Chapter 18 Jaren’s Imprisonment.
I woke up. I tried to move my arms but, they just went back towards the wall. I tried to move my feet too but the same thing happened. I noticed I was chained to the wall. Looking around the room, I saw that it had dirt, dust and cobwebs all over the place and there was a computer with green and red buttons on it along with a joystick in the middle in front of me that had two blue lamps on each side, on my left was Pedro and Kodyack and on my right, was my sister.
Pedro’s face was less white than usual, and his beard was overgrown. Kodyack’s eyes were very watery, his hair was unkempt, and he had bruises on his arms and legs along with his clothes having holes in them and him smelling like gym socks. Crystal’s hair was only to her shoulders (her hair is usually down past her shoulders) she was palest of them all and her face was green. She threw up onto the floor as she coughed harshly. They all looked at me.
“Skyrid?” They all said in unison.
“Pedro, Kodyack and Crystal? How can this be?”
“They’re my prisoners too, Skyrid.”Nancy said, walking into the room.
“You won’t get away with it, Nancy! Anna and the Cithians will rescue us!”
“How?They have no clue where you are!”
“True. But Kevin does.”
“Who?”
“He used to be a member of Bloodshed.”
“And what makes you think he can help you now?”
I became silent as she laughed at me.
“Exactly. No one can help you now.”
“Why would you do this, Nancy?”Kodyack said
“How’d you become evil anyway?” Pedro said
“You imprisoned Sade. And he was my best friend.” Nancy said
“How does that have anything to do with this?”Kodyack said
“It doesn’t. But, I need your services, Kodyack.”Nancy said
“What for? So you can make more Darkomegas?”
“Yes. You must go back to Gailems and...”
“Leave him alone!” I said, trying to shoot a beam of light at her.
“It’s no use, Skyrid. The chains suck all your powers into them.”
“Let us go!”Crystal said.
“Or what, Winter Warrior?”
“Winter Warrior? What’s she mean?”I said
“Nothing, Skyrid. It isn’t important.”Crystal said
“Silence!”Nancy said beating her staff on the ground. It was two inches bigger than me (I’m 6 feet), had a black spiral and a bloody sword carved into it, and a red gem on the top of it with each side of stretched out two inches and the staff itself was stretched out three inches on each of its sides.
She looked at Kodyack.
“You will go back to Gailems and bring me a sacrifice to become Darkomega.”
“Never! I will not obey you!”Kodyack said
“I think you will!”Nancy said, throwing a purple orb at him.
The orb's energy surged through him. Flashes of purple electricity sparked over his entire body. Kodyack screamed. His body twisted this way and that as his mind fought against Nancy's mind control. I struggled against the chains that held me.
“Stop hurting him!”I said
“I’m not! He’ll just be my minion for a little while!”Nancy said, laughing.
“What would you have me do, Master?”Kodyack said
“Go back to Gailems and bring me a confused soul!” She said, releasing him.
“Yes, Master! I’ll go!”Kodyack said as a purple portal opened and he went into it and disappeared.
“Your possession will wear off!”I said as I struggled against my bounds.
“What makes you think that, Skyrid?”
“It wore off of Jakin didn’t it?”I said
“Yes. But you see, he’s more rebellious than Kodyack is.”
“True. But, how does that help you?”I said
“Since he is less willing to rebel, he’ll be easier to control. See?”Nancy said
“Nancy, the students will notice the change in his attitude!”Pedro said.
“No they won’t! The possession only inhibits his decisions and not his attitude.”Nancy said
“That doesn’t matter. Fader will notice a change!” I said
“If that happens, I’ll have Kodyack attack him.”
Pedro went silent as Nancy moved the Joystick and I saw Kodyack walk up to the Couselium. The Guardians let him in; he walked up behind Jaren and knocked him unconscious as Kodyack trapped in him in a bubble.
A ceil portal was opened as him and Kodyack took Jaren with him into it and disappeared as it closed.
“He won’t take orders from you, Nancy!”I said
“Oh, he will once he finds that he can’t rescue you any other way.”Nancy said
A cobalt portal appeared in the room, and Kodyack stepped forward along with Jaren.
“Slyer?!” Jaren said, running up to me.
“Yes, Jaren. It’s me.”
“Let Skyrid go!”Jaren said as he whirled on Nancy, fists clenched.
“I will if you decide to become Darkomega.”
“Fine. But, if you don’t keep to your word, I’ll hunt you down!”
“No, you won’t. Because if you do, I kill all of them.”
“Alright. I’ll do it. Just release him.”
“Not until Sade gets here.”
“Sade? Sade Markson ?”
“Yes. He’ll be wanting to trade his powers with you. Until then, you’ll be chained to the wall with the others! Kodyack, chain him up!”
“Right away, Master.”
“Kodyack, what is with you?”Jaren said, slapping him.
“Nothing’s wrong with him, Jaren. He’s just under my control.” Nancy said
“Snap out of it, Kodyack. She’s trying to trick you!” Jaren said.
“Jaren, he won’t be coming out of the possession for a while. So, let him chain you up!”
“No!”
“No? Do you need a possession too?”
“Try your best, Nancy!”
“Awe, a challenge. I love a good fight! Too bad that won’t happen!”
She threw a red orb at him and he passed out on the ground.
“Kodyack, you can resist her!”I said
“Don’t listen to him, Kodyack. He never rescued you, did he?”Nancy said
“He did not.” Kodyack said
“Exactly! Now, put Jaren in chains!”
“Yes, Master.”
Kodyack picked up Jaren and held him against the wall as he chained his hands and feet to it. Jaren awakened.
“Let me go! You cowards!”Jaren said, pulling against his chains.
“Shut up, Jaren. You’ll get your chance!” Pedro said
A green portal appeared.
“Where are you going?”I said
“To get Sade for the Power Trade. Don’t try to escape while I’m gone or I’ll have Hydra Sayis attack you!”
Nancy showed us Gade. He was stuck in his Sayis form and behind bars.
“What have you done to Gade?”Pedro said
“Nothing,Ped. He’s also under my control!”
“Prove it! A Sayis will never willingly attack another one!”
“Are you challenging me? No one tells me I can’t do it!”
Nancy hit the cell with a orange orb and as it opened, Gade stepped out of it.
“Gade, attack Pedro!”
Gade tried to hold his hand back, but couldn’t. He shot Pedro with a white beam as all of his heads looked away. Pedro became frozen like an icicle.
“Unfreeze him now!”I said
“Or you’ll do what?”
“I’ll...”I said
“Let me answer that. You’ll do nothing!”
Nancy and Kodyack went into the portal and disappeared.
“Thanks a lot, Jaren. You didn’t have to go with Kodyack!”
“I didn’t. He knocked me unconscious.”
“This is still all your fault.”
“
How’s it my fault?”
“You just couldn’t stay away from the Cousellium, could you?”
“No. But after you lost, I stayed to see if someone would come back for more.”
“I don’t care! You risked your life, and we’re still locked up.”
“I did it for you, Skyrid. I wanted to save you.”
“Why?”
“ I owe you for saving my life after your malfunction.”
“Alright. But, how do we get out of here now?”
“You see, I didn’t quite think that part through.”
“Idiot! I would so pound you if I could break loose from these chains!”
“Skyrid, calm down. I think I know a way.”Crystal said
“What?”I said
“If I just harness enough light energy within myself, I’ll turn into an orb.”Crystal said
“But, I thought these chains sucked our powers.” I said
“Not the ones inside us. Just the ones coming out.” Crystal said
“Oh. But, how does that help us?”I said
“Watch me, first. And then, you all will copy me.”Crystal said
Crystal closed her eyes. She breathed in and out as her arms and legs came out of the chains and she turned into an orb of light. Materializing, she stood in front of us and shot a beam of light at Pedro. The ice melted, and Pedro opened his eyes.
“Thank you, Crystal.”
Pedro closed his eyes, and breathed in and out as he turned into a green orb. Landing beside Crystal, he turned back into himself.
“Skyrid, you’re next. Just focus on the light energy inside you.”Pedro said.
“It’s not as easy as it looks!”I said, closing and opening my eyes.
“It is if you’ll work with me. Now, close your eyes.”
I closed my eyes.
“Good. Now, breath in and out as you focus all your energy into one orb.”
I breathed in and out faster and faster as I focused all my energy and sweat poured down my face.
“Skyrid, stop! You’re trying too hard!”
I stopped.
“What am I supposed to do?”
“Be patient with me.”
“Alright, I’ll try.”
“Close your eyes again, Skyrid. And, breathe in and out slowly as you focus all your energy into an orb.”
Closing them again, I breathed in and out slowly as I shocked myself and passed out. Instantly, I awoke.
“What happened?”
“You shocked yourself with light.”Pedro said
“I did?”
“Yes. Let’s try it again, okay?”
“Alright.”
Doing it for a third time, I closed my eyes as I breathed in and out slowly and my arms and legs slid out of the chains as I turned into a blue orb. My vision was very distorted. I saw two Pedros and two Crystals as I crashed into the floor and materialized back into myself.
“What about me?”Jaren said.
“It’s the opposite for you. You have to focus on the dark energy inside yourself.”I said
“How do I do that?”
“Just close your eyes and focus on everything that you hate about your life.”
Jaren closed his eyes as he muttered ‘An abusive Father, dead Mother, Juvy and, my powers.’ and his arms and legs slid out of the chains and he turned into a black orb. Landing in front of us, he actualized into himself as Hydra Sayis came towards us and whimpered.
“Shouldn’t we turn Gade back?” I said
“We can’t. He has to be turned back by Nancy.”
“Why?”
“Nancy turned him into his Sayis Form. So she must change him back.”