Kingsroad I

Chapter 13: More Deceit And Twists

Chapter 13: More Deceit And Twists

"Hehehehahoho," laughed the sadistic voice.

"Who goes there!?" wondered PolarChris, unnerved to hear anotherspeaker. "Who are you? I haven't heard another speaker for a looong time..."

"Oh ho ho, I'm not here to play games, I am here to ruin your day..."

"And how do you think you are going to do that?"

"POLARCHRIS!!!" boomed the voice of the feared, Zadimus Bloodgod. "DID YOU HAPPEN TO KILL A MAGE ABOUT-" Zadimus motions with his hands, "-WEE BIG, MAYBE PART OF THE PARTY, AND GOES BY THE NAME OF SHADOW!?!"

"What!? No! You already yelled at me not to, and another speaker is plotting to 'ruin my day' somehow," PolarChris reasoned.

"AT LEAST THE SHADOW TRAITOR HAPPENED TO HAVE A FULL 3 LIVES, OTHERWISE YOU WOULD BE DOWN ON YOUR LAST!" Zadimus threatens.

* * *

Mosspath barely missed the arrow by half an inch, and it skidded out of the room, bouncing off walls through the maze.  

"Who are you?" asked the archer.

"I asked you that first!  Now tell me who you are!" Mosspath demanded firmly.

"Fine! I am an archer," the archer started, "my name is Luxo."

Mosspath stared at Luxo, stunned at hearing that name, it seemed so long since she heard it.

* * *

"Ahhhh!" exclaimed SilentStrike, tumbling down a small incline. He tried to get up, but winced in pain at his broken ankle.

"Why does this hurt so freakin' much!?" he swore to himself, cursing under his breath. Then he looked up, seeing that he had fallen right into the center of the maze.

Suddenly, a hydra appeared and shot acid at SilentStrike, all of its 9 heads hissing in outrage.

* * *

As HadiesStar rounded the corner, he could start to feel the temperature decrease. He summoned his flame armor to keep him warm and kept running. He turned the corner into a room that was pitch black, except for the lava running through the floor in random places. In the corner there was a man, wearing all black with tortured faces popping up on his shirt. HadiesStar immediately recognized the man as Hades, Lord of the Dead.

"Hello, my son," greeted Hades in a welcoming voice. "I'm sure you haven't come for the family reunion, correct?"

"My lord." HadiesStar said, bowing to the man.

Hades laughed. "No, no, none of those formalities. I know what you want; let us go to the center."

HadiesStar thought this was going too well. Usually a god demanded a sacrifice for their services. He knew, though, to accept quickly, before the god changed his mind. He grabbed onto Hades' hand and they slipped into darkness.

* * *

Shadow moved her leg from the pile of stones that buried her under the waterway. The stones had trapped her under them so she couldn't go anywhere, and she needed food, badly. A stab of pain shot through her leg as she dislodged it from the pile of grit that held it down.

"Hello? Anyone there?" Her voice came out raspy and hoarse when she called. "Help! Anyone?"

When no one answered, Shadow stood up, wincing at her left leg that seemed fractured. Finding a straight set of sticks from the grit that fell from above the waterway, she set them against the leg, binding it with a bit of cloth.