Moonhawk 2 - The Blackcrow

Chapter 56 - Possessed (Halloween-Special)

A dark path of darkness surrounded the familiar figure of Captain Spec, when he was about to search for a highly ranked individual that could help out Lord Mobulous and advance his grand plan of darkness even further.

There was one certain place, Spec assumed to find him within, and that place was the underworld realm. A realm filled with nothing but darkness and dread. Where there was no hope and dreams of light that could penetrate this miasma of night. This place was the perfect respite for true demons, spirits and specters.

Including the person Captain Spec was after.

The ghostly bean roamed the rugged citadel of night, the only glimmer of light to guide his way were faint ones tainted in red, purples and blues, but he knew his way. Amongst the streets, causeways and crossroads, as Spec floated past, he saw the tormented faces of those souls lost to the corruption of darkness. They paid no mind to one of them, but some simply watched with their visors.

The dark underworld's heart was a tall, spired temple located on a rugged cliffside that loomed high over the fiery scape below. It was bathed in darkness and dressed in black opal masonry. This was the minister of the underworld, and only a few souls have ever entered this epiphany of darkness willingly. Spec was not at all fazed by these whispers in the eternal night: he had an appointed task to complete, and, unlike the mortal members of Mobulous' regiment of darkness, Spec felt he was going to succeed regardless.

The Nycti sentinels at the door watched Spec like a hawk tracking a vole as he approached. Spec's visor glanced between the two aberrant specters when he stopped in front of them.

"My business within the halls of the king of the underworld hails from the realm of mortals. A vigilante of darkness wishes to request his audience for an alliance proposal." Spec boldly explained to the twin guards and they looked at him seemingly not impressed enough.

"A vigilante of darkness? From the realm of mortals?!" One of the guards' glitching voices scoffed sardonically. "Surely you jest, Spec."

The other guard tapped a claw on Spec's shoulder and motioned him to look around while they explained: "Our kingly overlord's realm of darkness and death lies on an expanse much further, deeper and holding more power than anything scraped out on the realm of the living. So, I must ask on behalf, what could possibly make him want to back whatever crusade your vigilante of darkness is trying to wage against the realm of the mortals?!"

Spec at first hesitated. He took some time to think about this, and he tried to carefully form a believable reason. One that Mobulous would say, as well as something critical. And a thought burst into his mind. He remembered that Tricon said something crucial to him before he left:

"The realm of the mortals have started to step into a new age of light. Not one of the sun or moon... but this new light is one that opposes the darkness the most. Nycti guards, I have heard that a mortal demon has witnessed an angel." Spec explained with a foreboding tone of voice.

The sentinels were taken aback and now intrigued. This piqued their twisted curiosities. "An angel?"

"Indeed. The sword of extermination has been unleashed into the mortal worlds. This purging light would spread and spread, and who knows where it may end up leading to if nothing is done about it." Spec affirmed.

"Well, if this situation is urgent, then we shall inform him of your request." One of the Nycti guards explained while the other one nodded in agreement. They soon turned and phased into the very hellish wooden door, as if they were one and the same material, like a drop of water hitting a puddle.

Spec waited there, thinking about what he said.

Again, he found the whole issue with this artifact troubling, yet he himself had little idea about how to fix it or if the highest would catch him lacking an explanation on it. Spec remembered facing the sword himself before, but he had little idea that the glowing artifact was actually the sword of extermination, or if it was even possible for a new light to appear at all. If he had a foot, he would have tapped it wildly as he waited for something to occur.