Pioneer: Lucifer's Key Saga part8 By: Fragraham Lincon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer you say? Discalaim this! _ | | | | | | _ | | _ _ | || || || | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't even remember how long it had been. I searched through space and time. All to no avail. Having given up for awhile I headed back for Jurai. But upon setting into my home universe, I was intercepted. The ship was a Romulan warbird. Deffinately not from this dimension. It buzzed by me uncloaked. Clearly tryng to get my attention. It did. Not only being out of place but considering that I was one quarter Romulan, it struck a nerve. I followed the ship over some serious distances. I noticed something while we traveled eventually the local stars seemed to be growing brighter and brighter. As if they were younger than the others. Eventually there were no stars but clouds of proto star dust. Hydrogen nebulas not yet formed or ignited. It then occured to me. We were getting closer to the center of the universe. The mysterios warbird led us on still. Eventually we were drawn into an area that was one solid blur. With no clear refference points I now only had the warbird to follow. There was no turning back from this point. Finally the blur cleared. When past it I saw the strangest sight I had ever seen. It looked like the vortex, but at the same time compleatly different. When I stared into it I got a feeling like being everywhere at once. The warbird stopped here. It landed on an asteroid. I followed behind and landed next to it. The renegades and I stepped out, after detecting atmosphere. Out of the warbird stepped two individuals. They didn't seem to notice us. One of them pushed the other down. "Tell me, what did you do with the key." I pulled out a pair of binoculars and took a closer look. I can't say it was surprising to find that one of them was Jadite. The man who gave me Lucifer's key. He was the one being interogated. The other I didn't recognize. His hair was long and beginning to grey tied into a ponytail. His ears were pointed. He did seem to be a Romulan but he lacked the slanted eyebrows. At his side he carried a gunsword(like in galaxy 999). He was beating the holy Moses out of Jadite. "Untill I have that key no one is safe. Your friends, familly. All dead if I don't get that key" He threatened. "If you get the key. They're dead anyway. So why should I tell you." Jadite responded. I caught a glare as the man slapped Jadite. I looked closer at his hand. On it were seven rings. I immediately recognized them as the destroyer rings. That ment that all six destroyers were dead. And he was the suprem destroyer. Aparently seven gods may be all powerfull but not all knowing. At that point I chose to intervine. "STOP!! I have the key." I said. "NO!! You fool You've killed us all." Jadite screamed. "Ah. Very good. Now give it to me." Damanded the man. "Fudo don't do it." Jadite pleaded. "Jeez will everyone stop calling me that. what? have you been talking to Misaki?" I blurted out in frustration. "Fudo? Fudo Ryuo? Is.....is it you?" asked. "No. Frag. That's who I am." I responded. The man flew up. "You prefer an alias too? I am Ezeakiel Mortikai. But I prefer Hue Jassguns. ANd tell me are you also a space pirate?" "I am. What about it?" "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I never thought you would find me. Ironic that you have attained the key. And come to fight me." Mortikai went into an insane laugh, then flew into the strange void. Jadite came toward me. "It was stupid to come here. But now that you are you're going to have to fight Mortikai. He is the supream destroyer. He has the power of seven gods. I bet you're wondering what that key has to do with it. If used from in there it will destroy every dimension. But only if the user is willing to kill every living thing in existance. It falls into Mortikai's plan. He wants to destroy everything. And having the power of seven gods he will survive. To rebuild, then in the new world to declare himself the one true God." "That's impossible." "All he needs is for the key to be given to him. But given never taken." "Well that's no problem. But what do you have to do with it." "I was the gaurdian of the key. When I was defeated in my world I was pulled from the eternal sleep, by the last gaurdian. He couln't bear the responsibility. So he passed it on to me. I wanted to use it to gain power for myself but they key bears an awsome responsibillity. It forced me to fight for the good. To be honest I didn't like it. So I passed it on to you. But the legacy of the key didn't leave me. It forced me to ensure that you understood it. It seems fitting that the one with the ultimate force should bear the ultimate responsibillity. The key doesn't seem to play with your mind though. It's power tends to warp thoughts. But you are unaffected. Almost as if the key likes you. perhaps you are the one it has been seeking. And yes I know about the ultimate force. Tsunami told me when I landed on Jurai. She could sense your power. By now everyone knows. Go on. You'll have to challenge Mortikai. If you don't he'll come for you, or perhaps become strong enough to do the job himself. He's already the strongest being to ever exist. If he learns to focus that power it's all over. Then again, you haven't learned to focus your power either. Understand that no matter how strong you become there is no conventional way to become stronger than Mortikai. Only the full power of the ultimate force could ever touch him." "But I don't know how to use the ultimate force. I used it once and that was a fluke. Lighthawk wings don't just work whenever you want them. It's more a matter of luck." "Well if you're lucky then. You'll win. And I'm sure there'll be a hero's welcome for you on Jurai. So are you ready?" I answered the best I could. With action. I threw myself into the void to confront Mortikai. The other renegades wished me luck. I landed on the other side. Mortikai was waiting for me. "Welcome. I'm sure Jadite's told you everything. So what's your answer. Will you give me the key. Or will I have to pry it from your lifeles fingers." "Throw away the rings. They're going to tear you apart" I responded. "Throw away my power? Why? Before I had these rings I was nothing but a common crimminal. These are my life" "Look at you. They lead you to a path of destruction" "Perhaps. But I'm not going back. You should understand. I know where you come from. Do you?" "Who cares where I come from" "yes I suppose you're right. It doesn't matter. all that matters is power. So come. Let me test your power. Show me this ultimate force." We stood off. Mortikai stared at me intently. I stared back. both of us held our hand just over our weapon. Who would move first. More importantly. Who would move last. The battle of the eon was about to begin. -----------------end of part 8------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you think is going to happen? Bingo! Big ass fight. But the surprises aren't done yet. Try to deduce sherlock. If you figure it out send your guess to fragraham@mail.com