Chapter 25
Dreams and Reality
“Hey guys, what’s up?”
“Not much Nolan, just the usual. Playing games waiting for everyone else to
get down here so maybe we can get started” said a boy.
“Everyone hasn’t showed up yet, that’s surprising, I’m
usually one of the last here with the distance I have to travel” said Nolan.
“Yeah well, there have been some problems today. I guess.
Have a seat while everyone else gets here” said Ryan as Nolan sat down.
*flash!*
“What have you done to them you monster?! You’ll pay for everything that you have done
Godan!” screamed the boy.
“I have only…taken them away from this pitiful existence
you call life. You will soon join
them. Everything you know on this planet
will soon be gone and you shall be one of the first to go with it!” Godan
scream with a loud roar. He was swirling
around the boy in his red energy and mist with three others lying lifeless on
the ground with another standing right next to him.
“Hey Mike, I think we need a plan now. You defeated Lance with that weird attack,
dimensional hole you called it” said Nolan whose was the last one standing next
to Mike.
“Yeah, I did but it took a ton out of me. Look Nolan, I don’t know what we can do
now. Tom, Casie, and Ryan are all
knocked out maybe close to their deathbeds plus you and I are worn out at the
moment. I think all we can do is hope
that we survive this battle Godan has us against the wall. All we can do now is hope for a miracle to
happen right now. Get your guns ready
because this will be a fight to the YEEEEEEEOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Mike scream in agony as Godan shot a spear
made of pure stone right through his left arm where his armor was exposed.
“Mike! You
monster! What right do you even have to
be here and do this to us?! Your mine
Godan!” Nolan summoned his usual four element sabers and combined them into the
light saber, his ultimate weapon.
“This one is for everyone you have hurt!”
“Nolan don’t!” Mike screamed in pure agony trying while
he tried to pull the stone spear out of his left arm.
Nolan charged Godan with everything he had and
slashed. The slash did nothing to Godan
as Godan used an energy blast to blow Nolan right into a house, knocking the
wind out of Nolan. “Psi Holy Power
Zeta!” Nolan screamed as he summoned his armor in pure fury, once again
charging straight at Godan.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
screamed Mike as he woke up realizing it was all a dream. As Mike’s eyes opened he realized that the
battle with Gorin must have also been a dream.
It seems that he had just fallen asleep on the wall. <Wait a second! I don’t sleep standing up, oh shit!!!!!!!> Mike’s worst fear had come true as he tried
pulling his right arm. It was shackled
and heavily at that. Mike can’t even see
the hand in front of his face without his glasses, let alone where he was at
that moment.
“Oh, I see the blind retard has finally awaken” said a
voice laughing with the occasional snort.
He seemed to take humor in Mike’s struggle to get out of his shackles
that hung him on the wall.
“Blind retard!
Yeah, I’m pretty much blind without my glasses but I’m not retarded!” as
Mike gave a look of death towards where the sound came from. “I also have extremely good hearing boy. When I get off this wall, I’m gonna…”
“Don’t even try it.
You couldn’t break those chains if you even tried. It’s fun watching you squirm after you
humiliated me in
“One, why am I still alive. Two, who are you so I know the name of the
person I’m about to drill into the ground” said a very frustrated Mike still
trying to yank the shackles off the wall.
“Oh, that is quite simple actually. We let you heal up really fast so Godan could
torture you to death in front of your friends.
Even though the other three along with myself opposed, we can’t even
compare to Godan’s power so we let him get his revenge. Seeing that any of us would do the same, we
didn’t oppose for long.”
“Forget about it then, he won’t have a chance to torture
me no matter how much he wants. Now get
me down from this wall!”
“I still won’t do that.
Since you will never live to see me I guess I’ll tell you my name. It’s Pokey Minch!”
“Oh, so your part of the family who some of my
connections we evicted from that house and sent off to live somewhere
nicer. All the while little Pokey went
to another time to plot his next scheme.
At least that’s what
“Well, my next scheme found me. I never thought that you and your pathetic
cohorts would have ever beaten Godan.
Let alone that two of you would be Horsemen of Light. Well, we now have
the leader thanks to Gorin” said Pokey while starting that annoying laugh
again.
“That’s it, no more talk.
P-----S-----I-----Phoe…Mother of GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Mike tried summoning to his
“I’m surprised that much energy output didn’t kill
you. That collar we put around your neck
was meant to send a massive amount of electricity through that puny little body
of yours if you tried to pull a stunt like that. Look at it this way Mike, that collar makes
sure you can’t get out of here” Pokey was crying because he was laughing so
hard. This made Mike all the more
furious.
<I would have if Shadow Kasume hadn’t taught me that
trick on how to restart my heart with a thought.> Mike was able to pinpoint where Pokey was
right then and spit right on Pokey.
“Jackass, that’s what you get for laughing at this inhumane torment.”
“Why you!”, Pokey immediately ran up to Mike and put
something very sharp around his throat.
“I could end you right now!”
“But you won’t will you.
You’re too much of a chicken to even touch me aren’t you. You’re too afraid of what Godan would do to
you if his hostage and prize were dead, especially not by his hands. Come on, do it!”
“No, I’ll love watching you squirm and love the looks on
“Come on, do it you moron!” Mike screamed at the top of
his lungs. <Take the bait you
idiot. One slice of that thing and I’ll
shock you so hard that I’ll kill you right now.
You just need to cut me somewhere and I’ll drive a shock with this
collar and my energy so hard that could kill one hundred people! Come on, cut me!>
“I’m surprised you’re still living with that mouth of
yours.”
“You know Pokey.
You have to be the weakest human being I know. No person with any self-respect or any
self-worth would even side with these monsters.
I know your type. I’ve come to
the conclusion that your type isn’t even human.
People at least have morals, they have feelings, they have a conscious,
they have the ability to distinguish right from wrong, they would help a person
in this situation, they wouldn’t laugh at this, they wouldn’t bully a helpless
person…” Mike went on with this egging
on for how about five minutes. Mike just
wanted Pokey to cut him to even cause Pokey some pain.
“Just shut up! I get your point but I don’t believe any
of it! I can do whatever I want and I’ll
be the king of this world! It will be
the reward for helping the Horsemen of Apocalypse achieve their ultimate goal
by destroying their prophesized destroyers.
The saviors of the universe, yeah, right” said Pokey in a final remark
as he left the room leaving Mike to his fate.
<Darn straight saviors of the universe, I know how
this will probably end. I’m willing to
tempt the fates though. There’s a
difference between you and me Pokey. I will
do anything to help a person before myself.
You on the other hand let others do your dirty work and reward from
it. Scavengers do it to survive. You do it just to gain power. I’ve kept this ability a secret until
now. I’ve never told anyone that I have
telepathy, nor that I can communicate long distance. I can thank Godan on how to do this. Some good actually came from that Horsemen’s
Curse. I’ve never tried this, so I hope
this works.>
Meanwhile in Onett hospital, “How in the world did you know
I was in Magicant Paula?! I was
unconscious the entire time! Just who
are you exactly?!” Dave screamed out of pure shock from Paula’s first
statement.
“It’s not hard to read someone’s mind while they’re
sleeping David. You were pretty easy to
read to. I’ve seen pretty much
everything that you went through ever since we found you. That must have been a traumatic experience
for you too. I never knew you had such a
tormented past as well” Paula explained slowly so Dave could understand.
“I forgot you’re the best psychic of the chosen
ones. I should have know you could have
done something like that with ease. You
won’t tell anyone will you. That’s a
side of me I prefer no one know about” said Dave.
“Yeah, I won’t tell a soul. Once everybody’s here though, you need to
explain that were in Magicant and as well as how you know about what happened
to Mike, as you claim. You better
explain everything so you leave know holes behind” Paula said as she pointed to
the longbow that was in Dave’s right hand.
“How the heck did this get here?! I didn’t know whatever you got in Magicant
came back with you!” said Dave in a little shock seeing that he still had his
Magicant bow.
“Like I said, don’t leave any holes.
“How?” said Dave.
“You’ll see” said Paula leaving that mystery for
A few minutes later,
“Here it is then” said Dave as he started to go into his
story of what happened over the last three days.
Chapter 26
Hope
“So that’s everything guys. That’s how I got to Magicant and got
back. I also told you everything during
the battle between Mike and Gorin” said Dave as he finished his extremely long
story.
“That’s explains pretty much everything.
“Yeah, they do. It
just seems weird that three of the four Horsemen of Light have gone to
Magicant. I think there might be a
connection” said
“You mean like a right of passage, right
“That’s exactly what I mean Poo. It’s just too coincidental that all of us
have gone to a form of Magicant at some point” said
“Agreed, now that I’ve heard your story
“I see your point Dave.
It feels like a higher power has been dragging us along here. I just don’t know. Heck, Mike would have a fit if you said this
to him. He’s not the type to believe in
Fate and everything is of your own doing.
‘You just have to play the game correctly’ is what he said to me when I
first met him” said Tom.
“That’s interesting to know. About Mike, where do we start? We know that’s he has been captured to be
tortured, but the where is our only problem right now” said Paula.
“True. We don’t
know where he is right now. I thought he
might have tried to contact us with telepathy right now but I don’t know if
that will happen” said
“How about this
“What! I thought
all psychics had telepathy!” said Jeff.
“Only certain people who have the proper Psi energy
classes can use it. Mike doesn’t go into
that class at all. Unless he’s learned
something in the last three days” Tom said with a regretful tone in his voice.
“That severely limits our options of finding him
then. Anyone have any bright ideas” said
“The only thing I can think of is to drag it out of
someone. Namely, one of their high
ranking flunkies” said Dave.
“It might be our best shot. We might want to contact Casie because we’ll
need everyone we can get right now” said
“What’s the matter Paula, you hear something?” said Poo
with a slightly intrigued look on his face.
“Yeah I did, but I guess it was just the wind” said
Paula.
“I definitely felt something as well. Something or someone is trying to contact us
but I don’t know who” said
“Well, something is probably up if the two strongest
psychics in the room just felt something” said Poo as he shut his eyes trying
to concentrate on even the slightest psychic disturbance. It might be a spy or someone trying to
contact them. No one knew what it was at
that point and everyone in the room started to get a little nervous because of
it.
A few minutes later, Poo opened his eyes. “There is someone trying to contact us. There is no doubt about it. The signal’s weak though, very weak. The person trying to contact us is a novice
at this. Let’s just give whoever it is
some time to get straightened out so they can contact us. They might know something.
About five minutes later everyone in the room heard this,
<I’m… … not… a… novice.>
“You were right Poo.
Someone is trying to contact us via telepathy, and he was slightly
offended by the statement you made” said Paula.
The message was soft spoken and not that clear. At least that much could be made out.
“Let’s just listen, so we don’t miss anything” said
<Sorry… it… took me… so long to… make… contact.>
said the voice, a little more clearly this time, the voice was still completely
unrecognizable though.
<Who exactly are you, and why have you contacted
us?> Paula thought as she tried to send a message to whoever was contacting
them.
<It’s… me… Mike.> said the voice claiming to be
Mike. That second, everyone just rose up
and took notice out of pure shock from that message.
“Paula, can you contact with him again?! If that’s him by some slight chance we need
to find out where he is!” Jeff screamed to Paula out of pure excitement.
“Hold on, the signal is weak, it’s hard to get a lock
on. There it is” said Paula as she shut
her eyes in deep concentration.
<Mike, is that you? If so,
where are you?!>
<Give… me one… second.
I… can’t… get a… lock on… your… pattern.
Emit… a stronger… pattern… until… I can… get a lock> said the voice
to Paula. It sounded unfamiliar but
Paula took the chance and emit a very strong telepathic signal, even though it
might give their position away if this person wasn’t Mike.
<Ah, that’s better.
You know. It’s hard to contact
someone telepathically without knowing exactly where they are.> said the
voice.
“That’s Mike, no doubt.
I know that deep voice from anywhere” said Tom.
<Thanks Tom.
It’s good to know that you guys are still alive. Sorry it took me so long to reach you guys
but being unconscious for so long did not help any> Mike said
telepathically.
<Dave said he couldn’t see the final attack that beat
you Mike. What did Gorin do to you?>
said
<To make it quick, Gorin had enveloped me in his true
form. I tried everything I could to get
out but I couldn’t even scratch him. He
then did a Psi technique called Black Hole.
It’s one of the twelve and I got the daylight knocked right out of
me. I guess by what Dave saw, that is
his name right, I was a bloody mess like he was when I saved his butt.>
“Mike, how did you know I’m the same person who helped
you and that you saved later on?” said Dave with some confusion.
<It was easy.
The only way you could have withstood that beating you took without
dying is if you are the Horseman of Power.
I just didn’t know your name till now, sort of like putting two and two
together. Back to my current situation
though, my armor was destroyed with the exception of the few fragments they
haven’t taken off my body yet. My
glasses are broken as well, so I can’t give you anything on where I am. I’m absolutely blind without my glasses.>
<Can you possibly emit some type of energy or power up
enough for us to find you?> Paula said to Mike telepathically.
<No, I can’t. I
had an encounter with your old nemesis Pokey,
<We haven’t come up with anything yet. Since you’re alive I think one of us will be
able to come up with something>
The room stood silent for a few minutes until Tom came up
with an idea. “Mike, what’s the radius
that Godan has to be in for you to sense him.
I’m talking the maximum range” Tom said and everyone else who had
telepathy conveyed it to Mike.
<Maybe ten miles, and he’s away doing something right
now. It’s the reason why I’m able to
talk to you guys like this right now. I
can’t sense him and he can’t sense me.>
“Not as close as I had hoped but enough for a start, can
you remember his energy pattern?”
<No, if you think using a range will help it won’t,
that’s still a huge area to cover.
Secondly, I’m not waiting for Godan to get that close!> Mike screamed
telepathically.
<Okay Mike not so loud, I have an idea but it’s
risky. I know Paula mention this before
but it’s the only way. I need you to
send out a detection energy signal that we can detect. If you go too much, I’m guessing that collar
will kill you and stop your heart. Next
if Godan or anyone else feels it we’re screwed.
Finally if we can find you, there’s no guarantee that we will be able to
save you> Poo said to Mike telepathically.
“Hold it, there’s no need to use an energy signal! Mike’s armor is made of a unique metal. If we can detect that metal we can pinpoint
exactly where Mike is at since he should still have some of it on right Mike!”
Tom screamed.
<Yeah, I have a slight amount on my right shoulder
still. I can feel the weight right
there. I don’t know how you guys are
going to detect me but I need to do one last thing before I cut this connection
off. I need to teach someone light
warp. It’s the fastest way to travel and
the easiest way to find me. Anyone here
even have a clue on how to use Shadow Movement.>
<I do Mike. I
actually know the technique, why?> Poo said telepathically to Mike.
<Well, Psi Light warp is a variant of that
technique. Let’s just say I took the
technique to far one day and got this result.
Listen this is what you have to do> Mike was explaining the very
complicated process of how to do light warp and who tried to teach him Shadow
Movement. Poo shook his head after ten
minutes when he got the details of how to do all four levels of light
warp. <Listen Poo, you need to use
the Omega level to transport that many people.
I would suggest resting slightly after you get as close as you can. It will take a ton out of you because you’ll
be doing this for some many people.>
As Mike was explaining his light warp teleportation to
Poo, Poo realized how Mike could have so easily taken the Shadow Movement
technique and gotten it completely wrong.
Mike had a completely different Psi energy class which had allowed him
to do something like that by accident.
Once Mike got Poo to learn the specifics of the technique, Mike cut off
his connection right afterwards. “Poo,
you have that light warp down?” said Jeff.
“Yeah, it’s probably the most complex thing I’ve ever had
explained to me but I can do it” Poo answered.
“We just have to figure out how to find Mike’s armor
make-up in some random place in the world that’s all” said Dave.
“I’ve already figured that one out Dave. Each metal has its own spectral signature
when you at it in a certain way, like with filters, a spectral graph or
prism. I can’t really explain it now in
detail but let’s say I have a way to find out that spectral signature. I should be able to use that to find Mike’s
armor since it’s a unique metal if I hack into a few satellites and such. Let’s hope it’s unique anyway” said Jeff.
“How long will it take you?” said
“Not much of a clue.
Maybe five minutes, maybe five days, I really can’t say how long it will
take. Remember I’m searching for a
needle in a haystack here” Jeff quickly explained as he cracked his knuckles
and got to typing starting his hacking.
“Just do it as fast as you can” said Poo as he walked out
of the room.
“Where is he going?” said Dave.
“I don’t know.
It’s best to leave him alone.
When Poo’s like that, he’s just usually deep in thought. It’s nothing unusual” Paula explained.
Meanwhile in Belle Vernon, “Hey Casie, we’ve been going
at it for a while. I don’t care how much
you need to learn that technique we need a break” said Ryan descending to the
ground breathing very heavily with some of his clothes torn up.
“I guess we could take one. My mind needs some rest anyhow after these
last six hours. We’ll take a three hour
break and get back to training” right after Casie said those words Ryan and
Nolan dropped backwards onto some grass and fell asleep. “Humph!
Lazy jerks, I wonder why I put up with you guys at times.”
<Well Casie, a three hour break might be all that your
going to get> said a voice telepathically to Casie.
“What the, who was that?” Casie said to herself as she
knew what she just heard.
<It’s Poo> Poo said telepathically.
<Geez, don’t do that.
I’ve told you before not to do that in that deep voice. So what’s the update on Mike and
Dave.> Once Poo got done telling Casie
everything, Casie was shocked by what she heard, <What! Mike’s not dead yet! Then we still have a chance. Do you what us to join up with you guys for
more power?>
<No, we have absolutely no need for your services
right now. You guys just keep
training. We don’t want everyone in the
same place right now. We’re too
vulnerable with everyone as worn out as they are> Poo explained to Casie.
<Thanks Poo, I’ll make sure to keep my promise and not
tell these two anything just yet, I don’t want them to worry right now.>
<Alright Casie, I’ll give you another update later>
Poo said telepathically as he was looking at the Eagleland coast at the Onett
shore over it’s rocking cliffs near the broken down house no one will buy. “I hope that we can defy the Apple here and
rescue Mike. Since we are supposed to
lose, I guess this is where it will be decided. After what display of power
“I guess you updated Casie just now, right Poo” said a
voice from about fifty feet back. It was
“How did you know?”
“You’re conversations have been so loud how couldn’t I
have heard. Don’t worry, no one else
knows about that right now” said
“I guess they have been.
“Of course I do. I
learned one thing on our last journey.
Anything is possible as long as you don’t give up. Even if we do lose which I hope we don’t, I
would rather go down knowing I did everything I could to save this world. Now come on, let’s get back to my house and
have my mom make us some food” said
“Didn’t everyone leave like Tom told them to?”
“No, they all want to stay and if they need to run they
will. Why don’t you go to the house and
get something to eat and I’ll join up with you guys in a bit. I just want to enjoy one of these few quiet
times I get by myself right now watching the sunset” said
“Yeah, sure
As
“Now I have a new reason to fight. I see where Mike can tap into such
powers. He uses his family’s constant
support and love to drive him to higher limits.
I know I’m not that emotional, but maybe all of humanity has that type
of power as well, including myself. With
that ability to feed off our love and emotion for others for a quick jump, we
might stand a chance after all. I forgot
to consider the human spirit that I have tapped into before and I guess that’s
why I do it. This is the first time we
can all be a family again in such a long time, and no force besides and act of
God will ever stop that from happening.
Not even the four Horsemen of Apocalypse will keep me away from my
family. The will go for Mike,” said