Sunday, 05 July 2009

• Rinas and Courage (Period #4)

  “Oh, boy…I’m not feeling too good...” said a queasy Rinas while walking in a shady part of Manhattan.

  “Well…” said Courage with concern, “You did not have to do this!”

  “Well, I already decided to do it. Too late to turn back now. Besides, I feel physically fine. It’s just this area right here…it’s all disgusting and I’m sure a great place where gangs make their business.”

  “…Just deal with it, then. One of the statues is up ahead somewhere.”

  “Oh yeah, I meant to ask you…what are these three statues?”

  “…The three Statues of Bethumet. They are a rare and powerful artifact in my Bethumet. They symbolize the three gods that our legends speak of: Arcadia, Takneo, and Bethumet. Arcadia was a god that controlled the souls who went to hell, and punished them for harming the world. Based on what my master, Shade Rivenwald, told me, Takneo was a powerful god who trained only the purest and worthy souls during the early stages of Bethumet.

  As for Bethumet…that bastard…” A puzzled look arose on Rinas’s face. “He was said to have created our world. That would mean that he created our foreboding purple skies, our ever changing clouds, our desire to fight each other with no rhyme or reason; in other words, to make me and the people of Bethumet to suffer.”

  “So…you don’t pray to him?”

  “…Don’t be absurd. I don’t even know if these gods exist. Takneo I can believe a bit because I trust the word of my master, but I wouldn’t even pray to him. You won’t see me praying to a rock anytime soon.” Rinas laughed.

  “Well, at least my God is nothing compared to your gods!”

  “So, you have gods, too?”

  “I have one God. And unlike you, I have a belief in mine.” The two managed to see a strange colored mansion once they exited the shady part of the area. “Huh. Never thought I’d see this here.”

  “It’s not real. This area must not have been in use, or whoever had that household is really weak because one of the statues has control over it.” She appeared in front of Rinas. “This…this is it. From this point on, you will have to risk your life to save two characters who don’t belong here. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep you alive, but I will be glad to go back to Genesis and head back to my time the painful way.” Rinas, without even thinking about it, walked past Courage. “…You’re so stubborn.” Rinas smiled.

  “I know. Now, let’s go!” They walked into the mansion. The inside looked ghastly and decrepit; it felt as if one step would cause the place to crumble.”

  “This is one of the statue’s tricks. Don’t feel overwhelmed Rinas. Now let’s look around.” Rinas searched upstairs, downstairs, and searched for hours but couldn’t see it. “Well…Genesis said it was here…?!” Rinas hid behind a wall.

  “What’s wr—” Rinas told Courage to be quiet. A strange looking sentry covered with heavy slowly walked by them. “Very smart. I’m glad you stopped me. That sentry is a part of my world, and highly unpredictable. I think we should sneak up on it…”

  “Courage, you missed it, didn’t you?” Courage was perplexed. “It was holding some sort of stone!”

  “What? I wonder why it would need that?”

  “I don’t know, but either way, it has to lead us to the location of the statue! So we’re going to follow it!” Rinas quietly followed the sentry, hiding behind walls and entering open doors. When they turned a corner, Rinas saw the sentry go down stairs. Rinas ran towards it.

  “Wait, what are you—” He knocked the sentry out by attacking it from behind. The stairs that opened the door disappeared.

  “Well, neither of us saw how the stairs appeared. I thought it was worth the risk.” They both walked through a long path. When they got through the path, they saw a room but was too far away from it. There was no bridge or stones to jump on to get over there.

  “Damn!” hissed Courage, “There’s no way we can make it from here!” Rinas walked to the ledge and looked down at the pitch black end of the ground. He knelt and tried to feel if there was anything there.

  “Nope…just air…so is this another one of the statues’s tests?”

  “I wish I could say that…but if it’s not, then we’re going to die.”

  “…Well, we’re going to have to jump!”

  “Are you crazy? I’m sure that I can make the jump, except I’m in your body! You can’t do it! You don’t have the training!”

  “…Alright then, you’ll have to come up with some sort of a strategy to get over there. I’ll give you a minute to think about it…” Rinas looked at the path they walked through. “Ok, I take it back, you have ten seconds!”

  “What’s wrong?” Rinas pointed at a huge, metal spiked ball that was rolling through the path, destroying pillars and walls while making its way towards them.

  “Damn! This is not perfect timing!” Rinas ran towards it. “What in Bethumet’s name are you doing? Are you trying to get us killed?!?” He stopped and turned back. He ran full speed.

  “Courage, it’s all up to you!” Rinas jumped. He jumped a lot higher than Courage thought, but it looked like he was short. He barely grabbed the ledge with his right hand.

  “Oh by the gods, you made it!” Rinas lifted himself up and gasped.

  “Phew…I think I know how…it feels to be a NASCAR driver…I’m trying out for track next year…” A loud break came from the other side. The spiked ball, which had two large scythes on the sides, was coming straight at Rinas. At the top of the spiked ball was a statue shaped like the sky shining, with a hand emerging from it.

  “N-no…it’s the statue of Bethumet!” Courage moaned.

  “Cool! I guess that means I can fight now!”

  “No! We can’t fight that! Or out the very least not here! Run!” Rinas instinctively ran, as the spiked ball started to come faster towards them.

  “Wait! Why are we running?”

  “Are you crazy? We have to find a place where there’s more space! This corridor’s too small! Besides, we can’t face that! Out of all the statues to find, it had to be the one of Bethumet! You can’t fight it!”

  “…In case you’ve forgotten, we can’t avoid it! Just look at it this way: we get to sever the King before his soldiers even get to us!” They ran into a large, circle shaped chamber. The walls had lines that glowed green and the bottom shined light green.

  “There’s no other exit…” Courage said somberly. The spiked ball figure emerged from the path, but stopped at the door and merged with the chamber. A loud gears moving like sound echoed throughout the room. Instinctively Rinas barely dodged a nearly fatal stab by the side walls. He had no time to think as he jumped and ducked under flurries of stabs.

  “Oh, Courage!!!” yelled Rinas, “If you have a good spell to teach me, you can tell me anytime now!”

  “I would love to, but it’ll take too long!”

  “Well, thanks for your help—not!” Rinas then thought of the only spell he knew so far.  “Agni!!!” A blaze hit the statue. The attacks from the wall soon became sluggish. He chanted the spell again, this time burning a section of the wall.

  “To take a basic weapon and make it so powerful…” Courage started breathing heavily.

  “Haa…I guess I don’t know my…own strength!” Rinas breathed even harder than Courage did. The statue casted a mysterious magic spell that engulfed Rinas. “Crap! It’s all dark and sticky in here!”

  “Rinas…I’m sorry…but it looks as if your efforts are for naught. You aren’t strong enough to break through this.”

  “Well, you are! Do something about it!”

  “But then—” Rinas was right. She had to do something, or else they’ll die without a fight. “Fine…let’s show Bethumet what a creation he created!” A powerful light magic blasted the dark magic away. Rinas moved his right hand in the direction of the statue.

  “Shining Wave Attack!!!” A huge blast of yellow energy blew away the statue. The sound of moving gears slowly shut down. The statue began to fall down. Rinas quickly did the same…

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