War of the Portal - Part 4
10 - “True Evil”
Interesting note: I have never called the Power in this story ‘magic’. I feel that magic is overused, so I have made sure that magic and the Power are not associated.
-Myst- raised his head as he looked around the broken earth around him. “What happened?”
gfoxcook spoke softly. “Two of the seals I made over the portal have broken,” He paused as his eyes glanced to -Myst-‘s face. “They snapped as if they were twigs.”
“The seal I placed on the mountain also broke,” Said Stamper with a concerned look on his face. Alkador had never seen him worry so much.
“Dobio is dead and these ‘seals’ you speak of are broken,” RedCircle looked at the others with a worried look. “What does this mean?”
“It means that the stronger submissions have the ability to escape to any part of the world any time.” Inuzuka-Kiba stared at Dobio’s body as the others whispered amongst themselves.
“How did the other submissions get out before then?” Asked ReconRebel.
“The seal had strange abilities but it prevents certain levels of energy escaping. The submissions we were up against were moderately weak. The majority of submissions that could not escape were the more powerful ones.” Replied Inuzuka-Kiba.
“So you’re saying that there are monsters more powerful than what we have fought” Eldarion almost squeaked.
“If it is, then we are ready to protect ourselves,” Replied gfoxcook. “With an Ancient who has more knowledge of the Power than anyone here. We can also test everyone here to see if there are others with the Ancient genes.”
At once, Stamper and gfoxcook went inside the house while the group looked at Dobio’s lifeless body. Red blood from his chest was now black as his face showed signs of a white colour. the_phantom_spancker squatted down to close the man’s eyelids.
“Are you sure we should go up soon?” Asked the supreme guard as he looked at the King closely. The black man turned his face with his black eyes feeling the guard’s heart.
“Of course. These few men are the only pawns to my move. The pawn cannot defeat the queen.”
“But the pawn can trap the queen and kill it,” Smirked another guard. There were three of them that carefully kept an eye on the King.
“Silence!” Snapped the King. “It is time I showed the world that life can be as fun as a game. They will scream when I pinch their lives. Screaming is music to my ears.”
“You speak of too many clichés,” Another guard said as he spoke up. “Very well then so be it. But do not blame us for your death.”
“Don’t worry,” The King said as he stood up, stepping outside of the blooded circle. “I will just show them how the Power of Destruction can be put to use.”
YoinK_VineS and -Mazza- stared at the huge hole over the cliff before them.
“The earth crumbled?” -Mazza- rubbed his chin as he saw the pink light that moved like life deep below them.
“This is bad,” YoinK_VineS gulped as he stepped backwards, fearing he might fall down. “We have to warn the others!”
A strange sound came from within the portal as -Mazza- started to run alongside YoinK_VineS.
“What else is down there?”
“Apparently, there were powerful creatures sealed a long time ago. Their purpose, I don’t know.”
A gigantic red mechanical machine landed before them with long chromium plated arms with a dark grey colour. The machine stared at the two with a robotic expression.
“Ruby weapon?” -Mazza- had one eyebrow higher than the other.
“Holy…no,” A puddle of yellowish liquid appeared at the ground front YoinK_VineS’s legs. “This is the P-bot…”
The P-bot made a mechanical whirring sound as its right arm pointed at the two.
“Run!”
A beam of blue light burst from P-bot’s arm as the ground before it melted instantly, breaking the ground apart as more of the Portal was revealed. The robot roared a high pitched screech while YoinK_VineS summoned lightning from the sky, hoping to destroy the circuits within the robot. The bolts slammed against the robot’s head as it froze only for a second, the beam fading in a residue of bright blue light. It lifted its head up suddenly as it squatted, the earth partially giving way, leaping into the sky as a gale came to life. YoinK_VineS gritted as he cast a partial shield around him and -Mazza-, cursing while doing so.
“We have no time. Let’s get hurry back now!”
