Darkness Of Destruction - Page 4

April 20, 2008, 3:08 AM

Well I got Julius' permission and i cba waiting for Zeria because I know she'll say yeah so heres the next two chapters

Chapter 17: Rosalia Castle

The white castle of Rosalia Castle stood high above them, Rene stood there shocked at the beauty of it, Abby gasped loudly, Dawn, who had seen it all before, just took it in her stride and kept walking. They had arrived through the gate that led directly into the castle gardens, walls stood 20 feet high all around them and the gardens were filled with such beauty.

“The Queen herself tends these gardens.” Dawn informed them

“What’s she like?” Abigail asked.

“You’ll find out for yourself soon enough.” Dawn smiled at her. They had passed through another gate now and was walking up the stone white steps leading into the actual castle, the exterior of the castle was marble white with the red rose flag flying in the wind. The interior was as white as the outside with guards in shining silver armour patrolling the corridors. People looked upon them as they walked and Rene noticed the looks of admiration and in some cases distrust and hate towards Dawn, he felt it rude to ask why so he just stayed silent.

“We’re almost at the throne room, once inside you’ll meet the King and her ladyship. Also you’ll most likely meet the general of the army and several council members. A couple of things you should know: Firstly, General Revvus is a proud man so try not to insult him or anything he does or he’ll take it personally and you’ll gain one of the more powerful enemies, secondly the council is a group full of backstabbing bastards that advises the King, why he keeps them so close I will never know. Anyway, c’mon let’s go.” She turned and knocked on the Throne Room door.

The door opened and white light spilled out into the corridor, Rene shielded his eyes and Abby turned away.

“Ahh Dawn! You have finally arrived!” A young masculine voice filled the air. The light subsided and Rene could finally see, the hall was 50 feet long with two chairs close together at the other end, in one seat was a beautiful young lady, she had long purple hair and deep purple eyes, her facial features furthered her beauty even more, her lips were slim and red, her skin was pale white but that didn’t put her beauty down at all. Rene could tell that she was around 5”8. She wore the royal gown which consisted of a long purple dress finishing just below her knees, the Royal tiara and plain black heels, he wasn’t sure but he could swear he could see a large purple Z tattooed onto her arm. She smiled at Rene motheringly. Next to her a young man sat in the other chair, he had dark brown hair and greenish grey eyes that seemed to glow golden in the centre, he was slightly taller than the lady and Rene could tell he was extremely powerful. He wore full armour which consisted of a steel breastplate, Rene could just manage to see a small sapphire encrusted in the centre with angel wings protruding from both sides, underneath the breastplate was a simple chain mail, he wore steel leggings, leg guards and arm guards and plain steel gloves, he was carrying under his arm a large steel helm.

“Yes milord!” Dawn confirmed, she walked towards the pair, Rene noticed that there was other people in the room, in the corner a group of people were arguing quietly.

“This the kid?” The lady asked.

“Yes milady” Dawn turned to Rene and nodded with her head to step forwards. Rene obliged and stepped forwards, he knelt down in from of the and bowed his head.

“Sir. Madam.” Rene said, the King laughed and pulled Rene off the ground,

“You do not have to bow down to us boy, we are equals to you. My name is Julius Argexis and this is my wife and lady, Zeria Iiyasei.”

“Welcome. And do not call me anything resembling lady or I will rip your balls off” Zeria said smiling pleasently. “I’m kiddin’…” Rene smiled

“Anyway, you two,” Julius said to him and Abby “You had best go check in on your friend Filden no?”

“Oh!” Abby gasped, she had completely forgotten about him. “Where is he??”

Julius smirked. “Are you two…?”

“No! We’re just friends!” Abby blushed.

“He’s just down the hall, I’ll have someone escort you to him.” Julius turned to Rene, “once that is done you and me need to talk about your future…”

Chapter 18: Trials

“Fil!” Rene shouted as he burst through the infirmary door. The room had a strange green glow made from using lots of healing magic, in the far corner Filden lay in a bed smiling at his comrades

“Hey…” Abby said as she walked up to the side of his bed, she brushed her hand against his cheek gently. “How’re you feeling?”

“Good, if it weren’t for Kamui getting here quickly I’d be a goner.” He leant back and half shut his eyes. “Hey Rene, heard you took down that beasty thing, nice job bro’.” Rene chuckled

“Thanks mate, I’m just glad you’re okay, get some rest alright?”

“No problem man, tired anyway…” Filden said as he shut his eyes and started snoring softly.

“I’m gonna stay here for a while,” Abby told Rene as he turned to go back to the main hall. Rene nodded and put his hand on her shoulder. “I’ll see you later.”

“See ya later sis.” Rene joked. He left the room. Abby turned to Filden, who was now sleeping softly, and kissed him on his forehead.

“I was so worried about you. I‘d never been so scared, I thought I was going to lose the one person that was more important to me than anyone.” She told him. She sat on a chair and held his hand, she lay her head next on his chest and closed her eyes, she was exhausted.

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“So what do you want me to do?” Rene demanded as soon as he re-entered the main hall. Julius smiled at him. Zeria had left the room and Dawn was nowhere to be seen.

“Show me what you can do.” Julius ordered him, he drew his sword and waited for Rene to do the same. He obliged.

Julius threw the first strike, he sped forward with the most graceful ease and struck at Rene swiftly, he managed to block the blow but felt himself be pushed backwards by Julius’ sheer strength. Rene jumped forwards and immediately went on the offensive, he struck at Julius several times, every blow easily blocked by Julius’ blade. He struck at him and once again Julius’ blocked him easily.

The two swords were together close to both their faces sparking brightly.
“You are good Rene! But you try too hard at the beginning of the battle! You must ease into a battle gently or you’ll run out of energy far too quickly!” He pushed Rene backwards and surged forwards, he slashed upwards, Rene managed to block but the blow sent him flying into the air. He twisted in mid-air and felt his feet land against the roof, he pushed off and flew towards Julius, Julius was prepared and blocked the blow. He clashed his sword against Rene’s and threw it to the ground. He dropped down and kicked Rene’s fit from underneath him. He stood up gracefully and placed his blade against Rene’s neck.

“You show promise, I will be glad to teach you swordplay.” Julius told him. He sheathed his sword and extended his hand towards Rene. Rene grabbed it and felt himself pulled up from the ground. Julius walked over to Rene’s blade and picked it up. Julius smiled and extended the handle towards Rene. He accepted and sheathed it.

Even though he felt like shit from being beaten by Julius so badly, he was happy that he seemed to have pass this “trial”.

“Go and find Kamui, he should be in the castle’s Mage room. Just down the hall on your left.” Julius turned away and went into his chambers adjoined to the throne room.

Rene found Kamui after about 20 minutes and 50 wrong turns.
“Down the hall and on the left my arse, I’m practically on the other side of the castle.” Rene said as he knocked on the door. As soon as his fist left the door a loud blast was heard from within the room. Rene looked around at the guards and was perplexed when they didn’t so much as budge. One of the guards looked at him and signalled for him to go in. Rene did so.

As soon as he was in the room he gasped. The walls were scorched in places, a corner was pretty much made of ice, and the rest was just too unbelievable to even decribe. Only Kamui was in the room, he was dressed in a smart black suit. His short hair was slightly messy and his face was ash ridden on one side. Rene coughed to tell him he was here and heard Kamui sigh in annoyance.

“You know, it’s kind of obvious you’re there when you slam a door that loudly.” Kamui walked over to table and used a towel to clean his face. “I’ll be teaching you to control your magic and how to convert it into a spell, but before that I want you to show me what you can do.”

“I don’t know who to use my magic, I’ve only been able to use it twice and one time I almost died.”

“How did you feel when you used your magic when you almost died?” Kamui asked.

“Pure, white, blinding anger.” Rene told him “Alex threatened to kill the ones I love just to get to me and I couldn’t take that, I somehow managed to create a flaming barrier between me and Alex’s attack”

“You used a high-level barrier spell. It doesn’t take all the damage away but can get rid of up to 3 quarters of the damage, the spell itself didn’t almost kill you, the remaining damage did.”

“But if I almost died from that then what if I didn’t use my magic!?” Rene gasped

“You, your friends and whoever else Vrael had helping him would have been killed instantly.

“What is he?”

“He used to be just like you, the only problem was, he grew up in the wrong family, his father used to be a good man, then he was expelled from this kingdom and managed to rally many men and take over many counties creating his own country. After that he expanded till he stopped around 20 years ago. Now his son is continuing his legacy. Vrael could have been the best, now he is tainted by evil forever.”

“And it’s my job to stop him…” Rene said disheartened, if that attack almost killed his and he managed to get rid of most of the damage, then what if the next time he can’t use his power and gets himself and those around him killed.

“Not for a long time hopefully.” Kamui stood. “First lesson: Controlling your magic. This lesson will be continuous throughout your entire life. No one can truly completely control their magic, we can only get so far. Now I want you to calm yourself, release any negative emotion that could be lurking in even the most darkest parts of your heart. Find them and destroy them.”

Rene closed his eyes and steadied his breathing, he slowed down every function of his body and released himself. He opened his eyes and gasped, in front of him was a small red spark, pretty much the second he saw it, the spark disappeared.

“What was you thinking about?” Kamui asked Rene.

“Well firstly I thought about Filden and how guilty I felt that I couldn’t help him when he was hurt…”

“There was no way you could have controlled what happened to him Rene. You have to let go of your guilt. What was the second thing?”

“Faith… I still don’t know why she betrayed me.” Rene told him.

“Do you still love her, even though she betrayed you?”

“I don’t know why, but I know that she didn’t truly betray us. That’s why I still do love her, and that’s why I will find out why she left us.”

“Good, at least that second one was a positive feeling.” Kamui stood and lifted Rene up. “Lessons over kid, after a few more lessons, myself and Abigail will teach you spells. For now, go and see Lady Zeria in the gardens, she wanted you for something..

“Okay, see you later Kammy.”

“Don’t call me that…” Rene smiled and left the room.

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Rene heard the whistle before he saw the blower. Zeria was stood in the middle of the gardens waiting.

“About damn time! Jeez I thought Kamui had tied you up to a chair or something.” Zeria smiled, She was wearing a black leather sleeveless zip-up sweated and tight black leather jeans. Rene could see the big purple “Z” on her arm clearly now.
“Well kiddo, the reason I called ya out here is because, well, you look a bit of a mess. In case you haven’t noticed, you’re clothes are muddy, ripped and grimy. So first of all we get you some new threads, then we move on to gunmanship lessons.”

Rene smiled, he had quickly eyed up the two guns lying in cases on the ground next to her.

April 20, 2008, 5:55 AM

So, well, here's the post, right? That means none of the "or else..." stuff you mentioned,

Well, that's a good story, XD
Can't wait to get more of it,

Let's see how all of this goes.

April 20, 2008, 10:57 AM

Now we're moving on to the stages where I haven't seen these chapters at all. I'm glad that Rene's got there safely and he will learn to control his powers. Keep it up!

April 20, 2008, 5:09 PM

Here's chapter 19 Faith, which mainly stars... YOU!

Chapter 19: Escape.

“So what’s the plan?” Patricia asked Faith weakly, they were sitting in Faith’s room with the TV set on loud so they weren’t overheard.

“Tonight, I’ll sneak out of my room and go down to your cell, I’ll knock out eh guard then release you.” Faith told her worriedly, she was certain they would be caught and tortured. “Then while we’re in the dungeons we’ll find a manhole and go down, then hopefully with the maps I’ve secured we should be able to break into the hanger bay and steal a light airship.”

“Is there anything you need me to do?” Patricia asked her.

“Don’t worry about anything, so long as you’re in your cell at midnight then you’re fine.”

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There was a soft thump as Faith landed nimbly on the ground 2 stories below her window. She was dressed in her travelling clothes which consisted of a dark top and white overcoat with a long tail. She wore white baggy trousers and white gloves with white shoes. They were light so it was easier for her to move.

Hopefully, she’d still be given clearance to go into the dungeons. She walked over to the back entrance of the dungeon, a sort of wooden shed leaning into the ground guarded by two guards in dark grey armour. One held a spear in his right hand, the other had a sword sheathed on his waist.

“Halt!” The guard with the spear ordered Faith as she approached, he lowered his spear in an aggressive manner but did not attack. “Ma’am, we have been ordered to bring you to his royal highness immediately, you are a traitor and will be killed.” He chuckled .

Faith sprung into action, she released her psychic strength towards the spearman sending him flying into a pile of bushes, the swordsman reacted swiftly drawing his blade but did not understand the extent of Faiths power, she held him up in the air and threw him into a nearby wall knocking him out, the spearmen had finally got up and charged at Faith, she had no time to attack with her power so roundhouse kicked him in the stomach instead completely knocking him out.

She hid the unconscious bodies in the bushes and took the dungeon key. The stairwell downwards was dark and cold, it made her shiver, the thought of thousands of souls had been tortured till death petrified her as she made it to Patricia’s floor. If she was caught, that would most likely be hers and Patricia’s fate.

“You! Stop!” A guard shouted as Faith opened the stairwell door. Faith quickly dispatched him with a simple psychic blast, not realising that there was another two around the corner. They charged round at full speed and Faith only narrowly avoided them by jumping up high with her power. She spun in mid-air, sending off psychic blasts as she spun. The guards quickly fell. She took the keys from one of the bodies and found Patricia’s cell.

“Patricia! Wake up, I’m unlocking your door.” Faith told her, she saw the woman’s eyes shine with happiness.

“Faith! Thank god, they’re looking for you! I heard some of the guards…” Patricia’s eyes widened as she saw the guards on the floor.

“I already know they’re looking for me. They want me dead. Come on we have to get to the hanger and steal a ship.” They left the cell and quickly ran out of the corner. Faith took the map she stole from the castle library and studied it. “According to this map there should be a manhole just over there leading into the sewers.

They quickly found the manhole cover without anyone getting into the way.

“Fucking hell, that stinks.” Faith groaned

“How would you feel having to live next to it for as long as I have.” Patricia smirked, she quickly leaped down the hole “C’mon down! It doesn’t smell as bad down here.”

Faith groaned but went down anyway. “God I hate you! It stinks even worse down here!” Patricia chuckled.

“Shall we go? Or be captured by them and killed?”

“First option.” They went along the stinking sewers, avoiding the river of green sludge along the way. Every now and then Faith would check the map to make sure they were going in the right direction and every now and then she would punch the wall when she realised they were going in completely the wrong direction.

After a long time they finally found the hanger’s manhole, Faith pushed it open slightly to make sure they would get out unseen, there were only a few guards in the hanger but lots of cameras that would alarm the rest of the castle to where they were.

After about 10 minutes, they had a plan. Faith would go into the hanger and find the camera’s electronics, shut them down, take out the guards and secure a ship. Patricia would hide until everything was clear then get onto whatever ship Faith secured.

Faith opened the man hole cover and jumped out. She rolled sideways behind a few crates and gained her breath. She glanced around and spotted the hangers electrics. She raised her hand and lifted a spear laying on the ground nearby. She threw it into the electronics and smiled as the light went out and the cameras turned off. She jumped up and knocked out the guard coming forward to check what happened.

The others all spotted what happened and charged forward. Faith rolled along the ground dodging a bullet aimed for her head. She threw a spearmen at the gunsman knocking him off the ledge he was aiming from. The fall killed them both and now there was only two left. She couldn’t let them escape so she knocked them both out.

After the battle she glanced around, there was only two ships in the hanger at that time, a large freighter ship and a light 5-man cruiser. It was obvious what ship she would choose. She ran to the ship and pressed the open button on the panel next to the door. She heard the buzz saying her access was denied.

“Dammit.” She swore to herself, it looks like she’d have to find the unlock codes first. She looked around and saw the control room. It was a dead cert that the codes would be in there. She ran over to it and blew the door open. Inside a guard was sitting on the floor.

“Please! Please don’t kill me! I have a wife and kids! Please!” The man screamed terrified, Faith’s eyes lightened and she smiled

“I’m not going to kill you, I just want the ignition codes for the light ship.” She asked pleasantly.

“55-1XI” The man told him.

“Thank you.” She left the man alone. She ran back over to the ship and entered the code and sure enough it unlocked. “Patricia! Quickly come on out!” Patricia’s head appeared and she ran over to Faith. Faith looked at the ship properly for the first time. It was around 10 metres long and only 5 metres wide, it wasn’t very tall but fit both Faith and Patricia snugly. It had two long wings with two machine guns attached to each wing. Underneath the ship was a turret for a pilot to sit in and shoot.

“I’ll fly, you sit tight in the passenger area, we’ll probably et some resistance but we should out run them.” Faith told Patricia, she ran to the cockpit and started the engine. It whirred into life and Faith felt the entire frame shake into flight-mode. She flipped a few switches and turned on the take off field, which was basically a blue shield that lifted them into the air. “You ready Patricia?”

“Yup, I’m all strapped in, now can we get the hell out of here?” Patricia shouted over the intercom.

Faith opened the hanger bay door via the wireless switch and smiled as moonlight struck her face, in about 5 hours they would be nearing the border of Rosalia, hopefully where Rene would be. She eased the airship out of the hanger and flew into the air.

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“Send 5 fighters to attack them.” Vrael ordered his air commander from his room at the castle, he smiled as the light airship sailed into the air.

“5 won’t be enough to take them down, a ship that advanced will decimate them.” The commander told him.

“That’s the plan, send the ships, we need to look like we want them back.” Vrael turned smiled to himself “We’re letting them leave.”

April 20, 2008, 7:03 PM

Okay, okay... because your making me have to post,

'tis good,

gotta see what comes next

Oh, I'll edit me siggy in a sec

April 20, 2008, 7:14 PM

Shh, you're not meant to say I'm making you post!

April 20, 2008, 7:19 PM

Whoops...

Nah... I'm only J/k... you're not REALLY making me post... are you?

Lol...