I got 5 reviews so I'm updating early! Thanks for all the support, you guys! It really motivates me! Here's the next chapter to Finding Perfection! I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Storm Hawks, Nerd Corps does. Vanessa really owns most of the plot and Kezzywezzy25 owns some of it. I own my OCs.
Previously on Finding Perfection…
Alexis has woken up in a strange land that's dead all around and has met an unknown person that hasn't been described yet.
The Storm Hawks are concerned about Aerrow because he's been acting strange. Piper believes that he's blaming himself for Alexis' death, and she's right, but he'd never tell her that.
The Dark Ace is sad about Alexis being gone and planning a funeral. He feels that, even gone, she still brings out more emotion in him than he's ever felt.
Fernando has left Alejandro to turn him in with Vendetta trailing him, unseen, to help. Alejandro has sworn vengeance on them and Roberto, who is a Cyclonian who spied on him for years.
I screamed at the horrifyingly strange person in front of me. It looked just like Ace, except he looked dead, just like the land around him. His eyes were so hollow that they were just holes in his head with cracks around them. Those teeth that were still present were jagged, like some kind of animal. There were only a few teeth left in his mouth though. His skin was gray and cracked all over. His clothes were also gray, and ripped. He looked like he was about to crumble away at any second. "Ace?" I asked.
"Why did you leave me?" He asked. His voice was hoarse. He sounded like he hadn't talked in years.
"I didn't want to leave you! Alejandro, Vendetta, and Fernando sent me away!" I cried.
"Why did you leave me?" He repeated. I cried out and ran away from the being. "Alexis! Why did you leave me?"
I hadn't been running for too long when I entered the town square and ran into another being. This one was a woman. I didn't recognize her. She looked down at me and said in a smooth, mysterious voice, "You're name is Alexis, and you're new here. Let me tell you about the Land of the Deceased."
"Okay. Maybe you can help me figure this place out." I said, my panic beginning to subside.
"The Land of the Deceased is a mortal who has been taken away from life too early last chance to live again." The woman said. She looked the same as Ace had, but it wasn't quite as terrifying since I'd never seen her in a normal form.
"How do I get back to live again?" I asked.
"You must find perfection."
"How do I do that?"
"To find perfection, you must face all your demons back in the mortal world. First, you will face those who you loved and left behind. Then, you will face those who took you away. Then, you will face your hardest demon of all. Yourself. You will settle all disputes inside you and go back to the world with a pure soul that pleases the gods."
"That sounds easy enough." I said confidently.
"One more thing… You only have six weeks to do so." She told me.
"Six weeks? Why?"
"That's how long it will take your body to decompose completely. Your body can be restored if you finish your task fast enough, but once it's completely gone, it's completely gone. Then, you'll be trapped in The Void for the rest of eternity."
"What's The Void?"
"It's a place where unwanted souls go. There's no sight, no time, no rest, and no one else."
I stared at her in disbelief. "I have six weeks to do something that I don't even know how to or else I'll be stuck in a personal hell for the rest of eternity?"
"Yes."
"How am I supposed to 'face my demons?'"
"You just have to find that person in the Land of the Deceased and say these words, Adsum occurrere, daemon."
"What does that mean?"
"That means 'I am here to face you, demon' in Latin."
"Who's the first demon that I have to face?"
"The Dark Ace. The love of your life. Your soul mate."
"How do I find him?"
"You've already met him."
I thought back to the corpse-looking Ace and exclaimed, "Him? Why does he look like that?"
"That is what his body looks like rotting away. That is what everyone here will look like, except for you. A soul never sees its body rotting, but it can see others misfortune. I must leave you now. Goodbye, Perfectionist. And good luck. You will need it." Then, just as suddenly as she had appeared, she was gone.
I turned with new-found determination, ready to face the anti-Ace.
Extremely short, I know, but things are really going to heat up. Also, 'Adsum occurrere, daemon' is really Latin for 'I am here to face you, demon.' I used a random internet translator though. It also really takes approximately six weeks for a body to rot. I love you guys so much that I actually researched for this chapter! I have the entire story planned out, so your reviews will decide when I put them up.
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