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The sun began to rise in the horizon. Lukis held at his hat as he sat near the neck of dragon, watching down on Agile.
Lukis: Where is he going?
They had been following Agile in the clouds up high and Agile had not yet noticed he was being followed, it seemed. They were still flying over the open ocean, no land in sight.
Bomb: He is going to the second natural beauty point, I already said that hundreds of times…
Lukis: Yeah, but its morning… It’s amazing we can keep up with him, Jerzyl must be tired.
Bomb: He’s strong… I didn’t think it would take this long for him to get there. It’s been about two hours…
Lukis: It probably wasn’t a good idea to leave Mt. Lawren a few minutes before nighttime.
Bomb: We would have missed Agile then, though…
Lukis: I really didn’t have any idea that he would be more powerful than King Blister…
Bomb: Yeah… I always thought he looked too strong to work under anyone though…
Lukis: So he just brought war to this world, was that his plan?
Bomb: He wanted to shield the eyes of the people so they would be too blind to be able to stop whatever he is planning on doing. Destroying the Earth, enslaving it, draining it of its power. Who knows, all we know is that it was bad enough that he had to go through all that trouble…
Lukis: Like it’s so bad if he hadn’t they all would have tried to destroy him?
Bomb: Yeah…. I don’t really think we could be able to stop him though, but who knows..
Bomb: (He can't be too powerful..)
Karen: I wonder what he plans to do anyways?
Bomb: Well, he has been trying to destroy all of these natural beauties, I think he thinks that he can obtain some kind of power from them, he told us there that we didn’t understand what kind of power that it had…
Lukis: Well that must be it! Well, why would he destroy the Sand Orchard though?
Bomb: I would guess he thought if he destroyed it he would obtain the power. All I had to do was touch it, but he doesn’t know that’s all you have to do..
Lukis: And so he is going to try and destroy this one?
Bomb: Probably, he will try, but that’s all..
Lukis: Yeah…
All three started getting a worried look.
Karen: When will we ever have free time?
Bomb: I don’t know… Probably never…
Karen: Jinz, the weird thing that saved me, all the corrupt cities, Saltis and Delban in war… So much left behind…
Bomb: Sometime we will have time, but now we definitely don’t…
Karen: I know.
Lukis: Hey! Hey guys, I think we are coming up to something! Oh, it’s just an island..
Bomb: Don’t get our hopes up like that, wait until you see a real natural beauty of some kind.
Lukis: Hey, Agile stopped there!
Bomb: What?!
The other two peered over the dragon and saw that Agile had stopped on the island and was walking towards the center.
Karen: He did?! Oh! Jerzyl, land on that island!
Jerzyl: Hr….
The dragon stopped flapping its wings and spread them out like an airplane. It began to soar down slowly to the island.
Karen: Why here? Is he resting?
The dragon got closer and closer and just before it smashed right into the sand it began flapping its wings. It slowed down its descent quickly and then gently landed on the ground clasping the sandy earth with its claws. The island was extremely small, it just consisted of a small sandy area covered by trees on one end and a beachside on the other. The whole entire island was just about as big as the small town of Saltis, very small for an island. Agile was already turned around, watching them as they climbed down the large dragon.
Agile: My, my! I did not expect this at all!
Bomb hopped off onto the sand first, landing softly.
Bomb: Agile, whatever you are thinking of doing, don’t do it!
Agile: Oh yes, I’ll just give up this chance to gain magnificent power because you told me so. Hahaha, words cannot stop me!
Bomb: We won’t let you leave this island!
Agile: Well that’s good!
Bomb: What?
Agile: You mean you don’t see it? Hahaha, blind fools! I am standing right in front of it!
Bomb looked behind Agile but saw nothing but trees.
Bomb: What?
By now the other two had joined Bomb on the sand after climbing down the massive dragon.
Lukis: I don’t see anything!
Agile: Forget it, I don’t need you to see it anyways! I guess I will have no choice now but to kill you… I didn’t want to before, I am not a pure black-hearted man. I didn’t think you would be such a nuisance… Don’t get the wrong idea, I am forced to kill you…
Bomb: Agile!
???: Wahahaha, you won’t lose this time!
The three quickly turned around just as a quick person flashed by in white above. He zoomed down from the sky onto the sand and slowly stopped in mid air above the island just a few feet off the ground. It was Kyros, again, in his usual white karate outfit, smirking as usual.
Bomb: Kyros?! What are you doing here!
Bomb: (Kyros? He just never learns his lesson…)
Kyros: I saw you two when I was flying back to Lawren, and I thought I’d stop for a little fun! So I trailed you here!
Lukis: What?! What business do you have in Lawren?!
Lukis: (He’d better not be thinking of attacking!)
During all this Agile just watched patiently. He seemed to be enjoying this.
Kyros: Look at what I’ve got!
Kyros pulled a small brown pack out of his pocket.
Kyros: Special soft! I plan to use it there!
Lukis: What?! Are you an idiot? We…. I mean….
Lukis: (What? We already used it on Jerzyl… Is he blind? Does he not see the dragon? He really is an idiot, isn’t he..)
Kyros: Enough of your babbling, time to settles this, you won’t win this time!
Agile: Excuse me-
Kyros: Who the hell are you? Another one of Bomb’s stupid friends? I’ll destroy you too!
Bomb and the other two’s eyes widened.
Bomb: (Whoah.)
Agile: Why- You must never address a person as powerful as me like that!
Kyros: Powerful?! Ha… Hahaha-Oof!
Agile held his hand out and a shut his eyes. A sound like snap and a large boom was heard and all the sudden out of nowhere Kyros clutches his stomach.
Kyros: Ooohh…..
Kyros falls to the sand quickly, slapping into the soft sand on his knees.
Bomb: (What was that? He hurt Kyros without even touching him.)
Kyros: Ohh….. That… Was painful…
Agile: Never address me like that again!
Kyros: That was a cheap shot, but really, I must be going! I got better business than to deal with you scoundrels!
Kyros got himself up and pushed of the sand with one foot. He floated up into the air and a few seconds later he was off into the horizon, speeding through the air extremely quickly in Lawren’s direction. Agile now focused his attention back on Bomb.
Lukis: (That was quick..)
Agile: What a fool, but my time has now been cut short, I would take a moment to look around before you become destroyed.
Bomb: Agile, you-Arr…..
Agile’s hand outstretched yet again in Bomb’s direction and he whelped in pain and fell to the ground.
Agile: Stunning, isn’t it? Hahahaha!
Karen: Bomb?!
Lukis: He must have parali-Unh....
Agile did the same to Lukis and Karen. Everyone fell to the sand, still watching and listening but unable to talk or move. They twitched on the ground, not feeling any pain but still disabled.
Agile: I believe I will start with the pretty one! Karen, is it?
Karen: ……..
Agile: Too bad you cannot say your last words.
Agile lifted his sword back quickly. He looked at her with his cold eyes, scanning the victim before he killed her.
Bomb: ……….
Bomb: (No! Must….. Move…. Grrrrrr! I can’t just let him get away with this!)
Lukis: (Not Karen! Oh no….. We should have never came! I had no reason to come here, and now look, my life is in jeapordy! Why did I ever come?!)
Agile lifted his sword further back.
Agile: I am sorry this ha-*gasp*
Agile’s hand shook and he almost dropped his sword with his quivering hand.
Agile: You, what is that on your leg?! ……
Agile outstretched his hand again and Karen stopped twitching. He had broken the paralysis spell on her and she was free to move just like always.
Karen: Ahh!
She scrambled away quickly across the sand.
Agile: Stop!
Karen: ……..
Karen: (I guess I have no choice, Bomb and Lukis are still with him…)
Karen stopped and turned to face Agile a few feet away.
Karen: What?
Agile: What is that your leg?
Karen: My tattoo?
Karen: (Why would he care about my tattoo?)
Karen looked at her leg, a blue sepher tattoo lay imprinted on it just as always.
Karen: Yeah so?
Agile: Were did you obtain that?!
Karen: I’ll talk if you release Bomb and Lukis.
Agile: Very well!
Lukis: (Yes….)
Agile did the same hand trick with Bomb and Lukis and they two became active again. They quickly came to their feet and scrambled over to Karen.
Agile: Now, talk!
Karen: I don’t remember, I’ve had that as far back as I remember…
Agile: It’s true… She’s the one….
Karen: (What is he talking about?)
Agile: (1,000 years must have passed already. Another ‘Gate’ has been born…)
Karen: I’m what?
Agile: She…. She’s the one!
Lukis: Agile?
Agile: You are the new Gate! Why, I don’t have to waste my time with this puny power when I have a Gate right in front of me!
Karen stepped back.
Karen: A… Gate?
Agile: …. Forget what I said… Bomb, have this puny power if you please, I have no desire for such little things as that anymore…
Bomb: Agile? What? You are letting me have it?
Karen: (I’m a….. Gate…?)
Agile: I have had a sudden change of plans….. Bomb, I must leave now, till next time.
Bomb: What, suddenly Kyros is on this new mission and now Agile has a change o-
Agile: Kyros….. Uh, oh…
Agile turned away from Bomb and the others and put his hand to his head, distress in his cold eyes.
Agile: (I hope that…)
Agile: *Gasp* He has the cure! Oh no, Oh!
Agile twisted around and ran across the sand so fast Bomb could barely keep track of him.
Bomb: Whoah!
Agile shot into the sky off the island into the horizon faster than anything anyone had ever seen. It took only a few seconds for him to do this and disappear from sight.
Lukis: Whoah! Did you see that?!
A streak of orange was still seemed to be where Agile had ran and leaped, but it quickly faded away.
Karen: I didn’t think going that fast was possible… At least he is gone...
Everyone gave a sigh of relief and clamed down.
Bomb: What was he babbling about? The cure?
Lukis: I have no idea, does Kyros think he is going to free Jerzyl? Cause he had that pack like we had.
Bomb: Not even Kyros is dumb enough to not see Jerzyl, well, maybe, but not Agile…. I don’t know… Something’s up
Lukis: Well, we can go back to Lawren quick, but we need to see this beauty too! Should take only a minute or two to get there, Agile and Kyros will probably be there in a minute.. So see the light quickly and maybe we can see some of what Agile is worried about, if we are lucky! I want to know what Kyros is up to!
Bomb: Me too. But where is the beauty?
Bomb walked around where Agile was standing and scanned the beach all over. Lukis and Karen came soon too and began looking around the area.
Bomb: Hey, wait…
Bomb: (What’s this?)
Bomb got onto his knees in the sand.
Lukis: You see something?
It was so small touching it with a finger could have destroyed it. The water coming from it would fill a thumbtack in around ten seconds. It was so small. A small geyser in the sand, water spouting from the top gently and flowing back down into the sand. The geyser spray was shorter than a pinky. It’s spray reflected brightly in the radiating sun. So small to be one of the points, but so beautiful.. A small geyser in the middle of such a small island…
Bomb: Wow….
Without thinking Bomb touched the little sprinkles of water spurting of the ground. And just like last time, everything faded into black…
Bomb recognized the same blackness from before. Then he saw it again. The light…. The light blue illuminating light from before, unchanged… It just shimmered it’s light in the darkness, not lighting any of the area, just bright by itself. Bomb forgot about the island and all the area as everything was no gone, black, dark.
Light: Welcome, Bomb….
The light seemed to float around Bomb, but without passing him. It was like the area was spinning.
Bomb: I’m here again….
Light: Yes, you have come here seeking the knowledge and power of your Legend… You have learned much about Agile since we last met…
Bomb: Not very much…
Light: Agile sought to steal the power of your Legend through these natural beauties.. He could have very well destroyed this beauty, but what happened was still not a good thing..
Bomb: What?
Light: Even though Agile did not destroy this beauty, he found out the secret of your friend. Your friend is a Gate…
Bomb: But what is a Gate?
Light: I cannot answer questions, I can just say what I must.. You’re friend has a power inside of her, a power if let out could cause catastrophe.. If she releases the power and Agile is nearby, it could be devastating…
Bomb: Power?
Light: I don’t know how Agile even knew about the Gate’s, but now that I see he does… Karen’s power can only be released with a spell though, and Agile does not know its words… But in the Legend, you all must use that power to overcome the evil…
Bomb: So, we would have to make sure to use the power away from Agile?
Light: Bomb, don’t worry about the power just yet, you have greater problems to worry about. Bomb, learn about your enemies before they confront you, that is my advice for now. Know your enemy before you attempt to confront them… Learn more about Kyros… Agile… All your enemies, for there is much you do not know.
Bomb: So what shal-
Light: Until we meet again, Bomb, I want you to learn about your enemies. Find out who they are. I cannot tell you all about them, I cannot do like when I tamed that dragon. You must grow strong by learning and fighting by yourself….
Bomb: I see….
Light: Don’t forget the past Bomb…. Don’t forget what has happened…
Bomb: I know….
Light: Don’t forget the night that you and the other 3 came to Luminy Castle for the first time, that is when this all started…. Bomb, I now only have to leave you this tablet. After this, there is only one more…
Bomb: Just one more?
Light: Don’t forget anything Bomb… Here is your old tablet…
A tablet mystically appeared in front of Bomb from nowhere. It showed the same picture, a Winged Lyrian, like Bomb, being strangled, hassled, choked by another Winged Lyrian, one with large wings.
Bomb: I still don’t understand this one…
Light: You will, very soon…. Here is your new tablet… Study both of these well..
A new tablet appeared right next to the old one, popping right out of nowhere yet again. This one displayed a different picture. They were on top of a large temple. There was someone that looked like Karen, on her knees at the top, with here hands held over her head. A Winged Lyrian like Bomb had his hands on her shoulder and on her other shoulder another Winged Lyrian. Behind the both of them was a knight, in armor with a sword, and a man with a cowboy hat, just like Lukis.
Bomb: We are all on a temple, I recognize Lukis and Karen, and one of those Winged Lyrians is me… But… Who is that Knight? That other Winged Lyrian, who is he? Is he the one that saved Karen that night? But still, who is that knight? This is all confusing again…. Why is Karen on her knees? Is she hurt?
In a flash the tablets were gone again.
Light: There is only one more left Bomb… Don’t forget anything you see…. Goodbye…
Bomb: Hey, wait-
Before Bomb knew it the light had faded into the darkness and all that was left was black, nighttime like blackness. Bomb opened his eyes to see Karen and Lukis watching him, standing.
Lukis: You’re done?! That took like a few seconds…
Karen: How could you talk to him for that short? You just touched that a few seconds ago..
Bomb: It felt like it was minutes…. Hours….
Lukis: Hey, look!
Karen: Whoah!
Bomb looked around, wondering what they were staring at. Then he looked at his wings and saw.
Bomb: Hey!
His wing, the one that had been torn by Agile, was now back to normal. It no longer flapped in the wind, it stood out great and full like the other one. The only difference was that is was a bright red color.
Bomb: My wing….
Lukis: Whoah, but why is it red?
Bomb: (My wing… My wing!)
Bomb: Whoah….. Uh, maybe it is sore, or maybe that’s what it looks like after being healed…
Karen: Looks like you can just fly by yourself now!
Bomb: (Thank you… Light…. Now I have two gifts from you…)
Bomb looked at the little geyser, still spouting it’s water.
Bomb: ……. Wait, I have an idea!
Lukis: For what?
Bomb: The last natural beauty I went to gave me a gift, just like this one did. This one healed my wing, and, the other one gave me a different power.
Karen: Huh?
Bomb: Shh……
Karen: (What is he doing?)
Karen: Bomb? Are you doing that thing again?
Bomb tried remembering what it felt like at the desert of the Sand Orchard… At Luminy castle…
Karen: Hey, wa-
The sound of the ocean and wind faded away…. Then a new picture faded in its place.
Agile sat, perched atop the Inn, watching.
Agile: It’s too late… I was too late! Damn me! How could I have let him slip past me like that?
Agile watched Kyros as he finished sprinkling the last of the soft onto it. Onto the statue of Lyrian.
Agile: It’s too late.. He must not get in my way…
Agile sat watching, his eyes widening in his orange armored helmet. Watched all this happen without interfering. Kyros threw the pack to the ground and climbed down the front of the statue and watched. The sprinkles of dust circled down onto Lyrian, gently landing on him. The statue began to give off a light glow as the brightly sparkling soft dissolved onto him
Kyros: I have traveled long and hard to collect that soft! I had to journey to the center of the largest mountain but I have come back successful! Watch townspeople! Witness the awakening of my new apprentice!
Agile: (Apprentice?! He is an idiot…)
The statue began to change to life. First it started not with any physical change, just a feeling around it, a feeling of life. Then it’s colors began to change slowly and it’s glow faded away. It began to move slowly, but not yet moving an inch. It’s gray color faded away and his real colors shouted out brightly. His long bright blue hair.. His green book.. His long, spread out black wings.. His light blue eyes blinked. His faded light blue eyes, and he looked around. A smirk on his face as he looked around. He wore a black robe and black shoes. In the wind his bright blue hair whipped, it just barely came across his shoulders. His black robe was very light and covered him like a wizards robe. His light blue eyes turned and looked. He was now alive again. Lyrian was alive. He looked around at the town, and began to smile and chuckle slightly, but he kept a serious look, even with the smile.
Kyros: Good morning, Lyrian! You shall be pleased to know that you are my new apprentice!
Lyrian: Silence! I am an apprentice to nobody!
His voice was light, yet resonate and vibrating. Like a young child pretending to be super-powerful. His words sounded like the words of a God and townspeople watched him slowly with caution.
Kyros: I am the most powerful man in the universe! You will obey all orders!
Lyrian looked at him, he was laughing on the inside but he showed a straight face.
Lyrian: Gather the townspeople, I need lives to quench my thirst for power…
Kyros: I am- Gahhh….
Lyrian looked at him with his dark, yet light colored, eyes. Kyros fell to his knees and held his head.
Kyros: It hurts so…. Bad….
Lyrian: Now, have you learned your lesson?! Do as I say, now!
Kyros got up and shook his head. He glanced at Lyrian one last time. Kyros put his head down and ambled over towards some townspeople. The two townspeople, a man and a woman, cowered back, but did not run. They looked at Kyros and their eyes filled with fear. The woman began to cry and clutched the man’s arm. But they did not run.
Agile: (He will get in my way, my quest for power… I can’t just sit around… But I will wait and watch him.)
Agile stood up on the Inn and got himself ready to leave. He took one last moment to look at Lyrian. His cold blue eyes. This is the last Bomb saw before he came back. The reflection of Lyrian’s eyes remained in his head. Where he thought refreshing light would be, darkness lay, cold darkness…..