Exodus Files: Gates of Hell.

Chapter 27: Apparitions.

Doer found himself in a cemetery. As he stood alone in the foggy crypt, he sensed all the spirits of the dead in that cemetery, whispering, pointing at him. The Sith is capable of seeing the spirits of the deceased due to his undead body, granting access to his sixth sense. As surveyed the whole place, he spotted a skeleton standing in the middle of the cemetery. Just like him, a Unicus, it has a single horn in its forehead.

The skeleton raised its head and glared at the assassin, its eyes suddenly glowed. As the Apparition growled in anguish, the spirits of the cemetery gets sucked and became one with the Apparition. Doer stand in awe, witnessing the transformation of his own soul's form. The Apparition raised its hand and introduced himself "I am Zeitgiest. The Spirit of Time."

The Assassin draw his katars and wore his mask. Zeitgeist spoke to the Unicus "Do not rush things, young one." Doer got aggravated and attacked the Apparition. None of Doer's blows hit Zeitgeist, and instead just passed right through its body."Foolish child, I am the Ghost of time itself, your weak attacks cannot do me any harm." Zeitgeist jeered. The Sith completely lose his cools and continues his rampage, paying no attention to the Spirit's heed.

Somewhere else, The werewolf Orange woke up in the middle of a forest. It was a quiet evening, and the wind is chilly, the stars covered the night sky. Orange picked his staff and dusted himself off. He immediately noticed an orange glow coming from a distance. The mercenary rushed to the scene and hid himself in the shrubs. He carefully surveyed the area, but he cannot detect anyone or anything due to the bright light.

Orange then heard a faint voice, as if his conscience is talking to him "Come, my child, I will give you new powers" Orange was startled at first and yell "WHO THE HECK WAS THAT!" the mercenary stood up and geared up for a fight only to see no one. He lowered his defenses and kept on looking where the voice came from. "Do not be afraid, Orange, come to me and I will grant you power." The mercenary is not convinced of the Apparition's words and challenged it instead "SHOW YOUR SELF, MONSTER!" a lightning bolt the struck the ground, flashing a bright light that blinded Orange.

Meanwhile, The Dark Knight immediately recognized the wasteland he is in. It was his own dimension, where he drops all the weapons he collected after each match he won. Mitsu's spiritual Apparition appeared. The image was covered with blood. "I am the Abysmal Knight." the entity said as he pulls one of the flat lance that is impaled to the ground. Mitsu was confused and said "You? The Abysmal Knight? But you died three hundred years ago...and what the fuck are you doing inside me?" The Apparition halt and laughed "I am but a mere representation of my essence inside your soul."

Mitsu grabbed a katana and prepared himself, the Abysmal Knight laughed murderously, and taunted Mitsu "I believe that you will not be able to use that, Iranustim." Those words got into Mitsu's nerves. The Dark Knight was formerly known as Iranustim Deathstryke, an alias he used before becoming a Demon. Mitsu roared as he waved his katana "I'LL DESTROY YOU!" but the Apparition was not scared and instead summoned chains from the ground that immobilized the Dark Knight, piercing the chains through his feet.

As Mitsu wailed in anguish, the Abysmal Knight pierced the sword to the floor and lectured "You may be immortal, but pain is not foreign to you. Now, try to hit me with your rage."

Back at the woods, the whole place was white. Orange twirled his staff and readied himself. The werewolf tried to open his eyes but the light was so bright that it hurts his eyes, plus the thunder temporarily deafened him. Orange tried to concentrate but failed to pick anything up. Out of nowhere, a beast clawed him from the back. The mercenary dropped his staff and was unable to react. He tried to howl but was unsuccessful in hitting anything.

The beast beat Orange down several times, but in all of these attacks, the werewolf was unable to counter. Orange hears the voice once again "I will bestow to you the ability to use the electric pulses to track down objects around you. This technique was used by Himedru the Manhunter during the second Monster World War."

"The What?" Orange was bamboozled. The voice sighed and explained "This will grant you the ability to sense every living things in a hundred meter radius using electric pulse, whether through air particles or brain waves."Orange was still confused "How does this work again?" and suddenly, like a switch being activated, Orange finally felt where the beast was coming and managed to punched it with his bare hand.

As the beast drops on the ground, the bright light fades. The werewolf finally meets his Spiritual Apparition; it was a large wolf that is made of yellow-orange lightning. The Apparition introduced himself to his master "My name is Lightning Wolf, your soul's representation. I will help you become a greater warrior and Netherplain's saviour."

In the interim, the Dark Knight tried to break the binds that leashes him. Suddenly, he stopped his struggle and stood there quietly. The Apparition examined his bearer, although Mitsu still wears an angry face, he is not expressing desire to break free. The Abysmal Knight probed "You seem too quiet, Iranustim..." The Knight's body started to burst into flames; the fire was so hot that it instantly melted the weapons around the cursed one. Mitsu's Apparition counterpart was not surprised "Do you think fire can scare me? I am born in the fires of Hell itself."

The Dark Knight made an untrustworthy grin. The fire started to extinguish and started getting smaller. The Apparition questioned Mitsu "Is your flames starting to falter?" Mitsu laughed and prepared himself to attack "HA! It's not faltering, I am simply absorbing it and transmitting it to my katana's blade." Mitsu then swung his weapon vertically, giving birth to new technique "HELL SPLIT!" the attack hits the Apparition, slicing its helmet into half, revealing The Abysmal Knight's burnt face with smile, satisfied of Mitsu's achievement "You are indeed MY incarnation." the Knight tried to reach out to Mitsu before fading into dust.

Doer was catching up his breath, wounded and exhausted, the Sith still failed to land an attack on Zeitgeist. The Apparition was still standing in the middle of the cemetery. Zeitgeist warned Doer "If you will attack time, make sure you are fast enough." Doer grunted, and clenched his fist. "I see, you are now consumed by anger. Try to calm down." The Apparition said as it goes back to its initial form.

"Try to calm down, and talk to all the souls in this crypt." Zeitgeist said as he looks around. Doer was still hesitant at first, but after a few more seconds, he closed his eyes. Deep in his thoughts, he was blaming himself for all that have happened and tells himself the he does not deserve the title Sith for being a weakling. A ghost then whispered to his ear "Do not put yourself down, my friend, you are a great warrior. Here, I'll lend you my strength. Relax." As the ghost pats Doer's back, the Unicus absorbed the soul and he felt power overflow deep inside him. Doer realizes what he lacked and gather all his strength to confidently stand up and gleam at Zeitgeist.

All of sudden, Doer is being swarmed by all the spirits offering him all of their strength. He grasped all them and immediately enveloped by the power of the undead. The Sith's eyes dilates, while the spirits circled him. Like a bullet, The Sith charges forward and attacked rapidly, so fast, Doer's arms blurred. "SONIC BLOW!" Doer yells as he relentlessly stabbed Zeitgeist.

The Apparition explodes, releasing thousand other souls. The Sith absorbs them and calmly walks away. Zeitgeist's voice echoed "Very good, Donard, you've done well."