Madness: Shadows Tales

the light brigade rekindles

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As luka stepped through the black lightning. He entered the underworld. All the demons,pale creatures, smokey figures and shadow people surrounded him. He told them he wanted to join them. They laughted at him thinking it was a trick. They called upon atom. He came forth from a grey lightning bolt. He questioned luka after putting him in a black moldy cell with black moldy bars. They kept him there for years. before they shackled him from head to toe in black moldy chains.
After that Atom took luka to eden. Who was a massive towering to the sky tree made of black veins. She told him to prove himself. Then she put him though vigorious test. She gave him three tasks before she'd accept him into the underworld.
First he had to bring her a true head of the light. Luka left off in search of it with a company of evil pale creatures. He found kree at a santuary in the mountains. he cut Kree's head off. then he brought it back to her with his staff in hand. Kree didnt put up a fight. He just let luka kill him. As he told him you're making a mistake my child. She will use you. Then she will shrivel you down into nothing. If you do this you will never recover what you once were. He didnt care. He picked up his sword and with one clean cut decapitated his forner teacher.
The second was he had to bring her one hundred pure children of the light. He did this. each one he brought to her. She would engulf them into her black mass of veins. Rejuvenating herself as she grew bigger thicker and more plump.
The last was he had to eat the fruit from her branches. He did this. She dropped a black modly apple and heart. He ate it without pause. His eyes glowed a foggy black with a white swirling light. His veins changed black.
He was now accepted into the underworld. He quickly became atom's second. They fought side by side in every war and battle vanguishing the innocent.
They ventured through crusades commanding the armies of the damned. He became known as Cornyn and the reaper of death. For he showed mercy to none. Not even the evil.
He fought klara and ash countless times. He slaughtered there armies and even tried to kill them. They begged him to come back but he was to far gone. All he wanted was death.
Him and atom became brothers feasting on the flesh and souls of both world. If the evil souless didnt live up to expectations he'd kill them too. He was the general of the knights. He had his own special army of evil powerful souls.
He seen kale once with creta. He went to slaughter him with his faithful black sword with its silver edges. As the handle looked like a black and silver twisting snakes. He was suprised to see creta. Calling her a traitor. He tried to vanquish her but kale stepped in stopping him with his white glowing yellow blade of light. He tripped luka. then held the blade to his throat telling him softly the light and dark are one my brother. I have no quarrel to see death for  either of us! Do what you must but im not here to fight anyone. i just want to live free. After that the two spent time together. Luka loved kale and they kept in touch. Luka even gifted him two statues that kale embedded with the light.
Luka had spent so much time in the underworld that his skin became pale. He travelled between both world but preffered the darkness. He eventually stayed there and became the lord of the underworld. He married women from both world. One named vera and the other was Mara. He forced Mara to be with him. As he had taken her from the world of the living. She had long copper hair with green eyes and she was thin. She always wore a brown dress. As zera had long flowing black hair with black eyes and pale skin showing black eyes. He had tons of kids with both of them. 
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Kale left with creta. Creta would turn herself ito a long black haired white skinned beauty with black eyes. As she was thin and looked like a sunset to him. They found a ship and took to the sea. Where they enjoyed life surrounded by an endless ocean. Creta swam around. While kale wrote. They found Black snake like sea serpents that followed them at all time. They guided the boat. Helped battle pirates. Whatever kale needed. As kale was one with everything around him. They ported to many  cities. They enjoyed making friends. Kale learned and experienced life. He would listen to people talk for days. He loved stories. He fought in a couple revolutions to help people get there freedom. He studied medicine. Anything that had value. As learning was his cause. He spread his light to the world. Not just by using his power of the light but by helping everything around him.
He loved animals and beasts alike. He raised birds,dogs lions and tigers. Well anything he could find. He found an island where he stayed for many years off and on. He'd bring these animals to his paridise. Untouched by humans. He loved the serenity and peace it brought to him. Not to say he didn't like people. As he brought the trusted and less fortunate back to look after it for him. He gave them the power of the light. They would educate the young. Grow there gardens. While he would teach them everything he knew. Not just his amazing fighting skills but everything. He was way beyond his years.
He had gotten lonely. As he missed his kin. So he went in search of them. He shot a blinding light from his eyes and followed it to where he needed to be.
He found ash first in war and helped him fight it. Then they went back to a small cottage. Where he helped ash realize life didnt just have to be fought on a battlefield. That if it was he should fight for a cause. Like the injustices happening in this world. As ash was becoming like those he vowed to reliquish. He was consumed by revenge, by hate.  He showed ash peace and serenity. Then they spent alot of time together at the cottage but eventually kale had to go on his way. As his journey wasnt over.
He found luka at his worst. They spent time together off and on. As he made luka promise that when they were together there would be no talk of eden. He showed luka that life  was evil and good. That there was a compromise to keeping the balance.  luka didnt like hearing this but he would still listen to kale's words regardless. Kale gifted him with the knowledge of truth.
Then he found klara and zala. He showed her life in the form of growing things from seeds. He tamed her down from the wild oat she was. He introduced her to life beyond the sword. He gave her a place where she could paint and be herself in his garden on the island he had founded for those with the purpose of finding themselves. The two would spend alot of time there together.
He went in search of kiara and found her after Trey had died. He gave her the gift of friendship. Showing her the way back to life after death. They quickly became one. He took her to his island. where she seen his garden and started to grow her own. On the inside. She grew back to her former loving self. Then they were inseperable.
In all of those years his only love was Creta. He had hundred of children with her. That he watched grow and die too.
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In the early 1800's kale was on his island with kiara. He sent out 2 bright lights with messages to ash and klara telling them to come to his island. They did.
He gathered them all together in a beautifully crafted log cabin. they were sitting around a table with whiskey enjoying their first time together since they were children.
   He told them That it was time to make a move against eden. he had a plan to capture atom and bring him to the light. Ash laughed then said he'll never change he's Eden's number one goon. How are you gonna do that?
Kale looked back at him with a smirk. While saying calmly, we give him the gift of light. We keep him in a cage i built from oak. Its embedded in a light so strong it will burn the evil out of his soul.
Klara drunkenly opened her mouth saying, good luck on that one! You're not gonna get him here of all places and risk the lives of your people. How can YOU trick him! Defeat him! when not even i or ash could. In all the years we've been alive. Ash laughed.
Then klara opened her mouth answering them with a drunken smoothness, We're using luka to meet us at a field outside of Oregon. We'll arrive in a carriage with the cage in back. You'll will appear from the back of it or something of that sort. We'll figure it out but we will hide your essence with these black cloaks that Creta made. All you gotta do is go to the underworld and steal his wife. Are you in? Or no!
They all agreed. Then they spent the whole night and the next couple together. Catching up getting drunk. Just enjoying the moment.
Then the day of ash and klara going to the underworld he instructed them on what to do and how not to get caught. As he himself has been to Luka's palace.
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Creta gave ash and klara a map of the underworld. Then she created a black lightning bolt. The two stepped through it with their black cloaks on.
They landed in a black valley of mountains. The sky was a greyish black with no clouds in sight. A flock of black smokey birds were flying in the air. You could see traces of smoke from where they flew.
Ash and clara walked through the valley with a ball of light infront of them guiding them through the darkness.
There were shadow people all around them screaming to be reborn. they reached their lifeless hands out to touch ash and klara. Ash sent out balls of light that exploded them into nothing.
They traveled half a day through the valley. when they came to a small passage way. They walked through it. The walls of it were black and moldy with people strapped all over it in grey rope. Their eyes were hollowed out with a black paste around them. There mouths were sewn shut and there bodies had been deeply cut all over with black mold coming out of the cuts.
They found there way out of the passage to a field with a black and grey castle that had four black tipped pillars on each corner. As the walls were grey. The sky above it was black amd had whitish grey clouds that struck  grey lighting on the pillars.
The outside of it had a black and grey garden with black marble statues placed all over it.
They walked the pathway that kale had instructed them to. As the flowers and vines had black moldy poisonous thorns. That would shrivel you into nothing but a grey and black ghoulish look or turn you into a statue where you would be stuck for eternity. There were tons of creatures and evil beings turned to stone. As evil is evil know matter where you are.
There was also black snakes that blended in with a venom so strong you would die in less than a minute. As you would convulse and your insides turned out. Leaving you flailing around on the ground like a fish out of water.
The two made it through. They had shot a light all over the ground. It started to shriek as it withered away into a grey dust that blew away in the wind.
The two had gotten to the front door. Where two black statues stood with there arms crossed holding swords. As  ash and klara went to open the door. The statues slices there swords down toward them. they said who are you and whats your buisness.
Ash filled his hand with light. Klara did the same. Then they both balled there hands into a fist and rammed it through the statues. They busted up and fell apart.
  The two walked into the house. It was full of darkness throughout. They used there hands as torches and shot another light infront of them.
They started to walk through the house. When they heard screaming from all around. They seen that the walls were full of black pulsing grey veins with living people entagled in them.
Ash went to cut them down but klara said we're not here for them. We have a mission. So they trudged on. When they reached a black metal door with grey chains all over it.
  They heard a raspy dark voice saying, who the fuck are you and how the hell did you get in here. Ash and klara turned around to see a woman with long black hair in a black silk glossy dress wearing a black and white swirling pendant necklace. . She was Luka's wife vera. Ash opened his mouth saying smuggly, why we're the cleaners it looks like this place hasn't seen the light of day in centuries. It's dusty and full of mold. It needs to be refurbished. Its past its prime.
Vera's eyes started to glow. Her cheeks became black. then she sent a constant black bolt at them. klara spoke gracefully,i guess she didnt get the message.
Ash distracted her as he sent a constant light beam from his hands back at her. While klara dissappeared. Then vera charged ash still sending the beam at him as the center of her blast got bigger and wider. Ash did the same. As his grew bigger and wider.
The two were about 5 feet apart. Sparks of black and white shot everywhere. Then klara appeared behind vera putting her hands on the front of Vera's face. Klara's hands glowed white with a yellow tint. Vera started to scream. As she felt a burning sensation. She had put her black claws on klara's hands. She tried to pull them off but it didnt work. She continued to scream in pain. she started flailing her arms around. After a moment she became lifeless. Then klara put her hands down. Vera mouth and eyes shot a black smoke from them. Her eyes were hollowed out and she fell to the ground dead.
Klara looked at ash with concern. Then said sarcastically, well looks like luka will be thrilled about this. The two opened the black door and went down the stairs.
When they had gotten down the circular grey stone steps. it seemed to take them awhile. They came to another door. Ash opened it.
  they walked through it into a dungeon. Where the floor was full of black moldy veins, the walls had black scratch marks all over it with blood and the roof was full of black veins that dipped black goo into the cages. The whole place was full of cages with the living and the dead. They were made of black tiny metal squares from top to bottom. The living were screaming to be let out. While the dead sulked.
The two looked in each of the cages. They screamed for Mara. After a moment they heard a low diminished reply,im here!help me!please get me out of here.
They found her cage. Then ash said,we'll help you but you gotta do something for us. She let out a whimper as she said,i dont care just get me out of here.
Klara busted the padlock off with her glowing hand. They seen mara chained and shackled to the ground. She looked a mess. As her hair was full of a black muddy mold, her clothes and body matched. She had cuts all over her. They broke the chains and shackles. Ash threw her over his back. they started walking out. When they had made it up the stairs.  mara told them to grab the necklace from Vera's dead body. They put a note on her dead body. Then they went back through it all to the world of the living.