Ascension The Last Heir

Chapter 07

Moments pass as both Victor and Marcus explain him what is truly going on.

"500 years ago, three people of special bloodline managed to obliterate them all from the face of the galaxy, however over the course of years, the Heirs began to revolt against each other's rule and thus, unity was broken, the Legion managed to gain the upper hand and grew in numbers as time passes and became far more powerful than they were." said Marcus.

"That... doesn't explain everything, how did this 'Legion' grow in numbers and what does that have to do with me?" asked Dylan. Cyrus and Marcus looked at each other and decided to out spoke the truth. "I was afraid you may ask; the Heirs did not destroy the Legion alone, they had the Divinestone, the most powerful Arkanestone ever existed." said Marcus.

"Where do this Arkanestones come from?" asked Dylan. "The origins of the Arkanestones are forgotten in time but they are artifacts which had holds great power, enough to tear down the galaxy in half but it will turn to ashes if were to use. The legion uses it to summon their armies and grow in numbers with its energies while we use it for benefits of our Empire" said Marcus.

"Benefit of our Empire?" asked Dylan. "Used as pure energy for weaponry, manufacturing and pretty much everything else." said Cyrus. "That doesn't explain why they're after Me." said Dylan. "Well....the entire galaxy is littered with it but it is not enough since it only holds limited energy but however,

The Divinestone holds unlimited power and thus if the legion were able to get their hands on it... It is end of this universe as we know it but only the Heirs wield the power to use the Divinestone... almost all Heirs were hunted and killed thanks to the Legion until now." said Marcus.

"Your father, the Viscount in his dying moments told me your mother was one of the Heirs, he plead her to ascend the throne but she refused, and now our only hope of defeating the Legion is you Dylan." said Cyrus. "Dying moments? Great, now I know why he didn't attend the funeral." replied Dylan.

"Boy! Show some respect, you have no idea how much your father had to sacrifice for you." said Victor. "For me? You didn't even know I existed." said Dylan "He was a difficult man, but he always...” said Marcus before getting interrupted by Dylan. "Don't you get it? It's over now, you came for my mom, and guess what? You were late, so now you are stuck with me isn't it?" said Dylan

"Sadly, your mother's passing is tragic indeed but all is not lost. You can ascend the throne and restore hope to the Empire, you Dylan are the Last Heir to the Throne." replied Marcus.

Meanwhile in the excavation site, Blake and his team proceed through the site, they remain on constant vigilant for any shadowy figure activity, then as they proceed, they notice their path now splits into separate pathways.

 Blake gives the signal and the team splits into two, then Blake proceeds through the second pathway, as he proceeds, he hears whispers, he and his team immediately draw her weapons looking around where is it coming from, suddenly the whisper stops, then Blake then proceeds through.

Then suddenly, Blake receives transmission from the other team through comm. "Soldier, do you read?" said Blake. "May... m.. yday, do..ou ree..ad?" said the soldier through comm. "Report." replied Blake. "I think we identified one of these... things." said soldier. "Describe." said Blake.

"It is unlike anything I've seen before, the skin appears to be some kind of shadowy glue, so it's definitely of alien origin and the teeth are wide as Venom, this one appears to be dead but I... Oh no... Sir....need assistance!" said the soldier then suddenly transmission ends.

"s**t, hold tight, I am coming." said Blake as he runs back to from the passage, the team follows him, and as they go they begin to hear whispers much louder, they ignore it and run back to the other team as fast as possible, then then the entire site becomes black, and Blake knocks himself on the wall.

After few moments, he wakes up but is unable to see due to the blackness but he can hear the cries and screams of his comrades as they are being teared into pieces. He remains silent for a while, then suddenly it becomes quiet, he realizes his entire team is killed and he is the only survivor.

He then slowly gets back up and begins to move stealthily despite having no idea where is he going, he managed to find light at the end of the passage, so he runs there and finds a giant door with full of glyphs and markings of alien origins.

He tries to push the door but unable to do so, and suddenly he hears the noise of another passage being opened, so he proceeds towards the noise despite heading towards pitch blackness. He starts to hear whispers of his name over and over all around him, he keeps aiming his g*n wherever he hears the noise but even then, he proceeds hoping to find a way out.

 He finally finds the passage which has some light, so he immediately runs inside the passage. Just as he went in the doorway back closes, locking him within. Despite being frightened to death, he still moves forward, then suddenly his comm starts to work, and he is relived to find out one of them has made it out alive. "Solder report, I said report! Anyone?" said Blake.

"Anyone brother? Anyone? Then what about me?" replied through comm in Andrew's voice. "What? Andrew? Andrew, is that you?" asked Blake. "Where were you brother? Why did you leave me?" asked Andrew. "I am sorry, I wasn't there, just tell me, where are you now, I’ll find you." said Blake.

"It is so dark, please find me, save me brother" said Andrew as his voice begins to change. "Just tell me, wait... You are not Andrew are you?" said Blake. Suddenly the comms get cut off. "What the heck is this place." said Blake. He decides to press forward and walks.

 He slowly begins to feel earth tremors coming from above, he looks behind and fires his weapon to see through the darkness, then gets frightens as the creatures are right behind him, he then runs forward without looking back then a loud noise can be heard from behind but he ignores and keeps running, soon the noise begins to hear closer and closer. Then the entire passage becomes black and Blake gets knocked down by a mysterious creature.

Moments later, Blake finds himself surprisingly alive but tied to a flat table as a test subject for the shadowy creatures, "what the heck are you freaks?" said Blake as he observes one of the creatures and gets horrified by their appearance. They appear to be in groups and they are preparing to do something to Blake.

"What the... Where the hell am I?" said while being dragged into the reconditioning chamber tied to the table, then they put him inside a chamber and they close it.

Blake begins tries to escape the binds but it is too tight to even move. They launch the sequence in some kind of machine outside the chamber and then a collection of dark corrupted energies enters the chamber.

"What the...what are you doing to me, let me out! Let me outtt!!..." cried Blake just as the energies begins to enter inside Blake while the energy slowly twists and turns him.

Meanwhile on Cyrus's ship, Victor Cyrus managed to get his ship working, he managed to elevate the ship and as he heads out of Earth, few of the Military ships identifies his ship as hostile and starts to tracks his ship and engage him. “These idiots." said Victor Cyrus as he tries to shake them off but couldn't, he moves below and goes close to buildings and towers but the military ships keep on following his trail.

"I need something more to shake these idiots off.... Dylan hold the navigational controls now!" said Victor Cyrus as he leaves navigational controls and takes controls of the weaponry systems.

"What! No! Even if I did, how in the universe would I know to ride an alien spaceship?" asked Dylan. "It's not a spaceship, besides it's not that hard, just like riding a bike." replied Victor Cyrus. "Alright, fine." said Dylan who runs to the navigational controls and begins to take controls.

Despite having no idea what to do, he tries his best to control the ship by pressing numerous buttons, and turning things around, and surprisingly it works but he accidentally destroys several buildings on the way before getting a handle of the ship. Victor Cyrus tries to get a lock on the ships but is unable to due to Dylan's navigation.

"What the hell are you doing up there?" asked Cyrus who becomes furious. "This is nothing like riding a bike!" replied Dylan. "Just give me a clear shot or we both wound up dead." replied Victor Cyrus. "Is it the blue handle that slows the ship's acceleration?" asked Dylan. "Blue handle?? No! that's the self-destruction sequence, you'll kill us all" replied Victor Cyrus.

"Then why is it blue??" asked Dylan. "I don't know. I didn't make it...Look out!" replied Victor Cyrus as he notices several ships in front of them. "What about this one?" said Dylan who accidentally uses the adrenaline sequence button inside Earth's gravity and manages to crash on each and every ship accidentally thus destroying them all.

"Did you do that on purpose?" asked Victor Cyrus. "Yeah totally, just like riding a bike, right?" replied Dylan. After catching a breath, Victor Cyrus retakes the navigational controls and they managed to reach hyperspace and reach the destination. "Okay, what now?" asked Dylan.

"Patience my Prince (He activates a beacon on his wrist which causes a huge ship drop out of camouflage right in front of them) Now this is a spaceship." said Victor Cyrus. "Whoa." said Dylan surprisingly as he heads into a huge Empire's spaceship. He lands it successfully and both of them get down from the ship finally feeling safe and Victor Cyrus activates the lights only to find them fully surrounded by UN Military who managed to arrive before they did. "Shit." said Dylan.