𝐙𝐚𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 - 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟐

《28 ~ "They make me strong!"》

Golden Bones:
The Demoniak docked in the palace hangar and I was holding the stone in my hand as I made my way to the throne room.

I saw some skeletons build the metal parts from the mechanics of the 7 C's to the machine. Then I knelt before the throne. "Master". Skullivar turned. "Do you have the crystal?" I got up and held out the crystal to him. He let it hover in his hand.

"I finally have the world crystal. With its help, the plan will be completed!"

He walked past me in the direction of the machine and put the stone on a bracket.

"Not long and we will be victorious!"

Then he turned to me. "Gather all the skeletons inside the palace. You have to be ready."

"Yes master," I said and disappeared from the throne room

Sora Storm:
We had approached the palace with the submarine mode and sneaked in through the ventilation shaft. "I hope we are not late," said Zephyra, looking for guards.

When Zak wanted to continue, I pulled him back. "Wa". I put a hand on his mouth and Bones passed us without being noticed. Then we breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you," my brother whispered and we continued to follow the bone head towards the throne room.

We waited outside the doors for a moment. "Zak... I...". "Don't worry. We'll take care of you." My eyes are on my hands. "It's not that... What... What if Skullivar tries to control me again? To use me against you...". My brother looked at me with concern. "Sora. If he should do this... you mustn't give in. We are with you. You are not alone!" Said Cece and I nodded.

"Well then... let's go. Let us take care of these boneheads!"

We stormed in and stood up. "Get the realm crystal out, Skullivar!"

He turned to us. "Well, well. If that aren't the Storm siblings! I hope you had a nice Sleeping Beauty sleep, Zak Storm". My brother grinned at him. "Yes and I am now more alert than ever, cucumber face!".

Skullivar laughed and we attacked him. Bones struck his blade on Zak's one. I shot an energy ball at Skullivar, but he just made it go away.

"You are still so careless, young Storm". I avoided his attacks and countered him. "I am not!".

I jumped up to him, but Skullivar grabbed my arms and glared at him with his eyes.

"Sora! Defend yourself!", I could hear my brother screaming and I tried to tear myself away. Vain...

"I... I can't. I'm scared..."

Skullivar laughed maliciously. "As I thought it would be. Too easy". One of his hands lay on my head and I felt a strong electric shock. One that I haven't had in two years...
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I lay on the floor in a dark place and leaned up in horror.

"No!"

The figure of Skullivar appeared before me. There was a grin on his face. Quickly I got up and backed away.

He made green fog appear around me. Part of it pierced my body like spikes and I contorted my face in pain.

"You are so weak," said Skullivar, circling me like light prey.

"You want to be strong, but your friends always have to protect you. You could have a strong power with me."

My head shook. "No! My friends have my back and I have theirs!"

The spines tightened and Skullivar was standing in front of me. His skeleton hand was under my chin and he pulled it up so that our eyes met.

"You are naive. Friends can betray you someday."

I pulled away from his grip and gave him a cold look.

"How do you want to know about this !? You don't know what it's like because you have no friends!".

You are not alone!

I tensed my body despite the intense pain. "The only power I want is to protect my friends!"

Skullivar looked at me as pictures of the others shot through my head. "Cece... Crogar... Caramba... Clovis... Gamble... Calico... Zephyra... the chaos... Calabrass... They are all my friends. They and my brother are part of of my life and i am part of theirs."

My eyes closed briefly and concentrated.

"My Friends are my Power and I'm theirs!"