Fallen Stars

Chapter 24:Reaching Mersidion

Alan-

The first thing I do when I see Tracy, is shove her against a wall and kiss her passionately-a lot. Eventually we pull away from each other, that's when I notice the teenager next to Tracy. He appears to be seventeen or eighteen, with black hair slicked backwards, black stubble on his chin, and gray eyes. He's in perfect muscular shape, and seeing him makes me wonder how Tracy knows him.

"Who are you?" I ask the teenager. He doesn't respond, instead he walks to a nearby wall then leans on it.

Tracy has a Nitave gun in her hands, as she fiddles with it. Her eyes are focused on the floor, then she quietly says,"He's a friend, just call him Three."

Before I can ask her about this Three guy, she aims her gun at one of the horned-wolves. A red blast emerges from the gun, as it strikes the wolf creature in the head. It convulses for a brief time, before dying.

"Are you okay?" I ask her, placing my right hand one of her shoulders."I love you."

I get no response from her, as I step away from the girl whom I love.

My gaze shifts to the Nitave animals, only two of the bird monsters remain. Tim swipes a Nitave blaster from the floor, and kills one of the birds with it. Mack vaporizes the last one with his lasers.

The sound of something heavy meets my ears, as the ground below us vibrates. Whatever is out there must be extremely massive. Awhile later, a door to my right swings open, revealing Josh. Danny, Werus, and Tara arrive soon after.

"Glad to see you're alive, bro." Josh tells me, patting one of my shoulders.

"Same here." I say.

"We met an entire army of Shiners." Josh says to me."They're destroying the Nitave soldiers and monsters outside. We should join them."

I nod, then all of us follow Josh. Once we're outside, I observe the battle. The sky is filled with dark clouds, and I can barely see in the heavy rain. Nitave monsters of all kinds are everywhere, thousands of Nitave guns are being fired, and large Nitave spaceships hover in the sky.

There are men and women donning blue uniforms, valiantly fighting the Nitaves. Josh enters the fray, followed by Joe and Jace. I turn away, right now I want to end Mersidion's life. I dash back inside the base, Emily following close behind.

I freeze in shock, when I see Tracy kissing Three in a empty prison cell. Their eyes are closed, so they don't see me. Anger builds up inside me, then I sprint away.

I dash inside a room filled with Nitave weaponry. Then I sit down, my back against a metal wall. Emily sits next to me, and rests a hand on my shoulder, she also saw Three and Tracy kissing.

"It's okay, Alan." She says, trying to soothe me.

My eyes focus on a red dagger mounted on one of the walls, if only I could retrieve it-I would be able to end my miserable life.

Emily watches me as I stare at the dagger, then she hugs me tightly.

"Please don't kill yourself, Alan." She says."You still have me, and your other friends."

I wrap my arms around her, then I say,"You're right, and we should find your dad."

After three more seconds, we pull away. I smile at her, and she returns the smile.

"Speaking of dads, we need to find yours." She says, grinning at me.

Then my dad appears in the doorway, he's dressed in full body armor; His helmet is being held in his right hand. A golden sword that glows a brilliant white, is being wielded in his left hand.

"Let's go Alan and Emily, we need to find Mersidion." My dad tells us."He's decided to stay and fight us."

Me and Emily rise to our feet. When we exit the room, Anthony and Dennis are waiting outside.

"Where is Paul, Maddy, and Rico?" I ask.

"They left to the battlefield outside-to heal the wounded." My dad tells me."Seriously, we need to find Mersidion."

My dad leads us towards a elevator. We catch sight of a scrawny Nitave cowering in a corner. Anthony holds one of his swords to the Nitave's throat.

"You're going to take us to Mersidion." Anthony tells the Nitave, yanking him by the collar if his uniform.

The Nitave nods, then we enter the elevator. With a shaky hand, the Nitave pushes a button. I take notice that this base have fifty floors.

As the elevator rises, I am overcome with energy. Today is the day when I will finally engage Mersidion is a fight. Eventually the elevator doors open, revealing a corridor. Twenty doors line two walls. Straight ahead are dark red double doors.

We leave the elevator, the Nitave heading us towards the red doors. The walls are metal, and painted silver. Paintings of Mersidion line the walls. Paintings with Emily as the subject also line the walls.

When Emily sees the paintings of her, something seems to shift inside of her. I reach out and take her hand.

"Don't be guilty about what's going to happen." I tell her."Your own father wants you dead, he deserves what's going to happen to him. You don't have to fight, you can just stay away if you want."

She shakes her head after I say the last sentence.

"No, I want to fight." She says, confidence in her voice.

"That's the spirit." I tell her.

Just as the Nitave is about to open the dark red doors, a door to his right swings open. Danny and Werus step out, breathing heavily.

"Wait." Danny gasps."Me and Werus want to help fight Mersidion. The others will be here soon, when they finish defeating the Nitaves outside."

I observe the two of them. They look ready for a fight, as they stand proudly while wielding Nitave guns.

"Let's go." My dad tells them, then he knocks out the Nitave by striking a pressure point."We don't need him anymore, let's destroy Mersidion."

My dad pushes open the dark red doors. The doors lead to a small corridor, which leads to a large obsidian door. When my dad is two feet away from the door, it slowly rises.

Ten seconds later, and the door has completely risen. The chamber is massive. It's probably fifty feet wide, and eighty feet long. The floor is composed of a type of substance not found on Earth-it's transparent and a deep purple color. I can see some type of pink liquid flowing underneath the floor.

The walls are also transparent, the same liquid below the floor is also behind the walls. The room is extremely cold-so cold that goosebumps are strongly pronounced on my skin. Above us is a white sphere of light, effectively bathing the room in a wonderful white light.

Mersidion stands confidently at the far end if the room. He has a wide smile of his face, his glowing brown eyes focused on us.

"Now." Mersidion says."It's time you all seen my true power."