Chapter 6 Into the Mind
Battle Bot-809 was walking around the castle of Primus, he was carrying around a simple long sword. He walked into the main room where the ticks of the cogs couldn't be heard and had a conversation with Primus. Battle Bot liked to call him by his former name, Everglade-44. They were good friends that battled in the gladiatorial arena together. When Everglade got promoted to Primus when the last one died, Battle Bot was left in the arena where he kept first place. He was known for his cleverness and oddly unique way he would execute foes. It was odd that he found a unique way every time. Everglade only ever being second to him. He was known for his ruthlessness.
As the cable came down to Pyrox' face it stopped. Pyrox had stopped it with his mind. He broke away from the grips of the modrons holding him. He took out his blade and ignited it swinging it around cutting into them. Most of the ones he cut into were killed. Five more cables came down from the ceiling. He spinned with his blade making slashes of fire go to the modrons. They just kept on coming, the room was devoid of decoration except for the catwalk. He slashed his blade up to the catwalk and it came tumbling down. He finished the modrons in the room with his blade. The catwalk was burning, the one still left in the ceiling and the one on the ground stopping troops from coming in. Parts of the catwalk were falling around Pyrox and Primus. The troops were breaking down the burning catwalk so it wouldn't be long until they came through. The cables came down to attack him, he jumped out of the way of one of them. When he got up he slashed at another going at him. One got his right arm so he slashed at it as well breaking it. One got on his left arm with a second going to his leg. He used one of his horns to pierce the cable grabbing his left arm. He dislodged the cable from the ceiling and got his arm free. Three cables remained in Pyrox's way to Primus; the troops were almost through the catwalk. He used the cable around his arm like a whip and through it towards Primus, the glass cracked. Primus sent the remaining cables towards Pyrox. He slashed his blade at the ceiling where they came from and fire came out. The fire went through the cables and they went to the ground. It was just Pyrox and Primus staring at each other as the catwalk fell. The troops got through the catwalk barricade. Since they had been stuck there, a lot of them were able to group up. They came barreling through the doorway, there were stronger modrons now. Primus called in the gladiatorial modrons. They were bigger and stronger than Pyrox, even with the Solar Stone. It didn't take long before they were able to restrain him, but he was able to take out a few.
A modron put a cable into Pyrox' head, he now understood his purpose. "We have a rogue on our hands, I need you to take care of him. And recruit anyone that can help and is of great power." ordered Primus to Pyrox. Pyrox stood up after being let go, he nodded in agreement saying, "I know exactly who to find," in a cold calculating voice. He knew what he was doing and that it was wrong, but all he could do was watch as he was kept prisoner inside his own mind.
"I have gotten a message from Poseidon that Adair has fallen. Our sweetheart, Aberreen, has been forced to kill one of our clerics by the monster, James McAvoy. We must kill this monster, and free Aberreen from his trance." stated Dux, a dwarf carrying a trident made of gold with a black beard that was not well kept. He was standing on a podium made of gold. It was high up above a group of people. All different races, all holding tridents. They were standing in a temple with markings etched into the wall. All prophecies that have and are yet to come.
"The one with one horn will be called upon once more to defeat great evil," one of the prophecies told.
James and Aberreen woke up after she had cried herself to sleep and James fell asleep soon after. She told James that she had never told anyone and that he is the only one she trusts now. Everyone else had either abandoned her or abused her; mostly for her body. All she wanted was for someone to care for her, and she found the perfect guy to take care of her. She thanked him for allowing her to feel welcomed.
James said "I won't let anything bad happen to you ever." James then told her what had happened to him but modified it a bit. He made his mother, step sister, and step dad look worse. It was hard to make his step sister look worse, but very easy to make his step dad look terrible. He did this so he wouldn't look terrible in killing them all. They were still family after all, but he took immense joy in doing it. Just like when he killed the paladin of Tyr and especially Adair. He was afraid of himself now, he enjoyed the killing of people. That scared him more than anything. But, he wouldn't tell Aberreen, even though he gave the talking advice. He did not want to make her afraid of him as well. He liked her too much for that, so he kept it to himself with a smile on his face as he listened to her talk. They talked about how terrible his parents were, then he started to talk about his actual father.
He was the best father a kid could ask for. He was poor and took over time hours to help pay the rent and feed him and James. He had main custody over him because his mother, Nancy. Mistreated him, not in a physical way, but in a verbal and mental way. His mother had a magical history but she never got the magic. It was passed down to James and he was very powerful. His type of power is rarely seen. From the woods, came a metallic sound. James and Aberreen looked toward the sound and saw glowing eyes looking back.