Tabernus Fabula 19: Nightmare Seekers

[BreakABone]

A lot of this is left so going to see if can speed up the process by maybe submitting 2 or 3 a day. I don't know if that works for everyone.
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As Geo’s eyes followed Raged across the bay as he chased Typhoid, they landed on three very angry men all staring at him with death in their eyes. Then a deep revelation washed over Geo, with Raged off after Typhoid and Magus still out of it; he would have to go it alone for the first time.

Under normal circumstances, he would see this as a decent challenge that he would eventually overcome. But now he glazed across at three opponents who proved themselves more than worthy against a handful of combatants. It only took one of them to knock out each one of his teammates. Three of them with their focus on him would not be good, but he had no other option.

He closed his eyes to prepare himself for the battle ahead. He got a quick flash of himself in a translucent state. Curiosity got the best of him, but the image was gone before he could react.

As he opened his eyes, he quickly shot three blasts of air in the direction of his adversaries who dodged them efficiently. Geo had anticipated this and now sent another giant tornado in their direction. He doubt it would work; but he hoped that he could trap them once again. They quickly saw through his plot and planted themselves firmly in the ground as it died down.

Then came the counter attack. First, it was Fox who sent two mud-balls into Geo’s eyes. He used his powers to wash the junk out of his eyes, but when he opened them he was greeted by a giant hammer like fist to the face. This blow sent him tumbling backwards where Swan was waiting.

Swan used his feet to propel Geo into the air and then kept him above ground as if playing with a ball. “Tell me how you like the dizzying sensation.”

While Swan was occupied with Geo, Raged had finally caught wind of the fact that his partner was in danger and sent a fire blast at Fox who saw the red hot streak coming at him and rolled out of the way.

“You want a round two, hot stuff?” Fox faced down Raged.

Before they could get too confident in their victory though, a giant boulder came crashing into Swan.

“And a strike!” said a voice slowly coming towards him. “Looks like I saved you from a rocky situation.” Magus said as he picked Geo off the ground.

Swan rolled around in the ball before crashing a bit away. “Once again, not my idea of a rocking good time.” Swan said as he emerged from under the rock a little dazed.

The Thear Trio now stood tall together once again. The heroes now reformed across the bay from them.

[BreakABone]

Well let's see if I can keep my word about a more rapid pace.
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“A victim of your own guilt that is what you have become. And I got to say it is quite delicious to see. While I rather dislike monologuing, you just tickle my fancy so much. I just want to explain how this is the PERFECT plan. Now perfect gets tossed around a lot by people, but this truly is the perfect plot. You already know how I got into your head so I won’t bore you with that, but that was step one. Now comes step two, I shall allow you to watch your new friends get murdered. I know just a tad cruel, but only the beginning. I shall than have them kill your brother! How you may ask yourself? Well you see when little Nighthawk left home in the middle of the night without informing anyone your brother grew worried. Then he discovered something I’ve been trying to hide for all these years. There is a deep connection that goes beyond your bloodline that you share with your brother so he is making arrangements to come over here to save you. Like he has a chance!”

The strange fellow took a break as he admired his handiwork with the cage lowering itself steadily. When it reached the bottom, Nighthawk would be trapped in his own mind forever.

“So you would be responsible for the deaths of your new friends and your brother. Now me personally, I wouldn’t care, but you suffer from this thing people like to call EMOTION. And I can just see it now; you will become distraught over all these deaths and maybe close yourself off to the world, but you see this is the great thing about having the key to the main door. I would just let myself in while you are at your weakest and force you to relive it over and over again. I see it eventually driving you mad. And once that happens, I will let you loose on the city to cause mayhem and destruction in my name. Now I know what you must be thinking, this guy has too much time on his hand, and I would not disagree with you. However, to see the fruits of your labor come true is the most magnificent feeling in the world. And if you think this is bad, you should see the other guy. I’ve been messing with his head for the better part of two decades. Yeah, you heard me!”

The cage came to a screeching halt. “You’re a mad man you know!” Nighthawk had a moment of clarity. All of the fog disappeared when this happened. “None of this can be attributed to me. You set me up years ago. You manipulated my mind and made me your puppet. And now you want ME to feel guilty about it?”

The man simply nodded his head.

“You are sick and twisted man, and I am tired of playing your game.” Nighthawk charged at the man and went to deliver a right hook but phased right through him.

“Like I said poor naïve little boy! Did you really think you stood a chance against me in my own domain? This is your mind, but really you are only visiting. I control this and I control you!”

Nighthawk found himself imprisoned in a birdcage fittingly enough.

“Yeah, you learn a lot when you hang out here all the time. Ha ha Ha HA!”
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