Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

*Several human-sized, kitten-like Scoldrants played amongst themselves, deep inside a grassy forest.*

  Scoldrant: "Mreup!" *It purred and stepped forward, as a visible air-like pulse waved past it.*

  *The other Scoldrants looked at the one kitten-like Scoldrant in curiosity, as if they knew something was wrong.*

  Scoldrant: *It twitched and looked down, as its eyes suddenly glowed an eerie yellow colour.* "Mreeeorw!" *It growled in an evil-like manner, startling the other Scoldrants.*

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  Gabriel: "What was that?" *He spoke in confusion and leant up, glancing around him.*

  *Gabriel listened to distant trees rustling in the wind created by the pulse that released from his body.*

  Gabriel: "Something like that happened before.. Before my physical transformation." *He held the side of his head, triggering yet another flashback.*

  --

  Ridley: "Gabby, what symptoms are you-?"

  Gabriel: "I don't think I'll make it."

  Ridley: "Huh? Don't talk like that!"

  Gabriel: "Ridz?" *He paused, glancing at Ridley in surprise.*

  Ridley: "We haven't even diagnosed the condition or-"

  Gabriel: *His fingers violently cracked backwards, causing Ridley to cover his mouth in shock.* "Argh!"

  Ridley: "..."

  Gabriel: *His nose started to shrivel, as a gust of wind slowly began to swirl around him.* "Sorry-"

  Ridley: "Sorry for-?!"

  Gabriel: "Karh-" *His eye's golden shine faded, as it slowly started to glow an eerie yellow colour.*

  Ridley: *He jumped back in fright, staring at his eyes with a dropping jaw.* (His eyes, they're not golden anymore?!)

  Gabriel: "Ridz, it hurts!" *His voice suddenly changed tone.*

  Ridley: *He took quick overwhelming breaths, trying to analyse the situation.* (His voice sounded odd like a Rosterology console from the research laboratory.)

  Gabriel: "I-I, can't control my emotions?" *His face changed from anger to sadness to fear.*

  Ridley: *He gasped and lowered his arms, scanning Gabriel with his eyes.* "I d-don't know what's happening."

  Gabriel: *He hissed in pain, watching parts of his skin shed off his arms.* "My skin burns!"

  Ridley: (H-His skin?! Are they scales?!) *He thought in terror, intensely staring at Gabriel's arms.*

  Gabriel: "Ridz, you need to use the device to seal-" *He paused in mid-sentence, yelling in pain.*

  Ridley: "The technique I used to subdue hurricanes?"

  Gabriel: *He enthusiastically nodded his head in pain, watching his eyebrows sway to the ground.* (My eyebrows?!)

  Ridley: "Gabby?"

  Gabriel: *He ignored the loss of his eyebrows, looking at Ridley.* "I know you're smart enough to make quick adjustments to use it as a-"

  Ridley: "As a barrier type seal." *He angrily shook his head, stamping his foot in frustration.* "I could, but stop talking like this-"

  Gabriel: "Like-?"

  Ridley: "Like you're done for!-"

  Gabriel: "Look at me!" *He shouted and shoved his fingers in his face, watching them dislocated several times by themselves.*

  Ridley: "I...-"

  Gabriel: "Please, Ridz. I wouldn't ask anyone else."

  Ridley: "A-As researchers, we know not to give up when things look grim-"

  Gabriel: "And being a researcher I know what I'm talking about."

  Ridley: "..."

  Gabriel: *He squinted his eyes in pain, listening to sounds of bones cracking.* "I can already feel the aggression consuming my body."

  Ridley: *He hesitantly nodded his head with watering eyes.* "Alright-" *He stood up straight and looked around, mumbling in thought.* "I'll need to find a good place-"

  Gabriel: "In the cave." *He spoke in pain, as the winds around him grew stronger.*

  *A strong gust of wind caused Ridley to slightly bend back, catching his attention.*

  Ridley: *He stared at the wind, glancing at Gabriel.* (I only just realised, this sudden wind is Gabby's energy! The sheer level of his power is causing such a manifestation-)

  Gabriel: "H-Hurry!-" *His eerie yellow eyes glowed brighter, as small rocks tumbled across the ground away from him.*

  Ridley: *He noticed Gabriel's body slightly change shape.* (He doesn't have long-)

  Gabriel: *He started to sweat, noticing the air warp around him.* "Ridz, something is building up."

  Ridley: (That Elementalist he spoke about... If the same happens to him-)

  Gabriel: "Argh!" *He yelled in pain, as a yellow vortex pulsed in a circular-like motion.*

  Ridley: "Gah-"

  *The force pushed Ridley across the ground, causing his eyes to glow a shade of yellow.*

  Ridley: "Ouch-" *He applied pressure on his toes, causing him to stop.* "W-What was that?" *Darkness enveloped his body, causing his eyes to revert back to normal.*

  Gabriel: "Argh!" *He shouted in agony, as the yellow vortex blew into the distance.*

  -

  *The yellow vortex pulsed through a thick forest and brushed past docile Scoldrants.*

  Scoldrant: *A yellow haired sloth-like Scoldrant dropped a handful of leaves and started to become aggressive.* "Grooeewuth!"

  *Bird-like Scoldrants flapped from the treetops and violently screeched, diving towards other Scoldrants without the yellow eyes.*

  Scoldrant: *A boar-like Scoldrant started to run away from the flock of aggressive bird-like Scoldrants, watching them fly after it.* "Oarrrrh."

  -

  *A school of fish-like Scoldrants with yellow eyes swam around a shark-like Scoldrant, slicing it with their fins.*

  -

  Gabriel: "Ridz, thank you."

  Ridley: "Why are you thanking me?! Look what I've done to you!" *He grabbed Gabriel's arm, as tears ran down his face.*

  Gabriel: "H-Here-" *He clicked his fingers, causing bright white light to blind Ridley.*

  Ridley: "Ah-?" *He blinked and found himself deep inside the cave, causing him to look at Gabriel in shock.* (He can still teleport-?!)

  Gabriel: "Ridz!"

  Ridley: *He nodded his head and wasted no time, starting to prepare his experimental seal.* (I'm so sorry, Gabby!)

  Gabriel: "Please hurry." *He groaned, as several different coloured glyphs spiralled around him.*

  Ridley: *He didn't respond, as he focused all his attention on the glyphs.* (I can't believe-)

  Gabriel: *He watched layers of different sized glyphs draw themselves in the air and glyphic, symbol-like glyphs appeared on the cave walls and ground.* (I knew you could do it-)

  Ridley: (I can't believe this is happening!-) *He sniffed and focused, watching the glyphs glow brighter.*

  Gabriel: "Ridz." *He spoke softly, as if he knew this was his last moment.*

  Ridley: "Y-Yes?"

  Gabriel: "Continue our dream? Be it in this world or the next." *He smiled and a small prism-like glyph spiralled around his head, causing him to slowly fall into deep slumber.*

  Ridley: *Tears ran down his face.* "I will! I'll find a way to cure this weird reaction!" *His sad-filled voice echoed throughout the cave.*

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  Gabriel: "I see.. It's starting to make sense now.."

  *Gabriel breathed heavily, as if he was slightly emotional due to the flashbacks he saw.*

  Gabriel: "I am a good person? But.. What power did I use? I use arrows? Of.. Light?"

  *Gabriel grunted in pain, as if the memories were too much for him to handle.*

  Gabriel: "Everything is flooding back in one go-"

  *Gabriel shouted at himself with his echoing computerised voice and shook his head, as violet tears ran down his face.*

  Gabriel: "I understand.. Elementalists.. But.. I feel something else is missing? One last flashback to connect-.."

  *Gabriel reached up and stared at his hand, watching a whirl of white wind spiral around his black scaly fingers.*

  Gabriel: "This power is not of Neurons or Astragons? Is this the same power I recalled a
moment ago?" *He mumbled to himself in curiosity, triggering another flashback.*

  --

  *A massive crowd circled around the central in Silver Wind Island, staring at Gabriel and an abnormally large man with anticipation.*

  Gabriel: "Foul beast, you dare disguise yourself within this beautiful community?!"

  Ridley: *He stared at Gabriel from the front of the crowd.* (This Scoldrant has been spreading lies and hate between the citizens to make them despise the ruler.)

  Gabriel: "You have no right to take that shape of a man!"

  Scoldrant: *It snickered as all of its hair fell off at once.* "I had a few believers, and I would've gotten away with the assassination of the ruler-" *It sidestepped and revealed Grey and Ordin unconscious on the ground behind it, causing several people to gasp.*

  Gabriel: "Humph." *He smirked on one side of his mouth, reaching into the air.* "You will meet the same fate as all my other foes!" *White aura materialised around his hand and fluidly moved, forming itself into a bow.*

  Villager: *She nervously watched from the crowd, staring at Ordin in disbelief.* (How did that Scoldrant take down the ruler and Ordin? I've seen Ordin fight and his skills have been unmatched.)

  Scoldrant: "Rarr!" *It screamed with a darkening skin colour, causing veins to pop out around its neck and arms.*

  Gabriel: "Revealed your true self.." *He watched the bow solidify into its shape.*

  Girl: "Wow, his bow is made of light!" *She spoke on her breath in pure amazement, causing nearby villagers to nod their heads in agreement.*

  Gabriel: *His body shined a shade of blue, catching Ridley's attention.* "Humph."

  Ridley: (Gabby has only started to tap into the powers of Radiatons-)

  Gabriel: "Swift Prism." *He pulled the string and fired an arrow of light, which suddenly blasted into a ray of light.*

  Scoldrant: "Harh-" *It jumped to the side, closely avoiding the ray of light.* "Misssssed-"

  *The light suddenly stopped just behind the Scoldrant in mid-air and exploded into a holy prism, trapping it inside.*

  Ridley: *He listened to the crowd awe at the light, causing him to chuckle.* "..."

  Scoldrant: *It roared which couldn't be heard outside the shield and punched it, trying to break free.* "What is this?!"

  Gabriel: *He glanced at the bow of light and flicked the string, causing the prism to implode.* "What's done is done-"

  *Silence filled the air, as the crowd silently watched tiny white orbs float into the sky.*

  Gabriel: "Fellow citizens, you have nothing to fear!"

  *The crowd cheered and roared in delight to their hero, breaking the circle around him.*

  Ridley: *He smirked, nodding his head in amazement.* (Good work, Gabby!)

  Villager: *A man raised his arm, catching nearby villager's attention.* "A victory celebration is in order!"

  Gabriel: "Haha, I'm sorry, but there are other people in need!" *He smiled in appreciation, as a white glyph formed under his feet.*

  Ridley: *He smiled and stared at the crowd, admiring Gabriel's applause.* (This happiness.. Peace-)

  Gabriel: "Hurry up." *He mumbled without moving his lips, nodding his head for Ridley to come.*

  Ridley: *He snapped out of his daze and nodded his head, running towards the glyph.* "Sorry."

  Villager: "We'll have one nonetheless, in your honour!"

  Gabriel: *He smiled, listening to the villager's yells and roar of cheers.* "That was close, if you didn't give me the tip of using a technique like that, then that arrow would've missed."

  Ridley: "You're fine." *He glanced at Gabriel, smiling in a modest-like manner.*

  Gabriel: "No, Ridz. The arrow could've missed and shot a villager." *He kept a straight face, as a blinding light teleported them away.* "Thank you."

  *Sounds of continuous applause and chatter echoed throughout the city.*

  --

  Gabriel: "I harness Radiatons..." *He waved to the side and watched a tree violently rip in half, causing bark to rain down around the explosion.*

  *Gabriel wiped drool from the side of his mouth and took several steps towards a forest.*

  Gabriel: "My memories are coming back to me, yet-.." *His stomach growled with a slight echo, causing his eyes to glow brighter.* "This hunger! I can't control myself."

  --

  *A white glyph began to draw itself in the middle of a dungeon-like room, causing it to light up.*

  Gabriel: "Phew-" *He stepped off the glyph, taking a deep breath.*

  Ridley: *He stumbled off the glyph, glancing to each side in disorientation.* "Gab-" *He shook his head in confusion, dropping to one knee in fatigue.*

  Gabriel: *He turned around in shock, quickly bending down to Ridley's aid.* "Ridz?"

  Ridley: *He started to sweat and pant.* "I think it's merely the effects of teleportation."

  Gabriel: "Will you be okay? Should I use the Rosterology scanner-?"

  Ridley: "Ha ha, I'm fine. I've felt like this before in one of my previous experiments. It just means either my Neurons or Astragons are out of sync."

  Gabriel: *He leant up, smiling in relief.* "Good!"

  Ridley: "So, what about you? Are you in pain? Do you feel stronger? Any side effects? Was the experiment successful?!" *He started to overexert himself, causing Gabriel to chuckle in flattery.*

  Gabriel: "Ha ha. I'm great, not in any pain at all and I feel much stronger." *He formed a fist, symbolising to Ridley he was in good shape.*

  Ridley: "Good."

  Gabriel: "If there're any side effects, I wouldn't know about it." *He scanned the area, as if he was looking for something.* "And I'm pretty sure you can see if the experiment was a success or not."

  Ridley: "So why are we here? Maybe you should have some rest or at least let me do a diagnostic scan-"

  Gabriel: "I feel absolutely fine." *He smiled and went to push his glasses up.* "Huh? My glass-"

  Ridley: "Here?" *He smiled, twirling Gabriel's glasses around with his finger.*

  Gabriel: "It looks like I don't need them anymore?"

  Ridley: *He walked over to a bench and gently placed the glasses down.* "You said the list. So I guess you're here for this then?" *He placed a backpack-like bag on the table, picking up a sheet of paper.*