It's a beautiful sunny morning. The hiking path is empty as Ten makes his way up.
"Mai, remind again, why I am doing this instead of just staying ho?"
The Digital Watch Pad on the back of his hand lights up.
"Well based on your current budget and debt, this is about all you can afford."
"I know that, but why make go outside ... I finally took a day off, and you won't even let rest."
"Research shows that a walk in nature has calming effects. Plus this is the sa place you used to visit when you were young. mories of happy tis and the nice view of the forest surrounded by nature, is what's best for you right now."
"I don't rember it being this steep though."
Ten eventually makes his way to the top. His city behind him and a beautiful sea of trees in front of him. As the clouds clear a bit, the sun shines through and hits him right in the face. The sudden touch of warmth triggers a mory Ten hadn't thought about for awhile.
He and his mother both stand at the very sa peak looking down at the forest. They both look at a flock of birds flying through the sky making their way. His mother's face blocks the sun but her smile is more radiant than any sun could ever be. She looks at him with her smile and tells him she loves him. She then lowers down to give him a kiss on the forehead. The mont her head lowered the sun was able to reach him and shun right on his face. His mother's kiss and the sun's embrace were for Ten a mont of love he sohow forgot.
Tears start to flow down his cheek.
"What's wrong?"
Ten lowers his head and wipes the tears.
"Nothing, I just rembered and Mom being here, she loved this place ... its nothing."
Suddenly the sky changes colors. Several streaks of light fill the sky. As if a set of falling teors tried to make their way to this planet. Ten is srized by the beauty of the chaos in front of him. Each streak seems to burn out before it can touch the ground. But then one single streak seems to be headed for the forest. It doesn't burn out, and actually hits the ground creating a massive crater.
Ten stands in shock.
"Ti to go ho."
Ten quickly turns around as if he didn't see anything.
"Ten, no wait. WAIT!."
"What? Did you not just see what I saw? Nah uh ... clearly an alien race just landed to take all our blood and brain juice. They ain't getting my juice. I'm out."
"Ten, wait. If that is a teor it will count as a precious tal. If you sell it, you can clear your debt and have enough money to retire imdiately."
Ten stops.
"Think about it Ten, no more boss nagging you"
"But it could be a crazy alien that will eat ."
"Or it could an no more days that are just like the ones before it."
"It could be a new viral disease that will eat my skin and put into a state of eternal pain as it kills and brings back eternally."
"Or it could be freedom from bills that never end."
This pattern continued for about 10 minutes. But eventually, Mai was able to make Ten see the logic in her reasoning.
"Ok, I'll go, but I'm going to need to prepare myself first."
Ten looks around him until a big rock with sharp edges catches his eyes. He walks towards it and grabs the rock from the ground. He closes his eyes and imagines a world of numbers with the rock at its center. The numbers start swirling around the rock and Ten then starts a slow rhythmic chant that increases gradually in speed.
""
The rock in his hand starts to glow blue with a celestial radiance. The rock starts to disintegrate as its very molecules beco undone. The particles start to float in a rhythmical pattern above his hand. They then eventually start going back to their original position. But they are then reassembled into a broadsword.
"OK, now I'm ready to go ... NO wait, I'm going to need a shield too."
Ten grabs another rock and creates a shield using the sa process. He looks down at the shield and sword with a frown on his face.
"Ten, you ready?"
Ten looks around the beautiful field he is on and starts grabbing all the rocks and bushes he can find.
"Just give a few seconds, I just want to be ready."
After 30 minutes of Ten exhausting himself and completely ruining the beautiful field he was standing in. he nods to himself.
"Now Im ready."
"Ten, you are wearing 17 different armors, you have 9 different kinds of weapons on you, including a crossbow Im pretty sure you don't know how to use. You made 62 clay golems that can only walk and hit stuff, and you're wearing a helt with a tal cap under a steel hat."
"What's your point?"
"Take one step"
Ten takes a step ad the weight of his gear brings him down to the ground and unable to stand back up.
"Ten, we have to go down the hill into the forest, how in the world are those golems going to follow you?"
"Well, you know we can just walk."
"Ten, that would take forever and by the ti we get there soone else will have definitely co to take whatever is there away. You should condense your armor into 1, strengthen your sword with the other weapons and use the rest to make a hovercraft so we can go down there in the quickest and safest way."
With a bitter face he admits Mai is right.
"Ok, but I am not capable of doing all of that and you know it."
"I will help you."
"But this isn't an ergency."
"Based on your current vital signs, your financial situation and the fact that you seem listless throughout most days, I am capable of justifying this as an ergency to solve your problems."
"I don't really know how I feel about that answer."
"Lets begin."
The pad on Tens hand starts to glow even more. Slowly it starts taking over his entire hand, his arm and then eventually his whole body. Tens eyes glow as he starts a chant far above his level.
The armor is reconstructed, his weapons are recombined and the golems reshaped. Ten stands in a very beautiful armor, with a sword that could have been made for a god and a hovercraft that looks like it could take him anywhere in the world. Ten smiles as he looks at his gear, he whispers.
"Thank you."
Mai hears him but doesn't reply.
"..."
Ten gets on the hovercraft and makes his way to the center of the big crater. From a distance he can see a shape at the center. The closer he gets the more he can make out the shape. Once close enough to actually see Demo, he stops the hovercraft.
"Yeah, I'm done, I'm going ho."
"Ten, wait! He might need our help."
"This guy just fell from outer space, literally flew through the fires of hell, survived what I think was his spaceship couldn't, and YOU think he needs MY help?"
"Clearly he is unconscious, and he might be a very high level golem we could sell. Just get close enough to see if it's breathing or if its an inanimate object."
Ten looks at his gear, and understands the risks Mai took to help him make them. He raises his head and slowly, very slowly walks towards Demo. Once he reaches Demo he sees that he is breathing. Demo looks peaceful but alive. Ten decides to poke him with his sword to see if he can wake Demo up.
The mont the sword hits Demos skin, his eyes pop open and a blast of energy radiates from his body. The blast hits Ten and he is flung back with amazing force. His armor completely destroyed, his sword shattered and his hovercraft in pieces. He hits the ground and lays there.
Demo awake looks around to see what happened and where he is. He sees Ten on the ground, and lowers his head again, with sorrow on his face.
"I'm sorry"
Chapter 3 Fin
Reviews
All reviews (0)