Here's the final chapter. I think it's the best one especially the end of the stories. I really hope you like it. Don't hesitate to review.
Chapter 5: Fighting the craziness.
Ario POV:
Since we can't come back, we just followed Seraphin. We didn't see him until we finished descending in the hole. We discreetly follow him. It was easy since we are invisible. We were following him for a while in this labyrinth of corridor. In a corner, we lost sight of him because he wasn't at the corridor. We suppose he was behind one of the door so…we try to open one of them but we failed to open it. We don't know how to open because they don't have a handle on it so all we can do is waiting. After a moment we hear a door open behind us. It was Seraphin. He move outside and was staying there a moment, outside of that room. He was sad and seems undecided. Theeb-Saar turns himself visible.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Shout Seraphin surprised.
The rest of us turn visible.
"HOW?" Said Seraphin.
"Calm down Seraphin." I said. "It's only us."
"…" Seraphin didn't look at us; his eyes were fixed on the floor.
"Seraphin, look at us." Order Theeb-Saar with a kind tone, but Seraphin wasn't willing to do it.
"Seraphin, you have to explain this to us. Why did you do such STUPID thing?" I said a little mad. "We feel like you betray us. What exactly were you thinking?"
"Well…" But Seraphin can't say another word. He really seems ashamed by his behavior, but he isn't cooperative with us.
"Please answer us." Said Theeb-Saar. "Why did you say it's a human business?"
"I must stop him myself…I didn't do it at the beginning. I should have stopped him sooner but I ran away, maybe some mipedians died because of this. I' m a coward…but…when I meet you Ario" Seraphin took a breath before continuing. "I finally found the courage to fight him. I just didn't want you to be injured…no…I didn't want any of you to be injured by him. So I run away because I was ready to fight him. It is a human business because Beruga is a human who harm and killed some of your kind…so I must stop him to correct what we humans have done to you." He said with conviction.
"But it's still stupid." I said. "It's also our business he attack our tribe. We are not stupid like the Underworlder. We know some of any tribe do things wrong against the will of his tribe. So your business is our business. It's also our fight…so we must be by your side when we fight him. You have to trust us…I already trust you." I also add, which surprise me, but it was true, I trust him. He didn't do anything against us and he was ready to help us. We are stranger to him but he still want to help us.
Seraphin smile gently and said:
"Your right. I'm a perfect idiot. Let's stop him side by side."
"Alright so now…how do we open those doors?" Ask Siado.
"Simple…You must press the red switch just here." Seraphin click on it…it was just beside the door. We were stupid…We didn't see that switch…AND IT WASN'T EVEN HIDDEN. Seraphin smile when he sees our face.
"Let's go." Said Theeb-Saar.
We were moving to those same labyrinth corridors, yeah, those stupid labyrinths again.
"So, when are we there?" Ask Vinta.
"It's still a long way but…we won't have to walk most of it." Said Seraphin. He then stops and we saw a door. Seraphin click on the switch but nothing happen.
"…" We were silent.
"…" Seraphin was a little frustrated for some reason. Then he shout: "DAMMIT, SINCE THE MOMENT WE INVENT THOSE ELEVATORS…THEIR STILL SLOW HAS EVER. WHY NO ONE HAVE THOUGHT TO MAKE THEM FASTER…WHAT…STILL…!%$."
That last word isn't worth a question from any of us. We didn't even ask what is an elevator…we will see it by our own eyes and…we were a little afraid by Seraphin sudden rage.
The door open.
"Finally." Said Seraphin still enrage but cease shouting.
We enter the elevator and we began our slow descent. I feel like my stomach was moving closer to my head, but that's just a sensation…right?
"…" We were silent.
"I have a question." Said Sobtjeck breaking the silence. "Did you see what cause the mankind fall?"
"Honestly no…If I have seen it…It means I would be already dead." Said Seraphin.
"Then it can come back one day?" Ask Iflar worried.
"I hope not." Was all Seraphin says. "I really hope not."
"…So this is an elevator." Said Theeb-Saar. "What's his purpose?" He seems to already now this but he asks this to make diversion to Iflar worries.
"It likes the stairs, but you don't have to walk." It was exactly what I think.
"Another question." Suddenly asks Sobtjeck. "How does this letter was understandable by us? It's clearly not an ordinary paper."
"It's because of Beruga research in the computer. It contains any information he obtains from you and I use it for an automatic translation on this artificial paper. It was made for that purpose so I use it when I get away."
"I see." Said Sobtjeck. We didn't understand what a computer was but we were already in the good floor and we have no time to question Seraphin.
The door opens and we walk outside of it.
"I guess we are close now." Said Mudeenu. "Do you think that Beruga knows anything about the Cothica?"
"No…He absolutely doesn't care about this." Says Seraphin.
"I also think that." Says Mudeenu. He was honest, he just asks…just in case.
We then walk a long corridor. It was the only one. When we reach the door at the end Seraphin asks:
"Are you ready?"
"Yes." We all say.
"Then let's open the door." Said Seraphin.
Seraphin press the switch and the door opens. When it was open, they enter in the room, when they all pass the door, it suddenly close behind them with a loud bang.
"Welcome in my laboratory." Said a sinister voice.
We look at the source of the voice and when we see him Seraphin then said:
"Beruga."
He is an insane human. I say this just by his eyes. He wears a white cloth covering all of his body. His face shows cruelty and superiority, even at Theeb-Saar. I was thinking about his superiority of course.
"Well, if it isn't the number one returning to me." Said Beruga ignoring us.
"You already know my name anyway." Said Seraphin. "I'm here to stop you anyway."
"Stop me…Stop me from what exactly. You shouldn't let those inferior being corrupt you number one."
"Corrupt me…The hell with that shit! YOU ARE THE CORRUPT ONE…Or maybe you're just crazy…" Said Seraphin.
"Who do you think you call inferior?" Said Mudeenu angrily. "From my point of view you are just a killer who needs to receive his judgement for all member of our tribe you kill, SO YOU ARE AN LOWLY INFERIOR BEING." I think Mudeenu only mean Beruga.
Beruga begin to laugh at Mudeenu like he was a complete idiot. It makes Mudeenu angrier at him.
"No one comprehends what I'm doing…It's just because you are imbeciles." Says Beruga. "You understand what I mean right number one."
"Of course not." Said Seraphin. He begins to be really annoyed by this name.
"Why do you call him number one?" Ask Vinta, his tone show he was angry. "His name his Seraphin and you should call him by his name Beruga."
"Why? I guess a genius like me must explain everything." He said that in a way I really dislike. "I call him number one because he's the best subject I have for my project. He has the strongest genes in his body. He is near the perfection of a human. It is almost impossible to find such a masterpiece. I also obtain 999 other humans who also have extremely strong genes, 500 females and 500 males before mankind fall. I froze all of them in flesh. Why in flesh and not in time? It's only because I didn't stop the processes of evolution when we were frozen. We didn't age. We evolve but how shall be discovered later. With them, we will repopulate the earth with the most perfect humans around the world, but they was a little problem…You" He pointed to us. "and the other species." He talks about the tribes. "are in my ways. All I need to do his killing all of you and humans will be the master of this planet again."
He answers more than our questions.
"Classic…cliché villain speech." Whispered Seraphin. "You intend to purge the planet. You're crazy. We have no place in this new world and you know it. If you don't…you're not a genius but a stupid daydreamer." Says Seraphin.
"DO NOT SPEAK TO ME THAT WAY!" Shout beruga. "I have enough of these little explanations." He then turn to something and push some switch.
We heard a sound and we saw a giant…robot appearing in the room. It was the same one that almost kills me, but this time…I was ready.
"Do not worry Seraphin…I will only kill the non-humans." Said Beruga.
Seraphin looks at us and smile.
"You can count on me." He said.
The battle begins now.
3rd POV:
The robot charge at the groups: He point missile at the team but they all dodge the blow.
"Iflar, Take cover!" Shout Mudeenu. Iflar obey Mudeenu because he knew he can't fight well against such a strong enemy. He already knew it will be a tough battle.
Seraphin charge at it, he took out his handle, press a switch and a blade appear. He tried to cut something at the neck of the robot but he fail. The robot throws him at a wall and Seraphin was absent-minded.
Ario charge at the robot and tried to enter in his legs like Seraphin did when he met him but, BANG, his head charge at a metallic part stopping him from entering in the robot.
"AAARRRGGGHHH THAT HURT!" Complain Ario putting his hand on his head.
"HAHAHAHA! I'm a genius, I won't let a weakness exposed 2 consecutive time." Said Beruga with satisfaction.
"Flash Kick!" Shout Vinta. He tries this attack but he fail to damage the robot.
"Wind Slash!" Said Both Siado and Sobtjeck but it also fail.
The robot shoot missiles again and the mipedians still successfully dodge it.
"Inferno Gust!" Shout Mudeenu. A flaming gust of fire appears from his hands and hit the robot but it was still ineffective.
The mipedians tried our Battlegear but they were all inactive.
"Oh right, I forgot to warn you that the electromagnetic in the base cause great problems for Battlegear functionality." Said Beruga with cruelty.
"Bastard." Said Ario
Out of their eyes, Iflar has drag Seraphin to safety and tries to regain Seraphin senses. He succeeds and Seraphin looks at Iflar.
Seraphin knew the battle can go wrong at any second. The mipedians are clearly losing the battle in the long term.
"Tornado-Tackle!" Shout Ario. 2 tornados collide at the robots but it fail again to damage it.
"Granite Ball, Frost Blight!" Shout Theeb-Saar. In his left hand, his granite balls attacks his big and powerful and in his right hand was also powerful at the same time. It makes the robot lose his stance and fall on the ground, but they sees that the robot wasn't injured by it. "We have to find another way."
Seraphin knew what to do. He begins to move closer to Beruga without being notice by him, to so that, he participates to the battle against the giant robot.
The robot shot another missile and Mudeenu fail to entirely dodge it. The blast injure Mudeenu chest and he lose lots of orange blood. The blast also hurls Mudeenu at the wall behind Iflar.
"MUDEENU!" Shout Iflar. Iflar runs to his cousin side and look at the wound. "Hang in there." He takes out of his pocket a pentagon object and let it flew to the air. Iflar call out his mugician and shout: "SONG OF RECOVERY." A strange music is heard and a light covered Mudeenu's body. His injured heal and he was ready for to continue to fight.
"What is that?" Said Beruga. He didn't know what it was. Beruga was distracted by the sound and Seraphin know it was now or never.
Suddenly Seraphin was just beside Beruga.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" Shout Seraphin. He uses his knife and cut a part of his left side neck. He cut his carotid and was bleeding massively like a fountain. A part of his blood fall on Seraphin body when he was giving Beruga a last glance on his dying body.
Beruga was dead but the robot was still active. Seraphin head to the computer and look at it. It will be faster if I found the password than hacking. Thinks Seraphin.
The battle was still on fire against the robot. The mipedians was weaker and weaker and defeating is drawing near.
Seraphin though: Dammit what's the damn password: Erios1556…No…project king…Fuck…Don't tell me… Seraphin press 6 letters: B-E-R-U-G-A. It was the good password.
…He was a genius but he sucks with naming password…also is project name…King…WTF is that project name about us.
The giant robot was finally inactive, but the mipedians didn't know why.
"We won!" Shout Siado. "We are the victors."
"That was…a…tough fight." Said Sobtjeck. "It wasn't an easy one."
"We didn't do anything." Says Theeb-Saar.
"!" They were all constern.
"I don't know what you have done Seraphin but you save our life. Thank you." Says Theeb-Saar.
"I just deactivate it. Not a big deal." Says Seraphin. Then he whispered: "It's almost over."
Seraphin then walk away.
"WAIT!" Shout Ario following him.
The remaining mipedians began observing the room. Vinta manage to open the door when he remembers he must press the red switch and enter the room.
"Theeb-Saar…I…found the missing mipedians. In the…I think it's a laboratory." Says Vinta in a dark tone exiting that room. "Follow me."
They enter the room and they saw their comrade…all of them were dead. Their body was open in a discussing way.
"…That monster…" Says Siado. "He didn't just kill them he…"
"He dissects them." Says Mudeenu with great rage and indignation.
Sobtjeck keeps moving until he saw the last one.
"The others were lucky." Says Sobtjeck. "Beruga was worse than the wickeder Underworlder to that one."
"He…He opened his body…alive." Says Iflar very sad for the poor mipedian. The dead face mipedian was still showing great pain and torment by that.
"He…" Vinta stays silent. He didn't want to say in front of Iflar that he meets a slow and painful dead.
"When Bajar is here…We will bury them properly." Says Theeb-Saar.
"May they find the peace in the afterlife." Says Iflar.
"Let's rejoin Ario and Seraphin." Says Theeb-Saar.
They all obey him.
Ario POV:
I finally caught him in front of the elevator. I stop him from using it.
"You still thinking about that right?" I ask.
"Yes." Answers Seraphin.
"…How can you say that so easily? How can you give up life that way?" I ask.
"HOW DO YOU THINK I CAN LIVE WITHOUT MY PARENTS? HOW DO YOU THINK I CAN LIVE WITHOUT MY FRIENDS? HOW DO YOU THINK I CAN LIVE AFTER LOSING EVERYONE I CARE? HOW DO YOU THINK I CAN LIVE AFTER LOSING MY LOVE? I'M…I'm not ready to truly live in the adult world…I'm just 14 years old…I'm supposed to be reckless and stupid…I'm supposed to be love by my parents. I wasn't supposed to kill any human being…yet…I just kill Beruga without any mercy…I just destroy a life. I'm just a teenager…I…I'm just not ready to live my own life by myself." Then Seraphin cries. He cries all the pain he kept within himself since he was awake in our time. All his pain suddenly exposed.
I can only do one thing. It was a little childish for me but…words can't help him…only a simple action. I…hug him. His head was on my upper chest, just under my neck. I can feel the tears on my chest and flow to my belly. I can feel his broken soul. I hear some footsteps.
One of my fears was true. I saw the other mipedians coming next to me. They say nothing and just watch.
After a moment, Seraphin tears began to slow down and he ceases crying. He then looks at me. The white part of his eyes has red line in it.
"…Thanks." Says Seraphin.
"What happen?" Ask Iflar.
I explain our little discussions with Seraphin consent.
"I see." Says Theeb-Saar. He can't find any word that can change Seraphin mind.
"I must to this…and also the remaining survivor." Says Seraphin.
"Survivor?" We say in surprise.
"Yes. The 999 others." He answers. "All of them are kind like me…When we were frozen in flesh. Our life shall end soon. I'm sorry."
Suddenly, something unnatural happen. The air became colder and Seraphin look a little over us and said:
"Mom." He then does a little smile. We turn around and we saw floating in the air a transparent human.
"A human spirit." Said Sobtjeck. "This energy is similar to the mugician…could it be?" He then remains silent. Wait, humans spirit are the mugician…can it be real or it's just his imagination?
"My son…I'm so proud of you." She says, her voice is calm and warns our heart and soul. "I am proud of what you become. I just wanted to talk to you…Don't give up your life my son. They need you and you need them…even if you don't realise it now. I know you want to be with us but I want you to find happiness in the living world. I'm sure you will be sad but…You have friends by your side. You can't leave them behind right."
"But…What can I do? What am I in this new earth?" Ask Seraphin.
"You are lucky." She said gently. "You are young…A teenager. You still need to forge your identity. Please…Live your live in Perim with the other humans…Your love one isn't dead…She's frozen like you were. My beautiful son, look at me and smile." Seraphin give a small yet true smile. "Your life only begin…I will always be by your side…even if you don't see me…I must go for now…The effect is wearing off." She then turns to Sobtjeck and smile. "Your right." She turns to Mudeenu and Iflar. "I was able to talk to you my son because Iflar use my will to heal his cousin…Our soul has evolve like your body…We are the mugician in this world, but do not hesitate to call us…We won't disappear…We just moving elsewhere…Good-bye." She says. She then disappears in shining light.
"Good-bye…Mom." Said Seraphin. He didn't cry this time. His eyes show a new strength within him when I look at him. It was hidden by sadness and sorrow.
We were also surprise by that revelation. Our mugic depend on the fallen humans…No one couldn't have thought of this.
"How can they be mugician?" Ask Vinta. "I remember seeing some strange things in the desert and hear beautiful song sometimes ago but-"
"It was the mugician singing." Answer Theeb-Saar. "It's in the hidden book guard by the royal family. Sometime, someplace in Perim, when mugician are together…we can hear them singing. We don't know what they are singing about but each time…a miracle happen in Perim. Their last song was the human's resurgence. Your presence is truly a miracle. Listen…You can live with us if you want…we are your friends like she said and we would be gladly accept all of you in our tribe…unless they want to live with the other tribes. I shall prepare the 4 tribes meeting." Theeb-Saar then mumbles.
"Mom…I shall respect your wish." Seraphin says, eyes closed. "You're right, we have a place in this world…We just have to find it…Alright, I accept it because we are friends. Come with me, I shall awake them now."
We took the elevator and we go to the room where Seraphin was when we reveal our presence. He opens the door and we saw something intriguing and beautiful at the same time. We saw all of the remaining humans in green ice in a strange position.
"There are in their fetal position. It a position we have before we are born." Says Seraphin.
"You mean before you get out of the egg." Says Vinta.
"…I don't want to explain how we work." Says timidly Seraphin.
He then moves to a computer and press some switch.
We hear a loud sound and we see some laser melting the ice of each human. Theeb-Saar gets out during the slow process and brings the Bajar and the rest of the mipedian to the ground to take the bodies of the dead and bury them with dignity. When it was done he orders the army to stay outside. It was clear the humans will be scare by so much eyes looking at their…naked body. We took some cloths in a room and prepare a set for each of them. When the melting was over…the humans open their eyes and they saw us. They all feared us but we manage somehow to calm them. Some of them present themselves like that Tom, Kaz…I can't understand his full name in one time, Peyton and Sarah. They have 11 years old. I don't know why I remember them…maybe because they have a great future ahead of them…or just luck that I remember them.
"Seralina!" Shout Seraphin.
"Hum…Seraphin!" She says. She gave him a big smile. They look at each other's in the eyes. "What's happening?" She says, pointing her fingers at us.
Seraphin and all of us explain everything to the humans and our intentions. After a while…and wearing some cloths they follow us outside the lab. They saw an army of our kind outside but we calm their fear and we move slowly to Windale.
I saw Seraphin moving with his girlfriend…as the humans said, their hands in the others. Seraphin look at the sky and said:
"Mom…look at me…You will be so proud of me…I'm going to live a great live without regret."
He looks at me and smile. I smile back.
I wonder what the future lies ahead of us. I'm sure we won't regret their presence, the presence of this…fallen tribe.
AC: This is the last chapter of the first season. Their still a epilogue left and the second season will very soon begin. In the second season: The true story begins. You will discover their live with the 4 tribes. 5 different stories and they will cross the others... After all, one story affects the others. One story per tribes.
In the next season, Tom, Kaz., Sarah and Peyton will be important and the other tribes will all have their story.
