Chapter 3 Revelations of a Distant Past
Emperor's P.O.V.
I squinted through the mist and was taken away by complete awe in what I saw. There, through the mist that rushed out through the opening door, was a beautiful room. We walked into the room. Frostbite turned to look at me.
"This is the Revelation Room"
She said. Her eyes were now a deep blue color.
"This is where Time, Space, and Worry are void. They have no relevance to you when you step into this room"
I could now survey the room. The room was very large(About ten feet by ten feet in area). Candles were lighting the room. Their flames flickered when we entered. The ground was covered in short, soft grass. The Humidity that we were feeling in the hallway was not present in this room. There was a ceiling that I could see. It was covered in stalactites. I was worried that these might fall, but it did not bother me much for some reason. In the middle of the room, there was a three foot by three foot square of what looked like to be water in the very center of the room. There was a flash of blue that I caught out of the corner of my eye. I was astounded by what I saw. Frostbite's scales were glowing a light blue. She made some hand gestures and a strong wind blew all the candles out in the room. Her glowing blue scales were what illuminated the room. I could see a shadowy figure leave the room.
That was probably Frostbite.
I convinced myself. I returned my gaze to Northwind, who was now floating near the top of the stalactites. I slowly inched over to Rojo who was standing in complete awe, mouth open, eyes wide. I silently agreed with him on his reaction to seeing this awesome sight. Northwind turned around in the air to look at us.
"Rojo, since you have accompanied the King on this very important day, you will walk with him to the center of the room with him."
Rojo did not move.
" Do you understand?"
Northwind asked Rojo sternly. He nodded, still in complete amazement. Rojo took me by the arm and led me to the center of the room.
"Now kneel at the edge of the Pool with your face in such a way as to see your reflection in the water"
Northwind commanded when we had reached the center of the room. Rojo let me go so that I could do what she told me to do. I looked into the liquid. Wavelets lapped the edges of the square. I looked at my facial structure in the water, in which, I studied my own face. I had a large nose, not like the other Yoshis. I had vertical slit pupils, I had holes on the sides of my head that I concluded were my ears. I opened my mouth and studied my teeth. They were absent, except for two large fangs that were growing out of the top of my mouth. I exclaimed in fear and tried to pull back from the twisted image I was becoming…..However, I could not move. Instead, My vision went blurry, then went black.
"You will now know at the request of the Queen what happened that fateful day of your birth"
Northwind's voice said. I could not hear or see her speak, but the voice comforted me for some reason. Still kneeling, I felt myself being lifted from the ground. Then I was slowly dropped….into the water.
I tried protesting, but the efforts were to no avail. I felt the cold sting of the water as my scales touched the cold water. I was slowly sinking into the water with no way to move or escape. I once again tried to move, and to my dismay, I still couldn't. I was now up to my neck in this cold water.
This is it.
I told myself.
This is the way I die.
I convinced myself. I was now over my head in the liquid. I could hear Rojo shouting something to someone as I continued to sink into the water. My vision was still black, but now I started to see something different.
(Rojo's P.O.V.)
I was shouting at Northwind. I could not bear to see my friend die soon after birth.
"What are you doing?!"
I shouted madly as I readied myself for a high jump. Northwind slowly descended from the ceiling. I drew my Heavy Sword. It glowed softly from Northwind's Scale Glow. She landed on the ground with a soft crunch from the grass. The glow that she was radiating was gone, and she was looking at me with a scowl.
"How dare you draw your sword at a High Council Member"
She said with venomous anger. I felt numb all over. I wondered if I was under a spell. I moved forward a little to balance my sword with how I was standing.
I REALLY don't want to fight a council member. That would be really bad for my reputation, health, and social status …
I thought to myself as I put the tip of my sword into the ground. I leaned on the hilt of my sword so that I was at eye level with Northwind.
"Your reasoning is very wise Captain Rojo"
Northwind said with a smile. My jaw dropped in awe. Northwind smiled slyly
"Did you really think that I did not have the ability to read thoughts?"
She asked me mockingly. I shut my mouth and swallowed my fear. Instead of saying anything, I shrugged. Seeming to be satisfied with my response, Northwind walked to where Emperor was.
I ran over to where Northwind had stopped. She was looking into the Liquid that Emperor was in.
"Believe it or not, this was the first time that I had successfully done this."
Northwind said. There was an air of mystery that surrounded the area now. Northwind snapped her fingers. The snapping sound echoed off the solid walls in the room. I looked around expecting to see something amazing happen, but all that did happen was the light came back to the room. All the candles were lit again.
"What is going to happen now?"
I asked worriedly. Northwind did not turn around to look at me. She lifted her head to the far wall.
She made some more weird gestures with her hands and something amazing happened. To my amazement, a black rectangle formed at the end of the room. Northwind beckoned me with a handwave over to where the rectangle had formed. I blinked my eyes and my breath caught in my throat. Somehow, Northwind was able to move from right in front of me, to where the rectangle was.
There's no possible way to explain this…
I thought as I walked briskly over to where Northwind was. When I arrived where she was, she turned to look at me.
"You're one of the few Educated Ones right?"
She asked with a serious tone. I nodded slightly, not knowing what she was about to do.
"Then you should know what I'm about to do right?"
Northwind asked expectedly. I nodded slightly again.
"Good."
She said with finality. She was about to do something very dangerous, but something very beneficial. She was about to use the spell Recollection.
This spell taps into the nerves and brain of the individual that it was targeted at, and seals itself in between the nerve endings. With this, the caster can project an image of a memory onto a flat surface.
I recited in my mind. While I was reciting this in my mind, Northwind had already readied the memory reader.
"This will be…..hard to understand Rojo, but I need you to pay no attention to anything other than the parts where you are not present in the memory."
Northwind sighed. I just now saw that she looked to be in a sad state of emotion. I was stunned to see an individual of this importance in such an emotional state. She shook her head vigorously.
"Anyway, let's get back to the task that we were attending to"
She said as she turned back to the wall. A fuzzy image came into view on the wall.
"Can you make the image more clear?"
I asked Northwind. The image faltered. I turned to look at Northwind who was scowling at me.
"Hey, I didn't know if you could.."
I said defeatedly as I put my hands up in front of me.
"You acted before I could do anything Rojo."
She replied with some annoyance in her voice.
"Sorry"
I replied with a depressed voice. Then I was struck with a terrible thought.
"Wait!"
I practically screamed as Northwind continued trying to make the image clearer. Northwind yelped and she whipped around to see if there was anything that needed immediate attention.
"What? What is it, Rojo?"
She asked me tensely as she looked around the darkly lit room. Seeing nothing, she looked at me crossly once again.
"I have a question"
I said lamely. I looked at the ground, not wanting to see Northwind's expression.
"What...is...your...question?"
She asked me slowly. I could tell that Northwind was really angry.
"How is Emperor able to breathe?"
I asked with worry. Northwind sighed.
"You ask a very good question."
Northwind replied solemnly. I returned my gaze to the fuzzy picture on the wall.
"Unfortunately,"
She continued.
"I cannot tell you this at this point"
She finished with the mysterious tone again. She returned her attention to the wall. The image sharpened, and I could now see the Courthouse. Two individuals were walking up the road Emperor and I had walked not too long ago. The two yoshis that were walking were the colors were Gold and White. The time was late in the evening, the shadows casting their images across the land.
"I feel that there's a Great Evil among us"
The white one said. She was short and not very well built. She was very thin and not very tall. However, her voice was very smooth and reassuring.
"Nonsense Siren, my love"
The gold one replied still walking. His voice was deep and gravelly. The two walked up the steps and opened the door. They walked into the main room of the Courthouse and the two walked to the Conference Room. there, they continued talking.
"Chalice, I cannot ignore what the Higher Powers have been telling us"
Siren replied desperately.
"What else do I have to do to make sure that you take what they said seriously?!"
She said with the same desperation. Chalice sat with a composure of ease in the chair opposite of Siren.
"I have no doubt that what you are telling me is true Siren"
Chalice replied with an unimpressed tone. Siren sighed and got up from where she was seated.
Chalice did not move. Siren was about to say something when a loud, wailing siren stopped her. Chalice jumped out of his chair and ran to the door. Siren opened the door and the two of the ran outside to see what was going on.
"Oh,no"
Siren sighed. Chalice looked up to the late night sky. Chalice could see what Siren was seeing. Among the Lightning that was illuminating the land momentarily, He could see three figures on the ship. Chalice squinted his eyes.
"There are three individuals on the ship"
Chalice said without a care. Siren looked at Chalice.
"Your pride, ego, and Ignorance will be your downfall"
Siren cautioned. Chalice sighed and looked back at the ground and sighed softly. Suddenly, his head jerked up. Chalice whipped his head up to look at Siren.
"Where is the Anti-Matter Core, and Obsidian?"
Chalice asked quickly and worriedly. Siren's eyes widened, and she started running towards the castle, leaving Chalice in a state of wonder and worry.
He could see the ship now. It was made of wood and had cannons on all sides of the ship. Rotors were the form of suspension of the ship, which was odd for a form of suspension. A crash of thunder removed me from more speculation. I once again returned my gaze to the ship, which was now landing in the Courtyard. The turbulence did not move him much, but whipped trees, carts, and other objects around like child's toys. The three figures that I saw on the ship were now jumping off the deck onto the ground before me.
"Well, well, well….look who we have here"
A voice said mockingly. The voice came from the middle Individual. I prepared to fight. He moved his left foot back and his front foot forward. He shifted his position and his feet so that He was standing sideways, with my feet parallel to each other.
"We are not here for just our pleasure…"
The middle voice said soothingly.
"With your cooperation, we will get along just fine"
The same voice continued. Another flash of lightning illuminated the area I was looking at now. In that mere second of light, I could tell that the landing of that huge aircraft had destroyed much of the Royal Garden. I could see destruction on both sides of my vision. Then I noticed something that really caught my attention. Obsidian was One of the individuals that I was seeing before ME
"You seem Depressed and fearful to see me, Father."
Obsidian said with an evil sneer. Chalice was astounded.
"Don't look that fearful Father, you should've known that this would have happened by now."
Obsidian said with the same venomous hatred. He motioned to the others with his hand.
"When you abandoned me, I looked for some real people that would appreciate me for who I was"
He continued. Chalice had started to shift his weight and bounce in place as he held his stance.
"With my newfound friends….I pledged my allegiance to them, I also vowed that I would take my revenge for what you did."
Obsidian did not say any more. He sighed and looked back at Chalice.
"You had your chance to become more of a benefit to our place."
Chalice replied slowly. He did not know what to say or do.
"Well, it seems that All we need to do here is almost done"
The middle figure said with malice. Obsidian moved his head to the middle figure
"This is the friend that I found when you abandoned me."
He started to say. Chalice opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Obsidian.
"When I was left to die, This nice fellow Doctor Ivo "Robotnik" helped me back to health."
He explained. Chalice opened his mouth to speak again, but again he was cut off. Obsidian opened his mouth continue speaking, but he was cut off by the third figure.
"There is no need to introduce me. I can do my own works Abyss"
The third figure said. Another flash of lightning illuminated the area. During the flash, the figure disintegrated into dust. Another peal of thunder ripped through the area. Chalice looked around, but all of the figures had left him in the middle of the path. The ship was still in the middle of the Courtyard. Siren was running to the castle. She threw open the door, ran through the crowd of yoshis that were having a party, ran up the stairs, and ran down the Forbidden Hallway.
As she ran down the hallway, she was looking more desperate and scared with every step. Suddenly, she tripped over something and landed hard on her elbows. The object that she tripped over made a moaning sound. Siren whipped her head around to see what made the noise. She got up and looked around the hallway. Seeing nothing, she was about to continue running but was stopped by a request. A slumped figure was moaning softly.
"Marine!"
Siren exclaimed softly. She ran over to him. There was a knife in his shoulder. The knife had pierced through his shoulder and was now stuck in the wall. Marine looked up with tearful eyes. She could tell that he was going into shock. Blood seeped from the knife wound.
"Just leave me."
Marine said softly with a small pained smile. Siren shook him softly.
"I would NEVER leave any one of my friends, you know that Marine"
Siren said with courage. She patted Marine on the shoulder.
"This will only hurt for a moment, my child."
Siren said soothingly. Marine's head snapped up and he started to protest, but Siren held him to the wall. Siren put her right hand on the knife embedded in Marine's shoulder. She tightened the grip on the knife. She drew a deep breath and pulled the knife with all the strength she had. The knife came out easily, but Marine screamed in agony. Tears streamed down Marine's cheeks once more.
"Are you able to stand Marine?"
Siren asked. Marine nodded. He stood up and brushed the tears off his cheeks. He looked at the gash in his shoulder and winced.
"You have access to healing magic right?"
Marine asked with hope. He stared intently at Siren. Siren sighed and put both of her hands on Marine's shoulder that had the gash on it. There was a low glow of light as the open, bleeding flesh started to close in on itself. Marine made an attempt to look at the process, but Siren stopped him.
"You may not want to see this."
Siren said annoyed.
"Why not? I'm a soldier like the rest of the force Siren."
Marine replied with the same level of annoyance. Siren chuckled to herself.
"Because the first time that I healed Rojo, and he looked at what I was doing to him, he threw up."
Siren said with a little laugh. Marine looked like has was going to be sick. He swallowed hard and looked away from what Siren was doing.
"As I thought."
She said with finality. Now Siren looked concerned. She knew that Marine was just a soldier in training, but that it took a lot to take him out.
"What happened to you?"
Siren asked nervously. Marine looked even more nervous.
"I came over here to guard my post"
He started. Another flash of lightning illuminated the hallway, along with another low rumble of thunder. Worriedly, he looked to the end of the hallway. Seeing nothing unusual, he turned back to look at Siren.
"Then, I was about to go to sleep. As I was about to shut my eyes, this thing…"
Marine's voice trailed off. Siren wasted no time getting on with her mission.
"You can tell me as we go along"
Siren said as she continued to walk down the hallway. Marine jogged a little to catch up to her. They kept in step until they reached the end of the hallway. At the end of the hallway was a door.
"Danger, hazardous material beyond this point.."
Marine said reading the label on the door. Siren pushed open the door, and the two took in the scary sight.
"Oh, no.."
Siren moaned in disbelief. Marine's jaw dropped. Siren ran over to where the pedestal that held the Anti-Matter Core.
The pedestal was empty.
Marine walked over the slumped bodies of individuals on the floor. Their blood staining the floor a deep Red. Marine had never seen blood before as a soldier. Siren slowly turned to look at something behind me. Captain Rojo entered the room. Marine shuddered. He looked at Rojo who was fuming with anger.
"What happened here!?"
Shouted Rojo. during Rojo's shout, Marine winced.
"You should be kinder to your soldiers Rojo."
Siren said softly. Rojo shook his head.
"They need to understand where their allegiance and leadership comes from."
Rojo replied sternly.
"That is no reason to treat your pupils like animals"
Siren replied with a hint of anger in her voice. Rojo looked at Siren with anger. Siren's Iris color turned Red. Rojo took a step back in fear. Siren started to walk towards Rojo. Rojo reached onto his back and drew his sword in fear. Rojo was sweating and shaking a little. Siren walked right past Rojo and out of the door. Rojo followed her in time with her movement and when she departed from the room, Rojo looked back at Marine.
"Clean up this mess."
Rojo commanded.
"Sir, yes sir!"
Marine replied, standing up to full height and saluting Rojo. Rojo ran out of the room, hoping to catch up to the enraged Siren. He ran down the hallway, down the stairs, through the people, and ran through the open door into the heavy rain. Siren was walking down the path into the CourtYard.
"Siren, wait up."
Rojo called to Siren. She turned around to look at who was calling to her. Her red eyes glowing in the darkness. A strong wind picked up and sent more objects sailing across Rojo's field of view. The wind died down and Siren was gone. Cannon shots resounded and houses exploded. Sirens sounded, signaling a time of Military Respondents. I knew that I had to go to the Battle House, but I felt there was a stronger need somewhere else.
Venom could most likely take care of this
Rojo thought to himself. Suddenly, a soft voice sounded from behind him.
"Warp"
The voice said. Rojo's view changed and a bright white light filled my view. Rojo closed his eyes tightly to ward off the great light. The light receded and I was now in the Royal Egg Room. It was humid, smelled strongly of straw and hay, and the only light available was from the small hole in the ceiling. There was only one egg in the center of the room. It had a base green color with gold spots on it. I only knew of this place because I was hatched here.
"Captain Rojo"
The voice addressed me. Rojo knew that he was about to be in trouble because my rank was said strongly and with stress. Rojo turned around slowly and sighed when he saw who it was that was behind him.
"Siren, you scared the life out of me!"
Rojo breathed. Siren did not look impressed.
"If that was the case, you would have been a lifeless heap on the floor."
She replied mercilessly. Rojo looked at the floor in shame.
"Anyways, I brought you here for a very specific reason."
Siren said with her mysterious tone. Rojo saluted Siren.
"Your wish is my command dear Queen"
Rojo replied professionally with the salute. Siren chuckled a little.
"There's no need to be formal in a time of war Captain."
She said quickly. She sighed and turned away from Rojo.
"There's a special project that I would like your help on."
Siren said with a hint of sadness. Rojo looked out the window from where he was standing. The rain and wind had not let up at all.
"I would like to ask if you would like to fight for our people again."
Siren said slowly. Upon hearing this, Rojo felt sick. Siren turned back around to look Rojo in the eye. Rojo was still intimidated by the red irises of Siren, but he mustered enough courage to keep his eye contact. Rojo did not know what to say. The last time that he was in battle, he had almost died. Not even in the most normal of ways either.
"Do you believe that you could do battle again?"
She asked with stress in her voice.
"Of course I would. If my Queen requests it, I will do battle."
Rojo replied with a smile.
"Good. Then you will help in the battle separate from here."
Siren responded.
"Separate from here?"
Rojo asked. Siren nodded.
"There will be a battle not far from here. You will help my son and you will be amazed by what he can do."
She said. There was a faint glow from the far left side of the room. Rojo walked over to the glow and Siren followed.
"Is this the Reborn that you told me about?"
Rojo asked with complete wonder. Looking at it filled the both of them with wonder. It was glowing a Blue-Green color and its eyes looked like gemstones.
"This was the weapon that was designed by the High Chameleon Council for my son"
Siren breathed. For a little while, no one said anything. The two just looked at the Reborn with wonder.
"Do you know the capabilities of this weapon?"
Rojo asked. Siren said nothing. Instead, she walked over to the egg that was now hatching. Rojo ran over to see the new hatchling trying to break out of the egg. Shards of eggshell fell to the ground as the hatchling climbed out of the top of the egg and fell a very short distance to the ground.
"Ain't that a cute little thing"
Rojo whispered cheerfully. The hatchling could not open its eyes at all due to the sticky substance that was in the egg. The hatchling looked funny to Rojo. It looked disproportionate with the large cheeks and nose, which was considerably larger than the rest of the hatchling's body. Siren bent over to receive that hatchling into her hands. She started licking the substance off of the hatchling, to which Rojo retched. Siren stopped licking the hatchling and looked at Rojo.
"Do you have a problem with me caring for my hatchling Rojo?"
She asked him, looking at him with a dangerous stare.
"I have never seen this kind of thing before Siren."
Rojo said putting his hands up in defeat.
"I thought you would have."
Siren replied. She went back to attending to her hatchling.
"The only thing that could have made this event better, is if Chalice would see this."
Siren said wistfully. The hatchling was now clean. The hatchling was a deep Green color.
"A Deep Green!?"
Rojo exclaimed running over to see the hatchling closer. It had just opened its eyes. They were normal….except for the fact that this hatchling had Vertical Slitted Pupils.
"I don't know about this one Siren."
Rojo said slowly. Siren looked at the hatchling.
"What makes this hatchling not viable like the rest of them?"
She replied smartly. Rojo laughed to himself.
"Generally, I see that most of our population has the Diurnal Pupil Structure."
He replied. Siren set the hatchling on the ground and then looked at Rojo.
"I need you to leave now, ok?"
She asked him. Rojo nodded and was about to leave the room when the door burst open. Rojo drew his sword lightning fast.
"It's about time that I found this place"
A sinister, familiar voice stated. Siren and Rojo looked at the figure that was in the doorway. Siren readied a spell.
"Calm down you two, it's just me."
The voice said. Venom entered the room. He looked at Rojo and then Siren, who was giving Venom a death stare.
"Don't get your scales out of line princess"
Venom said with a little laugh. Siren opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by Venom
"There's a huge problem outside."
Venom said with desperation. Venom looked at the hatchling, then to Siren. Venom took a knee before Siren.
"Is this the heir to the throne my Queen?"
Venom asked will all sincerity. Siren looked confused. Venom looked up, hoping to see Siren in a positive attitude. Venom was now confused as well. Then Siren looked crossly at Venom.
"This is the heir."
She said definitively. Venom bowed his head and stood back up.
"If you don't mind, would you come with me?"
Venom asked politely. Siren put the hatchling in the straw.
"His name will be Emperor"
She said.
"Fine and dandy, now come on!"
Venom and Rojo said at the same time. The two of them looked at each other in amazement. Siren reluctantly left the room. The three ran back through the hallway, to the CourtYard.
"Where is your problem located Venom?"
Siren asked with curiosity. She looked at Venom, who was shifting uneasily
"It's at the Black Mesa Plateau"
Venom said reluctantly in between breaths. Siren stopped dead in her steps. She turned her head slowly to look at Venom, who had stopped in his tracks. Siren's stare burned into Venom.
"What….did you just say?"
She said with seething anger. Venom was not afraid of the storm, wind, or the blowing objects in the wind. He was now afraid of what Siren was going to do. Rojo looked around the area, seeing nothing new, he listened in on what Siren and Venom were talking about.
"Black Mesa Plateau is a very dangerous place!"
Siren exploded. Venom laughed nervously
"What were you even doing there anyway Sergeant Venom?"
Siren asked with the same anger that she held. Venom did not break eye contact. Siren raised her left hand and Venom flinched.
"Warp."
She said quietly. Rojo looked at Siren, who was cupping her hands out in front of her. An orb of light appeared in her hands, of which, turned into Emperor. She placed him on the ground and started another dangerous spell.
Fast Forward?
Rojo breathed to himself. This could end in one of two ways. The first way was Siren being able to complete the spell and losing most of her physical strength. The second way this could end would be Siren not being able to complete the spell and killing the hatchling trying to cast the spell.
"Stand back all of you."
Siren commanded the two. Rojo and Venom took a few steps back. She started to move her hands in an odd way. This was the first part. As she moved her hands, a blue-green substance started causing lines that arranged themselves into a timeline.
"You will take care of him for me, wouldn't you Rojo?"
Siren asked sadly. Rojo was taken off guard. She was almost never emotional. Rojo looked at Venom, who was staring incredulously at Siren, who had taken the worst path of this spell. Siren was slowly disintegrating into dust. She had tears streaming down her cheeks and a smile that was piercing through her obvious pain. The hatchling looked up at her.
"Fast Forward."
She said. The hatchling fell to the ground slowly. Then the changes started. The hatchling stood up, something that did not happen until a half revoltion of age. The hatchling grew in size rapidly, gaining muscle, mass, and intelligence. The Reborn appeared on the hatchling's back. Rojo and Venom were astounded. The grown yoshi did not look at them because it was focused on the deep blue orb that was being created by the dust of Siren.
"I will never desert those who were faithful to me."
Siren's voice said sadly. The orb slowly made its way to the child's right eye. The orb stopped right in front of the right eye of Emperor. The orb was pulsing now. Siren's face appeared in the orb, her face wavering in the pure power of the orb.
"You are my son, loved by many….I have approved you in my name."
Siren said lovingly to Emperor. A single tear fell from Emperor as the orb went into his right eye. Rojo and Venom looked at Emperor in awe and wonder. Emperor stood up to his new height and looked at Rojo and Venom. Emperor was radiating a small blue aura in his right eye.
"I do now know either of you, but I can assure you that I will help the both of you."
Emperor said. Rojo and venom looked at each other, then looked back at Emperor.
"We have work to do; Let's Go!"
Shouted Emperor as he took off running. He started with so much force, that he left a little crack in the ground from his launch force.
"We….should go."
Rojo slowly as he prepared his launch.
"Yeah, we should"
Venom agreed with a little laugh as he prepared his launch.
Yoshis have a very significant amount of muscles in their legs. When a yoshi launches, the force from the launch travels up the spine, and into the neck, which is not very strong. Therefore, it is important to keep your head down, and your feet parallel when you launch. Remember to keep your launching foot in the back so that you don't slip when you launch.
This was Rojo's thought as he went through the motions with Venom. They took off running.
Black Mesa Plateau is far from here, but by running, it should not be a long time before we get there.
Venom thought to himself as he ran, dodging various blowing objects from the wind and destruction of battle.
"Zero to Eighty Miles Per Hour in 3.2 seconds"
Rojo said jokingly as he kept pace with Venom. Venom knew this phrase well, for he was the one who created this phrase. Venom only said this as a joke, but it became a real test.
This was the hardest Physical Training test that the Yoshi soldiers had to do. In order to stay in the Island Defense Force, you needed to take an Acceleration Test.
Venom did a quick calculation in his head as he ran along.
A=Dv/Dt=D2r/Dt^2. Where Dv was the initial change of the object (Me) where Dt is the difference between the initial speed and the final speed of the object. Since my initial speed was O Meters Per Second and my final speed should be 80 Meters Per Second, and my available time to reach this speed is 3.2 seconds, I should be accelerating 25 Meters Per second Squared.
When venom figured this out, he nearly tripped and fell. Images of what he used to see every day blurred into smudges as he ran to the destination. Rojo and Venom ran most of the night and did not stop until the two reached Black Mesa Plateau, where they finally collapsed in exhaustion. The two of them looked at the change in scenery while they laid on the ground. The scenery changed from lush green, with lots of trees, grass and blue skies with little amounts of clouds, to a reddish color with almost nothing but bare ground with skeletons of various creatures. Thunder rumbled in the distance. Rojo and Venom heard crunching sounds, causing the two of them perfectly still in fear.
"Don't worry you two, it's just me."
A voice said. Rojo looked over to see the child.
"Oh thank the sky it's you, Emperor."
Rojo said with a sigh. Emperor put out his arm and helped the two to their feet.
"Where are we supposed to go now?"
Venom asked Emperor. Emperor pointed to a large, black plateau
"There is our destination."
Running was heard in the distance. The three turned to look at the figure that was coming at the three with breakneck speed.
"Is that..?"
Venom started to ask as the figure blew past them with a black blur. Emperor knew who this was, for the figure made eye contact with him as the figure ran by. The figure was running towards a large stone staircase that led up to the Black Mesa.
"We best be getting a move on."
Emperor declared. The others nodded and set off at a brisk pace to the stone staircase. The walk was not very long, but the group was starting to get hungry.
"Does anyone have anything on them?"
Rojo asked. Emperor stopped and produced some watermelons
"Where did you get those?"
Venom asked with a laugh. Emperor was confused, but he gave them the watermelons
"I have no idea."
He admitted. The others ate their watermelons quickly and looked at the staircase. The clouds were over the party now.
"Well, I guess this is it."
A voice said defeatedly behind the party. Rojo, Emperor, and Venom looked behind them.
"What are you doing here Marine?"
Rojo asked in wonder. Marine looked at the ground and scuffed his boot on the ground.
"Am I not supposed to be here?"
He asked softly. Rojo looked at Venom, who shrugged.
"Well, since you're here, you could help us in battle."
Rojo said slowly while turning to the bottom of the stairs.
Marine's eyes lit up with sheer delight. He jumped a little when a huge peal of thunder ripped through the area. The party started walking up the stone staircase. The air grew colder as they climbed the huge stairs. Marine looked over the side of the staircase, which he regretted soon after.
He threw up over the side of the staircase. Rojo laughed.
"Not used to going up high Marine?"
Venom said with a little laugh. Marine retched and threw up some more. Emperor handed Marine a towel to wipe his mouth on.
"Thanks."
Marine said with gratitude. Emperor helped him up and continued the long walk up the staircase. The higher they went, the colder it got, to which, Marine started to complain and complain….and complain. Venom started to become annoyed with Marine. Soon, Rojo had enough too.
"Shut UP!"
Rojo shouted. Marine fell silent and the team slowly made their way to the top of the plateau. Then they saw what exactly they were up against.
"Nothing's here?"
Venom asked the empty plateau.
"That was very anti-climactic."
Marine complained. Emperor could feel that something was off about the place. It was as if sound and life ceased to exist on this plane of existence.
"I never thought that you would've looked looked for me here."
A voice said through the silence. Everyone looked around to see if anyone was with them. No one could see anything...Except for Emperor. A slow wind blew over the plateau. The wind turned into visible streams of vapor, and they swirled together to form the body of a sinister figure that the three of them knew all too well.
"Happy to see me, guys?"
The figure said with that evil, entitled, malicious voice as he turned around to reveal who he was.
"Abyss."
Rojo, Emperor, Venom, and Marine said together.
"I suppose that you're looking for something Marine."
He taunted, getting ready to take something out. He flicked his finger and the Artifact fell into Abyss's hand.
"Oh no."
Marine moaned in disbelief. Abyss held the object up to his face in a mock study of the object.
"This is the Anti-Matter Core if I'm not mistaken, right Emperor?"
Abyss asked Emperor. Emperor's breath caught in his throat. It was just now that he started to wonder how and why he existed. He didn't know what to do or say, what to do, or what think.
"I think that I'll be Relieving you of your duty Marine."
Abyss said with a vicious sneer that showed fangs in his evil smile. Abyss laughed that sinister, blood curling maniac laugh that he knew how to do so well. He was now tossing the Artifact in his right hand as he looked at Emperor.
"So this is the so-called heir to the throne?"
Abyss asked with mock interest. Emperor was getting agitated real quickly. Emperor drew the Reborn off his back.
"Not so fast my dear brother."
Abyss said with a mocking voice. He opened the Anti-Matter-Core and lifted the bottle to his mouth. Black sinuous liquid moved slowly from the glass to Abyss's mouth. The party was astounded that they were watching something that was about as good as a purposeful suicide.
Emperor felt sudden compassion for Abyss.
"Stop!"
Emperor shouted to Abyss. He did not stop drinking the liquid until the bottle was empty. Abyss looked at Emperor. Suddenly, his demeanor changed; it was as if Abyss was being controlled by something...Emperor moved close to Abyss, who was twitching uncontrollably. He put both arms on Emperor, while the others just stared at Abyss in amazement.
"Run! Run away from me"
Abyss whispered to him.
"You don't have much time, and I don't want to hurt you"
He continued. Emperor didn't trust Abyss, but he could feel the compassion radiating from him. Without warning, a black mist swirled around Abyss, throwing Emperor back to where the others were. The mist gradually grew in size and power until a bright orb appeared in the center of the black twister that enveloped Abyss. A symbol appeared in the orb.
"No way….A Demonic Reversion?!"
Marine exclaimed over the howling winds. Rojo and Venom gripped their swords tight in fear.
The symbol was Blue, Black and Red and it glowed for a second and then disappeared. The wind slowly died down, but a rising scream was now ripping through the area. Then a bright white light blanked everything out. The light Receded slowly and the team rubbed their eyes to get the flashing lights, stars and blinking objects out of them. Abyss was still in the center of the vortex, but the vortex was slowly dissipating. When the tornado had fully dissipated, Abyss laughed again.
"The power is consuming him! We need to save him quickly!"
Emperor cried to Rojo. Rojo sheathed his sword and walked to where Emperor was standing.
He put his hand on Emperor's right shoulder and looked Emperor in the eyes.
"There's no saving him now."
Rojo said softly. Emperor looked back at Abyss.
"This is not my brother. He's way better than this. He's much nicer than this. He's….."
Emperor could not reason anymore. His friend was gone, and there was no way he could save him either. Emperor shook his head, sending a few tears over the ground. Emperor looked at Rojo again.
"Are you sure that there's no way we can save him?"
Emperor asked with a trace of hope. Rojo looked at Abyss who was glowing a deep purple color. His eyes were slowly turning pitch black. Venom sighed heavily
"If he doesn't put the bottle into his chest to complete the transformation, we'll most likely be able to save him."
Venom once again looked at the monster that was standing in the middle of the plateau. Blades were starting to grow out from the spaces between Emperor's fingers. He started to wince and groan as the blades cut through the scales. Blood started to seep from the wounds. Emperor did not care about the pain, but what he had to do now did. Abyss rose the Artifact into the air...And plunged the object into his chest. The wall image suddenly went out.
Thump.
Northwind fell to the ground, and the room went into chaos.