To Find the Infection

Chapter 10: Ascension

"Come to think of it, I'm starting to get hungry as well. There's some food in the pantry." Zain told Rahk. He and Rahk began to walk back up the stairs and into the kitchen. Mold and vines were growing rapidly inside of the small room. There was nothing more than a mere box on a shelf, and a small table that sat no more than two. Zain opened the small box to reveal a loaf of bread.

"That's not much..." Rahk said, hoping there would be more food than just a simple loaf of bread.

"Unfortunately no Rahk. This is the last of my rations." Zain said. He reached to grab the bread from the box. He clutched the bread in his hands, but when he had grabbed onto it, he knocked the small box over. It tumbled towards the floor, making a small click on impact. The box turned over to reveal a pressed button. Zain looked at the button, perplexed.

Suddenly, the wall on the edge of the room shot open. It revealed a hidden hallway that lead back down to what appeared to be another basement level.

"That was never there before..." Zain said. "Rahk, come one." he added.

"Man, that scared the hell outta me Zain." Rahk said. He grabbed the bread from Zain's hand, and bit a large piece of bread off of the loaf. He and Zain began to walk down the passage, the light from the kitchen allowing them to see into the hall. "So, you say it's never been here?" Rahk asked.

"That, or I was never shown." Zain replied. A staircase led down towards a dark chamber at a dead end. Zain walked up to the wall. There were scribbles engraved on the stone that held the wall together. Zain analyzed the language. "It's Woodling writing." Zain had told Rahk. "It reads:

A One shall come among us,

He shall be like us,

But not be one of us.

He will be peaceful,

But violent,

He will save the World in despair,

Or he will damn it.

What has been taken from him,

must be returned,

So he may obtain the power,

To defeat the evil."

Zain re-read the scribbles several more times, trying to understand what the scribbles meant. He looked more towards the darker side of the text. A picture revealed itself, along with a giant hole. The picture showed a man placing his hand towards the hole. Zain looked back at Rahk, not knowing what to do.

"Should I do it Rahk?" he asked.

"No," Rahk said, "Let me do it. If it is a trap, then I will be the one to take the attack." Before he put his hand inside the hole, he turned back to Zain. "First, what do you take of this prophecy?"

"I'm not sure Rahk."

"I see." Rahk stepped back towards the hole. Without second thoughts, he placed his hand inside the hole. He waited to feel his hand melt, or for something inside to rip it off. He was relieved when all was silent. Nothing had happened.

"Rahk, I think I have to do it." Zain told him. Rahk slowly stepped away from the stone as Zain edged closer to it. He slowly began to move his hand closer to the hole. Suddenly, an unknown energy forced sucked his hand into the hole. His entire arms was submerged in the hole. Zain started to panic and scream, trying to pull his arm back out. Rahk grabbed Zain by the shoulders, and tried to pry him free, but slipped, and flew back towards the stairs, crashing hard.

An enourmous surge of energy rushed through Zain's body. Electricity was clearly visible shooting throughout his body. Zain gasped, finally understanding why his power felt so low all of the time.

"This power," Zain said, "it was taken from me when I was little." Zains said. Now it was being delivered back to him. His red hair suddenly shot straight up, and turned gold. He was now a Super Saiyan. This however, wasn't enough. His hair began to shoot higher into the air. He had already ascended again. His hair suddenly flooded down towards his waist and around his shoulders, covering his sword and sheath. His power finally exploded. He had reached Super Saiyan power and beyond.

"Ah, I see now. Your family didn't want you to have all that power at birth, so they held it down here." Rahk said to Zain, whose golden aura and blue electricity began to knock some fragments of rock to fall. "Good timing too. Now I think we should rest up." Rahk added. "We need to finish the fight with Majotte and that boy.

Zain turned back towards Rahk. "Yes, you're right." he said, powering down. His hair returned to its normal, red stature. "After Erutan and Majotte, we need to worry about the old man, and the Earth itself." he said. As they began to walk back up the stairs, and into the main hallway towards the bedrooms, Zain thought.

"I do feel bad." Zain said. "That I have to kill the boy. He seems to be brainwashed by the old man." Zain then looked the other way, and began to walk into his old room when he was a child. In the room was nothing, except a window, a few more scattered toys, and a bed. "On the other hand," Zain told Rahk before laying down to sleep, "Majotte will die for what he did to Tanna."

Erutan entered a dream. He was running towards a foggy white mist that lay just ahead of him. A figure stood in the mist, chuckling. The figure faced towards Erutan and smiled.

"Try to keep up Erutan, you don't want to be left behind don't you?" he asked Erutan.

Erutan entered the mist. The man slowly began to walk backwards. Erutan waved his hands towards the mist. Suddenly, it liquified into water, and fell towards the apparent floor. Puddles instantly formed from the water, and then dried up instantly. Erutan stared at the figure, when finally the figure's features emerged.

"Good job Erutan." Majotte said.

"Majotte? What are you doing here?" Erutan asked him.

"I can't stand sitting around doing nothing."

"What are you talking about?"

"Simple, I've invaded your dreams."

"What?" Erutan said. "You can do that?"

"Yes. I came here to see how strong you truly are." Majotte explained to Erutan.

"Oh, so you want to fight?"

"Yes." Majotte spoke. He went into a battle pose, and gestured Erutan to attack him.

"Don't worry, going all-out in this dream won't effect your bodies strength at all." Majotte assured him.

Erutan smiled. "In that case." he said. He suddenly flashed red. His hair shot up, and his pupils began to glow a crimson color.

"GO!" Majotte yelled towards Erutan.

Erutan dashed towards Majotte using the wind to speed him up further. He flew up to Majotte's face, and stopped in mid-flight. He dropped towards the floor, and tried to trip Majotte.

Majotte lept into the air to dodge the attack. He jumped back, and jumped towards Erutan, throwing a regular old punch towards Erutan's face. The blow landed directly on Erutan's cheek, causing him to spin around. Majotte the delivered a kick towards Erutan's mid-section, sending him flying back. Erutan threw his hands to his sides, and suddenly two ice pillars shot out from the ground. He grabbed the icicles to stop himself, then landed hard on the floor.

Erutan concentrated his energy towards his hands. It began to glow blue and purple. He threw it towards Majotte, who braced for the impact. The attack fell short of Majotte, landing about five feet in front of him. Majotte chuckled, but then gasped when he felt a force pull him into the attack. Gravity began to work against him, sucking him into the ground harder, causing him to trip. Before he could hit the ground, Erutan's foot crashed deep into his stomache. Majotte flew backwards, and landed on his back.

Majotte shot back up. He paused for a second to laugh, then fired a beam towards Erutan. The preemtive strike hit Erutan hard on the chin, knocking him off of his feet. Majotte charge towards Erutan to hit him with his fist again, only for a wall of rock to appear in front of him. Majotte easily smashed the wall into pieces, and proceed to attack Erutan.

Erutan smiled, quickly and swiftly, the pebbles began to hit Majotte in the face, stopping him in his tracks. Erutan then created a frozen puddle of ice beneath Majotte's feet, causing him to slip. Again, Majotte felt Erutan's foot ram into his body, this time in the back. Majotte flew up into the air, but then suddenly paused. He threw his hands forward and fired a shockwave towards Erutan. The attack caught Erutan offguard, sending him flying towards the ground again, crashing hard.

"You really are strong." Majotte said to Erutan. "But the sun is going to rise soon, we need to prepare for our attack on Zain and that demon friend of his." Majotte said.

Erutan walked up to Majotte, who did the same to him. "Okay Majotte, good fight." he said. Majotte raised his hands towards Erutan. Erutan looked at Majotte, and raised his hand towards Majotte's hand. They gave each other a handshake, then both were suddenly blinded by a bright light.

Erutan suddenly woke up, looking around at the forest. Majotte was already awake, staring at the forest.

"Time to attack." Majotte told Erutan.