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Journey Through All Creatures
Chapter 20: The Strong Showdown: Part 1
Note: Story starts in Achatina, The Island ABC order for Section I and has a Prologue. Last chapter in Phiomia. This is the first chapter of the two parter of the Strong Showdown. This is also the penultimate chapter of Cave Chapters. Next part of Strong Showdown, aka, next chapter, is in Quetzal.
Cave Chapters 4/5
Chapters to the end of Section I: 5! Chapter 25a will be in: T a
The sun began to rise above the horizon, on what would be a huge day for Sodden, as it was his first time running the Strong cave. The sun’s light flooded across the Island as it rose above the horizon. The light flooded into the windows of Nudon’s castle, and across Sodden’s bed on the third floor of the castle. Sodden opened his eyes, and yawned as he got up. He looked out the window, then walked to the door and went downstairs towards the first floor. Red came down just then. So did Serenity and Rod. “Oh, hey Rod. Didn’t know you were staying here.” Sodden said tiredly. “Yeah. Dundo and Nesan are taking care of my base. I wanted to stay to help you.” Rod said. “Okay, well, big day for Sodden here. He’s doing the Strong cave. I’ll get the supplies.” Red said. He walked to the forge room. Then some people walked into the castle and to the table in the middle. They put down cooked prime meat and some longrass crops on the table, along with a soup. “That soup over there will hopefully protect him from the cold down there.” Someone said to Rod. Rod nodded. “Okay, guys. I am glad to be here today. At first, I was really bad at this. I didn’t know how to handle it. But my mistakes are in the past now. We’re so close to the day I, along with Serenity, my great friend…” Sodden said. Serenity walked to him. “And Rod, the true cool dude… by the way, I love his Diplo.” Sodden said. Rod chuckled and walked to Sodden. “Will go and beat the bosses on Alpha difficulty. That’s right. I’m going for Alpha. And when we beat them, do the tek cave, and beat the overseer, my journey here will be over. I’ll be in Scorched Earth and Aberration for the rest. And when I return, we can hopefully get to Ragnarok, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur. Then Extinction after everything. I don’t know how well we’re going to do, how we’re going to beat Terad… but we will try. No matter what, we’re going to persist through everything, we’re going to stay strong… and it is on this day, and for many months to come, that the Journey Through All Creatures team will work together to ascend, reach Extinction, and destroy the Assassin Heart!” Sodden yelled. Everyone let out cheers of excitement. Red walked to Sodden and took out a cryopod. “We managed to save one of your raptors back when Nameless destroyed your old base. He was very badly hurt, but we saved him. If you want, you can build the raptor army again.” Red said. “Wait. I think it’s called… the Reaper army! Because the strongest raptor is named Reaper.” Sodden exclaimed. “Of course. Such a good name.” Red said. Sodden took the cryopod, put it in his bag, and the group went to eat.
A few hours later, Sodden was packing up his pteranodon with the Strong cave supplies. He wore the ascendant fur leggings, cap, and chestpiece, and also had the soup that would give him more hypothermic insulation. Red gave him five cryopods, one containing the Yuty, two containing the Rexes, and two containing the Theris. Sodden took the cryopods and put them in his bag. Red then gave him some canteens and cooked prime meat, and med brews. “These will help you stay alive in the cave. We can’t reach Level 100 all from scratch in a week so we gotta keep you alive.” Red said. Sodden nodded and took the extra supplies. “You’d better come back alive.” Rod said. “Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.” Sodden said. “Be careful. And good luck.” Serenity said. Sodden nodded. Then the pteranodon took off and set out for the Snow Cave.
After around 30 minutes of flying, the pteranodon got to the cave. Sodden hopped off, put his pteranodon in a cryopod, and walked to the cave entrance. He took a deep breath and walked into the tunnel. When he got to the fork in the path that led to the first chamber, he saw some wolves, so he threw out his Rex to handle the wolves. The Rex chomped up the wolves, and they only bit once and did almost no damage since the saddles were good. Sodden put the Rex back into the cryopod when the wolves were gone and walked to the small gap in the front wall that led to the chamber. Sodden threw out two Rexes into the chamber and a Yuty. Sodden ran to the Yuty and it roared, causing the Rexes to become energized, and a yellow ring appeared on their backs. The roar brought out 4 purlovias, one on the wall and three on the podium that led to the path. The Rexes attacked them, along with the polar bears running at them and wolves leaping at them. The Rexes crushed the bodies of the bears and stomped the wolves down as they ran around the chamber. When all the purlovias, bears, and wolves had been cleared out, Sodden put his Yuty in a cryopod, got on one of the rexes, and whistled for the other to follow them. They walked through the ice cold water and towards the path. Sodden put his Rexes in the cryopods and threw out both his Theris. He got on one and whistled follow on the other, and walked down the path, destroying the bears and wolves that came. When he got to the small river, he threw out the Yuty again and he roared a large shriek, energizing the Theris and causing the Purlovias to come out of their burrows. They screeched and ran to attack, then the Theris stabbed the Purlovias with their claws and scratched a wolf’s head when it tried to bite the Theri. The wolf ran away, then some bears came along and Sodden threw out the Rexes to clear them out. After some time, all the creatures were gone, and Sodden put everyone in their cryopods, then walked down to the next room. It was a pond, with icebergs around and purlovia burrows on each one. Sodden threw out the Yuty and it let out the shriek, and all the purlovias in the room, and some on the walls, were revealed. Sodden threw out his Rexes and they started destroying the creatures. The Rexes ate up wolves, crunched polar bears down, and stomped the purlovias. Then when Sodden got off to cryopod the Rexes and Yuty, the direwolf that was injured earlier leaped from behind and landed a hit at Sodden, causing him to stumble into the water and causing the chestpiece to lose 10 durability. Sodden yelled as he scrambled to get out. He had lost 10% of his health from the wolf and another 10% from the water. The wolf leaped again, but Sodden dodged it. The direwolf hit a Rex and it roared, stunning the wolf. The Rex picked up the wolf, the other grabbed its tail, and they both ripped the body in half, and blood splattered onto the iceberg and into the water. Sodden let out a sigh of relief, and put everyone into their cryopods. He jumped towards the path up to the tunnel, and when he hacked through the crystals with his pickaxe, he threw out his Yuty and Rex. The Yuty let out a shriek, energizing the Rex and revealing some purlovias on the walls and ground. The Rex went to attack, then got hit back by a Yeti. Then another one, along with two polar bears, came from the right section of the tunnel and attacked the Rex. The Rex stomped and crunched the purlovias and wolves, and tried to eat up the bears, but they, along with the Yeti, was doing some damage to the Rex. Sodden had the Yuty let out another screech to strengthen the Rex and then the Yuty started fighting the creatures. After a few minutes, the creatures were gone. Blood was on the ground, but the Rex was bruised, bloodied on her tail, and the Yuty was hurt too. Sodden put them both in a cryopod and walked towards the next large chamber. It was the last major obstacle before he had the river then the artifact. But it was also the largest chamber, and it was going to be jam packed with dangerous stuff in there. When he was just meters away from the chamber, he threw out the Yuty, got on it, and had the Yuty let out a screech to reveal the Purlovias on the entrance. He threw two Rexes into the chamber, and they started attacking the surrounding creatures. Sodden used his Yuty to kill the Purlovias. It picked one up and stomped down the other, and then they went through into the chamber. Sodden threw out his Theris and they both started attacking the Yetis and polar bears running at the Rexes. The Yuty let out a screech to reveal any Purlovia they might have missed, and also to energize the Theris. Some Purlovias on the path between the tall snowy podiums and the path up to one of them came out. They ran at the Theris, only to get stabbed in the back by their claws. The Rexes were ripping up the bears but getting pushed around by the yetis. The Yuty let out another screech to reenergize the Rexes and Theris. The mate boost was working well, but the Rexes were still getting injured. The Yuty ran to help the Rexes, then a purlovia shot out of nowhere from the snowy podium and leaped at the Yuty. It threw Sodden off and hurt the Yuty, and Sodden took out his shotgun to shoot down the purlovia, but it was sticking, and after just three hits, the unthinkable happened and his chestpiece was destroyed. Then the Rex grabbed the Purlovia and crushed its body. Sodden limped to the Yuty and climbed on. He took out the fria curry in his bag, took off the lid on it and drank it down. It didn’t stop the freezing completely, but he wouldn’t lose health as fast. He was at 190 HP, and his armor was heavily damaged. He had no time to resupply, though, because the Rexes were getting very bloodied. The Yuty screeched to energize the tames and then ate the heads of the last few Yetis off. Then he crushed the last purlovias, and the Theris destroyed the bears and wolves. There was nothing left. Sodden put everyone in a cryopod and ran towards the river that separated him from the artifact. He threw out the yuty to get the purlovias out, but he was too close to one of the burrows on the wall and the Purlovia in it leaped at the Yuty, seriously injuring it. The Yuty ripped the Purlovia off, but now it was at 3000 HP out of 21000. The Rexes were very badly hurt too, and so were the Theris. Sodden threw out a Theri towards the other side, and it got ambushed by some bears and wolves. Sodden got on the Yuty, and it let out a screech to energize the Theri. It then walked to the wolves slowly, and ate up one of them. It then crushed the body of another, then a bear went to hit it. The bear smashed the foot of the Yuty, causing it to let out a huge screech of pain and collapsed. Sodden quickly leaped across the river and threw out the Rexes. They crunched down the bear, and when the bears and wolves were gone, Sodden put everyone back into a cryopod, then something fell out of Sodden’s bag. Sodden went to pick it up, then Reaper came out. “Oh, hey. This isn’t safe for you.” Sodden said. Reaper screeched then ran around Sodden,nudging him. “Oh, okay. You’re that brave, huh? Okay. Worth a try, I guess.” Sodden said. He got on and walked into the artifact room. “Oh, yes. We did it.” Sodden said. The raptor was about to take a step towards the artifact when suddenly… BAM!! CRACK!
A Yeti ran from behind and rammed Sodden in his left shoulder,, causing the lower part of his implant to crack and the raptor to screech and fall off the ledge into the death water. Sodden collapsed on the small portion of land, and did not budge. The Yeti jumped down, then the raptor leaped and bit the Yeti hard on the neck, and it let out a screech, and tried to pull the raptor off, but it choked and collapsed in seconds. The raptor backed up, looked around, and noticed Sodden on the ground. It purred in curiosity, then let out a screech of terror when it saw the crack on Sodden’s implant. It whimpered as it tried to pick Sodden up. He then tried to get up, holding his left arm. “Hey. We have to get it.” Sodden said. The raptor shook her head and pointed her claw to Sodden’s implant. Sodden looked down and gasped as he saw some green ooze leaking out of the crack. “Oh, no.” Sodden whispered. The raptor screeched and went sniffing into his backpack, then took out a roll of bandages. Sodden held the roll and wrapped some of the gauze around the implant’s crack. It was going to slow the leak by a lot. Sodden’s pants were broken, and he was losing health at .2 HP per second, which didn’t sound that bad until they realized he was at 60 HP. Sodden used his last bit of strength to put down some standing torches. The Angler Gel had fallen into the water, and the raptor’s health was great, at 2100, but her current health stat after the attack was 1400 and she didn’t want to take more damage. The raptor grabbed some wood out of the bag with her mouth and put them onto the five torches around. They were only going to last 4 hours, so the raptor didn’t have much time to get help. The raptor looked down at Sodden and whimpered as it put her head into his laps. Sodden petted the raptor with his right hand. “Hey. You’re one brave dude. You need to get back to Nudon and get help. You gotta do it fast. Okay?” Sodden said. The raptor whimpered, scared of what would happen. “You can do this. You can do this…” Sodden said. Then he let out some cold breaths before collapsing, unconscious. The raptor looked at the cave entrance and screeched. I can do this. I’m gonna save my owner, like he saved me once. The raptor thought to herself. She ran through the tunnels of the cave, for 7 minutes until she rose from the cave and into the light. The raptor looked back, growled, and ran towards Nudon. Then she heard growling as she approached the jungle, and saw Gigas going to the cave. Reaper screeched, as she thought, Is that Nameless?!, and ran towards Nudon, as the Gigas stopped at the cave. Cordor hopped off the lead Giga, and his group followed him into the cave.
To be continued…
In the Cave Chapters Finale…
-RelatingHen8906
Riddles of the Phoenixes series
The War of the Phoenixes.
Chapter twenty four: WAR.
“To your positions, men and women!” General Paul cried. Jay watched as General Paul instructed the army. He was riding a black equus around, ordering his men to their places. Sylvia and him were evacuating helpless citizens who couldn’t fight to the castle. Dark foreboding clouds were gathering in the sky“I think that’s all of them.” Sylvia said, wiping sweat from her forehead. Jay nodded. “I think so.” He replied. “I have to get into my position in the army.” Jay said.
Sylvia nodded. “And I have to get to my place in helping the wounded.” She said. Sylvia locked eyes with him and smiled gently. “Be careful.” She said. “You to.” Jay replied. Sylvia kissed him gently on the cheek and then trotted off. Jay watched her go, a tender expression on his face, and then ran to his spot. General Paul passed him and gave Jay a nod. Jay saluted him. General Paul rode to the front of the army and began to speak. “Greetings men and women! Today we will fight! We will fight for our loved ones! For our country! Even if we go down, we won’t go down without a fight! Now who’s with me?!” Paul bellowed.
The soldiers yelled in agreement, to Paul’s rousing speech. “Today we fight!!” William bellowed. “For our loved ones!” Jay yelled. “For our country!” The women shouted from where they were gathered to prepare for the wounded. “Until the end!” The soldiers shouted. Jack suddenly rode up on a white equus, breathing hard. He stopped in front of King William. “They’re at the city gates!” He wheezed. General Paul grimaced. “Places everyone!” He growled and then mounted a black wyvern. He patted in on the neck. “You ready Celia?” He asked the wyvern. Celia in return, let out a loud echoing roar. Paul grinned. “Now that’s what I’m talking about.” Some of the soldiers mounted wyverns and flew above and some of the others rode equus’ or walked on foot. Jay was on foot.
Suddenly the ground shook and a loud roar echoed throughout the lands. A ginamourus black beast with giant horns and red eyes stomped toward the city gates. The Krakos. Behind it a huge army stomped. “For the Phoenix Kingdoms!!!!!” Paul’s shouted. Jay gulped. Their army was tiny compared to Tom’s army. They were going to lose if the other phoenix kingdoms didn’t arrive soon. In fact they probably wouldn’t win any way. Their was no one powerful enough to defeat Tom the Krakos, the slayer of all. Jay raised his sword high, Jack by his side and together the two brothers dove into battle.
This is so exciting!!! 😜. I hope y’all are enjoying and thanks everyone for y’all’s support. Next chapter coming soon!
-SunnyFox57
Overseer (previous in Dragon)
Chapter 19
Fuzzball closed his eyes and embraced for the end. He opened his eyes and saw himself inside a white force shield surrounding him. Am I dead?! Fuzzball thought. “FUZZBALL! GET DOWN!!!” Eclipse shouted as he was laying down on the floor. Fuzzball couldn’t move, yet he couldn’t speak. All he could do is watch his own body helplessly stay in the open, readying to be toasted. The Dragon was inches away from attacking as Fuzzball opened his eyes with terror. “FUZZBALL!” Shouted Honeydrop. Fuzzball stared helplessly at the dragon until Eclipse knocked him down to the ground. “FWOOSH!” The fire was sweeping through the forest like a madman, the Dragon looked back and still saw the group alive. “WAKE UP FUZZBALL! ITS NOT TIME FOR LALA LAND!” Shouted Eclipse. Fuzzball finally got controlled of his body and became relieved. “What was that force shield thing around you?!” Sneaky asked. “There’s no time to talk and blah blah blah, we gotta go before the fire roasts us get eaten by that dragon!” Honeydrop exclaimed as he quickly waddled into a nearby cave.
Nobody hesitated and listened to Honeydrop as they didn’t want any of those things happening to them. Everyone settled down in the small cave and watched the camp helplessly burn itself. “Fuzzball, you couldn’t be…” Honeydrops eyes went wide as he sat down and looked at Fuzzball. “You’re the Whiteout! Only the Whiteouts could do that, Fuzzball. You will save us from this war!” Honeydrop exclaimed, soon the other Dodos cheered as well. “Uh guys, looks like we’ll have to stay here in a while.” Eclipse said as he poked his head out of the entrance. “What did I just do?” Fuzzball asked as he looked at his paws. “That my friend, was a force shield. Legends say that the Whiteout has the power to make every single region on this globe turn into snow, but the power could be dangerous as well. If it is not controlled well you could be killed.” Honeydrop said. “What do you mean dead? Why do I even have this power?!” Fuzzball said as he panicked. It sort of made sense how he survived all those deadly scene that had happened to Fuzzball. “Cause you are the chosen one Fuzzball. The last Whiteout was 120 years ago that was an Direwolf.” Honeydrop replied.
“KROOM!” The ground shook as the dragon breathed fire on the ground again. “120 years ago!?” Fuzzball exclaimed. “Yes, every single Whiteout in history that died is reborn. That’s means you Fuzzball, has been reborned.” Honeydrop said. “How am I suppose to use my power, plus I didn’t even know a war is raging on!” Fuzzball replied. “Have you heard of the Great War?” Honeydrop asked. Fuzzball just nodded as the another Dodos was still admiring about Buddy. “There is another Great War, the Gigantipitichus and the Carnos teamed up to take over the continent. The next attack is the Siege of the Snow biomes.” Honeydrop said. “But fear not, I will take you to the Queen and king so they train you.” He said. “It’s safe to come out now.” Eclipse said as he exited the cave. Everything was burned. But there was a message. A small carving.
“What’s that?” Mocker said as he was holding Buddy. “It says ‘SOS’.” Replied Eclipse. But there was something unusual. Something only Feroxes and recognize.
A war help request.
Note:next chapter in Broodmother. Do you think the Lore is enough? Maybe I shall add some even more lore 😎😎😎😎😈
The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)
Chapter 91a: Long Elevator
As President Loki, Sophie, and Brad got closer and closer to their settlement in the eternal snow, they could notice there were large stone walls surrounding the perimeter. Sophie and Brad gasped at the sight.
“Wow. Dr. Aston’s really been doing some work huh?” Sophie commented. President Loki nodded.
“Yeah he has been,” he replied, noticing the large tower posted in the middle of the village. The three of them walked up to a large gate and then knocked on it. The gate slowly opened for them, and two village goers were waiting on the other side. As they spotted President Loki, they bowed to him.
“Greetings President,” the man and woman said. President Loki’s eyes glanced over the two individuals’ necks. They were like collars, in a way. President Loki ignored the two and all three of them moved forward, on to the compound. The three stepped inside and were blasted with a wave of heat. President Loki looked up to see waves of heaters lining the walls.
Dr. Aston was sitting on his stool, with his arms resting silently on the now metal tables. The room smelled of a smog-like substance and it felt toxic. President Loki’s throat hurt from the smell.
“Good evening, President Loki,” Dr. Aston nodded his head. It was then that Sophie noticed the two metal collars that lay on the metal table. She quickly pointed at it, attracting the attention of Brad.
“What’s that?” Sophie asked, “The guards at the gate had them too.”
“That? That’s an explosion collar,” Dr. Aston answered calmly. Brad’s eyes bulged out of his head, and he took a step back.
“What?! Then why are they wearing it? What if it blows up? They’ll die!”
“That’s… kind of the point,” Dr. Aston replied, his eyes narrowed, “If the Knowers attack anytime soon, if they manage to defeat someone, the sensors will go off and on the brink of death, anyone about to die will have their collar blown up, taking both of them out. Isn’t it genius?”
President Loki glared at Dr. Aston, his fists clenched.
“Dr. Aston this is too big of a risk to take. What if it does go off without the sensors? And even so, what if someone doesn’t want to go this way? There has to be another way-”
Dr. Aston silenced President Loki, putting a finger to his own lips.
“It has to be this way. Otherwise the Knowers will grow too strong. You’ve already made an enemy of them too, it seems,” Dr. Aston noted, looking around for Chloe. Sophie’s head dropped to the ground, ashamed. President Loki stared at Dr. Aston as if he were insane.
“Okay. You prove a point,” President Loki said. His eyes wandered to the wall. There were elevator doors. He nodded his head toward that, and Dr. Aston swiveled around.
“Oh… that,” Dr. Aston muttered. He turned to Sophie and Brad, “You two. Out. This talk is between me and Loki alone. Take the collars with you too.”
Brad nervously bowed goodbye to the two and grabbed the collar, placing it around his neck and leaving without a word. Sophie followed, albeit more hesitant than her peers. As Sophie shut the door behind her, Dr. Aston continued to speak.
“I knew Mr. Mo’s plan all along. He told me,” he revealed without warning. President Loki turned to Dr. Aston, horrified. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. It all came crashing down so fast that he didn’t have words to say.
“He told me that there would be someone waiting for us once we got off the island. The only way we’d be able to defeat that person would be to kill everyone on the island. He promised me that you and I would be the only ones left alive.”
President Loki suddenly pushed Dr. Aston. Dr. Aston went tumbling backwards and crashed into a metal table with glass vials and a strange metal arm. The table shook, and the glass vials fell down and shattered.
“And you never told me?! We could have saved Mr. Ma! HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DIE THAT DAY!” President Loki howled, his body shaking and his eyes teary. Dr. Aston grumbled to himself and slowly stood up.
“I fell asleep that day. Could you have blamed me?” Dr. Aston snarled. He got back onto his two feet and pointed at the elevator door.
“You are supposed to be his apprentice. You have to finish the job if we are to make it out alive. You’re the perfect fit especially with your implant attribute.”
“No! I refuse to do it!” President Loki snapped back, “I promised him that I would do it another way, one where as many people could have lived! Not a way where everyone dies!”
Dr. Aston rolled his eyes. He nodded to the elevator door.
“Just get to your office. It has all your belongings inside. It’s supposed to be your safehouse, now that those Knowers are probably on our tail. And if you ever change your mind… then there’s a button waiting for you atop. It’ll-”
As Dr. Aston rambled on, President Loki turned away. He walked up to the elevator doors and pressed the button, and the metal doors instantly shuffled open. He stepped inside, looking at his former teacher’s face one last time before the doors closed on him. The elevator began to move, the wires and bolts rickety and clearly primitive.
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“Dr. Aston would have never been this way if it weren’t for Mr. Ma’s father,” President Loki muttered, his eyes closed. He leaned against the wall, crossing his arms, “He doesn’t even know that only two people can leave this ARK alive. And he doesn’t even know his real name…”
As the long elevator ascended, he felt someone walk towards him, putting his arm against the wall and staring at Loki with a goofy smile. He ruffled his combed back gray hair and adjusted the fur armor on his body.
“Loki?” the man asked. Loki ignored him.
“Loki!” the man screamed in his face. Loki turned to Mr. Ma with an annoyed look on his face, his eyes piercing through his transparent body.
“What?!” Loki asked.
“Are we there yet?” Mr. Ma questioned. Loki rolled his eyes.
“Does it look like we’re there yet?”
Mr. Ma looked around, scratching his head, and then shook his head.
“Yeah. So shut up and go away. I know you’re just a figment of my imagination so don’t even bother,” Loki shot at him. Mr. Ma seemed hurt by his words. Loki glanced at his frown and he felt a lump in his throat grow. Mr. Ma’s frown quickly turned into a smile.
“Well, are we there yet now?”
“No, we aren’t,” Loki murmured under his breath. Mr. Ma still seemingly was able to hear his words. Loki continued, “I’m still trying to process everything that’s happened and you’re trying to joke around and irritate me?”
“Why do you want me gone so badly?” Mr. Ma asked, “I’m just trying to cheer you up, and I just got here!”
Loki suddenly exploded in a mixture of anger and misery,
“COME ON! After what just happened back there with Chloe and Aurora you expect me to be all happy and cheery? They tried to jump me and I almost died! With all those close calls that almost had me killed? That almost led all our efforts to waste?” Loki crumpled to the ground in a sitting position, his head hung in shame. A tear dribbled down his cheek, “It’s… taken a toll on me.”
Mr. Ma sat down next to him, looking at the elevator wall silently.
“Loki you’ve taken everything like a champ so far!” Mr. Ma told him, “You defeated Jerry, you defeated those things at the cave, you’ve defeated that Knower group, and then you defeated that Knower group a second time! I think… you’ve done great so far.”
“I couldn’t have done it without your power,” Loki sniffled, “I’m useless without you.”
Mr. Ma put a hand on his shoulder.
“That’s why I’ll always be there for you! I won’t leave your side, ever! We can defeat them together!”
“That’s right Loki, we won’t leave your side,” Chloe suddenly said. Loki turned to his right and saw Chloe sitting next to him, her short bronze hair shifting gently as the elevator continued to rise. She had a soft smile on her face.
“I… I couldn’t even save you.”
“It’s not your fault. It’s those Knowers’ faults. That’s why you need to be strong so you can kill them once they come,” Chloe whispered to him. She tried to wipe away at Loki’s tears with her transparent hands, but it didn’t do anything. She scowled at this.
“I’m not strong enough though,” Loki responded, “I couldn’t even… use your attribute Chloe.”
“Loki, you’re probably the strongest kid on this island. And I’m not exaggerating,” Mr. Ma told him, “You have my telekinesis, Chloe’s poison claws, and the power of three artifacts. There’s no way with that amount of power anyone could stop you. Except for-”
“The Knowers. Yeah. And your dad who we have to face eventually.”
Chloe looked away, taking in the small elevator’s sights (which were none). She put her hands in her pockets.
“Then maybe we really do need to do it. Maybe… we can’t afford to go this route. We need to kill them. It’ll only take the press of a button after all, right?”
“Right,” Loki replied, “But what about you Mr. Ma? I can’t break that promise. I said that I would find another way.”
“Kiddo… I don’t think there’s another way. Regardless, I forgive you for breaking your promise. If you go through with it, that is,” Mr. Ma said gently, “Besides. Think of it as a… Plan B. It’s not your fault. It’s the Knowers’ faults. Make them pay for it!”
“And what about you, Chloe? I can’t just kill your friend.”
“It’s okay. I care about her. But it’s for the best. I think she would understand,” Chloe reasoned, “I won’t hold it against you. I care about you too. That’s why I want you to be safe.”
Loki wiped the tears away from his face, and the elevator slowly came to a stop. The elevator doors opened, revealing what was supposed to be Mr. Ma’s office, although now turned into Loki’s. The walls were made out of glass so he could see outside into the tundra and town. Loki stood up and stepped out of the doors, turning back to look at the loved ones he’d lost.
“Loki, you’ll always be my son no matter the outcome,” Mr. Ma reassured him.
“And you’ll always be my best friend,” Chloe comforted him.
The elevator doors closed on the two, leaving Loki truly alone once again. He turned back around and walked up to his desk, which had a singular red button attached to it. It smelled of death.
“Thanks, Mr. Ma. Thanks, Chloe,” Loki whispered to himself.
Loki stepped up to the desk and placed his finger on the button. He took a deep breath in and then exhaled, before finally pressing down.
The night was silent for a bit. And then, just mere moments later, Loki’s implant exploded with power, flashing a few dozen different colors all at once. Loki could feel his bones vibrate as dozens of new implant attributes rushed inside his memory. His strength began to grow, and he closed his eyes.
“I’m sorry,” he stated blankly. He didn’t feel too bad. Loki didn’t understand why, but it didn’t matter. One thing was certain.
Finality was near.
I had a max level one of these, and it could actually one shot a diplo. I was using it to collect meat, and we were on a hill. I hid it in the ground, and then it launched out and killed the diplo, but flew down the giant hill and I didn’t see it again. I went to look for it, and then got a message that it was killed by piranhas. So I kill every piranha I see.
I was walking in the snow biom and suddenly this guy comes. I was like oh hell no. I got my bow and shot at it. Then it got knocked out I was about to leave when I thought, wait I don’t have a purlovia as a tame so I fed it lots of meat and I tamed it. His name is digger and he’s very sweet he’s like a puppy. He’s also great for pranking friends by targeting them and zoom my friend goes running. It’s so funny!!!
I HATE THESE THINGS. HERE'S WHY
I was playing extinction and had a argentavis named Tobi. Me and my brother were flying nearby the ice biome and I get thrown off and blinded by it. The next thing I know is I'm dying and I see Tobi on the ground dead and almost cried. Luckily, the tapejara was with us but very low health. When I got home, I promised myself to always hunt these God awful things.
The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)
Chapter 91a: Long Elevator
Original Post Date: Aug 2, 2024
Note: Story starts in Wyvern, Aerial ABC backwards filter and has a Prologue. Last chapter in Raptor, next chapter in Pulmonoscorpius.
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As President Loki, Sophie, and Brad got closer and closer to their settlement in the eternal snow, they could notice there were large stone walls surrounding the perimeter. Sophie and Brad gasped at the sight.
“Wow. Dr. Aston’s really been doing some work huh?” Sophie commented. President Loki nodded.
“Yeah he has been,” he replied, noticing the large tower posted in the middle of the village. The three of them walked up to a large gate and then knocked on it. The gate slowly opened for them, and two village goers were waiting on the other side. As they spotted President Loki, they bowed to him.
“Greetings President,” the man and woman said. President Loki’s eyes glanced over the two individuals’ necks. They were like collars, in a way. President Loki ignored the two and all three of them moved forward, on to the compound. The three stepped inside and were blasted with a wave of heat. President Loki looked up to see waves of heaters lining the walls.
Dr. Aston was sitting on his stool, with his arms resting silently on the now metal tables. The room smelled of a smog-like substance and it felt toxic. President Loki’s throat hurt from the smell.
“Good evening, President Loki,” Dr. Aston nodded his head. It was then that Sophie noticed the two metal collars that lay on the metal table. She quickly pointed at it, attracting the attention of Brad.
“What’s that?” Sophie asked, “The guards at the gate had them too.”
“That? That’s an explosion collar,” Dr. Aston answered calmly. Brad’s eyes bulged out of his head, and he took a step back.
“What?! Then why are they wearing it? What if it blows up? They’ll die!”
“That’s… kind of the point,” Dr. Aston replied, his eyes narrowed, “If the Knowers attack anytime soon, if they manage to defeat someone, the sensors will go off and on the brink of death, anyone about to die will have their collar blown up, taking both of them out. Isn’t it genius?”
President Loki glared at Dr. Aston, his fists clenched.
“Dr. Aston this is too big of a risk to take. What if it does go off without the sensors? And even so, what if someone doesn’t want to go this way? There has to be another way-”
Dr. Aston silenced President Loki, putting a finger to his own lips.
“It has to be this way. Otherwise the Knowers will grow too strong. You’ve already made an enemy of them too, it seems,” Dr. Aston noted, looking around for Chloe. Sophie’s head dropped to the ground, ashamed. President Loki stared at Dr. Aston as if he were insane.
“Okay. You prove a point,” President Loki said. His eyes wandered to the wall. There were elevator doors. He nodded his head toward that, and Dr. Aston swiveled around.
“Oh… that,” Dr. Aston muttered. He turned to Sophie and Brad, “You two. Out. This talk is between me and Loki alone. Take the collars with you too.”
Brad nervously bowed goodbye to the two and grabbed the collar, placing it around his neck and leaving without a word. Sophie followed, albeit more hesitant than her peers. As Sophie shut the door behind her, Dr. Aston continued to speak.
“I knew Mr. Mo’s plan all along. He told me,” he revealed without warning. President Loki turned to Dr. Aston, horrified. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. It all came crashing down so fast that he didn’t have words to say.
“He told me that there would be someone waiting for us once we got off the island. The only way we’d be able to defeat that person would be to kill everyone on the island. He promised me that you and I would be the only ones left alive.”
President Loki suddenly pushed Dr. Aston. Dr. Aston went tumbling backwards and crashed into a metal table with glass vials and a strange metal arm. The table shook, and the glass vials fell down and shattered.
“And you never told me?! We could have saved Mr. Ma! HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DIE THAT DAY!” President Loki howled, his body shaking and his eyes teary. Dr. Aston grumbled to himself and slowly stood up.
“I fell asleep that day. Could you have blamed me?” Dr. Aston snarled. He got back onto his two feet and pointed at the elevator door.
“You are supposed to be his apprentice. You have to finish the job if we are to make it out alive. You’re the perfect fit especially with your implant attribute.”
“No! I refuse to do it!” President Loki snapped back, “I promised him that I would do it another way, one where as many people could have lived! Not a way where everyone dies!”
Dr. Aston rolled his eyes. He nodded to the elevator door.
“Just get to your office. It has all your belongings inside. It’s supposed to be your safehouse, now that those Knowers are probably on our tail. And if you ever change your mind… then there’s a button waiting for you atop. It’ll-”
As Dr. Aston rambled on, President Loki turned away. He walked up to the elevator doors and pressed the button, and the metal doors instantly shuffled open. He stepped inside, looking at his former teacher’s face one last time before the doors closed on him. The elevator began to move, the wires and bolts rickety and clearly primitive.
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“Dr. Aston would have never been this way if it weren’t for Mr. Ma’s father,” President Loki muttered, his eyes closed. He leaned against the wall, crossing his arms, “He doesn’t even know that only two people can leave this ARK alive. And he doesn’t even know his real name…”
As the long elevator ascended, he felt someone walk towards him, putting his arm against the wall and staring at Loki with a goofy smile. He ruffled his combed back gray hair and adjusted the fur armor on his body.
“Loki?” the man asked. Loki ignored him.
“Loki!” the man screamed in his face. Loki turned to Mr. Ma with an annoyed look on his face, his eyes piercing through his transparent body.
“What?!” Loki asked.
“Are we there yet?” Mr. Ma questioned. Loki rolled his eyes.
“Does it look like we’re there yet?”
Mr. Ma looked around, scratching his head, and then shook his head.
“Yeah. So shut up and go away. I know you’re just a figment of my imagination so don’t even bother,” Loki shot at him. Mr. Ma seemed hurt by his words. Loki glanced at his frown and he felt a lump in his throat grow. Mr. Ma’s frown quickly turned into a smile.
“Well, are we there yet now?”
“No, we aren’t,” Loki murmured under his breath. Mr. Ma still seemingly was able to hear his words. Loki continued, “I’m still trying to process everything that’s happened and you’re trying to joke around and irritate me?”
“Why do you want me gone so badly?” Mr. Ma asked, “I’m just trying to cheer you up, and I just got here!”
Loki suddenly exploded in a mixture of anger and misery,
“COME ON! After what just happened back there with Chloe and Aurora you expect me to be all happy and cheery? They tried to jump me and I almost died! With all those close calls that almost had me killed? That almost led all our efforts to waste?” Loki crumpled to the ground in a sitting position, his head hung in shame. A tear dribbled down his cheek, “It’s… taken a toll on me.”
Mr. Ma sat down next to him, looking at the elevator wall silently.
“Loki you’ve taken everything like a champ so far!” Mr. Ma told him, “You defeated Jerry, you defeated those things at the cave, you’ve defeated that Knower group, and then you defeated that Knower group a second time! I think… you’ve done great so far.”
“I couldn’t have done it without your power,” Loki sniffled, “I’m useless without you.”
Mr. Ma put a hand on his shoulder.
“That’s why I’ll always be there for you! I won’t leave your side, ever! We can defeat them together!”
“That’s right Loki, we won’t leave your side,” Chloe suddenly said. Loki turned to his right and saw Chloe sitting next to him, her short bronze hair shifting gently as the elevator continued to rise. She had a soft smile on her face.
“I… I couldn’t even save you.”
“It’s not your fault. It’s those Knowers’ faults. That’s why you need to be strong so you can kill them once they come,” Chloe whispered to him. She tried to wipe away at Loki’s tears with her transparent hands, but it didn’t do anything. She scowled at this.
“I’m not strong enough though,” Loki responded, “I couldn’t even… use your attribute Chloe.”
“Loki, you’re probably the strongest kid on this island. And I’m not exaggerating,” Mr. Ma told him, “You have my telekinesis, Chloe’s poison claws, and the power of three artifacts. There’s no way with that amount of power anyone could stop you. Except for-”
“The Knowers. Yeah. And your dad who we have to face eventually.”
Chloe looked away, taking in the small elevator’s sights (which were none). She put her hands in her pockets.
“Then maybe we really do need to do it. Maybe… we can’t afford to go this route. We need to kill them. It’ll only take the press of a button after all, right?”
“Right,” Loki replied, “But what about you Mr. Ma? I can’t break that promise. I said that I would find another way.”
“Kiddo… I don’t think there’s another way. Regardless, I forgive you for breaking your promise. If you go through with it, that is,” Mr. Ma said gently, “Besides. Think of it as a… Plan B. It’s not your fault. It’s the Knowers’ faults. Make them pay for it!”
“And what about you, Chloe? I can’t just kill your friend.”
“It’s okay. I care about her. But it’s for the best. I think she would understand,” Chloe reasoned, “I won’t hold it against you. I care about you too. That’s why I want you to be safe.”
Loki wiped the tears away from his face, and the elevator slowly came to a stop. The elevator doors opened, revealing what was supposed to be Mr. Ma’s office, although now turned into Loki’s. The walls were made out of glass so he could see outside into the tundra and town. Loki stood up and stepped out of the doors, turning back to look at the loved ones he’d lost.
“Loki, you’ll always be my son no matter the outcome,” Mr. Ma reassured him.
“And you’ll always be my best friend,” Chloe comforted him.
The elevator doors closed on the two, leaving Loki truly alone once again. He turned back around and walked up to his desk, which had a singular red button attached to it. It smelled of death.
“Thanks, Mr. Ma. Thanks, Chloe,” Loki whispered to himself.
Loki stepped up to the desk and placed his finger on the button. He took a deep breath in and then exhaled, before finally pressing down.
The night was silent for a bit. And then, just mere moments later, Loki’s implant exploded with power, flashing a few dozen different colors all at once. Loki could feel his bones vibrate as dozens of new implant attributes rushed inside his memory. His strength began to grow, and he closed his eyes.
“I’m sorry,” he stated blankly. He didn’t feel too bad. Loki didn’t understand why, but it didn’t matter. One thing was certain.
Finality was near.
Okay, I like to take photos of creatures, dangerous or not, carnivore or herbivore, just whatever. I somehow got my way out of the swamp into a red wooded area, and was looking for more things to capture and photograph, and I had spotted a compy was going after it, and then I get attacked by this flipping thing, in which ruined my chances. Made a good picture though!