Chapter II - Lost Village ~ The Chase
Kalm woke up in his bed, but that was about all that was left of his house.  The rest was burnt down, there was a cracked mirror on the floor.  Kalm picked it up to see his skin was burnt all over, he was short now, hunched over like and all over his skin were purple glowing veins interconnecting with eachother, after seeing this he threw the mirror to the ground.  He said, "My hometown is destroyed, my friend is dead, and im a freak." he clenched his fist till blood came out, which was orange, then he screamed out, "Daethir, I will crack every single last bone in your body!!" then suddenly the purple veins across him brightened and he released massive tendrils of electricity in all directions, obliterating what was left of his house.  This left him breathing heavily and shocked.  When he caught his breath he said, "Did I do that?  What...am..I?" he clenched his fist harder, both palms bleeding, "What are you?! What are you?! You freak!!"

Then suddenly he heard a voice from behind him speak, "Sir, I found him!" he turned to see one of those soldiers. 

Kalm turned, orange blood covering his arms and still dripping from his palms, "Yes..you found him alright.." he reached for his sword to find it gone.  He thought to himself: Just great, now weapon.  But your a inhumane freak, you use your hands.  He leapt tremendously high into the air, out of sight of the soldier, then landed on his back, wrapping his arms around his neck.  Kalm said, "Your going to die!! All of you are going to die! You did this to me! Ill kill you all!"  Then he twisted the soldier's neck more and more.

The soldier shouted, "Get it off me! Somebody it off me!"

Kalm thought to himself again.  Once your an 'it' your definately a freak!  Then he twisted faster and harder, then he heard a loud snap and the soldier fell to the ground.  He grabbed the soldier's sword and said, "Remember me..forever!" then stuck the sword in his sheath, still at his belt.  He ran out of his village as fast as he could.  Where could he go?  He knew somebody was looking for him, but he didnt know who.  Just then he saw a mountain far in the distance.  He began running for it, then he heard the footsteps of the soldiers behind him, he was running as fast as he could.  Eventually he came to a low canyon that was between the mountain and the soldiers behind him.  He turned to the soldiers behind him.

They stopped and General Aznal walked to the front of them, slowly saying, "Sir Kalm..led us on quite a chase, I am really amazed at your powers, and you dont even understand them, but you will, come with us, you can understand them,"

Kalm stared at him and said, "Go away.." and his veins began to glow a little brighter.

General Aznal said, "I only want to help you.."

Kalm said, "No, your not helping anybody," Kalm released tendrils of electricity all over the place again, General Aznal quickly ducked, avoiding the blast, but it killed every single last one of his soldiers.

General Aznal grunted, "This isnt over Sir Kalm!"

Kalm then ran down into the canyon, inside it he found a town, blockading his passage into the mountain.  He looked around, finding the first villager he could, he found a young girl.  He said to her, "I must reach the mountain, who can help me?!"

She stared at him, horrified by his appearance, out of terror she said "The village elder! Please dont hurt me!"

Kalm said, "Thank you!" and rushed off to a building at the back of the town, where he knew the elder would be.  He burst into the building.  Inside was a short elderly man, the man said, "What and who are you?"

Kalm said, "I am Kalm, my village was destroyed..I dont know what I am, but im being hunted so I seek shelter in the mountain, will you allow it elder?"

The old man stared at him saying, "Im not so sure, ill agree if you get some help for you condition,"

Kalm said, "What sort of help?"

The old man said, "There's a small group of people that seek people that have strange powers..they're called the Vektich Resistance, many of their parents descend from the other realms,"

Kalm replied, "Other realms?"

The old man chuckled, "Thats all I know, but there's a cave on the mountain, you'll have to go through there to find out more, Ill send word to the gatekeepers to open the gates,"
With that, Kalm left and headed for the gates, the gatekeepers stared at Kalm, probably thinking strange things about him as he went by.  A few moments after he past the gates he heard a fierce rumble behind him, towards the town, he turned to see there was some sort of strange whirlpool in the ground, sucking up the town, in a matter of moments, it was gone.  He looked beyond where the whirlpool had been and he saw a man, General Aznal, had he created the whirlpool?  Kalm quickly rushed up the mountainside and into the cavern.  He darted down the cavern after a few moments a voice from behind him spoke.

The voice said, "So, another one comes,"

Kalm turned to see a man in a black cloak, with long black sleeves, and tan pants, and a white shirt underneath his robe.  His skin with gray, like ashes.  Kalm staggered back and said, "Who are you?"

The man said, "You are suprised by my appearance..my skin color," the man said, "but my name is Deau'rit,"

Kalm replied, suspicious of this man, "Why are you here?"

Deau'rit smiled, saying, "As your guide, let us go,"

They rushed to the end of the cavern to find a circular room with a sphere-shaped blue gem floating in mid-air, it let off multicolored sparkles in all directions.

Deau'rit said, "Touch it,"

Kalm replied, "I dont trust you,"

The march of soldiers was heard outside.

Deau'rit replied, "Kalm, im not your enemy, touch the orb, its a transportation device,"
Kalm said, "Shut up,"

Deau'rit said, "Kalm, I was hired by the resistance, and we dont have time for this!"

A soldier came around the corner, trying to stop them, he ordered, "Stop right there!"

Deau'rit grabbed a dagger and flung it into the soldier's neck, about the only part without armor, killing him instantly.  Deau'rit said, "Touch the orb!"

Kalm glanced over at Deau'rit again, suspiciously, then touched the orb, and in a bright blue flash, everything dissapeared.
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