Dakudisento (The Dark Descent)

Chapter 7: Joey's Bond

The portal opens. Joey falls out the portal and lands on his feet. The portal closes behind him and Joey takes a look around the area. It was snowing and he was in the mountains. There where strong winds and a cool nip in the air. Joey shivered and locked his arms around him. His breath was visible with every exhale. There was a fog in front of him and as he squinted to get a better look, the fog began to fade. The fog dispersed and presents an ancient looking temple. A long flight of stair lead up to the temple. Something was calling to Joey so he began walking up the stairs. During his trek up, he was hearing strange noises and quite whispers. The whistling of the wind was loud so Joey thought the noises was from the wind. But the noises and voices got louder and louder the closer he got to the temple. It got to the point that sounded like he was in a crowded building with everyone trying to talk at once. He got to the door at that point. The double-sided door was about 20 feet high and wide enough for a large elephant to walk through. The door was slightly ajar. Joey squeezed himself in and the noises and voices disappeared into the whistle of wind. Joey stepped into the temple and he didn't feel cold any more. He turned around to see the swirls of snow coming into the temple and fall onto the ground near it. Joey took a look around the temple. The room he was in was a rectangular shape. With one large door going both left and right. At the other side of the room was a throne and a large statue of a female angel with her wings spread out across the wall. The angel had a beautiful face. Her facial structure was perfect. Her face made Joey feel happy and safe. The statue wore robes and was wielding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. Joey stared at the statue for about a minute and then looked at the throne. On the throne was the skeleton of a man with his right hand clenched onto something. Joey walked over to the body to see what it was holding. In the skeleton's hand seemed to be a strange glass ball of some sorts. Joey grabbed its arm and tried pulling the ball out. He was able to pry the arm off and grabbed the ball. The glass ball was covered in dust. Joey starts to rub off the dust. Once it was off, Joey stared in and saw a small blue orb swirling around in a small circle in the center. Then his vision started to drift through the ball and saw the skeleton's skull. It's skull had sharp teeth and small horns. It freaked him out and he quickly backs up, putting the ball on his side. The skeleton started to move. Dust puffing out with every move it takes. There was a crackling noise too. The skeleton slowly stood up and stared at him. It lets out a loud yell at Joey and then its bones fall apart and collapse onto the ground. It stopped moving.

"What the hell?" Joey said trying to figure out what had just happened.

Joey lifted the ball up and looked into it, at the blue orb.

"Hmmm. What are you?"

As if the ball heard him, the orb started to shin a little brighter. Joey turns around and stands in the middle of the room he was in. The door that went to the left of the temple was caved in. Half of a skeleton was crushed on all the rubble. He turns around to the other door. The orb lit out another burst of blue light. Joey goes through the door and goes to a hallway. Joey followed the hallway until there was a cross in the directions. The blue orb swifted to the left, and Joey went to the left hallway. The voices started to come back. They were more understandable this time. The voice sounded like a man. The hallway reached four doors. Two to the left and the right. The blue orb motioned to the furthest door to the left. Joey took the door and down a stairway. The stairway was completely dark and only one torch was there. Joey grabbed it and cautiously walked down the torch. He didn't even think why a torch was still light. He just ignored the thought and walked on. The stairway ended at a dark room. At the entrance were two pillars with a large wide bowl with a strange powder in them. Joey put the torches fire in the bowl and the bowl light up. He did the same to the other bowl. The fire on both of the bowls created a chain reaction making a long chain of fire around the room. The room was a circular shape and completely light up. Joey leaves the torch in one of the bowl except the handle. There was a man in white robes that was standing in the middle of the room. The blue orb motioned to the man. Joey slowly approached him. He stopped about 5 feet away from the man. The man began to speak.