Chapter 9
Awakening
Everyone in the room gasped in shock as the darkness swelled around Joe, no one knew what was happening. But before anyone could do anything, a mysterious voice rang out through the chamber. "Joseph Stevens, you have proven your worth as a legendary rocker, and as a new grim reaper, so I, the demigod of rock, hereby bestow upon you, the powers of a grim reaper and your warrior of rock form…" and as the echoes of his voice died out, a new sound was heard. Joe was screaming. As the shadow surrounding him thinned, he could be seen, his tee shirt became sleeveless as a dark grey undershirt spread to his wrists, his bracelets grew lance-like spikes around it, his shirt gained the decal of a ribcage, his shorts grew to the length of average jeans, his boots went over the jeans and along the toe of them grew short metal spikes, and his hands gained skeleton gloves.
It seemed like the transformation had stopped, when he began to laugh, quietly at first, but gradually louder until he stopped altogether, and the darkness returned. It solidified around him into the grim reaper cloak, his hair band vanished letting his hair flow, then along side him his guitar morphed into a scythe a foot taller than him, with a blade the length from his head to his waist, finally a skull mask appeared on his face, grotesque and frightening. He then opened his eyes which glowed like golden lanterns, some of his hair partially covering the upper right of his mask from under the hood.
This time it was over, but before anyone could speak, he said in an echoing voice, "Let's finish this." As he picked up the scythe, which turned into a guitar, and began mercilessly shredding, the ripper was horrified. Joe's power was twice his own! Lou was scared beyond belief. If I go against him I'm screwed. But wait. Those four are going against me… all I need to do is beat them and take them hostage, and then he will have no choice to surrender. He thought, regaining his composure. Joe had the ripper on his knees begging for mercy before his solo was through. "I have defeated you father. Now I shall seal you away." Said Joe before swinging his scythe in a star shape and chanting in ancient language unknown to all in the room. "veteres pacta, và quyền lực thần bí, i stampi la animon de Via senmorta korpo, do věčného propasti, under de kommande tolv evigheter, du sollst Erfahrung eine unbeugsame Hölle." The grim ripper screamed in pain. A nightmarish portal appeared beneath his feet as the souls of the damned dragged him into the "porta ad infernum" screaming like a madman.
As Joe looked towards his friends he took off his mask and grinned goofily. "alright guys, show him who's boss." He said motioning towards Lou. "right" they said before setting up. "good luck Sam." Said Joe giving her a kiss. They got on stage, and from the start to the finish of the duel, they kicked Lou's ass. But before he could escape Joe caught him and preformed a new ritual to capture him. He created a twelve sided star with his scythe and chanted "si potest deĉifri ĉi ak youn nan anvan sa a און באַווייַזן עס צו מיר, سپس شما می توانید با یک داستان در آینده کمک کند" and banished Lou for eternity.
"now hold my hand, we need to get out of here before the place implodes." He said. They then transported back to the hotel. But when they got there, Joe collapsed, leaving Sam to scream his name in fear.
