Nyxoria

THE MANSION 3

In a dark void, Koby floated around before regaining consciousness.

“Am I dead?” He asked himself as he felf himself and the way around the void.

 

“This is supposed to be my incarnate?” A loud voice boomed across the void.

“Pathetic.” The voice said with disgust. Fear trickled down Koby’s spine as he looked around.

“Who’s there?” He finally summoned up courage to ask.

“Who do you think?” the voice chuckled.

“If you’re going to kill me, make it quick. Don’t keep me in suspense.” Koby said.

“The only good thing about you is your hate. You have an innate hatred for your own existence.” The voice continued as though, Koby had not said anything.

“What do you know about me?” Koby said now annoyed at this being that was trying to read him.

“In your entire lifetime, you have been beset with problems that has made you to hate existence itself. The last time I saw that type of hate was from myself.” Just then two ghostly eyes and a smile appeared in the void.

“What are you?” Koby asked again.

“It does not matter for now. Let me in and I’ll help you survive the world that the supreme beings have laid out for you.” The voice offered.

“The typical deal with the devil “ Koby laughed.

“You don’t seem to have a problem with it.” The voice observed.

“If you want my soul, why not just start with that.” Koby shrugged.

“Your soul is of no meaning to me. I just want to take a look inside your anger.”

“Why?”

“Fate won’t allow me to take your soul.”

“I don’t understand.” Koby said.

“Your time is ticking. You’re on death’s door, young one. You need to decide now.” The voice stated.

“If I let you do what you want, what do I get in return?” Koby asked.

“That all depends on you, young one. You can either have it all or you can have nothing.”

“I won’t accept you if you can’t even give me a clear answer.” Koby said arching his brows in annoyance.

“Then you’ll die.”

“So be it.” Koby declared. He was trying to bargain with this voice and it seemed like the voice needed him so he had something to bargain for. All that hope was shattered by the laugh the voice gave out. It was so loud that Koby had to still his nerves as he was already spooked.

“Do you think, your death will be the end of it? Your friends will die, close acquaintances made to suffer until you’re inevitably alone. I can wait for another incarnate, while you’ll just be another fleeting memory. No matter how you look it, you lose.” The voice boomed as it flooded Koby with visions.

Kai being impaled with a staff, James on his knees with swords sticking out of his back. Raya with her neck slit open and Rachael with her heart torn out. He was then showed a valley with a lot of bodies and birds eating up the bodies.

“This can be what you make it or you can change it entirely.”

“What do you want from me?” Koby cried out as the influx of emotions hit him

“Stop running from what you’re meant to be, young one. Accept what you are.”

“If I stop running, everyone is going to leave me behind.” Koby said as he was transformed to a younger version of himself.

“Run away? Who’s running? Running where?”- the voice boomed and after a little pause screamed out-“ Why would I run?!”

At that moment, Koby felt his body move. It was hot like a furnace. He felt it all but couldn’t control his limbs. He watched as he stood up with his hatchet, letting out a dark aura and then he dashed into the crowd of shoggoths, slicing them off one after the other. The shoggoths came after him in hordes but his body made quick work of them. Slowly, Koby started to lose consciousness. Seeing only red, as he drowned in a red pool of water, into the darkness, drowning out the noise.

It felt so warm and peaceful.

At the front lines, while fighting everyone had started to notice the number of shoggoths heading upstairs dwindling. Glancing downstairs, Zara saw Koby fighting off the shoggoths, a mysterious aura about him.

“I see Koby down there fighting.” She spotted to the rest of the crew.

“Koby!” Kai said upon seeing him fighting off shoggoths.

“I don’t think he can hear you.” Rory said while cutting down a shoggoth.

“Let’s push forward and help him.” James said as he zoomed in slashing two shoggoths in one go. Everyone’s morale seemed to have been lifted as they fought with renewed vigor.

Giving Koby some support, Kai fired arrows at the shoggoths targeting Koby and then jumped in with Koby as he helped fight off the shoggoths by Koby’s side.

Seeing as the amount of shoggoths upstairs was few in number, Rory looked at Zara.

“Combine your Turbulence with me.” He said running ahead.

“Alright.” She said running behind.

“Sonic Boom.” He sent the shockwaves, pushing the shoggoths off and dealing damage to most. Almost instantly, Zara performed her spell.

“Turbulence.” The shockwaves from Rory’s earlier attack spread the fire wildly as it successfully pushed most of the shoggoths downstairs. Everyone finally claimed the upstairs region back and started heading downstairs to fight along with Koby and Kai.

With the combined forces of everyone, they were able to push back the shoggoths, before long the timer was on five minutes and the shoggoths started retreating into the woods surrounding the mansion.

At the end of the time limit, all shoggoths had disappeared. As everyone rejoiced at their victory, James rushed towards Koby, hugging him.

“We thought you were dead, Koby.” He said.

Koby opened his eyes revealing black eyes that put fear in everyone. In a flash, he used his fist to slam James unto the ground with such force that it caused a small crater, leaving James coughing up blood.

“I don’t think that’s Koby.” Rory said readying his dagger.

“James, you alright? What’s wrong with you?” Kai said as he rushed towards Koby and James.

In the blink of an eye, Koby blitzes Kai, striking him in the gut with a straight which sent him flying.

“He’s a possessed shoggoth.” Someone from the crowd screamed out as everyone readied their weapons but they were too exhausted to do anything. Before anyone could move, Koby blitzes Rory, hitting him with a low blow, but it was blocked just in time by Rory but he was still sent flying from the force of the punch.

“It’s just one person.” Someone shouted as everyone attacked. Summoning his hatchet, Koby swung his right hand beheading three men that tried to attack him first.