Chapter 6

As the moon finally rose over the city, Joshua looked up at the dark sky. Stars were no longer glowing with thier radiant light. Everything that was once full of life, was now mechanical. Humans had robotic parts replacing thier weak ones, made of flesh and bone. People were no longer themselves. And each of them had more than one dark secret. Some they knew, and kept to themselves, others were unaware of the dark past they had.

Joshua, even though he was a hero, a warrior of light, darkness had once taken a grip on his very life, controlling him until he was saved by his friends.

"It was so long ago. When I returned from the darkness...I thought I would never be able to harness the power of light again...but now, I am a full-fleged hero. There is only one person who has light and darkness inside them...and that's Seb...He was under Dakoda's control...until he met us. He couldn't kill us, because we defeated him. Wanting to have the power that he desired, to defeat us, he joined us on our quest...even when Dakoda attacked, Seb had changed and claimed he was his own master, not someone's puppet..." Joshua said.

"Yeah...That's right..." Seb said, appearing behind him.

"...Then you went on your own, because you were called by something. Your parents...they told you they were proud of you...but they said darkness still was in your heart. You continued to use both light and dark, becoming a powerful warrior. I guess that's why you're capable of..."


"There was another girl that following you...right? You really liked each other. But, something happened. She was killed in the last battle before we could go home. There was nothing we could do. She couldn't be buried, and she..." Seb started.

"DON'T talk about her. Please. Don't remind me of the mistake I made." Joshua groaned.

Suddenly, everything went in a red haze and Seb vanished from sight. He was gone. But Joshua felt a headache, growing stronger until he fell to his knees in pain. The suffering was unbareable and he let out a cry of anguish and pain. Everything went dark...

As he came to, he was surrounded by black walls. Everything was shrouded in darkness...laughter...heartless laughter echoed through the room and Joshua was face to face with a dark figure. The long, grey hair and the suit of a criminal...Assassin Aharon...

"So, you return to the memories that you once had? Fool. Before you killed me in the battle that cost me everything, I transfered my remaning power to your mind. This dimension represents your memories, and I'll destroy them, everytime you try to recover some important memory, it will be gone...and you will not stop me..."

Assasin Aharon drew his sword. It's dark, silver glow struck fear into Joshua's heart, but he braced himself and began to fight. His twin swords clashed against Aharon's, but there was a wave of darkness, and Joshua was flung back. He lay on the ground, stunned.

Leaping to his feet, his blades circled around him and they hurled themselves at Assasin Aharon. He mearly laughed off the attack and threw the blades back. Direct hit. Joshua fell to the ground, blood was dripping from his wounds as he held his stomach.

"Foolish boy. You know that you can't defeat me, now...You will...SUFFER!"