Book #1 Covenant

Chapter 13: Rising

Sounds of machines and gears filled the dark room. Hundreds of cloning containers lined the wall, each with a blue haze emitting from it. Galkarian and Dohikari Priests stood around a single table, palms facing towards the dead body. Red energetic lighting mixed with a similar colored mist floated in front of each of their hands, each sending bolts into the form. "End!" A Dohikari yelled. They each drew back their hands clenching their fists, dissipating the energy within them. "He will rise again, strong from the ashes, again they will burn, all those who appose us, everything will burn!"

The six priests stepped back from the table allowing the Seventh One to walk forward. He placed his hands over the still form on the table, gripping the edges with all of his strength. Black and red mist moved from his hands in movements unpredictable to all who could see, they moved up and onto the still figure, soaking into his chest. "Bring forth the cleansed chamber." One of the priests bowed, walking backwards into another room. Moments later he emerged wheeling in a large, black container with red light emitting from several clear windows.

"Open the chamber, remove the clone and place it on the table adjacent. We will bring him back." Two of the priests lifted clone over to the table, gently placing it down upon its back. It had the same face as the dead body that rested on the adjacent table, almost identical except for some small details.

"It has taken us hundreds of years to form and perfect a body for our lord, he was once a great and powerful Dohikari and he will be once more! He will join the full extent of our brothers, multiplying our force millions of times over. The humans and our brothers who have betrayed us will fall beneath our fury. Death to all!"

The priests echoed his final words as a chant. "Death to all! Death to all!"

The Seventh One walked in between the two tables, resting his hands on each body, closing his eyes. A red and purple tinted flame shone in his eyes, his arms began to glow, reflecting the color of his eyes. "Death to all." He whispered. The bodies started to sparkle a yellow light like that of the sun. The dead Dohikari's spirit took form of a white mist, hovering over its dead body. "Lord, I am now the bridge, cross through me and into your new form." The mist flew back into its old body then up into the Seventh One's arm. He gasped as the spirit transferred through him, feeling the horrible yet great power it possessed. It traveled through his body and down his right arm, into the clone.

The clone jerked up, coughing as blood spurted out and onto the nearby priests. A blue flame shone in its eye, only for a short moment before it was snuffed out, replaced by a purple with red tinted eye color. The lord of the Dohikari had risen, just as the Seventh One had foretold.

Thirteen armor bearers entered the room carrying the lords' suit. Silver and gold flowed over the armor like rivers, infused into the black metallic color it held. They walked over to the lord, now standing beside his old body, bowed, then placed the armor on him, strapping every piece like those before them had once long ago done. Before death and fire had taken their lord.

The Seventh One bowed low as the armored lord now stood before him. "I have arisen you from your sleep, your journey has not yet come to an end as the beings foretold." The lords' eyes shone with a dark hate, causing even the Seventh One to fear him. A red flame only dimly lit could be seen illuminating inside his armor. "Have you not yet announced my return? All must know that I am risen. I will bring forth our army, countless in number, we will consume all beneath us." The Dohikari priests bowed low, almost touching the floor, as sign of respect and awe under one so great. The lord let out a low guttural growl as red and orange flame shot up from his hands; it swirled around him creating a teardrop shape. At the tip above his head, a white light hovered, seaming to suck in the fire, absorbing it, growing in size. The low hum it made suddenly changed as the whit orb imploded, simultaneously pulling all the fire with it. The lord smiled. "Ill make sure everyone knows I have risen." He reached up with both hands, gripping the condensed orb. With a loud voice he uttered the word. "Dokalvan!" Light shot out from the orb like lightning, encasing the lords' body. Above, red flame burst upwards melting the ceiling, opening a path. The lord smiled then shot up from the ground and into the night sky.

He hovered there above the earth, soaking in the scenery. "It's been too long. But not long enough for our enemy's." Clasping his hands together, he created a blue sphere of pure plasma. He smiled to himself, then flung his arms out in a circle around him. Plasma flew out in every direction, traveling at speeds unimaginable. It covered the entire planet setting it aglow. "All will see and fear my return... they must all make a choice." He hovered back down, scorching the surface as his feet touched. Clouds of dust engulfed him, sweeping over the priests who stood a ways off. As the dust settled, the Dohikari lord stood before thousands of Galkara and his kind alike, they all bowed under him. In one voice they declared. "All will fall beneath you! They will burn like this land once did! We welcome you our lord, our ruler, our god!" A dark smile stretched across his face. "Oh yes, they will fall."

Adalyn woke from her sleep; sweat covered her, eyes wide with fear. They calmed as she realized she was only dreaming. In her dream, Samuel had died along with her sister, dead by the hand of thousands of Galkara, back in the Galkarian city. Nightmares had come to her every night, shortly after the Kenroth had recued them. She got up, threw on a coat and then walked outside barefoot. The air was crisp and the ground fresh with dew. The cold and wet grass felt amazingly good as she ran over it. Only five more hours till the morning light would break through the trees. She looked up towards the cloudless sky. Dozens of stars twinkled back, reflecting off her eyes. She had always loved the midnight hours of calm and quiet. She exhaled, allowing herself to soak in the cold air. A smile crossed over her face.

As she gazed deeply into space, one star stood out to her, one she had never seen before. It glowed blue but not flickering. "Its not a star, its a planet! Why haven't I noticed it before?" Its light grew in size, drowning out all other stars around it. "Something's wrong." She whispered. Footsteps shuffled on the grass behind her. She turned to see Silvia. "I'm sorry, did I wake you?" She asked. Silvia smiled. I've been awake for some time, I saw you run out and came to see if you were alright. Everything okay?" Adalyn's smile faded. "No, look!" She pointed towards the blue planet. "That's in the direction of Old Earth and it shouldn't be there."

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