Bonus: Book 4: Edition 1 2013: Ch-10

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Bonus Chapter: Original Version of Ch-10 Author’s Note: This was the original script I wrote back in 2013 from book 4. As you can see, there are notable differences. A lot have been changed overtime from my writing:) At the time I did not wrote book 1 so a lot of the ideas and concepts I had at the time were very rough and not polished. This was the easiest starting point for me to write back then. The changes have been made for the best to improve the flow and development for the characters. Also, the changes where made to tie in with the events of Book 1. ------------------------------ Chapter 10 To each their own battle Rushing through the next set of stairs, Alistor and the party enter a room filled with solid steel and wall flooring. A fog of mist emanating from the ceiling, they could hear the sound of heavy winds blowing from outside. They made it to the halfway point of the tower. Havok’s voice could be heard from a speaker above. -Havok- Well well, you made it this far. Feeling lucky? The Nova cannon will be ready to fire in in minutes. Try and stop me, ha ha ha ha. -Katty- We’re running out of time. -Alistor- “You think? Our next challenge is already here. Look out!” From above a massive spiked monster jumps in to crash the party. Arms popped from within its body and a pair of tense eyes staring at them. With not of an introduction the monster starts ramming at the team. Spikes and stalagmites are resulted from its impact. -Winoa- Whoa! This one means business… What should we do? -Alistor- “With not much time left. I propose we split. 2 monsters left before reaching Havok. One will have to stay to fight this one. Who will it be?” Plasmus stepped in to volunteer. -Plasmus- “Agreed, there’s not much time left to waste. Move on to the next floor. I’ll try holding this one off as long as I can. Now go on ahead.” The rest of them make their way to the 5th floor as Plasmus stands off against the spiked monster. Fully armored and a scar marked on its left eye. -General Spike- Good of your friends to leave you behind. I know all about you ha ha ha. This will be easy. -Plasmus- What do you mean? How? -General Spike- “Ha ha ha! You were always playing second hand to any division you served. Not much of a fighter alone. An early Baronia model, you are nothing more than a mere support. I’ve seen you around before.” He begins hesitating from the monsters words. Not daring to look back he continued looking off at the monster eyes. -Plasmus- “You’re wrong! And I’ll prove it!” Volts of green sparks begin bursting out from the palm of his hands. Ready for battle, he starts charging right in at the monster. General Spike gets into combat position. A keen look is seen in its eyes. -General Spike- “Ah good. COME AT ME!” Meanwhile back with Alistor and the rest. They make way into to the fifth floor, a huge gate stands between them. Control devices and large computer monitors sits across from the room. Vortex soldiers barge in from the shafts of the walls ready to defend the gate to the top. -Alistor- “Looks like we got company already.” A big monster materializes from lightning in front of their eyes. Wielding a huge ball and chain, wings sprouted out from its back. The whole gate was now barely even visible overshadowed by the monsters body. -Katty- “The gate… He’s walling it off.” -General Skyark- I cannot let you go any further. -Sarah- Who are you? -General Skyark- “Skyark! General of the Crystal Vortex, proud to fight under Havok’s name. You made it this far fast? How? You couldn’t have defeated General Spike this fast.” Alistor steps in to clarify with the general. -Alistor- Heh, our friend right now is handling him below. We have not time to waste with you, so step aside. Havok is waiting for me. The general responded back with his weapon crushing at the floors. Alistor dodged out of the way. The Vortex soldiers draw out their weapons. -General Skyark- “Think it be that easy? Havok can wait! IT IS MY TURN NOW! Vortex units ATTACK!” The vortex soldiers charge in as Skyark remains standing strong at the gate. The battle begins with both sides clashing. Katty and Alistor fought back to back as Winoa handled a group on her own. Sarah burns through a row of soldiers bulling them out of her way. -Sarah- I had enough with this. I’m going to bring that pile of scrap down. Winoa cover for me. I’m goanna make a clear opening for the gate. -Winoa- “Got it!” Sarah went straight directly for the general blockading the way. A huge ball comes at her but she jumps over it. The ball crashes as she uses it to platform high in the air. Fire begins to build around her. Fueling with power in the right fist of her hand, she unleash a heavy stream of fire at the general. Skyark stood his ground covering his face while the pressure builds on as she got close. -General Skyark- “I will not move.” Winoa finishes off the reaming vortex guards by casting a wave of slicing air vanquishing them. Alistor and Katty start firing away at the general. -Katty- “We’re goanna break through that gate.” Pressure continues to build on at the general holding onto his grounds. Refusing to budge a slight inch. He remains stationary as Sarah starts pounding at him with her fists of flames. -General Skyark- No matter what! I won’t move. -Sarah- Die already! A small spark lit within his eyes. His wings spread out pushing Sarah back as he begins charging for something big. Winoa goes to help her back up as Alistor and Katty stood their ground. -General Skyark- “Now feel the power of my laser. SKYARK BEAM!!!” A huge ray of purple energy fires out from the general’s chest causing massive destruction across the whole room. All of them now were on the run as the force from his attack knocks them all across the room. A huge shake can be heard through the floor. Back on the fourth floor with Plasmus battle… -General Spike- “Ah it seems Skyark has already begun battle. This is the beginning of your very end. Feel my Spike Cannon!” Spikes shoots out from the monsters body as Plasmus was on the move. Each shot exploded upon impact. He tries retaliating back with bolts of light but they were ineffective. He trips from one of the spikes impact as the monster moved in. He gets body slammed by the monster. -Plasmus- Ugh…Such weight…. -General Spike- “Ha ha ha. Your techniques are worthless against me.” The monster starts to jump on him consecutively damaging him. -Plasmus- “There must be a way... A gap in your defense. Somehow….” He continues to hold for his breath as the monster jumps higher in the air. He rolls out of the way to avoid any fatal impact from the monsters slam. -General Spike- 360 degree of defense. Think you can find a gap? Hit me with your best shot. The monster provoked Plasmus enough to unleash his best attack at him. A huge ball of green plasma fires away at the monster as he puts his all into this one attack. -Plasmus- I am not weak. No! I can be more than just a support. -General Spike- “Just as expected….” Those glare of confidence in Spikes eyes. Plasmus has fallen as bait straight into his hand. Energy slowly seeps away from his body as Spike grabs hold of the ball of massive plasma. The attack gets absorbed crushed into the monsters hands. He gets thrown back gasping for some breath. -Plasmus- No….. -General Spike- “Ha ha ha that proves it. You’re no threat. Those techniques are harmless to me. Time to end this right now.” The room begins heating up. Spikes swirling in a circular motion like a wheel across the base of its body. Fire begins to form spinning rapidly. Plasmus begins to make a run for it. A streak of flames chase after him. -General Spike- “You’re no match for me.” The general continues to roll across the room after him. Plasmus gets cut from one of the spikes on the monster’s body. The back of his cape begins catching on fire. He ducks and rolls across the room struggling to put it off. Damage continues to build on him as Spike continues to mock away. -Plasmus- This fight is hopeless…Maybe he’s right. I’m no good. -General Spike- “Now you see? Say goodbye!” The monster was stopped on its tracks, ready to smash down with both hands. Suddenly a force intercepts between them. Dust knocking Spike away from Plasmus. It was none other than Swifter at his side. -Plasmus- You’re ok! -Swifter- “Of course. Don’t ever doubt yourself. Even if things get tough, there is always be a way around the situation. Succumbing to the opponent’s hand is a sure way to defeat. Now let’s do this.” His words got Plasmus back on his feet. The monster got back up, turned around to attack with no hesitation. This time ramming with its arm laced with spikes. The both of them jumped out of harm’s way. -General Spike- A two for one? Splendid! Both your powers even combined won’t even make a difference. Here I come! -Swifter- He’s a very tacky one. -Plasmus- I know right? So far everything I throw does nothing. An impenetrable defense he so claimed. -Swifter- No! That’s a lie. There is always a gap somewhere. Remember Umbrella man? If we can work hard, no matter how small the gap we’ll find it. -Plasmus- “Then let’s start.” They avoid the monsters next oncoming ram and begin some planning. Back upstairs with Alistor and the others battle with Skyark. Lasers continue firing out from the generals chest. Still stationed at the gate refusing to move. Nearly all the equipment in the room was gone by now. Piles of dust and debris lies across the floor. -Katty- Gah! He won’t budge. Such a huge fatty! -Sarah- I got it! We’ll just have to overpower him them. -Winoa- What do you mean? -Sarah- Just sit back and watch. Sarah moves in as Skyark fires away on sight. A blast of flames clashed back against his heavy laser. In the face of a dragon it impacts the laser and a struggle between two forces of powers in a tug of war. -General Skyark- “I won’t let go! Need more power! 100% GO!” Sweat begins pouring from the back of the general’s head. Parts of his wings begin cracking and chipping off. Not long after the laser gets overwhelmed from the force of her fire. Skyark catches on flame and she moves in to deliver a hard punch to the face. -Sarah- “Out of the way.” She punches through Skyark’s vision screen knocking his block off. Losing balance Skyark blindly retaliated back with his ball and chain, but Winoa slices through the chain. The ball is sent flying across the room. -Alistor- “Katty watch out!” The two of them moved out of the way as the ball went flying out of the tower. A huge gaping hole is left as cold air came rushing in. -General Skyark- “I can’t lose…..” On fire and with cold air mixing, the general’s body begins to slowly break away like glass. An arm first falls and the next an entire wing. -Sarah- “Kiya!!!” Skyark gets launched into the air as she breaks through with one flaming fist. A stream of fire cuts through the monsters for his inevitable destruction. A heavy explosion quickly commenced within the room. From outside smoke can be seen escaping from the hole left in the tower. Havok watches silently from the top not making a move. Back below with Swifter and Plasmus, spikes and fire rains down upon them. General Spike rapidly spins across the room, flames surrounding them. -Plasmus- This isn’t working. Are you sure its goanna work? -Swifter- Just hold on a minute. This might be the only chance we got. Here he comes! In a matter of seconds the general was close to them. They both grabbed hold onto one of his huge spikes left over from one of his previous attacks to plunge into him. The monster is put to a sudden stop. The spike exploded away leaving him stunned. An opening is revealed to them at the top of its single spiked forehead. -Swifter- “Go for it!” Plasmus went in with an electrifying blade to plunge at the monsters opening. Stunned and paralyzed it struggle to move but it was over. General Spike attempted to fire out his spikes but his attacks round up imploding on him. Swifter and Plasmus both got down on the floor tired and down for rest. -Plasmus- Phew…It’s finally over. I don’t think I can continue any further. -Swifter- Good job. I say we both deserve a nice break. Ah, I wonder how the rest are doing. -Plasmus- “We’ll find out later. For now some rest.” Lying back to back on the floor, the both of them went to take a nap. Back with the rest of the party. They entered through the gate Skyark was guarding. They where now outside on a balcony with a small leading steps of stairs to the top. There they could see a huge light powering the cannon from above. They wasted no time to get to the top and up there lied the fourth Crystal Key at the center. Four pillars and a device powering up the Nova cannon. Havok was nowhere to be seen. -Alistor- Nobody around? Havok where are you? Feeling it was an obvious trap they took no chance to let their guard down. They slowly approached to the crystal key. Katty was feeling chilly from the cold breezing air passing continuously by. Alistor reach out to grab the object they came for. -Katty- “I don’t trust this.” With no hesitation he easily takes the fourth key. Not soon after. Havok’s voice could be heard. They looked around till he finally materialized within air. He swoops down grabbing a hold of Alistor by the neck. -Winoa- “Havok!!!” Sarah goes in to try throwing a fiery punch, but Havok merely swoops out of the way while still holding onto Alistor. Struggling to catch some breath he looks intensely into Havok’s red glowing eyes. No emotion, but evil expressed within the generals eyes. -Havok- “I got ya! Ha ha ha. Finally I get to have a piece of you. You’ve been meddling far enough into the Crystal Vortex. You should have accepted the offer and gave up.” Alistor breaks free kicking him off, but the general pulled out his blade for them to clash. Two swords pressed together in a struggle as they test each other’s strength. -Alistor- Havok. We get to fight at last. -Havok- “I don't need all of you to tell me my own name. More importantly, tell me what you think of this.” The both of them pull back for a second before clashing once more. Havok gets the upper hand this time as he brings the pressure from his blade down at him. Alistor struggle to hold on with his Crown sword. -Alistor- “What I think? This mad tower of yours has to go down. That Nova Cannon, I can’t let you fire it off.” -Katty- What are we waiting for? Let’s attack. Alistor breaks free from Havok once more as Katty and the rest move in to fight with Havok. He easily catches Katty and Winoa’s attack by the tip of his blade. Alistor and Sarah try gaining up close but he pushes them both back from a sweep kick. Winoa went in once more with a spell of cutting air. Havok easily avoids them, and Katty jumps in from behind. Katty try pulling off his quick slices but Havok easily grabs hold of him throwing him back at Winoa. -Winoa- “Ow…That hurts.” Alistor went back in with a charged attack this time but the general merely pulled himself away. Swooping through the ground he was nearly off the floor levitating. -Havok- My my your all eager to fight right away. After all I went to the trouble of bringing you here. -Sarah- So this tower was a set up after all? -Havok- Clever attempt but your off. -Alistor- “Then what was your plan on bringing us here? What’s the point?” Havok slowly walks across from them. His blade perched gently on his hand. He watched them carefully on every move they make. All calm and cool, not much was worrying for him. Neither Katty nor any of them could see any emotion expressed from the general. No visible mouth present but a half face mask to cover the jaw. -Havok- The world you see here is one potential future should things continue as they are. -Alistor- This is all a battle isn’t it? Isn’t that what you want? -Havok- A battle? Hah! Meaningless battles such as this have existed from a distant past and last far into the future. Only by giving ones pure strength against another do true champions arise. -Alistor- “Then stop hurting innocent lives. If I defeat you…Better yet to just destroy you.” The general was merely amused hearing these words out of him. He points his blade towards him. -Havok- Small idle threats ha? I seek such a champion, yes one like you. That Crown Sword you have. You’ve yet to master it completely. -Alistor- Yeah why? Why are you so interested anyway? -Havok- “Save that question for later. To begin you show me your true strength. If you cannot defeat me here you'll never return. En Garde!” Havok begins the charge of battle. Green and purple energy bursts out from the edge of his blade. They kept their guard strong as he got close. Havok clashes with Alistor and Katty blade to blade. Barely able to hold their own as they are pushed back from his immense strength. Winoa tries attacking but her attacks barely made a dent as Havok swats her away. Katty gets kicked to the side as Alistor tries countering back, but Havok canceled his entire move. His sword gets stopped in midair crunched by his fist. Havok lifts him up from the tip of his blade tossing him across to Katty. -Havok- “Come on? Is this the best you got? I’m barely warming up.” Havok gets blast from behind by one of Sarah’s flames. Waves of fire impact him, Havok was able to still rush back to hack away at her. She gets knocked back taking a wave of punches and kicks from Havok. -Sarah- No! We can’t lose here. -Katty- She’s right. Not now! That cannon must not pull through. They all got back up. Firing their best shot at Havok as he takes all their attacks like a man. Fire, air, lightning, and even golden light explodes upon impact leaving a huge smoke of fogging air. -Winoa- Did we get him? The smoke cleared and Havok remained undamaged still standing strong. -Havok- My turn! Feel the power of my laser. My HAVOK GALACTICA! Purple and Green energy unleashes from the tip of Havok’s blade. Colliding together to form a massive explosion to bring them all down to the ground. Alistor goes to reach for his blade as Havok got close but it gets kicked aside. The tip of Havok’s sword at his face. -Alistor- Damn you… -Havok- “So this is the limit of your strength? How pitiful….” He hoists Alistor from his front once more, the both of them staring face to face. Havok could feel every breathe he takes. Slowly he begins moving towards the edge of the tower. Katty intervenes once more but Havok kicks him aside. -Katty- No….. -Havok- “It’s a long drop from up here. And so this is where you shall fall. All your efforts gone to waste. A pity you could have accepted Auroa’s truce to obtain the first Valaura piece but no. You chose the hard path, and now it will cost you. Say GOODBYE!” He gets ready to drop him off but he immediately grasped onto Havok’s cape. A spark of light lit in his eyes. Silver light begins emitting from his blade. His sword came to him cutting at Havok’s feet causing him to nearly lose balance. Alistor got back up to deliver a swing like he never did before From the Crown Sword he unleashes a solid streak of Silver light at the general’s face. -Alistor- “Rena!” His blade nearly slashes through Havok catching him by surprise. Havok tries to parry back as quick he could but his front takes the blunt of the damage. Sparks and energy explodes out from the front armor of his entire torso. Confused, the general took a few steps back clinging strong to his blade. Holding onto the side of his rib. -Havok- “Where did all that power come from? No way could you have done this all on your own. What’s fueling you? Reveal yourself!” Rena’s spirit was at his side. From the very amulet he received from her grave latched onto the crown sword. A transparent image of her face could be seen behind from him. -Alistor- Rena, She is what keeps me going. The power of love. -Havok- “What? The power of love? Ha! No! Nothing can beat me! I’m a warrior of honor. In the name of the Crystal Vortex. You’re nothing compared to me.” Katty and the rest went back in to attack at Havok again. The weight of swords and weapon pressuring him down. Havok breaks free soaring through the three of them rushing to grab a hold of Alistor once more. With Rena’s spirit Havok was easily repelled back. Swifter and Plasmus finally make their way into the scene of battle. -Swifter- Is that Rena’s spirit? -Katty- Yeah, it seems he finally triggered it. Fully powered from the Crown sword Alistor goes to hack away at Havok. The general was now on the defensive taking slips of damage. He holds on dearly before unleashing a barrier wave to bounce Alistor and Rena’s spirit back. One hand clinging tight to his sword and the other arm holding his injury. The general took a glance at his opposing surrounding. -Havok- Six on one? No! Make it seven. Heh…That is hardly even fair. My comrades have fallen, but their effort won’t be left in vain. There is a reason why I am “THE GENERAL”. -Alistor- Oh really? Unlike the other two? Power begins drawing in at Havok. A Green and purple vortex begins surging across the battle. The rest of the party moves back to take cover. Alistor remains standing at his grounds with Rena’s spirit. The general begin pointing his blade toward them. -Havok- “The Crown Sword may be impressive, but my blade is unique as well. None like any other. My Galactica will finish you.” The both of them rush for one great clash. An illuminating light bursts from the clash of steel and blood. At a standstill, this time Alistor sent him back delivering a final cutting blow to Havok. He falls straight down resulting in a mild explosion with nothing but smoke and debris pouring in. -Alistor- “Rena, we did it.” Rena’s spirit returns back to amulet as his friends went in to congratulate. From the covering debris Kabuki’s voice could be heard inside Havok. -Kabuki- “What are you doing? Stop wasting time. The Cannon! Get ready to fire.” -Havok- “With pleasure!” From the fire Havok emerged to their surprise. A victory cut short, the general makes his way towards the cannon. -Winoa- “Oh no! We must stop him. Don’t let him press that button.” Katty was the first to rush in but he gets blasted back. Havok bulls through Alistor and then Sarah making his way towards the cannon. Winoa latches herself onto the general’s back keeping a tight hold on him. Havok struggles to shake her off as Swifter and Plasmus went in to grab a hold of his legs. -Havok- From the push of this button Mathias will fall. -Winoa- “NO!!!!” Havok’s finger was firmly placed on the button. Slowly as it begins to press down. Winoa struggled but finally forced Havok with her to fall onto the control panel. Many buttons got mashed before he could pull her off. -Havok- “No! The coordinates!” The cannon fires away and everyone covers. A huge blinding light and the next minute the wave of destructive energy soars through the field hitting another location. The light dims and the next moment Winoa was in tears. -Katty- Did it fire? -Winoa- Yes, but it landed somewhere else. They checked the screen, it was Breezestorm village. Complete and utter destruction with not sign of life. In rage Sarah throws a punch at Havok knocking him across the edge of the tower. Alistor goes in to attack. -Havok- “Ha ha ha! Works like a charm. Unintended target but at least destroyed something. Now 2 of the five nations have fallen. Time to fire again.” They rush mindlessly at the general but he makes a huge leap in the air. Back at the device he tries to reset the proper coordinates to hit Mathias. Winoa intercepts cutting at Havok from the hand as she cast a gust of air sending him back towards Alistor and the rest. She begins smashing at the machine. Little by little it begins to overpower and eventually collapse. Explosions commence across the tower, and cannon was first to fall off. -Winoa- “Finish him!” Alistor rush in at Havok with a full powered attack. -Alistor- Silver Shrapnel! Rena’s energy infused with the Crown Sword delivered a huge blow to Havok. A lot of damage from flames and sparks begins bursting from the general’s body. He refused to fall. -Havok- No! I won’t fall so easily. My will is stronger! -Katty- “Man what is it with this guy? Everything we throw.” Alistor was gasping for some breathe. -Alistor- “Yeah, I know…sigh I’ll just have to hit him again.” Not long after before he got to act Sarah rushed in to deliver a final punch. Havok slowly begins to lose balance. -Sarah- “Now you’re through.” She punches Havok off from the tower making him fall to his doom. The tower slowly begins to crumble away. -Katty- “Come on let’s get out of here.” They escape without any trouble and watched the tower fall from the distance. The upper half was the first to collapse over. Somewhere down below a blade stuck out from a pile of snow. Still alive Havok emerges out only to notice the tower fall over him. -Havok- “AHHHHH!” The rest of the tower was gone leaving nothing left but a foundation and a new path. The Ice Palace was visible within sight. Tough victorious, Winoa was still in distress. Sarah was there to comfort her. -Sarah- Come on let’s head back. -Winoa- “Okay…” Returning back to Mathias the party was somewhat relieved to hear of news for Winoa’s case. Meeting with the King’s advisor Alshrya at the garden palace to update on their progress. -Katty- Survivor’s well that’s good to know. See! Everything will be okay after all. -Alshrya- Though Breezestorm have fallen the next generation will survive. -Alistor- We now have four of the seven crystal keys, but the glacier region remains under the Vortex’s control. They won’t be giving it up so easily. -Sarah- Yeah! Now that we made them mad enough. We beated their main general and Auroa will be next. I can’t wait when I get my hands on him. -Alshrya- Be careful from this point on. The enemy is getting craftier and it won’t be easy. Two of the five great powers of Mathias have already fallen. Princess Amalthea and the King of Mathias have already begun meeting with the remaining two powers. -Alistor- Who remains? -Alshrya- “The Earthbound and Aquaria village remains. They are to join up together in our effort to stop the Crystal Vortex. Come! The King summons you all to discuss plans.” They all take their leave to the palace. Back at the Vortex sky fortress…They rewatch the scene of their great tower falling before their eyes. -Kabuki- All of Havok’s time and effort put in that tower crumbled. -Umbrella master- Bah! Not even he was good enough to stop them. Even with a team of monsters we still lost. -Auroa- “Come on can anyone beat them? So Havok failed that’s not a problem. But they had to go and wreck the tower. A piece of art demolished.” Havok returned cold but alive. -Havok- “Brrr!!! Auroa! Kabuki!” They were relieved to see he returned back in one piece. -Kabuki- “Ah your still alive splendid. We thought we really lost you.” Coughing, sneezing, and limping across the room Havok reached for a bottle of aspirin. After taking a few he was back up and motivated for a rematch. -Havok- Brrr! Let me go at them again. I'll make sure I beat him this time. ACHOO! -Auroa- You don't look so well? Why don't you rest for a while? Kabuki and I will take things from here. -Havok- What? But I can still fight. -Kabuki- Relax we got a new plan ready to set in motion. -Havok- Very well then… Auroa and Kabuki steps into the fray teleporting out from the fortress. The Umbrella master then makes his leave through a door. -Umbrella Master- Don’t push too hard ha ha ha. See ya around. -Havok- “Ugh, they make me sick. Next time, next time you hear. Achoo! Now I have to get better. Rest sounds good.” The general starts to fall asleep. Left alone to watch over the Vortex main base. From a window outside a star shoots past quickly by.
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