Short Story Wanderer the Bounty Hunter and his amazing adventures

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Today's part is purely reading and some extra artsy explanation stuff, so get that snack ready!

Part 6:
Devil of the abyss.
Hello: Rex
Greetings: Frigus
Hello: Fancy young man
Hey: Generics
What?: Dormi
Yes?: Durus

Inside an old building…

Someone's footsteps can be heard!

Sounds like their running!

"Gosh darnit, the hell happened here? It's a damn bloodbath…"

An old building made with Platinum bricks, it became rusty and was left to rot due to its materials being easily locatable and renewable.

*Tap tap tap tap…*

It's walls are covered in old and rotten blood, nobody knows why this came to be, but one good urban legend is because of a demon that was actually the soul of one who was always tortured in life came to get his revenge, and this building was a warning and it's home…

Of course, none of that is true.

The man who is running is finally visible, as he is approaching a decent light source.

Dressed in Sky blue Pirate clothing with an Orange Jungle Rose, White with dark green colored hair, with 4 belts ( One yellow and one brown on his pants, and one blue belt on both of his shoulders ), with nothing but a Rainbow colored Titan Glove for what seems to be a weapon, he's rushing towards the only room with light!

"I swear, If that kid was the cause of this chain of murders I'll cremate him!"

He approaches the entrance of the room and sees a person, seems a bit young, nearly as tall as 4 belts guy, with nothing but black pants, a tank top and short hair, he seems totally fine, apart from the fact that he's slicing away at a hapless person…

"HEY, NUTS FOR BRAINS! YOU BETTER START TALKING BEFORE I PUMMEL YOU TO OBLIVION!"

Not the smartest way to approach a murderer…

The tank top guy stops slicing, and looks over his shoulder at 4 belts guy.

He glares…

"Well?"

Tank top guy gets off his victim, with a Titanium Dagger in hand and a…decapitated head in the other.

He turns towards 4 belts guy.

"You were a real skipper, but now I caught you red-handed! Now put your weapons down and kick 'em away."

Tank top guy rolls the decapitated head towards 4 belts guy.

4 belts guy kicks the head out of the way.

"Wrong answer."

4 belts guy punches the air!

Tank top guy is confused!

"Uno, dos, tres…"

4 belts guy is coldly staring, his forehead veins are showing...

Tank top guy starts feeling impeccably sharp pain!

Tank top guy drops his dagger!

Tank top guy is frightened, all this sharp and dull pain is going through his entire body!

"Should've ran, now you're gonna be like that for 2 hours."

Tank top guy goes unconscious from the unimaginable amount of pain!

4 belts guy picks tank top guy up.

"Phew…man, now you're gonna get ME in trouble for using that against you…"

4 belts guy punches the air again!

He stares coldly yet again, and his forehead veins are showing...



A giant hole in the wall is blown!

"Let's hope he doesn't get all gung-ho on me, since I've used it against a criminal…"

4 belts guy jumps out the wall!

He lands on solid ground!

"Hey driver, I'm done, can you pick me up?"





A large hoverbike is getting closer to 4 belts guy!

"Awfully fast today."

As it gets closer and does a stylish side slide, nobody is driving it!

4 belts guy gets on the bike!

"Right, time to take you back, boy."

The hoverbike drives off with 4 belts guy and tank top guy in tow!

3 hours later…

They arrive in a small city, and in-front of a fancy looking building.

4 belts guy picks up tank top guy and gets off the large hoverbike.

"Hmm…how should I explain…"

"Hey, mister manager! I caught the murderer that killed off some of those dudes you talked about, should I take him to the police now?"



"Nah…too straight-forward…"

"Hey boss, I dealt with that prick that was killing a lot of dudes, whaddya want me to do with him?"



"Perfect! Alright, here goes…"

He goes in the building.

4 belts guy takes a deep breath!

He goes to the left door and opens it.

"HEY BOSS! I dealt with that…uh…"

4 belts guy sees a rather tall man and scrawny man with long purple hair and rather pale skin, and has a special looking Shadow Armor.

"Hey bud, uh…your lady told me to keep guard…"

Tall guy knocks the door he's guarding.



"Uh, thanks I guess, Durus…"

A lady in proper clothing comes out the guarded room, with medium-length brown hair and white skin.

"Rex, what are you…carrying?"

"I'm carrying the body of an unconscious person, who just so happens to be the murder we've been hearing about."

The proper lady is shocked!

"Well, erm…the fair man is not here, and he is upstairs in his room."

Durus takes his leave.

"Thank you again for the help, Durus."

Durus smiles and waves to them as he vanishes in a puff of smoke…

"While he is upstairs, why not come over to my room? Your favorite show is airing-"

Rex turns around!

"What? No, I gotta deliver this news to the big head, it's important."

The proper lady is distressed!

"Oh, but I will lose my appetite!"

"I'll get something to eat later, or ask Dirk or someone else."

"No, not that appetite-"

Rex leaves the area.

"Oh well, I suppose I'll wait for now."

Rex is walking upstairs!

Rex takes a deep breath…

"Alright, remember your line…"

Rex approaches a room and knocks!



"Come in."

Rex opens the door.

Two large men, covered in Titanium Armor with a Titanium Broadsword In hand, between them is a small person with grey hair and a ponytail, he has fancy clothing and has a piercing on his right ear with a half-heart piece, he seems younger than tank top guy.

"Hey boss, I found the killer that was taking out our-"

"That man is not the killer we're looking for."

Rex is shocked!

"Aw…crap…"

Fancy young man sighs.

"Don't tell me you used your Wind Breaker power again…"

Rex is scared!

"Dude, this guy murdered an entire PLATOON of Adamantite armored guys! He's dangerous! It was the-"

Fancy young man slams his desk!

Rex jolts back!

"I TOLD YOU, YOU DON'T USE YOUR POWERS JUST TO TAKE OUT YOUR TARGETS! IT COULD KILL THEM JUST AS EASILY!"

Rex is disappointed in himself!

Rex looks away!

"Sorry, boss, I really thought it was him…"

Fancy young man rubs his head!

"How much did you use?"



"He was supposed to wake up in two hours…"

Fancy young man pops a blood vessel.

"I've had it up to here with you, Rex, I assure you, if this person is dead, I will evict you and your sister from here."

Rex freaks out!

"H-Hey! That's cool, you uh, you check this guy out, I'm sure he's alive!"

Rex keeps his cool…

"We're doing this now."

Rex is screaming internally.

"Sure!"

Fancy young man extends his desk to bed a person!

"Lay him here."

Rex puts down tank top guy down on the desk.

Rex steps away.

The two Titanium guards confide Rex.

"H-Hey! He hasn't checked yet!"

"Don't worry, their just making sure you don't do any…funny moves."

"Is he seriously doubting me? After all these years? Ungrateful :red:…"

Fancy young man takes out an empty bag, and holds it open at tank top guy's mouth.

"Slowly now…"

Fancy young man uses some sort of power to slowly open tank top guy's mouth…



"Hm, the bag isn’t getting teared up…"

Rex is relieved!

"Ha! Haha! See?! Should've trusted me…"

"Check him for empty glass bottles."

Titanium guards nod, and frisk Rex.

"Found something." Says Guard 1

He takes out an empty bottle…

"What is it?"



"It seems to be a clogged obsidian potion.." Says guard 2

"Don't open it…"

"Why?"

Fancy young man is skeptical.

"At that building, there was…"



"Yes?! There was what? Lava?"



"Speak already!" says guard 1

"…There was Dark Matter."

Guards and Fancy young man gasp in fright!

"Y…You don't mean…"

"And some of that " jumped " inside the bottle…"



"Release Rex, and take that bottle to the science fields."

The guards go on their way…

"How? How did you find Dark Matter?!"

"I dunno, there was a hole with that stuff in there and-"

Fancy young man is enraged!

"A HOLE?! WE HAVE TO SECURE THAT AT ONCE!"

Fancy young man rushes out the room!

Rex takes a breather!

"Phew, glad that's over."

He turns around and sees tank top guy sitting on the desk.



"Hi."



"Uh…you don't like talking?"

Tank top guy shows Rex a piece of wood.

It reads: "Mute".

"Oh! You're mute! Well…okay then."

Tank top guy flips the piece of wood, it reads: "Dormi"

"That your name?"

Tank top guy nods.

"Cool! So uh, wanna live with me and my sister? I mean, killing guys at random isn't exactly fun…"

Dormi glares.

"We get free food, comfy indivisual rooms that are spacey…"



"What? Do you have somewhere else to live?"

Dormi shakes his head.

Dormi gets up.

"So you'll live with us?"



"You know what? How about we get you a voice synthesizer? They’ll use your pre-existing vocal cords to match the voice to you, and have it grow with you."

Dormi seems to not like the offer…

"Have you ever had an operation in a hospital before?"

Dormi nods.

"Awesome, should be less problematic then, don't worry, you'll just be sleeping for an extra few!"

Dormi looks unsure…

"Come ooon! I've had both of my legs sawed off and look at me, I'm just peachy!"

"Yo! Robo-head! You still have those voice synthesizers?"

The house is a fancy mansion made out of Dynasty wood, it's smooth texture and fresh smell is always welcome, with its fur-filled ground, walking shoeless feels like heaven.

6 hours later, after they got Dormi's voice synthesizer, Dormi and Rex are sitting on a bench together.

"This feels odd."

"Eh, you'll get used to it!"

Dormi can speak, go science, yayz.

"So, why did that kid get all worked up about Dark Matter?"

Rex strikes Dormi with a cold stare!

"Dark Matter is one of the vilest things on earth, it's sentient on its own too."

Dormi is indifferent!

"Sentient material is creepy, but why so vile?"

"That's because it takes over bodies and makes hives all over the place, it also happens to be Corruption when it starts to struggle too much, and Dark Matter comes from a space monster of sorts."

"Sounds bad."

"It is the reason why a lot of people don't explore too many planets."

Dormi sighs.

"How convenient, a space flea out of nowhere generates space viruses."

Rex chuckles.

"I guess you could say that."

"So, now what?"

"Now we sit here and wait for Burner to give us a heads up."

"Why? Just because of some evil energy?"

"It's the evil energy that can become a person and destroy stuff, it's also only harmed by specific things, it can mutilate you from the inside out and turn you into a husk, a walking corpse that attacks things, a creature that gives birth to more dark matter creatures, and so on and so forth.



Dormi is unfazed.

"Man, you must've seen some :red: to not be at least unhinged by all that."

Dormi shrugs.

"Well, get going to your room, almost midnight."

Dormi gets up from the bench he's sitting with Rex.

"Right, goodnight."

"Goodnight, bud."

Dormi walks off.

Rex gets up and goes downstairs and enters the left area.

"Right, time to hit the hay."

Rex goes to his and his sister's room, and sees his sister sleeping on the upper bunk bed.

Rex stretches a little bit, and admires the hall king's hall behind him.

The king's hall is where the king is at the end of the very large hall, with long dinner tables and adjacent rooms, it tends to be quite busy at the day.

It's dynasty wood is more smoother than any other, and it's ground has the most relaxing of fur, one would sleep on the ground if they had to because of how comfortable it is.

With symmetrical lighting and beautiful markings on the wall, this area oozes of royalty.

The king's throne is not the most unique of thrones, but it lets out such a magnificent aura, simply touching it makes you feel so relaxed and at the same time tense, it's platinum plating and soft but stiff cloth gives it an air of importance, sitting on it really makes you feel at the top of world, if not for a short while.

"Better stop admiring this before I get all excited for a big room…"

Rex turns around to see his sister in-front of him.

"Hello!"

The proper lady, if you don't remember.

"Hey, why'd you get up? It's nearly midnight…"

"I thought I heard someone and I knew it was you, and I only went to bed not too long, and I just wanted to…"

Rex's sister gets on her tippy toes and…slides her hands towards Rex's chest…

"…get a little air~"

Rex is frightened!

Rex puts his sister's arms away.

"Don't do that, you idiot, we're brother and sister!"

"But only the leader here knows that."

"Yeah? What about the guards?"

"Doubt they'd listen your affairs…"

Rex groans.

"Look Frigus, ever since we got here you've been like this, this is not a good thing and quite illegal."

"So murder is legal then?"



"Tch…you're a bloody brat sometimes."

Frigus chuckles

"Learned from the best~"

"Hmph, do you even have back-up to you were intending back there?"

"Considering we're in the middle of nowhere, earth is destroyed, always in danger, with this place barely staying together, leaders dropping because of diseases that we haven't even speculated about, I don't really think there's a general good and evil line."



Rex sighs.

"Sounds like bull:red:."

"Bull:red: that you will believe for your own desires."

"Fair enough."

And then Rex and Frigus go to sleep, and tomorrow will slowly escalate in things...


And so it seems that the danger comes even closer, the presence of Dark Matter means only a matter of time before the world is engulfed in terror, what surprises are held next?

(hey dude…)

Find out in the next

(HEY!)
Huh?!



A blond man with cowboy clothing dyed in green flame dye, a star cloak and an eye of a golem sewed into his right eye is holding a book and sitting on a chair…

He closes the book, its cover reads:

"Wanderer the bounty hunter and his amazing adventures."

"What is it?"

The blond man responds to a well-built and tall person, with shroomite armor and holding a helmet, all dyed purple.

"That vampire friend of yours is gonna come over, and for the love of god, don't let her take a pint if your blood, I don't want to hear you moaning in your sleep again."

The blond man gets up and sighs

"I'll try."

Purple shroomite points at the blond man and says with an angry tone:

"Damn right you will! It's hard as it is waking you up, sleeping while you're doing god lord knows what with that lady that can go crazy with your body with a little bit of blood is infuriating."

Blond man stares.

"Well uh, how are you liking my book?"



"It's nice."



"Well um…I'll be going now, don't forget what I said!"



Purple Shroomite enters the elevator and goes down.



"This is a nice book alright."

The End.

Hello again! And thank you for reading today's part!
I know, it was a little late than usual, but hey! You got it now!
No battle in a part is quite different for me, because I feel like those are 50% of what i write, but oh well!
Hopefully you've enjoyed today's part, have a nice day, dear reader!
Don't worry, this isn't the end, though if i end up not feeling like writing it further, the end on this part ends it off nicely.
EDIT: Poll decided!
 
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Today you're going to read.
A lot, so prepare!

Hello: Wanderer
Welcome: Joe ( Fancy young man )
Hehehe...: Dark Matter
Hello!: Blazing Hurricane ( Possessed Helios )
Hey: Rex
Yes?: Generics
*Welcoming Zombie Space Whale noises!*: Zombie Space Whale

Part 7:

Beginning of the Corruption.

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Wanderer is laying down on his bed in his mansion, looking at the bounty.

"Did I really sign up to go hunt a Zombie Space Whale?"

Wanderer is confused!

Wanderer sighs!

"Well, I guess I should step on it then, the zombie space whale is in the abandoned 58 Hall Suite…that's pretty close to the shores of TCF, so I assume it only makes sense it'd be there."

Wanderer gets up from his Mahogany Bed and leaves his mansion.

"From where I am, 58 should be this way from where I am…"

Wanderer heads to the North West from his home!

The 58 Hall Suite is a big and astoundingly magnificent 5 star hotel, and it is as expected, quite pricey.

The people who ran it were evicted from running the suite due to a rumor involving the managers kidnapping people and stealing some of the attendants money.

Most evidence points to true, but what was wrong was also kicking off the main head, because he was not part of what his team were doing.

In the end, all but the lead manager was left, he changed his identity and went on to live in TCF as a normal and humble citizen.

"Hm…I'm getting close to the location but…something feels weird…"

An eerie feeling strikes Wanderer!

"…when I ate dinner, it had whale meat in the dish…is the Zombie Space Whale the dead whale I ate?"



Wanderer laughs!

"It's a Zombie Whale from SPACE, what should I be expecting here?"

After a while, It starts smelling rancid…

"Eugh, I guess I'm getting really close to that space whale…"

As the Wanderer closes to the shore of the beach he's approaching…

"Something unnatural is around…and it radiates a creepy aura…"

Suddenly, a Space Whale comes out of the water, and he looks pretty torn up, so he must be a Zombie as well!

*ZOMBIE SPACE WHALE NOISES!*

(Author's note: I have no idea how Zombie Space Whales sound like, so use your imagination. :p)

"It's the Zombie Space Whale! But it has too much power than it should have…"

Wanderer notices a strange looking liquid dripping from the Space Whale's tail…

"Hey…is that..."

*ROAR!*

"Tch! While that is FISHY, there's no time for analysis, bring it on, whale!"

*ANGRY ZOMBIE SPACE WHALE RELATED NOISES!*

ENGAGE BATTLE!

MEDIUM ENEMY DETECTED!

WANDERER: 550 HP! 230 MANA!

?!@$@0$: 01011001 01010100111
-Wanderer is perplexed!-

"Why isn't my scanner working?! It's just a Zombie Space Whale…"

*ROAR!*

-Zombie Space Whale prepares a powerful Sand Charge!-

-Wanderer is patronized!-

"How insulting! Your just a god damn Space Zombie Whale! Cobalt Knights hunt you for fun!"

-Wanderer's rage is throttling!-

"I'll show how to REALLY play dead!"

-Wanderer cracks his knuckles!-

-Wanderer charges towards the Zombie Space Whale!-

*ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!*

-The Zombie Space Whale begins his Sand Charge!-

-It's going at incredible speed towards Wanderer!-

*ROOOOOOOOOOGH!*

-Wanderer delivers a sharp corkscrew!-

-The attacks collide!-

"I'LL SLICE YOU DOWN!"

*ANGRY ZOMBIE SPACE WHALE NOISES!*

-Wanderer starts punching at incredible speed!-

-Zombie Space Whale is doing its best to charge through Wanderer's punches!-

"Dammit! I can't keep this up!"

-Wanderer tries to cancel out the Zombie Space Whale's charge!-

"Crap! This isn't gonna work!"

*ROAR!*

-Zombie Space Whale tackles Wanderer with his Sand Charge!-

-Wanderer is knocked back a fair distance!-

"Good! I got some space between me and him…wait, what's that?!"

-Wanderer is horrified!-

-Zombie Space Whale lobs a ball of what seems to be purple and black tar infront of him!-

-A blank eyed and shark-teeth mouthed human-like figure grows from the ball!-

-Wanderer is feeling dread!-

"That's Dark Matter! How did this thing get hold of it?!"

-Creepy entity snarls!-

"Gonna take you out quick!"

*ROAR!*

-Zombie Space Whale starts gathering energy!-

-Creepy entity starts walking towards Wanderer….veeeery slowly….-

"Got nothing to fear from you!"

-Wanderer takes outs his Chaingun, loaded with High Velocity rounds!-

"Easy target."

-Wanderer fires like mad at the creepy entity!-

-He fires 32 bullets!-

-They all go through the creepy entity and don't end up damaging him at all!-

"Wha?! That's strange…"

-All 32 bullets hit the Zombie Space Whale!-

*SAD ZOMBIE SPACE WHALE NOISES!*

-Zombie Space Whale stops floating in mid-air, and lands on the ground!-

*Roaar…*

-Zombie Space Whale stops gathering energy!-

"Okay, if bullets don't work, then it's magic!"

*Growl…*

-Creepy entity is still slowly approaching Wanderer…-

"Take this!"

-Wanderer gathers energy!-

-Wanderer fires 3 Overcharged Rainbow Bolts!-

-2 hit the creepy entity, and stick to the entity, burning him greatly!-

*SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!*

-The creepy entity melts!-

"Wow…this thing is awfully weak…"

*SK…REE…REEEE…RE…*

-The creepy entity evaporates!-

*Sad zombie space whale noises…*

-Zombie Space Whale has lost its will to fight!-

"Right, time to finish you off!"

-Wanderer sprays some ichor at the Zombie Space Whale, and launches an inferno fireball at the zombie space whale!-

*ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!*

-Zombie Space Whale is in heavy pain!-

-Wanderer takes out his Sniper Rifle!-

"And just to make sure you're dead…"

-Wanderer takes out his Sniper Rifle, loads it with a Venom Bullet, and takes aim!-

-Wanderer fires, and it hits the Zombie Space Whale right in the head!-

*Sad Zombie Space Whale noises…*

-Zombie Space Whale is exhausted to death…-

*RIP Zombie Space Whale.*

"YEAAAAAAAAAAAH! Zombie Space Whale is DOWN!"

Wanderer starts walking towards the dead Zombie Space Whale to inspect it, but suddenly, a figure of complete purple and black matter slices open a big hole to the Zombie Space Whale's body, now it's really dead!

Wanderer is stooped in his tracks, and is petrified!

"W…what?"

A figure, similar to that creepy entity comes out, but it's much more menacing and more taller than the last one, it has an eerie and horrifying aura oozing from him, dark magenta smoke is constantly streaming out of him at high rates, with piercing red eyes and shark-teethed, this one seems much more unique than the last one…

The figure walks in-front of the whale, and looks at it and touches it.

"…it feels…slimy…"

Wanderer is completely petrified!

"This is impossible…"

The figure turns around and eyes Wanderer.

"I've been asleep for so long, my body has decayed…I have to admit, it was a…terrifying experience."

Wanderer is quiet!

"This creature, it has served me well to keep me protected as a chrysalis, and the amount of energy it gathered is enough for me to last for 5 hours, but I need a body…"

"Oh no…"

The figure grins!

"You look like you taste very nice…I can almost taste that lovely blood of yours…"

"Hey…Joe…could you…send help to my location?"

"Calling for a extra help now, ARE WE?!"

":red:! This isn't good at all! This is NOT good at all!"

ERROR

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WANDERER: 550 HP! 230 MANA!

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"Don't pull out now, your just the perfect heir!"

-Wanderer is desperate!-

*SHIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*

-The Figure lunges towards Wanderer!-

"I can't fight this thing!"

-Wanderer has lost his will to fight!-

-The Figure generates a blade from his forearm!-

-He goes for a chop!-

-Wanderer dodges and dashes backwards a fair distance!-

The Figure laughs!

"YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY!"

"Tch…I'm really scared…but I have to try!'

-Wanderer has honed his resolve! He can't miss!-

*SHYDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*

-The Figure lunges again towards Wanderer!-

"EAT THIS!"

*MANA OVERCHARGE!*

-Wanderer releases a deadly stream of Magnet Lodes towards the Figure!-

-The Figure is confused!-

"What are those?!"

-Wanderer backdashes!-

-The Magnet Lodes violently explode in The Figure's face!-

-The Figure is blown back!-

"What is that power?! How? How did a measly Hallowed Warrior manage to get that sort of power?! HAVE YOU BETRAYED YOUR OWN CODE OF HONOR?!"

-The Figure is terrified!-

-Wanderer is baffled!-

"What are you talking about? I'm no Hallowed Warrior,those guys are old news."

-The Figure is enraged!-

-The Figure gets up on its feet!-

"WHAT?! IMPOSSIBLE! THIS IS CLEARLY THE-"

-Suddenly, a large, volcanic ball passes by Wanderer at high speed!-

"About time you got...here?"

-The volcanic ball hits The Figure!-

-The Figure violently reacts!-

-The Figure screams in pain!-

"Y…you….damn you!"

Wanderer sees a person of average height, he has hair that reaches his shoulders that are colored dark blue, a jacket that barely covers him due to it being torn apart, with a large tattoo that covers most of his chest and reaches his arms, with ripped jeans and a loose belt with a bull skull on his belt, and seems to be carrying a red metal Staff, with a purple medallion with a green gem, with emerald colored eyes, he walks with a proud strut and a smug grin.

"I knew you'd be back…whatever your name is…"

-Wanderer is heated!-

"HELIOS! What are you doing here?!"

-Helios stands next to Wanderer and looks at The Figure!-

"Helios?"

Helios lets out a hearty laugh!

"Sor-ry! I'm not this Helios of yours, I am the Blazing Hurricane!

-Wanderer is baffled!-

"Don't mess with me, Helios! I know it's you!"

"I apologize if this Helios was dear to you, but I'll use his body for the time being, I was the god of Fire and Wind! I do not remember my name when I was a god, but that does not matter! The world was created in a sea of flames, and those flames bended to my will! No matter what type of flame, may it be Cursed Flames, Frost Flame, or Roman Fire, all bow to my command!"

"This…fool of fire is one of my most dangerous enemies…I cannot believe he would come this far…and…that other cretin…he's no Hallowed Warrior…he does not let rules keep him chained…and he's much more powerful than I have imagined!"

"When I was a god, It was rumored that I used dark magic, which was forbidden to a god like myself, so they have tested me in a large maze, when I couldn't last much longer, because they have given me mortality, I used dark magic to leave my body behind, I was punished, and was told to return my powers, but I refused! To this day, god's forces hunt me down still, but they will never know, thanks to my dark magic…"



"I could care less about your life story, are you with me or him?!"

"With you, my summer hat friend!"

"Wanderer."

"Yes! That is your name, call me whatever pleases you…"

"I have no place to run…I must use my mana pool to escape…"

-Wanderer readies an Overcharged Inferno Fireball!-

"Now now, let's not get hasty here, Dark Matter!"

-Hurricane begins charger a Meteor Blast!-

"I WON'T GET TRAPPED THIS TIME!"

-The Figure vanishes in a cloud of mist!-

-Wanderer and Hurricane stop charging!-

"Strange…"

-Wanderer is disheartened…-

"Indeed, that is a risky move that can get him killed…"

-Hurricane is discouraged!-

*The Figure has ran away…*

"When he ran, he exerted so much mana…"

"True, if he isn't quick, he will die."



"It's still possible for him to be alive, right?"

"Yes, much to our dismay, that thing is quick, and we can't let our guard down."

Wanderer is crushed…

"So…how do we stop the Corruption from getting back?"



"We have to hope we can catch him before he feeds and grows more powerful than us."



"Listen up, Wanderer! This meeting, as cliché as it sounds, was definitely that of fate! The fact that he mistook you for a Hallowed Warrior must mean you have the qualities of one!"



"Dude, I fight to win, my code of honor isn't exactly the brightest."

"Not that! I mean your power! Something about your power has made him think you of one!"

Wanderer is having a change of heart…

"I'll be honest, I'm scared about this."

"I am as well, the Corruption coming back means more people will get dragged into an unneeded conflict for more eternities to come…"

Wanderer feels empty…

"But we must have hope! Back then, our soldiers of old used to go to the battlefield with just 400 Health! Imagine a world with just much! They had small inventories, could only equip a few accessories, and can have only 3 or 4 items for battle!"

"We really can't mourn about it now."

"That is fact, we must take action, and I want to inform you of something!"

Wanderer takes a breather.

"I, the once God of Fire and Wind, Blazing Hurricane, shall assist you in your ventures until the Corruption threat has died!"

"Alright! Good to have you on my side, Hurricane!"

"But I must warn you of the dangers of pursuing this threat…"

"Don't worry, I know full well of what I'm getting myself into, but I'd like to ask, why is it that Dark Matter is bound to come back, while the Hallowed Soldiers just disappeared?"

"This is because the Corruption outlasted the Hallowed, the Hallowed were no different from you and I and Helios now, humans with some sort of power that gave them an edge against the Corruption curse."

"Were they more powerful than us now?"

"No, think having battle gear before the souls of Light and Dark were released way back then."

Wanderer cringes!

"Indeed, they may have been powerful and stout, but they were simple beings, they grow and age and die, and they beat Dark Matter by being smart and quick, and that's what we have to do exactly!"

Wanderer nods!

"First order of business is to redeem my bounty!"

"What? This Zombie Space Whale?"

"Yeah, for 24 Platinum Coins! Would you believe that?"

"How absurd! These things are target practice!"

"Then we'll go to Titanium Danger Report Branch, so we can get to Joe and tell him about the Corruption threat and the return of Dark Matter."

"Sounds like a plan! I'll follow your lead, Wanderer!"

After they takes the whole entire space whale to the Mythril Peacekeepers and gets his 24 Platinum Coins and freaking out about Helios being with him but still freaking out even after he explains, they goes to the Titanium Danger Report.

It's the fancy building in the small city from last part.

8 hours later, they finally arrive to the building.

They are greeted with closed doors and 2 Titanium guards.

"Sorry sirs, the building is currently in lock-down due to an emergency." Says guard 1.

"It's the Wanderer! Joe might've called him for help!" Says guard 2 in an ecstatic tone.

"I don't re-"

"Yeah, Joe called me about it, I can't believe something like this would happen…"

"I agree, Joe doesn't deserve this type of pressure on him…" Guard 1 murmurs

"And what's Helios doing with you?" Guard 2 questions Wanderer

"This isn't Helios, It's his twin brother."



"Oh, I have heard of his twin brother! He really does look like him! But his clothing looks quite…rugged." Says Guard 1

"I like to feel the air pass my skin, it's quite soothing!"

"Alright, you guys are clear to pass."

They enter the building and hear 2 people arguing in the next room…

"YOU MALICIOUS BASTARD! I'VE PUT MY MONEY INTO TRUSTING YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY ME? WITH LIES?"

"STOP JUMPING THE GUN, YOU BUFFOON! IT WASN'T ME, I SWEAR!"

"Joe is arguing with…Rex…"

Wanderer is spiteful!

"Do you not take a liking to one of them?'

"Rex is a good guy, but he's a damn nervous wreck, and because of that, he murdered some people in TCF, and that caused a stir."

"IF YOU THINK I'M THE GUILTY ONE HERE, WHY DON'T YOU SEE WHAT MY SISTER DID, EH?"

"DON'T YOU DRAG HER IN THIS! SHE HAS NO CONNECTION TO YOUR IDIOTIC PLANS! YOUR JUST USING HER AS A MEANS TO AN END!"


Wanderer is even more spiteful…

"And don't get me started on his sister, that brat is disgusting…"

"Why is that?"

"She…*whisper whisper*"

Hurricane gasps in horror!

"That tart! What kind of twisted being would THINK of doing such a thing?!"

"Yeah, it's that bad, she's kind of the bigger problem here, but Rex isn't innocent himself…"

"DUDE, GET RID OF THE SNARE FIELD! YOUR GOING TO GET US KILLED!"

"I WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOUR EMPTY EXCUSES! YOU DEGENERATE, INCOMPETENT FOOL!"

Hurricane is shaken!

"We should intercept, Wanderer…"

"Yeah, my thoughts exactly."

The door is shut!

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO ENTER THIS-"

Wanderer kicks down the door!

"Wanderer!"

"That bastard! How'd he get here?"

"YOU DARE ENTER WITHOUT MY PERMISSION?!"

Frigus is surprised of Wanderer's appearance, and is hateful towards him!

Frigus walks away!

"FRIGUS, YOU :red:, GET BACK HE-"

"SHUT YOUR DAMNED MOUTH, REX!"

"YOU STUPID MORON! SHE'S THE BIGGER PROBLEM HERE! SHE'S MORE DANGEROUS THAN I AM!"

"ANOTHER SENTENCE AND I WILL KILL YOU!"

"Joe, you gotta calm down."

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! BOTH OF YOU! NOT ANOTHER MOVE!"

Joe takes a step back!

Joe is wounded!

"Joe, this isn't you at all…"

Wanderer slowly walks into the hall…

"D-DAMN YOU! DON'T YOU SEE THE BIGGER THREAT HERE, BOUNTY HUNTER?!"

"Rex killed people, but he's still right, Frigus is more dangerous than he is!"

"LIES! SHE'S NEVER DONE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS!"

"She makes you think that so she controls you!"

"WHY?! OF ALL THE TIMES, WHY DO YOU DISAGREE WITH ME NOW?!"

"You're not thinking this through, Joe!"

Suddenly, Frigus's body drops on the hall floor, right on the throne, and it's completely decayed, her blood is completely drained!

"SIS?!"

"Frigus?"

"Oh crap…"

Joe starts crying and screaming at the top of his lungs!

Joe turns towards the direction she was thrown from!

The Figure is there!

"FRIGUS! YOU IMPUDENT BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!"

"Hehehe…finally, I got a strong body to hold together…"

"Joe, don't use that-"

Joe charges up a large amount of mana!

"YOU USELESS LOWLIFE! I'LL MAKE SURE YOU ROT IN THE RIVER!"

"JOE, DON'T!"

Joe fires a gigantic beam of energy towards The Figure!

*RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!*

The beam of energy slowly dissipates…

Joe's body goes numb and he falls flat on the floor!

Joe screams!

"YOU BASTAAAAAAAAAARD!"

The Figure has blocked the entire stream of energy!

"That lady had so much mana, this is impressive! You all aren't like those Hallowed Soldiers!"

"Wanderer! We gotta take that guy down!"

"Don't worry, me and Hurricane'll get him!"

"fri…gus…"

Joe is completely numb, he can barely crawl!

The energy field that Joe summoned dissipates…

"Okay, I'll get Joe somewhere safe!"

Wanderer and Hurricane nod and chase after The Figure!

"Hmph! Think you can still corner me?!"

The Figure leaps, makes a hole in the roof, and runs out!

"OH NO YOU DON'T"

*SHIHSISHIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*

Hurricane's body is engulfed in flames, and his body becomes stone-like with strange writings on them, he grabs Wanderer and sprints quickly after The Figure!

"Okay Joe, take it easy…"

Rex tries to get Joe back up on his feet, but Joe punches him away!

"Ugh, take it easy already!"

"STAY AWAY FROM ME! YOU MURDERER!"

Rex is fuming!

"Honestly…"

Joe sobs!

"Why…why frigus?"

Meanwhile, with Wanderer and Hurricane after The Figure…

Wanderer and Hurricane are chasing The Figure on the rooftops!

"Haha! They can never hope to catch up to-huh?!"

The Figure looks back as he is running, and sees a feral Hurricane holding Wanderer!

"WE'RE COMIN' FOR YOU, DARK MATTER!"

The Figure would :red: his pants if he could!

"No! No! This is bad!"

"TOSS ME AT HIM, HURRICANE!"

*SHISHISSHISHIIIIIIIIIIIIII!*

Hurricane does an impressive throw!

Wanderer is wreathed in rainbow magic!

"GET READY TO TASTE THE RAINBOW, MOTHERF-"

"Idiot!"

The Figure enters a portal that instantly disappears the moment The Figure enters it!

Wanderer crashes straight into a wall!

"…ow….help me…"

Hurricane calms down!

"MAN! I'VE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE!"

"yeah…I think I cracked a bone or two…"

"Oh, sor-ry!"

After Hurricane helps Wanderer and go back inside, they see a sorrowful Joe sitting on a bench, with Rex standing around.

"Where's uh…you know…"

"Guards took her to the burial."

Joe is silent.

"Joe, tell me you still think Rex is the problem here, and I'll smash your face in."



"Well?"

"…I…no longer see Rex as the…problem…"

Wanderer is skeptic.

"No buts?"

"None at all."

"Good."

Rex is feeling under the weather!"

"Man, that was brutal…"

"Sorry about what happened, Rex."

Rex scratches his head.

"Frigus was a :red:, but she's still my sister, I don't need your pity."

Hurricane is pondering…

"Dark Matter has already taken the first step towards the reawakening of the Corruption, we MUST take action!"

Joe is determined!

Joe gets up!

"I agree, Dark Matter must be stopped!"

"Wanderer told me you knew about Dark Matter from your ancestors, is this true?"

Joe nods.

"Indeed it is, the Corruption still grows, and even though we cannot completely put it to a halt, we must nullify it from ever harming anyone, I will alert my superiors of this."

"I doubt the Terra government would hear you or your superiors out, since their still working on that Moon Defense program…"

Joe is indifferent!

"No matter, with our intellects combined, we can take out this Dark Matter, and this time for good."

Wanderer chuckles!

"What is it, Wanderer?"

"I'm jealous of how quick you can get your :red: together."

Joe is angry!

"Not now, Wanderer, we must take heed of the bigger threat!"

"Right, what shall be our next step?"

"Have Wanderer and you scout possible areas that Dark Matter could be in, we need to completely disable his source of power and secure Mana Dampener Runes."

"Right, but I think we all need a bit of rest after all what happened…"

"Yeah, I'm tired as hell."

"You should go back to where your house was, Wanderer, the more widespread we are, the quicker we'll get those Mana Dampener runes out."

"Got it, let's go Hurricane."

"Farewell, Joe and Rex!"

"Take care, you dudes."

"Best of luck, you two, I'll contact you via your scanner, Wanderer."

Wanderer and Hurricane wave goodbye, and they take off to their mansion.

And so, the bigger threat has been revealed, Dark Matter has been reborn, and has already gained a fair amount of power, the reawakening of Corruption can be very near or very far on how our band acts, they have a tough road ahead of them, and they must endure their path!

The End.

Hello! Thank you for reading today's part, and i hope you've enjoyed it!
There won't be as much bounties in each part, so hang in there!
But to ( hopefully ) compensate, I'll try to get parts as big as this through, of course, that'll take longer, so work with me here!
Thank you again for reading, my dear reader, and i wish you a good day!
 
Oh baby! Do you see that?
4,242 words! I told you I'd be writing big batches now, haven't i?


Part 8:

Dead Sanctuary

Hello: Wanderer
Hello!: Blazing Hurricane
Hello: Genie
Yeah?: Samuel


Back to Wanderer's Mansion…

12 Hours later…

Wanderer is agitated!

"Ugh, Joe hasn't called yet."

"Did he not send a message?"

"He did, but we still haven't gotten word about the Titanium soldiers in there!"

"Well if worst comes to worst, we'll have to fight them."

"NO! We can't fight them! Their also trying to prevent the Corruption, we can't weaken them!"

Wanderer gets up from his Palm Chair!

"You know what? Let's go to the south of Turro Temple, and get the rune in."

Hurricane is jubilant!

"Alright then! To the south of Turro Temple we go!"

Wanderer and Hurricane leave their mansion, and adjust their direction to the south of Turro Temple.

The Turro temple isn't an old temple, it's only 2 years old, it holds the trials of Time Magic.

Time Magic is one of the deadliest types of arcane in the world, it heavily consumes mana, but if used right, it can be one of the deadliest.

It's magi include:

Time Reversal ( normally 6 seconds )

Backward Time Skip ( similar to Forward Time Skip )

Time Stop ( The most unorthodox, 5 to 10 seconds, depending on the willpower of the user. )

Time Acceleration ( Hard to control and dangerous, can reset universes if left unchecked. )

Forwards Time Skip ( normally skips 10 seconds )

While most look mundane and weak to the unskilled, due to the fact that most abilities have very short spans unless you have a very wide mana pool, even with the regular mana cap of 200, for example, a Forward Time Skip can be deadly, as it allows you to see what happens in the next 10 seconds, only you moving around, and the affected targets will only know what happens after those 10 seconds.

It's said that who master the Time Magic will be blessed by the uh…Turro.

Few people visit this temple once they master time magic because they don't want to see the lord Turro.

Why?

I won't tell you.

"I've heard the lord Turro likes butts, for some reason."

"Yes he does."

"Do you know him?"

"Oh yes, I didn't like him, his obsession is…odd, to say the very least."

Wanderer is bothered!

"What does he do, anyways?"



* cough *

"Boy, I sure am getting thirsty!"

"You're a god, you don't need nutrition."

"No, but this body sure does!"

Wanderer gives Hurricane a bottle of water.

"Here, we'll be walking for quite a bit, anyways…"

Hurricane takes the bottled water!

"Thank you."

Wanderer sighs.

An hour and a half later…

They see a large Dark Matter ( no not the The Figure ) tower/spike in the distance, surrounding it a small area covered in Dark Matter.

"The hell is that?"

Wanderer feels uneasy!

"That is the beginning of a Corruption area, first it starts with that large thorn."

"Then under it is a chasm…"

"And that chasm holds two things, the seed, and an Eater of Worlds."

"Seed?"

Hurricane nods.

"The Shadow Orb, we all know the legend of how in every chasm, there are three Shadow Orbs, orbs that hold the souls that were killed in the beginning of the Corruption, after 3 are broken, an Eater of Worlds in the vicinity awakens, and begins attacking who released all the trapped souls from the Shadow Orbs."

"So, the Eater of Worlds are like guardians, right?"

"Indeed, but some have a different theory, that the eater of worlds are actually dead, and 3 Shadow Orbs have enough souls to awaken something like the gigantic worm that devours worlds."



"Have you ever figured out how many souls could be in one shadow orb"

"Many than I could count."

Wanderer is anxious!

"How can something like that need exactly 3 orbs filled with many souls just be there?"

"Not only that, but the Goblins take it as a call of help from their civilization, fellow kin who might be in danger of the Corruption, but more often than not…"

"…the goblins find someone that isn't a goblin."

"And either the goblins leave, or attack."

Wanderer sighs.

"Goblins tend to be jerks, anyways."

"Their temper does not help keep their land united, the only reason a goblin would leave their kin is because of fear."

They approach the tower of darkness, and sneak around it…

"We have to figure out if there's any stragglers walking around…"

As they are walking around, take out any straggling creepy entities with ease ( thanks to Hurricane's god powers ), they find a large amount of Titanium Soldiers.

"Hey look! There's a small army there!"

Wanderer walks towards said small army with Hurricane behind him.

"Hey guys! Did Jo-"

"FREEZE!"

Wanderer and Hurricane stop in their tracks.



A special looking Titanium Soldier walks towards Wanderer and his friend.

"Well well, if it isn't the bounty hunter…"

Wanderer sighs

"Hey Genie, Joe told you about us, right?"

Genie takes out his Tactical Shotgun.

Clad in Titanium Armor with the Helmet set, Genie is a man that is just as tall as Wanderer, he has a square and triangle mix for his head shape, with his helmet off, he has a side-tail, he has a bright brown eye color and his hair color is hazel, he has a large scar that runs from his neck to his leg, Genie is loyal and honorable just as his hair-trigger temper and quick judgment make him a wild card of sorts among the people he works for.

"Joe didn't say a thing about you two."



Wanderer is terrified!

"Oh, well um…guess I'll take my leave…"

Genie is pissed off!

"HOLD IT!"

"Aw crap…"

"Think I'll just let you go, you bimbo?"

"Genie, let's not talk about this here…"

"Your right, maybe I should flay your face off right NOW!"

Hurricane is provoked!

"You try and harm him, I'll make sure you pay the price!"

"Don't take this the wrong way, pal…but Wanderer isn't a very nice person, if that's what you think, he's a dirty turd, you should ditch helping him."

"Don't meddle in this, Hurricane…"

"Hmph, very well, but my words still stand!"

Genie chuckles!

"You've got more bravery than this asshat, I like that, but since you probably have your reasons for helping him, I won't say anything to you, Mister Hurricane."

Genie lowers his weapon.

"Scram before I change my mind, BACK TO DRILLING, SOLDIERS!"

Genie turns back to his squadron.

"Can't we at least help?"

"No."

"We have a Magic Damper Rune…"

Genie stops.



"Hehe, we definitely got him in the ba-"

"Am I supposed to care?"

Wanderer is puzzled!

"Huh? Of course you're supposed to!"



"Well, I don't."

Genie keeps walking.

"That…son of a…."

Wanderer is enraged!

"FINE! WE'LL TAKE THE MANA DAMPER RUNE FOR OURSELVES!

Wanderer turns around!

"Let's go, Hurricane!"

"You'd never do that, touchy bastard…"

Wanderer and Hurricane go to some other part of the large spike tower, and find an entrance!

"HAHA!"

Wanderer sprints to the entrance!

"That idiot! Now I'll show her who's the-"

Suddenly a Pigron pops out of the entrance!

*Mrawr.*

Wanderer stops sprinting.

"It's…a Pigron…"



Wanderer is terrified!

Wanderer runs back!

"Wanderer…I think we stumbled upon a-"

"PIGRON SWAAARM!"

That one pigron vanishes, and more pigrons are appearing and vanishing!

":red:! Their close by!"

Hurricane is focused…

"I can see them.."

"GO FOR IT THEN!"

Wanderer jumps!

*SHIRIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*

Hurricane launches an intense wave of magma in-front of him!

He starts randomly lobbing Magma Fireballs!

Pigrons are burning left and right!

As the pigrons are being burnt to death, the entrance is sealed off by an extreme Fire Wall!

*CHUMIMIMIIIIIIN!*

"ALRIGHT! I think we got them all!"

*Hah…hah…hah…*

Hurricane takes a deep breath!

"Phew, that fire wall should keep them from going through the terrain towards us."

"Yeah, that was awesome!"

Hurricane lets out a content laugh!

"While we have gotten rid of one problem, we still need to get this Mana Damper Rune inside the chasm!"

"Yeah, that's the primary objective."

Hurricane is perplexed!

"Say, Wanderer, you just said " she ", who is this " she " you speak of?"

"Huh?"

Wanderer is stunned!

"U-Uh…tell you more on that later…"

As they are speaking, Genie and 25 other soldiers appear behind the duo.



"I see you…blocked the Pigron nest entrance."

"Yeah, Hurricane did it."

"Nice job, that eliminates one more threat in this whole operation…"

Hurricane is baffled!

"By the way, Joe just called, said to give you the clear to…*ahem* help us out…"

Wanderer feels grateful!

"About time!"

"…though we won't help you down-stairs, we'll support you as much as we can from the entrance."

"Well, alright then…"

Wanderer sighs.

Genie and his group goes back.

"Wanderer, is that the woman-"

Wanderer is stagnant!

Wanderer starts walking back to the original entrance!

"Another time, Hurricane! We got a Rune to set up."

A Rune is either a magic spell spoken, or a giant stone with magical properties, in this case, it's the latter.

After they get to the main entrance…

"Right, so what do we have to do again?"

"We need to get to a 0 meter depth and get this Mana Damper rune, this way, any type of magic activity will be disabled in the vicinity."

"Wait, wouldn't The Figure would be able to destroy it anyways?"

"Things like him only exist in the Arcane Plane, where mana heavily seeps, including gods, where they are able to use their magical powers to the fullest, but it also means it's their only way to stay alive, as the real world does not have as much mana seething in the air, because it would be deadly for us."

"Huh, alright then."

Genie turns towards Wanderer and Hurricane.

"Alright you two, Joe clearly trusts you, despite the fact that especially Wanderer, is a high-price target, and a bounty, and I don't know why he would send the help of someone he barely even knows."

Hurricane scoffs!

"I'll have you know that I am a fallen go-"

Wanderer slaps Hurricane.

"Hurricane is the twin brother of Helios the Raging Hurricane."

Genie is skeptic!

"Really now?"

"Yeah."

"No, if he was Helios's brother, he'd be somewhere else, not here."



"So you are a fallen god, who would've known, which one?"

"The god of Fire and Wind! I do not remember my original name, however…"

Genie sighs.

"Well, the fact that you generated a massive wall of fire that is STILL going proves your claim."

"Why thank you, the gods that have banished me to this realm never appreciated that kind of power!"

"Right, can we get to the problem at hand here?"

Hurricane and Wanderer approach the dug entrance.

"We've detected an Eye of Cthulhu in there, shouldn't be problematic."

"How did an Eye of Cthulhu enter this devious structure?"

"There was a Wandering Eye of Cthulhu in a Bounty paper once…"

Genie chuckles.

"Yeah, that's it, where's that rune anyways?"

Wanderer shows a small paper with some strange writing.

"Oh, it's a paper?"

"Yeah, can't really tuck a giant stone with us, that'd be too problematic."

Hurricane stretches!

"Shall we?"

Wanderer nods.

Wanderer and Hurricane approach the entrance…

They look down, and see a large amount of purple light at the bottom!

"That must be the seed area…"

"Good luck, you two, if you take too long, we'll do our best to pull you back up."

Wanderer smiles, and covers his face.

"How nice of you."

Hurricane is energized!

"I can sense the Eye of Cthulhu! If we drop right now, we'll encounter it!"

Hurricane jumps in!

*KREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*

Hurricane goes stone-man!

Hurricane is surrounded by a giant lava sphere!

The Eye of Cthulhu takes heed of Hurricane!

*ROAR!*

It attempts to charge Hurricane, but the moment it even builds speed, Hurricane lands a mighty stomp!

Hurricane digs right through the Eye of Cthulhu!

The Eye of Cthulhu starts burning!

Wanderer speeds down the chasm with his hoverboard!

Wanderer takes out his Ankh Shield and holds it out in front of him!

*ROAAAAAAR!*

The Eye of Cthulu spontaneously combusts!

Wanderer charges right through!

Hurricane and Wanderer are closing in on the purple light!

"Okay, we can't stay too long here, the moment we get the rune up, we're out!"

"Got it!"

Wanderer and Hurricane land, and see a purple spiky thing…also known as a Demon Altar!

"We've reached 0 depth!"

Wanderer places the paper right on the Demon Altar!

*SERYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!*

Hurricane goes feral!

Hurricane grabs Wanderer and glides towards the exit!

The Demon Altar is decaying!

The Demon Altar is resisting the Rune's summoning!

A large stone erupts from below the Demon Altar, shattering the Altar to bits!

Hurricane and Wanderer got out!

"Did you get the rune up?!"

"Positive!"

"MOVE OUT, EVERYBODY! WE'RE GOING BACK TO BASE!"

The area starts to rumble!

"You two are coming too!"

"Not much to choose here!"

Wanderer, Hurricane and Genie and his small army move out to their nearby base!

"That was…easier than I expected."

Genie is furious!

"Shut your trap, bounty hunter! You should be glad it's easy! You could have been fighting a Destroyer for all we know!"

Wanderer feels uneasy!

"Geez, wouldn't you wonder the same thing?"

Genie scoffs!

"We've been there longer than you have, be glad Joe gave you assurance, or you would have needed to do things on your own!"

Wanderer chuckles!

Genie is enraged!

"DO YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING FUNNY? WOULDN'T YOU LIKE WANT TO SHARE?!"

"Not at all, sir."

Wanderer can barely hold back his laughter!

"Damn filth…"

Half an hour later, they arrive at the base!

"You two wait outside."

Genie and his small army go inside the base, while Wanderer and Hurricane wait outside.



Hurricane ponders…

"An eater of worlds should be very close to awakening…"

Wanderer sighs!

"Didn't you say that an eater of worlds would only awake after 3 shadow orbs are broken?"

"True, true, but there ARE other ways of awakening the Eater of Worlds…"

Wanderer is agitated!

"You tell me this NOW?"

Hurricane scoffs!

"Well it's not like a giant worm in the ground is THAT hard to awake!"

Wanderer sighs...

"What a pain…"

Genie comes to Wanderer and Hurricane.

"Alright, you two, follow me."

"Right…"

Genie and the duo follow Genie.

"Word of warning, Bounty Hunter, you should lock your weapons."

Wanderer is displeased!

"Don't tell me what to do."

Genie shrugs!

"Fine, but if you do anything rash, expect a rebuttal."

Wanderer and Hurricane enter a small headquarter.

Upon entry, they see someone geared in Titanium Armor, minus a helmet, with a blue flame dyed Tam O' Shanter, short light brown hair, a heavily triangular face, and a good bit taller than Wanderer and Hurricane, he locks eyes with Wanderer.

"We meet."



Wanderer groans…

"You…"

Wanderer reaches for his pocket!

"You're really just gonna do that?"



"The hell are you doing here?"

"The bloody hell do you think I'm doing here?"



Wanderer folds his arms.

"Good, now that you two are here, let me tell you something."

"Might I ask for your name?"

Tam man chuckles.

"My name is…I dunno, was it Samuel? I think it was Samuel."

Hurricane is surprised!

"How do you not know your name?"

"Well uh, I hit my head too hard once, I just remember being called Samuel, that's 'bout it."

"Liar…"

"What was that?"



"Well, anywho, Joe's plan is bound to fail, you two."

"Enlighten us."

"We all know here that the world that Dark Matter Figure once knew isn't the same, now there's creatures jacked up on mana left and right like it's all-you-can-eat buffet."

"Will the Mana Damper runes not work?"

"Oh they will, but the problem is, it's risky and it's slow, as we're speaking, Dark Matter is spreading it's material on the ground rapidly, the whole planet will be corrupted if we don't act quick."

Wanderer is feeling vindictive!

"So you're suggesting that we attack The Figure head-on, correct?"

"Yeah, nice job figuring out that one."

"Yeah, no problem, except for the fact that we don't know where he is, genius."

"Ah, but that's where you are wrong!"

":red:in' hardass.."

"Look, you know how there's Dark Matter spikes, right? Y'see, back then, it was easy for The Figure to spread his seed all over the earth, but now it's harder, and guess what? We pin-pointed all 7 towers and we made sure he wouldn't get away from them if he gets near one!"

"How does one do that?"

"The same thing you guys were doing, Magic Dampers, but since Joe told you to go to this one, I let you do it."



"Now, I'm sure it's all fun and stuff, but after the elimination of a tower, an Eater of Worlds in Dark Matter plating always appears after a random amount of time."

"So we should wait."

"Yeah, and you're gonna have good ol' Genie to help you out!"

"Because he had much of an optioanywaysn …"

"He actually does, and he chose to help."

Hurricane is in doubt!

"Wanderer, why are you so-"

"Hey, Hurricane, right? Don't talk about it, we uh…have a little history together."

"Alright then."

"Right, since the Eater of Worlds has yet to-"

*EATER OF WORLDS HAS AWOKEN*


*EATER OF WORLDS HAS AWOKEN*


*EATER OF WORLDS HAS AWOKEN*

"Well, talk about bein' saved by the damn bell!"

Hurricane chuckles.

"Alright, see you guys out there!"

"You go greet that Eater of Worlds, Hurricane, I'll be behind you in a bit…"

"Very well!"

Hurricane and Samuel rush outside!



Genie and Wanderer lock eyes!

"We should get out there…"

"Before that, I want to give you something."

Wanderer tosses a Star Veil Necklace to Genie!

Genie catches it!

"What the…"

"Remember that one that I accidentally broke? I made a new one for you."



Genie is furious!

"Are you messing with me?! This is clearly sto-"

"I did not steal it this time."



"Use it or not, I just wanted to repay you, just as I have promised."

Wanderer goes to fight the Eater of Worlds!

Genie looks at the Star Veil Necklace!



Genie grins, but is trying not to!

"I swear, you damn bastard…"

*SCREEEEECH!*

An Eater of Worlds, covered in Dark Matter plating appears out of the ground!

Hurricane lunges towards it and delivers a mighty kick!

Hurricane takes out a chunk of the Eater of Worlds!

*SCREEEEEECH!*

Wanderer, Hurricane and Samuel get in a circle formation!

Samuel punches the ground, creating a floating platform and moves it towards a flat and empty space!

"The Eater of Worlds is gonna be forced to try and get to us from below, so we should have enough time to react from here!"

Wanderer and Hurricane nod!

ENGAGE BATTLE!
RESISTING JAMMERS!


LARGE ENEMY DETECTED!

WARNING! DARK MATTER DETECTED!


WANDERER: 680 HP! 280 MANA!


HURRICANE: 2400 HP! 1500 MANA!


SAMUEL: 1200 HP! 1200 MANA!


BEGIN!
(Note: I can't seem to make the whole battle into one spoiler, not sure if character limit or something, so apologies.)

*SCREEECH!*

"It's coming from below!"

-They all move out of the way!-

-Plated EoW is on the circle platform!-

*SHYRAA!*

-As the Plated EoW is at its peak, Hurricane jumps in angle to pull the Plated EoW out, and starts falling to the ground!-

*SHEEEEEEEEEEYA!*

-Hurricane knocks a chunk off of the Plated EoW!-

*SCREEEE!*

-Hurricane jumps back to the platform!-

"Where's Genie?"

"I dunno, I thought he was behind me!"

"What a drag…"

*SCREEEEEECH!*

-The Plated EoW is preparing for a Flame Charge!-

"I sense the crackling of flames beneath us!"

"It's using fire magic!"

-The Plated EoW charges towards the circular platform!-

-Wanderer and Hurricane dodge in time!-

-Samuel is hurt and knocked-back!-

"TAKE THIS!"

-Wanderer fires an Overcharged Inferno Fireball at the Plated EoW!-

-The Inferno Fireball successfully hits!-

*SCREEEEEEECH!*

-As the Plated EoW travels back down, the Inferno Fireball manages to hurt it greatly, both its main body and it's Dark Matter Plating!-

"Clean hit!"

"Genie is taking far too long!"

*SCREEECH!*

-The Plated EoW takes another leap!-

-Suddenly, a hovering robot with no legs grabs the Plated EoW in its jump, and takes it in-front of the circular platform!-

-Genie jumps in!-

-Genie's missing his helmet, he has a Side-tail and is donning a Mysterious Cape!-

"Genie!"

-The robot traps the Plated EoW in an electrical cage!-

*SCREEEEECH!*

"HIT IT NOW!"

-Wanderer takes out a Breaker Blade and smashes some of the Plated EoW's plating!-

-Samuel fires off some large steel balls at the Plated EoW!-

-Hurricane fires a powerful Megaton Bomb, hitting the Plated EoW for severe damage!-

-Two Titanium Soldiers close in from the ground, and they fire a beam that heavily weakens the Plated EoW's plating!-

*SCREEEE!*

-The Robot slams the Plated EoW away!-

"Hey Genie! I thought this was your emergency weapon!"

"It's an emergency now!"

Genie looks at Wanderer!



"Thanks for the Star Veil."

"Welcome."

*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!*

-The Plated EoW leaps in the air from a far distance!-

-His Dark Matter Plating snaps off, creating a Dark Matter Eater of Worlds!-

"It made a copy of itself!"

"But it sacrificed it's only protection, now it's nothing short of one more grab and it's out!"

"We just have to make sure we catch the right one!"

GENIE: 1800 HP! 500 MANA!

ENGAGE!

-The two EoWs start burrowing towards the team!-

"I'll control the platform for better maneuverability!"

"We'll have to rely on you for dodging, Samuel! Are you sure?"

"Leave it to me!"

-Samuel is beginning to control the platform!-

"HERE, WE, GO!"

-Speeding towards the EoWs!-

-SKREEEEEEEECH!-

-The Dark Matter EoW jumps the party!-

-Genie's Robot punches it away!-

"The other one is somewhere around here…"

"I have an idea!"

-Hurricane jumps off the platform!-

"THAT'S DANGEROUS!"

"I'll try to lure it out! You guys just keep my back covered!"

*CHUMIMIMIIIIIIIIN!*

-Hurricane goes feral!-

-Hurricane starts running on all four along the flat area!-

*SCREEEEEEEECH!*
*SKREEEEEEECH!*

-The two EoW are chasing Hurricane!-

"Their awfully gullible…"

-Speeding towards Hurricane!-

"We have to time our speed-up right!"

-One…-

-Dark Matter EoW leaps…-

-Two…-

-EoW leaps…-

-Three…-

"NOW!"

-Going even faster!-

-EoW leaps!-

"GOT YOU!"

-Genie Robot encases the EoW in an electrical field!-

*SCREEEEEEEEEECH!*

-The EoW is getting terribly torn apart!-

-Hurricane turns around!-

*CHIRIIIIIIIIII!*

-Hurricane is enveloped with powerful energy!-

-Hurricane jumps towards the EoW!-

-Dark Matter EoW tries to take the blow, but Wanderer dashed with his hoverboard in advance and used his Breaker Blade to knock the Dark Matter EoW away!-

-Hurricane collides with the EoW-

-Hurricane explodes in a shower of magma fireballs!-

*SCREEEEEEEEEECH!*

-Hurricane gets back to the platform!-

-The EoW splatters into a million ( exaggerating here ) parts!-

-The Dark Matter EoW evaporates!-

*Dark Matter Plated Eater of Worlds has been ERADICATED!*


Wanderer sighs!

"Aw man, that was pretty exhilarating for just an Eater of Worlds."

Genie is indifferent!

"Well, we got rid of it, now we play mind games with The Figure."

Hurricane takes a breather!

"Hmph, Dark Matter truly is a powerful and twisted element.""

Samuel predicted!

"Heh, The Figure knows that this place is toast, because now there are TWO Mana Dampers."

Wanderer is ticked off!

"WHAT? You said you knew we were coming so you didn't put your own Mana Damper rune!"

Samuel scratches his head!

"Hey, at least we got rid of one area that could be a potential appearance area for The Figure!"

Genie is delighted!

"We should probably get back to base, then."

"Your right, Genie, let's talk there."

Wanderer, Hurricane, Genie and Samuel return to the base's headquarters!

"Alright, we've secured this area, this makes only 7 areas, as this was the eighth area."

"Are we gonna put Mana Dampers in the other 7?"

Samuel denied:

"No, we won't, The Figure is still on the run and jumping between the towers, and even if we go and try to plant one, chances are, The Figure has sealed his towers shut like a Lhizard Temple."

Wanderer Sighs.

"So how are we gonna catch The Figure?"

"Each time The Figure jumps to a tower, a large spike in mana appears in the readings of the base near the tower, we'll study these until we increase the output of our placed Mana Dampers to restrict The Figure further."

"How long's that gonna take?"

"Oh…2 days or so, thanks to you, or it would have been 4 or 5 days."

Wanderer sighs…

"Lucky us…"

Samuel lets out a loud and hearty laugh!

"I'm just kidding! Tomorrow, we'll decipher the readings and limit the Figure's area to at least 2 areas, 3 if we struggle, so now's your chance to settle your differences between Genie, Bounty Hunter!"

"I don't have anything to settle with Genie."

Genie points out:

"The Bounty Hunter is right, I don't see why you think we have something between us, commander."

Samuel grunted:

"But-"

Wanderer is peeved!

"Just shut up already, Samuel, we only have a...friendly rivalry."

"By the way, you dudes, we moved your fancy mansion next to this base, just in-case The Figure suddenly breaks out of his cuffs that are the towers and raids your home."

"Uh, thanks I guess."

"Oh, and Genie is sleeping in your mansion too!"

"No."

Samuel grunted:

"the sub-"

"No joke, I will ruin your face this time if you don't shut up, Samuel."

"Okay, fine, your dismissed now!"

And so, Wanderer, Hurricane, Samuel, Genie and his small army have suppressed a Dark Matter tower, and only a day until the Titanium Brigade lock The Figure in a few towers, but for now, they must rest!

The battle against the main band and The Figure is closing…

The End.

Hello, dear reader! Thank you for reading part 8, that was pretty long, eh?
The story is only a few parts short from being done, i don't plan on elongating it.
Hopefully you've been satisfied if you've read all those part up to here, so hang on to your butts for the next chapters!
For the sake of your and my sanity, the " sub-plot " isn't going to be written, just assume it was in your head, so yeah. :p
Thank you again for reading part 8, dear reader, and take care!
 
Welcome to the first branch!
Their'll be two branches, then I'll continue the main story.
After the main story is finished, I'll tell you guys some important stuff regarding this thread.
Branches are normally much shorter stories, usually comes in one or two parts.


Branching from main story Part 1:

Joe's Ballad

Hello: Joe
'Sup: Orchid
…: Gorillaz
Hey: Durus
Hehehe...: The Figure


The Titanium City has been raided and riddled with Dark Matter, the area was the third area to have a Dark Matter Tower.

However, Joe and his band, and Orchid were in the Titanium City…

Somewhere inside the Titanium Danger Reporting Building…

Orchid enters the room Frigus and Rex used to sleep in.

*Whistling*

"Wow, what a fancy bedroom…"

Orchid walks over a Mahogany Drawer, and slides open the first drawer.

"Let's see.."

He picks up a photo.

"Hm, they seem to be relatives…"

He picks up another photo

"Yup, definitely related…"



"Hm, there seems to be a hidden photo…"

Orchid tries picking up an object, and he manages to do so.

"Alright, I feel it in my hand…

Orchid shines a bright purple light on the picture, and the photo appears ( hidden from you, dear reader. ).

"Whoa! This is the same girl in the other photos…"

Orchid grins!

"She's flat as a board, but damn, look at that-"

Suddenly, Joe crashes through the roof!

Joe hits the floor, groaning in pain!

*SKREEEEECH!*

A Creepy Entity jumps in!

"Heh, I got this, GORILLAZ!"

The Creepy Entity is ripped apart!

*SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!*

Creepy Entity evaporates!

Joe pops a blood vessel!

"Man, did that thing get you?"

Joe has a large spike that seems to be dark matter piercing his shoulder.

Joe is heavily breathing and bleeding!

"That looks bad, stand still, I'll help you…"

Joe stands up, turns his back to the wall, and smashes against it, forcibly getting out the dark matter spike!

Joe screeches in pain!

"…Uh, alright?"

Joe stands up, and turns towards Orchid!

"HOW DARE YOU ENTER THIS ROOM WITHOUT MY PREMISSON!"



"The :red:, dude? I mean, I can take all your hate, but saying it just like that? That's straight up rude, you could've said " Thanks, but you shouldn't be in this room you :red:tard." Or "Thanks, but get the :red: out of here. " and I would be happy."



Joe groans!

"I suppose that's in order…"

"Yeah, it is."

"No matter! This city is gone for good, and while most of the inhabitants have evacuated, two still reside in this area!"

"Alright, need help with that?"

"That would be most appreciated."

"Still need to hear the magic words."

Joe sighs!

"Thank you for helping me with the previous problem."

Orchid chuckles!

"There ya go!"

"What is that?"

Joe sees the photos Orchid is holding.

"Oh, some pics."

Joe takes the one Orchid was currently holding!



Joe's face goes red!

Joe looks a little angry!

Orchid peeks over the image!

"Man, you gotta check this chick's bo-"

Joe punches Orchid in the gut!

Several moments later, Orchid and Joe are outside the room.

Joe locks the room.

"F-….:red:…that hurt…"

"That's what you get."

"Why the hell do you…care about it?"

Joe is enraged!

"That is because I-"



Orchid glares at Joe!

"You what?"

Joe's face goes red again!

"Ohh, you like that gi-"

Joe rushes to the exit of The Hall!

"No time to lose! We must seek the others!"

Orchid shrugs.

"Alright…"

They leave The Hall and enter the main area, and hustle upstairs!

"So who are we lookin' for?"

"A boy in black and a tall figure in purple."

They go towards a room and open it!

They see the boy in black, Dormi, drained of all blood by a creepy entity!

"DORMI!"

"Aw :red:, this :red: again?"

The Creepy Entity stops lurching away at Dormi, and tosses his body aside!

"I'll handle this, you stay back, fancy guy!"

*SKREEEEEEEEEECH!*

The Creepy Entity sprints towards the duo!

"GORILLAZ!"

The Creepy Entity starts getting launched around the room with what seems to be heavy punches!

A final strike blows the Creepy Entity's head off!

"W…what was that?!"

"That, my friend, is the best thing I could ever ask for, it's name is Gorillaz, and can kick royal :red:."

Joe is tense!

"It's a good thing that you are on my side, but…"

Dormi's lifeless husk lays on the ground.

"First, call me Orchid, second, we really can't do anything about this Dormi, the Corruption monsters seem to have a knack to rip your soul out if you don't have the " True Terrarian " mark…"

Joe turns around!

"We should find the next one then, his name is Durus."

"Ok, I'll follow your lead."

They check all the rooms upstairs, but don't find Durus.

"Hm, not upstairs…"

"We should go back down then."

After they go downstairs, they notice some Dark Matter seeping from The Hall!

"Something got in there?"

Orchid pointed out:

"Look, even the handle has Dark Matter on it…"

"No! We can't get Durus killed too!"

"Gotcha, GORILLAZ!"

The door is smashed to pieces!

They enter the hall, and find nothing!

"He has to be here!"

"Now what?"

"Go check those rooms over there, I'll look upstairs."

"Got it."

Orchid goes to investigate the rooms he was directed to, and Joe goes upstairs.

After a while, Orchid didn't find anything.

Orchid leaves the room he was checking.

Orchid sighs…

"Well, guess I'll report."

Joe sneezes.

*sniff*

"HEY J-"

Suddenly, Orchid is impaled with a large Dark Matter spike through his chest!

"What the fu-"

Orchid is launched across the room, and crashes into the wall!

He turns around to see the figure!

"Grh…you :red:er! GORILLAZ!"

Gorillaz charges and swings a powerful hook at The Figure, but the Figure slices it's arm and pierces Gorillaz's heart with a Dark Matter Spike!

"Ugh…this :red:ing sucks…JOE!"

Gorillaz is visible!

"You traitorous filth…this is what happens when you DEFY ME!"

Gorillaz is trying it's best to resist!

The Figure breaks Gorillaz's right leg!

Gorillaz kneels!

"You foolish, weak mortal! You can't even withstand my power! This proves your denial for draining the weak makes YOU weak!"

Gorillaz tries to punch the Figure, but the Figure easily stops him!

"I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER!"

Just as The Figure was about to finish off Gorillaz, Joe interrupts him with an Ice Lode!

The Figure is knocked away from Gorillaz!

"G…god damn…"

The Figure groans!

"You fool! I won't make you die as quickly as your friend!"

Gorillaz is still holding on!

*SHYDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*

The Figure lunges towards Joe!

Joe grunts:

"The foolish fool here is YOU!"

Joe holds out one hand in front of him, and it starts glowing blue!

"YOU IDIOT! DO YOU THINK THAT WILL STOP ME?!"

The Figure tries to slash Joe, but he is pushed away and suspended in the air!

"What?! Impossible!"

"Momentum goes in…"

Joe holds out his other hand and aims at The Figure!

"MOMENTUM GOES OUT!"

Joe blasts The Figure with a powerful volley of Hallowed Energy!

The Figure screeches in pain!

The Figure is launched back down the ground!

Joe jumps towards The Figure, with a foot wreathed in Electricity, aimed at The Figure!

"I'LL END YOU NOW!"

"NEVER!"

With a dark matter spike, The Figure pierces Joe's lung!

Joe grunts!



Joe grins!

"What? What are you so happy about?!"

Joe forcibly slides down the dark matter spike!

"WHAT? YOU-"

Joe stomps The Figure!

*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH!*

The Figure is affected heavily by the electricity!

"HRGH…THE…THE BURNING PAIN…."

Suddenly, red beams appears from Joe, and stick to The Figure!

The Figure is terrified!

"NO!"

Joe grins harder!

The Figure is in devastating pain!

The Figure's body shatters, and his soul is still stuck to the red beams!

The Dark Matter spike evaporates, and Joe falls to the ground!

Joe is still grinning!

"I CAN'T LOSE YET…I CAN'T…."

The Figure's soul disappears in a puff of dark red smoke, the red beams are gone!

Gorillaz looks over at Joe!



Suddenly, the wound that was caused by the Dark Matter spike is healed!



Joe stands up!

"…huh? How am I still-"

Suddenly, Joe feels a sharp pain!

Joe screams in pain!

"WHAT'S HAPPENING? Why…why is this pain…why am I feeling hot and tired…"

"You must calm down!"

Joe's pain becomes even worse!

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET OUT OF MY BODY!"

"You need to calm down, Joe!"

Joe's feeling dizzy!

"wh…tired…so hot in here…frigus…"

Joe falls flat on the ground!

5 minutes later, Joe gets back up!

"Huh? I'm fine…."

Joe sees Orchid's dead body!

"I can't believe I got him killed, and I haven't even repay a favor to him…he didn't even know my name."

Joe feels energized!

"I…I feel like I could topple a mountain!"

"That is because I gave you a fragment of my life."

"Huh?! Who's there?"

Gorillaz appears before Joe!

"It was me who gave you a fragment of my life."

"But...wait, are you the force that helped that Orchid person?"

"Yes, and sadly, he has sprung from his mortal coil, and his soul was torn away by the corruption."

Joe feels disappointed in himself!

"I wish I could've helped him sooner…"

"There is nothing to be sorry about now, The Figure has ran away, but your Snare Trap did a good number on him, his should have plenty of mana sapped away."

"So…what are you?"

"I am just like that Figure, an entity of Dark Matter."

"What?!"

"It's true, but I did not take to the ways of darkness, it was unjustified, it was twisted and disturbing, and it was pointless, so I left."

"How did you find Orchid then?"

"Fate has a funny way of having people meet, so I'll just say that it was by chance and fueled to right Orchid's past sins."

"But why did you give me a fragment of your life? That's far too much."

"This is true, but in order for me to survive, I require a body to stand by, because i do not have the required mana capabilities to stay alive with a body of my own in the real world, while I am not forced to help you, I have found that you are honorable enough to be a worthy successor."

"So…you " stand " by me now? What if I call you a " Stand "?"

"That sounds nice, but we shouldn't."

"Why?"

"Reasons beyond your understanding, just call me Gorillaz, as have Orchid named me."

"Say, this life you gave me…I have more power and mana than I had! How powerful ARE you?"

"We should talk later."

"O-oh, sorry then, I was so curious."

A tall figure in purple walks in the hall!

"DURUS! I'm glad your okay!"

"Yeah, same to you, boss!"

Durus notices the impaled corpse of Orchid!

"Did that figure appear?"

Joe sighs…

"Yes, it took another soul and ran away…"

Durus scratches the back of his neck!

"Well, we should get going, the evac's here!"

Joe's getting thrilled to bits!

"Say, Durus, where is the direction of the evac?"

"It's right behind you, pretty much, at the angle of that corner."

"Lovely!"

Joe rushes to said corner and PUNCHES RIGHT THROUGH!

A hole in the wall is made!

"Ha…ha?"

Joe lets out a content cackle!

"This power is amazing!"

"Uh…boss? You…you ok?"

"Never better! You see…"

Joe explains all that's happened, and explains how he just punched a hole in a TITANIUM WALL.



Durus scratches the back of his head…

"Uh…you sure you alright, boss?"

"Don't you worry!"

"Alright, the evac's right there, we just gotta head to the outpost outside and it should be there."

They walk outside through the large hole.

"Y'know boss, I'm gonna miss the place."

"Me too, Durus, but we must move on now."

"Right, gotta get through those dark matter things again…"

"Oh~ no, that's not needed now!"

Joe carries Durus!

"Uh…boss?"

"GORILLAZ! TOSS US TOWARDS THE EVACUATION AREA!"



Suddenly, Joe and Durus start hovering!

"WHOA WHOA WHOA, THIS IS SCARY, BOSS!"

"DON'T WORRY!"

They are tossed at high-speed towards the evac!

"OH GOD, THIS IS FREAKING ME OUT."

"ISN'T THIS FUN?"

They fly outside the city!

They land right outside the walls!

Joe lets out a maniacal laugh!

He puts down Durus!

"That was refreshing! I'll make sure to cherish this power!"

"Man…that…was not fun."

The evac is in sight!

"Alright, let's go the spacecraft, boss, and NO flying this time, with all due respect, boss."

Joe chuckles!

"That's fine."

"By the way boss, where's Dormi?"

"He was killed by a Dark Matter monster."

...

"Huh…alright then."



"Say boss, didn't Dormi have powers like us?"

"No, I presume that's why he was so quickly killed."

Durus sighs…

"Man, that feels…anti-climactic."

"Well, we must go now, Durus, we can't dwell on things for too long."

And so, Joe and Durus and the rest of their team are evacuated, at the cost of Dormi and Orchid.

Joe and Durus will always remember home.

Joe's Ballad Part 1 END.

Hello! Thank you for reading the branch today!
Don't worry, the main story will be finished, just wanted to add something in-between!
I'll make one more branch tomorrow, and we'll be back to the main story, just fill-in the time for the remaining day for pin-pointing the location of The Figure!
Thank you again for reading, dear reader, and have a nice day!​
 
sanity fracture and complete discouragement and other wonderful life things have put me down on writing, much to the joy or dismay of you.
I'll add stuff about BS in this story that makes little sense, and edit in the explanations on this here post.
whether or not I'll continue is still to be decided, if i finish finals and still don't want to continue, then that'll be that.
good day.​
 
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