Dododex

ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

The Omega Timeline

Chapter 42: herald of darkness

—By Wyvernian

Drain flew beside Apex as the dragon and Jerry fought the heroes, ‘such power! It should be mine!’ Drain thought. “It could be yours.” A voice said. “What? Who was that.” Drain said. “Who was what?” Apex said in between fireblasts. “Hey! Drain!” Sheeri said. “What!?” Drain shouted. “Catch!” She said, Drain looked confused as she threw a pink fuzz ball at him. “IM A FLYING SQUIRREL!!” Steve said as he shifted from a ball into a Superman pose, he smacked into Drain’s face and latched on, scratching like a rabbit animal. “AGH GET IT OFF!” Drain said. Jerry looked his way and chuckled slightly, then turned back to puppeteering Bubby, who he forced to attack Syocean and Yang. Drain tried to shake off the rodent but he had a firm grip, “screech.” The voice said. “What?!” Drain shouted. “SCREECH!” The voice yelled. Drain echolocated. Steve clutched his ears, “AGHH that hurts!” He said. Steve let go of Drain and plummeted. Sheeri was dodging Apex’s blasts when she saw Steve fall, “NOO!” She shouted, she blasted Apex’s snout with ice, temporarily stunning him, she flew towards Steve, catching him in the nick of time, “thanks, kind walrus.” Steve said. “Huh?” Sheeri said looking at him. “Buddy! Please! Fight it!” Yang yelled, dodging the purlovias attacks. “I-I C-Can’t!” Buddy said. “Nobody escapes my grip…” Jerry said. “Oh ya? Well nobody escapes my ice!” Sheeri said, she blasted Jerry, freezing him and restricting his movement, disabling his blood bending. Apex’s mouth opened, shattering the ice, “You must be from my world to be so brave, most would cower or kneel before me.” Apex said. “Literally nobody does that..” Pat said. “Human? Where did you come from?!” Drain asked. “Been here the whole time, didn’t think you needed the help until that guy got iced and you almost lost a fight to a squirrel.” Pat said. “Well? Are you going to help!” Drain asked. “With pleasure.” Pat said, he shapeshifted into a basilisk. “He can do that?!” Yang shouted. “Sylveevee said he couldn’t!” Sheeri said. “You’ll be surprised how much Sylveevee doesn’t know about me..” Pat said. “Drain. It’s time.” The voice said. “Alright can nobody else hear that?!” Drain yelled. “HEAR WHAT!” Four or five voices angrily said at once. “Drain. Return to the keep. I can give you the means to achieve what you desire. Power.” The voice said the last word with a monstrous tone. Drain looked around, he noticed that the sun was setting. It’s yellow light faded, Drain went invisible and flew towards the Shadowkeep.

Meanwhile, At the mansion, the living/dining room was wrecked, shortstacks and Freya were dueling on the stairs, Shortstacks using the high ground to his advantage, Freya had Two tek hatchets, Nova and Drake had taken the fight to the roof, Willow and Fjordur’s dragon battled them, Willow took two tek daggers from the table, she fought drake who had shifted into a thylacoleo. “Is that all you got lady?!” Drake said. “Pretty much..” Willow said, she then fazed through the floor. “What?!” Drake said. Nova was flying circles around Fjordurs dragon, literally. “So you got a name buddy?” Nova asked as she dashed around him. “Well.. no..” the dragon said as he tried to blast her. “Aw, that’s too bad, maybe I can help? How about.. loser!” Nova said exitedly. “How dare you!” The dragon shouted.

“Puny human, I destroyed your race, what can you do to stop me!” King Titan said to Andrew. “This!” Andrew said, he fired an orange arrow at the titan, it exploded in his face blinding him, then When his vision cleared he saw Tago, she blasted fire at him, forcing him to stumble back, then the two drakes uncloaked and grabbed his legs, forcing him to fall over with a thud.

Caldren and Felswand ran after Aurora, she fled, but the huge apes were faster, “Time for smash!” Caldren said lifting up his mace. Just then two raptors jumped on the hybrid, “WHOA!” He said falling over, his mace slamming on the ground a few feet away from Ember who jumped away.

Drain flew over the ocean of genesis, it was storming and he could barely see in front of his face,

“Come, Drain.”

“The power you desire shall be granted!”

“The dagger!”

“the dragon!”

“Find the dagger!”

“Kill the dragon!”

“Reveal your true destiny!”

“Come to the keep!”

“The keep us under siege!”

“Faster Drain!”

“The dagger!”

“The dragon!”

“Kill the dragon!”

“Stop the intruders!”

“They’re coming!”

“SILENCE!!!” Drain bellowed, the voice stopped. Drain reached the convergence point between the genesis ocean and the dark forest, the weather changed Immediately as he entered the red and purple forest. He saw the castle, dark and magnificent in the bright moonlight. “Come! Find the dagger!” The voice said. “WHAT DAGGER!” Drain. “The dagger of balance” the monstrous voice said. Drain flew over the wall, something told him the barrier wouldn’t harm him, he was right. He flew towards a window, it opened for him, he uncloaked as he entered. “The intruders, they’re in the cave.” The voice said. Drain walked down a spiral staircase, he entered the throne room, Milo was sitting in his throne, nursing his arm. “What, did you run away like Jethy?” Milo said. “Says the wimp too scared to fight at all.” Drain said. Milo scoffed. “Well, anyway, Jethezzar ran off to his room, seemed.. I don’t know, petrified. Definitely not the same as he was this morning. And Rockwell’s in the lab.” Milo said. “Meanwhile we have intruders.” Drain said. “What?! How do you know?” Milo said sitting up. “Where’s that other human?” Drain asked. “Samuel? guy went downstairs.” Milo said. “Idiot! He could’ve let them in! He’s a spy!” Drain said. Milo got up and followed the bat down the stairs, when they reached the bottom they saw Samuel. He was softly crying. “Ugh, humans..” Drain said. “Sh-she she left me..” Samuel said. “Who?!” Milo shouted. “AUTHORIZATION DENIED, HEROES DETECTED, SYSTEM SHUT DOWN.” The black obelisks automated voice said. “Darn it!” Jay said. “What do we do now?” Sunhigh asked. “How about, get out of my way..” Moonhigh screamed when she saw Drain, a portal opened and the kids and Star ran through. “Where did they go?” Milo asked, “who cares..” Drain said. “Find them, alert Rockwell and Jethezzar.” Drain said. “What about you?” Milo asked. “GO!” Drain yelled.

Milo left the room and Drain walked up to the obelisk. “Drain, the dagger.” The voice said. It was louder now. “Can you be a little more specific?” Drain asked. “Take, the dagger, tip the scales, become my herald of darkness.” The monstrous voice said. Drain looked ahead, he saw a shape in the obelisks beam of shadow. He walked up and took it, the dagger glowed, the hilt was black but the blade was white, it was a ceremonial dagger, the blade had an engraving of the omega symbol on it. “Why must I kill Apex with this?” Drain asked. “Not kill, drain, drain his lifeforce, to become herald, you must take the darkness of one of your own!” The voice said. “How…” Drain asked

Apex had The heroes on the ground, they were too tired and weak to fight, He thawed Jerry and the guy left to go find someone else to fight, Apex saw no reason to kill them. He looked up, the moon above him, “father, why…” Apex said. “Father’s not here Apex.” Drain said. Apex looked down at the bat, “Drain, where did you go you coward!” Apex said. “I’ve been wanting this for so long.. ever since I saw Phasma get power from the broodmother, I knew, I knew I would one day become even more. Now, I have the power to achieve my goals.” Drain said holding up the dagger. “Drain? What are you talking about? What is that blade?” Apex asked. “It’s time..” Drain said. The moon turned into a blood moon, the red light washing over the city. The dagger hummed in Drain’s grasp, “Drain..?” Apex said slowly. “Time to die..” Drain said. “That’s it!” Apex said, he blasted the desmodus with his red fire, but Drain went invisible and dodged the attack, Apex looked around for him, only to see him on his back, the dagger glowing red, “DEW IT!” The voice said. Drain thrust the dagger into Apex’s hide, the dragon shuddered in pain, he roared in agony, purple and black mist started to come out of him and into the dagger, the dagger’s blade started to turn grey.

Jethezzar was flying around the castle to see if the children had fled into the forest, just as he was about to go back inside, a beam of purple and black light exploded from the Shadowkeep, it shot up into the sky and arced towards the city, “what the heck..” Jethezzar said.

Drain pulled out the dagger, it was entirely black except the tip, the beam of darkness struck down on him, the power flooding into him, he grew in size, wile Apex shrunk down to regular dragon size, Apex collapsed and Drain flew so into the air, he dropped the dagger and his wings grew, his eyes were inverted, with white pupils. “This world will be mine..” Drain said.