Chapter 26: Light and DarknessMeanwhile...
Nan opened his eyes.
-Where am I?-He said. He looked around and saw nothing but darkness around him. Nan ran for some time trying to find something, but to no avail.
-Am I dead? What happened?
Nan couldn't figure it out. He started to get scared.
-What is this place? What happened to me? I wish someone would come and answer me!
Suddenly, a shadowy figure appeared.
-Who are you?-Nan asked to the shadow.
-My name is Umbra. I'm the source of all darkness in the universe. I'm the one who gave you your power.
-You...?
Nan then remembered that night...
He was really sad that night. He was sad because he had no friends. Everyone is school did nothing but make fun of him for not being like the rest. And that night he just couldn't resist it. He started to cry. Cry and scream to the four winds.
-Why am I like this? Why am I so different?
Then suddenly, everything went dark. He started to float and spin in a tornado of dark energy. And he heard a voice say:
-Let the darkness in your heart become power... power you will use for the well-being of the people...
And for the first time, he released his darkness in a explosion, what he later called a Dark Shockwave.
-When you got the power to control the darkness inside you, your confidence increased, and you managed to have friends and have a better life. Now your friends are in danger. The entire universe is in danger. You must help them overcome this threat.
-...what is Raymond?-Nan asked.
-Raymond is a being made of pure Darkness. He isn't even human. All he desires is chaos and destruction. He will bring unbalance to the universe, and we can't let this happen.
-How can we defeat him?
-Raymond is a unbalanced being. To stop him, we must bring balance to him.
-How do we do that?
-Raymond once had a balance of light and darkness inside him, just like every human being. However, a strange event caused him to split into two. A light side and a dark side.
-You mean... we need Requiem?
-Yes. They must once again become one. That is the only way to bring balance back into the universe.
Umbra then created a strange looking sphere of darkness.
-Use this portal to return to Earth. Find Requiem and use your power to fuse them together.
-And how do I do that?-Nan asked.
-You will know how.
-Ok...
Nan went to the portal. However, before leaving, he asked:
-Umbra, why did you give me my powers?
-For there to be balance, there must be light and darkness. Across the universe there are others like you, able to control light or darkness. The darkness in your heart, combined with your good nature, made you a good candidate to help keep the universe balanced. You are very special, Nan. You're necessary. Now go.
Nan jumped into the portal to return to Earth.
The planet was completely ravaged. The cities were destroyed. Many corpses on the streets.
Then Nan began to wonder how was he going to find Requiem.
But suddenly, he noticed something.
His power had increased. He could feel the power running through his body.
And he noticed he could also feel the power inside the people around him.
He decided he would use his new powers to find Requiem. He felt a strong power of light, many miles to the west of his location. He started to run in that direction to find him.
Master1.0 wrote:Y`know, we really should end part 2 off here. We have 25 chapters, and Runouw has finally fallen under Raymond`s control. Inform JSX, Awesome, and everybody that is contributing to story.
Actually I have something epic planned out, in which we can finish by Chapter 30 (if it goes well).
So a summary of what I have planned:
Runouw comes out and attacks Me and Mariox in the maze. We try to help him out, but it's no use. Me and Mariox trying to survive attacks from the crazed Runouw and Master while Raymond is watching and laughing. Suyo runs in and tries to warn them about Master, but he sees it's too late. He runs back and gets the other Runouw (Runouw is actually two people on one account). The other Runouw attacks Raymond, and they fight. JRFD and Mariox escape the maze and find Nan with Requiem. They tell him what happened and he uses his darkness to hold Master and bring him back out. Suyo promises to never send him to limbo again unless he does something really bad. JSX is in the hospital back in Runouw.com. Nan, Mariox, Requiem and I go look for Raymond. The real Raymond, hoping to find that Crimson controlling device. They see him fighting Runouw on the roof of the building. They go up, but they encounter the crazed Runouw. After a long speech about good and evil, light and darkness, they bring him back to sanity. They climb to the roof where they battle Raymond. Raymond threatens to use the Crimson controller on them. He kills all but Requiem. For some reason he just couldn't kill him. Raymond uses the device to destroy the Crimson army in one big wave. The spambots close in on them. Requiem runs at Raymond, grabs the Crimson controller, and runs away. He gets shot by a spambot, and is knocked to the ground. Raymond then shoots him. Requiem is almost dead. With his last ounce of strength, he pushes the button, reverses time, back to when Xero reversed time, back to when Raymond was solidified to a Crimson silhouette of how he used to be. Requiem is now healed. He presses another button on the controller preventing the anti-reversal. Runouw comes and smashes the now-crimsonified Raymond into tiny Crimson dust. Nan wonders how Requiem can exist without Raymond (foreshadowing of part 3). End.
Now we just need to imply that in the story.
