For Certain Consequences

This can't be happening.

Randy watched himself battle Evil Julian. He was winning. But he was terrified. He terrified himself. He witnessed it as he took control of the Sorcerer's Orb, the electric green aura and lightening flickered and cackled with life in his hand. Wait, his hand..?

Randy looked down on himself, he was in the hole they had fought down in, he looked at one palm. He tried to talk, but no sound came to his vocal cords. Then he panicked that he couldn't talk. But then rocks came falling and tumbling down and he instinctively covered his head from being hit, only to see the rocks just faze through him. After they settled, he continued to watch the battle unfold.

"No! STOP! NO MORE!" Evil Julian pleaded, in excruciating pain, and trying to hold on to the walls of the tunnel with his metal claws.

The power of the Orb connected to his chest and the Ninja brought him closer. Randy's eyes widened in pure horror; he saw his eyes glow a deadly bright green, instead of the deep blue he knew he had his whole life. They were lifeless, emotionless. Dead.

Ninja brought Julian closer arching his arm further back,

"No, more..So much MORE!" Ninja declared, voice full of an obsessive taunt, it made Randy send chills down his arms and spine.

"With this, I am even more powerful than the Sorcerer!" He laughed.

"You can't do that!" Randy desperately shouted to get his attention, but the scene changed in a flash.

Now Evil Julian and Howard..were standing next to each other. A surge of terror and panic went into Randy's stomach and brain immediately seeing the risk and danger that was about to occur and threaten his best friend.

"Howard, you gotta run!" Randy screamed, although he knew he couldn't hear him.

But, as soon as he did, Howard directed his attention to where Randy was, but his eyes didn't meet, a look of confusion and slight fear was shown. Howard said something, but to Randy it was inaudible, but he could easily make out one word from him;

"Cunningham?"

With Julian getting closer, and Howard was not paying attention, Julian was about to deliver a blow to the distracted friend. Then Randy saw Ninja jump out of the whole, with Orb in hand and eyes still glowing,

"Get a taste of this!" Randy watched him direct and swerve the string of electricity towards the two of them, and hitting both.

"NO!" Randy screamed, and he let his knees drop to the ground and his arms and shoulders slump in defeat.

He wanted to run to his injured friend, but couldn't.

This is a nightmare. Gotta be! I don't have anything or soda to wake me up this time. I gotta get the ball back!

Despite the force not letting him get up, he managed, and making his thighs burn from pulling so much and looked for Howard, but the dust and smoke from the blast was making it hard to see. He did spot Julian's double on the ground, but of course made the best choice to not wake him up, he would not be able to fight back in this current state, the Ninja was out there, out of his mind and under the influence of dark magic.

"Howard!" Randy called, but no one responded.

But a pair of glowing green eyes appeared in the dust. And a shadow formed and finally a full body appeared.

"He's gone, Ninja." He said coolly. The Ninja; Randy himself held the Orb in hand.

Randy said nothing but stood in fear of the once-hero before him.