[After running away]

Stomach growling with nowhere to go and no one to stick by

Baby reaper:*hears something under ground* h-hello a-anyone there?

Top of head of something pokes out and growls

(Slowly the baby reaper backs up into a corner hoping that he is safe)

Baby reaper:stay away or I'll call for my mom

Unknown:you mean the dead one little one

Baby reaper: who are you?!

5 ups and part three will come sorry for the first one being so bad😆😅

So I spawned it in and I roared (it sounds like choking and wheezing lol) and I shot it for 68 mins then it glowed red got near it and it went away.

2Hours later I was in my base making tranqs then a baby pops out of nowhere and I was like what the heck to then I noticed then I was like WHAT THE IM A MAN HOW DID I GIVE FRICKING BIRTH

PLS UP

-AxolTheHellFireAxolotle

Reaper queen: they are about to come stay behind this rock ok?

Baby reaper: ok mommy

*humans trap the mother and start hurting her*

Baby reaper's mind:no mom fight back *runs away to the blue tree zone*

*mom reaper dies from human/poachers*

NOW YOU ALL KNOW HOW THE KINGS FEEL

LIKE FOR PART TWO (SORRY CANT TURN OFF CAPPS)

Chapter 50: The Xenomorph Showdown

Part 5/5: The Great Escape

Extra note: There will now be only five parts. Parts 5 and 6 were originally pretty short, so I’m going to combine both parts for this one. Enjoy the grand finale of Section II!!

10:51 PM

Above Dread’s base…

Aberration was in a massive transition phase. The sunset on Aberration showing the final sunset for Dread and his tribe. This would hopefully be the end of Dread’s regin over Aberration. Sodden and the others were on their Rock Drakes, right above the front walls to Dread’s base.

“Well… what now?” Dorack asked. Sodden sighed.

“We go. Now.” Sodden said. Then just as Syl was about to launch herself, a Rock Drake suddenly launched forwards from behind and right at Sylveevee’s butt,, causing her to screech and lose her grip on the ceiling. Sodden and Dorack shouted as they gripped tightly on the Roock Drake. Drake roared and glided down too Syl, then another Rock Drake shot forwards at Drake and rammed into him, and he began to fall towards the base. Syl yelled as Sodden and Dorack gripped tightly on the drake. They were doing it easily. Nal, however, struggled to keep a grip. She screamed as she got thrown around, barely holding onto the tail. Dorack gasped as he saw Nal beginning to slip. Dorack shouted and tried to climb down the back of the Rock Drake, but he accidentally misssed a step and he almost fell off. He shouted and gripped tightly on the fur. Nal yelled as she slipped from the tail and fell straight downwards to the base.

“NOOOOO!!!” Dorack yelled. He then leaped off the Rock Drake, and Sodden gasped in shock.

“Dorack!!” Sodden yelled.

“Sodden! Just go and kill him! I’ll handle Nal.” Dorack yelled as he continued to freefall to the ground. He glided downwards to Nal, then grabbed her back, then before they could pull a parachute, they slammed right down into a bush near the base’s front door. Some blood was oozing out of the bush, parts of it pristine and gray-colored. Syl managed to regain her traction and glided down to the ground and slammed onto the path to the base. Sodden leaped off and ran to the bush, then rustled through it to find Dorack holding Nal in his hands. Nal was badly bruised, with her lower leg dislocated. She was unconscious from the injuries. Sodden gasped. Drake then came down too, managing to regain his traction, and Skyocean and Cooper leaped off. They ran towards Nal. They then helped Dorack out of the bush. He limped as he groaned, trying to get out of the sticks and leaves. He got out, then Cooper picked up Nal and carried her towards Drake. Nal was laid down on the wings of Drake.

“I’ll help her. You two get in there. Skyocean will help. Syl, morph back into a human and help me out!” Cooper yelled. Everyone nodded. Syl then glowed brbight magenta and shrunk down to a human, then she ran to Cooper, and crouched down near Nal, and put down a bag.. She took out some bandages while CCooper tried to keep her leg stable. They had to make sure she did not die. Stable respawning is possible for essence over 85 percent stability. Nal only had 45 percent. Dorack sniffled softly, and Sodden grabbed his arm.

“Come on! We need to go! They won’t be fine if we stay out here.” Sodden said. Dorack nodded and turned to him, then they and Skyocean ran to the door. Skyocean took a metal shield out of his bag and ran as fast as he could to the door, shattering it and causing him to be launched forwards. He managed to pick up his feet again. He turned to Sodden and Dorack, who walked into the base with them. The base’s interior was quiet. No one seemed to be around, not even on the stairs. Sodden didn’t know if Dread had actually left. Dorack and Sodden pulled out their shotguns, and Skyocean walked forwards, then towards a metal door on the opposite side of the room. The door had an alarm right above it. Access to tribe members only. As soon as they entered the room, there would be no turning back. Skyocean breathed deeply then began glowing bright blue. He morphed into Dread again. He then used his arm to unlock the door, and open it, and as soon as it creaked open, the alarm went off. Flashing red and white, it made a loud blaring noise. Sodden and Dorack immediately ran through the doorway, and the three walked down the hall, which was flashing red from the alarms. Then they heard deep growling, and Sodden gasped. They stopped moving, then looked around the area, their shotguns out and aiming at whatever came for them. Skyocean morophed back into a human because he had to stay with the others for as long as he could. Then 5 Megalosauruses ran from the lower hall and lunged right at Sodden. He and Dorack then shot two of them in the head and leaped away, dodging the creatures. The other three growled and ran at Dorack, opening its mouth to pick him up. Dorack shot him down too, then another one lunged at his back, and knocked him down to the ground, He opened his mouth to clamp down on his neck, then Sodden struck the Megalosaur’s head hard, and it fell over, and Sodden immediately swung it back around to shoot the creature in the head. Dorack gasped as he gripped his back, and stood up.

“You good?” Sodden asked. Dorack nodded as he turned to his right.

“Yeah.” Dorack said. Then they continued to walk, then they heard a deep, booming voice.

“Don’t go any further.” The voice growled. Sodden and Dorack gasped.

“I knew it.” Sodden whispered softly.

“I’ve been waiting here. I knew you’d come back. Why can’t you just give up? It’s over for you guys. Don’t you see? All I need to do is send you guys back when Serenity dies in two hours. Oh, wait. It should be one… nevermind. It doesn’t matter. You’ll be dead long before then.” Dread sneered as he stormed to Sodden. Sodden then took a cryopod out of his bag and dropped it on the ground. Reaper came out of it. She looked around, then noticed Dread slowly walking towards Sodden.. Reaper growled deeply and lowered her body, ready to pounce. Dread stopped moving and chuckled.

“Go ahead. Send her at me. I’ll just defeat her again. There’s nothing you can do. Okay… any last words?” Dread sneered. Sodden scoffed and walked ahead of Dorack, towards Dread at a slow pace.

“I’m the one who should be asking that question. Though I think you’d just go on and on about that crap with the… “cycle” that you describe.” Sodden shouted. He then whistled loudly, and Reaper screeched loudly and leaped over Sodden, right at Dread, then Dread got knocked down, and Reaper tried to hold him down, but Dread was holding her neck and legs and tried to throw her off. Skyocean scoffed and morphed into Dread again to hold him down. Skyocean ran at Dread and lunged at his arms, trying to hold down his left arm. Dread gasped and kicked Reaper backwards, and she rammed into the wall, and got up, groaning softly. Dread then took out a sword from his bag and struck Skyocean in the shoulder with it. He yelled in pain as he released his grip on Dread, and he morphed back intoo his human form as he was too injured to shapeshift. Dread growled and stood up. Skyocean groaned softly as he tried to get up. His shoulder had a crack in it, and it was bleeding out. He fell down to the ground again, and he was lying on his hips, and he clutched his shoulder. Dread then yanked the sword out of his shoulder violently, causing Skyocean to shout in pain as his shoulder became even more fragmented. Reaper then lunged at Dread’s head, pinned him down again, and Dread roared as he tried to shove her off. Dread grabbed Reaper’s neck with both hands, then Dorack ran at Dread and swung his shotgun down to his left shoulder. He slammed down onto it, and Dread yelled in iain, then he kicked Dorack hard, then threw Reaper off and stood up. Reaper hit the wall again, and got back up, slightly disoriented. Reaper growled and ran at Dread again. Skyocean scoffed and took a medical brew out of his bag. It was the last one he had. He quickly drank it down, and his wound began to shrink. The blood stopped pouring out. Then as he finished drinking it, his wound was gone and he no longer hurt. Skyocean growled and stood up. Sodden was sitting besides a doorway, gripping the device in his hands. He was waiting for the right time to strike. Dorack leaped at Dread, then punched him in the face and grabbed his left arm, and Dread then grabbed his legs with his right hand and swung him upwards, and slammed him into the ground. Dorack shouted in pain as he hit the floor, and he tried to get up, then Skyocean and Reaper ran at Dread, striking his back at the same time. He shouted in pain as he got launched forwards, hitting the wall hard. Dread growled softly and groaned as he got up. He scoffed and turned around to Skyocean. He took a sword out of his bag, then ran at Reaper, and swung the sword right at her neck. Reaper leaped out of the way, dodged it, then Skyocean leaped at his shoulders and grabbed his neck, pulling him down to the ground. Dread slammed into the ground again, shouting in pain. Skyocean growled as he took a sword out and stabbed his left shoulder with it. Dread growled as he lifted his feet, trying to crush Skyocean’s legs. He repeatedly struck them, and Skyocean groaned as he tried to break apart his shoulder, but he groaned in exhaustion and dropped the sword right on his back, then fell over. Reaper lunged at his neck and grabbed it, then lifted it up and slammed it down into the ground again. Dread then flipped over and grabbed Reaper’s legs, then stood up and threw her across the hall. She slammed into the ground again, and she was becoming more bruised, and blood started coming out of her legs. Dread then turned to Dorack and grabbed his neck, then pinned him down to the ground. Dorack gasped, trying to hit Dread’s hands away, but he wouldn’t budge. Reaper could barely stand. Skyocean couldn’t even stand at all. Dread groaned as he pinned down Dorack’s legs with his legs.

“This ends now!” Dread yelled as he took a sword out of his bag, then took his left arm and pinned down Dorack’s left wrist with it. He lifted the sword high in the air.

“Any last words, idiot?” Dread sneered. Dorack scoffed.

“No one… messes with my friends… and gets away with it!!” Dorack screamed. Dread growled and was about to bring the sword down, when Sodden ran right behind him, and swung the device right into Dread’s left wrist. Sodden barely missed Dorack. The impact was directly into his singularity, immediately causing Dread to shout in pain, and he dropped the sword on the ground and released his grip on Dorack. Dorack gasped and stood up, thenn Sodden knocked Dread down to the ground. Dread’s implant was crackling, glowing orange-red. Tons of purple-blue ooze poured out of it. The singularity inside was pulsating red. It was critically damaged. It was a direct hit. The biotoxin began flowing through his essence, causing his essence stability to drop rapidly. Dread groaned as he was pushed down on his belly, trying to move his legs. He could barely move them. Sodden then picked up Dread’s sword and lodged it into Dread’s implant, further damaging its essence. Dread shouted in pain as he began to feel queasy, and he coughed some blood. He could barely breathe. Sodden growled and crouched down near his head.

“Where’s Serenity?” Sodden asked. Dread scoffed.

“As if… as if I’ll tell you…” Dread said weakly. Sodden then grabbed the back of his head and pressed it down further into the ground. Dread yelled in pain as he continued to lose his stability.

“I’m going to guess she’s in a room somewhere down here.” Sodden said. Dread growled softly.

“Yeah… incubator near the tip. Speeds up… embryo growth by 10 times. You only have 50 minutes to get that Reaper out, Sodden. How are you going to… ugh. You’ll fail. You will not win. All it takes is for her heart to stop… and…” Dread said weakly.

“Listen. If that happens, we go to Ragnarok immediately. My tribe will protect us.” Sodden said. Dread growled softly.

“Okay, okay… yeah. You’re smart. You’re the one to kill me. But she… she’s the real catalyst. You… you’re done… you won’t be able to do it… just… can’t…” Dread said weakly. His speech began to trail off. His essence began to decay. Essence stability was down to 20 percent. Dread sighed softly.

“Just… go… get her… just leave…” Dread said quietly. Finally, his speech stopped, and he was barely breathing anymore. Sodden stood up and walked forward. He picked up Dread’s sword and ran down the halls, and Dorack crouched down near Skyocean to help him. Dread’s implant flashed rapidly, a red and orange color, then it made a ding noise and became gold, then its color darkened and faded away. And a death message appeared. For Sodden. Dorack. All of Nudon. For everyone in Drake Death. The culmination of what had lasted over an year. Sodden ran down the hall, then saw a giant blue door near the bottom. He looked up at it, and it was wide open. Inside was a giant cryopod like structure. It had a glass hatch on the top. There was a panel on its side. The inside was soft and warm, and warm air was pouring in through the machine. There was a tube attached to Serenity’s belly. And on the panel, there was a countdown. The embryo’s picture was shown next to it. The embryo had quadrupled in size since then. It was getting close to being done. Sodden scoffed and swung the sword at the panel, smashing it and causing it to malfunction. He didn’t have time to lose. It caused the cryopod to make a whirring noise, then it faded away. The tube then disconnected and the air stopped pouring in. Then the hatch hissed as it began opening. Sodden gasped. He walked to Serenity, then put his hands inside the hatch, and picked her up with his hands, and when Sodden was done, he found her bag, then put it on his back, making him quite heavy, then he walked out of the room, trying to get back to the exit. Dorack had put bandages on Skyocean’s legs, then he saw Sodden slowly walking with Serenity in his hands. Dorack ran to Sodden.

“I’ll carry that other bag. Get to Drake. Okay?” Dorack said. Sodden nodded. He walked up to the exit, about to leave the place.

Sodden rose from the entrance, and Cooper gasped as he stood up and looked at Sodden. Every piece of Drake Death’s tribe was gone. All their tames and structures were unclaimed. There were multiple soldiers from the tribe dying due to their creatures going wild again. Some lost control of their creatures, others were eaten. Sodden hadn’t won yet, though. He still had to get that Reaper King out. Cooper ran to Sodden and Sodden gave him his bag.

“Syl, we need to go.” Sodden said as he turned to the other Rock Drake, a magenta colored one. Syl nodded, and Cooper picked up Serenity and put her on the back of Syl. Sodden climbed down, and after he did, he saw Dorack coming out, with Skyocean limping on a crutch. Both went to Drake, and got on too. Nal had recovered mostly and she was on Drake’s back. Cooper climbed up onto Drake’s back, with Dorack and Skyocoean. Both Drake and Sylveevee took off and went to fly back to the Aberration Kingdom.

11:18 PM…

The group had just arrived back in the Aberration Kingdom. Syl and Drake were morphed into human form now. They were running towards the main entrance to the castle. Sodden had Serenity in his hands, and Nal and Dorack were besides each other, running behind Sodden. Syl, Drake, Skyocean, and Cooper had opened the door and had cleared the way for them to enter. When Sodden entered, Syl walked to him.

“Come with me.” Syl said. Sodden nodded, and Syl walked to the left, towards a door. The door led down to a basement, and there was a chamber at the bottom. Syl opened the door, and Sodden walked down the stairs. When he reached the bottom, he saw three big cryopods lined up on the right of the wall. They all had a panel on the front, and there were two holes in each one, with a rubber like formation hanging from each of them. The pods were for Reaper extractions. Syl walked ahead of Sodden, and towards one of the pods. Syl stood besides the panel and Sodden walked towards it.

“Okay. I know you’ve never done something like this before. Basically, you gotta use a rotating drill made of wool to softly push the Reaper towards the… well…” Syl said as she pointed to her behind. Sodden gasped softly and nodded.

“Okay, then if its head starts sticking out of the opening, you gotta get that thing out. It’s not fully conscious. But it will wake up after a few minutes of being out, so you have to get her out quickly. This will not be easy, but it has to be done.” Syl said. Sodden nodded. There was a small pair of steps near the side of the pod, and Sodden walked to it, then walked up to the top of it. Syl then looked at the panel and activated the hatch. The glass door hissed as it opened slowly, and Sodden then placed Serenity in the hatch, her head facing to the front, and the soft rotating device on her belly. Sodden placed her body inside, and Syl closed the hatch. Sodden sighed and walked back. Syl then activated the rotating sphere, and as soon as she did, gas began to pour into the pod. It was cool and soft. It would ensure the Reaper King came out. Then, sure enough, they heard quiet clicking noises, and then quiet huffing. Syl gasped and walked to the other side of the pod, then walked up some smal set of stairs. She then put her hands inside the rubber, then watched carefully as her behind began to move softly. The Reaper King screeched softly, half conscious. It was growling softly, trying to move. Then it got moved backwards, towards the lower end of Serenity’s stomach and towards her behind. Syl gasped as she saw a small, dark brown and slimy head poke out of the hole. Its eyes were shut, and it could barely move its head. It tried to move out, but it was stuck. Syl sighed and put her hands on the head,, slowly and carefully pulling it out. The Reaper King was still half conscious, so it barely moved. Syl then finally got the tail out. Serenity then gasped softly as she opened her eyes, noticing where she was. She looked behind her to see Syl holding the Reaper King in her hands. Serenity gasped softly as she looked ahead. Sodden walked to the panel and looked up at her.

“Hey. How you doing?” Sodden asked. Serenity sighed softly.

“Alright, I guess. A lot better since that thing’s gone now.” She said. Syl then turned to Sodden, and opened her mouth to say something, but before she could do it, a arm suddenly wrapped around her neck and a dart suddenly got slammed into her neck. She screamed and gasped softly, groaning a bit, then she fell over to the ground, unconscious. Then someone walked from behind Syl. Sodden gasped in shock. It was Rod.

“Did you really think you would get away with this?” Rod sneered. Sodden scoffed.

“How did you even get in here?” Sodden asked in confusion. Rod chuckled.

“That’s not my concern.” Rod growled. He then took a pistol out of his bag then pointed it at the cryopod.

“You are going to step away from that panel right now.” Rod growled. Sodden gasped. He had no choice. He backed away slowly. Rod growled softly and walked closer to Sodden.. Serenity gasped in horror and yelled as she tried to bang on the hatch. She was able to flip over, but she couldn’t sit up right. The Reaper King was on the floor besides her, curled up and growling softly. It would wake up soon due to the conditions. It had woken up completely in Dread’s base, but after losing the conditions it needed to live, it fell asleep again. But now, its consciousness was returning. Sodden backed away, holding up his hands as Rod aimed the pistol at his chest, walking towards him.

“Why couldn’t you just… give up when you had the chance? Like Dread said, all it takes is for a death message, red or gold, to appear on Terad’s tribelog. I’ll just kill you and put you out of your misery.” Rod growled. His fingers rested on the trigger, about to pull it. Syl groaned softly as she began to open her eyes, her vision was blurry. She groaned as she got up. Her torpor had drained completely, and she felt a deep pinch in her neck. She took the dart out of it, and gasped as she noticed Rod trying to kill Sodden. Syl scoffed and took a sword out of her bag, and ran at Rod to strike him. Rod scoffed.

“Yeah. I’m not dumb.” Rod growled. He then turned around to Syl and pulled the trigger, launching a bullet into her shoulder. Syl screamed in pain as she fell to the ground, gripping her shoulder. Rod chuckled and raised the pistol again, aiming it at her chest. Syl gasped as she looked up to Rod, aiming the pistol at her. Syl’s sword was on the ground, besides her. Sodden ran at Rod, trying to tackle him, then Rod took another pistol out of his bag and aimed it at Sodden. Sodden gasped as he stopped moving. Rod scoffed.

“Well. Unless you wanna return to the Island with base stats, and unless Sylveevee wants to die, I’m gonna suggest you stop moving. Just watch the carnage unfold. You see… that Reaper King was about to wake up in Dread’s base. But you stopped the process. But you merely delayed his awakening. And it’s even better when Serenity’s awake… heh. Yeah… you’re done.” Rod sneered. He looked up at the cryopod. And sure enough, the Reaper King was beginning to stand up, growling deeply. Serenity gasped in terror and started banging on the glass. The Reaper growled as it crept closer and closer to her. Sodden gasped in horror.

“No…” Sodden said. Serenity was gasping quickly, trying to keep the Reaper away from her. The Reaper King would not budge. Serenity then kicked it against the wall, and held her foot against the wall, trying to pin down the Reaper. Serenity gasped as the Reaper shoved her foot away and lunged right at her chest. She screamed loudly as the Reaper punctured her shoulders with its claws, ripping her body apart and causing blood to spray across the pod. Syl yelled and ran to the side, leaping forwards. Rod pulled the trigger but Syl dodged it, and Syl lunged at Rod. Sodden gasped in shock.

“Go save her! I’ll handle Rod!” Syl yelled. Sodden growled and ran at the pod, which was beeping loudly. It was broken. Serenity screamed as the Reaper dug right into her chest, causing blood to pour out of her. She tried to hold the Reaper back, but to no avail. Sodden picked up Syl’s sword and swung it at the glass, and it directly struck the sides, causing the whole thing to shatter and vanish, with shards falling onto the floor. Sodden immediately grabbed the Reaper King and pulled it right off of Serenity. It screeched loudly as it tried to escape. Sodden ran to a nearby cage, reserved for Reaper Kings, and Sodden kicked the door open with his foot and threw the baby into the cage, then locked the cage immediately. The Reaper couldn’t get out. Sodden then turned around to Serenity and ran towards her. Sodden picked up Serenity, who was coughing and sniffling, gasping softly. She was barely conscious. Then, they heard quick footsteps. Cooper and Drake ran downstairs.

“Hey! What’s all the commo- OH MY SWEET JASPER BERRIES!!! WHAT HAPPENED HERE!!” Cooper yelled in shock. He noticed Serenity bleeding out, blood all over the pod, and Sylveevee being strangled by Rod. Drake gasped in horror.

“Tell Skyocean to get down here!” Drake yelled. He ran at Rod and grabbed his neck, throwing him off of Syl. Syl gasped as she stood up, gasping for air. Syl whimpered as she walked over to Cooper. Cooper embraced her just then.

“Cooper. Go help Sodden.” Syl said. Cooper nodded. He let go and ran to Sodden. Blood was dripping onto the ground. Sodden had gotten a few gauze pads on her chest and shoulders, but it wasn’t enough.

“Okay. Come with me. Fast.” Cooper said. Sodden nodded, and they both ran straight upstairs.

11:48 PM…

It had been 30 minutes since the attack. Aberration Kingdom almost had to go into lockdown mode. Rod was inside of a cage in their dungeons. Their dungeon room was on the second floor of the castle. Syl was inside the throne room, along with Cooper. Drake, Skyocean, Dorack, and Nal all stood outside of a big room, lined with raised beds. Each one had a blanket sweeping over them. To the corner was Sodden, sitting on a chair next to Serenity, who was lying on a bed. She was unconscious. She had stitches and staples on her chest, a blood bag attached to her right shoulder, and stitches on her shoulders. Her health continued to decline. It was at 9.4. Another second passed. 9.34. Sodden sat there, nervously. He hoped it would be enough to get her going again. But her heart was slowing. Sodden really did not want a death message to show up, for obvious reasons. Sodden sat there, tapping his foot against the floor. Then he stared down at her chest, and noticed some blood was oozing out of her shoulder. Then a crack appeared. Sodden gasped. He immediately grabbed a bandage out of his bag and pressed itt down on her shoulder. The blood bag unfortunately got disconneccted. It tore itself out of the shoulder because of the pressure of the stitches. Sodden stopped the bleeding, but he had to pray she would be fine on just 6 pints of blood. But the health was declining faster. 8.9. Then 8.8. Then 8.67. Then 8.49. Sodden scoffed and walked to the other end of the room, where there was a debifillaltor inside a small glass box. Sodden openned the box and took the debfillator out of it. He walked to Serenity, then took the debfillator out of the bag it was in. But he noticed, it was dead. It had a red light on the bottom. Sodden groaned and sat down on his chair. 7.8. 7.6. 7.45. Nal and Dorack walked in to see Sodden’s head down. Dorack sat down on the bed besides him.

“Dude. What’s wrong?” Dorack asked.

“Freaking debfillator’s dead.” Sodden said. Dorack sighed.

“We need gasoline for that. Is there gasoline in here?” Dorack asked. Nal then took a bin out of the underside of the bed Serenity was on. Nal looked inside, and sure enough, she found a small cup of gasoline. She ran to Sodden, and Sodden grabbed the can and oopened the defib’s fuel tank. Sodden poured it into a metal sphere, then closed the tank down. Sodden turned it on and stood up, then placed the pads on Serenity’s chest. 4.7. 4.5. 4.3. Sodden had to act fast. He then held the shock machines over her chest.

“Clear!” Sodden yelled as he brought them downwards, sending a shockwave through her body. But her heart could barely start. 3.8. 3.6. 3.3.

“I’ve been here before, Sodden. Just keep trying.” Dorack said. Sodden took a deep breath, then did it again. Her heart couldn’t start well. It was barely going. And Sodden scoffed and looked inside of her mouth. He opened up Serenity’s mouth and looked inside. Sodden groaned and reached inside, then slowly lifted it out. It was some kind of device. It was made to block her airway over time. To ensure Sodden couldn’t get out of the place without consequences. Consequences that would arrive in 15 seconds. Sodden groaned softly and put his head down, and he activated the defib again, sending another shockwave through Serenity’s body. It barely accelerated her heart enough. 1.3. 1.02. 0.89. Sodden refused to give up. He then put his hands on her chest, then began rapidly pressing down on it. Sodden groaned as he kept doing it 10 times, two per second. Sodden kept trying. Then after a minute of going, Serenity’s eyes suddenly shot open, and she woke up, gasping quickly. She then moved her arm towards her chest,, and Sodden then sat down near her, right on the bed, sighing softly. Serenity chuckled softly. Sodden sniffled softly, gasping in relief.

“Oh… thank god…” Sodden sighed. He held Serenity’s hand, relieved that everything was okay. Sodden looked down at her, and Dorack gasped softly as he put his hands to his mouth. Sodden sighed softly as he stared at her. Serenity sighed softly as she tried to sit up. Her back hurt, and she was still in pain. But she was here. That was all Sodden cared about. It was over. The Aberration Ravage was over for good this time. Sodden sat on the bed near her, and Serenity sat up against the wall. Sodden embraced Serenity with his arms, and so did Serenity.

“I really thought it was the end…” Sodden said, his voice cracking. He sniffled a bit. Serenity chuckled softly.

“Yeah. Me too. Thanks, bro. We’ve come quite far, huh?” Serenity said. Sodden nodded softly.

They then heard soft rumbling across the ground. The ceiling of the Ark seemed to shake. The surface was clearing out. Reaper Kings, Seekers, all were digging underground. Ready to invade the underground caves. There were 70 survivors total on the surface, all on Rock Drakes. They watched the northern horizon as it glowed bright orange, shimmering brightly. Then a white glow appeared over it. Rays of light blasted across the horizon. Into their eyes. The survivors then let out cheers of excitement, some launching flares into the air, small fireworks bursting in the air. The sun began to peek over the horizon, and as its disk rose above the horizon, the survivors in Aberration Kingdom couldn’t help but look up.

“It’s 11:53. Sunrise is happening. The Ark is entering its polar day. No sunset…” Sodden said.

“Until approximately September 2nd…” Serenity said, smiling, Dorack sighed softly.

“It’s poetic, isn’t it. A new age on the Ark, a new period of daylight. God… what is it like when polar night comes?” Dorack asked. Serenity chuckled.

“Everybody’s just fighting over getting drops over and over. They have to bring insanely powerful creatures up there to survive the waves of Reaper Kings, both wild and tamed. That’s why a lot of breeding happens during the polar day.” Serenity said.

“Well… what was it like when you came over here?” Sodden asked. Serenity chuckled.

“It was like late August when we got here. First sunset was coming. Everyone was hyped. Well… at least until the whole… thing.” Serenity said.

“Yeah, yeah. It’s over, though. Dread’s gone for good. Now we just gotta get out of here.” Sodden said.

“What about Rod?” Nal asked. Sodden sighed and stood up, taking Serenity’s hand. She slowly stood up, and looked up at Nal.

“Sylveevee will keep him in the dungeons. They have to ensure he never escapes.” Sodden said. Dorack chuckled.

“Well… in that case… you know what that means. Time to go back to the Island!” Dorack yelled. Everyone cheered in excitement as they walked out of the room. It was going to be near 10 AM on The Island due to the distance. But this wasn’t anything to Sodden. He would do whatever it took to eventually reach Dead Earth.

Day 15 of Aberration

12:04 AM…

Sodden and his friends were outside the walls. Sylveevee was morphed into a Rock Drake, and Drake, Cooper, and Skyocean were all near her. Sodden and Serenity faced Cooper.

“Well… guess this is it. It was nice seeing you.” Drake said. Sodden nodded.

“Yeah. It was good seeing y’all. Thanks for all your help.” Sodden said. The others nodded in affirmation.

“Well… when you get back to the Island… what are you gonna do?” Skyocean asked. Sodden sighed.

I’ll probably just start collecting resources to prepare to go to Ragnarok.” Sodden said. Syl nodded.

“Well, you wanna go now?” Syl asked. Sodden and his friends nodded, then climbed onto her back. Sodden sat up front, Serenity was right behind him, and Dorack and Nal sat behind her. Syl then turned upwards. The others waved their hands. Sodden sighed softly.

“Yeah. See y’all later.” Sodden said. Then Syl rooared and took off, gliding towards the north, to the terminal at the Ancient Device, aka the portals.

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After some time, the group arrived at the portals. The big, overhead arcs going over the place, and a big metal ground extending across the place. Towards the end of a wall was a big tall, circular portal and in its center was some kind of transmitter. It was placed sideways, facing away from the wall, and it was quite large. The group traveled towards it, and there was a spot inside for transport between Arks. Syl then walked towards it, as it hung over some kind of metal floor, and Sodden got off the Drake to walk towards it. He used his implant to open its inventory, and there was a big holographic screen. Then he went to the “Transport” tab. The only option availble was The Island. For that, they needed the artifacts, all of which Sodden had. He took all three out of his bag, then placed them inside a container that had exited the transmitter. Then it retracted backwards, and the artifacts dissolved into the machine. Then the transmitter glowed brightly. Sodden then activated the transport mechanism. The transmitter flashed brightly, and made a deep beeping noise.

“Transport confirmed. Transporting to The Island in 120 seconds…” The transmitter said in a computerized voice.

“The main Rockwell Terminal is broken, so it’d be wise to use this.” Serenity said. Sodden nodded.

“Yeah, but what happened to it?” Dorack asked. Syl sighed.

“It’s likely Terad’s past shenanigans with the transport device to Extinction possibly drove its mechanism to become disabled entirely. The only way to restart it is to prove you’re worthy. Collecting the Alpha tributes from every Ark in the main path. From Ragnarok, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur. It’s 10,000 element, all these alpha tributes from bosses, 1,000 runes. You have a lot ahead of you guys.” Syl said. Sodden chuckled.

“We will do it. We can do it, guys. Right?” Sodden asked. Everyone nodded in agreement. Syl sighed.

“Okay. Then good luck out there. See y’all later!” Syl said.

“Bye!” Sodden and Dorack yelled as they waved their hands, and Syl leaped off the wall and glided downwards, then down south, towards her base. Serenity sighed softly.

“That’s it. Well, it’s time to plan for Ragnarok, guys.” Sodden said.

“Yeah. And of course, make sure Terad does not find out about all this.” Serenity said. Sodden chuckled.

“Yeah.” Dorack said. He was about to say something else, when his implant suddenly dinged. So did Sodden and Nal’s implants. They looked down at them. There was a message there. Dorack gasped softly and put his hands on his mouth. It was Codred.

“Guys? If you’re about to come home, come home right now. Terad’s about to raid our tribe. Something about… Aberration or whatever. I’ll explain later.” The message said. Sodden sighed.

“Wait… what happened?” Sodden asked, confused. He then groaned and looked over to the south.

“I think I know. Rod must have snuck to an obelisk, sent a message to the Island, and Terad found it. He knows. He knows of everything that happened down here. God dang… well. Better go, right?” Sodden asked as he turned back around. Everyone nodded in agreement. Serenity walked to him and took his hands.

“We just gotta go. Resources and everything. Our ascension data will allow us quick access to Ragnarok. The problem is getting what we need. Once we leave the Island… there’s no turning back.” Sodden said. Everyone grunted in agreement and looked at the transmitter. There was a bright blue sphere encircling everyone, and big beams of light striking down onto it. Then the sphere suddenly burst and the survivors were shot upwards, out of the Ark, and into a ascension path. From there, they could see the sun rising, its light flowing across the Arks. Fires ignited across the surface in what felt like slow motion.

“Oh, my god.” Sodden said, his jaw dropped.

“Well… we’ll be back. And when we return, we’ll be ready.” Dorack said. Serenity nodded in agreement. Nal had nearly recovered completely. Serenity and Sodden looked down at each other, and held hands. As they traveled through the path, away from Aberration, Sodden sighedd softly and looked at Serenity.

“I’m never gonna let anything happen to you. Terad has nothing on us.” Sodden said. Serenity chuckled lightly.

“You are very lucky to have us, Sodden. I never thought… when I walked outside at 4:40 AM that morning, that the green beam of light I saw was the beginning of… this. This crazy journey we’ve gone on.” Serenity said. Sodden nodded, sniffling softly.

“It’s JTAC forever, Serenity. It’s us that started it all.” Sodden said. Serenity nodded softly. They put their heads against each others, closed their eyes, and Sodden took a deep breath.

“I never thought this would happen again. But you… you came, and now we’re on this awesome journey… one that will change the Arks.” Serenity said.

“Yeah. I love you.” Sodden whispered softly. Serenity chuckled softly.

“I love you too, dude.” Serenity said softly. Their lips began to come closer to each other, making contact in a few seconds, embracing each other as they went through the path. Dorack and Nal were left speechless.

“I knew it from the start. Don’t bully me because of it.” Dorack said. Nal chuckled and lightly nudged his shoulder.

“Shut up, bro. I think we all deserve some peace right now.” Nal said. Dorack nodded softly. The four survivors then approached the Island, and the path suddenly shot downwards towards its force field, directly towards the volcano. A new era was arriving. One of joy, suspense, action, adventure….

And war…

The journey through all creatures had only just begun…

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I honestly have no words to say. Almost an year, so much trouble with these chapters… congrats if you made it this far. Nearly 180k words of content is insane. Thank you to anyone who’s read the story, if you just started, you’re in the middle, or you finished reading this very chapter, just thank you for the support, feedback, all of that stuff.

You can expect more chapters per month, for real this time, and enjoy it because… well, Chapters 72-75 will be stupid insanely long.

Expect Chapters 72-74 to break 15k words, or maybe 20k.. And Chapter 75… you do NOT want to miss that.

They will absolutely take time to make. I hope you enjoyed this section. It was big, insanely action packed, and so much stuff happened. But the action in Section 3 will be nothing like you’ve seen so far in this story.

With all that said, thank you to SunnyFox, Nexus, and PrimalApex, who just started reading this awesome story. Thank you to Moon for nearly finishing Section 1! And of course, Ben… thank you for reading thus far and for all your feedback. I hope you all enjoyed this section AND this awesome chapter!

And I will see you all in Section 3 of Journey Through All Creatures!!

Bye-bye for now!

-RelatingHen8906

So one day me and my dad went to the radiation zone on valguero to go get some rock drake eggs because we had spotted some earlier when we were in there. We went pretty far into the cave and we had seen nothing when we were almost to where we needed to be or about there we were kinda guessing. While we were walking a reaper queen came out of the ground and we had been killed by reapers before so we knew not to underestimate them so when we saw it we both turned and sprinted as fast as we could on our abberant equus’ and the entire time it was on our heels we thought that they couldn’t leave the radiation zone so we headed for the exit but when we got there he kept chasing us i was fortunate enough to get away. But my dad wasn’t able to so he died,his equus died, and his Bulbdog died. But i kept running in the opposite direction. But unfortunately the reaper decided that she wasn’t done killing so she burrowed then popped out of the ground d right behind me and was slashing and trying to kill me. I kept sprinting i was almost to pond and i was curios if they could go in the water so i jumped in but on my way to the water there was a pack of 4-5 raptors at least at the edge of the pond where i was going so the reaper queen and the pack of raptors was all in in the water with me me and my equus killed most of the raptors except for two unfortunately the reaper killed my equus so i was left stranded with a sword and some other things so i killed the raptor. Then i went and stood at the reapers feet and started stabbing it with my spear and it was working. Every once in a while though the reaper wold spin and it would send me flying then i would run back and start stabbing it again and while i was doing that my dad showed up and started shuttling it with a shotgun and we finally killed it then i got acid burn but it didn’t kill me so i lived to tell the tale. The is how we defeated the reaper queen. Hope that you liked it!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 50: The Xenomorph Showdown

Reposted as the title of the original was missing a j

Note: Story starts in Achatina, The Island ABC order for Section I, Scorched Earth Exclusives and Aberration exclusives for Section II and has a Prologue. Last chapter in Shinehorn. This is the Section II Finale! All parts in Reaper. Next chapter in Drakeling and Chapters 51-55 will be in various Ragnarok creatures!! Enjoy the end!

Part 1/5: Rescue Mission

Aberration - Day 14

6:15 PM…

Sodden and Sylveevee had finally arrived back at the base. The sun had long taken its light from the underground, but it was far from setting. This would be Aberration’s final day of sunset and sunrise, as its polar day was starting the next day. This meant the fires on the surface would dissipate one last time for 64 minutes, then reappear. They would never disappear again until early September. Sodden and Syl had to act fast - Serenity was in critical danger, Dorack was badly hurt, and Nal’s essence would only last 36 more hours. Syl glided down to the front door, then slammed onto the ground, and Sodden gasped as he leaped off and ran to the front door, bashing it open. Syl then gleamed brightly and shrunk down to a human. She then followed Sodden in. Sodden stormed upstairs, breathing heavily, and walked to the fabricator on the left corner of the room. Syl then ran upstairs as Sodden turned to the machine, and Sodden sighed and turned around.

“So… Sodden, what happened there?” Syl said. Sodden shrugged.

“I honestly don’t know. I… how are we going to defeat Dread and get our friends back in this situation?” Sodden asked, bamboozled and nervous. He turned around, sighed as he put his hands on the wall, and put his head down. Syl walked to him.

“Well… we know one thing. They have a weakness, right?” Syl asked. Sodden turned to her and nodded as he put his hands down.

“Yeah. Said that the toxins in organic polymer is like poison to a survivor’s essence.” Sodden said. Syl chuckled.

“Yeah. It makes perfect sense. The material inside corrupts your organs and body, immediately killing you. But it usually doesn’t do significant damage to essence. Sodden… have you ever seen a Yeti before? Like… in the past two years?” Syl asked. Sodden nodded.

“Well, I spawned in like five months ago, but yeah. I went into the strong cave on The Island. Got attacked by a Yeti once. It cracked my implant. Guess it was just really strong.” Sodden explained. Syl gasped.

“Sodden, it’s not just about strength. There were instances of survivors taming Yetis using cataprime meat - you know, the meat used to tame untameable creatures?” Syl asked. Sodden nodded.

“Yeah. Dorack used it a few times. That must be how Dread got wild Reaper Queens. Built trust with them.” Sodden explained. Syl nodded.

“Yes. Some Yetis were injected with biotoxin - organic biotoxin. The same material in organic polymer. I’m guessing what happened is that the Yeti struck your implant head-on, causing some of the biotoxin to make contact with it, causing slight damage. But sometimes, some unfortunate survivors can get the full dose of the toxin - a guranteed permadeath.” Syl explained. Sodden gasped.

“Oh… was that what happened to Elaine almost two years ago? Dorack and his tribe told me about it.” Sodden asked. Syl nodded.

“We don’t know for sure. But it’s very likely that that was the case.” Sylveevee explained. Sodden nodded in affirmation.

“Okay. So we know his weakness. But… how can we inject any of that stuff into their bodies? Like… Dread is strong. Reaper took down a high level Giga with her friends a long time ago, and yet Dread shrugged her off like it was nothing!” Sodden said. Syl nodded slowly and walked over to the smithy on the other side of the room. Sodden followed her.

“Well… the best option is to try and invade them. Undercover is not an option. They have cameras and sensors that detect intruders. And we also have to worry about the Reaper Queens and Rock Drakes. And don’t get me started on the Megalosauruses.” Syl explained as she rested a hand on the smithy. Sodden nodded.

“Okay. But… I don’t have a lot of creatures. What about you?” Sodden asked. Syl chuckled.

“Well… I have retrieved many Rock Drakes across my time here. And I could morph into something like a Titanosaur… but that’d have to be a last resort.” Syl stated. Sodden nodded.

“Ah, yes. Makes sense. Titanosaurs do take up a lot of energy. And then there’s the risk of getting knocked down. Uh… what happens if you die in creature form?” Sodden asked. Syl opened her mouth, but didn’t say anything. She then put her finger to her mouth and looked around.

“Uh… I actually don’t remember. But we’ll worry about that later, okay? I want you to collect all your best creatures and meet me in the blue zone dropoff. I’ll get all my best creatures. And don’t worry about me. I’ll try my best to avoid the tribe.” Sylveevee said. Sodden smiled and nodded with confidence. Syl then sighed and turned away, and walked downstairs to leave the base. Sodden walked downstairs to see that Syl had gone outside the base, morphing into a Rock Drake. She then took off and glided down south, away from Sodden’s base. Sodden then walked outside of the front door to look around the place. He took a deep breath as he looked up at the ceiling. The sunlight had dissipated from the cave, but the sky remained bright and slightly yellow. The sun hadn’t even gotten close to the horizon. Sodden sighed and turned to the hatchery. Sodden then looked out to the far south.

“I’m coming for you, friends.” Sodden said with bravery, putting his fist on his chest. He then turned to the hatchery and walked towards it. He opened the large gates and entered the hatchery, then he walked towards the staircase to the second floor. He walked up the staircase, then he walked to the pen holding all his adult Megalosauruses. Sodden sighed as he stared at one of them. They tilted their heads in confusion, chirping in curiosity. Sodden then turned around and walked to a smithy just to the side of the pen. He then took every bit of hide, fiber and chitin and whatnot that he had to craft 13 Megalosaurus saddles and 5 Rock Drake saddles. It was all he had. But it was going to have to do. Sodden wanted to save the creatures as a last resort, just in case. Sodden then finished crafting the saddles, then he took one saddle after the other and put each of them onto the Megalosauruses. Sodden equipped one by one on each creature, then after all the Megalosauruses were saddled, Sodden unlocked the pen’s gate and whistled for all the Megalosauruses to follow him. Then Sodden walked downstairs, equipped the Rock Drakes with their saddles, and they too followed Sodden out. Sodden knew that he would need plenty of resources to invade the base and get his friends back. He had to somehow get them to Syl’s base without Dread finding out. Rescuing his friends would be hard. But killing Dread would be a whole greater predicament. Sodden led each creature out of the hatchery, and as he turned back to his army of creatures, he took a deep breath as each creature looked down at him, growling softly in curiosity. Sodden sighed softly.

“Okay. I just gotta get to Syl’s base and we can think of a plan. Uh…” Sodden said to himself, and he then scoffed and walked to one of the Rock Drakes, then got onto the back of the Rock Drake. He had a plan.

“Okay. The rest of you, stay here.” Sodden shouted to the other creatures. Then the Rock Drake screeched and took off, and began gliding across the map, towards Syl’s base. He had to stay hidden. He was willing to do whatever it takes to save his friends.

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Meanwhile…

Dread’s tribe was silent. Dread and Rod sat in Dread’s main room, looking out the dark blue tinted window on the right wall, above a shelf of weapons and armor, with a Rex-shaped statue on the top.. Then footsteps broke the silence. The gates at the front entrance creaked open and Marison walked in. Dread stood up and turned to him.

“So… do you have the raptor?” Dread asked with a deep voice. Marison nodded as he lifted a cryopod out of his bag. Dread chuckled.

“Yes. You know what? We’ll delay the trial until sunrise. But if I see Sodden come here… if I see anyone come here… even once… heh. You know what happens by now.” Dread sneered. Rod and Marison nodded in affirmation. Rod then sighed and stood up from his chair, then he turned to Dread.

“I’ll talk to Serenity. One last time. Inform her of our decision.” Rod stated. Dread chuckled and nodded.

“Yes. Good. Now go. I’ll speak to Marison.” Dread dictated. Rod nodded and grunted and then he walked to the front entrance, and left the room. Marison then walked to the table with the mortar and pestle, computer, and a piece of paper. He sat down on the chair next to Dread.

“Well… our plan is almost complete. Sodden’s isolated, we have one of his artifacts, and all his friends are on the brink of execution. What else are we gonna do?” Marison asked. Dread chuckled deeply.

“You know what. We send our troops to invade his base. Steal the remaining artifacts. Sodden won’t know what’s coming. Even if he could kill them, we’d see it. Ha! And he thought he could stop me.” Dread sneered. Marison sighed.

“Dread… the device we created is dangerous to you. You know that, right? Attributal essence is extremely vulnerable to organic biotoxin.” Marison warned. Dread cackled.

“Ha! Like I’m even worried. Sodden wouldn’t even be able to touch me. The only thing he’s gonna be touching after today is Terad’s memory eraser or brainwashing machine or whatever it was called again. I don’t care. Anyway…” Dread stated deeply. He then stood up from the chair and turned to Marison.

“Marison, prepare our troops. Find the artifacts. It’s time to finish this once and for all. Oh, and thanks for your little conversation with Sodden. Pleasant! Although… I believe “violated” is a little much for language, don’t you think?” Dread suggested. Marison sighed.

“Yes. Except not really.” Marison growled, grinning. The two began cackling loudly.

“Oh… ha. Yeah. I was just joking.” Dread stated. Marison chuckled as he stood up.

“I know. Anyway, enough fooling around. I’m going to prepare the army now.” Marison stated. Dread nodded and huffed. Then Marison turned to the door and left the room. Dread sighed and shook his head, and his grin turned into a frown. He turned to the table and sat back down.

“Hmm. This plan is good. Not sure why I didn’t do this with Terad. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. That little predicament that is Sodden and his friends will very soon be no more.” Dread growled deeply.

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6:45 PM

Near the Blue Zone cliffside…

Sodden had been riding on his Rock Drake for some time. He was now approaching the Aberration Kingdom. It was just down the path, near the edge of the Blue Zone. He then directed his Rock Drake down to the path, then landed just outside the gates. The guards were, quite strangely, nowhere to be seen. They were all likely inside the base. Sodden then sighed and looked around, then he took out his only cryopod left and put the Rock Drake into it, then he hit the ground with his legs, and walked towards the large gates on the front of the giant castle. Sodden then lifted his fist and softly tapped it against the gate three times. Then the gate rumbled a bit and began to creak open. It was opening in the opposite direction, so Sodden could walk in himself. The inside of the walls was spectacular. There were multiple stone and wood houses scattered along the interior of the walls. Paths stretched across the entire place, connecting the houses to little shacks scattered across from the houses. Some had a cooking grill, some had a industrial cooker, some with a smithy. Others were storage ports to hold meat, ones holding vaults and refrigerators. Then in the center of it all was a tall, bright purple-magenta colored castle. There were towers on the four corners and there was a large, cone-shaped roof stretching up towards the ceiling of the Ark’s cave itself. The front entrance was tall and had two big, reinforced metal gates on it. Sodden walked towards the door, and he suddenly heard a loud blare and the gates clunked loudly. Then the gateway creaked open, and Sodden walked through the door. He then continued walking down a hall as 8 guards lined up against the walls turned to him. There was silent whispering among the people as Sodden walked down the deep hall, with torches lined across the place and a pink-reddish carpet in the center, stretching to the end of the hall. Then Sodden entered a room at the end of the hall, and in the center sat a giant, purple-pink throne. And Queen Syl, of course, was waiting on it. She looked up at Sodden, and gasped as she nodded softly and pointed to a wooden chair just across from the throne. Sodden nodded softly and walked to it, then sat down. Syl then sat up, put her hands together, and looked down at Sodden.

“Okay. I spoke to Moonhigh and Sunhigh. They both have the troops ready. We are going to protect your base and get you into Dread’s base. We will make sure you get out alive. Now, I’m not going to get involved too much unless it’s a real emergency. I’ve prepared plenty of equipment for you. Dread is no joke. Well, I guess you know that by now, huh?” Syl asked. Sodden nodded.

“Yeah. Then how do we even kill him easily, or at least weaken him? And what about the other tribe members?” Sodden said.

“Sodden, our Rock Drakes are fully imprinted. We have dozens of them. We have almost a hundred Megalosauruses. We even have two Reaper Kings. Using brute force won’t be ideal, but we could try to lure some away and get in without fighting against everything at once.” Syl explained. Sodden nodded softly.

“That seems like a good plan. I just want to get my friends out first, then we can deal with killing Dread.” Sodden stated. Syl stood up and nodded, then walked to the door, and Sodden turned around to her.

“Okay. I have the army of Rock Drakes watching the tower walls. They’re scouting for anything from Dread’s tribe. Sodden, I think Rod stole your artifact because he is trying to use them all to send you back to the Island. If they’re leaving now, it’s definitely for the other two.” Syl explained. Sodden chuckled and looked into his bag. He then lifted two artifacts out of and Syl turned to him.

“I already have them. Dread thinks I’m stupid. He clearly has been underestimated our intelligence for the entire 2 week time here. Oh, wait. Actually, a lot longer than that, since… well, Rod.” Sodden said. Syl chuckled.

“Anyway… why don’t we get the creatures ready? We could do an ambush at your base. They’ll be off their mounts, looking for the artifacts. We knock their creatures out. That way, Dread doesn’t see death messages. Then we knock out the people raiding the base, then someone stays there to keep them asleep. You and me will come back here, prepare the defenses, and begin a raid at Dread’s base. We could scout out the arena, ensure the trial doesn’t start. And as for Nal… well, she’ll likely be contained in some kind of machine. I don’t remember what it was called, but I know it is very strong and is very difficult to break. Break it, and you free Nal. But if she dies once before she returns to her home Ark… her essence will become even more vulnerable. It could decay in just a few hours at that point. Sodden… you’ll need every single one of us to beat Dread and get your friends out of there alive. Killing Dread is not our goal right now. Saving your friends comes first.” Syl said. Sodden chuckled and nodded.

“Agreed. Once we have all of them back, we’ll figure out a plan.” Sodden replied. Syl nodded in affirmation and walked to the door. Sodden turned to her and followed her.

“Come with me. I’ll lead you to the pen with our battle creatures.” Sylveevee said. Sodden nodded, and the two left the room, walking down the halls to the castle doors.

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6:50 PM

Dread’s base

Rod burst through the doors leading to the arena stands. He stormed down the stairs, towards a curved, metal hallway leading to one singular iron cell, cramped and connected to the walls. Rod growled as he sat down on a chair near Serenity.

“Well. You know what happens now. Sodden’s all alone now. Dorack’s being held prisoner. We have sent an army towards Sodden’s base to steal his final two artifacts. And as for you… well, the trial is delayed until sunrise. But have you made your decision?” Rod sneered.. Serenity gasped and looked up at him, gasping softly and tears in her eyes. She growled softly and looked away.

“You wanna go down there and die a slow and brutal death, like you should’ve over a year ago? Or you wanna sit here and be tortured by Dread forever?” Rod sneered, chuckling. Serenity scoffed.

“I know Sodden and his friends. You and Dread think they’re too stupid to do anything good, because Dorack and Nal are, and I quote, “too emotional and scared”. And Sodden isn’t perfect, okay? He has made mistakes. They will fnd a way. Even if Sodden’s alone, he will find a way. If he is this determined to take on a journey through all creatures and all tribes to get to Dead Earth and destroy that artifact, then you can bet he will find a way to stop you for good.” Serenity shouted. Rod chuckled.

“Yes… but what about Terad? If your heart stops for even one second… yeah, a red death message will show up. Oh, boy. Terad seeing the line, even a red death message line involving your name and a Reaper… yeesh. Sodden won’t last a second on the Island if that occurs.” Rod sneered. Serenity scoffed in disagreement.

“You’re forgetting the power of Nudon. They spennt countless hours making a godly shotgun. They’re determined to protect each other. It’s friendship, Rod! Something you wouldn’t understand. The power of-” Serenity said, then Rod yanked a needle from his bag and swung it at Serenity’s leg, striking her lower leg head on. Blood spurted out as she screamed in pain, gasping and crying a bit.

“Oh, of course. All this crap again with the “power of friendship” Ah yes. So stupid and digusting. What is that that makes a bond so unbreakable and powerful? I’ve never understood.” Rod snarled. Serenity sighed in agony.

“Probably because you never cared for others. You only cared about your mission. You send others to do it, because you see them as expendable. You only want to protect Dread and Marison. Nudon survived so much because they cared about each other. They worked together, never gave up, stayed strong, and all that. Your tribe hasn’t done one single thing of that. You should be grateful you even still have Dread.” Serenity shouted sternly. Rod cackled deeply.

“Oh, boy. I don’t even… okay. Ha. Fine. Believe all you want. Doesn’t matter. You’re never getting out of here alive.” Rod sneered. He then spat into the cell and growled as he turned away, storming upwards to the door and opening it, then slamming it behind him. Serenity scoffed and looked around the area. The cameras around seemed to be functional, but they were actually disconnected. There was a fake moving image in front of every single one of them. Serenity then looked down to her leg and yanked the needle out, then as she pressed a gauze pad down on it, she reached into her bag, and lifted out a small metal needle. It was bent, as if it was used. Serenity had managed to break the locks once, replacing them, and covering up the camera after disabling them using her implant. The special thing about being in C Tribe was her ability - Serenity had the power to disable any electronics around without being noticed. No one other than the C Tribe knew about this except Dread. But since Dread thought a lot of horrible stuff about her, Dread didn’t seem to care about it. Serenity then took the fake lock off the cell, creaked the door open, and looked around the place. She then walked to the fence, looking down at the arena. She sighed and looked around and silently walked over to the door, walking up the stairs. She was trying not to make any noise. She wanted to find Dorack. But she couldn’t just storm out whenever. The cameras in the halls would detect her. Serenity then walked to besides the doors, then took a large, oversized black suit out of her bag, and put it onto her head and chest. She put a deep brown pair of big pants onto her legs. She didn’t have any weapons on her since Dread confiscated all of them. But she wasn’t giving up. She knew she had to save Sodden and his friends, no matter what, and try to go back to the Island with no problems, but considering the circumstances, that would be nearly impossible.

Serenity then walked out the door with the suit on, then walked down towards two big, locked doors with sensors on them. Serenity quietly used her implant to disable the sensors for 3 seconds, and she creaked open the doors, then closed them. She was in the dungeon chamber, the first floor. She walked to a bend in the hallway going right, and she then looked around the place, then heard quiet humming. She gasped. It was very likely the machine Nal was trapped in. She knew Dread. He loves to torture his enemies. It was guranteed Dorack would be close to that room. Serenity then walked towards the room, and across from it was a cell, with a small rocky counter on the side and a flat, rocky, hard and cold bed on the other. It had a rare mattress and a lift, a luxury in Dread”s dungeon. Then someone stood up from it, and Serenity turned to the cell.

“Oh, what do you want now?!” Dorack yelled in anger. Serenity sighed and walked to the lock. There were cameras on the other side of the wall, above the cell, so she had to be careful. Serenity then took one of her makeshift keys to open the cell, walk into it, and closed it again.

“Ugh. What do you want now?” Dorack asked. Serenity sighed.

“We can’t talk right now. How big is the underside of that bed?” Serenity asked. Dorack stammered in confusion. Then he realized something.

“Uh… yeah. Big enough to fit. Yeah, should be fine.” Dorack explained. Serenity nodded, and crouched down to the bed, crawled under it, and began to carve an opening in the floor using the keys. Then Dorack put his hand on her arm.

“Hey. I snuck a sword in here. Use it.” Dorack whispered as he held out the handle of the sword to her. Serenity nodded and grabbed it, and began cutting through the hard metal floor. The sword was ascendant, 445% damage, so it would do fine. Dorack sighed.

“Dude. Do you have any idea how risky this is? If Dread finds you here-” Dorack said, then Serenity cut him off.

“Hey. It’ll be fine. I’m going to hide out here until the Aberration Kingdom comes, then we’ll figure out a plan. If I know Sodden, I know he has them to help him out.” Serenity explained. Dorack smiled and nodded.

“Got that.” Dorack said in affirmation. He then stood back up and then sat down on the bed, laying down on it. He groaned in agony.

“I swear to god…” Dorack whispered.

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7:30 PM

Sodden’s base

Four Rock Drakes glided down to the cliff that Sodden’s base was on. The creatures all landed right behind the back door, and each rider hopped off of their creatures. One of the survivors had a riot shield and dark-red flak armor, along with a sword in his other hand. The other three, who were wearing mostly flak armor, followed behind him. The four survivors walked to the back door, and the one in the front charged at the door hard, smacked the door with the shield, and the door got shot forwards, shattering into shards. Then the four survivors entered the base. And as soon as they turned to the right and out of sight of the door, the Rock Drakes heard silent grumbling behind them. Two of them turned around, and one looked up to see a wave of around 10 tranqulizer darts striking his head all at once. Then the Rock Drake growled softly, moaned, and weakly grumbled until it fell to the ground, unconscious. Then that same wave struck two more Rock Drakes. Then the last Drake screeched loudly and put his head next to the door, roaring for the survivors to come, but the Rock Drake was then pierced 10 times in thee back, and it fell unconscious within a few seconds. Then suddenly, 4 Rock Drakes appeared on the ceiling above, two with 3 survivors, and the other two with 2 survivors, a total of 10. They then glided downwards quickly to the ground, and they pulled up and slammed into the ground as the four survivors in the base, who were wrecking sttorage boxes and smithys in the base, dropped what they were doing and gathered in the back room, then walked outside the back door only to get one tranq dart in each of their heads as soon as they walked out, and they all fell unconscious almost instantly. Syl, who was sitting on one of the Rock Drakes with Sodden, hopped off of the creature, and so did Sodden. The other 8 riders dismounted and walked towards the Rock Drakes.

“Okay. Remember the plan, guys. Four of you will use the narcotics you gathered to keep the Rock Drakes asleep! The other two, you’re responsible for keeping the survivors out. Moonhigh, Skyocean, you’re going to come with me and Sodden back to the kingdom and prepare the army. Okay?” Sylveevee shouted. Everyone grunted in affirmation as they nodded their head. Then as the team assigned to the Rock Drakes crouched down near the creatures’ mouths and the other team walked to the survivors, the last four people walked to the Rock Drake behind the other three.

“Okay, the other three creatures will guard the base. You’re coming with us, Drake.” Syl said. The Rock Drake grunted and nodded, and Syl, Sodden, Moonhigh, and Skyocean all got up onto the creature and they took off. The raiders were neutralized, but now they had to face another problem - actually getting into the base. Skyocean could help, but it was risky for both him and Sodden’s friends.

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8 PM…

Aberration Kingdom - Throne Room

Everyone was quiet. People stood at the throne, one at the stairs, one at the door, and another behind the throne. Syl sat on the main throne and Sodden was right in front of her.

“So… what now?” Sodden asked. Syl sighed and looked around, thinking of a plan.

“Well, Skyocean could try to penetrate the base with his human shapeshifting abilities. The problem is there are some rooms there that sense whether that person’s in the tribe or not. They’ll be a huge no-no. If he gets caught, game over. They find us, they take Serenity into the arena… it’s total finality for everyone.” Syl explained, Sodden chuckled.

“”Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for mentioning every single thing this could go wrong. Yeah. Totally reasonable!” Sodden shouted sarcastically. Syl sighed.

“Okay, fine. Sorry. Uh, just explaining the situation we’re in. Okay, what we could do is send in Skyocean to act as one of the people who broke into your base. He could try to find Dorack and Serenity, see how they’re doing. He could morph into Dread just then and break into their cells, get them out. We gotta be careful, though. We can send in our army to distract the tribe.” Syl explained. Then Drake cut in.

“Listen, guys. That seems like a good plan and all, but here’s the main problem. Dread is a very strong survivor. His implant attributes are insane. Skyocean could try to use these powers, but his levels go up to 250. His stats are boosted massively. He even has a power where he can give himself invulnerability and boosted strength. All that for Skyocean? He trying to take hold of all these powers would be like Syl trying to physically process the energy of becoming a Titanosaur! Trust me, I’ve been through a lot. I morphed into a Titanosaur once. I lasted 9 whole minutes before collapsing. That’s not a lot of time. Sodden… we will try our hardest. But we cannot guarantee anything.” Drake explained. Sodden sighed and nodded, then he heard a ding. He gasped and looked down at his implant. Dorack had sent him a message.

“Sodden… Serenity used some kind of… assassin powers or whatever to get to my cell. She’s hiding within my cell right now. It won’t last long, though. Dread’s getting suspicious. If you have a plan to get into the base, then please, get into the base soon. If you don’t do something, well, you know what happens.” The message said. Then Sodden closed the message after reading it. He was shocked, his jaw dropped, and he looked up to Sylveevee.

“Okay. We’re going now. We have to distract that tribe. Skyocean, can you get me in there?” Sodden asked. Skyocean sighed and shrugged.

“Probably, but it’ll be tough. I’ll have to avoid Dread. And cover my eyes too. My eye color doesn’t change with shapeshifting. And then there’s the sheer scale of powers I’ll have to handle. Sodden, I might have enough energy to get you inside the base and to Dorack - maybe even to steal some weapons. But my energy won’t last forever, so once I go unconscious, you’re on your own until Syl comes.” Skyocean explained. Sodden smiled and nodded.

“Okay. We know what to do. Knowing Dread, he’s going to send out troops to seize Serenity as soon as he sees us. We have to get to her as fast as we can and keep everyone, especially Dread, away from her. Then we have to figure out how to get Nal back.” Sodden said. Syl nodded and stood up from the chair.

“Well, an essence transfer would be necessary to stabilize her essence. That way, she can be taken out safely. Someone would need to stand there near the main control panel, and manually transfer a good amount of essence to Nal. That means we’d neeed to hold off quite a few things. Sodden, I want you to find Dorack and Serenity as soon as you can.” Syl said. Sodden then cut in.

“Yeah, well, Dorack told me Serenity snuck out of her cell and into Dorack’s cell. She’s hiding there right now, but Dread has already suspected something. So we really shouldn’t wait.” Sodden explained. Sylveevee chuckled and sighed.

“You know how to do things, huh? Okay, seems good?” Syl asked. Everyone nodded and grunted in affirmation.. Syl smiled and nodded, then walked towards the door going to the main hall of the castle, and everyone else turned to her and followed. They had a plan, but would it work?

Chapter 50: The Xenomorph Showdown

Part 4/5: Death by Dawn - Part 2

9:30 PM…

The group continued to walk up the stairs, towards the door. They approached the top of the stairs, then walked towards the doors, leading to the main room. As they continued walking, they heard silent footsteps around the base. Sodden looked around, staying alert. Drake sighed and walked to the front, then Sodden followed him, and both of them took a sword out of their bags. They approached the doors, then Sodden put his hand on it.

“Okay. We are going to need hazard suits to get out of here.” Sodden said. He sat down, then put his weapon down and reached into his bag, then Drake did the same. They took out a set of hazard clothes - pants,chestpiece, helmet, etc. Sodden tossed one to Dorack, then Dorack sat down, gently setting Nal down onto the floor, then took a hazard suit out of his bag. Serenity already had one on, and as they were preparing to leave the base, at the other side of the base, near the spiral stairs to the second floor, which were rising from the ground near Dread’s main office, Dread growled as he stood at the top of the staircase. He sighed as he watched the group start to come out of the dungeon hall. They were all ready, and they were coming out towards the exit. Dread spat on the ground and lifted his left arm, and looked down his implant. He then turned on communicators.

“Go. Now” Dread growled deeply. Sodden was at the main entrance, He opened the door, peeked out, and looked around the place. Sodden sighed.

“Okay. Seems good.” Sodden said. He walked forwards, then everyone else followed him.Then as soon as the last person was out the door, a Megalosaur leaped from the roof, slammed down onto the ground next to Serenity. Serenity gasped and shot around, then the Megalosaur opened his mouth and clamped down onto her leg, then she fell over, screaming in pain. Everyone else shot towards her. Sodden immediately ran back to grab her arm. Sodden grabbed it, and tried to pull away. Everyone else helped him pull, but the creature’s grip on Serenity was too strong. Then Dread ran at the Megalosaur and started pulling his tail. He still had invulnerability and super strength activated, as he was sitting below 25 percent his HP. He yanked the creature inside, but Serenity wouldn’t budge.. She screamed as she tried to kick the head to get released, but it was no use. Sodden groaned as he tried to pull her away. He tried to walk backwards, but he was getting pulled inwards.

“NO! Dread, stop!” Sodden yelled in anger. Dread cackled.

“NEVER!!” Dread yelled. Serenity shouted as her armor started to rip slightly.

“No…” Serenity gasped as she stared at Sodden. He tried to pull away, but Sodden’s grip was weakening.

“Serenity… please… Dread, stop this!” Sodden yelled in anger and concern. Serenity screamed in pain as the Megalosaur crunched down onto her leg, and Serenity groaned, tears appearing in her eyes.

“Don’t let go… please…” Serenity whimpered. Sodden yelled as he tried to pull backwards, but to no avail. Dread then yanked backwards hard, pulling the Megalosaur right into the entrance, ripping off its skin and seriously injuring it. Serenity screamed as she got flung backwards, and fell onto the ground, right in frontn of Dread. Dread then got up and grabbed her by the neck, then stormed to the door and slammed it shut right as Sodden was about to get up and hold it open. Everyone groaned as they tried to get up. Sodden tried to bash against the door over and over. Then someone walked towards them from behind. Sodden gasped and turned to his right. Everyone saw Rod standing in front of them. He was grinning, he was making a gesture telling them to come with him. Sodden gasped as he, along with the others, followed Rod. Then they approached a big, tall wall, wiith stairs on its side. They walked up the stairs, through big metal poles and checkered stairs. They approached a big metal door at the top, and Rod pushed it open. He walked into the doorway and turned around.

“Get up to the top floor.” Rod sneered and slammed the door in their face, walking away. They continued upwards, until they reached a metal door, and when they went through, they were met with chairs. In rows across the place. It was the arena. In the center was the infamous sandy and rocky ground - and of course, the two Reapers hiding underground. Sodden gasped as he walked down to the fence. No one could speak. Complete silence. They could only watch. Then he heard a loud bang. They shot upwards to see that the gate on the other end of the arena had swung open. Then someone walked through the gate. Dread. He was walking towards the center, holding Serenity in his hands. Rod walked towards him, then whistled softly. The ground then suddenly rumbled, and a Reaper Queen roared as it dug up through the sand, lifting dust into the air and sweeping away rocks. Then it crawled upwards, and got onto the ground. It roared as it walked to Rod, looking down at it.

“Hello, Xenoslayer. How you doing? Well… we have a bit of a predicament. It’s handled, though. They’re finished. Aberration Kingdom… dealt with. Anyway…. Dread. Take it from here.” Rod said as he turned to Dread. Dread chuckled and walked towards the Reaper Queen. Serenity screamed and cried as she tried to kick Dread away, trying to get out. It was no use. Dread just couldn’t budge. His powers were insane. All that could weaken them was biotoxin.

“Xenoslayer. It has been a long time… since I had to use you. I didn’t think they’d return again. But they did. Serenity came back with some others… thinking this would be easy. Heh. It was a little hard. Losing Marison… having our base breached… we won, though. We won. Nothing can kill me under your power. Xenoslayer… you know what to do.” Dread sneered. He then threw Serenity down onto the ground. Gasping and exhausted, she tried to get up, then Xenoslayer sniffed her and roared deeply, then swung her tail and picked Serenity up with it before she could react. The only thing Sodden could hear was screaming. He continued bashing the force field with his sword, and Drake had morphed into a Theri to try and break through. Dread chuckled as he looked up at the force field. Itt blocked out noise from the outside, so they couldn’t hear Sodden panicking and trying to break the force field.

“Go ahead. Bash against the force field all you want. You ain’t going nowhere.” Dread sneered. He turned back to Serenity,, who had a big, thick spike deep in her chest. She kept trying to worm out of the tail, but to no avail. She whimpered as she looked away, gasping. Then the Reaper Queen growled deeply and then the organ in the front of the tail suddenly launched forward, inches from Serenity’s head.

“Ugh. You just won’t cooperate, huh? Fine. I’ll do it the hard way.” Dread sneered. He leaped up onto the tail, climbing up onto it, and he hung from the tail as he grabbed Sernity’s head and jerked it backwards. She started screaming in pain, trying to shake him off. It wasn’t working. Then the organ went all the way in and went straight into her mmouth, causing her scream to become even more high pitched. Blood spattered out of her mouth and her back was bleeding a lot. She gasped weakly as the emmbryo began to sneak its way into her esophagus. Sodden crouched down and looked down, horrified by the sight. He could hear everything, and he had tears in his eyes, praying it would stop. Sodden yelled in shock and terror, as he shut his eyes, covering his head with his hands. Dorack and the others looked away too, closing their eyes. They were too horrified to see the carnage. Blood came out of her mouth and back. As soon as the Reaper dropped Serenity, she was near unconscious and she had lost quite a bit of blood. Serenity was on the ground, sniffling and crying, with blood pouring out of her back. Then Dread grabbed her legs and dragged her into the base, and Rod followed him. They walked through the gates, and the gates slammed shut.

10:15 PM

Aberration Kingdom.

Absolute silence. That was what filled the throne room. Sylveevee was lying on a bed, coughing and gasping. Drake sat near her, and so did Moonhigh. Both were helping her out. Near the bed was Sodden, Skyocean, and Dorack. They sat on the steps to the throne. They were staring at the doors. Nal was in another room, a room designated to assist in recovering essence. Skyocean sighed.

“Well… that was… I honestly have no idea how we’re still alive.” Skyocean said. Sodden nodded.

“I agree. Dread is too strong to be killed manually. Did you see that? We could not do anything to him!” Sodden yelled. Dorack nodded.

“Yep. We’ll have to somehow get biotoxin into his body to damage his attributal essence so he can’t use it.” Dorack said. Meanwhile, Drake sat on a chair, next to a low bed, and Syl was lying on it, She was consicous but very weak. Sodden stood up and walked to Syl.

“Queen Syl… why? Why did you have to do that?” Sodden asked. Syl sighed.

“I… I don’t know. It was mainly impulsive. I… I just wanted to try and distract him. It kinda worked…” Syl gasped in exhaustion. Sodden scoffed.

“Yeah. Yeah. We got Nal back, but Serenity got impregnated again. We have to get that Reaper out as soon as we get her back. And we can’t let her heart stop. Otherwise… well.” Sodden said. Syl nodded.

“Yeah. When your heart stops, that’s enough to trigger a death message. But if you can restart it before essence decay kicks in, well,, that’s going to change the message from golden colored to a red color. But… it doesn’t matter if it involves Serenity’s name and a Reaper Queen. Terad will see it. No matter what color it is, he will know it happened. We cannot have that.” Syl said. Dorack then quickly walked over to Syl.

“Dude. Is Nal okay?” Dorack asked. Drake put his hand on Dorack’s shoulder, and stood up. He then smiled.

“Cooper, bring her in.” Drake said to his implant, sending a message to Cooper. Dorack gasped and shot his head to the door. Then the doors creaked open, and Coooper was walking in, holding someone in his left arm. She was on a wooden crutch, and she could barely walk. Cooper was helping her. It didn’t matter to Dorack, though. Nal was alive, and that was all he cared about. Dorack chuckled and sniffled in joy and relief. He then yelled in excitement and ran at Nal. Cooper chuckled and let go of Nal, then she groaned as she tried to stand up on the crutch, then Dorack grabbed her with his arms, embracing her. Nal gasped and turned to Dorack.

“Oh… I thought you were gone for good…” Dorack said, shedding some tears, his voice breaking. Nal chuckled.

“I saw the Creator quite a few times. I really thought that was it. Thanks, Dorack.” Nal said, smiling. Dorack chuckled.

“You are welcome. Oh, I don’t know what I would’ve done without you…” Dorack said, his voice breaking. Nal sighed and nodded softly. Dorack then let go of Nal, holding her arm, then walked to the bed holding Queen Syl.

“Well… it has been nearly two weeks since we talked. Uh, so Dread, that’s the guy who tried to kill us all, he made a device with organic biotoxin and injected it into some kind of needle, where he put it inside of your left wrist, right next to your implant. That’s how he got you. The rest… well, we’ll explain later. You need to recover.” Dorack explained. Nal nodded and sat down near Sodden, who was still sitting near Syl.

“Hey, Sodden. Did you get Reaper back?” Nal asked. Sodden chuckled.

“Yeah. Dread almost killed her twice. But she survived. Uh, the problem is, Serenity was captured and impregnated again. We have to get in there, kill Dread, and get her out.” Sodden explained. Nal nodded.

“Okay. Okay. And how do we do that?” Nal asked. Skyocean sighed and sat down.

“I don’t know. But we have to think of a plan. We do not have forever. Drake, can you update us on the people who are at Sodden’s base?” Skyocean asked. Drake nodded and stood up. He then walked forwards a bit, and turned to the others to talk.

“Okay. So, I think we just tell them to kill the raiders there. Dread will likely send some more troops to go to that base and raid it. That base is basically bait at this point. Then I think we will have to separate Dread from the others. We have to neutralize him and make sure he cannot fght back. Then we have to inject that biotoxin into his essence. If his essence stability drops below 50 percent, he can’t use his attributes. That’s going to leave him vulnerable to destruction. Sodden, you will use Reaper to distract him. I will help in doing so. Syl, Skyoceaan, Cooper, you guys will hold the outside of the base in case anyone comes back. This is our last chance, guys. Sodden… this is our last option. We lost quite a few soldiers and creatures today. I almost died twice down there. We almost lost our own queen again. Sodden, Dorack, Nal…” Drake said as he walked closer to the three. They looked up at Drake as he crouched down near them.

“This is all or nothing, guys. If this fails, that’s the end for you guys. You understand what we’re doing here, right?” Drake asked. Sodden nodded.

“Of course. But it doesn’t matter. We will fight until the end.” Sodden stated. Dorack and Nal nodded in agreement. Drake nodded and stood up.

“Okay. If that’s the case, then I guess we’ll be ready. I’ll get more energy brews for Syl. Cooper, you’re coming with me to pick up the device we’re gonna use on Dread. The rest of you… well, you’re going to have to make a plan of your own. This is your fight, after all.” Drake said. Cooper then stood up and walked besides Drake out of the room. Sodden sighed and turned to Dorack, who had his head down.

“Well… what now? What are we gonna do?” Sodden asked. Dorack shrugged.

“I… I don’t really know. I think the best option is leaving Nal here. She’ll be safe with Syl.” Dorack stated. Sodden sighed and nodded softly.

“Maybe. But… she has the best shotgun of any of us. She’s good with shotguns. And besides, what if someone sneaks in here?” Dorack asked nervously. Sodden sighed and put his hand on Dorack’s shoulder.

“She’ll be fine. Okay? We just need to do this one more time. Get Serenity back, get that Reaper out, and get the heck out of here.” Sodden said. Dorack sighed and nodded.

“Okay. Then how do we pin down Dread?” Dorack asked. Sodden looked around the place and then back at Dorack.

“We weaken him with Drake and Reaper, then I get that device into his implant, into his singularity. It’s the fastest way to weaken his essence. We justt need to find a way to distract him, leave him vulnerable. We have to make sure it works.” Sodden said. Then Nal turned around and sighed.

“Guys, what’s been going on? Like… I’ve been gone for almost two weeks. You sure are at a low point.” Nal said. Sodden sighed.

“Not exactly “low”. Just that things are really tense right now. We’ve had to do caves while avoiding Dread. Reaper almost died twice, and so did Sylveevee. Rod has been pushing us to the edge with so many horrible things… stuff they said, all that crap they went on and on about. I need someone to hold him down. And I’ll be the one to end Dread.” Sodden said. Dorack sighed and put his hand on Sodden’s shoulder.

“We’ll help you, don’t worry. Now… about getting in there…” Dorack said. Skyocean stood up and sighed.

“I’ll hold him off. I can’t morph into survivors who are dead for good, so I’ll have to do Dread again. It’s risky. But I am not letting you guys go down like this.” Skyocean stated. Sodden and Dorack looked at each other, then looked at Nal. She shrugged, then they looked back at Skyocean. Sodden then stood up, and looked at Skyocean.

“Do what you need. Whatever it takes to save our friend and get out of here alive.” Sodden said. Skyocean smiled and nodded.

“Got that.” Skyocean said. Then they heard the doors burst open. They all turned around quickly to see Cooper and Drakke walking into the room. Drake held a bag of energy brews, walking towards Syl. Cooper walked to Sodden and took something out of his bag. It was a thin needle, with a bright pristine glint on itts center and a diamond shape on the back. It had a black ring around the center ball, which glowed brightly with liquid organic biotoxin and organic polymer. Cooper then extended his arms to give it to Sodden.

“This is the only one we were able to make. These things are extremely valuable. Use it wisely.” Cooper said. Sodden nodded in affirmation as he picked up the device with his hands and set it down in his bag.

“The creatures are ready outside the gates. Drake will leave with Syl soon. When you’re ready, come out. Okay?” Cooper asked. Everyone nodded, and Skyocean walked with Cooper out of the room. Drake then lifted Syl up to carry her out of the room. They had to act fast. Dorack then walked to Sodden, putting his hand on his shoulder.

“Sodden, what are we gonna do when we get back to the Island?” Dorack asked. Sodden sighed softly.

“We just prepare to go to Ragnarok. And make sure we do not raise Terad’s suspicions.” Sodden said. Dorack nodded in agreement.

“Got that. And… what do we do if he finds out what’s happening?” Dorack asked. Sodden sighed.

“We just go straight to Ragnarok. Speedrun the Arks. We know what we can do. We just gotta not get caught.” Sodden explained. Nal walked to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

“And what about Extinction?” Nal asked.

“We fight until the very end. No matter what. And that is what we’re gonna do.” Sodden said with confidence. He then walked forward, and the others followed him to the door. This was all or nothing for them.

10:40 PM

10 minutes to sunset…

By this point, the sky had turned deep blue. It became bright pink on the edges, with orange going across the horizon. Aberration remained within the upper atmosphere, so it could see the colors from the sun, but it was nowhere near enough to protect from radiation. This was a rare occurence when it entered Earth’s atmosphere due to its slightly eccentric orbit. Its orbit never stayed the same. When Sodden and his friends left the walls, they saw Syl and Drake both morphed into a Rock Drake, Skyocean and Coooper sitting on Drake’s back, and they were pointed to the north. Sodden sighed as he looked up at Cooper, sitting on Drake’s back.

“Okay, guys. We gotta go now. I already told the raiders about the decision. I saw some golden death messages just now, along with some red messages. So that means the people who tried to break into your base, along with their creatures, are dead. Dread should have some troops going to Sodden’s base. Guys, you ready?” Drake asked. Sodden, Dorack, and Nal nodded in agreement, and Sodden put his bag down on the ground to take a hazard suit out of it. Dorack had two hazard suits in his bag, so he crouched down, took one out of the bag and threw the other one to Nal. Nal caught it and put it on her body.. So did Dorack and Sodden. They stood up, then walked to Syl, climbed up onto her back, and looked up at the sky.

“Okay, guys. Y’all good?” Drake asked. Dorack gasped and tapped Sodden’s shoulder.

“Wait. What about… what about the creatures? You know… it’s not called Journey Through All Creatures for nothing.” Dorack explained. Sodden sighed.

“We will have to return here to kill Rockwell and open the path to Extinction. We need other things for that. That isn’t our concern right now.” Sodden said. Dorack smiled and nodded. Syl yelled as she took off, gliding towards the ceiling, and so did Drake. Everyone held on tightly as they began to turn upside down. They slammed into the ceiling and walked across it, scouting out the area. And after a few minutes, they saw 2 Reaper Queens, along with 10 Rock Drakes, marching towards Sodden’s base. Across the blue zone cliffside, from the Red Zone’s lit up red path. They heard deep rumbling as they sat against the ceiling. They heard quiet beeping, and there were slight crackling noises.

“Uh… what’s going on up there?” Sodden asked. Syl smiled and chuckled.

“It’’s the final sunset and sunrise for almost 5 months for Aberration. This is the last time people can go up to the surface for drops. The Creator will send in 150 supply drops for survivors to collect. But there are way more creatures ready to emerge and of course, there will be conflicts between tribes. It looks even more insane since Aberration went into Earth’s upper stratosphere a few hours ago.” Syl said. Dorack gasped and chuckled softly as he stared at the ceiling.

“At least we have something to look forward to when we leave here.” Dorack said. Sodden grunted.

“That won’t matter if Terad sees a death message, even if it’s red. We need to go.” Sodden said.

“Okay. The troops are going, so we have to get to Dread’s base, break in, kill Dread, and get Serenity. Then we have to get that Reaper out. You ready?” Drake asked. Everyone grunted and nodded in agreement. Then Syl and Drake then began sprinting across the ceiling, into the Red Zone. It was to Dread’s base - one last time.