Prologue - The World is our Arena
Sept 8, 2007 17:56:33 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2007 17:56:33 GMT
[glow=green,2,300]Wake up....wake...up.[/glow] A hollow echo rang throughout the cold corridors of Dagger. A cold chillness in the voice, words targeted for one specific person. The Duke slept deeply within his room, deep beneath Dagger's surface. Tired of the past events that had occured the previous week. The attack on Roosland, his transformation, his first outbreak on Eden and the condition he received since. All messed up. Above him alot of activity took place. Detachments of soldiers ordered back to Roosland, refugees returning back to Roosland. For many of them, their homes no longer existed. For many of them...their fathers, sons or brothers no longer walked among the living. Lost in the war. A reality not understood by many, never beliving death would fall upon the paradise of Roosland. Their lives would never be the same.
The echo hit him like a knife pierced through the heart, searing pain shot through his veins as the Duke woke up in a most violently. Jumping up in a sitting position holding his head with both of his hands. His head pounded...was it the darkness returning? [glow=blue,2,300]Not....again...[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]No.....I feel it too....[/glow] A rain of painful screams could been heard within his own mind, filling his head with intense pain. [glow=yellow,2,300]Brother...wake up...[/glow] [glow=blue,2,300]Brother?!....I have no brother...[/glow] A jolt of energy shout out from what seemed to be a portal, a portal that appeared suddenly out of nowhere. Pulsating with the same dreaded energy that could be found within Shadeia. The Duke's body was thrown with a violent force into the steel wall behind the bed he had just slept in. [glow=yellow,2,300]Do....not...lie...X01...[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Hnnngh....I still don't recall any brother of mine....[/glow] X01 groaned in pain, the jolt had shocked his body with quite decently. All of his muscles ached, his body turned numb as he tried to stand up. Whatever being that spoke to him, knew him by his Reaver designation and was capable to reach out to him through the physical barriers between Shadeia and the real world. Something that he had never seen before. [glow=yellow,2,300]You dont remember me...your own...brother? Is it that long? Or have you just simply supressed everything?[/glow] Another massive jolt of shade energy shot out from the portal and hit the paralyzed Xennarian where he was, energy surged through him as he screamed and twitched in pain. A storm of images flowed through his head, supressed images....forgotten images....of his service as X01 under Dedric enslavement. Most importantly the memories of his own brother. All the sudden memories was nearly too much to swallow, so many sins....so much destruction. Xarius knew he had done terrible things while being trapped inside Shadeia, things he would never forgive himself for. Partial amnesia had been his salvation, but now everything returned to him at once. [glow=blue,2,300]What have I done....have I done all these terrible things....and why have you come X09?[/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]Knowledge is a curse...of what you have done. [/glow] The energy that had pinned Xarius to the floor vanished, allowing him to stand up. His body shook still, trying to deal with the memories.
[glow=yellow,2,300]And the reason for me being here? Can't a brother visit his family?[/glow] [glow=blue,2,300]I don't belive you are here to just visit me....our last encounter did not end well.[/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]True...you fled like the coward you are! The reason I'm here is simply that I need you....well I need your Reaver.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]You need what!?[/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]I need you X01. To do something for me...[/glow] [glow=blue,2,300]I'm not doing anything for you![/glow] A ghost field suddenly shot out from the portal and pinned the surprised Xarius to the wall, leaving him once more immobile and groaning in pain. A rib probably broke as well. [glow=yellow,2,300]Be silent! I do not wish to talk to you! I'm speaking to X01.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Still my answer is the same as my other self. I do not wish to do anything for you...other than kill you with my bare hands. [/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]Oh I think you will do whatever I tell you to do![/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Oh really? I tell you that you can go and f**k yourself twice![/glow] A Shade Sting appeared in Xarius's right palm, burning with dark energy. [glow=yellow,2,300]You don't need that...[/glow] The ball shade ball disappeared as quickly as it had been formed. The Xennarian could all but continue to listen to his "brother", which seemed to control everything at the moment of the situation. [glow=yellow,2,300]I will repeat myself. I need you to do something for me. More specific I need you to ruin Xarius's life.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]However as much as I want to do that. I still refuse to do it for you![/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]Oh but you don't seem to understand....you simply have no choice.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]What do you mean?![/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]You'll see...[/glow]
The portal closed as quickly as it had appeared, leaving Xarius lying against the wall staring into the emptiness. Had his "brother" simply just left or what... [glow=red,2,300]The dark chest of terror has been reopened.[/glow] A dark smile came upon his scarred face, followed by darkness filling his eyes. A dark mist surrounded the Xennarian as he slowly stood up. [glow=red,2,300]I need to visit an old friend...[/glow]
The echo hit him like a knife pierced through the heart, searing pain shot through his veins as the Duke woke up in a most violently. Jumping up in a sitting position holding his head with both of his hands. His head pounded...was it the darkness returning? [glow=blue,2,300]Not....again...[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]No.....I feel it too....[/glow] A rain of painful screams could been heard within his own mind, filling his head with intense pain. [glow=yellow,2,300]Brother...wake up...[/glow] [glow=blue,2,300]Brother?!....I have no brother...[/glow] A jolt of energy shout out from what seemed to be a portal, a portal that appeared suddenly out of nowhere. Pulsating with the same dreaded energy that could be found within Shadeia. The Duke's body was thrown with a violent force into the steel wall behind the bed he had just slept in. [glow=yellow,2,300]Do....not...lie...X01...[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Hnnngh....I still don't recall any brother of mine....[/glow] X01 groaned in pain, the jolt had shocked his body with quite decently. All of his muscles ached, his body turned numb as he tried to stand up. Whatever being that spoke to him, knew him by his Reaver designation and was capable to reach out to him through the physical barriers between Shadeia and the real world. Something that he had never seen before. [glow=yellow,2,300]You dont remember me...your own...brother? Is it that long? Or have you just simply supressed everything?[/glow] Another massive jolt of shade energy shot out from the portal and hit the paralyzed Xennarian where he was, energy surged through him as he screamed and twitched in pain. A storm of images flowed through his head, supressed images....forgotten images....of his service as X01 under Dedric enslavement. Most importantly the memories of his own brother. All the sudden memories was nearly too much to swallow, so many sins....so much destruction. Xarius knew he had done terrible things while being trapped inside Shadeia, things he would never forgive himself for. Partial amnesia had been his salvation, but now everything returned to him at once. [glow=blue,2,300]What have I done....have I done all these terrible things....and why have you come X09?[/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]Knowledge is a curse...of what you have done. [/glow] The energy that had pinned Xarius to the floor vanished, allowing him to stand up. His body shook still, trying to deal with the memories.
[glow=yellow,2,300]And the reason for me being here? Can't a brother visit his family?[/glow] [glow=blue,2,300]I don't belive you are here to just visit me....our last encounter did not end well.[/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]True...you fled like the coward you are! The reason I'm here is simply that I need you....well I need your Reaver.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]You need what!?[/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]I need you X01. To do something for me...[/glow] [glow=blue,2,300]I'm not doing anything for you![/glow] A ghost field suddenly shot out from the portal and pinned the surprised Xarius to the wall, leaving him once more immobile and groaning in pain. A rib probably broke as well. [glow=yellow,2,300]Be silent! I do not wish to talk to you! I'm speaking to X01.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Still my answer is the same as my other self. I do not wish to do anything for you...other than kill you with my bare hands. [/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]Oh I think you will do whatever I tell you to do![/glow] [glow=red,2,300]Oh really? I tell you that you can go and f**k yourself twice![/glow] A Shade Sting appeared in Xarius's right palm, burning with dark energy. [glow=yellow,2,300]You don't need that...[/glow] The ball shade ball disappeared as quickly as it had been formed. The Xennarian could all but continue to listen to his "brother", which seemed to control everything at the moment of the situation. [glow=yellow,2,300]I will repeat myself. I need you to do something for me. More specific I need you to ruin Xarius's life.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]However as much as I want to do that. I still refuse to do it for you![/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]Oh but you don't seem to understand....you simply have no choice.[/glow] [glow=red,2,300]What do you mean?![/glow] [glow=yellow,2,300]You'll see...[/glow]
The portal closed as quickly as it had appeared, leaving Xarius lying against the wall staring into the emptiness. Had his "brother" simply just left or what... [glow=red,2,300]The dark chest of terror has been reopened.[/glow] A dark smile came upon his scarred face, followed by darkness filling his eyes. A dark mist surrounded the Xennarian as he slowly stood up. [glow=red,2,300]I need to visit an old friend...[/glow]