Chapter 65
Calyx waited for her perfect chance, and she actually managed to take her by surprise. Hollow is with her head towards Ark, Calyx appears and sends a black vine towards her heart, then Hollow feels something wrong behind her, but her curse of indestructibility is done, the hit planned exactly at the right time, all look with shocked faces. This will hit her 100%, and she doesn't have her curse anymore. She will die. But Hollow says;
"esruCfoerifkcalb."
But nothing happens. Calyx is perfectly alright, but all see a glowing white necklace at her neck. They know that that is a really powerful artifact that blocked the curse. But then just before the black vine hits her body, the space is starting to get stretched, the vine still going and going like it's a million miles away from Hollow. Then they see Ark and Terra appear next to her. Calyx calls back her vine and looks at them with questioning eyes, in fact all look at them with confusion, thinking 'Did that witch made them lose their minds with a curse or something?'. Then they hear Ark;
"It's okay guys, she joined the Dark Side, our side, because we have so much better cookies here...Hehe. I was only playing with her, i was just paying her back with the same coin. In fact, we go way back, she was my girlfriend, and we broke up not exactly on good terms, so now she kind of wanted revenge on me. But we worked it out and now she is on our side. No joking."
All look at him like...'Eeehh'. No one managing to keep up with the turns this took,. 'What is happening? Are we in some kind of mind spell? Are we in the real world right now?
Ark turns to Terra and says;
"Thanks for trusting me and saving her."
Terra looks at him and just nods, she doesn't understand why all are making those faces, why are they so shocked. For her Hollow is just a girl who her big brother knew. In fact, she doesn't really understand why they even attacked her in the first place. But she also doesn't really care.
Then she goes to Hollow and says;
"Hello big sister, why did you break up with my brother?"
Hollow laughs a self-deprecating laugh. The others look at Terra and wonder, 'Is that what is really important now?'. But then they also remember that Terra is still learning, for her the small things are more important. They hear Hollow saying;
"I wasn't the one who broke up, i didn't want to. But your big brother here still went and did whatever he wanted, just like now. A big, small boy, who still doesn't want to grow up. But now that i am here, i will make sure that he will learn the difficulties of life.
And i won't give his powers back until i will feel like he is a 'Good
Big Brother'."
All look towards Ark and for the first time they see him being bullied, and not daring to say anything. Now they really understand that 'Behind every big mountain, there is an even bigger one.'
They know that from now on they will have to watch out for Hollow, especially with her unbelievable powers. Then they hear Ark changing the subject, wanting to escape;
"Now you know how you can take her down, i said that is not easy, but also not impossible, if you can take her by surprise, only after a heaven defying curse ends, and have a powerful artifact to defend against the Low Curses, then that like now is the result. And not a lot of people can do that, ME being one of the few who can."
Then they see Ark with his chin up like he deserves the praises of praises for managing to almost kill his girlfriend.
Hollow also looks at him and shakes her head, she sees that he is still the same playful young boy. Even if he is over a few hundred thousand years old. But that is also what made her fall for him, his playfulness making her let her guard down for the first time in her life and gave everything she had to him. After the breakup she still never forgot him and waited for him. Of course, more to take revenge, but the only one who would ever, ever, be her man, is the man in front of her.
Then she looks again all around her, and sees that Ark managed to make some really good friends this time. He is not alone anymore. Then she says;
"Let me introduce myself again, i am Hollow Cipher, Ark's girlfriend, his first and hopefully his 'Last', but seeing him how he is, i don't really hold much hope for that. But nothing will take my place as the first."
The others look at her and for a moment no one knows what to say, is like she is making a 'Law', where no one is allowed to add something.
But Zmaug breaks the awkward moment and says;
"Hello sister, i am Zmaug Drakon. And i will support you anytime against Ark. Just say the word, i also agree with 'One' being the best."
The others then start laughing and the awkward atmosphere is gone. Then they all start to introduce themselves. And when is Morvens turn he says;
"I am Morven Drakvorn, and i saw you a long time ago, i know who you are."
Hollow looks at him and sees the wariness in his eyes, she knows he doesn't trust her yet. But it's ok, she has enough time to gain his trust.
Then she asks;
"Then what is our plan against the Celestials? And where do we go now?"
Melody answers;
"We will go back to our home for now, you can send your people back, we will brief you once we are on Earth."
Then a portal appears, and they see the city of hope on the other side, they go in and the portal closes.
On the side of the Celestials some changes take place.
Some Celestials are fighting with a 'Beast from the Unknown' there are at least one hundred of them, and only one beast. But they can barely make some damage. With each passing second that they spend fighting this stray beast the higher the chances that other beasts will come, and if that happens, they are all dead. One of the soldiers come to report to their commander;
"Sir we only have five minutes until our window closes, then we won't be able to find our way home anymore."
The commander who looks not older than twenty-five, with blonde short hair, and with a purple galaxy inside his eyes. And with normal 1.90 tall body that is not too big and not too small. He says;
"Prepare the cage, i will go personally to end it."
The Soldier is shocked, the commander will go himself, then we won't have anything to worry about.
He goes back to the front lines and says;
"Prepare to trap it, the commander will come to give the finishing blow."
The others look shocked, the commander himself? How come? He didn't participate at any hunt himself until now. What chanced? But they do what they are ordered, and they prepare to trap the beast for a second.
The commander looks at the beast from behind the lines while he floats in the emptiness of the Unknown. He looks around and sees 'Nothing' outside their perimeter of a few hundred miles. Then he turns his head towards the beast, and he looks eyes with it for a second, he sees those gray hungry eyes filled with madness and an insatiable hunger, like their only purpose in life is to eat the 'Creation', everything that is created is their food. The beast looks like an iron dragon on four legs; her mouth filled with three rows of saw like teeth's, with scales so strong that puts even the dragons to shame. The Celestials firing spells from all directions, but not doing any serious damage, only some flesh wound that heal in a few second. The Celestials who are the most powerful ones, not managing to kill a beast, not even managing to do any serious damage. But is not because they are weak. Is because the beast is just so powerful.
But then the commander takes a sword out, but this sword is just a claw with a handle, a claw that is two meters big. A celestial with a sword, not a really good match. But he starts to walk towards the beast, and then he disappears. In the next moment he appears above the beast head, and just at the perfect time because the Soldiers managed to stop the beast exactly at that moment, with a petrification spell. And the commander strikes with the sword, and that goes inside the beast's head like in butter. The Claw Sword being just a Claw from another beast. The weapons made by people or anyone else are no good. The only thing that can hurt and kill them are the claws and teeths of other beasts. Then the towering beast falls down, dead.
And the others start relaxing, the hard part is over. Then a soldier uses a spell to search the body, he did that millions and millions of times with no luck, always the results were the same, 'Negative Result'. That is what he expected this time also.
But now his spell says something else.
'Positive Result'