Reign of Darkness Part 5: It Begins By: Pikallo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay folks, we now have reached the beggining of the end. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray got out of bed and walked to his closet. Inside, he pushed a portion of the wall and it slid back, revealing a further recess. Stepping into his private sanctum, he looked upon his weapons and armor, "Well, old friends. Do you think you've got one more fight left?" He reached out and put on his Supreme Guardian's uniform. His was the original style, before Shane had redesigned them. Ray ran a finger down the crimson red lightning bolt shaped tag running the length of his pants. Thoughts of all his battles and adventures flooded his mind. After he had secured his belt, he pulled out his gunbelt and wrapped it around his waist. GUN was placed in it's section of the holster and the guard was tied around it. Finally, with near reverence, Ray held his sword in his hand. There was nothing special about the Dimensional Saber he had been given, yet it was as much a part of him as his Chosen One powers. Clipping the handle to his belt, Ray donned his cape and walked out to where Abbie was sleeping. "I love you, I always have and always will. I don't want to leave you alone, but I must, but it's just for a little while. I'll be back soon enough." He bent over and kissed her on the forehead, then walked out the door. Ray knew where he was headed, and knew his opponent was expecting him, so he went straight to the front door of Cordran's fortress. "I guess I should knock." Placing his hand on the door, Ray fired a beam and shattered it. Walking in, he saw a grand staircase that led up to a second floor. A figure walked foreward, "Ah, you must be here to face our master. Lord Cordran wishes me to see that you are delt with swiftly and painfully. Now, shall we begin?" The strange figure decended the central branch of the staircase and flung off it's cloak. There stood one of the most buetiful women Ray had ever laid eyes on. "You look suprised to see that I am a woman in Cordran's employ," she said, "You are not worthy to hear my real name, but you can call me, Athena." Athena drew a long pole and held it in front of her. Ray flung back one corner of his cape and drew his saber. As soon as he held the handle in front of him the triple blades shot out. "Now now, I don't think this is a fair fight, me versus you. To make it better I'll only use one hand." Ray cocked an eyebrow up and thought to himself, "Man, this chick is more sure of herself than Cordran ever was. I usually don't fight girls, but, I can make some exceptions." Athena was the first to move, twirling her staff expertly around her in an arrogant display of skills. Then she shoved an inch into the ground and screamed, "QUAKE WITH FEAR!" The earth all around them began to shake and crumble, but Ray merely hovered an few inches off the ground and yawned, very unimpressed. "Okay, I hate to burst your bubble, but if that's your opening move give up now. And honestly be glad Anubis isn't here to kick your ass for stealing the name of his move. He's got very nasty lawyers who don't like copy-right infringement. But allow me to show you an opening move that is worthy of a true warrior." Taking his sword in hand, Ray charged toward Athena with great speed. As he swung his sword, he dissapeared from in front of her and reappeared behind her. She never had time to blink before Ray slashed, tearing through her armor with little effort. Screaming in agony, Athen glared at Ray. "How dare you! HOW DARE YOU SCAR MY PERFECT BODY!" Athena lunged with her staff, but Ray blocked it without effort. Piviting his sword a little, he trapped the staff between two of the blades. Then he pulled his sword back toward him, dragging her with him. Just as Athena reached him, she used the extra momentum to kick him with all of her might. In fact, she kicked his face so hard that the dust around him blasted up with the shockwave. Athen jumped back and smiled. "He was a fair opponent, but only fair." She began to walk away when she felt a wave of energy push her off her feet. "What? He shouldn't even have a head, let alone be alive." When she turned around, she saw Ray standing fully powered up in his normal form. "Listen, you are nothing compared to me. I am the Alpha, the Omega; the beggining and the end. I am what was, what is, and what shall be. I stand here greater than any other man. AND YOU SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE CHOSEN ONE AS I LAY MY VENGENCE UPON THEE!" "What are you? You are not the Chosen One, only my master Cordran is the Chosen One." She took her staff and blades popped out both ends of it. She charged, but Ray was not in a playing mood. Ray's hands circled around him as he said, "KAAA..." his wrists connected, "MEEEE..." he placed his hands at his side and twisted at his waist, "HAAAA..." a blue sphere of energy formed at his hands "MEEEEE.." the ball grew larger, "HAAAAAAAA!" Ray threw his hands foreward and fired the Kameha-meha wave. Athena tried to block the beam with her staff, but it shattered like it was made of balsa wood. The beam pushed foreward and took her with it to the top of the stairs. When he got to the top of the staircase, Athena was hanging in the whole in the door, with her neck impaled on a spike on the top, and her stomach pierced with a long spike on the bottom. Her blood was spattered all over the door, and Ray knew she was dead. After he closed her eyes, Ray fired a small beam and incinerated her body in a quick funeral pire. "Cordran, you sacrificed a young girl to warm me up for our grand battle. You are a cold heartless bastard. I WILL DESTROY YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Doss, Doss, Doss. Do you realy think she was my only pawn? No, surely you can't. You are naieve, but that not naieve." Cordran sat in his throne room and watched Ray's movements through his base. The Dark Chosen One then turned in his chair to face the five other warriors in his command. Blades: a man who was not born with hands and feet, but knives and sickles. Petratine: The mistress of the night, her powers of seduction leave her victims helpless while she slowly turns their flesh to stone. Mindstorm: little is known of this man. But what is known is that all of his victims have died without him touching them. Casings, a master of guns. Is rumored to have more guns than even Fragraham (Shoots anything) Lincon. Finally, Death. Nothing is known about this assasin other than he has mastered all weapons and the arts of the Super Human. Cordan held out his hand, "Which of you will face Doss next?" Blades stepped foreward and then dissapeared. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray continued down the dank halls of Cordran's fortress. He fell deep into the thoughts of what was about to happen. No one, not even himself, could have anticipated this happening. Cordran was dead, he had killed the psycho himself, yet, here he was again ressurected by Satan as a ploy to try to one-up God's ressurection of Ray. As Ray walked, he barely took notice of his surroundings, the only things he saw were the occasional grotesque paintings of vile deeds. In fact, it took him a few seconds to detect the life energy behind him. But when he did he flashed out of sight and appeared behind the being with lightning speed. "Are you the next of Cordran's goons trying to defeat me? I believe I showed Athena that I am more powerful than anybody here but Cordran." The figure stood in front of Ray and with it's arms crossed. "I am known as Blades. My master has chosen me to deal with you now." After saying this, Blades unfolded his arms and giant sythes stood where his hands should have been. Gasping as he saw this sight, Ray stepped back a few paces and took a defensive pose. "You are suprised, no? I was born this way, and you shall die by the very curse I live by." Ray only rolled his eyes, another much to over-confident lacky. Blades charged, the dissapeared then reappeared where Ray stood, or once stood. Ray had allready moved and drawn his own weapon. Blades tried to slice at him, but Ray moved his sword with a decade's experiance. However, just as Ray was about to land the final blow, Blades powered up. The sythes on his arms grew out to longer than Ray's body. Blades bent over foreward and sprouted another set of limbs, his legs ending in giant spears on which he stood. His body shaded slightly green and his eyes grew larger and more bug-like. By the end of the transformation Blades now looked like a giant praying mantis. "WHAT THE HELL?" Was all Ray could manage as he saw his opponent. As Ray stood stunned, Blades swiped on his arms and sent Ray flying through a few walls. When Ray stood back up, he clenched his fist. "Allright, so your order is lots of pain, hold the onions! "Ray then powered up to full again. "Okay, muther-buzzer, let's rock." Flying at full throttle, Ray charged the unsuspecting Blades and atacked with all of his fury. Swinging one of his sythe arms, Blades was able to block Ray's sword. However, Blades could not have possibly anticipated the power with which Ray swung, so when he blocked, Ray's sword was halted for a half second, then plowed through severing both the blocking sythe and the opposite arm from his body. Reeling with the pain, Blades transformed back into his normal form. "How can someone other than the master have such power? It is not possible!" Ray stood over his felled opponent. "Has Cordran not told you who am I? Before you die you will know that I stand before you a god among men." With that, Ray destroyed Blades in a similar way he did Athena. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "How can Doss have this much power? He is supposed to be a normal human when he hasn't transformed. Both Athena and Blades could have killed Supreme Deputies without effort. How can he do this without even transforming?!?! I AM SUPERIOR TO ALL BEINGS, YET HE IS STILL THERE!" A voice came into his head, "You are only as powerful as I deem you be. You are superior to the Chosen One only as long as my power is in you. He is greater than you because his power comes from within. You will never master that skill, I have kept you from it. Now, destroy him before he can destroy you." The voice left Cordran as he fell to his knees clutching his head in pain. "Yes, my master. I will do as you say, but only untill I master the power from within, then I will destroy you and rule the universe myself!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, the race to the final battle has begun wait till next time to see more of "Cordran's Six."