This took too long to get back to writing. From now on my writing style will be changed. Now its like a book! Hopefully this will be better!
CHAPTER 6
The sun crept over the barren land ruled by Captain Gyrun. It crawled over the black castle like an insect. Craid covered his eyes as the light entered the hole in the eastern wall of the room. Gyrun’s body glistened with sweat and blood as the light filled the room.
“The sun..A wretched thing. It gives life and light, both of which I hate..”, growled Gyrun. “I prefer the moon. Dark, cold, and creates fear. Now lets not have dawn ruin out battle!” Gyrun clicked his fingers. Two Wicked Archers entered the room with drapes. They started to cover up the hole. Then they walked over to the only window and pulled on a brown rope. The curtains fell over the window, blocking the sunlight. The room once again became dark.
“Hehe. Did you forget that the sun gives the moon light? That is why the moon shines in the night sky. Without the sun, the moon wouldn’t be seen. Without light, darkness can’t exist. A regular fact of life,” chuckled Craid.
Gyrun frowned. Grinding his teeth, he then said “Cocky as ever. Now, that we have settled the bet, can we please get on with this?” Gyrun twirled his sword between his fingers. “My weapon of choice is my trusty blade. Don’t tell me you shall go by brute strength!”
Craid cracked his knuckles and then his neck. He thrusted his right arm forward, and then his left. “Why not? Its all I have after all”, said Craid. Gyrun grinned and pointed the tip of his blade at Craid. They both stared coldly at each other, neither one making a move.
Without warning, Craid charged toward Gyrun. Gyrun lifted his sword, ready to block the attack. Claws and swords locked with each other. Craid did all he could to push Gyrun backward, but he underestimated Gyrun’s strength. Gyrun slowly lifted one hand from the handle of his sword. Using the hand he grabbed onto one of Craid’s horns. Amazingly, he lifted Craid in the air. How could this be? He is twice as powerful as my scanners tell.
“Oh come on! The Craid I was told about wouldn’t be this weak. I guess I’ll just have to tear you limb from limb to find what I am looking for!” Gyrun started to spin around and around. Craid’s body followed Gyrun’s movements. Craid felt Gyrun’s cold hand leave his horn. His body was thrown across the room, smashing into a wall. Craid grunted as he got up. Little damage was done to his body but it still was painful. He looked up to find his enemy. Did he ever. Gyrun was right in his face for another attack. He landed a right upper cut then comboed with a fist to the gut. Craid once again smashed into the same wall. Craid gasped for air, clutching his stomach.
“You are very disappointing. You were created to bring pain, make others suffer, and create destruction upon the lands of this world. And yet you are as harmless as Zupo bird.” He swiftly kicked Craid in the face. Blood dripped from Craid’s nose. Some of it got onto Gyrun’s boots. “Now you got your dirty blood on my new boots. I’ll just have to make you suffer even more,” Gyrun said, picking Craid up by the collar. He looked him over, looking for something. “Hm, I wonder if it is true that your tail is made of the strongest metal ever created. A perfect sword could be created from your tail. I do hope you don’t mind me when I slice it off.”
Gyrun raised his sword to strike. As he brought it down, Craid raised both hands, stopping the blade. “If there is one thing I won’t stand for is losing my tail. You won’t be taking it!” Craid lifted his head back then smashed it into Gyrun’s skull. Gyrun fell backward to the blow, losing his grip on Craid. Craid took this chance to get as much distance between him and Gyrun. What was I thinking?! This man is too strong for me. He shouldn’t! When I first saw him, I was stronger. Now he is the strong one. There must be something giving him power.
Craid looked around the room. There was no sign of anything that could be of use. Maybe it is in another part of this castle. Something that could be sending waves might be possible. I can’t go and find out. Gyrun will be able to catch up to me…Of course! Craid once again searched the room. Lucky for him, when Craid head butted him he cracked his goggles. “Surge! Where are you pal? I need a little help,” yelled Craid. At first, only Craid could hear his own breathing.
“Aye, not so loud Craid! I was trying to rest up but now you need a helping hand. So much for all powerful..” Craid smiled and cupped his hands around his mouth. “I need you to find some kind of machine that is getting Gyrun his power! Check everywhere in the castle while I hold him off!”, Craid yelled. He took the sudden rush of footsteps a yes. Craid nodded and went off in search of Gyrun. “I may not have a nose like Surge’s or the ability to see in the dark, but I will not lose this battle. Now we will see who is disappointing!” With a bloodthirsty cry, Craid ran into the depths of the room, hopefully not to his doom…
Surge was on the move already. Searching from room to room, he sniffed out every object in his path. Yet, nothing he found was of any use. “This is getting annoying. How in the world am I supposed to find some kind of device that makes Gyrun stronger?” growled Surge. Picking up one of the many statues that scattered the castle, he tossed it into a wall. What he didn’t expect was for the statues to go through the wall. “What in the world…By my fluffy tail, it is a secret passage. Clever of Gyrun to put a cloaking device on it. Yet, he is stupid enough to have nothing protect it. Let us see what he is trying to hide here!” Taking a deep breath, Surge walked through the cloaked door.
The passage led to what looked like a miniature lab. All the technology amazed Surge. Buttons flashed and men in white coats ran through the lab. All but one noticed Surge. “H-hey! You sir! You are not authorized t-to be here!”, sputtered the man. Surge ignored the man and walked through the lab. The rather small man ran after Surge, trying to get his attention. “So human, what do these machines do?”. The stopped, catching his breath. He then said “None of your beeswax you..you demon! Captain Gyrun told me to never tell anyone of this machine!” Surge rolled his yes and dropped down to his knees to the man’s eye level. “So in other words, your machine is not doing what it is supposed to and you are a laughing stock” The man stomped his feet in anger. “No it is working perfectly! Right now Captain Gyrun is beating that beast into a pulp to our ma…” The man just realized he was tricked but he was too late. Surge was pressing every button in his reach. The rest of the men in the lab began to notice Surge. Setting aside their work, they rushed to pull the wolf demon off the machine. “Stop it! You are going to break it!” they said together. They tried pulling, pushing, and kicking Surge to stop it. But being a demon, Surge wouldn’t get off. “Oooooh! What have we here?”, Surge cooed. “It is a big red button. Something in me says to leave it be but my badass side says to push it. Thank the gods I only listen to the badass!” With a beep, all the lights in the lab turned off. Everyone became quiet, waiting for something.
The main screen turned on. The words “Warning! Self-Destruct Sequence Activated” flashed across the screen. “So you installed a self-destruct button. What kind of scientist puts a button that could destroy the building on a machine they worked years on?” The small man spoke again. “Union issues..You had to be there.” Surge nodded as the count down began. 30 seconds to escape from the room. Plus, he had to get all of the scientists out. “Now get out of here you humans. Scram!” It didn’t take long for the others to scramble out of the lab with wet pants. Surge was just passing through the cloaked passage when he heard the countdown reaching to 10. “Wait a minute..or at least 5 seconds. If the lab explodes, the force will escape from this opening and into the castle. Thus will the castle explode too. This is a bunch of bull! Craid so owes me for this!” Thinking quickly, Surge got all the statues and other objects in the room and stuffed them into the opening. With the speed only he could control, he ran two room lengths, just out of reach of the explosion. The force of the chaos rocked the entire castle…
The fight between Craid and Gyrun was still about. Craid had the slight advantage over Gyrun since Gyrun was blind as a bat in the dark. But Gyrun was still stronger. The battle seemed to be over. Craid was against the wall with Gyrun’s sword to his neck. “So..Craid. How does it feel? To wonder why you live. To want to know why you are different from everyone else. And yet, you can never know these answers. That is because you are too weak. A failure.” Craid choked on the blood that was flowing in his mouth. This can’t end like this. I can’t lose to a guy like this. I shall not…
The loudest bang that ever could be heard entered the room. It boomed across the walls, shattering the window in the room. Gyrun had to drop Craid to block the sound from his ears. Craid took this chance to scramble from the floor and back on his feet. “What are those idiots doing down there?!? When I get my hands on them I’ll…I’ll…” Gyrun stopped mid-sentence. He started to pat his clothing as if he was looking for something he lost. “What’s going on here?!! My strength..It’s fading!” Craid stared at Gyrun. It was like seeing a balloon deflate. Gyrun’s muscle grew smaller, but still noticeable. “So,” Craid sneered, “this is the true Gyrun. A pathetic weakling using technology to make you seem powerful. Now its my turn to show you MY power!” Gyrun was quickly on the defense. But without his fake muscles, Craid overpowered him. With a kick, a punch, and an another kick, Gyrun was defeated. Now it was Craid who was holding up Gyrun by the collar. “I’ll be taking my prize now. The knowledge of your mind. Tell me about my creators and their link to your kind!”, growled Craid. Gyrun closed his eyes, sighing. “Fine. I’ll let you on one thing that could help you. I am a man of my word. Your creators and the Dark Kingdom had a deal see? We gave them something and they gave us something..haha. Or should I say they would have gave us something. And the something is you. That is all I know.” Craid did not loosen his grip on Gyrun. “Are you sure that is all you know Gyrun..”, said Gyrun. Gyrun nodded and clenched his fist. “Yes! I told you! That is all I know you wretched beast! Now get your claws off me.” Craid gave a slight smile. He raised his hand in the air, gathering his claws in one position. “Wrong answer denum!” Craid smashed his clawed hand into Gyrun’s gut. Gyrun gasped as the cold hand of Death wisped his life away. His once clenched hand fell limp.
Surge ran in the room just in time to see the death of Gyrun. “Nice work there Craid. Did you really had to kill him? We are in enough trouble with the law as it is!” Craid let Gyrun’s body hit the floor as he walked over his demon friend. “He was lieing to me. Our deal was if I beat him he would tell me everything he knew about the connection between my creators and the Dark Kingdom. He kept a lot of secrets so I had to kill him. He didn’t deal me my full prize.” Surge titled his head in confusion. “How did he know he was lieing?” asked Surge. Craid pointed with his head at the body. “His body temperature grew, perspired a lot, and his tongue was purple. Kidding on the tongue thing though. So I guess you were the little the idiot who caused that loud bang.” Surge chuckled and patted Craid on the back. “Yup. Just call me a nuisance.”
As they walked out of the castle, Craid turned to Surge. “So why aren’t any Archers chasing after us to avenge their leader again?” Surge looked back on the castle. It was barren as the land itself. No Archers could be seen. “That is very odd. I wouldn’t know. But we shouldn’t let it bug us. We are heroes! We defeated a tyrant!” Craid smiled, throwing his hands behind his head. “One last question. Before I interrupted your battle, you said you had get yourself vengeance. Care to explain to me?” Surge stopped walking. The wind began to blow, ruffling his hair. “Long ago when I was only a pup, Gyrun was in my village. He was picking up fighters to be in his army. Lets just say he didn’t want volunteers. I never saw my father after he left.” Craid stopped walking too. His hair drooped a little as he walked back to Surge. “I am truly sorry for you. But you got your vengeance right?” Surge nodded. He said “Ya. Thanks to you…wait a minute! You heard me talk about my father? I said that before I was fighting Gyrun! I could have left here without this blood loss!” Craid laughed and ran ahead while Surge was chasing him down. One villain dead. But how many more will be in our hero’s path. Only fate shall know this answer and never reveal it till then.