To Find the Infection 2: Gladiator

Chapter 19: Plea from Another Place

The forest shrubs and greenery blew in the wind as Tanna Jr. ran by. Dust kicked up from beneath his boots as he dashed towards the feeling he had felt for four years now. He could tell. Today was going to be the day that he would get some answers. Jr. continued to leap from tree to tree, and occasionaly burst forward into the air, but fell right out of the sky due to his lack of energy for running so far.

Jr. stopped to breathe, and get more air into his body. He couldn't believe how much he exhausted himself in such a short amount of time.

"Must've been running a bit too fast." Jr. thought to himself as he breathed. He stood straight up, and looked around. He was standing in a wide open field. Flowers and the greenest of grass covered this field. It was as if this place had been fully restored from a disaster of some sort. He picked a flower out of the ground. It had a bright yellow center, and large pink petals that surrounded it. Jr. let the flower go, and watched the wind take it into the sky. Jr. inspected the area again. He spotted a large crack in the surface of the area. He approached it with caution, and looked straight down into it.

Tanna gasped when he saw nothing below. It was not because of the darkness that lie within the caves below, but it was the feeling inside of his body. It was so large that he couldn't stand it. His head rattled with pain, and, unable to control it, Jr. fell onto the ground, and fell unconcious due to the extreme pain.

"Tell me, why did you kill Tanna?" said a strange person. This person looked unique. He had long golden hair, and his muscles were clearly visible. He appeared incredibly strong. There were other man. The others were larger, and had the same long golden hair. The others however, looked more fierce than the previous speaker.

Both creatures smiled simultaneously. "Well, to tell you the truth, he was just another pawn who would get in my way. Nothing important." they both spoke.

No sooner did the creatures speak their reply, everything faded away. Jr. found himself laying face-first into the dirt and grass. He quickly stood up, and looked around. The feeling that he had been getting was gone. Jr. felt crushed as he looked back on what he had "seen."

"So, you're dead?" Jr. thought to himself.

"I'm afraid he is." said a distant voice.

Jr. quickly turned around to see a large figure within eye distance. He couldn't see his body features, but it was apparent that this was no human. It had what resembled wings on it's back, and it was much larger than anyone Jr. had seen.

"Who are you?" Jr. shouted towards the strange figure.

"Just a friend of Tanna's." Rahk said.

Jr.'s face widened. "You knew my father? How?"

Rahk smirked. "Yea, but only for about a day. He had been poisoned, and killed by a man."

"Who?" Jr. demanded, anxious to know who killed him.

"You should know 'The Juggernaut', no?" Rahk replied.

"Are you telling me," Jr. said, inching closer to the man, "that..."

Before he could finish, the enter field began to swirl around Jr. and Rahk. Jr. looked into the sky. It had turned a dark black color. A large energy had suddenly revealed itself.

"What the hell?" Jr. shouted towards the darkness in the sky.

"Its about time." Rahk smiled. The darkness swirled around the two fighters. It resembled what would look like a hurricane in the sky. It's purple tint gave it a fiendish appearance. The center of the darkness opened up, and a large purple hand came out with an enormous amount of speed, and it was heading straight for Rahk.

Rahk simply stood, and allowed the giant hand to grasp his entire body. His wings bent into the "fingers" of the darkness, and without another moment, the hand sucked him into the vortex. Jr.'s face widened.

"Hey! What the hell are you?" Jr yelled towards the vortex. He could feel the power intensify upon him, and only him. It was as if the vortex shifted its attention towards Jr. alone. Another dark hand came outward, and shot towards Jr., attempting to grab him.

"NO!" Jr. shouted. The jumped into the air and away from the hand, but it reacted at such a speed that it wouldn't matter. The hand clutched Jr.'s body, and began to suck him into the darkness.

"Let me GO!" Jr. shouted. Power began to explode from within his body, and in a glorious flash of light, he emerged from the dispersed hand. His hair was spiky, and glowed a bright golden color. He smiled as the darkness of the hand vanished.

It was no use however. No sooner did the darkness disperse did it return, grasping Jr.'s body once again. Jr. struggled, but the hand squeezed the energy right out of Jr.'s body. His hair quickly reverted back to its dark black color, and like Rahk, he was unwillingly taken into the portal. Once his body was inside, the vortex immediately dissapeared.

The wind blew in the lush open fields once again, except this time, it was followed by a dark, evil laugh.