Mastema's Sanctuary (rebuilt....sorta)

[SilverEmperor]

*KB twitched violently at the feel of his brother.He was back,and not far away either.KB found himself confused,wondering how K could have made it out.This would get in the way of KB's plans for sure.Unless,the Master had provided once again.He needed a being of proper power for the sacrifice,and his little brother had just been made available.The angelic statue holding him seemed almost sad at the transformation of the one it held.Still,KB ignored it.The thing was stone,not real at all.*

You have provided...as per usual Master.....  

[SilverEmperor]

*K slowly approached the castle.Catching sight of the flag he smiled.It was his castle!And just as he had dreamt it to be.It was perfect.He could feel every brick in place,he could feel the servants living inside enjoying their home.K felt very energetic at the find.He made his way through the main gate,then into one of the halls.He had already mapped the entire place using his new abilities.Still,even though he knew it all,he was in awe as he made his way to the altar-room.*

***

*KB twitched again feeling his little brother so close.Closing off the K inside him he made his way to the altar-room.The angel statue was left groping thin air,as well as a last chance.KB smiled evilly as he made his way.The Master would be brought back,and he would rule it all.The weapon to kill the young brother was yet to be chosen.*

***

*K found himself in the altar-room with a small smile.His vision locked on the altar.It wasn't in his designs.Also,it was so plain.Only a man-sized slab of rock,no symbol or statue. Looking up he noted the moderately sized hole in the roof.Rain continued to splatter onto the altar,mixing with some ash on the floor.Pieces of a charred body could be seen.His face twisted in confusion as he ran his hand along the altar.The rain stopped falling.The clouds parted a fraction.*

***

*KB smiled watching his little brother.He was hidden off to the side in the shadows.His brother would have easilly noticed him if he hadn't put a small attraction charm on the altar.Not big enough to call notice,only to call interest.He had to fight back a giggle,watching the innocent being so close to death.He took minor note of several changes int he boy.A bit older looking,stronger,and built of the earth.He imagined it was Heswina's doing.In fact,he felt the taint of her all over his brother.He was patient though,waiting for the perfect moment to strike down the lad,and bring about his god.*

((The "***"'s just show what each was doing at the same time.))  

[SilverEmperor]

((Gweh,I'll kill K in the morning. Bwarharharhar.Goodnight world.))  

[SilverEmperor]

*KB saw the moment just as K saw his folly. KB lashed out violently,springing from his hiding place.He lept out moving slightly above K,with his scythe ready.K looked only in time to catch the blade in his right shoulder.Fresh dirt and stone was ripped from the wound,causing K to stumble back.Before he knew what he was doing he was puled into the earth and far away.The bricks molded back into place as K vanished.It left KB screaming in rage as he leaned over the altar. He could track his brother,though it would delay him.Sighing he lay back on the altar.He could almost feel his master as he looked up into the sky.Raindrops hit him and covered him,but he paid them no mind.*  

[SilverEmperor]

*KB yawned softly.Sometimes his work was too easy. The being "Grindy" was safely locked in the lower levels.A tight net of energy kept him in place.The servants of the castle had fled to hide in the lower,safer,levels.K now lay,passed out,on the altar.KB smiled as he stepped closer.He raised the scythe high above his head as he made himself ready to destroy the last of the free K's. Only KB and his Master would remain.All others of his kind would finnally for once be gone.Rage filled his eyes as he looked down upon the younger form of himself.*

WHERE IS SHE NOW K!!!!WHERE IS SHE TO SAVE YOU!!!!!!!I KNEW IT!!!!IT'S NOT REAL!!!!!!!!!!!IT ISN'T!!!!! scream

*With that he brought the weapon downwards.Brilliant white light flooded the castle as the weapon his true to it's mark.The light ran through the castle,light bursting out between the bricks and every opening.The enitre room was sheared into a plane of non-existance by the light.In the end as it died the entire level was gone.Only the altar and KB remained.Dust gently was lifted by the wind off the altar.The scythe was stuck heavy into the stone slab.The rain had stopped,everything seemed still.The flag that held the "K" as a symbol of him was lifted off into the distance.KB stood in awe.For his Master wasn't here,yet his brother was indeed dead.A long time passed as he stood in place.Finnally he managed to speak,and found answer.*

Where.......?Where are you?
I am here.....I am here......You know I am...well done.....Very well done..almost there...I'm almost back...Almost....almost....  

[SilverEmperor]

*KB looked out in horror at the wasteland before his castle.There was no grass,no grass as K had always wanted.He shook it off with a growl.He would not feel anything.There would never be grass again.He'd destroy everything in spite of K,even if he couldn't feel it.He knew K was dead,and a large part of him had died with K. KB,the last of the K's,beings made for pureness,had lost his nature.He was now something else, a new race,he was no longer a KB,he was now the darkness that ate him inside-out.Looking to the sky he laughed for a full 3 hours straight.The gods had no hold of him now!He was no longer their darling creation!He was now himself.One of his Master's kind.Something far beyond evil.Smiling he pulled the scythe from the stone and started to walk out.The servants were corrupted as he went.They lost the K in them,they too became evil.The only last pure thing in the castle was the captured Grindy.The last bit of K left in the world.Locked deep away. KB giggled as he made his way through the main gate and into the distance.The scythe molded into his being.The mockery of love once more becoming part of him.It was further fueled by K's death.*  

[SilverEmperor]

*KB stood atop the flat burned out floor that had once been the altar-room.It was now of course,just the altar split in half,and the open sky.The rain had stopped,the clouds had parted for days now.Oddly enough though,the wasteland was still waste.Smiling KB revelled in keeping his brother's dream dead.The small fraaction of K's soul which had been used to create the creature "Grindy" stirred in him.He shrugged it off,without the whole it was easy to subdue the peice.In fact,it had no real use other then to bestow life on the simplest of things.KB tapped his chin thoughtfully as he looked out.He could see almost everything from here.The castle itself was a stupid place to defend,but it would prove vital in the end.Brining forth the Master still required the head of a child,but it had to be a special child.Aria was KB's target......but what would his Master ask for next?KB was at a loss,he'd never really met his Master.His master had always dominated him in mind and Soul.For a moment he feared that Heswina might fight him,but he shrugged off that worry.As the Master had broken him,he'd break her if she proved to be a problem.The seeds of the Master were all but gone,as was K.KB sighed softly and nodded to himself,vanishing.He left the place empty and alone,perhaps even more so then it had been as ruins.*  

[SilverEmperor]

*KB smiled upon his return to the place.He was walking towards it when his vison hazed.He then found himself walking down a hall.His sight blurred,and he found himself in the altar room.He wasn't sure why he was losing vision,or how he was getting where he was."Let us......change things..." He heard the voice that was familiar,but not his own.He watched as things indeed began to change.The servants came from hiding and began their work.The castle kept it's design,but was making subtle changes.The wasteland outside around the castle trembled.KB looked out over everything from the room that had lost it's ceiling and walls.The rain poured onto him as he threw back his head and laughed.It was a happy laugh of a woman.Not his own crazy laugh,not his laugh of a being of evil,just the laugh of a woman who'd just learned of things.A black spot behind him formed,then stretched to become a circle.It was roughy 12ft wide by the time it finished stretching.It then became solid at the rim,while the interior bubbled.The potal was open,holding it open would be just as easy as making it.The hard part was yet to come.
Why hadn't you told me what inspired my creation...you mentioned the girl..but never before had you mentioned these....advances.I see now things I could only dream of....travelling through the stars...Why hadn't you told me!Oh...I see why...you were scared I might use it.You were afraid I'd find this personal plane of existance that held everything you own....heehee....well..it's ours now.And we're going to use a lot of it.
KB turned to face the portal at the command of the weapon withing.He smiled,though he didn't want to.Reaching into the portal with his mind he began to shift things about.The staff inside that world made quick work of finding what he needed.Soon it'd be time to get to work.*  

[SilverEmperor]

*Quick!You know what to d-
Ignore that.Continue on with your work.I was starting to hear voices again,dismiss it as...an...illusion.
KB smiled as things came together. He himself had just attempted to tell one of the droids to activate a program,though it ended in failure.The weapon dominated that.The robots behind the portal, in KB's private universe,kept at work.The pocket plane was small indeed,but it held his hordes of treasure well.Everything was neat and in place.He didn't need to build a lab,not here.For there were already workrooms on the other side.Right now all he needed was a body.Stepping into the black bubbling portal he giggled.He arrived a few hours later,though in that place it had seemed many years.Shaking off the effects of different time he grimaced.He was himself again,at a price.Behind him the portal closed,and he was cut off from his private world and the weapon.She would come again when she finished.Until then he was free.*

Ugh....  

[SilverEmperor]

The Angel Haziel had been walking for quite some time.Lost deep in his prayer to the Lord.He was happy,for his brief meeting with Traniel had been quite fun.It was short,but rarely did an angel have free time in God's service.He soon found that the treeline fell away from his vision.He was out of the forest,and near a field.He felt something then,something sudden and disturbing.It clenched his heart and soul,his stomache churned.He started to move faster.stumbling as he ran to the top of the hill.Once there he saw a castle,but that wasn't what caught his "eye". He saw the field where many great creatures had fallen.His mechanical eyes picked it up as higher levels in the soil and such,and the air,but he felt it on a closer level.Dropping to his knees he felt the urge to vomit,but he couldn't.His throat was clenched tightly,he couldn't breath.His vision blurred,the mechanical eyes sparked as they broke.He felt a familiar rage overcome him,he fought it.Scripture ran through his mind,he begged God to spare him of his rage.He secretly feared fighting for revenge.Losing hold of his rage he sprung to his feet.Rather he moved to them and was lifted into the air.

Haziel's body burst with blinding brilliant white light.It seemed to have no end,it's depth forever.Like looking upon Heaven itself.His weak body became strong with the holy rage, as he felt it overcome him.The metal mask,and eyes melted away,sliding over his skin with ease.Dropping to the ground they sizzled as patches of liquid metal.Where his eyes had been were only slits of glowing white,even more powerful then the one that enwrapped his body.Throwing his head back he let the rage burst from him in a scream that seemed as though it held the trumpets of heaven inside it.His wings outstretched fully,tearing away the bandages and what few feathers remained.The skeletal structure wreathed in bright orange flames.The black tendrils of his back burst into the same white of his eyes as they rose to life.Swaying behind him,as the rage pumped through him.Even his hair that was discolored and limp seemed to be refreshed.Taking back it's deep blue color and strength.He settled to the ground as his scream died away.He was shaking,holding back from tearing away every inch of the keep before him.

God helped to settle Haziel.Speaking to him,teaching him,reminding him,loving him.He knew his place and his previous sin,and he listened well to the voice.There was a name that rang through his head.The name Mastema.As well as the name of one of the fabled higher beings,Xol.He sighed softly in assurance that Mastema was dead.God told him so,and so Haziel believed so.Xol however was about.Xol,who'd once been one of God's flock.Haziel didn't know what to do or say.Confused,he started to make his way back to the dojo.There,he would meet with Traniel to re-equip himself in a fashion suitable for angels. His glow had died along with the rage,but once again he looked as an angel was meant to.  

[SilverEmperor]

A soft yawn escaped from the stranger as he approached the place.He stopped at the main gate of the castle,and touched his left hand to it.His right hand still hung limply at his side."By the power of those before me and those that I am..by my Master and my servants...with every shred of hate I can manage..and lastly...for Kaiori....I call upon you guardian spirits of this keep.Take apart your home and fashion it into a new image.A better image." As he finished off his little self-speech he pulled his hand away.A vibrant yellow light flared across from where his hand was,moving outwards quickly in a ring-shaped pattern.It took a few minutes,but eventually it had passed over the entire building.

Then,slowly,it began to come apart.Brick by brick,becoming less.Everything that was inside,the statues,the treasures,the plants,everything was being broken up.Everything was becoming so small.So small in fact,that it could all fit together in someone's palm.It was a mixture of shrinking and other magics.Of course,it'd had a drain on him,but he'd last.It took several hours before the castle was tiny enough to move.Now only about the size of a tic-tac.He grinned and slipped it into a small locket-type thing.Locking it firmly shut he put it on and started to move away.Now there was nothing left behind.Only a large flat spot where the keep had been,and the surrounding wasteland.The stranger had his castle back,and he was moving it somewhere better.  

[Twilight Justice]

*Droids scoured the ground and the sky. It was by far the smoothest going take over of the two that had now been done. The forest was complete and the old sanctuary grounds were next on the list. This area was practically forgotten now..... nothing inhabited it. Even the rubble of the old sanctuary was gone*

*The 1Bs were once again divided to being mounted on either 2B or 5B units, as a back up. 3Bs were the furthest outward from the drop point, checking for enemies. The Beta Zenogais units were well on their way to completing their part. Two teams had already set down their cargo and were setting it up for whatever purpose Mastema had in mind*

*Atop a small mound of land, elevated above the rest of the area, hovered the ominous Omega Zenogais. The alpha and beta models had been odd.... but omega was a sheer monstrosity comparatively. It's hands were demonic both in appearance and function, blacken metal that could rip anything to shreds with little trouble. It's legs were slender compared to its torso, as were its arms. The feet ended in a sharp point at the toes and heals, making them more for attack than standing, which was why Omega had been designed to hover with little energy drain. Behind the monster swayed a large, white metal tail that was just as long as Omega was tall. As it turned out, the mostly white "droid" with wild red hair on the back of its neck stood an ungodly 9 feet tall even when standing on the ground, and that was without the added height of its large shoulder panels which no doubt concealed some sort of device. The creature spoke not a word, its arms crossed, while its very organic, piercing yellow eyes watched over the invasion force*......  

[Thanatos_M]

*5 objects scattered throughout the area were now coming to life. From the ground, five beams over light shoot upward into the night sky. To anyone on the ground, it would look like the beams were going straight up, perpendicular to the ground; however, upon closer inspection one would find that they eventually converged at a point high in the atmosphere. These devices had been set there months ago by Mastema's invading forces, and now it was time for them to serve their purpose*  

[failinglight]

Marius walked forward slowly looking around at something he was unsure of. The great castle the trader spoke of was rubble and there were more signs of fighting than he could casually count. His eyes roamed the area and as he climbed a small mound of rubble and surveyed the area slowly while considering his next move. It seemed the area was more tumultuous than he had originally suspected. Two of the four main markers on his map were obliterated leaving him wondering what type of monster resided in these lands. "Where should I try next?" he said aloud as he stood calmly.  

[failinglight]

Marius finally shook his head and murmured, " I need more recent information, I suppose the town that's marked here is the next logical place. Maybe there will be someone willing to talk for enough drinks." As he finished speaking, he turned and made his way back towards the tree line. He felt more eager with every passing hour, after all if these markers were centers of activity and strongholds for fighters, there must be many powerful opponents to have left these places ruins. As he disappeared into the forest once more there was a brief suggestion of something floating in the air behind him but it faded quickly.