, to look over Runescape. He thought that one ruler was not enough to handle large Runescape, so he decided to create three rulers instead. Using magic spells that no one has been able to attempt in Runescape history, he made three seperate potions of the same ingredients. At the very end, he added three different things from his own personality to combine with the three potions. With that last bit of ingredients, he made three humans to drink the potion, which would all turn into the three gods named Saradomin, Guthix, and Zamorak."
Dan stopped. He realized Bob slept through half of his explanation. Dan got furious and slapped him, which woke him up abruptly. "Sorry, Dan.. please, keep going on with your story."
"Don't fall asleep now. I have more." warned Dan. "Where was I? ..Oh yeah.. So yeah, the three gods had very different personalities. Each one of them wished to be the one and only ruler of Runescape, so they had gotten into many fights. The population of Runescape multiplied very quickly, and when there were enough people, each of the gods declared war on each other; a fight for the top spot to rule all of Runescape."
Bob interrupted. "Wait, is the war you're talking about the war we are currently in now?"
"No it isn't. This was the very first war that occurred in Runescape, and that was about couple centuries ago." answered Dan.
"Tell me, where was all of their personal staffs and magic spells created? For example, how was the Saradomin Strike created and how does it even work?"
Dan said,"I was about to get to that part, if SOMEONE didn't have to keep on interrupting me."
Bob lowered his head and said,"Sorry. You may keep going now."
"Okay. About the staffs and magic spells... each god has their special staff created by them. In the orb of their staff contains a drop from the potion Jagex the sorcerer had created in the beginning. With the special orb in their staff, it binded several unique magic spells. And, like any other spells, it was also made to be vulnerable to other types of spells.. But here's what happened in the first war. Saradomin and Zamorak were in a huge fight and it resulted in having both of their staffs broken, and broke the orb to many pieces. Guthix was fine, he actually remained neutral for most part of the war. Things got too chaotic, and they both finally died at the end. If there orb wasn't broken, they would've remained immortal. Once the orb is fixed, however, they regain their life back, although it takes a great amount of experience and skill to recreate orbs, especially the orbs from the gods. Saradomin's orb was fixed by a powerful magician about 50 years later. Don't you wonder why there weren't any other wars, between then and now?"
"I guess..."
"Well, Runescapians found it a lot harder to rebuild Zamorak's orb. Plus, the magician that recreated Saradomin's orb died before they were to find all of the missing orb pieces from Zamorak. Zamorak came back to life only couple days ago before he came to Falador, and now he's back with revenge against Saradomin. Zamorak, with unbelievable cunning skills, attempted to break Saradomin's orb once again. And he succeed. See, Saradomin is not really sick.. All that needs to be done is to get all of the orb pieces back and one powerful magician needs to bind it back together."
Bob began to feel hyper with the news told to him. "Great! Sounds simple! Let's go find some orb pieces right now!"
Dan cautiously stopped him before he began to create a mess. "You bastard! We'll get killed if Zamorak finds out we know the true story! And plus, we can't even leave this shitty place!"
Bob sighed. "So.. what are we going to do?"
Dan lowered his head. "We.. We can't do anything. It's too dangerous and extremely risky.."
Bob yawned. "Whatever. I'm going to sleep now, you're story almost made me fall asleep again."
"WHAT!"
"Haha, just kidding fool."
Matt had been eavesdropping the entire time. Perfect. Just what I needed..
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Author's Notes: Woot, another long story! I didn't really expect to make this chapter so long either... I also found myself laughing when I made the "powerful sorcerer's" name, Jagex. I couldn't think of anymore random names, and Jagex seemed to fit in.. Even though Jagex is not really a powerful sorcerer in real life, it is still the creator of Runescape.. XD Well anyways, please review my story! I hope it's getting good for you guys... o.O