Hello, this is Pastrinator64 with another LONG AWAITED chapter from VOiD. I have never been so deeply annoyed with myself, I must admit. I am so very sorry that my procrastination from writing has hindered my chapter production; well, it wasn't all procrastination, because homework is still to blame for some of this.
Anyway, on a different note, I got asked by a girl—no names will be said—to date her. I just feel lucky to actually be liked that much, because I thought I was Forever Alone, or something.
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Okay, now that THAT'S all said and done, how about we get on with the actual story? I'll warn you though, this is a highly depressing chapter coming up...
Hello, this is Pastrinator64 with another chapter from VOiD. Last time on VOiD, we watched as Mark and Olivia quickly raced through the sand to reach Mark's group again, who were found to be walking nearby. When Raven came up to them and got Olivia running away in tears, Mark let all his emotion out and shouted everything on his mind about Kelsey and how he needed her back desperately. This sent Raven off as well, and Mark was finally able to tell everyone, especially Kelsey, about what actually happened between him and Raven. Mark and Kelsey got back together once more, and the entire group went on their way again. After traveling into the night, they finally reached the Void Transport, which would be the thing to get them up into the Void Palace for the next part of their quest. Mark insisted that they rest up before they had to go up into The Void, and so the set their sights on traveling in the morning. Now we witness an intense battle take place unexpectedly in the night between the heroes and three other familiar figures.
Now, let the story commence!
Chapter 27: Rexum's Last Resort
Mark had an interesting dream that night. He dreamt that he was in a pool room alone, sitting in the hot tub and just hanging back. A few moments later, the patter of footsteps echoed behind him, and when he turned his head he could see Kelsey approaching, wearing a cool-blue bikini.
"Hey," she said, sitting down and easing herself down into the warm water.
"Hey," he replied, grinning.
Kelsey leaned up against the edge of the hot tub.
"So, what's on your mind?" she asked, turning herself slightly to face him.
"Nothing much, really. I've just been super happy, that's all."
"Why's that?" asked Kelsey, a curious look playing across her face.
Mark sighed and closed his eyes for a moment, thinking over the past events for about ten seconds. Finally, he spoke again.
"Well, a lot of my life's problems just recently got solved. First of all, I have Lucas off my back, so that's a relief—I mean, he wasn't even Lucas, but still. I'm even gladder to finally have Raven's interference gone, because now I can be with you again. I swear, I was going to die if I went much longer without you."
Kelsey smiled sweetly and then kissed him on the cheek.
"Thanks!" she said gratefully.
Mark grinned to himself and said,
"I'm finally out of my gloomy little hole, that's for sure."
They sat in silence for a moment, but then Mark looked around him and said,
"Strange things, dreams. It's like," he pointed to a nearby window leading to the outside world. "for all I know, there could be absolutely nothing but whiteness out there."
"I think we're sharing a dream." murmured Kelsey curiously.
"Maybe..."
Mark looked over at Kelsey again, who smiled back at him. She cuddled up next to him, putting her arms around his shoulders for support. He sat there, just thinking about her, and then said,
"Kelsey?"
She looked up at him kindly and replied,
"Yeah?"
Mark sighed slightly, looked up at the ceiling for a moment, and felt the all-too familiar, gut-wrenching feeling of guilt.
"I've been thinking about the day you died on Earth..."
Kelsey pulled his head back down and stared into his eyes deeply.
"Don't you bring that up!" she said sternly. "I don't want you to think for another moment about that day. It doesn't matter one bit what happened on that bike ride. I don't blame you for ANYTHING."
"But... Okay." muttered Mark, looking down at the foamy water instead.
Kelsey brought his head back up and continued.
"I don't want you dwelling on my last hours. You know it's worthless thinking about it, don't you? What good will it do?"
Mark paused, thinking it over for only a moment, but the answer was pretty obvious.
"It won't do anything but make me more depressed." he admitted begrudgingly.
"Right, so how about we just forget about the day, ok?" she suggested quietly.
Mark was about to say something again, but he felt the water around him suddenly turn cold. Mark shivered and quickly climbed out.
"Are you okay?" asked Kelsey, who still sat in the water as though it were perfectly warm.
"D-did the hot tub s-suddenly break or something?" he muttered past the chatter of his teeth.
Kelsey looked down at the freezing water and said,
"I don't feel anything cold."
All of a sudden, Kelsey watched as Mark disappeared on the spot, and in his place appeared the words, "Mark left the dream".
Mark woke from his dream that next instant to find himself standing up to his knees in cold water. His eyes snapped open and he jerked his head downward at the water.
"What the heck?" he muttered to himself.
Mark looked back up and realized that he was stuck inside a skinny tube of glass.
"Am I still dreaming?" he wondered to himself silently, looking around the tube.
He heard muffled footsteps from behind and he moved around to see who was coming. An unknown figure dressed in green robes appeared. The hood was pulled over their head, and only the icy-blue eyes were visible from behind the darkness inside the hood. Mark immediately recognized who it was.
"Rexum? What's going on?"
Rexum stopped in front of Mark and then looked to his left at a nearby switch positioned on a stone block next to him. There was a line of redstone that ran from it into the wall, going somewhere unknown.
"Mark," he said, just loud enough to reach him through the muffling of the glass. "I must explain everything to you now."
Mark got a sudden sense of foreboding and his eyes widened.
"What do you, er, mean?" he inquired nervously.
"I cannot let you continue on your journey. If you die, we all shall die, and the entire universe itself will cease to exist."
Mark's stomach plunged deeper.
"What are you talking about?"
"Mark," said Rexum, looking intensely at him. "I can't let you live."
A sickening feeling came over Mark instantly, and he swayed on the spot. What was wrong with Rexum?!
"You see, the Spirits In Between fused some of their power into you in order to protect you from the Glitch's infectious energy. They also hid another energy inside of you that even the Glitch would have never guessed. They did it when you were being taken here by the Balance Core..."
Mark just stared at Rexum in horror. What was he even talking about? What energy?
"Mark, when you were taken by the Balance Core that Saturday night on your home planet, the Balance Core's body sealed itself inside the unbreakable glass bottle, but its energy was transferred into your soul during the travel."
A rapidly overwhelming and mixed feeling of surprise, shock, and nausea overcame Mark, and he leaned against the glass to support himself.
"B-but..." he muttered, not able to believe what he'd just heard.
"That is why I can't let you live, Mark. I'm sorry, but the Glitch is tracking you by the Balance Core's energy. It does not know that the energy is coming from you, it believes that it's coming from the Balance Core's body inside the bottle. In order to prevent the Glitch from ever finding the energy itself, I must infuse its power into an object that will never attract attention; my staff is what I will use, for I am far more capable of protecting myself. I know that you want to live, Mark, but I cannot forsake the existence of the universe for one person, even if it means killing the Ultra Hero. I am deeply sorry. I and many others shall miss you, but your time has to end your life for the welfare of all things in existence. Goodbye, Markus Cobweb..."
Mark was freaked out of his mind, and he desperately pounded the glass in front of him to break it. But when his hands touched it, a golden field appeared around the glass and words popped up in front of him that said, "You do not have permission to do that!".
Rexum moved his hand towards the lever, placed it on the tip, and then pulled it lightly. A rushing sound filled the glass tube, and Mark looked up quickly. More icy water was gushing down from fifty blocks above. He pounded on the glass, spamming the red message over and over, and within ten seconds the water flowed over him, submerging him completely.
Mark screamed as loud as he could without opening his mouth and held his breath. It only took ten seconds for his lungs to start burning, and he screamed on and on, hoping somebody would hear him. But after twenty seconds passed, and he was nearly to passing out, Mark just stopped struggling and let himself drift, his lungs waterlogged and exploding, and he couldn't do anything about it.
Just then, as Mark was about to drown right then and there, a massive shudder shook the room, and the glass around Mark shattered, launching him onto the ground in a soaking mess. He gulped down the cold air, which both stung his lungs and relieved him. Through blurry, pulsing vision he could see Rexum running off down a dark tunnel that was at the other end of the cave. Just as Rexum was out of sight, another shudder blasted its way through the cave, making Mark slip as he got to his feet.
Once he had his footing again, Mark moved as quickly as his body would allow him towards the exit, and then hobbled his way through the dark tunnel. Within seconds he reached a dead end. He groped around for any sign of a ladder, and then found one after a few seconds. He gripped it tightly and hoisted himself up, climbing the ladder blindly. As he was climbing, a third vibration surged through the ground, and Mark almost fell off the ladder. Mark felt a sudden gust of cold wind and knew he was at the surface again, so he climbed out onto the cool grass.
Right about now, Mark's vision had recovered, although he was still slightly winded. As he stood shivering in the cold breeze, Mark looked around and saw his friends hurriedly getting up from their beds. He walked over to Adrian, who noticed him instantly, and he said,
"Dude, what...?"
"Dag nabbit, I think we're being attacked again!"
Mark finally recovered from his ordeal and looked around nervously for Rexum. He'd almost been killed by the old man, so he didn't want to be ambushed or something.
"Mark!" shouted Adrian, getting Mark's attention again. "We gotta get outa here! Rexum's already making a run for it, we'd better—"
Mark stopped him immediately, saying,
"Dude, no way! Do you know what that man just did to me?! He brought me down underneath here in this cave and tried to drown me!"
"What? Ah, hell naw."
"Yes way! He said something about the Balance Core's power being hidden inside me, and that he needed to kill me in order to extract the power for safekeeping, or whatever. I'm NOT getting near the creep!"
Just then, the fourth massive trembling occurred, and three bolts of black lightning struck the ground before their very eyes, creating three figures in their place, and the girls screamed while the guys just stared in fear. All three of the figures were wearing black cloaks. One was tall and thin, one was short and squat, and then the middle figure was proportionately sized. All three of them owned a pair of dull red eyes. This was the third time in a row, but Jenx, Brizarg, and Eragariss were back again.
Mark whipped out his sword upon instinct and held it close to him. He heard many other weapons unsheathing behind him; the others must be getting the same idea. A few seconds went by in unnerving silence, but then Jenx stepped towards Mark. Every muscle in Mark's body tensed. Jenx stopped after his one step and stared grievously at the Ultra Hero.
"Hello, Mark."
Mark grimaced and tightened the grip on his diamond blade.
"What do you want, Jenx?" he muttered threateningly. "You remember the last few times you tried beating us up?"
Mark couldn't see underneath Jenx's hood, but he detected an evil grin.
"Yes, I do remember. I can recall upon those times very clearly, in fact. But this time will be different, I assure you."
He expected to hear an edge of amusement in Jenx's voice, but it was totally different. Jenx didn't sound at all amused, but rather cynical and dead-serious. He didn't like it one bit.
"We have been preparing an attack to use against you in your final battle. It is a flawless one, and unlike some of our previous tactics, this one is so seamlessly crafted for your destruction that you will become a swirling cloud of atoms within minutes of it being released."
Mark gritted his teeth angrily, trying to look intimidating while, really, his nerves increased from the inside. Instead of getting on with it, Jenx continued his little speech.
"You see, we have been in recent contact with the Glitch; it has granted us some of its own power to aid us as we bring your life to an end." he muttered, the eyes beneath the hood gleaming. "So, if you think a simple blade of diamond will be able to damage us then you are foolish."
Jenx walked back into the line and looked from Brizarg to Eragariss. All three of the cloaked men raised their clammy, bony hands upward.
"Are you ready, my faithful men?"
"Yes, Master Jenx." they declared in unison.
"Oh, wow..."
Norman stood beside Liz, staring at the remains of this duplicate Diamond University. Even though the school wasn't the original, Norman was still equally shocked by its demolished appearance.
The building stood with many chunks of wall missing from its massive exterior. The hovering item forms of blocks were littered in mounds all over the place, so the place must've been recently destroyed. The large, beautiful windows had all been reduced to gaping holes in the sides of the building. A bitter wind swept through the area, spreading the item-blocks everywhere. Liz looked over at Norman and said,
"Let's pick up whatever we can; we'll at least have supplies to work with."
So that's what they did. Norman and Liz gathered up as much as they could carry in their hotbar and spare Blockpacks. Once they were finished, they both just stood and stared at its remains for another few seconds.
"What happened?" murmured Liz concernedly.
"The Glitch was here," replied Norman, noting to himself about the bitter wind.
"I hope Mark and Vanessa are okay..."
Norman turned at the sound of sniffling. His wife lowered her head, and he saw a teardrop fall from the tip of her nose onto the ground. He put a comforting arm around her and pulled her close.
"C'mon, Mark and Vanessa can figure their way out of anything!" he declared encouragingly. "They take after us, after all. Remember when we got separated by that chaotic crowd back at that village where Bailey was living? We found ourselves inside that cave with the portal, didn't we? Even though we were divided, figuring out a plan was a cinch! Mark and Vanessa are probably doing the same thing now."
Liz sniffed a couple more times; she looked back up at her husband with teary eyes.
"You honestly think they're okay?"
"Definitely."
Two black beams of Dark energy rose from out of Eragariss's hands and connected into. The single, large beam jutted to the right, passing over both Jenx and Brizarg, and the beam traveled down to both, weaving in between their crooked fingers. The energy from the beam flowed into them all, making them pulse, twist, and disfigure.
The bodies of men shifted together, forming a large, black mass, which rose upward, gaining height. The mass formed a ghostly shape, like the "body" of a monstrous spirit. The thick, grotesque body rose off the ground and hovered there, and a curly, wispy red tail grew from its behind, twirling around like an angry snake. Warped horns grew from the misshapen head, gaining the same length as the slender tail. Two disembodied red claws materialized on either side of the body, huge and twitching uncontrollably.
Two hollow, round indentations formed into the head along with a crevice carved so terribly that it seemed it had been cut carelessly by a pair of scissors. These three scar-like formations pulsed with a bloody crimson, creating a ghoulish face. Suddenly, from out of each eye and the crooked mouth, the heads of Jenx, Brizarg and Eragariss appeared; Jenx's head poked out from the left eye while Brizarg's came from the right, and Eragariss remained staring out from the wicked excuse of a mouth.
Jenx's head lowered and Mark found himself being stared down by a lifeless skull wearing a hood. Somewhere inside the pitch-black, ruby-eyed monster, Jenx's voice echoed out to them.
"Mark, the beast you face is no longer named Jenx, Brizarg, or Eragariss. We are no longer the Grief Squad; we have prepared this attack and given it a new name. If you want to save the universe, you will have to fight us, the horrific Jeragarizarg!"
This was rather anticlimactic for Mark. He had expected to hear some kind of cleverly thought-out, freakishly intimidating name to go along with the monster, but this one was kind of, well... Eh.
Still, he didn't have time to dwell on the lame name, because he found himself very preoccupied with the beast itself. It was huge! He could even feel Mickey shivering with fear inside his Blockpack. Now their only hopes were Vanessa and Rexum. Just then, Jeragarizarg hovered forward faster than he thought it would, and the blade-like tail whipped down on him. Just as it was about to hit Mark right in the face, Rexum came flying in and deflected it with his golden oak staff, which was glowing intensely with a gold aura. As he was holding the tail back, Mark became suddenly angry and then yelled out at him with fury.
"What the heck is wrong with you?!" he said in a frustrated tone of voice, scrunching up his face. "One minute you try and drown me, and now you're back and all heroic again!"
Rexum lashed away at the tail and continued to deflect its whipping movements.
"I have already explained, Mark! Remember what I said earlier, for I do not have time to elaborate any longer!" he shouted back.
Rexum's tone was final, and it stopped Mark cold. Then he quickly let go of everything he was thinking and just focused on the task at hand, which was now beating up a massive ghost made of Dark energy...
"How fan-freakin-tastic!" he thought to himself as he contemplated over how he'd be able to do any damage.
Nevertheless, Mark went along with the rest of his friends as they dashed towards Jeragarizarg with their weapons raised, shouting impressive battle cries. Mark leapt upward from underneath the body and stabbed with his diamond blade, but it merely bounced off, making the protective force field around it glow with red where he hit it. He tried again and again, but he could not touch the creature, and when he looked over at his friends, he noticed that they too could not do damage.
He took a glance over at Vanessa, who had transformed Cantatis once more into her huge, scarlet, double-edged sword. She lifted it into the air and a shimmer covered it at the tip; she brought it down, sending an airborne cutter of red energy at Jeragarizarg. But even with the power of Cantatis, the magic cutting edge was averted upon contact with the force field. Vanessa, deeply annoyed that she was being bested, swished her huge blade over and over, sending a torrent of cutters at Jeragarizarg. Every single one of them was turned aside by the powerful Dark force field covering the monster.
Then Jeragarizarg decided to start fighting back. Eragariss's head, which had been dangling limply from over the lip of the crooked mouth, lifted slightly and the eyes flashed. The mouth opened up and spat out thousands of tiny red shards at them, storming down like a rainstorm. Vanessa concentrated on creating a force field, and Cantatis turned into it, surrounding them all to protect from the advancing red hail. Only Rexum wasn't covered, but as the shards touched his skin they were turned into harmless, powdery snow. Mark had to admit, despite the fact that he'd almost been killed by the old man, he was still pretty cool.
Jeragarizarg stopped with the pelting shards and closed its mouth, letting Eragariss's head sway back over the lip. The two eyes of the massive creature opened wider than they already were, and both Jenx and Brizarg's heads lifted, their eyes flashing. Full red laser streamed from the eyes, frying the ground explode where they touched, and split apart to follow and kill them all—with the exception of Rexum, who was still warding off the tail, which was absolutely relentless in its attacks.
Rexum jumped backwards to avoid another swipe and then quickly summoned a golden cloud, which he jumped on top of and rode up into the sky with. The ruby-eyed Jeragarizarg eyed him maliciously and swiped at him with its disembodied claws. The sharp red fingers sliced at him countless times, but the old man avoided them at an impossible speed. All of the monster's attention was on Rexum now, and the lasers stopped completely, leaving the others to pant and catch their breath on the ground.
Mark looked up into the sky at the golden speck that was Rexum. He was a blur in between the two swiping hands of Jeragarizarg, completely untouched by their sharp, red surface. Finally, Rexum flew way out of reach of the hands and lifted his golden oak staff above his head. The staff vibrated, sending a golden pulse through the air, and continued to do that repeatedly, as though it were charging something up. Shots of golden fireworks were emitted from the staff, exploding in the air around Jeragarizarg's horned, misshapen head. Then, the final ring of golden energy was blasted out, but then shuddered and was sucked back in, making the entire staff blindingly bright. Mark knew something huge was coming, and just as he was about to watch Rexum unless his power, he heard the man's voice echo through his head.
"Mark, I am about to unleash all the power I possess. You must get as far away from Jeragarizarg as possible or you to will be destroyed by the energy release. I will be fine, but you must take the others and run. Do you understand?"
Mark, who was still watching the man in the sky intently, had a sudden sense of foreboding. He could sense something wrong about to happen... But then again, even if Rexum had tried to kill him just earlier, he needed to get them all out of there.
"Yes, Rexum."
Mark hurtled himself away from Jeragarizarg and waved his hands at everyone else to follow him. They got the message well, and followed him away from the colossal spirit. All of them were looking up at Rexum, who stood as still as a statue, his blindingly bright staff still lifted.
All was quiet...
"Jeragarizarg!" shouted Rexum, his icily angry voice shattering the night's cold air. "I have evaluated your power on my own, and I know that you are protected with a force field that only I can break! You hide under the shadow of Dark energy! Many villains have fallen because of that one fatal mistake, I must add! But, if you wish to kill the heroes of the Divination of Dimensions, I will have to destroy you myself!"
And then it happened. Rexum took his staff in both hands and lashed it downward at Jeragarizarg. A 100x100x100 block of pure energy exploded from out of his staff and hurtled down at the monster. The blast smashed head-on into the creature, making an explosion so powerful that its release waves split the ground where they touched, completely destroying it in their paths. This blast lasted for an entire minute, the fiery power consuming Jeragarizarg completely, eating away at every fiber in the ghoul's being.
The minute passed in slow-motion, but when it was over, Mark looked up to see Rexum falling from his golden cloud into the air, limp as a ragdoll. Mark frantically looked around for something to catch him with, but before he could do anything, a massive red hand appeared in the sky and snatched him from his freefall.
Mark whirled around to face the golden smoke issuing from the spot where Jeragarizarg had been moments before. The hand closed around Rexum tightly and was brought back into the smoke. An unearthly screech echoed from the smog cloud and Jeragarizarg came hovering out. The creature had been hit with enough power to completely take off one horn, one hand, its tail, and then blow a massive hole through the thing's chest. Inside the monster showed a gruesome, spurting heart colored pitch-black.
Just then, Mark heard a clatter from behind him and turned to see Rexum's staff fall in the grass ten blocks away. He looked back at Jeragarizarg, who looked over at him as well, and its eyes glowed, targeting him immediately. Mark felt his legs churn as he sprinted towards the staff, Jeragarizarg advancing on him insanely quick. He was a mere two blocks away from the staff when he was knocked sideways by a powerful punch. Jenx's voice echoed once more from the creature. Mark had barely enough time to register what had happened before he slammed stomach-first into the ground twenty blocks away. He could feel his ribs crack beneath him, and he screamed in pain as the nasty sting spread across his chest.
"Mark, you must realize that you cannot win this fight!" he taunted, tossing Rexum aside, landing him right next to Mark.
Mark grimaced as he turned his head to look at Rexum, who was breathing slowly and shallowly. Rexum looked over at Mark, and a single tear dripped from each.
"I need... I need..."
Mark tried moving himself closer to Rexum in order to understand what he was trying to say, because it seemed to be costing him every ounce of effort left in his body.
"What do you need?" croaked Mark.
He was very aware of what was happening. He knew they were going to die for real this time, because they really had no way of beating Jeragarizarg. If Rexum couldn't even destroy the thing completely, then they really had no other tricks up their sleeves. Rexum reached out with a feeble arm and grasped the fabric of Mark's T-shirt.
"Vanessa... To... Me..."
Mark knew he was about to die anyway, so he didn't even hesitate as he slowly stood up, bearing the pain of his cracked ribs as well as he could. Once he was standing again, he balanced on his diamond sword so that he wouldn't fall over. Jeragarizarg just stared with the same hollow expression as Mark stared back, angry and upset at the same time. He then looked around slowly for Vanessa; she approached him when their eyes met moments later. Vanessa ran forward and threw herself at Rexum's side, tears filling her own eyes. This was one of the first times he'd ever seen her cry. Rexum turned his head back upward to look at Vanessa, who bit her lip and let her tears fall.
"Rexum..." she muttered quietly, fear in her voice.
Rexum feebly lifted a wrinkled hand to her cheek and wiped the tears.
"Do not cry, child." he murmured weakly, trying to stay focused on her face long enough to try and remember it before he would end his life. "You must listen to me now, for the words I am about to say are extremely important..."
Vanessa knelt over him and her tears only increased. She held his face to look up at her and said,
"Rexum, do not die, just do not die, please..."
Rexum took a shaky breath and continued.
"Vanessa, it is obvious that the blast I just issued upon Jeragarizarg was all the power I had. I was well aware that I would not beat it. That much was clear to me. All I could hope to do would be to damage it enough for you when you take over my duty."
"Stop saying that! You could have beaten it!" she choked.
Rexum just kept talking as though he were speaking to himself; it was possible that he was hardly aware of anything anymore, and that he was just speaking the words that he needed to say whether anyone listened or not.
"I knew that I was not the one to beat it, Vanessa. I planned this out, dear; I knew that I would pass away like this. But before I did pass away, I would need to transfer my power into you, my young pupil. Use my power and your own to defeat Jeragarizarg before it annihilates us all..."
"But—"
"I will now transfer all my power into you, Vanessa, as it is my last resort. Please grab hold of my hand and stay completely still."
Vanessa whimpered for a few moments, but finally took Rexum's ancient hand in hers. A soft, golden glow streamed through Rexum's arm, going to his hand, and then into Vanessa, who took in a quick breath, feeling a powerful surge of energy flow through her. Vanessa, like Rexum, could sense the power of people, and as she held the hand of that old man who she loved most, she could feel all his life drifting away. The gold light was absorbed by Vanessa for only ten seconds, but then it faded. Rexum sighed lightly, closed his eyes, and was still. The hand that clasped Vanessa's let go and fell limply at his side. The great and powerful man that was once Rexum was now dead.
No, freaking, way... Even Rexum has fallen? I can't believe this day would come. *lies down* *tries not to cry* *cries a lot*
Not that it matters, but... QAA, I guess. *sniffle*
To Notch: Please share your energy. I just need a small amount to finish healing. The Glitch has consumed Herobrine! (And yes, I know you're probably already aware of that. -_-)
Notch: I knew it... I felt his aura fading most recently, and I hoped desperately that it wasn't what it seemed, but it was and is. I know for a fact that I will be the next to die.
To Herobrine: *pokes dead body with stick*
Herobrine: *doesn't even exist anymore*
To the Glitch: Why don't you just charge at Mark and kill him like you did to Herobrine?
The Glitch: Obviously, I haven't had any time! Even when disguised as that simpleton named Lucas, I couldn't just burst out and kill him; if I did that, you know what would happen? The Spirits In Between would be around me like mold on a shower curtain! I must save my energy... If I am as careless as I was last time, then I won't be able to get to my highest point. This plan of mine is so flawless that NOTHING CAN STOP IT! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
To da GLITCH: Why do you suck so much?
The Glitch: I suck all the time! I suck up dimensions, entities, worlds, etc. Or are you referring to the status of "sucking"?
To DA GLITCH: YOU ARE DA MOST ANNOYING THING THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN! STAY AWAY FROM THE SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL AND ADVENTURE TIME DIMENSIONS!
The Glitch: Don't worry, little boy, I still need to pay a visit to the Cookie Clicker Dimension! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
To Gabe and Lucas: What were you like before Salutem and the evil one possessed you?
Gabe: I, *puffs out chest valiantly* was a brave, heroic knight of the Knights of the Blocky Table. *begins monologuing*
Lucas: Well, I WAS a happy-go-lucky kid with no responsibilities, but then that immoral idiot came and went inside my body, so I turned into a jerk. It wasn't fun, believe me.
To Raven: *shoots heat-seeking death-ray at Raven and kills her* Sorry, don't come back, jerk! Mark is Kelsey's man, back off!
Raven: *her depressed ghost comes back to haunt you for eternity*
To only the Mutated Bed From Chapter 4: (Translated for you, bro.) AKXJFNEKX, USNGUC YKXNGLCTFLSNARGETH.
The Mutated Bed From Chapter 4: (Translated to English for YOU, bro.) Woah! You can play the didgeridoo too?
To the Fourth Wall Repairman: Hey, we haven't heard from you lately, how are you?
Fourth Wall Repairman: I'm doing okay, I guess. Life's as boring as ever, though. Fixing here, fixing there, fixing EVERYWHERE. Disney has seriously got to get their characters' awareness under control! They're still trying to figure out why they're always wearing gloves, you know!
To the Glitch: Your face... I like that sh*t...
The Glitch: No comment...
But for next time, will Vanessa's power combined with Rexum's be enough to defeat the fearsome Jeragarizarg? How will the sudden death of Rexum affect Mark and his friends? And will Vanessa ever be able to get over her old friend being deceased? Find out next chapter in VOiD! But for now, this is Pastrinator64, and I'll see you later with chapter numbah twenty-eight!
*throws sugar bomb, disappears in a cloud of fine white sugar*
Byyyyyeeeeee...
~Pastrinator64 [~]