Chapter 12: The Trap is Set (D)

The Figure was staring out towards the devestated planet, slowly being torn apart by the forces of Darkness. Morning has risen, but the sun was nowhere in sight. Glancing up
at the sky was a large black mist, blocking out all light above the planet. Around the globe, people yelled out in fear as the mist continued to spread, smothering the entire world in the
shroud of Darkness. So far, all had gone according to plan...with the TRUE final piece, they would be unstoppable.

"He holds the piece...that completes me. For years he has hidden it, stopping me from my full power being unleashed..." Assassin Aharon groaned.

Aharon's eyes glared out at the world. His vision was much different. He saw nothin but a haze of red...blood...corpses littering the planet. The soil was dry and dead. All life had been extinguished. Large cracks were in the Earth's surface...Even his allies were sliced to pieces, leaving him the only living thing left and after the world was dead, he'd simply go to the Video Dimension, ceasing all life there.

The Figure may be evil, but Assassin Aharon is the most sinister, vile person you'll ever meet. Walking up to the containers which held Joshua's friends in statis, he took note of two of the important ones...Sugar and Adis. Neither of them looked familiar, but the Darkness whipsered to him that he'd be coming after them. An advantage had now landed in Aharon's grasp. Knowing how Joshua's mind works, he'd be dead if Aharon played his cards right.

Devan approached from behind, his large glasses stood out in the lack of light, examining Aharon like a test subject.

"Worm. Get out of my sight you wretched thing." Aharon spat at him.

Shrinking back in fear before rushing away in the other direction, fear was the most efficent tool he had at his disposal. Using it would be simple as slowly whittling down someone's belief and courage, until they were nothing but a trembling child, ready for slaughter.

"Driven to spill blood. Cold...calculating...that's all he was made to do. Nothing more. Any light that may have existed in his heart was crushed long before his creation. He has fallen short of expectations in the past, but know, we have Joshua near the end of his wits. He'll play right into our hands." The Figure murmered, rubbing his hands together.

Part of his robes had been damaged, leaving a small tear. His left leg...looked inhuman. Purple veins pulsed odd fluid around his skeleton-like leg. The bones looked liked they had been gnawed by some animal, stained yellow and brown by the oxygen. His true appearance was unknown to all...a truly horrifying sight if his robes covering him were removed. If his leg looked so foul and aged, did his body look as ancient?

Large military equipment lined up around the outside of the building, ready to fire at any hostile creature that bared some resemblance to a human being. A huge defense had been set up around the Dark Realm. It seems they weren't concerned whether Joshua made it alive or not...

Inside the statis capsule containing Adis, her mind drifted back to everything that had happened since she met Joshua...how he saved her, the way he acted and how much they had gotten close in the small time they had together. Unable to do much but watch for now, she had a trick up her sleeve. Being the smart girl she is, she created a small map of the tower before thier capture.

>I hope this works...<

Pressing the button on her watch, the data was quickly transfered to Joshua's. Which began to ring loudly, stirring him from his sleep...