A Tale of Many an Adventure- Joe's Story
Chapter 11
Joebushy- I've been talking about only Joe lately. What about Chris, Jake, Joseph and Chet, Huh? Here's what happened to them.
Jake had tried the strategy again. But, like before it misfired. The electric charged shield had yet again blown up. Now the shadows were approaching again. The shadows that were cloned from the humans of Neasmil by the purple mist. The four didn't have time to think. The shadows must've sped up their assault. They all started clamping onto the heroes, one by one. Chris and Joseph were swinging blindly, there were just to many of them. Chet wasn't as careless as Joseph and Chris, but he was close. He would look around in a second, then the next be swinging madly. Jake couldn't think but to use element combos.
A few were icena and Levise, making a blizzard moving upward, carrying shadows and mist with it. Fireaim and magield, making a flaming shield. Then unertia and flowater, making a cyclone of water in the air. But they still came back. But that could be used as an advantage. If the three weapon wielders got in front of Jake when the spell was over, the shadows would run into them and the team would be home free. They could at least go find Joe and Zach. Right?
Wrong. The team decided to try, but the shadows weren't dumber then they looked. All they did was go around the weapons and cling to the heroes once more. But they kept trying it. Once, Jake even heard someone call his name, but he didn't have time to answer. " Try a new spell!" Chet advised him. " OK, um... wind break... sweep away... let us rest, we gotta' pee..." " Jake! Really!" Joseph had said while Chris gave him an angry look through the shadows. " Lemme' try again. Hurricane... Twister... Tornado... twistind!" Jake's wand started rumbling. "Finally!" Chris said with relief, though a little louder then necessary. But that relief didn't last long.
An almost category 5 tornado was forming in the sky over Neasmil. " I didn't mean to do that," Jake said solidly. In the distance came a maniac laughter. Then the wind picked up and the shadows started struggling. Struggling to stay in Neasmil. The Shadow's mass was all mist, so they weren't that heavy. That was good. But the tornado wouldn't only pick up mist. Everyone in Neasmil would have to take cover. But luckily, the four could warn the people before the worst. Without the shadows, they were free to run into town. The tornado started north.
They looked to where they would be running. The sight scared all of them. Although the shadow buildings were deteriorating, the city had disappeared into a black and red veil. It was like a black shield. " What the heck?" Jake said. The team walked over to it. Chet, being curious, decided to see if they could walk through it. Guess how that turned out? He ran into it and got a bump on his head. " Hell you, freakin' retard, you darn idiot, when I find who put this up, oh, am I gonna' kill the darn person!" Yeah. Chet was mad.
They tried everything. Jake even tried Earthan to make a hole in the force field, but the earth in front of it came up and knocked them all over. " That's gonna' leave a mark..." Joseph said after they got up. " I can't take it, guys," Chris told them all, " They're in there, we're out here. It's not fair. We're a team, we should of never split up." Jake thought and told them an idea. " Joseph, we all know how you got here. But let's tell each other our stories. Ok?" everyone agreed, so Chris went first.
" Ok," He started, " Just like Joseph I woke up for school. I turned on the TV and saw the disappearings. I thought to myself, 'that's weird'. And, considering my situation, it was. That morning, there was something weird in my toaster pastry. I was brown and gooey, and it looked like it had nuts in it." Everyone looked at him with disgust. "We didn't need to know that," Chet said. Chris then continued. " Anyway, I went to school. In the morning I saw Joseph at the water fountain. Then I remember something. It was like a light. After that I felt different."
" That's really weird," Jake said. " I know, " Chris said, " But anyway, life was normal until late afternoon, long after school ended. I think- or was it just a little bit after. I don't know. But I was playing a strategy game on the computer- I just searched a search engine and found one. Didn't even say the name. All I know is I was so into it. I, like here, was a cavalier. But it was like I had played it before, kind of like Joe. But I knew I hadn't. Then... the vortex took me away. From my house to Exemap, right through my Computer. Imagine doing that..."
" Yeah, whatever," Jake said, " My turn. It always starts out the same. Woke up, went downstairs, ate breakfast, saw TV. We went over that twice! Anyway, my mom told me in the car on the way to school to be careful and not disappear. Just the thing a mom would say, huh? But, I listened. When I got to school, I really was careful. Like- following walls and looking around corners. Then I remember a light, like Chris. Now being warned by your mother not to disappear and then thinking you're hallucinating, it's not a good thing. After school, on the bus, I went over it in my head."
"How could a light shine from nowhere, I'll never know. But the feeling of it was unimaginable. Feeling that sensation that you're being lifted away. That's what I felt during the light. I bet you did, too. That's about all I remember. But that wasn't the last time we felt it. When I got home, I didn't have my homework. Of course, I didn't tell my mom. So I decided to play video games. Nothing better to do. I found a game as usual. But the game was different. I had never seen it before, yet I just picked it up. Like I knew where it was."
"So, wait," Chris cut in, " You're telling me- us that you picked up a game you knew was there, but had never seen before? Why, then, would you play it?" "Dunno'," Jake thought out loud, " But I just did. Of course, it seemed to be a game of fierce strategy. Of swords and that kind of stuff. I was an Elementist, like I am now. And we were running... towards a dragon and human-type thing. But it wasn't really human. That's in the game, that is. And then, life and the game combined... through the vortex. Then I landed In Carania, which is a castle village. I was wearing an Orange hooded cloak. I had blue jeans, too. From there I looked around for a while."
" But where is Carania?" Chet asked. " About a week from here. I think we can pass it on the way to Helioa if you want. I really want you to. I want to show you my teacher. Once I got there and looked around for a while, I found this Magic Shoppe place. A man there taught me the art of the elements. So, I figured I must be an Elementist. I was. I adventured to Neasmil, then to Exemap. All in about two weeks."
" My turn, good story," Chet stated, " So, I had just gotten off of my bus. I'm so blank right now; I don't even remember a light. My sister and I just started walking home, no big. I went inside and said hello to my mom, who greeted me hastily. I then got my boots on and went outside to feed the horses. Once I was done with that, I went into the door and downstairs to feed the guinea pigs and my dogs. Then I went upstairs and got a snack."
Chet looked at them all. Jake was twiddling his thumbs. Joseph kept nodding off. But the most annoying was Chris. He looked to Chet like he was picking his ear and examining the wax. Chet cleared his throat louder then necessary and went on. " After my little munch, I went over to watch TV. I sat down on the couch and turned it on. I was flipping through when I saw the credits to a show, something about radio waves, as you said Joseph. What the channel said was next, though, was interesting. A weird voice had come on, one I didn't understand. Then there was fighting, just like that. A warrior. I felt as though I was he. Then I lost conciseness. When I woke up, I was wearing all that I am now. Then, thinking and almost knowing I wasn't alone, I set off to find you guys. And on Exemap I did."
The team had told their stories. But their minds were deteriorating. Their real lives were as far as dreams. Dreams are nightmares. Nightmares are Kealato. What was ahead was more dangerous then even now. What will happen?
Joebushy- ...It's coming. Rage and destruction. Friendship will never disappear. Or will it? In chapter 12, purposes will split the team. It might be hard to stand up to enemies. Yet it is harder to stand up to the best of friends. Please, review. I have no more to say, but heed my warning.