Spacechase 2: Battle Of SAFE Academy

Chapter Six: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

While SAFE Academy was preparing for the next attack, Moloch still tempted Waldo to join the Seven Grimoires.

Waldo was being electrocuted. He screamed in torture and torment. The electrocution stopped.

"IT'S NO USE, YOU AIN'T GONNA JOIN ME!!!!!!!! YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME!!!!!!", yelled Waldo.

"Ugh, you're making this harder than it needs to be! Electrocute him again!", said Moloch.

Shadowking stepped in.

"Wait, your methods of temptation are useless in this matter, Moloch. Let me take care of it from here," said Shadowking.

"High Priest, I leave him to you," said Moloch.

Moloch stepped aside. Shadowking smiled.

"So Moloch's methods ain't working, eh?! Well, yours is just as inefficient! I've already endured pain far worse than this! So no matter what you say, I'll never join you!", said Waldo, with a faint smile.

"Actually, you might find my methods to be very persuasive. Did you know that during the God Wars, I was Nousaurong's executioner? I did more back then than just execute people, I also executed Father's vision! I am the Corruptor of Hearts, even the strongest of hearts can't resist my offers! Relax, child, I don't want to fight. I come with glad tidings of comfort and joy," said Shadowking.

Waldo shook on his restraints.

"You're a remarkable individual, really. Godslayer Waldo, is what they call you. You can become so much more. Tell me, does killing a god make you more superior than one?", said Shadowking.

Waldo felt his head hurt. Some force was trying to take over. He was seeing things. Waldo had flashbacks of Space War II.

"That's sad, really. You're NOT superior to a god. Most people expect the killers to be stronger than the victims, but sometimes, it's the other way around. You were always a weak kid, were you not? Always running away from Deathshadow's ghost, always terrified, always grieving. Deathshadow believed in paradise, of a 'Holy World of Divinity'. A world where we weren't Nousaurong's playthings. But the truth is, we can't have a perfect world without him. We must embrace our ancestry, where we all served Nousaurong, where we could be cured of death. A world where the weak become the strong. A world, with unlimited power, free of powerless riffraff. When we revive Nousaurong, anything will be possible. You can be the most powerful man who ever lived," said Shadowking.

"Get out of my head! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!!!!!!", said Waldo.

Shadowking's eyes glowed purple. The whole room got darker.

"Oh it's not what I want that matters..........it's what YOU want.......and what I can give you," said Shadowking.

His head hurt even more. Shadowking was manipulating his mind. He laid his hand on Waldo's head.

The pain stopped. Three people were standing before him. An old man with a white beard. A little boy who who was eleven years old. A Nedonian who was Resizagirl's brother.

"White Azento?! Michael?! Lukas?!", said Waldo.

Shadowking smiled.

"Mwhahahahaha, what nice friends you got here? Tell me, what are their names?", said Shadowking.

Waldo wept. He was crying.

"This isn't real! YOU'RE TRICKING ME!!!!!!!! WHITE AZENTO, MICHAEL, AND LUKAS ARE DEAD!!!!!!!! THEY DIED IN THE WAR!!!!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

"Oh, they're your friends now, are they? How did they die? It's so sad really, to carry such a heavy burden for as long as you live. Do you mourn? Do you weep? Do you lay awake at night, haunted by the fact that you failed to save them? I can help you. I can help them, too. Tell me, Godslayer, do ever want to see them again? Together, we can bring them back. There is no good or evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it!", said Shadowking.

Waldo shook uncontrollably. He was losing his sanity. He screamed in terror and grief.

"GO AWAY!!!!!!!! GET OUT OF MY MIND!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

"Together, we'll do extraordinary things. We'll cure death, discover the secret to creating the Holy World of Divinity. We'll have infinite power, all of us. We'll never die. No more restrictions, no more rules. You can be one of us, all powerful, stronger than anything you ever known before! Just say yes, and you immediately survive the Apocalypse and live to see our ideal world! Your friends are waiting, just look!", said Shadowking.

Michael began talking to Waldo.

"Waldo, you made a promise to me! I have to see my sister, just one more time! That's my one and only prayer! Take his hand!", said Michael.

"I can't keep my sister crying over me forever!", said Lukas.

"Waldo, I taught you, and took you in a time of need! I was there for you, you have to be there for me!", said White Azento.

"They're waiting for you to make this choice! A world of unlimited possibilities awaits you! Just say yes!", said Shadowking.

Waldo was violently shaking more than before. Shadowking was trying harder to control his mind.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

"Fulfill........your...........destiny!", said Shadowking.

"Come on, Waldo! Do you even care about us?! Just say yes!", said Michael.

"What are you waiting for, do it!", said White Azento.

"AAARRRRAAGH!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

Shadowking put his finger to his mouth.

"Shhhhhhhh! Simmer down, it's not that hard! Mwhahahahahahahaha!", said Shadowking.

"THIS ISN'T REAL!!!!!!!!!!! QUIT PLAYING WITH MY MIND!!!!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

"You wanna know what your deceased friends are going through, right now? This was what they're going through, and it's on you," said Shadowking.

Shadowking snapped his fingers. Michael, Lukas, and White Azento began crying blood. They became incredibly pale. They screamed in torment.

"HELP US!!!!!!! HELP US!!!!!! HELP US!!!!!!", they screamed.

"Mwhahahahaha!", laughed Shadowking.

"NO, STOP IT!!!!!!!! GO AWAY!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

Shadowking's eyes stopped glowing, the three ghosts of his friends disappeared. Before they disappeared they said something to Waldo.

"It's.......your......fault!", they said.

As soon as they left, Waldo wept.

"WAIT, COME BACK!!!!!!!! I'LL SAVE YOU!!!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

"Just say yes, child. I can make them come back, for real," said Shadowking.

Waldo stopped shaking. His head stopped hurting.

"Yes, or no?", said Shadowking.

Shadowking held a pocket watch in front of him and swung it back and forth.

"Tick tock tick tock tick tock," said Shadowking.

"STOP IT!!!!!!!! I'LL JOIN YOU!!!!!!!!", screamed Waldo.

Shadowking smiled. His eyes glowed with a menacing pride.

"Do you say yes?", said Shadowking.

"Yes, my Dark Lord!", said Waldo.

"Will you do anything I ask?", said Shadowking.

"Yes," said Waldo.

"When I tell you to kill someone without hesitation, will you do it," said Shadowking.

"Yes," said Waldo.

"Serve me well, and I can make your friends what they once were......I can give back their lives," said Shadowking.

"I'll do anything you want," said Waldo.

"Good, then it's safe to say that you are our newest member of the Seven Grimoires of Asmeth, or should I say.......the Eight Grimoires! From now, I'd like you to call me Master. May Nousaurong's will be done!", said Shadowking.

Waldo smiled.

"May Nousaurong's will be done!", said Waldo.