Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Nathan: "What?"

  Champion: "It could be due to your unique Hi-Ougi?"

  Nathan: "How is that possible?"

  Rachael: *She nodded her head.* "The blood.. When we reach expert level in Hapkido, it becomes mandatory to learn all the risks involved. When someone gets their neck broken, they collapse instantaneously, but their body is still alive for an additional two or three minutes. Maybe his body breaking down in blood while he was still alive-" *She shook her head once again and shrugged her shoulders, continuing to do the compressions on Karol's chest.*

  Lezard: "I don't know if that's amazing or just poor writing?" *He squealed and shook his bottom to each side.*

  Rachael: "When someone breaks their neck, it is essentially dislocated from the spine. The spine is where the brains sends signals throughout the body and thus, the brain not being able to send signals to tell the heart to beat, lungs to breathe etcetera."

  Lezard: "You're making that up, Razzypoo."

  Rachael: (Even if by some miracle we get Karol to awaken, there could be nerve damage, paralysis or even brain damage from the lack of oxygen.)

  Champion: "Drums of terror from the skies, flash down and amplify-"

  Rachael and Nathan: "What are you doing?!"

  Lezard: "Oooo! Champion for final villain!" *They shouted and squealed at the same time.*

  Champion: "Lezard, I want you to consistently heal Karol's body to prevent the burns from being major."

  Lezard: "But-?"

  Champion: "Trust me."

  Lezard: "Umm-"

  Rachael: "Lezard, please."

  Champion: "Oh my?" *She looked at Rachael in shock, as if she wasn't expecting Rachael to agree without knowing what her intentions were.*

  Lezard: "Okies! Quick healing shot, quick internal light, HEALING IMPLOSION, INVOKING AURA"

  Champion: "When you say an incantation, you're drawing additional Neurons and Astragons to create the Rostical-" *She placed her hand on Karol's chest, giving Rachael space to do her compressions.* "By using the incantation alone, I could use a very weak burst of lightning from my Rostical."

  Nathan: "Why don't you just use a non-incantation boosted Rostical?"

  Champion: "You of all people should know how strong my Rostical is. I don't want to cause more damage-" *She pushed forward, causing Karol's body to violently twitch.*

  Rachael: "Ah-" *She withdrew her hands from Karol, as if she got shocked.*

  Champion: "Use your Azure Bursts to cover your hands."

  Rachael: (Good idea-) "Rotten Slab." *She cupped her hands as if she was holding slop and suddenly swirled her arms, causing dark brown mud to cover hand hands.*

  Champion: "Again." *She spoke in a stern-like manner, cueing herself to press her hands against Karol's chest.*

  Lezard: "HEALING IMPLOSION" *He continued to use his Rostical, as the light faded away from Karol's body.*

  Rachael: *She placed her hands back on Karol and continued to do compressions.* "One, two, three, four-"

  Champion: "Drums of terror from the skies, flash down and amplify-"

  Nathan: *He watched Lezard, Rachael and the champion trying their best to awaken Karol.* "Is there anything I can do?" *He spoke on his breath due to exhaustion and his current emotional state for Karol.*

  Champion: "You've already done enough."

  Nathan: "I haven't done anything."

  Champion: "His neck isn't broken. That's thanks to you, Nathan."

  Nathan: "But-"

  Karol: "Ghergh-" *He coughed with a disorientated wheeze and twitched uncontrollably, causing Rachael, Lezard and the champion to lean back.*

  Nathan: "He's.. He's." *He spoke in shock and quickly wiped his tears away.*

  Lezard: "Our little hero."

  Karol: "K-Herh-"

  Champion: "Keep your eyes shut, you need-"

  Karol: "Zzz."

  Champion: *She purposely raised her hands away, watching Karol cough when he exhaled.* (He's asleep?)

  Rachael: *She leant back, looking at the champion.* "What-?"

  Champion: "He's definitely the leader of The Rostical Guild." *She spoke with pride, implying Karol was a fighter.*

  Nathan: (I don't believe it.) *He thought to himself with a mixture of emotions.*

  Rachael: *She smiled and formed fists, causing the mud to instantly dry up around her hands.* "Crud, that's all I was thinking." *She opened her hands and the dried mud pulsed off her skin, as she sighed in relief.*

  Lezard: "That would've been a plot twist, having the author kill off one of the characters on quick notice like that."

  Nathan: "Huh?" *He looked at Lezard in a confused, curious-like manner.*

  Lezard: "Well.. What should we do?"

  Rachael: "Let Nathan and Karol rest their bodies?"

  Champion: "I'm not sure if that's a good idea. The whole Black Brigade are here."

  Lezard: "And we still need to find our little Destiny for Loozamotto."

  Nathan: "Let's go." *He picked Karol up and hunched forward in a half exhausted state.*

  Rachael: "Let me carry him, Nath. I don't feel tired at all."

  Nathan: "Let's face it. I can't fight right now, it'll be better if you're ready to fight if we need to."

  Rachael: "Okay." *She stood up and turned around, shaking her head.* "Where do we go?"

  Champion: "Lezard, can you feel the Radiatons? Despite how foul it is?"

  Lezard: "I thought that was just me."

  Nathan: "What are you saying-?" *He bobbed up, adjusting Karol to a more comfortable position on his back.*

  Champion: "If this demon is after Destiny, then."

  Rachael: "Looking for the demon will help us reach Destiny."

  Nathan: "Okay."

  Rachael: (He's so exhausted, I don't think he can even understand what we're saying.)

  Lezard: "About the demon.. There's something you children might find interesting."

  Rachael: "Lead the way, guys."

  Champion: "This way."

  Lezard: *He noticed Rachael look at him in an interested-like manner.* "This demon or creature may actually be human."

  Nathan: "That thing we saw was no human."

  Rachael: "Human? What makes you say that?"

  Lezard: "Oiw."

  Rachael: "The Financial Guild?"

  Lezard: "They all used to be human."

  Nathan: "The paper eaters?"

  Lezard: "Yuppers! They're all made of paper."

  Champion: "A type of metamorphosis?"

  Lezard: "Correct-a-doo! Champion-poo."

  Champion: "Tell us more please."

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  *Blake sat on a rock and rested his back against a tree with the bark torn off, as he scanned the damaged environment around him.*

  Blake: "Not only did I lose PKMY and her stupid friend, but that stupid guild-" *He hissed under his breath and gently touched several bruises on his face.*

  *Blake looked up and sighed in a girl-like manner, before slowly sliding up against the tree back onto his feet.*

  Blake: "Tara will not let this down. She'll bitch and bitch and bitch until they all turn against me."

  *Blake brushed his amber coloured hair to the side and pinched together a hole in his leather garments, causing it to close itself shut.*

  Blake: "I want to see my baby. He always makes me feel safe and special.." *He hissed on his breath and triggered a flashback.*

  --

  Karol: *He watched Blake just stare into the distance.* "You're a bully!" *His squeals echoed through the shield, catching Blake's attention.*

  Blake: *He slowly drifted his focus back to the brigade members and the cracked air around Karol.* "Aye?"

  Karol: "You are nothing but bullies!"

  Blake: "Bullies?" *His hissed on his breath.* "Bully? Me?" *He hissed to himself.*

  Karol: *He trembled in fear, knowing the champion's shield would not be able to hold up.* "Pwease."

  Champion: *She looked at Blake while cupping
her hands together.* "Why are you doing this?"

  --

  Blake: "Why am I doing this?" *He spoke to himself and watched a horse-like Scoldrant dive through the treetops, elegantly flapping its large white wings for a soft landing.*

  *Blake looked at distinctive tribal-like markings on the horse, allowing him to strut towards it in a confident-like manner.*

  Blake: "For freedom? But I am free.." *He placed his hand on the Scoldrant, cueing it to bend its front legs, as if it was inviting Blake to jump on its back.*

  Scoldrant: "Meeeheeehee." *It sneezed and watched Blake jump on its back, causing it to start flapping its wings.*

  Blake: "I'll prove it! I'll dismiss my mission, like, right now and let my guild members finish them off. I won't get in trouble because I am free, bitches."

  *Blake looked at his polished nails and gasped to himself, as he tried to ignore a broken fingernail.*

  Blake: "I'm far from a bully, aye."

  Scoldrant: "Meeheehe." *It enthusiastically flapped its wings and blasted itself high into the air.*

  Blake: *He crossed his arms over his face, as the treetop branches slapped past him.* "Rightio, my baby should be-"

  *Blake closed his eyes and felt a heartbeat-like pulse thump through his chest.*

  Blake: "He's in a cold place?" *He hissed in confusion.* "Why is he there?"

  Scoldrant: *It glided in the air, looking down to the magnificent trees below.* "Meehee?"

  Blake: "You're currently, like, Soul Linked, so you know where my babe is, OK?" *He hissed in an impatient-like manner, as if he wasn't happy the Scoldrant didn't respond to his thoughts.*

  Scoldrant: "Meeheehe!" *It responded to Blake's demands and flapped its wings, soaring across the sky.*

  Blake: (What am I doing? PKMY, you're alive.. You... Dog.) *He sniffed with emotion and squinted his eyes, due to the wind blowing in his face.*

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  Lezard: "The succulent Remenistal Guild made their way through another Spacial Funnel, in a very beautiful rock forest?" *He spoke in confusion, looking at trees made of stone.*

  Champion: "Are they?"

  Rachael: "They are made from stone." *She spoke with a smile, as she stared at the trees in amazement.*

  Champion: "Corrupted Radiatons.. An energy signature I believe I've felt before and this recent information about it possibly being human. I'm quite eager to see this creature."

  Nathan: "And why it has nothing better to do than attack Scoldrants."

  Rachael: (I hope we're not too late. Luna, Destiny, please wait a little while longer.)

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  *Luna suddenly stopped fidgeting in fear and gasped with growing hope, causing her to fall off the bed.*

  Luna: "Gah-" *She leant up in a blind-like manner, feeling the bed sheets.* "Rach, Lezard, Nath, Karol, champion!"

  *Luna stared at her guild members from a bird's eye view, causing her to smile.*

  Luna: "Y-You found her!-." *She paused with realisation and started to shake her head.* "No. The demon, it's close!"

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  Nathan: "How much farther?"

  Rachael: "We should be getting close. The last few Spacial Funnels had a trail of destruction."

  Lezard: "It's close-" *He mumbled in a serious-like manner, alerting his guild members.*

  ?????: "Yeup! Yeup!"

  *The guild looked up and noticed Destiny floating down towards them in a half terrified, half ecstatic manner.*

  Rachael: *She laughed in accomplishment and spread her arms, readying to hug Destiny.* "Destiny!"

  Lezard: "We found you."

  Nathan: "Don't sound so surprised."

  Rachael: *She caught Destiny and laughed again.* "Let's take you back home."

  Destiny: "Yeup!" *She started to purr in Rachael's arms.*

  Lezard: "Mission completed, let's get-"

  Champion: "MYSTIC SHIELD" *She hobbled in front of the guild and raised her arms, causing a wall-like silver shield to materialise in front of them.*

  Rachael: "What's the-?" *She watched the shield suddenly and violently burst backwards, causing shards of glass-like aura to blow past her.* "Woah!"

  Lezard: "Jinkies!"

  Nathan: "Argh-" *He covered his and Karol's head with one arm.*

  Champion: "Who?" *She looked into the distance, staring at stone trees.*

  Nathan: "I don't see anything." *He reached over his shoulder and pulled forward, noticing he held onto nothing.* (Did I leave my sword somewhere? Why, Nathan?!)

  Lezard: "Lezard can't see it either, but I can feel it's close."

  Rachael: *She glanced at the stone trees.* "Come out!"

  ?????: "Gahahaha."

  *A black demon-like creature walked out from behind a stone tree, laughing in a computerised voice.*

  Destiny: "Yeu, yeu, yeup!" *She hissed in a frightened-like manner and quickly floated out of Rachael's arms, hiding behind Lezard.*

  Lezard: "No way!" *He quickly hobbled around and hid behind Destiny.*

  Champion: "Where did you get those Radiatons?"

  Rachael: "Where did you come from?"

  Nathan: "Are you really human? If so, who are you?"

  Gabriel: "Gahahah." *He took another step forward and watched brown leaves spiral towards the guild.*

  Champion: *She gasped in shock.* "Forbidden Rostical! Rachael!" *She shouted in fright, as she took several waddles back.*

  Rachael: (If the champion is worried, then-) *She jumped forward and punched both arms towards the ground, causing two stone trees to fall to each side, crumbling in a scissor-like manner in front of her.*

  Lezard: *He watched the trees suddenly explode shards of pebbles into the air.* "It exploded?"

  Rachael: "That wasn't my doing-"

  Gabriel: *He suddenly flashstepped on top of the fallen trees and pointed his arm towards Lezard and the champion.* "Radiatons. I want more-"

  Lezard: "Eww, no thankies!"

  Destiny: "Yeup!"