I've finally decided to finish this fic, it will probably be posted on
Monday night. Just wanted to send this out to wet some appetites and see
how well this goes over. The ending is going to be yet another complete
surprise, even if you figure out exactly what's going on here right now.
Spirit Within 3 will be started after I repost 'Ranma vs. The World.'
I'm going to finish this one up as well, I've been getting a lot of
request about it and it's almost finished anyway. On the other hand, SWI
3 hasn't even gotten to Auska yet, so it get's put further back since
I've got to do more work to finish it.
Anyway, here's the teaser...
Spirit within 2
The Sixth Night,
The world of Gleaming light.
Galus watched as the woman was carried away, she had paid a heavy
sacrifice for their revenge, soon the Eye of God would be in their hands
and at long last this world would suffer for its crimes.
"Nahata, I think it's time we paid Roshtaria a visit, prepare Ifurita. I
want her to destroy the pathetic forces of the Alliance for good, just
make sure she doesn't kill Rune Venus, we may still need her."
"A cover for our real operation?" asked the boy with a smile.
"Of course, with the Eye of God in our hands at last we will destroy El
Hazard and finally find peace," replied Galus with a smirk.
Nahata frowned, Galus was usually quite secretive about his plans, and
it was very unusual for him to speak of them out loud or even tell those
involved exactly what it was they were doing. He glanced over and saw the
demon god resting against a wall watching the ceiling impassively.
Without a word he walked over to her and gave her the orders. She looked
down at him and said nothing as he spoke. "Destroy the Alliance, keep our
operation covered, and make sure Rune Venus is not killed, we may need
her later. We must secure the Eye of God at any cost, El Hazard must
suffer for what they did to our kind."
Without confirmation of any kind Ifurita started towards the exit to the
cave.
"So, that's your plan is it?" said a new voice from the shadows. The
shadow tribe boy gasped in shock as a hand blasted from the darkness. It
didn't touch him, but he felt a solid blow to his midsection and fell to
his knees gasping for breath. He clutched the spot with his hands and
felt himself fading as the warm sensation of blood covered his fingers.
"What?"
Ifurita whirled around and blasted the offending shadow emotionlessly as
she took up a defensive stance. There was nothing there. "What is this?
Identify yourself to me," she said mechanically. A faint sound attracted
her attention and she cut loose with another energy bolt blasting away at
the fragile walls of the cave.
Galus came storming into the room with a shocked expression on his face.
"What is the meaning of this? Stop this now!" he snarled at her.
"There is an intruder," replied the girl simply.
"What do you..." the man froze as he saw Nahata lying dead on the floor
with a gaping hole in his chest. "Who did this?! The will suffer!"
screamed the man in a rage.
"Unknown," replied Ifurita. "She glanced down at the boy and frowned,
she had been given orders and the need to fulfill them was starting to
pull at her subconscious. Out of the corner of her eye she saw movement.
Galus froze in place and did not move, as someone grabbed him from
behind.
"I should have known, she escaped too easily," he said with a small
chuckle.
"You're about to find out what happens when somebody orders a hit on me
Galus," snarled Ryo.
"It is impressive that you managed to evade Karai's detection," snorted
the man without a hint of worry in his voice. "You don't really think you
can escape here do you? If my guards don't kill you, Ifurita will, you
killed her master, after all."
"Escape is not my plan," replied the boy as he tightened his grip on the
man's neck. Galus stared in shock as Ifurita powered up her staff and
pointed it at the pair.
"What are you doing? Stop this at once!" screamed the man in shock as he
stared into the coldness of her eyes. "Fool, we'll be killed!"
"You do not hold the Power Key Staff, orders denied," replied the woman
just before she discharged the energy.
Ryo found himself slumped against the wall with a cold dead weight on
top of him. Slowly opening his eyes he looked around and noticed Ifurita
standing over him. "Hello."
The woman narrowed her eyes and pointed the staff at him coolly. Ryo
tried to think desperately for some escape, some way out of the situation
he found himself in. Ifurita's blast had hurt him more than he had
thought it would, he couldn't have blacked out for very long a few
seconds at most, but obviously that would cost him dearly. He reached up
and grabbed the end of the staff.
Instantly the pair was enveloped in a dark red energy. Ifurita froze for
a moment before joining Ryo in the agonized scream. She felt parts of her
being pulled away, torn from her subconscious. A deep terror filled her
heart as she felt the pieces rip from her soul. Finally she jumped away
pulling the staff from his grip forcefully.
As she looked on Ryo stood very slowly from his place on the ground and
smiled, his eyes had started to glow a strange red color. "Heh, I
understand now."
The demon god found herself backing away from him involuntarily. "What
have you done?"
"Take Fatora and go, do it now. You must go to Roshtaria and find
Makoto, I'm afraid it's our only hope. Tell him to touch the staff and he
will understand." He looked up at her and seemed to be struggling with
something. Whatever it was, he was losing the battle. "Go, hurry!"
Ifurita turned away and found herself running from the room, she felt
violated and alone. Things she could not be feeling. Terror gripped her
heart again as she rushed away going through anyone she encountered along
the way. After a moment she stopped and glanced around, she was uncertain
where she had ended up. Two men slowly turned to face her and frowned.
"What are you doing in here?"
A dark smile crossed the woman's face when she realized that she was
standing in front of Fatora. The two Shadow Tribe scientist stepped
forward with angry looks on their faces; the looks quickly faded away
into fear as she raised her staff and pointed it at them. "I am a demon
god, I do not know fear," she said to herself.
Moments later a small portion of a mountain exploded as Ifurita escaped
the confines of the caverns. She moved at top speed through the air
cradling a small and frail looking figure in her arms. "Why am I doing
this? Is he the new controller of the Power Key Staff?" Her thoughts
quickly faded as she flew onward.
TBC in Spiritwithin 2 Final.
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