Legacy of Travas
Chapter 3- Explanations
For what only took minutes to arrive at the abandoned Hospital basement seemed like hours to both Janos and Travas as they tried to remain in the shadows. Upon arrival, they were met with many abandoned tools, tables, and hospital equipment, some of which had been unused whatsoever. Travas now sets his stuff upon the dusty floor and grabs two seats for himself and Janos so they can begin to plan their next move from there.
"I thank you for grabbing me a seat", Janos said politely as he sat down. "However, until my teleportation powers come back within my grasp, we are going to have to set camp here, which I'm saying at about two to three weeks from now", Janos explained.
"I understand", Travas replied. "However, we should have enough unused, yet needed hospital blood that could last us for some time. At the same time, I'm gonna do a bit of research on the blood thirst curse to see the history behind it or possibly make some sort of blood thirst suppression medication that could reduce how often we need to feed on blood", Travas continued to explain.
"Wait, there are healing items that could reduce our need to drink blood, something that could suppress our vampuric curse", Janos replied with curiosity and a small hint of relief and excitement.
"It could be possibly made if I can find the chemicals inside a vampire's body that causes us to feed on blood. That way, we can find out what other ones can help reduce those urges and less lives are killed", Travas explained, but he saw a worried expression on his face. What's wrong", he asked in a concerned tone.
"I'm just a bit worried that if what you said is true, but does not work at all… then all of my hopes of finding a way to stop or reduce the thirst will be lost. I say this because I do not wish to have any more innocent lives killed just to continue our vampuric curse", Janos said worriedly.
"I'll make sure that I make the medication work so we won't have many lives killed. In a way, this will act very similar to that of hemostatic medicine, to which it stops or slows the bleeding down so they could have a better chance of living. In other words, our theoretical medicine should help slow the blood thirst down. Thus allowing more people to live", Travas explained further.
"I hope that the medicine works, otherwise all of Nosgoth's people will be in peril". Janos thought worriedly.
"There's no need to worry about that. I'll do whatever I can within my power to help the people of Nosgoth". Travas replied, clearly showing Janos that he can read minds as he looks at him shocked.
"I hope you don't mind me expressing my curiosity, but how did you know what I have been thinking within my mind", Janos asked. "And how did you know I was coming here from the very beginning", He continued on.
Though Travas wasn't sure if he was able to believe him or not, he took a deep breath and began to clear his mind.
"I was able to read your thoughts, and apparently, I knew you were coming since I've seen the future, which concludes that I'm a psychic", Travas explained to Janos. "I also saw the battle between you, Kain, and the Sarafan Lord, or in other words, the Hylden General. I've been seeing these visions about a day after I got my psychic abilities during a tournament that was held about five weeks ago. At first, they were unclear and I didn't get what they supposedly meant. But over time, I lined up the pieces together and soon enough, I understood what they were and their meanings leading to this point", He continued on.
"Then I must ask you this: How did you get your psychic abilities in the 1st place", he asked
"Well… I actually got them during a match between an opponent and myself. It was during the semi-finals of the Tenth Alopex Martial Arts Tournament", Travas said. "However, he was an opponent that I have never seen before. He had a similar body structure to yours, but took a somewhat 'skeletal' form. We both got on the platform and we were getting ready for the match"
*Flashback*
The cheers of the crowd within the Veron Opus Stadium can be heard loudly amongst the contestants of the Tenth Annual Alopex Martial Arts Tournament. It had taken place on the last day of February and Travas looked upon the arena stage from the waiting room with a confident smirk on his face. Soon the Announcer arrives on the Arena as he prepares to announce the next round of the semi-final match.
"Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the second round of the semi-final match of the Tenth Annual Alopex Martial Arts Tournament! On the left side, we have the Academy's favorite student and who is the son of the well-respected Solarfox General, Travas Starfox Sr. Please welcome one of the Solarfox Academy's top students, Travas Avery Starfox", the announcer yelled as he pointed at Travas' direction. As a response, he waved at the announcer and to his fans as well while they cheered for him upon his arrival on stage.
"And his opponent, though we may not know his true identity or of his origins, we do know that he's definitely a wonder and obviously foreign as he fought his way to the semi-finals with ease. Let's give a hand for, 'The Mysterious One'", the announcer yells once again as he points to the direction of "The Mysterious One" they called him while he got up to the platform. The only thing he did was that he began staring at Travas and gets into battle position. In response, Travas does the same while they wait anxiously for the announcer to begin the match.
"Let the match begin", the announcer said as the crowd cheered on and both Travas and 'The Mysterious One' began to strike each other fiercely. For the next five minutes or so, the only thing they were doing is simply blocking each other's attacks.
"This has got to be one of the most intense matches that I've ever seen in my life. By far, neither one has landed a single punch on each other", the Announcer said upon the sight. But soon after, it was Travas that would get the first punch in his opponent's gut, but 'The Mysterious One' quickly kicks onto his chest, but Travas only managed to block one of them while he took a few seconds to recover.
"Man, this guy is definitely something else. Looks like I may have to be careful when making my own moves against him", Travas though in his mind while continuing to block 'The Mysterious One's' attacks.
*Present*
"It was then, that the next thing my opponent had done had shocked the daylights out of me and some others as well", Travas continued to explain as Janos nodded as he continued to listen to him.
*Flashback*
"Right you are, Travas", 'The "Mysterious One' said. "You're going to have to watch on how you plot your moves carefully otherwise you will meet your peril sooner than your expectations", He continued on as Travas looked at him in a shocked manner.
"What…?! Did… did he just read my mind", Travas thought shockingly.
"Yes… I have indeed read your mind, and soon enough, you'll will meet an unexpected end upon which you stand", 'The Mysterious One' claimed in sheer pleasure as he powers up some energy blasts on the palm of his hands. Travas looks at him shockingly and begins to get into his fighting stance. Once 'The Mysterious One' finishes powering up, he begins to shoot multiple blasts towards Travas as he begins dodging his attacks swiftly. However, 'The Mysterious One' begins to fly in the air as Travas continues to dodge them. Then suddenly, he was hit by one of the blasts and was headed straight towards the outside of the ring.
"Looks like I've won this match since he's flying out of the ring", 'The Mysterious One' thought to himself as he watches Travas fly out of the ring.
*Within the Crowd*
"Oh no… Mommy, Travas has been blasted by one of his opponent's attacks and he's headed outside of the ring", Scarlet said worryingly as she covered her eyes, not wanting to see her brother's defeat. Then all of the sudden, 'The Mysterious One', the Starfox family, and the crowd were caught by surprise as they saw Travas begin to float above the ground, thus stopping the impact from ever occurring. Travas smirks at this as the entire crowd continued look at him flying in the air with intrigued, shocked looks upon their faces.
"Well, folks… I don't know how to explain this, but somehow it seems that Travas has begun flying and both he and his opponent are in mid-air", the Announcer said with a shocked, and frightened tone. In a similar manner, the Starfox family continued to look upon their beloved son in shock, who was now flying above the ground with ease.
"Mommy, Travas is flying", Scarlet yells as she and her family look at him in shock.
"How is this possible", Victoria Starfox asked shockingly as she holds onto her toddler kit, Erica gently, but firmly. "I've never seen Travas fly in the air like this… not even once. How did our son learn to perform such a trick", she asked as her mate looked at their son in shock.
"You've got me there, hon, and something tells me that Travas' opponent isn't from this world… maybe not of this dimension" Travas Sr. said worriedly.
*In the Ring*
"Well, it looks like you're not the only one who could fly in mid-air", Travas said to his opponent while smirking.
"Though I'm not very surprised by this, it looks like I've underestimated you by quite a good proportion", 'The Mysterious One' claimed. "But let me ask you this: Will it be enough to defeat me".
"I'm honestly not sure", stated Travas. "However it's enough for me to even the odds out". Travas answered as they now begin to clash into each other's fists and kicks once more. As a response, the entire arena is shaken by their powerful attacks, causing the crowd to feel a mix of excitement and fear from their impact.
Soon enough, 'The Mysterious One' begins to have the upper hand as he lands multiple punches on Travas, leaving him bruised a little. Shortly, though, he begins to recover from his injuries and flies back while managing to get a few roundhouse kicks on him. However, his opponent grabbed one of them and threw him down on the ground to face a strong impact. But before he hits the arena, however, he quickly recovers and flies back up to his opponent and begins to throw fierce punches at him, causing his opponent to be caught by surprise and bruised somewhat harshly. Then the next thing his opponent tried was to perform a few strong bicycle kicks on him, yet Travas simply blocked him and grabbed his leg while he threw him down to the ground. But like Travas, his opponent recovers quickly and begins to fight back more fiercely than before, making multiple attacks on Travas while he dodged his opponent's effortlessly.
"I gotta think of something fast before this fight gets out of control", Travas thought to himself as he kept fighting and getting beaten to a pulp.
"You're right there, Travas. You're gonna have to think fast since the clock's ticking", 'The Mysterious One' replied as he takes the match to higher levels. However, Travas ended up doing the same thing, managing to block more of his opponent's attacks a he fought on harder. Soon enough Travas had a good advantage over him, though is still damaged badly from his opponents attacks.
After about a minute of physical clashing, 'The Mysterious One' flew back and fired an energy blast at Travas, in which he dodged it, but the blast itself burned half of his sleeveless shirt. Afterwards, they both landed on the ground as Travas ripped off the remaining bits of his shirt left, revealing his well muscular toned torso.
"Well, I missed you by a hair. How lucky of you",' The Mysterious One' said while panting a bit hard.
"And I have to admit, you are one of the strongest opponents I've ever faced in my entire life", Travas said while he was panting a bit hard as well.
"I thank you for that. For someone who is a normal being in this dimension, you are also one of the strongest adversaries I have ever fought as well", replied 'The Mysterious One'. "It is about time that I told you who and what I am", he continued while removing his hood to reveal a being with long black hair, glowing green pupils, and containing a young, yet bony face to that of someone who was in his mid-twenties. "My name is Zepherus, and I have come from a distant land known as Nosgoth. I am also from of another race of superior beings known as the Hylden. I was sent here to compete against some of the strongest fighters and the one that is the strongest, will be able to obtain my 'gift'", Zepherus explained while smirking.
"'Gift'… What do you mean by that", Travas asked suspiciously.
"Let's find out, shall we", Zepherus said as he begins to charge straight towards Travas. Then he begins to charge at him as well. However, Zepherus disappeared within his own eyes, causing to Travas begins to look around to find him.
"Huh… where did he go", Travas thought as he looked around.
"Simple, I'm about to give you my 'gift'", Zepherus said as he appeared behind him and used his hand to strike the back of Travas' neck, causing him to yell in pain and was knocked down to the ground unconscious.
"Whoa, it looks like Travas is down for the count folks. It looks like that Zepherus may have- wait, he's getting back up", the Announcer said as Travas began to get back up, however slowly. This time, though, it seems that he's bothered by a lot of voices he's hearing in his head. He then looks at Zepherus in shock, agony, and angered disgust.
"What… what the FUCK DID HE DO TO ME", Travas thought loudly as he tried to cover his ears from the voices he's hearing.
"Simple, I have given you my 'gift'", Zepherus thought with a mischievous smirk on his face as Travas heard him.
"You mean the ability to read people's minds", Travas asked in a recalling manner.
"Yes… and so can you now, Travas. I have given this to you as a gift so that you can see", Zepherus explained mischievously.
"See what", Travas asked with small rage.
"To see the horror of your own end", Zepherus explained as he started laughing hysterically, enjoying every bit of cursing Travas with his gift. This enraged Travas deeply as he began to strike back at Zepherus with very strong attacks of his own, sending him flying with the first three attacks. But on the forth attack, Zepherus responded by teleporting to him while kicking him in the gut and striking him hard on his back. This caused Travas to crash-land on the arena platform while creating a crater from the impact.
*In the audience*
"TRAVAS", Victoria, Travas Sr., and Scarlet screamed as they saw what has happened to their son. Both Victoria and Scarlet were brought into tears upon the sight.
*In the arena*
"Well folks, it seems he's down for the count for sure this- wait, it seems he's getting back up, this is amazing that he continues to fight. There's no doubt that he has strong will", the announcer says as the crowd continues to cheer on Travas. However, Travas is both bruised and bloodied from the damage he's sustained from the impact.
"I… I have to keep going and think of something fast," Travas thought within his own mind. "If I don't, I won't just lose the tournament… I'll end up losing my life at the process", He continued his thought as he begins to power up some energy between his hands.
"So you really want to fight this out to the very end, huh" Zepherus asked as he began to power up some dark energy between his hands while in mid-air. Travas began to form a fire-based energy as Zepherus formed a shadow-based energy.
"Dragon's", Travas yelled.
"Shadow's", Zepherus yelled.
"Fiery", Travas yelled as his energy became stronger.
"Merciless", Zepherus yelled as his energy became stronger as well.
"KAMIKAZE", Travas screamed as he fired his blast upon Zepherus.
"PHANTOM BEAM", Zepherus screamed as his energy beam shot back at Travas, Clashing with his own attack. Both fighters kept on pushing each other back and forth as they both gotten stronger by the second, causing anxiety among the crowd watching. After a thirty second clash between each other's blasts, Travas began to overpower Zepherus' own beam. Once it got to Zepherus, though, he smirked and went through Travas' own blast as he sucker-punched him by surprise, causing the vulpin to be knocked onto the ring on his back.
"How pathetic, you didn't even realize that I was able to withstand that blast. I have to admit that the blast was extremely powerful. However it wasn't enough to engulf me within your flames. Now how about you do me a favor and GET THE FUCK BACK UP", Zepherus yelled as he used his telekinetic abilities to grab Travas to bring him towards him in the air and punched him in the face, causing him to crash onto the ring once again. With this, Zepherus began to laugh hysterically as he teleported in front of him. Then he uses his telekinesis once more to pick him up and kicks him into the air, sending Travas flying into the Alopex sky. However, Zepherus teleported on top of Travas and struck his back once again, causing him to crash-land onto the arena and creating another crater.
"As they say, all things must come crashing down sooner or later", Zepherus said while flying down onto the ring once again, staring at Travas' unconscious body.
"Again, Travas looks like he's down for the count. He's got til ten until he loses the match", the announcer said as he gets onto the ring. "One… Two… Three… Four… Five…"
"Excellent, he may finally be dead at last for his consciousness is fading away slowly, but surely", Zepherus thought as he smirked and chuckled to himself.
"Six… Seven… Eight… Nine… and- wait a second", the Announcer said in surprise as he saw Travas get back up "Unbelievable… Travas is once again getting back up. Look at this vulpin's courage and continuing fire that continues to burn within his body. He's taken a lot of damage and still keeps going".
"What! Oh for fuck's sake, vile creature. Haven't you heard of throwing in the towel for once? Shit, man… It's like you're so fucking stubborn and just won't quit", Zepherus yelled as he sighs in frustration. "God Damnit, it looks like I'm gonna have to take the burning ambition right out of your fucking carcass", he yelled angrily as he powers up an electrical energy that becomes almost like a symbiotic energy blade and goes towards him.
"Damnit… I'm almost out of energy and my body can hardly move… I have to do something or I'm gonna die", Travas thought to himself as he was panting heavily from the injuries he's sustained on his blood-stained body.
"Now DIE YOU BASTARD", Zepherus yelled as he began to fly towards Travas by means of removing his head from his body.
*in the Audience*
"TRAVAS, NOOOOOOOOOO", Scarlet Screamed as she saw that her brother was about to die by the hands of Zepherus... until something happened that is.
*On the Ring*
As Zepherus was halfway at striking his weakened opponent down, Travas had suddenly grabbed onto his opponents wrist while his body started to smoke from the raging energy inside him. Soon, a purple-red colored energy began to burst out of Travas' body, causing shock amongst the crowd and his own family. Travas began to growl while looking upon Zepherus with raged filled, pupil-less eyes as his purple-red energy began to surround his body in a fire like motion. His muscles had also slightly become bulkier then they once were due to the sudden rush of energy flowing within and around his body. Made from that same energy that has been unlocked had now created what appears to be a pair of angelic like wings formed on his back.
"What the hell has this guy become? I have seen energy similar to this back on Earth, but not used in a manner such as this". Zepherus claimed as he stared at him in shock just shortly before he was met with a fist right onto his face, blowing him close to the audience. But before the impact, he managed to stop himself and fly upward into the air. However, Travas simply teleported right on top of him and struck him on his upper back, causing him to plow into the ring and create a bigger crater and he simply got back up. But once again, he was met with more furious punches on his body from Travas' rage-filled strength.
*In the Audience*
"Mommy, what happened to Travas?! What has he become", Scarlet asked her mother, apparently frightened from Travas' sudden energetic transformation.
"I don't know, sweetie… I don't know what he's become", Victoria answered as she looks upon the fight with tears slowly beginning to stream down her face. "But I don't like where this is going one bit. Something doesn't seem to be right about this match at all", she thought to herself as she began to worry and become slightly suspicious about Travas' opponent. Then she turned to see her daughter brought into tears and sobbing in response to watching the vicious fight.
"Mommy, I'm scared", Scarlet says as tears streamed down her face from the fear she felt from the ongoing match.
*In the Arena*
Zepherus continues to do the best he can to dodge Travas' attacks. However, Travas continued to strike him down each time as his eyes were still pupil-less and burned with pure rage. Soon enough, Zepherus began to power up his most powerful attack of all.
"THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR GAMES. IT'S TIME TO END THIS", Zepherus yelled as he held his hands into the air, forming a ball of energy above him. "VAE VICTUS TO YOU, YOU BASTARD… DEAD RECKONING SPHERE", Zepherus screamed as he threw his arms down, causing his attack to plummet to the ground. However, Travas also began to power up energy, causing his fist to be covered in his aura.
"Is that the best you've got? Because if it is, you're gonna have to do it better than that if you want to defeat me", Zepherus claimed as he continues to push the deadly energy ball towards Travas. However, His Energy ball soon clashed with Travas' aura-covered arm, clashing with each other's force that was so massive that it caused a shockwave around the whole stadium. But soon enough, however, Travas began to overpower Zepherus' Energy ball, going right through it and headed straight for him.
"HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE", He asked in a shocking manner as Travas comes closer to him. Soon enough, Zepherus is met with a demise he seemed to have never expected to happen, with Travas plowing his aura-covered arm right through his opponent's torso. It was then that Zepherus violently spat out a half a mouthful of fresh blood onto Travas' face and shoulders, causing his green colored pupils to return to him once again. As the energy itself abated, Travas' eyes instantly shot wide open in realization to what he had done to his opponent.
He then pulls his arm out of Zepherus' muscular torso as the two come crashing down onto the ring as the audience gasped upon the sight in shock. Though Travas manages to crash onto the ring, Zepherus had not as he landed on the grassland, soaking the evergreen grass with his own blood. The Announcer looked at the scene with a horrified, shocked look as he grabs his microphone with Travas barely beginning to stand back up on his feet.
"Well folks, it seems that 'The Mysterious One', or Zepherus he is now known as, has landed outside the ring. Thereby, Travas has beaten his opponent and is the winner of the second match of the Semi-finals. Unfortunately he had plowed his arm right through his opponent's stomach and has killed him as a result. And because of this shocking outcome, I'm afraid that Travas Avery Starfox has been disqualified from the Tournament and will not be moving on to the finals that many of us had hoped for", the Announcer said in a shocked, calmly saddened voice, causing the audience to gasp in shock upon the sight.
Travas just stared at the Announcer briefly with a shocked, slightly saddened look on his own face. Then he looked at his family with a saddened, slightly shocked look as they looked at him in a similar expression. This caused Travas to look down at the damaged ring with a depressed look upon his face even though some of the crowd cheered him for his victory, although it had ended tragically.
"Oh maker… what have I done", Travas thought to himself just as some of the local Solarfox Strikeforce Authorities jump onto the ring from within the waiting rooms with fore-arm cuffs in their hand-paws.
"I'm sorry, Travas, but he have to place you under arrest for your opponents death. I understand that it may have been a last resort, but it's a violation of the Tournament rules along with the law and legal action must be taken", The S.S. Officer said to him while placing the fore-arm cuffs around his fore-arms. But as they were escorting him out to the ring exit/training room, Zepherus began to turn his head to Travas and begin speaking to him.
"I never thought I… end up like this… but it doesn't matter…*coughs blood*… You may have stopped me from assassinating you… but you merely postponed your inevitable fate", Zepherus softly, but fiercely said as he began to choke on his own blood. "Soon, you shall see… see the horror of your end, just like I had too", He said as he began to choke on his blood a bit more before laughing hysterically, enraging Travas once more, going right through his breaking point at the highest level possible.
"And you'll never know… when it will come back… to bit you hard on your fucking ass", Zepherus said as he began laughing hysterically again and choking on his own blood. But soon enough, Travas began to break out of his cuffs effortlessly and summon an energy blast upon his right hand-paw. In the stands above, Travas' Mother covers her daughter's eyes just before he begins to fire his energy blast at his dying opponent. In a similar manner, Travas Sr. had done the same to their suddenly awakening toddler daughter, Erica.
"GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR, SHUT UP", Travas screamed as he fired his blast upon Zepherus, creating an explosion that blew him into nothing but body parts and guts as they splattered all over the section they were in. In a similar manner, this causes panic to strike upon the audience as most of them began to flee from the Arena immediately. Once this was done, some Solarfox Strikeforce Officers began to immediately pin him down to the ground, taking so much effort to do so that one of them had to hit Travas on the back of his head with the butt of the gun upon short notice. Then they picked his unconscious body up and take him to one of the S.S. Officer Hover vans parked outside for immediate transportation to the S.S. Station.
*In the Audience*
"Mommy, What's going on?! What was that explosion?! What happened to Travas", Scarlet asked frightened as her parents take her and Erica out of the stands and follow the S.S.
"They're taking him to the station and we're going there to try and bail him out", her mother says as the family rushes out of the stands and head to their vehicle. About five to ten minutes later, they were at their vehicle as they unlocked, buckled their kits in their seats, started their hover car and drove to the S.S. station where Travas was being taken to due to his disqualification from the Tournament by killing his opponent.
*Present*
"That was how I ended up in jail… and it was because of Zepherus pushing me past my limits as he kept on trying to kill me", Travas explained in a depressed state. "How ironic… he told me that my end was merely postponed and I thought that he was dead wrong and playing some sort of joke on me. But apparently he had been right from the moment he said those words, and I didn't even expect to happen this soon… at least not clearly anyways".
"I don't know if these are the right words to use in this situation, but I know that you did your best to do something about the situation… and I'm sorry this happened to you upon a short period of time", Janos said as he patted his shoulder as a way to comfort him. Because of this, Travas gave him a soft smile before continuing his story.
"Thanks… well anyways, it took my family about three hours for them to try to get me out of jail after paying bail charges. But afterwards, I was taken to Dr. Lagopus' lab for examination upon my injuries and other things", Travas explained calmly, but slightly saddened.
*Flashback*
Travas was sitting on his jail cell bed by himself, with his arms wrapped around his legs and head buried into his knees in isolation. Suddenly, however, an S.S. Officer arrives to his cell and unlocks the door.
"Well, Travas, it seems that today is your lucky day", the Officer said. "Looks like that your parents have paid your bail bond. You're free to go", he continued as he escorts Travas into the Lobby, where his family was located.
"Travas", Victoria says as she went to her son and held his cheek… but he looked down on the floor in a different direction instead. Though he still felt bad about what had happened at the tournament, he held onto his family in a tight, but brief hug, bringing him a small sense of solace within him.
"Well. Son, you did your best in the tournament and I wish you could've gotten farther… but your Mother has to take you to Dr. Lagopus to have you checked out from the injuries you've sustained", His father said to him as they head into the car and drive towards their home.
Within about thirty minutes later, the family arrives back home and only Travas and his mother, Victoria remains in the car. She now drives to Dr. Lagopus' office to have Travas get checked out from the damage he's received, taking about twenty minutes to get to his office. Upon entering his office, they see the Lagopus family inside, including their young daughter, Artica playing "Galaga" on the computer. They look at the both of them entering their office.
"Hello, Mrs. Starfox and Travas. I see that you're in need to get checked out after the whole Tournament mash-up", Dr. Lagopus asked as they both nodded in response. "Very well, follow me and we will begin testing for anything unusual", he continued as he led Travas into the medical testing rooms to begin the testing.
*Present*
"Apparently the physical results were fine when I was checked out", Travas said to Janos as he listened carefully. "Plus I had my injuries healed thanks to the Rejuvenation Tank the Lagopus family had owned in their office", he explained.
"So they kept you onto their healing grasp until this testing was completed full circle", Janos asked curiously.
"Yep, my mother and I were there for a good amount of time. They actually kept me inside the Rejuvenation Tank while both my injuries were healed and the testing was being done", Travas explained further. "Though I was shown to be physically alright, something concerning my mental being had changed".
*Flashback Resuming*
About twenty minutes of testing Travas in the Rejuvenation Tank Dr. Lagopus had, the results come in and he reviews them carefully. Though he sees that Travas is physically fine and that his injuries were healed, he notices that something mentally has changed inside him. He goes to Travas' Mother and shows her the results.
"Well, Mrs. Starfox, It seems that your son is physically fine and has been healed of his injuries, upon which they are no longer there. However, there has been some changes in his brainwave patterns that were caused by the neck injury he's sustained during the match with his opponent", Dr. Lagopus explained calmly.
"What do you mean by 'changes in brainwave patterns'", Victoria asked in a frightened, but calm tone.
"I'm not one hundred percent sure, but all I know is that his brainwaves have changed after that injury occurred. However, I do know is that it won't have anything to do with his learning abilities or anything of the matter. If anything unusual begins to happen, give me or Anastasia a call at our home or in our offices immediately", Dr. Lagopus said as he opened the tank where Travas was kept in, giving him a towel to dry off with. Once he's back in his clothing and the treatment/checkup is paid for, he and his mother head for their hover car and drive on home.
"A change in brainwave patterns", Travas thought curiously and slightly depressed. "Does that have to do anything with me reading minds", He thought.
"I'm worried about my own son. I don't even know what to do about this." Victoria thought to herself as she noticed her son's depression while he was looking out the window. "I'm not sure if this has to do with him being disqualified from the Tournament or the change in his brainwave patterns", She wondered on to herself.
"Mom, it has nothing to do with me being disqualified from the Tournament whatsoever", Travas said as his mother looked at him shockingly, but briefly due to driving. "It had to do with my opponent striking me on the back of my neck, and you might think I'm crazy about saying this, but has also given me some sort of psychic powers. In other words, I think he gave, or cursed me with the power to read minds and see some things other can't… but I'm not sure what… All I know is that he told me that I can read minds and see the horror of my end… whatever that means", he continued.
Though Victoria wanted to ask him questions on how he knew what she thought, she just set it aside and continued on home. About twenty minutes later, they arrived and entered their home.
"Mommy, what happened at the doctor's office? Is Travas going to be okay", Scarlet asked worryingly and curiously.
"Yes, he's going to be okay, sweetie, and he is healed from his injuries. His brainwave patterns have changed due to the neck injury he's sustained during the match", Victoria explained to her daughter calmly.
"Brainwaves… so does that mean he's going to be mentally retarded", Scarlet asked curiously as her parents and brother immediately fell back anime style in response her question.
"My brainwave patterns only changed due to the injury and caused weird things to happen to me, not causing me to become mentally retarded", Travas explained calmly, but embarrassingly. "Anyways, I'm gonna go ahead and get to my room so I can have some time to myself. Besides, I need some time to think clearly", He said as he headed to his room. Once he entered, he changed clothes into nothing but a grey tank top and black pajama pants as he lied down on his bed.
"I can't believe Scarlet thought I was going to be mentally retarded", Travas thought in a shocked tone as he shook it off and stared upon the ceiling. "'The horror of my end'…what did Zepherus mean by that… and what is the 'Hylden race'", He thought to himself as he continued staring up into the ceiling above, hoping that he could find the answers he needed before something happened to him.
*End Flashback*
"Well pretty much for the next four weeks up until my death, I made as much time as I could to try to do some research on the 'Hylden race' and of Nosgoth since it had its connections from there", Travas explained as much as he could to the listening vampire, Janos However, I also started to have visions of the future and of Nosgoth's history about a few days after the tournament", he explained further.
"I see… researching to find links upon both Nosgoth and of the Ancient Vampire's adversaries, the Hylden. Were you able to find enough information that you had been striving for", Janos asked. "And mind if I ask, how you were able to find such information about Nosgoth. From what I have seen so far, there are no books about Nosgoth or anything in the ordinary", the winged vampire continued.
"Well, we do have some books about Nosgoth and its history within the Alopex libraries and in its databases located in the computer systems, surprisingly enough", Travas explained as Janos looked at him curiously.
"I see… however, I think it's time that we get some rest, because we're going to be on the hunt for blood supply at dawn", Janos said as they nodded in agreement.
"I understand… however, I don't want to end up killing innocent lives just to get the supply we need. We could get some here from blood that's unwanted or unnecessary", Travas explained as he began to make a pallet for the both of them on the floor with whatever blankets they could find in the abandoned basement.
"Ah, thank you, Travas. This is kind of you", Janos said as Travas nodded while lying on his back, getting some needed sleep. Janos soon followed and began to rest on his back as well. But Travas stared up upon the ceiling above, stuff obviously coming to his mind.
"I can't even believe it… I've been brought back from the dead as a vampire… specifically one that's alive. But what will the others think of me when they see that I'm no longer dead? And how will my family react upon seeing me like this? Well… I shouldn't worry about it now as I need to get some rest since this may be a long two to three weeks", Travas thought to himself as he began to shut his weary eyes and get the rest he deserved. Upon sleeping, Travas began to think about the future that lies ahead of him when arriving to Nosgoth.
A/N:
Travas, Scarlet, Victoria, Erica, Travas Sr., Nickolas and Artica Lagopus © Shawntae Howard
Janos © Edios/Crystal Dynamics/Silicon Knights/Square Enix Europe
Story and other Characters© me