A World Embroiled in Chaos

Chapter Sixteen: Blackened Earth

Sorry, I was kinda busy today, so I couldn't make any other chapters today. This will be the only one, so enjoy it everyone.

DISCLAIMER: Refer to Chapter nine's disclaimer.

Last time: Not much, a bit of a skirmish, a fortune told, and a town obliterated.

Kyle/Alyssa Saga Chapter X:

Kyle and Alyssa sighed. They'd been walking for at least a good two hours, now, but they'd soon be out of the forest, with another day of walking. Of course, the walk there during the day was pretty simple. They just walked together and were engaged in normal conversation. They walked all day, until evening hit.

The sun was setting over the horizon, as Kyle and Alyssa walked through the endless armies of great green-leaved trees. "It's getting late… perhaps we should take one more rest stop before we leave the northern region?" Kyle asked. Alyssa nodded in agreement. "Sounds good." She replied. "Okay…we'll be there in a few minutes…" Kyle then added.

…And in a few minutes, the destination was reached…

Kyle and Alyssa stared wide-eyed at the large area of blackened earth. All the surrounding trees were soaked in ash, and the trees that were once in the area were blown off the face of the earth. "What the…did the rogues do this, too?" Kyle asked. Alyssa sighed. "There doesn't seem like any other logical explanation." She said. Of course, this huge blackened area of earth was once a town. Kyle closed his eyes for a minute, and put a hand to the ground. Everything got eerily quiet for a minute, and a vision came to him. A vision of what happened before the town was reduced to a pile of ash…

The watchman at the gate sighed. It was a very hot day… the sun was blazing down upon the small town. He looked at the pine trees surrounding both the town, and the forested road. He looked at how the trees were moving in the wind, and sighed again.

"Don't tell me that you're enjoying this…" The watchman stated to his partner. The other man smirked. "Carl, I don't enjoy it, but I'm not complaining. It's our duty to protect the town." The other man stated simply. He, at least, seemed to be loyal to his watchman duties. The first watchman, Carl, then groaned. "Seriously, Jake! Nothing ever happens to this town! It's too peaceful. Besides, we could be out of this blasted heat, in our houses, and watching our TV's with a good soda to go with it!" He sighed. "Careful what you wish for… 'cause something may happen in this town…" Jake replied.

"Bleh… too bad that the gas in the world ran out… or else we'd still have cars, and I'd drive right out of here." Carl sighed. "Quit complaining… I like the change. It makes the atmosphere cleaner. Plus, it makes us rely on our transformations to move quickly, making the human race, as a whole, physically stronger." Jake muttered. Carl then glared at Jake. "You're too serious about these things… you need to kick back, relax, and watch some TV, or play some videogames every once in awhile, ya know?" Carl asked. Jake mumbled something to himself, and went back to watching the road.

Suddenly, the gate opened, and a villager came out of the village, holding a newspaper. "Hey! You two! Have you heard the news?" The villager asked, showing them the newspaper. "What news? Everything's peaceful and boring…" Carl muttered. "Not anymore. At midnight last night, the coliseum was ransacked, and a new force known as the 'silver rogues' have been unleashed into the world." The person asked.

"Oh well… if they mess with our town, we'll take 'em down." Carl stated confidently. "I'm not so sure. This force was strong enough to already overthrow the world's entire government!" The villager warned. Jake's face paled. "Dear gods…so soon? Is the Armageddon coming?" He asked frantically. As if on cue, the peasant's heart was suddenly shot by an arrow. A figure, already in a Link form, jumped from the trees, and looked at the two guards.

"…This town won't take all that long to tear down…" The link-figure smirked. He looked like adult link, only with Brown hair, gray eyes, and a blue tunic. Suddenly, a whole lot of other figures jumped out from the trees…many who were robed in silver. They were all transformed into the usual rogue transformations: Sheikah, Links, Foxes, Falcos, Marths, and Roys.

"Oh… Fuck." Carl said, backing up, and into the town's gates. "Carl! Carl! Get back to your post!" Jake yelled. But it was of no use. Carl was gone. Jake cursed to himself. "He better be going to get the village elder…or else…" He muttered, changing into his own Link form, which looked like a knight in white armor, with a steel spear at his side. The silver rogues advanced forward, but their commander, the link figure in blue, stepped forward, and held his hand up. The silver rogues then stopped.

"You seem like a warrior of decent skill…much more than your friend back there… I, a commander of this battalion of silver rogues, will test your skills in a one on one match." The commander stated.

"So… you're the silver rogues, are you? So great in number… how can you be stopped?" Jake asked. "We can't. We have the greater god, Kirth on our side, therefore, we cannot lose." The commander stated. "Oh, fuck no." Jake said, his expression becoming deathly pale. "Enough talk! Prepare yourself!" The commander yelled, thrusting his sword forward. On the last moment, Jake managed to parry the commander's sword with his spear. He then tried to counterattack, but the commander jumped over the spear, and shot some arrows at Jake, who rolled to the side, avoiding the arrows.

The gate suddenly opened, and Carl, along with the villager elder, who looked like an old man, because he was already old when the evolution occurred, came forward…only to see the commander's sword slide through Jake's heart. As Jake's lance slipped out of his hand, he reverted back to his human form, his eyes became completely white, and blood leaked from both his wound, and his mouth. He slumped to the ground, dead.

"Jake!" Carl yelled, transforming into a regular-looking Bowser form, and charging toward the commander. The commander smirked. "Down, boy." He stated, jumping on top of Carl's skull, and thrusting his blade deep into his brain. What Carl did then was similar to what happened to Jake. He reverted back to his human form, and his eyes turned white, and he fell down lifelessly into a puddle of his own blood. The elder frowned at the commander.

"Those were two of my best fighters…" The elder glared. "So? They were weak." The commander laughed. "…Come! I will avenge my fallen comrades!" The elder stated, transforming into his Zelda form, which looked like an old, wise, and powerful wizard, carrying a golden staff as tall as he was. "You'll regret the day you refused to run!" The commander said, running forward toward the elder.

The elder teleported himself out of the way of the attack, and blasted the commander with magic. The commander dodged out of the way. However, a follow up blast of fire hit him head on. The commander, now charred black, fell to the ground. "Is this…where it ends…?" He asked himself. "Yes. You killed two of my townspeople. My magics aren't to be taken lightly. Now…to send you to the plane of existence where the dead reside!" The elder exclaimed. The commander braced for impact.

…But it never came…

Ace, already in his sheikah form, jumped out from the shadows, and, with his two scimitars, decapitated the elder, with both blades at the same time, making an X-shaped slash that went sliced the elder's head off.

"Lord Ace? You're here!" The commander yelled. Ace smirked. "Yes. I'm going to Alizano town, the farthest town to the north. It's going to take me about a week to get there, anyways, so I decided to take a pit stop here…" Ace explained. "I see…" The commander stated. "Anyways, I've gotta go. I trust that the rest of this town can be left to you?" Ace asked. The commander nodded. Ace nodded in reply, and ran off extremely fast, so it seemed like he just disappeared entirely.

…And so, the town fell completely within the next two minutes. All the townspeople were killed, and nothing remained. At all… it was just a crater of burning rubble… the sky darkened, and it began to rain…

Kyle then opened his eyes, and sighed. "What… was it?" Alyssa asked. Kyle sighed. "This town was once a very nice place…but then Ace and the Silver rogues came out of nowhere…and…this…" Kyle stated, motioning toward the blackened earth.

Alyssa sighed. "Oh…" She stated. It was then that they realized that the sky above was dark. There was a full moon out, and plenty of stars as well. "Well… it's a starry night like before we were ran out of the village… what do you say we just walk through the night, it's quite nice out." Alyssa offered. Kyle smiled at her. He couldn't resist this type of offer, especially if it came from Alyssa. "Anything that you want, Lyss." Kyle replied, and Alyssa smiled back at him.

The walk through the night was peaceful, and before an hour even passed, the woods suddenly cleared, and great plains stretched out before them. "Well…it looks like we're in the territory between north and central regions. Once we reach central, we should be safe from silver rogues." Kyle sighed. Alyssa nodded. "Plus, we can also start getting the aid we need for the alliance against the entire rogue body." She added. She then looked up at the sky and frowned. It was now 1A.M. The stars had disappeared, and the skies were extremely cloudy. Suddenly, a billowing carpet of fog rolled over the plains, and consumed the pair in its vortex.

"Heheh… It looks like the two of you have fell into my trap…"

End of Chapter

Evil Cliffhanger! Yes, using another chapter over again may have been considered 'cheating,' but I don't care. It helps those with dull memories out. Now, I'm a bit busy tomorrow, so it'll be 1-2 chapters. However, from the 20-28th, I'm going BALLISTIC with chapters. Expect a full 3-4 chapters each day. Hell, I may even try to set a record and come up with 5 on one of those days. Anyways, please review.

Until Next Chapter,

-Biggoron