Mr.Who2123: Hello, my fellow crazy writers!
Kratos: I think you're the only crazy writer…
Mr.Who2123: Ummm…hehehehe…why don't we do the Disclaimers! Come, the crazy ladybug!
Ladybug: KILL!
Kratos & Mr.Who2123: Crap…
(Ladybug swings its giant axe at Mr.Who2123 who jumps away)
Mr.Who2123: Kratos, save me! (Hides behind Kratos)
Kratos: Fine, but you have to let me out of the fence, first. (thinks: I'll just run away. Hehe sucker!)
(While Kratos is disturbed in his evil thoughts, Mr.Who2123 squishes the ladybug…on accident by tripping and falling on it.)
Mr.Who2123: Killed it!
Kratos: What?
Mr.Who2123: Mwahahahahaha! You think I'd let you out? I know what you think!
Kratos: Crap!
Mr.Who2123: Anyways, since I killed the Disclaimer person, you can do the Disclaimers!
Kratos: No
Mr.Who2123: (Starts to whimper, and beg) Pleeeeeeeeease!
Kratos: Man, you look too much like Anna. Mr.Who2123 thankfully does not own Tales of Symphonia, but if she did, she'd make me kill Lloyd in 101 different ways…
Mr.Who2123: ONWARDS!
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Kratos and Leon were now staring at the wind elemental room. Kratos was unsure of what would happen, but Leon pulled him right in. Kratos fell in step with Leon, a look of concern in his dark eyes.
"Leon, I don't know if we can keep this up," he said. Leon turned to his companion and slapped him on the shoulder.
"C'mon! Why do you say that?" Leon inquired with a grin. Kratos looked at his right hand which now had scars from the shadow energy.
"I don't have much energy left, and if you're in danger, I won't be much help," he replied, his eyes downcast.
"Who says that I'll be in trouble?" Leon pouted, quickening his pace. Kratos smiled and shook his head.
"You're right."
Inside the room was a long corridor with absolutely nothing but a long red carpet that stretched across to the orb.
"This is simple!" Leon yelled, and ran ahead with Kratos trailing behind. Leon was running as fast as he could along the long corridor, so he could avoid the traps. He felt an especially cold breeze pass by him, and then it suddenly stopped. Oddly, there was nothing, even the air was still. Leon looked back, but there was nothing. Kratos wasn't behind him, either.
"Kratos?" Leon asked timidly, stepping back, looking around. Leon squinted his eyes shut, hoping that this was an illusion, but when he opened them once again, everything was the same. "Crap, where are you!" he yelled at the nothingness.
Kratos was walking behind Leon who was oddly silent, and his monotonous walking was strange.
"Leon?" he asked, tapping the boy on the shoulder. Leon didn't even reply, and kept on walking. "Leon, what's wrong?" Kratos asked, his ignorance bugging him. Kratos ran in front of Leon, and spread his arms wide.
"Leon what are you-," Kratos stopped in mid-sentence. The figure was not Leon at all, but a faceless puppet just walking. It kept its pace, and walked right through Kratos, and towards the door. Kratos widened his eyes, and turned around. The phantom was still walking with the same exact movements.
Kratos clenched his hand, and summoned his dark magic.
"Shadow Blast!" he yelled as he thrust his hand at the puppet, and the beam of darkness struck through the figure, and fell to the floor, but Leon was no where to be seen.
"Kratos, where are you?" Leon yelled, frustrated at the emptiness. He banged his hand against the blank wall and felt a small rumbling. Leon sighed, and decided to continue through the hall to the other side. Maybe he already made it, he thought and hoped. While racing to the door, a pain erupted from his back, and through his stomach.
He yelled in pain and fell to the floor, clutching his stomach in the unknown pain. Leon looked down, but there was nothing that could've caused something so painful. It was relentless, keeping Leon gasping for painful air. Everything was turning dark, but in his dim sight, he saw a figure walk towards him with their rapier in hand.
"Leon! Leon!" Kratos yelled at his friend. After he had shot the puppet, it turned to Leon and heard a scream from the boy. "Crap, I couldn't of killed him," he muttered, and felt the wound. The skin was dark, and some blood was leaking, but it didn't look too bad. Kratos touched the blood with his fingers and then felt something wasn't right. The blood was thick, almost like… Kratos put the bloodstained finger in front of his face. It was dark, like his own.
"How did he," he gasped. Leon couldn't be a shadow, but why did he have the same blood as himself? Kratos lifted the boy and continued for the door. He wanted to leave as soon as he could. What happened? He thought as he trudged to the door. Inside, the wind orb was on a pedestal, but it was darker than the others. It had no glow to it, but he felt a cold breeze pass by him when he picked it up. When I said Leon would be in trouble, and I wouldn't be much help, I was right. I only made it worse, he remarked in his mind, staring at the orb.
Leon was just waking when Kratos had put him down in the main hallway. The five rooms were around them, and only two were left.
"Huh?" Leon moaned weakly, and sat up. His head hurt, and was confused.
"Leon, you're awake!" Kratos exclaimed, and then handed an apple gel to him. Leon wolfed it down, and then looked around.
"Did we get the orb?" Leon asked, noticing his surroundings. Kratos held up the orb, and Leon snatched it. "It looks different, huh?" Kratos observed as he looked at the orb as well.
"It's almost dark…hmm," Leon thought for a moment. "What happened in the wind place anyways?" Leon inquired, and got up.
"I'm not sure myself, but…" Kratos stopped to think about the blood. He couldn't tell Leon that Kratos was a shadow, and Leon had the blood of a shadow. It would ruin him.
"Kratos?" Leon asked, and poked his friend. Kratos snapped out of his agonizing thoughts and smiled.
"I saw a puppet that looked just like you, but it had no face. I blasted it, and it turned into you," Kratos finished.
"Well, I noticed you were gone, and then ran towards the hallway, and then got hurt really bad through the stomach. Then I saw the shape of someone who looked just like me," Leon said. The two joined in thought and pondered the situation.
"Actually…," Kratos began. Leon looked up in puzzlement, and listened intently to Kratos.
"I think I attacked your body while your spirit was somewhere else. Then, when I hurt you, it brought you back to your body. The spirit feels everything," Kratos said, still thinking. "That explains all of it," he muttered.
Yeah, everything, but why he has my blood! His thoughts screamed at him.
"Then let's go!" Leon exclaimed and shot up off the ground. Kratos nodded and looked around at all the doors.
"Only two left," he sighed as Leon urged him into the water elemental room.
"Wow!" Leon said as he looked around. Pipes and gears were laid around the whole room, and on the top was a door. The metal floor was covered in a thin layer of water, and soaked the comrades' boots.
"We have to get there," Kratos explained and pointed to the high door.
"How?" Leon asked, and did a few jumps. "It's yards away!" he yelled. Kratos watched him jump a few more times before looking around. All the pipes were connected to one large wheel. Suddenly, an idea burst into his mind.
"Leon, we can use the water to lift us up to the door," he explained, and grabbed hold of the large wheel.
"Okay!" Leon answered, and walked next to the wheel as well. Kratos began to turn the rusted wheel, but it didn't budge.
"Let me help!" Leon said, noticing his companion's struggle. Kratos waited for Leon to grip the wheel, and then the two began to turn, first it didn't budge like before, but slowly, it moved, faster and faster until it was an easy task. Leon felt something soak his pants, and looked down to the ever growing amount f water, flooding in from the pumps. Kratos wiped his brow and smiled at their success as the water rose, higher and higher.
"Good job," Kratos commented, and patted Leon on the back. The water was now above their chests.
"I'm so excited!" Leon exclaimed as the water began to come above their heads.
"Start swimming," Kratos ordered as the water lifted to about seven feet. However, the two, having armor, were struggling with keeping up with the fast pace of water flooding in. Kratos had tried to untie his armor, but the water rose above his head and he had to stop. Soon, the water was at the same level as the high door, and Leon climbed onto the small ledge.
"We did it, Kra-," Leon looked around. "Kratos?" he yelled in a panic. Leon peered into the water, and saw Kratos trying to swim up for breath. Leon untied his armor, and dove into the deep water.
Kratos was struggling to get to the top. The water was filling up fast, and it started to flood the high ledge. He tried to grasp Leon's hand, but his conscious was fading, and it was turning dark.
Leon saw Kratos close his eyes, and panicked. Instantly, Leon swam to his friend, and grabbed his arm, slowly pulling him up…but the water was still coming up, and there was only a little room for breathing. Leon moved to the door, and tried to open it, but the door was stuck. Quickly, he brought Kratos up to the ceiling and lifted him above the water.
Kratos coughed, and sucked air when he hit the surface. He looked and saw Leon struggling to keep him up.
"Leon…I'm…okay," he said in a tired voice. Leon moved away, and paddled his arms to stay above the water. There was only a foot of space now.
"Kratos, we need to take a deep breath and open the door!" Leon exclaimed, and inhaled sharply before diving once again. Kratos reluctantly did the same and headed for the door. With both Kratos and Leon, the two opened the heavy door, and landed in the altar room. Leon fussed with his armor and stuck it back on, while Kratos continued his coughing, the water still in his trachea.
Leon stood up and grabbed the blue orb that shone brightly. He put it close to himself, and sighed with satisfaction. Leon walked back to Kratos and smiled broadly.
"Only one more!" he exclaimed.
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Mr.Who2123: Yay! They'll leave this stinking place soon! Yippee!
Kratos: Do you not like it?
Mr.Who2123: I'm just tired of trying to make up challenges. I'm going to kill my brain
Brain: Please! Stop now! (Collapses in Mr.Who2123's head)
Mr.Who2123: See!
Kratos: Humph, that's why you can't think of a funny thing to write right now.
Mr.Who2123: Shut it! My brain hurts
Brain: The pain…The PAIN!
Kratos: …
Mr.Who2123: Review or my brain will die!
Brain: NEED REVIEWS!
Kratos: humph, please don't review. I want to see Mr.Who2123 die!
Mr.Who2123: (cries) you're so mean! If my brain dies, you'll die too!
Kratos: …crap. Never mind…