Chapter Fifty Seven: Engage
Frost's POV
A headache... The fourth time this hour... Ack. What the Hell's causing it I wonder... I can loose my concentration...
I kept walking in this empty white field of nothingness, following Phase in an orderly fashion as she continued to speak about Black's past... Strangely, I never felt fatigue from all this walking nor did my breathing pattern change, let alone my heart rate...
"She was a Colour. And upon the brink of death as one, you would enter the Colour Plane. That's where she went. Her segment was pure darkness, and around her were many other colours which attracted her... She thought about making a new beginning in this world. How she'd be kind, gentle and be a real girl... But what she got was pain and suffering from the other Colours who despised her existence because she could taint them without even trying. If you mix black and blue you get black. Black and red, black. Black and green, black... Everything...
She grew depressed and slowly became emotionless day after day. She even forbid herself to speak as she thought that even her words could faint them... Soon, she edged insanity and prepared to kill everyone... But the next day, she met a girl. One who also couldn't talk and one who immediately smiled at her without hesitation or fear... She showed Black kindness and stuck close to her as if they were friends since birth. Black at first, was shocked to her kindness and stared at the girl as if she was crazy, showing her such emotion to someone like her...
Day after day, the girl would find Black and bring many kind gifts with her which made Black, for the first time in a long time, experience happiness and smiled with tears flowing down her cheeks... Then, they played games. Challenges to see who was stronger. Black hid her true powers to level the games against White who had absolutely no idea about her true abilities... There were times when Black was put down by the others and times when Black fought them back and made them kiss the ground... She forgot about the pain of the living world and was thankful for that... It was the only reason why she didn't decide to suddenly attack White from out of the blue when she got too close... She was like a demon... It was like that in the Colour Plane, until one day, YOU called her out and a girl named Mindy called White out...", Phase said in incredible detail which blew my mind and broadened my eyes a little in surprise that she even had enough oxygen to recite all of that... Then again, she's a spirit. Meaning that she can easily exceed the 'normal' capabilities of a child. I can imagine her going to a school... Hehe. No one would be able to stand up against her if she were to go to a normal school, if there IS any in Corozin right now...
"Your basically saying that WE separated them?", I asked her bluntly and slowly in a slightly confused tone of voice, gulping a mouthful of saliva and some regret into my acid-filled stomach.
"To be frank, precisely. During your 'transformations', her memories came flooding back to her like a tidal wave and caused her to take evasive action. She literally forced her consciousness to become your subconsciousness in order to hide and never see the world of the living. But for White however, she took over Mindy entirely from head to toe, soul to heart. The became one, except Mindy disallowed White to have her memories about you. I bet she wanted you to find love all over again..."... Mindy. Damn... Why did she have to remind me of her at a time like this?...
"...If I told you everything Black went through and all the pain and suffering scarred over her body, you'd probably push White aside and stay forever with Black... I can only tell you so much... Please use this information wisely...", Phase said, suddenly stopping with one final, loud step which echoed endlessly throughout the empty white plains of frozen time... I stared down at her, too stopping in my tracks as she twitched a little in what seemed like shock. Her light blue, furry, cat-like ears vibrated violently left and right before suddenly folding flat on top of her light blue, long hair that was styled as twin tails down to her thighs... "Huh? Where am I?", She said in a shocked and surprised tone of voice. Eh?!
Star's POV
Now THIS is a real war! Tightly, I held my long, extremely cunning pink, razor sharp rapier in my right hand pointing forwards at the front enemy lines which consisted of men in black armour wielding long spears and using them as a barricade whilst another line sat in front with large body-sized kite shields made of iron and steel. The blazing ball of fire shone down upon the earth, lighting up the land in an amazing light organs hue which fitted well with the light green grassy field that we stood on, all ready for battle.
I stood to the left of Jace proudly, watching the enemies movement which was terribly sluggish and clanky. I could hear the beating of iron and steel faintly in the distance, ringing like a weak dinner bell which was the melody of the battlefield. It was pleasant. Soothing to the ears and most of all, drove my blood twice as fast for the sake of bloodshed and glory. We are NOT going to lose this war, even if we're one to four against them. I can't remember the last time I've felt like this... When was it?... Oh! Right, the war between the Skeleton Kingdom and Charcoal's army. Ahaha! Oh how we upright demolished them! This should be the same!
Behind the lot, was the undoubtedly massive White Castle which I could barely make out... Soon, we'll take that castle down and storm the final guardian.
"Ready to have some fun?", Jace asked me, making me blink blankly and turn to face him, staring into his dark blue eyes that drilled deeply into my light grey ones. Across his white, handsome face, was a loveable smile which made me blush a little to how great he looked...
I gave him a small, cheerful nod and let the tip of my pink rapier rest against the green battlefield as I returned a little smile to him, indicating that I indeed, AM ready for battle. Haha! I've been waiting for this moment for a long ass time! As a Maiden of Wishes, I have the desire for war as most people crave for that intense, adrenaline-filled feeling of gore and glory!
"Star, you make sure to take out the front line defences with whatever you got with your troops. Once you make a breech, I'll immediately send in my biggest men straight in and tear open a rift for the Colours. During that, I want you to use your dragons to help out a little and use your archers to bring down hell with Melody... I'll have my army retreat-".
"Huh?!", I exclaimed all of a sudden to what he said in what felt like surprise and anger... Did... He just say that he's going to be retreating?!...
"Listen Star, I have a plan. And it revolves around how long you can keep the battle in flow. A good two hours will be more than enough for me to have everything prepared-".
"HEY! I thought we were a team! Are you using me?!", I cried with widened eyes, gritting my teeth a little in anger... I can't believe this guy! He's... Always doing things like this!
I clenched my fists tightly, slowly reeling my left hand behind me with the intent to land it right across his stupid, stupid face. Dammit! I hate it SO much when he thinks his plans will always work! Gah!
He nodded with a friendly smile, making his dark blue, long, manly hair bounce once which made me cringe in anger and prepared my left hand for impact.
"You little- How dare you! You think I'm REALLY going to let you do that?!", I exclaimed at him as footsteps approached afar from behind which made Jace inch his face a little closer to mine, making me blush even more redder which induced a reluctant feeling into my bloodstream... Dammit! Now I don't wanna hit this... This...
Suddenly, without any warning whatsoever nor any rhyme OR reason, he pushed his face so close to mine, that time itself stopped as his... Lips... Touched... Mine... I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. It was so sudden and unlike anything that's ever happened to me... I mean... He... Stole my first kiss... My eyes widened tremendously in embarrassment and shock. His lips cupped mine sideways... His warm... Wet... Ack... No... I wanted to take it slow!... I wanted to make the moves!... He broke the kiss and jumped back, leaving me completely dumbfounded on the spot... Eh?... Um... Um... Ah...
"Do you trust me?", He asked kindly and a little childishly... Now that he's kissed me... I... Guess I can't say I don't trust him... But... Ack... I'm burning up so much... Idiot! He just HAD to kiss me from out of nowhere and make me blush and- and- and-... Argh! WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS?! After this, I'm going to... Ahhhh! I can't believe-! Gah!
White's POV
The metallic clanks of metal beating steel was more than enough to send someone insane and drag them down to the deepest pits of their mind. We stood there, in a straight line, staring across the grassy battlefield at the endless grey dots which covered the horizon and as far as the eye could see. Literally. It was a sight to behold... But for some reason, I didn't have the urge to shed blood. Almost like I didn't want to fight I this war... I have to tho... Frost is lucky. He just as to stay at the back of the army because of how highly wanted he is right now by Grey. Our downfall, will be the moment she gets her hands on him... This war could go either way... But it favours them more.
Frost's POV
Ack... My head's brewing up a storm and is killing me! Dammit! I can't let it beat me! I won't lose to a mere headache!
"F...Frost. If you want, I can help you walk", Phase said in worry from my right as dragged myself along the endless white plains towards a giant black structure far ahead which I undoubtedly knew was where we had to go.
I smiled and faced
her, shaking my head a little left and right to ease her worries and spoke. "I'm alright... It's just a little headache. Nothing too serious", I claimed in a friendly tone of voice which made her cute, light blue eyes broaden a little ever so innocently which really made my heart thump painfully against my rib cage. She looked like she was at the urge to cry. The deathly frown plastered across her white face emphasised on his much she was worrying about me and the way she held both her hands in front of her chest... She shouldn't be worrying... It's not good for her... "Phase. I'm truly fine. No need to worry", I said in a soothing tone of voice which made her hands clench and grip tightly against one another as her shining light blue eyes quickly resembled an oiled marble...
She began to tremble, shaking lightly and innocently as I grit my teeth and braced myself for another mental beating which ALMOST forced me to drop onto my knees from the intense pain that struck me like lightning... Oh crap... I stumbled forwards a little, trying to maintain my balance for Phase's same as she gasped and immediately caught my free right wrist with both of her soft, white, delicate hands which felt a little moist... I took a quick deep breath of air to help resist the painful sensation which took me by storm before looking down at the shoulder-height Phase who stared up into my eyes with teary light blue ones... Salty tears formed at the opposing corners of her eyes, trembling, waiting to fall down and stream down her cute cheeks which made my eyes broaden a little... She's so worried. I don't understand why she's worried about me... Is it because she's feeling sympathetic towards me? Ack... There's another one... I can't show it to her. I don't want her to be sad. She's almost like Ruby, except only a lot like a little sister than a daughter...
"Don't worry Phase. Let's just keep going", I said with a small, forced smile which she easily saw through and tightened her grip around my wrist as she grit her teeth painfully like tightened vices and narrowed her eyes a little...
"How can you say that?! You're not ok! Something's happening to you! Let me help you!", She cried and tugged on my arm harshly, making me stumble over to the right as another decimating, absolutely painful headache took me by storm... I nearly fell over and suffered a split head, but was lucky that I had enough strength and will to keep myself standing upright and the fact that Phase helped keep me up. "See?! You have to depend on other people sometimes!", She exclaimed with tears literally balancing and on the brink of sliding down her cheeks... "What's wrong with you Frost?! What's hurting you?!".
I blinked harshly, gritting my teeth like vices as I shuffled forward a little, making her step back as she held onto my right shoulder from underneath to try to help me stay upright. Ack... My body's not reacting properly... Dammit...
"I told you not to wo-"...
"It'a not fair! You're always doing things and risking your life for others without even recognising your pain!", She scolded me painfully loud with an everlasting echo which rung in my ears and buried deep within my mind as the pain that struck me just now was cut down by a half... Phase... "I'm your familiar! Your companion! Your pet for life and I care about you more than anyone else! Your pain is my pain! Can't you understand?!"... She's... Making me feel so guilty... Ack! Ahh! My head wants to explode!... It's almost like... Someone's trying to get in and mind control me... Agh! I think that's it!... I need to hold on a little more! "Let's go! I'll carry you! I'm stronger than I look and we'll get to that black tower in no time so just hang in there!"... Dammit... It hurts so much that I can barely hear her speak... She's going to have to move fast... Before it's too late for me...
White's POV
I ran like the wind, stomping on pink ropes of flesh and piles of mutilated bodies that littered the red grassy earth that were the result of Jace's huge black armoured monsters mowing down a beautiful road through a breakage in Grey's army. They continued to batter away at enemies with large, slow, powerful sways of their massive swords and axes which easily took out a good twenty with each coming, making me smile a little and narrow my eyes ever so slightly. However, this didn't mean that we were winning... Behind me, is where the heart of the war is. Star's army clashing at full force with Grey's in an all out battle. Screams of heroics mixed with screams of death filled the atmosphere in an inviting manner. Well, to me at least. My foot broke many bones of the dead with satisfying cracks which was as pleasurable as therapy. Nothing beats a good war! Ahaha! Let's bring down the pain! My goal right now is to support Jace's giant guys with my abilities while the other Colours try to help demolish the front lines. Star's dragons are doing an AMAZING job in mowing down the enemies with fire and arrows... The only problems with them, is that already a good fifteen percent of the dragons have perished by amazingly long archery from the back of their entire army... And that's my biggest question. HOW are they able to to do it?... There must be more to what meets the eye! Plus, there's that castle sitting behind them afar... I have this weird feeling about it that doesn't quiet... Seem correct...
In my right hand, was my Moon's Rhythm clenched tightly and held far to my side, ready to slice up some evil with the deadly sharp edges that can easily slice through their pathetic black steel armour. I kept on running as fast as I could towards the massive men in black armour who we're being overwhelmed by the enemies. Hehe. Let's have some fun!
The moment I was a good eight metres from the hoard of enemies which surrounded the closest giant black armoured beast like ants over a piece of sugar, I grinned evilly and pushed myself to move twice as fast, immediately making it up to them and releasing the safety switch on my right arm. At once, I waved my right arm and slashed the backs of the unsuspecting foes, slicing them into two giant chunks of meat as their armour clanked and tore like thin cheap paper. Their sour and bitter-warm blood stained my white clothing a dark red along with small chunky pink bits which intensified my urge to kill as the men that surrounded the beast turned to me and immediately engaged with me. Effortlessly, I spun clockwise and sent a devastating back handed slice which decapitated seven men and severally wounded another five as the dead's weapons grazed their throats like a hot knife through butter. My eyes burnt a deep, light red and my pupils contracted to a tiny dot that not even a microscope could see...
Five more men came charging in right at me, letting out their battle cries of glory through their full black, steel helmets which made me chuckle as I took a step back, avoiding a horizontal slice that threatened to take my head and retaliated with and instant uppercut which sliced one of them in half. Ahahah! The blood! The beautiful blood! Haha! Let's kill them all!
Star's POV
Front lines are broken and my main force has already taken of a million while loosing only a hundred thousand! That's a BIG accomplishment and I thank White for her damn good efforts in taking most of them out and STILL take more and more of them out like a meat grinder! We're close to winning this! I can feel it! Hahaha!
Grey's POV
The plan's going out great. Once my army is defeated, I'll finally be able to have some fun and take them all down myself... Hehe, Frost should be arriving here soon. There's no way he can resist my magic, especially after digesting it ALL! Haha! The apple!
Jace's POV
Star has done an amazing job in taking out the front lines and distracting the enemies from my advancement! I held my icy light blue war hammer in my right hand, smiling proudly as I rode on Nexus's giant light purple dragon a good fifty eight metres in the air, staring down at the battlefield as I watched my army attack from both sides unexpectedly. A classic pincer attack!
The wing beats of the dragon cancelled out all other noises and created large gushes of wind which stroked the ground painfully with the force of a freight train strapped with dynamite. My dark blue, long hair fluttered behind me in an amazing manner, showing off my pure awesomeness to the world as my men commenced their attack and literally wiped the green world red with them. I shook my head left and right, chuckling to how they just MOWED them down without any hesitation nor problems... Although the battlefield was GIGANTIC, we were on a good pace in taking them down. The Colours and the other guys did exceptionally well in killing. Damn... Do they make me proud! Especially Star... Hehe, I can't believe I kissed her!
This should all be done in a good eleven minutes... Then it'll be the real deal... Grey and the final guardian... We flew across the battlefield some more, observing the fast paced battled between good and evil as the strong, hurricane-like wind battered my face and made my black trench coat flutter far behind me like a cape. So far so good...
I blinked, narrowing my eyes a little as a sudden noise emitted from my left in a high pitched manner, immediately making me turn to see a massive black ball of energy come hurdling straight at me. Instinctively, I raised my hammer up above my head and slammed it right at the ball, causing it to explode into many black and purple particles of both corruption and blackness... My hand and hammer bounced back up over my head to the expelled energy, making me grit my teeth as I stared off to my left to see WHO from our side tried to take me down... My eyes flicked all over the place, and my sweat dripped from my forehead to the thought of Grey being on OUR side of the battlefield...
Then
My eyes suddenly locked onto a strange, female figure standing alone at the back of our army. My first guess was Frost, but I knew I was wrong... And the moment I knew I was wrong, that's when my eyes widened a tenfold in pure shock and fear to who it truly was... She glanced soullessly at me, holding out her right hand towards me, ready to fire another energy ball... Her light blue and light PURPLE eyes immediately told me everything...
Grey had somehow, got in touch with Frost... Meaning that he's now... Black Melody... Argh! Impossible!
She fired another ball at me and instinctively, I beat it I to smithereens with the blunt force of my icy war hammer. My arm bounced back to the sheer force of the miniature explosion. Dammit! Ack... My wrist's throbbing... Gah!
She didn't show any facial expression, nor even curved her lips to emphasise her wickedness as she shot out ANOTHER ball straight at me. The dragon made a sudden break, making me jolt forward and nearly hurl out all of my organs at once to how quickly we stopped. It roared in anger and reeled it's light purple head backwards as it breathed out fire from it's moist nostrils before swooping down a good five metres and heading straight towards Black at full force. I readied myself for anything she could pull off, reeling my right hand far to my sides as she just stood there, holding her hand out with the palm facing us like she was a statue...
My teeth were clamped she together and glared out as I locked my eyes at her head, ready to send a deadly strike her head which will kill her... The dragon swooped down to her and tilted a little to the right, positioning itself to favour me as I narrowed my eyes and let out a blood curling battle cry which beat the loud clanking of metal and the beating of the dragon's wings in decibels... Time seemed to slow down at that point, and I was only a mere four metres away from her... The dragon just BARELY touched the ground and it's right wing shaded us from the sun... During this split second opportunity, I swung my hammer as hard as I could to her face, putting as much power as possible into the attack... I regretted it. I regretted it with my life...
At that moment, I realised my mistake and nearly paid for it with my life... She literally head butted my hammer during the slow motion time lapse, making my hammer bounce far back with immaculate force which dragged my arm with it far behind me as I watched stick out her arm in front of my stomach... Time resumed just for a split second then froze with me spitting out blood from my mouth as I hung on her arm... She... Took me off the dragon... My black armour crippled and dented deeply inside of my stomach, rupturing many of my organs and muscular fossil he's which resulted in major bleeding... My eyes widened and I could still feel the metal curling up deeper and deeper within me as my blood resembled red, spherical rain droplets which suspended in mid air... When time resumed, she move so fast, that didn't even have the time to even catch a glimpse of the light shining behind her...
Then time froze again, to her favour of course... While I was still in mid air, she pulled her arm back and sent one hell of a devastating push filled with magic straight to my chest which literally, would have made my heart explode if it weren't for my heat resistant coat which absorbed most of the generated heat... But... It didn't stop me from flying back a good fifty metres with broken ribs and a busted left shoulder... Ack... She's... Unbelievable powerful!... Ahhh! The moment I landed on the grass, I blacked out... Agh... I think I hit my head against a piece of metal... Dammit... Dammit... DAMMIT... She's... So powerful...
Black's POV
...Why... Is he still trying to come to me? He'll die if he gets too close to me... I just want to be alone... Alone forever in this white world of emptiness... No one can save me. It's impossible... I hate life so much... Why couldn't I just die? Why?... If only they had treated me better... Then I wouldn't have to be this miserable... I'm not angry. I'm not happy... I'm... Sad...
I bet I'm doing all sorts of bad things again. Killing, stealing, scarring... How can I go back to a world where I'm hated? It's not fair!... I'm so sorry White... And I'm so sorry... Lilith and Maxis... Your son is going to die... And it's all my fault... I couldn't keep the promise... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm... So sorry...
Save me, someone...
"To Kill Is Human. To Forgive Is Divine".
"Lies Are What Makes The World Move. A Single Truth Can Destroy It".
"Make As Many Memories A Possible Before Time Runs Away From You".
"Steal From The Rich, Give To The Poor. Right Now, It's The Complete Opposite...".
"FOCUS. DON'T LET ANYONE DISTRACT YOU!".