The Book Of Secrets Long Begotten

XII

That previous morning, Lord Zygor sat on his throne, peering at the kingdom he was in control of. Power surged through his being as he observed this empire of his. As he was in deep contemplation, his assistant named Stone water walked in to speak with him.

"Lord Zygor, there is great news to behold." Stonewater said. Lord Zygor looked at him curiously with a grimaced look on his visage.

"What is it?" He asked malevolently. Stonewater trembled in his presence but spoke to him with such sophistication as to not draw unwanted attention to himself.

"The Chosen One has made his location known to unwanted eyes. I have been snooping around the forestry of this marvelous kingdom and I have found him. He is residing with Huppets." Stonewater said. Lord Zygor grinned at this information.

"Huppets you say? Do you know their names?" Lord Zygor asked. Stonewater nodded.

"The Scrappages. Leo and Swamp. They have been keeping the chosen one in their residence." Stonewater said. Lord Zygor smiled.

"Excellent. I'll just need to know where he is now and I can prepare for the prophesied battle to commence." Lord Zygor said. He got up and peered out of his window onto the kingdom around him, the darkness was spreading fiercely yet slowly, like an unwanted phantom lingering about.

"The Chosen One's name is Jake Collins." Stonewater said. Suddenly, Lord Zygor stopped, frozen in time, with an atmosphere of dread was upon him. Stonewater stared at him confusedly. "Is something wrong, Lord Zygor?" He turned around, facing Stonewater, and spoke. His face was bleeding with anger and nervousness.

"Jake Collins is the son of an acquaintance of mine. His father's name was Roger Collins. We grew up together. I ran away from all I knew around the time he became of age and I haven't seen him. But I knew about him and everything surrounding him considering my ability to shadowdream." Lord Zygor said. Stonewater looked upon his leader humbly.

"My condolences, Lord Zygor. I suspect it'll be quite hard to have to kill one of your own kind." Stonewater said. Lord Zygor shook his head.

"Not at all, it might be a hindrance somewhere but not here. My mind is made up. It will not be changed. Any alterations are out of line. I have killed my own before. The feeling of victory is astonishing. I am excited to feel it again." Lord Zygor said. Stonewater nodded. "I will make his quest nearly impossible to complete. He will feel like he is going to defeat me but then will realize he has a major setback that will ultimately delay his mission."

"This Jake fellow has no idea who he is meddling with." Stonewater said laughing.

"No he does not." Lord Zygor said as he joined in on the maniacal laughter.

~

After Lord Zygor conducted the shadowdream with Jake Collins, he was certain that he would defeat the man with his friend's name.

"I must say, the boy does have excellent fighting skills. He knows what he is doing." Stonewater said.

"His skills are certainly admirable, however, we will see who has the upper hand." Lord Zygor said.

"We will see about that." Stonewater said.

Lord Zygor walked around his throne in contemplation. He came to an idea and decided to share it with his assistant.

"Jake is going to go see The Elder One. He will be alone. I am going, personally, to everybody Jake has made contact with here. However, I do want you to have a role in this visit of mine." Lord Zygor said. Stonewater listened curiously. Lord Zygor continued:

"I am going to kill one of the two Huppets he is staying with. I will also kill that Toggle Woggle with whom he had sexual activities with last night, but, I need you to kill the Huppet by the name of Goofy. He is a glutenous and bulimic bastard who shouldn't exist. He is usually in that food and drink place that attracts all of the beings here. A horrendous place in my eyes. Would you do the honors of killing that Huppet?" Lord Zygor asked Stonewater. Stonewater agreed. Lord Zygor smiled.

"Marvelous. Things have just got exciting." Lord Zygor walked towards the exit and left to do what he and Stonewater planned on doing.

~

Lord Zygor crept towards the house that Leo and Swamp lived in. He looked around for any weapon that he could use to kill Jake's mentor...Swamp. He found a weapon and waited for Swamp and Leo to get back. Once he heard them approaching, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a bottle of liquid poison. He hid the poison and sliced through his hidden area.

"Hey Leo," Swamp said to Leo. "run to the market and fetch some Oppleschlop. We are running low." Leo said that he would do just that and he left. Finally, Swamp and Lord Zygor were all alone in the little house. Lord Zygor picked up his weapon and bashed it over Swamp's head. Swamp fell to the ground unconscious.

Lord Zygor opened Swamp's mouth and was about to pour in the liquid poison when suddenly Leo came in and saw him. Before Leo even had a chance to do something, Lord Zygor casted a spell and locked Leo in the closet. He finished what he was needing to do with Swamp's throat.

"This stuff is like acid. Half a bottle will rot your lungs and heart in about 2 hours. Your body will be nothing more than flesh covering slush. So sleep in eternal purgatory you mentor of swine." Lord Zygor said. He missed the forehead and walked away from the house. Stonewater had Goofy, he had Swamp and Rebekah. And when Jake died, the rest of humanity would die with him.