Darkness surrounded Cory as they rode through the desert toward Washington DC. The moon shone overhead, the only sound was the loud roar of the bus engine. The darkness seemed to swallow everything around him, the lone lights were the headlights of the bus and Vegas. But, for some reason, Cory wasn't afraid. The darkness seemed… comforting…
I'm the new kid, moving in, getting it done.
Words rang through Cory's head. He wasn't alone. Then he realised that he wasn't alone because other people were on the bus. Cory sat alone in the back of the bus, everyone else was in the front. He pulled out his light katana, the glow of the blade instantly penetrated the darkness.
And I'm officially the candidate for having some fun.
Suddenly the blade began to dim. Cory's eyes widened, what was happening. Was the voice doing this?
I'm talking about all out party.
The blade dimmed more, Cory put on his fedora, hoping to save the blade.
And we're getting it started.
The blade stopped glowing altogether. Darkness once again surrounded him.
Mr. president, you mind some electric guitar?
Suddenly, the blade began to get darker and darker, as if a shadow possessed it.
WASHINGTON D.C. WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
Cory was taken aback as the blade turned as dark as a black hole. It was as if all light bent to it's will. Cory felt something stir inside him, he took off his shirt to see what was happening. Within the pounds of solid fat, he saw his heart was as black as the blade. So black that it was visible through the piles of repulsive fat. Cory jumped up, but instantly passed out.
He awoke in a large room, technology seemed to cover the walls. A mechanical humming echoed through the room as Cory stood up. There were four doors on each of the sides of the circular room. Up ahead, a catwalk for observing could be seen. The walls glowed light blue. Where was he?
"So you're awake," a voice from behind him said.
Cory whipped around to see Xerath, the girl who Cory had met in D.C. Behind her stood many other blue colored people who looked similar to her.
"Cory, the darkness is penetrating you," Xerath said, pointing to Cory's visible heart.
This angered Cory, for whatever reason, and he drew his katana. The blade rippled spacetime, distorting the environment around it. Cory's eyes turned as dark as his blade as he charged at Xerath, blade above shoulder. Xerath dodged at the last minute, drawing twin daggers. Cory slid to a halt, turning his head to look at Xerath once again.
"Cory, this isn't you. You have to fight it!"
Cory roared a magnificent roar as he charged once again, bringing his blade above his head and jumping. He swiped at Xerath, but it was blocked by her daggers. Cory stumbled back, quickly recovering to slash at her from the right. Xerath backflipped over the blade, countering it with her own blade. Cory flew back from her blow, falling to the ground. As his vision returned, he felt something wet on his face. Cory reached up, only to discover blood. A cut ran down the side of his face, dripping red sticky blood. Cory immediately began to vomit from the sight of it.
Xerath walked over, sensing the danger had begun to subside. As Cory recovered from vomiting, he began to come to his senses.
"Xerath, what happened to me?" Cory asked, astonished.
"The darkness happened. Four million years ago, the god Kek formed the seven emeralds, but the power contained in them was too much for him to handle. Kek retreated into the primordial realm, but his power was still reserved. For many years, the ancient Egyptians held the emeralds as relics, worshiping Kek for the god he was. As time went by, the darkness began to leave Kek, and he was once again pure, but the darkness existed as an entity separate from Kek. They fought a tremendous battle, and the darkness retreated to the edge of space, existing within a black hole. For many years, the darkness was thought to have been vanquished, until now. We sensed it first when you were in area 51. A large spike in dark activity was detected on you, Cory. After tonight, we are convinced you are hosting the darkness."
"But, how do you know?" Cory asked.
Xerath closed her eyes, "We are the ancient Egyptians, the cult of Kek. The god Osiris made us immortal, turning our skin blue in the process. The Xerath have been living on the dark side of the moon for over 5000 years, fighting the darkness in any way we can. That brings us… to the prophecy."
Cory looked at her curiously as she looked over at a male Xerath wearing fancy clothing. He nodded at her, telling her to go ahead without words.
Xerath nodded and turned back to Cory, "I was supposed to tell you this on the first day, but I was unable to. Cory, you know you are destined to defeat Hitler and in the process defeat the darkness, but I did not tell you what you must do. Cory, you must sacrifice yourself," Xerath looked away as she said it.
"Y-you mean…. Commit seppuku?"
Xerath nodded sadly, "You must do it after you defeat Hitler, it's the only way to defeat the darkness."
A sudden anger came over Cory. His heart turned even darker as he got up, katana in hand. Xerath began to stand ready, but was halted as an arm went in front of her. Xerath, the king of the Xerath's, stood at the ready. He pulled out a Khopesh, a long, curved sword used by the Egyptians. It lite up with the power of the great god Kek. Cory stared at Xerath, his sword seemed to distort time and space more as his hatred grew.
"This battle ended long ago, darkness! Give up the boy!"
A deep, raspy voice came out of Cory, "Foolish human, the great god Kek cannot protect you from me. You forget, this boy has 5 chaos emeralds, plus the primal fedora. I am invincible!" The darkness put on the fedora, instantly, 5 emeralds floated around him, stopping and flying straight into his soul. Distorted smoke, darker than a black hole, began to resonate around him.
Xerath laughed and pulled out a single chaos emerald, "with this emerald, I call upon you, Kek. Give me the power of chaos and the primordial prologue of Ra!"
A silhouette of a frog headed man came over Xerath, his blade grew as it began to glow, much like how Cory's did. The world around the two seemed to distort, completely stopping time itself. The only two beings to exist were the darkness and Xerath.
Cory charged at Xerath, katana raised. He seemed to fly over the ground, not even touching it with a single molecule. Xerath disappeared and reappeared moments later, as if Cory had run right through him. He swung his Khopesh, light hitting darkness, further distorting time itself. The two separated, which seemed to bring time back to normal. Cory brought upon him the power of seppuku. But instead of his eyes glowing, darkness fell upon him. His power level raised and his blade distorted reality as it moved. Xerath ran toward Cory, but he saw the man coming and dodged his attack. Xerath quickly turned and swung his sword in a circle. As he swung again and again, a light as bright as the sun came upon him. He ran toward Cory, and the two clashed swords, moving faster than the speed of sound as they tried to get a hit in.
The two flew back, crashing through the ceiling into the cold dark reaches of space. They were inside a base on the moon. Instantly the broken walls fixed themselves. Below them sat a magnificent city on the surface of the moon. Technology flourished as far as the eye could see, surrounding a giant statue of Kek, a man with the head of a frog.
Cory turned back to Xerath, bringing his katana up. The two floated above the colony in space, apparently unaffected by the little gravity on the moon. Looking up from the colony, one could see the battle play out. One glowing figure and another figure who looked like a black hole clashed, flying at one another at incredible speeds. They seemed evenly matched, none could best the other. They flew at each other for what seemed like a millenia, clashing swords. With each slash, distortion surrounded them.
Each one charged at the other, a blinding flash was seen. They stopped. Xerath on one side and Cory on the other. Cory smirked, his eyes closed. Xerath looked down wide eyed, his arm fell down to the surface along with his sword.
He turned to Cory, "please, have mercy!"
Cory turned and smirked. He changed to seppuku due, the distortion around him began to grow. Seppuku tre, screaming as a black hole formed around his sword. Seppuku quattro. He swung his sword straight at Xerath, screaming as loud as possible. Xerath looked in horror as his body was ripped apart, molecule by molecule in a black hole. It didn't stop there though, time began to distort around him, making him relive the agony exponentially for infinity. Cory reached in and pulled the chaos emerald out of him, inserting it into himself.
The power seemed to overload him, though, and he fell back down into the space station. Cory awoke much later, staring up at Xerath. She looked at him sadly.
"You killed our leader," She said simply, "leave."
Cory got up, looking down at his hands. Who was he? He began walking away, toward a door with a portal back to Earth in it.
"Wait," Xerath said, walking up to him, "There may be one way to destroy the darkness. None of us thought he would take over the chosen one, but now that he has there may be a way to destroy him. Get the chaos emerald that was in area 51, its power to deactivate the emeralds may make the entity come out of you, or it may end up killing you. The only problem is that the emerald is with Hitler in Berlin. Sneak in, take the emerald, repel the darkness, and kill Hitler. This may be your final mission."
She opened the door without a word, the portal to Earth glowed. She set the coordinates to the bus and pulled the lever, igniting the portal. Cory had brought nothing but chaos to the moon base, but as Cory left he had hope. Hope that he could save the world. He touched the scar that now decorated his face and walked through the portal.