Chapter X

    Keesa








    I saw Will's jaw drop. I found mine drop, too. Did.... the driver in the chopper push Chef and the Demon Lord out of the chopper?
   "I guess we have a new ally," Will said, slouching in his seat.
   "Why are you so grumpy?" I snapped. "More allies means more strength."
   "I KNOW!" Will snapped back. "I just don't like the fact that whoever it is just randomly gets here."
   "Go contact the driver, soldier." I rolled my eyes, and Will put on headphones, then pressed a button.
    Will coughed for a moment, then spoke. "DRIVER! WHOEVER YOU ARE, JUST GO AND GIVE ALLY BACK TO US!"
   I heard a voice over the loud speaker. "Alright, fine."
   Will's eyes widened as the gloved hand with Ally just dropped her. She was still unconscious, but seemed like she was about to wake up. I had to rescue her before she sees this real-life nightmare!
   Will took the control stick while I got some skydiving gear made of fur. I gave a thumbs-up to Will, then jumped down.

    Will






   I squeezed the control stick. This was just another test I creamed to train for the military.
   The chopper swerved down, then corkscrewed, shooting the other copters cleanly.
   "You Unborne's too scared to fight a boy? Be a man, I say!" I teased gleefully.
   My heart suddenly stopped as I saw the Demon Lord, continuing to fall in his unconsciousness. He had someone else on his hands, probably. But for once, I decided to help him... but if I fly under him, he'll be chopped into a bunch of disgusting pieces.


   Ally








    I opened my eyes, seeing clouds above me, and distant land below me. I screamed in terror. Didn't someone catch me?! This is messed up!
   "Ally!"
   I saw Keesa skydiving toward me. We joined hands, and Keesa pulled the cord. Then, I saw Will doing crazy steering.
   "What are you doing?" I asked, yelling at the top of my lungs.
   "Ally!" Will said. "I'm saving the Demon Lord!"
   My mouth was a straight line. "But, Will! He's the enemy!"
   My vision was suddenly filled with pictures of fire blossoms and the phoenix. Water  was poured on them, making my heart twist. Then, I had a plan.
   "Keesa! Let go!" I said. "Will! Try blowing the Demon Lord downwards!"
   I felt Keesa let go of me, then Will twisted the copter to make the blades push the Demon Lord down. My vision was still full of doused blossoms, but I got hold of the Demon Lord.
   "Catch me!" I ordered.
   Keesa hung onto the helicopter, then managed to grab my shirt. She hauled me into the copter, and we all panted heavily.
   "Why... did you want to save him?" I asked Will.
   "The boy who caught you, then tried to kill you, wasn't with the Demon Lord. It's best we try to get the Unborne on our side, and fight whatever the boy's side is."
   "No," Keesa shook her head. "We can't trust the Unborne. They're flipping evil!"
   "I agree," I said, and felt where my heart was. I coughed a little, then checked my palm. It was uncontrollably too advanced.
   I'm panicking. I told myself. The mark will advance if I don't stop worrying.
   "We'll set him down on the ground, and we'll use the chopper to get to the volcano." I said.
   "Agreed," Keesa and Will said.

                                                         ~❂~

   I set the Demon Lord gently on the ground. He seemed badly cut, as if the boy who 'saved' me gave him a few good blows.
   "Let's hurry," Will said, and we loaded back into the copter.
   I buckled my seat-belt, and Keesa went into the passenger seat. Will took the controls, and we hovered back into the air. Staying close to the ground, we headed off toward the volcano. I couldn't stop thinking of my mark. It just looked so horrible, I wanted to throw up!
   Worrying, I reminded myself. Must not worry.
   "It'll be alright," Will said, as if reading my thoughts. "Just don't think about it."
   I could only take a deep breath. We inched closer to the volcano, and I took a deep breath. Suddenly, a gigantic shadowy creat.
   ure popped out from beneath the ground.
  The earth trembled as the shadowy creature roared, revealing a green clock and decaying skin. The eyes were only hallow sockets with a green light floating in it. the skin near it's lips were ripped, showing yellow colored teeth.
   "A lich!" Keesa shrieked. "How the kazoo did it get here?"
   The lich grabbed the helicopter, and shook it around. I grabbed onto my seat for security. "What do you mean?"
   "Liches only live near the Mysterious Lands!" Will said, trying to shoot the decaying skin.
   "Liches can possess your bodies, too!" Keesa said. "Never touch it!"
   I nodded, shaking all around. The face looked so horrid! It was a decaying, gigantic creature I never wanted to see!
   The glass from the windows shattered. The lich's fingers poked around in it, trying to touch us. I screamed, and unbuckled my belt. I hung onto the top most parts, dangling on the little pipe.
   "Help!"
   I suddenly saw Keesa and Will slipping and sliding on the flooring. Then, The lich touched both of them at once.
   "No!" I screamed.
   My friends' eyes turned emotionless and dull. I saw the same green light in their eyes, then they stared at me eerily.
   Face it. I told myself. Your best friends are gone.
   The lich laughed evilly, and Keesa and Will began to walk eerily toward me. I took out my sword, and tried to slice and dice them.
   Will took out his gun. My heart pounded so hard, I almost heard it.
    I kept deflecting the bullets. Keesa came, and took out a whip. Where the cabbage did she get that?
   I felt one powerful whipping, then I jumped out of the copter and dived headfirst into the ground. I stood up, a little dizzy, then ran toward the lich.
   "Want a piece of me?!" I asked.
   I dug my sword into the lich's decaying flesh, then threw myself up, quickly taking the sword with me. I plunged my sword right in between his sullen eyes, then was threw off.
   Just as I hit the ground, the lich was screaming in pain, maybe from the attack. It was screaming and shaking all over the place, the earth trembling. The ground split apart, and I saw molten lava. The lich was gonna fall into the lava, taking my sword with it!
   "You're fire now." I reminded myself, and dove into the magma. I immediately felt intense heat, and broke out sweats. I came back to the surface, waiting for my chance to get the sword.
   This is for Will and Keesa!


    "Wishes can come true. But not if you just wait for miracles. Miracles are things we make for ourselves. Here,            and now." -Final Fantasy