Chapter 10: Mind Games Are Fun.
The ascenders climbed the next few floors diligently. Dodging traps, avoiding more lasers, busting thru flames, ELLy getting stuck in a pit, things like that. Somehow thru all these challenges, they couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. More so than the cameras following them. Finally they make the steps to floor 12.
Z: “Hold on.”
Everyone stops
ELLy: “What is-”
Z: “Shhh.”
He took a glance at the nearby vent. With all his force, shoves his hand thru the vent plate. Pulling his hand out, he reveled what he had conquered.
Z: “Ow just a flea.”
RY: “Shame, poor flea, looks just like him too.”
ELLy: “Which one's that?”
Z: “-6, he must have been the one watching us the whole time. ”
RY: “Probably not the only one either.”
Z dropped the peeving little guy. Whizzing to the ground, ELLy steped on it. “I hate bugs!” she proclaimed.
Z: “Now the next floor is a rest floor. If were lucky Kazz will give us a break... Maybe I’m speaking to soon, let's wait and see.”
RY: “I don't think he's gonna let up on us this time.”
ELLy: “Then can we take a break now? Since who knows whats waiting for us.”
RY: “I thought you got plenty of rest, being trapped in that hole and all.” *smirk*
ELLy: “Hey!”
Z: “She's right you know. We got to get to the top of the tower as quick as possible.”
ELLy: “I'm telling you this right now...You guys are no fun.”
They made it to the 12th landing.
Z: “Now should we rest here...Or continue the trek up?”
ELLy: “Rest! Rest!!”
RY: “I would like to see what Kazz has in store for us.”
Z: “Hmm conflict. Well lets see what's thru the door, and if it's nothing we can take a break for Elly's sake.”
They opened the doors to the room. Nothing. Empty, completely empty.
Z: “Let's rest then.”
ELLy dreamed of being back at the club.
RY tried to sleep, almost afraid to dream.
Z didn't dream at all.
*Clang Clang*
RY: “Wake up! Did you here that.”
ELLy: “What was that?”
Quietness swept over the room. A low pitched hum started to resonate. An inhuman howl echoed in the room. Nothing there was to be seen. A rift opened in the middle of the room, identical to the one that had appeared floors below. Z now to his feet, helped Ry to hers. The rift seemed stable.
Z: “Elly, go touch it.”
ELLy: “HELL NAW!!!”
“SCRAWWW!!!” The horrendous face seen floors below, appeared out of the void.
Z: “Not this guy again.”
Following its head was a long neck. Then 4 human arms with talons floated out of the rift.
Arms connecting it to its raptor like torso. The last thing out of the rift was it's tail, with a menacing mace at its tip. The rift to the void shut. “I NEGATIVE 13!!! RAWRRR!!!”
Z: “Looks like were ganna have to fight this thing.”
The creature let's out another roar, which shakes ELLy to the core.
RY: “You might not look like the original 13, but that just mean's we won't fall for any of your tricks. We Will Not Be Daunted!”
ELLy: “I think I wet myself again...”
*Bang* RY fired. The bullet soared. To their dismay the little bird fazed thru the head of the ginormous beast, leaving it unscathed.
RY: “Damn this guy's gonna give us a hell of a time... Z look out!”
The horrendous monster swung it's tail. Z rolled, taking a slash at it's tail, all in vain. It just fazed thru. ELLy not so lucky, gets lobbed by the tail. She struck the back wall. She laid unconscious.
Z: “What the...We can't hit this guy.
RY: “But he sure as hell can hit us.”
Z: “Fuuu-dge...”
The beast shrieks again, lunging at Z. Helpless, he raises his swords to defend himself, but the Negg passes on thru opening a gash on Z's chest. The blood glistened.
Z: 'I guess it's now or never.'
Z: “So you think you're a master of the void? You Have No Idea!”
Locked inside his mind, Z calls out to the deepest part of the void within him. “help me.”
The beast rushes him. From within his wound, the black chains with the vy hue emerge. Wrapping around the monster brought from the void. The chains tear into its flesh. With a snap, the menace is dismembered, laying dead on the floor. The chucks of the creature vaporize into whiffs of smoke.
ELly waking from her concussion: “What happened? Z!! What's-”
One of the chains tap him on the shoulder.
Z: “Right.” With a deep breath the chains return from whence they came.
Z: “As it turns out, my blood acts as a catalyst that connects me to the void. I think it has something to do with the silver in my blood...”
ELLy: “Well what ever it was, it creeped me out.”
RY: “Good work. La'may would be proud.”
ELLy “I feel like I need another nap.”
Z: “No Time.”
RY: “We need to get to the next floor.”
Z: “Whatever unleashed that thing...”
RY: “Is Close...”
RY and Z: “I can feel it.”
