Scene Setter: The full moonlight on Konatsa shines brightly as the guards are on there regular patrols. Everything is fine and dandy. Two guards are walking down a corridor through the shadows and occasional beams of moonlight talking to each other.
“So Chakrin, anything ever come out of that kiss from Angelia?” Said a guard, almost laughing at the thought of Chakrin making out with a true hottie. (Refer to “Saving Wrawrck’s Hide, FULL STORY” on Tapion’s Forest of Enlightenment Board.)
Looking at his fellow guard with a strange look on his face, completely taken by surprise with the sudden conversation topic. Chakrin somehow thought about it for a second before replying.
“How in the hell did you hear about that?!” he said slowly.
“O come on! Everyone on this base knows about it!” He said back to Chakrin as he opened the gate to the next checkpoint.
“What! How would anyone else know…” Trailing off in mid-sentence Chakrin’s jaw drops. “Tapion! Damn him!”
“Your quick! Want a cookie?” Laughing loudly as he held the gate open for Chakrin.
“Ladies first, you bald bastard.” Said Chakrin with an evil smile, before he started laughing back.
“O come on now that wasn’t called for!” as he walked through the gate waiting for Chakrin to follow.
“So how much longer do we get to walk around this place doin’ nothing?” Asked Chakrin, locking the gate behind him.
“Ummm, I believe that around the next corner is our post so not that far really.” Scratching his head slowly. “I think…”
Upstairs in the video monitor room two guards watched as Chakrin and the old man made their way toward the surprise. Waiting for the old man to give the queue.
“So Chakrin, did you ever beat Final Fantasy X?” asked the old man, really scratching his head now.
“Did you see that?!” Said Chakrin quickly. Looking into the shadows.
“See what?” Asked the balding guard.
“That thing in the shadows, over there. It was fast, but I know it was something!” Chakrin now getting excited about possibly getting to kill something.
“Calm down son…your probably seeing s#!t again.” Said the old timer as he pulled out his nightstick.
“Well what’s that for?” Asked Chakrin, pointing to the nightstick.
Looking down at his nightstick and then back up at Chakrin, “I didn’t say you were completely insane either! Come on lets check it out.” Walking slowly toward the shadows, thinking Chakrin was following. Slowly he inched forward, trying to look brave yet not like a ‘Billy Bad Ass’. In all actuality, Chakrin had stayed back and watched from a safe distance.
“All right you piece of s#!t! Come out now before I have to wail on ya’ hardcore.” Yelled the old man into the shadows.
As he crept closer to the shadows he saw a snake like tail quickly pass through the moonlight before it came back and slapped him across the face.
Spinning around from the hit and screaming like Tierna when she sees herself in the mirror every morning, the old man turned around to look back at Chakrin before he fell over and died.
“Ain’t that some s#!t. Hmmm, the old f#!%er just died.” Looking down at the ground where the dead man’s hand was still tightly holding onto the nightstick. Looking up again, turning around in circles to see if anyone else had seen what happened, Chakrin slowly bent down and swept his hand over the old man’s eyes to close them before standing up saying, “…Well…ummm you just killed the old man which means that I get to use any means necessary to bring you down…” Talking into the shadows, almost happy about the news.
Slowly the snake like tail slithered its way towards the corpse wrapping around the leg and slowly pulling the body into the shadows. As parts of the old man entered the shadows an almost slurping type noise followed as the hidden creature ate away at his kill.
“Ok Mister! Now you’re in violation of code 324987559-6137.69er. No unauthorized lunch breaks or eating of other guards shall take place on company grounds. I’m gonna have to ask you to step out into the light so I can kill you...I mean arrest you.” Said Chakrin, sounding much like Barney 5.
Eventually the slurping noise stopped and the tail once again emerged from the shadows but this time it was holding the nightstick, moving closer to Chakrin before the nightstick slammed into his shoulder knocking Chakrin off his feet.
“Son of a…!” Yelled Chakrin as he got up rubbing his shoulder. “Ok your also gonna have to answer to code 242346732-45…”
Quickly the nightstick came back toward Chakrin just skimming across his face as Chakrin turned his head to dodge it.
“Damn it! You will respect my authority!” Yelled Chakrin as he ran blindly into the shadows, completely pissed off.
Through the TV monitors the other guards on duty laughed as the rookie jumped into uncertainty to reclaim his lost dead partners nightstick and to put an end to this creature’s lack of respect for night watchman.
Still laughing at the fact that Chakrin was chasing an inanimate object, the guards in the control room decided to call the joke off before Chakrin broke their toy. Reaching over to a table of switches and buttons one of the guards pushed the one controlling the creatures power while the other turned on the flood lights for that sector. Immediately the area was lit up like noon on a sunny desert day. On the cameras Chakrin was wrestling with something.
“Hey Bill, zoom in cameras 79 and 80 well ya.” Said one of the control guards.
“Right-o, Bob.” Replied the other as he pushed a few random buttons causing the TV screens to go black for a split second before turning on again, giving the idea that the camera was only 5 feet away from the action.
“Didn’t you turn off that creature?” Asked Bill slowly.
“Yeah…I thought I did.” Said Bob looking back down at the controls seeing that they were turned off.
“O S!#T! Exclaimed Bill as he punched in some keys to bring up the toy on one of their cameras.
When the screen flashed up they saw that their toy had been ripped in two. Sparks jumping out from the bare wires and twisted metal, along with the dead, half eaten, old man.
“GO TO CODE RED!!!!” They yelled together as they started hitting buttons, so quickly it seemed, that they were just hitting whatever was in front of them.
Immediately lights all over the base went from a soft glowing white color to flashing red blaring lights. Covering the base in a Christmas tree flashing red haze.
Fighting with the creature getting hit in the back with the nightstick, Chakrin could barely hold his own. Throwing punches and kicks and in turn blocking them as well, this creature was giving Chakrin more than he bargained for.
“Ouch! Hold still…damn it!” Said Chakrin, trying to hit the creature and dodge the returning attacks.
“SSSSSS!” Was the only reply before the creature swung his tail at Chakrin’s head, still holding the nightstick.
Ducking quickly as the nightstick flew past his head, Chakrin does a nice rock and roll move of dropping and popping back up quickly hitting the creature between the eyes with a right hook when he stood up again.
“Take that, sucka! Said Chakrin, finally glade to have hit the creature cleanly.
Dropping the nightstick the creature backed up a bit holding its snout between its hands. Slowly the creature turned from a dark bluish color to a deep red velvet color, giving off a slightly brighter aurora around it as it charged up ready to put an end to this scuffle.
“SSSsssssoo…you are the one named Ssshakrin…” Said the serpent like creature.
“Chakrin, yes…what do you want?” He said as he wiped some blood from his lip.
“I have a messssege for you…your father needssss you…go home…” As the snake slowly backed itself into a darker corner, still visible by its red aurora.
“He’s dead. Try again.” Said Chakrin as he powered up to met the serpents level.
“Yesss, but he ssstill needsss you...” Hissed the serpent.
“Well, then tell him I said ‘Hi’…ON YOUR WAY TO HELL!” Yelled Chakrin as he went full force towards the creature.
“Weakling…” Said the creature as it disappeared before Chakrin could get close enough to hit it.
Slamming into the concrete wall at full force, Chakrin nearly blacked out. Hearing the sirens approaching Chakrin got up slowly trying to focus on the creature, it spoke once more.
“He’sss waiting…ssseek him out…” He said before turning his back to the newly arriving patrols of reinforcements. Closing its eyes the power level of the creature increased 10x over. As the reinforcements rounded the corner in various vehicles charging toward the serpent they exploded in a fiery blast causing a chain reaction to follow through all the ranks. “Pathetic…foolsss…”
“…stop…” Said Chakrin still seeing double.
“Or what…you’ll hurt me? Flicking its tongue as it spoke. ‘Your power issss nothing to mine…I ssssuggessst that you watch your tongue…” Opening its eyes slowly.
“…I said stop…leave them alone…” Said Chakrin slowly regaining his sight.
“Hold your tongue boy. Don’t make me kill you for no reassson.” Said the serpent, now getting edgy with its voice.
“…just bring it…” Said Chakrin holding his hand out in front of him, motioning the serpent to take up the challenge. Chakrin knew that he was no match for the serpent, but he wasn't going to just sit by and watch innocent soldiers die if there was some way for him to stop it or at least delay it.
Looking at Chakrin in disbelief before smiling widely showing its long jagged teeth.
“He wasss right…you never do know when to ssstep down.” Said the creature as he slithered across the ground towards Chakrin.
Holding his head with one hand and making a fist with the other Chakrin prepared himself for an ass whipping.
“Come on, do something will ya? I got a lunch break I’m gonna miss because of you.” Said Chakrin slowly lowering his hand from his head, moving into a defensive position.
Jumping into the air the serpent quickly took a swing at Chakrin’s face scratching him from his right ear to his jaw. Before kicking him in the stomach causing Chakrin to bend over and receive an axe hammer across the back. Slamming his face into the concrete.
“Like I sssaid…you ssshould hold our tongue…” Hissed the snake like creature, pissed that he had to actually do some work. As he turned to walk away Chakrin was still trying to get up so the serpent slammed his tail across the back of Chakrin knocking him into the broken ground even further.
In the control room the two guards watched patiently, almost drooling as they waited for the creature to get far enough away from Chakrin to us the laser defenses that were now locked onto the serpent.
“and…I…said…you need…to do…something…” said Chakrin as he very slowly rose to his feet holding his stomach with one hand and the back of his head with the other.
Smiling the creature held one hand out to the side of it and charged a somewhat large sized energy ball before it spoke one last time, “…if sssomething isss what you want…then sssomething isss what you ssshall get…” Turning back toward Chakrin with its swirling ball of energy in front of it, the creature placed its free hand on its opposing wrist. Looking at Chakrin, smiling at him, “…ssseek him out Ssshakrin…”
Immediately the energy ball grew larger before it shot towards Chakrin hitting him right in the chest. Exploding in an immense cloud of smoke and fire. Sending debris all over the place.
In the controll room the TVs flashed in a broken connection before going black.
"BOB! He's taken out our cameras! Yelled Bill wiping his mouth as he spoke.
"Well no s#!t kung-fu!" Said Bob as he tried to bring them back online.
Raising his head slowly, trying to keep his eyes opened Chakrin looked at the creature that was now standing over him.
“…is that…is that all…you got…” Asked Chakrin before the serpent punched him across the face rendering Chakrin unconscious to lie in the smoldering debris until help could arrive.
And with that the creature vanished into the night leaving the base in chaos.