S under D[Arc 5: The forgotten] Chapter 1
#22 of S under D
warning the following story contains some graphic scenes of violence please be warned.
"Shadows reveal very little of the nature but we know so much about them. But what if there is something we do not know about these shadows? What if there is something forgotten?"
Forgotten things have a habit of being remembered at a time when no one suspects them to be remembered. The forgotten story of Ty is one that many want to hear so let us find out what really occurred.
Splash. Ty splashed to the surfaced of the misted lake gasping for air. He managed to get his breath back and waited for Leon. The lion soon surfaced right after Ty did and just then the fox spirit who guided him to this point also appeared.
"Well done young Ty, Your escape has surely caught the attention of S under D and as well as Exile. It is was a well-timed plan. Now the next plan of action is yours to decide.
"Well can I at least get Dry first? I would like to have my fur dried before I have to do some real huge thinking." Ty responded sounding a bit annoyed at how wet he currently was.
"Follow me then, the mist obstructs our view but you just have to swim in any direction and you will hit the shore." Leon said as he started swimming to shore and after about a minute or so they reached the shore.
Once they left the water their clothes became instantly dry and everything returned to normal. "Wow cool! Now can you tell me where the hell I am? And what I am doing here?"
"This is place is Atlantis." The ghost said to him while smiling. Ty did not take the joke well.
"You are fucking with me right? This is the lost city of Atlantis? That legendary place?" Ty looked a bit skeptical but started looking around and noticed it was forest as far as he could see. But something stuck him as weird. If this was all forests then how did he get here?
"Well not that Atlantis. This is just an island called Atlantis. This place is a mixture of refugees form the four worlds." The fox said.
"Huh? Five worlds?" Ty was a bit confused by the comment.
"My lady you should probably wait for the king to explain things to him before talking about that. That is an explanation that most of the world's most intelligent minds cannot comprehend. The king should be able to explain it better to him."
"Ah well you are right I have a tendency to over complicate things. The king should be expecting us soon." The spirit said as she blushed and put her paw on her check. Ty looked at her weirdly.
"Anyway can you take him to your father young prince? I shall meet you there." The spirit said before disappearing.
"Wait you are a prince? Maybe you can explain to me things. I saw so many things so quickly that I could barely understand things. But those futures I saw... I cannot let those happen either of them. One is basically enslavement and the other is mass murder. But I don't understand a lot of things about it all I know is that I needed to get here and I also need to bring Spike with me."
The black lion leered back at the raccoon. "I take it they showed you the result of letting these two force collide and letting one get out ahead. Exile and S under D once they go to war things will never be the same. My father will explain everything fully after all he was the one who summoned you here."
Leon walked off trying to not get to talkative right now as he was about to relive some things about his past he would rather not. Ty just quietly followed the lion as they approached a weird forest. The trees there were pretty weird as Ty saw from the distance. They seemed to be uniform and had very think trunks. As He approached he started making things out better but a sight really caught him off-guard. Three young cubs probably eight or nine ran past him. What caught him by surprise was that three of them were nude boys rushing around in all their glory.
Ty was so accustomed to nudity but that sight still caught him off guard. "Hey keep up we got to make it to the middle of the village." Leon said getting annoyed that Ty had stopped.
"Sure." Ty responded as he got closer to the trees he noticed that they were hollow and dug out probably doubling as houses. He noticed a few furs here and there going about their about their daily lives but it appeared to be early morning here somehow. Ty wondered where this place was in the first place.
"LEON!" Screamed a voice coming from above Ty and as he looked up he saw a silver fox jump down a few dozen feet. Ty was startled by the fox apparently trying to kill himself. But the fox landed quite softly and strode up to Leon. The fox was
"Tyler! What are you doing up still? You need your sleep, you are pregnant with our baby." Leon said while grabbing a hold of the fox.
"Stop worrying my mom is making sure I do nothing too out of it and the doctors will make sure the baby is healthy you know. Stop worry, a virtual pregnancy is nothing new. Stop worrying so much besides I am the only one who should be worrying. My fiancé is running around going to fight people and get himself hurt! How you expect me to sleep peacefully when you lost contact last time!" The fox was at a full yell by the end of his lecture.
"Tyler! I told you I have to do this besides this is not the time. Most everyone is still asleep and we would make too much noise. Now if you want follow me I am leading this one to my father." Leon pointed to the raccoon who looking on with a curious expression Ty was quite disturbed by that conversation.
"Oh uh. Did I break him? He probably should not have heard that. Sorry kid." The fox apologized while Ty just still blankly stared at the two.
"Sweetie let us just go. My dad is waiting. And so are those two." Leon just grunted and said as he walked off the silver fox just gave chase still dotting over his fiancé.
Ty wondered what they just walked about but something about this place seemed off. He then caught the sight something in the tree. It was a digital key pad on the door to the tree that the fox had just jumped down from. 'Weird' Ty thought to himself. The way the village appeared to be built it seemed to be mostly made of wood so why would there be a keypad here of all places?
He soon realized that the forest was only the started once he hit the middle it was a sight he never thought he would see here it was basically a suburb from his hometown. There were houses lining streets that lead into one big complex down in the middle that looked like a medieval cautious.
"Ah there is our car. I knew you would forget to rent one so I made sure one was here for you." Tyler teased as he produced some keys.
"Hand those over right now! You are not driving in your condition!" Leon demanded.
"Like hell I am, you are not a very good driver. You would take us an hour to make it to the center which is a ten minute drive from here!" Tyler protested.
The two started bickering until a shock wave traveled through the ground from the center of the city causing a small earthquake. Ty fell over as he was caught up in seeing those two fight. But when Ty got up he noticed that both Leon and Tyler were acting different. They seemed hurried now. Tyler threw the keys to Leon with no protest. And both quickly got in the car.
"Hey wait! Wasn't that an earthquake? Shouldn't we be getting to safety?" Ty said as he tried to get back up but that quake had really sent shivers around him.
"Wait he felt that as an earthquake?" Tyler inquired.
"No wonder dad is impatient. Get in the car Tylan that was not an earthquake that was my dad yelling at us to hurry up. I will explain more on the way." Leon waved Ty on to follow him.
Ty got up and walked into the car. 'That was not an earthquake? It was his father's yell? Who the hell is this king?' Ty thought to himself during the ride he noticed the two in the front seats were quiet such a contrast to a few minutes ago. It took a few minutes but soon they arrived at the center of the city where a stone castle. They quickly got up and ran to the entrance to Ty surprise the entrance lead straight into a throne room. Sitting on the throne to the house was someone Ty could not recognize until he was closer up.
"Dad we brought him!" Leon said as he bowed in front of his father along with Tyler.
"Will you guys stop that? This king joke has to end! How did it get carried so far?" The figure said face palming while coming into the light. Ty could make out the figure now. The one standing before him was a black lion similar to Leon but something was off about this one. The left side of his face was this weird greenish color and it seemed to be very plant like it looked a vine and that green color extended down to his left arm.
"So you are Tylan Zeal huh? The lady here has told me much about you. I am quite excited to meet someone like you." The king reached over and extended his paw to Ty.
Ty reached over and returned the handshake. "Well you are the one who helped me escape so I must say thank you."
"No thanks needed after all that was just the start of what we have to do right now!" The king let go of Ty's hand and started walking back to his throne room. "Red, Blue! Where are you two?"
"Right here King!" Two voices said in unison. Soon jumping from the shadows came two figures they were a blue husky and a red Husky with unique markings. The blue had markings of a white moon on his forehead and shoulders while the other had a black sun in the same places.
"Good then did you manage to get those two girls settled in and hidden?" the king asked.
"Yep they are just waiting for contact now, we stashed them in a warehouse down in Maryland. They should be safe there for the time being." Blue responded.
"Alright then. Tylan, I suspect you have a ton of questions right now so allow me answer any that you have." The king said as he sat back on the throne room.
"Um well, first thing is... what are you?" Tylan asked curiously the others seemed to expect such a question.
"Well to explain it would take time but simply I am an alien, I was not born on earth but I was chased off my planet by a force, a great force that is right trying to destroy this world." The king stood up and gave Ty a stern look.
"To start things off let me give you an explanation of things. Right now there are five planets connect by a flow of energy that transcends mortal understanding. These five planets are currently the only ones with intelligent life as we know it. Their names are Earth, Servus, Hypnus, Gigith and Lazure. These fives planets are all unique and defined by different things. Earth right now is defined by freedom and chaos, furs have lots of freedom but chaos ensues as a result. Servus is defined by Order and Control, The furs who inhabit that planet have no free will all their decisions are made for them. Gigith is my home planet and I thought it was similar to earth for the most part but I was wrong. My entire planet is changed now because we were subjugated by a force greater than ourselves and I was the only one to fight it." The king lectured until he felt himself about to be interrupted.
"Lazure is my home planet. It was a utopia. It had more freedom than earth and little chaos. We embraced and respected differences, everyone was respected and many countries defined themselves with different cultures. We had countries were nudity was required we had countries where it was illegal. We had countries that were all male and all female and we countries that were religious and some that were not. But recently that all changed thanks to Exile." Ty heard the voice of the female spirit who guided him say. She was floating there behind the king having just appeared.
"Exile is what they called themselves because on Gigith they were a fringe group that probably had less than a dozen followers and were constantly condemned for their actions against other groups. But that all changed when Lazure tapped into the galactic energy flow. The galactic energy flow is what connects the five plants to each other and it allows travel between the five plants. Lazure started to tap into its power and sent out scouts to each planet around two hundred years ago. As you know some came to earth and started helping out here. Well the ones that went to other planets did not fare so well." The king paused and looked at the spirit who sighed before she continued.
"We sent ten furs to each planet. The ones sent to Hypnus were never heard from again so we know nothing of what happened to them but we know they were not killed. The ones that went to Gigith returned quickly after finding the king here. And the ones that went to Servus were enslaved and then returned and started to change the planet using powers granted to them by the planet's Kami."
"Kami? Isn't that the word for god in a language here on earth?" Ty inquired his older brother watched lots of anime so he heard that word often enough.
"Here on earth maybe but that is quite accurate." The female fox responded. "They are basically gods of their planets they are the reason the planets have the life forms they do. They can even grant them powers and guide how they are developed. Earth's Kami decided to observe instead of intervene in the planets affairs. The others have been guided by their Kami's and developed as their Kami's see fit."
The king slammed his sword to interrupt the fox. "The Kami of Servus decided to control his servants greatly and controlled them like he did to prevent conflicts. The Kami of Lazure gave her life forms enhanced intelligence and a affiliation for peace and as such they were the most advanced technology but they also had a bit of magic on their planet which was the small amount of power the Kami granted them to use. In my world Our Kami existed in our world and split himself into hundreds of beings. And that is where my tale started. You understand things so far. I know many here who hear this explanation cannot comprehend it are you still understanding things?" The king said to Ty.
Ty scratched his head something about this was not making much sense but for some reason he understood it. "Yea I am guess so," Ty said uncertainly.
"Then let me tell you of how I came to this planet. When I was fourteen I started my warrior ritual with many of the other boys my age. Our planet consisted of thousands of isolated villages that were walled off from the outside world. We were told that monsters occupied most of the world and only trained warriors would be allowed out and that is what we were taught as boys anyway. We were taught magic and sword skills but also some sexual basics. I should have realized something was wrong with the magic they taught us but I never got it. All of the men of my village would only return once a few times a year. I saw my father rarely ever. We were taught by whichever of the warriors were home at the time. And well the time came for me to leave the gates and enter the world. As we were guided by the warriors we ambushed by monsters or so we thought. We were split up and one by one we were caught and dragged down to the Kami's lair. I escaped and then attempted a rescue and that was my first mistake. I saw all the men from every village in my area kneeling before the monsters and begging for their juices. They engaged in all forms sexual activities in the name of their Kami. I was disgusted by the weakness of the warriors and then I learned the truth when I was caught by my own father. We were never fighting we were taught magic to pleasure the Kami's. The ceremony for us leaving and becoming warriors was actually our enslavement ceremony I saw all the boys I trained with become slaves and started their worship of our planet's Kami. I somehow escaped and ran back to our village and warned the women back there and I even attacked a few of the warriors their and defeated them. I managed to convince a few of the females that something was wrong and they started rebelling when they realized the gate was not meant for their protection but rather to trap them in. Once that started all the warriors in the village ran but they soon returned with a few of the Kami's and well..." The king paused for a few seconds before his son continued.
"A mass genocide was started that day. For some reason the Kami's fed on male sexual energy but were weakened by female sexual energy. The only reason they even kept the villages and allowed their slaves back in order to breed. But when dad rebelled they already had finished developed a technique to allow for male to male breeding. They had no use for the females anymore so they started to kill them all!"
King the grunted a bit. "It started with my village, it was a horrible sight. The men of the village who were thought to be the protectors of the innocent began slaughtering their mothers, wives and daughters. Mercilessly. My mom tried to help me escape from the village and she succeeded but I watched as she was beheaded by my own father who was leading the genocide. I watched many horrible things that day but I was determined. I ran for ten years continuing to fight the Kami's and managing to escape but not once did I ever get a victory. I watched as countless villages were slaughtered and then abandoned as the males captured the young boys and dragged them to be enslave by the Kami's. This continued for years and years until the day the last village was cleansed. At that point I lost hope, I had failed and that was when I had my most violent confrontation with my planet's Kami. I attacked them in rage and desperation and the battle ended with my severely injuring one of the Kami's part and absorbing some of its power. After that battle I met the group from Lazure and they tried to take me to their planet but we were attacked as they tried to leave I sacrificed myself in order to save them and instead of being transported to Lazure I was pulled to earth. I helped the females here in thanks for saving me and this place was built."
The ghostly female cleared her throat. "You know already what my purpose on this planet was but there was something I left out in the explanation of S under D. When I said they changed during the world wars? There was something else that steered them down their current path. And that was they found the Kami that King here fought and injured. He came to this world for revenge but lost his power. He has been hiding ever since to recover his power while guiding S under D. the things S under D does is under his orders. Once he regains enough power then what happened to his world will happen here. A mass genocide and enslave of the population. That is what we must stop. That is why you are here Ty, you can help us stop these Kami's reign."
Ty was rubbing his temples getting a headache. That explanation made his head hurt. Gods and demons? Mass murder and slavery? This was getting to be out of control. He thought he was fighting some secret organization not some alien. But one thing still did not make sense.
"Why me?" Ty asked to the surprise of everyone in the room. "S under D had a few runaways recently why not contact them instead of me?"
The king sighed and then his sword started to glow in green flames. Ty backed up afraid that the King was going to attack him.
"What's up with you? Why are you backing away like that?" Tyler had to ask.
"His sword is burning! Is he trying to kill me?" Ty asked as he wanted to run but something was telling him not too.
"Burning? What are you talking about nothing is going with his sword." Tyler retorted while everyone looked at him curiously. Everyone except the king and the ghost.
"It is burning in a green fire! Can't you see it?" Ty responded.
"The fact that you can see this should answer the question as to why we choose you. I told you about the galactic energy flow right? Well the reason I managed to fight off those Kami's who have powers beyond my comprehension was because I was able to tap into that power. Some furs have the ability to feel that power and use it. Most don't realize they are even doing it. I can tap into that power to enhance my magic. You being from earth would use it to enhance you natural ability but most importantly you knowledge. Tapping into this power grants knowledge of things that you would normal know nothing about. Famous persons in history have normally tapped into this power without realizing it. Whether they became great leaders or great innovators, they were normally names that would be known by many. But some go through their lives not realizing they have such potential. You my boy are one of two on this planet currently that we know of who have tapped into this power. Think back, to your past was there a time when your life was in danger and you did something to save yourself and you were amazed that you could perform such a feat?"
Ty thought back, there was a time when that happened. A few years before his parents divorced his friend and him were trapped in a collapsing building and he managed to lead them out safely. He thought nothing of it as the building never fully collapsed just a part of it did. But thinking back how did he know the right way?
"I think I did it once before but what does this have to everything?" Ty responded.
"Because the destined as we call them are just furs born on earth with the ability to tap into this power. And only two so far have tapped into it but another eight are able to." The ghost responded this time
The king started walking to the other side of the room motioning Ty to follow him. "In two weeks I will train you in how to access that power and better equip you with the ability to fight for the earth. You are very special Ty but you will need to access this power at greater levels and enhance your knowledge greatly in order to prevent this world from suffering such horrible fates. Now come time is of the essence Exile has already made their move." The king reached to a door that lead into the basement where Ty would be trained. But before they reached the door Ty had one more question to ask.
"Wait you said two furs had tapped into this power. Who is the other?"
The king sighed. "The runaway that escaped S under D for seven years. The one who tried to take his life in order to escape the one who fallen into Exile's hands. Benjamin Ville. And be warned Ty he has already tapped into this power many times before. If you have to face him then you better be ready for it." The king responded. Ty just gulped and followed the king.
Meanwhile in Exile Headquarters their leader was looking over the lifeless form of Benjamin Ville.
"How is he doing?" The masked leader asked.
"Fine sir he should be able to move around again in about two week's sir." One of Ben's medics responded.
"Well then in two weeks we make our move and begin the quest to conquer this world. Our master shall not be let down for we shall succeed." The figure said while walking away leaving Ben covered in bandages and tools used to keep him alive there to his nightmares.