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What am I doing? Where am I going? I can’t
fight him, he’s so powerful and confident...I can’t match that. <<Runs through the cold and wet
cobbled streets, the fog dampening his clothes and clouding his view>> I feel so strange....a feeling which I have
never felt before. I know that I beat him last time...but this time no matter
how hard I think that I’m going to beat him. In the end I know I wont’. Not alone. <<Stops, and leans against a
crumbling stone wall laden with moss and ivy. The wet rolling off his cheeks
and his steamy breath rising up>> I.....I just cant. I
cant go on. This whole situation feels unreal, it
happened so quickly. Will I never see the one that I love again? Where will I
end up, where will everyone I know end up? I..just wish things could be different.....I wish.......... <<A flash of bright white light and
Xerczes is floating in a vast expanse of nothingness>> ....Where am I?.....Hello?...XERCZES
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE!!? I WAS JUST ABOUT TO VANGUISH THOSE DAMN
HAMMERITES!!.........Ah brother there you are you filthy excuse for a
god....AHAHAHA YOU DARE INSULT ME?.....Depends
on how you look at it, you cant deny what you are.....you have performed
terrible things brother...all those helpless people you slaughtered.. family’s, friends, children......all the emotions they
shared in they’re life has to go somewhere when they die. It just doesn’t go
away. Now you have to face it!!.....YES.....I SEE.WELL EXCUSE ME IF I’M NOT
SHAKEN BY THIS, AFTER ALL I KNOW THE RULES OF LIFE, I AM A GOD.....BUT
SOMETHING MAKES ME DIFFERENT FROM THE REST....YOU SEE XERCZES...I AM BOTH GOD
AND HUMAN, NOT HALF PUT TOGETHER, BUT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME...I EXIST IN TWO
PLAINS..I DRAW ENERGY FROM ONE OF THOSE PLAINS, AND WREAK HAVOC IN ANOTHER, YET
STILL KEEP MY IMMORTALITY INTACT. I CANNOT BE BEATEN........NO...your
lying!!....you can be beaten you can...I defeated you on earth....LET US GO
BACK...BACK....BACK TO THE TIME THAT YOU FORGOT.... Huh?...this place it smells familiar and looks so .......THIS IS EARTH
YOU STUPID WHELP!AHAAHA HOW CAN YOU BE SO BEWILDERED, DID I REALLY CAUSE YOU
THAT MUCH HARM??.....CAUSED ME HARM!!? What do you mean caused me harm? I
killed you remmeber...I...kil....yo....???SEE IT NOW AND TREMBLE.....SEE THE
TRUTH OF YOUR DEMISE.....AND THE DEATH OF YOUR SWEET IMOGEN...........i...it
can’t be, so much pain...ahhhhhh!!! No not her!! no no
no no....urghhhhhh, you bastard!!...SO YOU SEE I DECIEVED YOU ALL, I NEVER
REALLY DIED.....I WAS NEVER BEATEN....I KNEW ABOUT THIS WORLD LONG BEFORE YOU
EVEN HAD THE NOTION OF WHAT I WAS....EVEN BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH KNEW
I EVER EXISTED...I HAVE PLANNED THIS FOR EON’S....I...I get it know.....me
and you are both the same, except we have powers that can only be active in
certain plains...so I have power in the spiritual world and you have power in
the material world....yet you cant be killed because of your powers here, yet I
can be killed because my powers do not exist here in this plain....so either
way, you win.....YES....YES!!! YOU SEE IT ALL KNOW AND ISN’T IT
BEAUTIFUL!?....MY NAME AND LEGACY WILL SPAN THE ENTIRE REACHES OF TIME AND
SPACE.....so you only died because I died?...I
killed myself because you had already killed Imogen!!! Then with your knowledge
of the events here, you possessed me, knowing that the prophecy of
reincarnation would come true....i...it...cant be...YOU ARE NOT AS DOCILE AS
YOU LOOK BROTHER! AN THIS ISN’T THE END, KILLING YOURSELF WOULD INDEED BRING
ABOUT MY DEMISE..BUT YOU SEE ITS
NOT THAT SIMPLE....BECAUSE THE PROPHECY STAYS TRUE FOR ALL WORLDS, IF WE CEASE TO BE ON THIS WORLD, THEN
WE SHALL JUST BE REBORN ONTO ANOTHER, SO YOU SEE THE CYCLE IS ENDLESS........I
WIN BROTHER!!........Then there is nothing I can do to save this
world.....I cant kill myself, I don’t want to bring this about on another
planet..its ..its all my
fault. I’m so helpless.....ahahahahHAHAHAHA.ahaha. CHECK-MATE
MY DEAR SIBBLING. FAREWELL, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN....THEN IT SHALL BE
GLORIOUS, I HAVE A <<He awakens slouched against the
wall, the ivy half covering his face, the rain patting heavily down onto his
hood and dripping into his face, his feet lay submerged in a puddle of
water>> H ....he has won..but,
if I have powers In the spirit world then...I might be able to..yet I have no idea how to use them. The only option is to
kill his weak mirror image in the spirit plain. But how?? <<The howling of a wolf is heard and
the icy wind gusts harder making the rain feel like
ice drops>> .....I just don’t know. <<Glances up at the moon and stars
silhouetting a line of large buildings, A dark figure
swoops across the top and a faint glow can be seen on the figures face>> So you are here........Garrett. << Garrett turns and faces Xerczes
the dim glow of his robotic eye is penetrating and intimidating, Garrett turns
and jumps of the building and his feet meet the earth with a shallow puddle
which splashes and glints in the moon light>> Xerczes:- Where are you going?..........Garrett. Garrett:- You must
be Xerczes eh? Xerczes:- Yeah I’m
him. How do you know who I am? And you haven’t answered my first question yet. Garrett:- Firstly,
in time you will see where my destination is, secondly, the keepers are reliant
sources for information. Thirdly, I don’t need a rookie like you questioning
me. Even if you are who the keepers say you are. Xerczes:- Well, well
full of life as always I see. Your relentless self respect makes you sound
arrogant. Thought you would have changed after joining the keepers. Garrett:- See this
eye of mine?...Having to put up with that and lunatic dictators, I have earned
my self-respect. I haven’t joined the keepers, I
merely want to learn what they know. Everything they say seems to make sense in
a kind of weird way, after running from them all this time trying to forget my
roots as a thief, I eventually learned that I was destined to be what I am now.
I’m still as freelance as ever. For your information I was out looking for you. Xerczes:- Well if
you are a good lad maybe the keepers will make you some cookies. Anyway why are
you looking for me, the keepers tried that and didn’t succeed in my joining of
them. Look Garrett, if you know about me then you know what I am....who I am,
where I came from....if you do then you will realise that you cannot possibly
help. Garrett:- Oh but I
can Xerczes. Just shut up and follow me. I have something to show you. I found
it along time ago. <<Garrett swoops his cloak over his
body and runs down the cobbled side streets heading towards the woods outside
the city>> Xerczes:- Where are
you going!?........Garrett!!.....Oh well. <<Xerczes runs after Garrett the
cold wind and rain biting at his face, the damp soaking his body, the smell of
wood-smoke is thick in the air>> <<In time they arrive at the forest,
Garrett stops and stands in front of a large row of tree’s which form a tunnel
type passage through the woods, a light can be seen at the end, their is a
gentle breeze and drizzle of rain>> Garrett:- Follow me,
do not stop no matter what you feel, or see. Xerczes:-
OK.......let’s go. << Garrett runs down the enclosed
tree path, shafts of light here and there from the moon penetrate the canopy
and light patches of the floor, leaves cover the floor and also fall gently and
slowly from the tree’s above, the sounds of laughing and crying of children can
be heard echoing all around, hand prints are dotted around on tree’s as if
burned in by fire, small balls of light shoot around dancing with the leaves
that fall, nothing but pitch black can be seen through the tree’s at either
side. But a vastness of passage lies in front>> << Garrett disappears into a
blinding white light and his voice becomes loud as if speaking through Xercezs’
mind>> Garrett:- Through
the light Xerczes....through the light and you will see what I have for
you.....but it may be a light already lost. Xerczes:- I will
follow.... <<Steps into a
bright light which marks the end of the passage. All of a sudden a force throws him through a tunnel
of flashing lights and voices, memories never remembered before flow through
his mind, feelings never felt before fill his soul, for once in his life a
comprehension of life itself passes his view, a realisation opens another path
into his soul from which flows a strong energy>> Xerczes:- What is
this place Garrett?? Garrett:- It is
neither place nor time, memory nor feeling. It is a place where souls
shift.....shift to another world. Alas....we are nearly there. Xerczes:- I......I
understand. << The bright light which surrounds
flashes and they descend from a shaft of soft white light which has balls of
lights falling down with it gently to the ground. They land softly on the long
grass expanse>> Garrett:- Xerczes
this is where your feelings end up, your life force, your soul, your memories.
This is a place of infinite substance. Xerczes:-
Garrett....For some reason I already know....I feel everything in my life
flowing through me making sense. I have glimpsed the very beginning of time and
the meaning of our reality....and its beautiful. <<They both look up and the sky, it
is a dark blue expanse, bright stars and planets can be seen shining above,
beautiful colours form waves in the night which reach out far into the
sky>> Garrett:- Our world
is amongst those Xerczes....among many others just alike...but not the same. We
are one of many civilisations. Though just as important, the place you call
earth...it still thrives. Xerczes:- Yes I
understand.....I understand it all. I have gained a vast complex of knowledge
from the shift. It has rewarded me with the comprehension and intelligence to
realise our existence. <<They both look forward across the
vast rolling field covered in long grass swishing about in the wind that flows
over the land. The horizon lightens into a lighter shade of blue and a spire
can be seen afar with a bright white light standing out against the
horizon>> Xerczes:- I had a
dream Garrett.....a dream of this place. I just knew such a place existed..I felt it. Garrett:- Looking
back to what I used to be, I would have never thought that such a place would
have existed. This world is a resting place for all the spirits that shift from
our world, some choose to rest, others to explore. It is an existence
unimaginable to us. Look up Xerczes, all those planets, they are inhabited,
some close, some far, far away, some at unimaginable reaches of the universe,
all diverse and unique, few know of other inhabited worlds, if they do only a
handful of people know about it from each world. You are one of few that know
about this place. Me and you. Xerczes:- Garrett,
how did you end up finding such a place? Garrett:- When the
Trickster had died and Viktoria had sacrificed herself to save what the
Trickster had previously protected, I saw a turn of heart in her eyes as she
died. Then she told me about this place, a place where the Trickster had gone
to rest, along with his eternal forest. There he would be happy, just like in
his Maw. She said my soul would lead me to the
location of the passage to this world, because she believed I was destined to
be a part of this worlds future. Xerczes:- I never
realised that you were like this Garrett....not what ive heard about you. The hardened master thief never trusting anybody or wanting
anybody’s advice or help. Garrett:- Ive
changed..... Xerczes:- So in the
end of it what are we doing here? Garrett:- In that
spire live the only spirits with the powers to help us. The
Trickster & Viktoria. Do not worry, they understand what I am coming
for, they already know of our arrival. Xerczes:- Ok, lets
go. <<They both start walking forward to
the spire which stands in the distance, they shimmer and fade away and
instantly arrive at the spire>> << They stand in front of the
spire...they look up at the far reaching heights of its gigantic structure, the
light from the top flashes and floats down to them>> Garrett:- Walk into
the light Xerczes. <<They both walk into the bubble
like ball of light, it then accends slowly to the top of the spire, from the
view they can see nothing but a long grass expanse shooting stars light the sky
and beautiful colours litter the night. A large moon can be seen that looks as
if it is attached to the world itself, it is that close it covers a quater of
the night sky>> Xerczes:- This place
is unreal...it seems like a dream. Garrett:- It is a
dream, yet isn’t. Not a dream by our definition. But it is what dreams really
are. Xerczes:- How are we
able to exist here? It clearly isn’t a plain of reality that we would be able
to exist in. Garrett:- We are
here because we have been let in. We are being accounted for as humans. What we
call human is our body, we ourselves arn’t human, that is just our body. But
the real us lives inside, that’s what our soul is. It goes like this Xerczes..
Our souls shifted here when a previous existence had expired on another world, that is what we define as death now. When we shift
our spirits inhabit the dominant life forms on each planet, they are vessels
for our souls, with out them they would be just a living organism not able to
live life. They need our souls in order to think, imagine, live. People think
of our brain as our soul, that our brain makes us who we are. It is not, a
brain is simply there to run the vessel’s organ’s or
such like. We need each other, vessel’s and souls in
order to live life to its fullest. When the organic vessel dies as we call it,
we shift to another plain, or world. The vessel still lives, each of its cells
are living things, with the memories of our life together, they get old due to
exhaustion, they recede back into the earth to be replenished, but they still
have the same memories, they are still the same vessel, and it comes back later
as the same organism or a different one which may inhabit the world at that
time awaiting for another soul. So the cycle is endless. Xerczes:- Garrett
where did you come from? Garreet:-
Nowhere.....I have been chosen to stay on this world, for it is written and my
destiny lies here, there is no need for my soul to shift, and the vessel I inhabit
agrees. That’s why it will not get exhausted anymore. Thats
why I will not die. <<The bubble of light floats up and
stops at a path leading into a room at the top of the spire, there is no wind
the air is silent but voices laughing and crying can be heard echoing all
around, little dots of light float about dancing around the grounds, the large
moon stands behind the spire and engulfs it in its eternal glow>> <<They walk through the entrance to
the room, the room is not a room at all, it is a
forest, but a silent one>> Garrett:- Lets walk
on. << They walk through the silent
woods, an eerie atmosphere surrounds them, Suddenly whispers can be heard
coming from the dark parts of the woods, slight movement can be seen and
glowing eyes dot the dark staring at Xerczes and Garrett>> Garrett:- Just
walk....we are nearly there. <<They keep walking through the
silent woods and the sound of the moss crunching underfoot sounds too loud. A
smell so familiar is present all around, wood, tree’s,
plants, the smell of the cold in the air. Its all here>> <<They arrive at a large stone
alter, which supports a huge version of the Third eye symbol made out of ruby.
Below on the alters surface lay an emerald and a sapphire>> Garrett:- Touch the
stone Xerczes..... Xerczes:- >From
this world I know not where I may end up....I must go to save everything that I
love. <<Xerczes walks as if in slow motion
to the ruby crafted third eye and touches it, the winds swishing his hair and
cloak about, balls of energy flow in spiral around his figure>> Garrett:- Xerczes?
Wha.....what’s happening to you...? Xerczes:- I am
showing my true form.....the form to which I was born into this universe
with....my natural form.. <<Xerczes eyes turn purple and emit
an eerie glow, so much memory and feeling fill these purple eyes, and tears
appear to puddle in the eyes. Small blunt horn like
petrusions appear on Xerczes’ forehead. His hair turns jet black and
grows slightly longer and flows about in the air as if he was in space. His
figure grows taller and more toned, his skin grows paler.>> Garrett:- Who are
you....? Xerczes:- I
am.......Xerczes. Till we meet again....now I must go forth into another world
to seek the help for ours. I know of such a place. I remember
it..........................I once loved it. *To Be Continued*
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