The Quest (Story)

"I want the town to be protected from any more guards, this way the town can be at peace and not be harmed,"

(See what I did there? That was the whole point with this battle.)

The ghost was prepared to talk to him and said,"As you wish, I will remain here and protect the town from any guards that come to attack. That language you were speaking, I recognize it. It was the language of the gods was it not? But, that is impossible. Only heroes can speak it, so that means... you must be the one who will bring up an army to end the reign of Deviliculitus. I must warn you, that though you have friends the journey will be rough, you four will face tasks that are nearly impossible, you will have to find more people who are brave enough to fight against the evil ruler of this land. Let it be known that you four cannot win without the ancient stones of the ancestors; the Moonstone of Agnarokon, The Jasper Heart of Slorth, The Natural Glass Sword of Tornio, The Obsidian Shield of Tarnt, and the Diamond Eye of Solorin. With these stones, you can create a portal to the gods and be given the training needed to beat Deviliculitus. I hope you will win, when the final battle comes, I will be there but for now. I must stay here and protect the town,"

Tink looked at Kiylo, his angry slowly backing down from a boil. He sighed, his ire barely concealed at Kotori and the puppeteer. "I will be fine." He smiled at the one person he knew he could actually count on and trust. The one person who hadn't done anything to inspire irritation in him today. His angel. "Are you alright? It must have been awful. You know the dart bow wouldn't have killed you, right? It didn't have enough force to get past your skull. At worst you would have had a pin prick hole and passed out from the sedative."

He reaches out to Kiylo, wanting to both comfort her and receive a bit of her comfort. "I am sorry if you were scared. Will you be alright?" He paused for a moment, not really wanting to ask the puppeteer for anything, but having a sudden brainstorm.

He looked over to the man as he spoke to Kotori. He waited as the apparent ex-villain to finish talking, making mental notes of what was required. (He didn't trust the ex-villainy as far as he could spit a barge to last for long considering all the mind controlling that had already been demonstrated to him over the course of the day) "I wish for Kiylo to be immune from harm." He doubted the man could grant it, but well, when wishing, wish for the stars.

"That is a dangerous thing you are asking for," the ghost said, "You are asking for invincibility. I can do it, but if she does not die, she will have troubles of having to live with the fact that she cannot go to heaven. I will not allow it, unless she asks. I think though, I have a gift for you because, you are the only one whose brain I could not get through, your knowledge acted like a firewall and didn't allow for me to get through," he reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny device, shaped like a sphere and had one huge light blue button on it, "This is a gizmo I picked up in my travels as a human. The person who gave it to me said that its was, 'Context sensitive,' I do not know what he meant by that but, I guess if you need any help just try pressing the button and something will probably help you. Anyways, if anyone can find out what it does it would be you," He tossed it to Tink and when he caught it the button started glowing. "Hmmmm, try pressing the button. Trust me I could not tinker with it, I am not even remotely smart enough to try to even attempt to mess with it,"

Kiylo took Tink's hand, pressing her forehead into his shoulder. She didn't want to answer, seeing as how he was right. She sighed before shaking her head.

"No... I didn't know that...I'm sorry I worried you, I am fine now." she mumbled quietly, her eyes closed tightly. She listened to the ghost ramble on about things they needed to get before they could overthrow their tyrant of a ruler. With a slight frown to her lips, she waited for him to stop babbling, but something caught her her off guard.

Tink's wish would be the end of her magic. The cost of healing someone was the dull pain that her patient was feeling. Her eyes grew wide as she threw her head up. She shook her head from side to side, her long ponytail hitting the back of her shoulders as she did so.

"I-I can't let you do that." she said, her voice cracking some. She wanted to explain why, but it would only make things harder for the group. He wished for no pain for her, but pain is what she takes on to heal someone and if that was taken from her- she would be worthless.

"I'm sorry." she bowed her head and bit down on her lip. She didn't care about heaven or hell, because she knew exactly where she was going after today and that was something she didn't need to worry about now. All she needed to care for was others, and in order to do just that, she needed her power.

"I didn't ask for immortality, I asked to be immune from harm. Completely different things. Who wants immortality? What an awful thing to wish for. I thought I was pretty specific, but obviously not. What I wished for does not preclude getting sick, aging, pain associated with harm, emotional trauma, drowning I would guess or suffocation of any sort...just the harm or injury if you will. Completely different things. Shall I be more specific so you can comprehend the differences? I wish for Kiylo to be immune to physical trauma and injury to her direct personage produced by things caused by physical force- kinetic, potential, frictional or otherwise. This does not preclude feeling pain obviously, that would be foolish- pain is a sign you are doing something wrong and everyone needs that safeguard." Tink sighed, obviously the man was a moron or trying to go above and beyond. He didn't trust it.

Then the man tossed him the bauble. He looked at the light and shrugged. "I'll push the button later." He didn't trust Hegoror or the puppeteer...or Kotori at this point, so he would press it while he was alone.

He looked at Kiylo as she spoke and shrugged. "Your choice of course. I shall just invent something that does the same for you before you all leave on your journey to find the items."

"Ahhhhh I see now, I can see why. Here is a gift for you Kiylo," he said as he went over to the girl and placed his pointer finger on her forehead. He showed her images of one of his friends who had the same gift as her. He showed her how he would redirect the pain to others so he wouldn't have to have pain. Eh took his finger off her forehead and said, "Your secret is safe with me and that is so you can survive,"

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Kiylo didn't want to be touched by the puppeteer, but she couldn't fight it. His hand covered her forehead and suddenly, the scene of a young woman... My mother... The woman had short brown hair and dark dark brown eyes. Kiylo had recognized her from a picture her aunt showed her once before.

When the hand was pulled away, her eyes went wide and her expression was one of fright. She glared at the ghost and shook her head, her hands going to her ears.

"No. There's no way I can do that. No way..." she cried. "There's no way I can hurt anyone else." She stopped throwing her head side to side and forced her gaze down onto the floor.

"I can do it myself... bearing it all is my burden." she closed her eyes and turned away from the ghost.

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"That was not my only gift to you. Your mother is telling me to give this to you," He reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace, it was one of those that had a picture in it, the one in this one was one of her mother and her playing with toys. He gave it to her and said, "Your mother is telling me this was one of her favorite pictures of you. She says if you ever feel discouraged or down, remember that she will always be right there with you," he turned and looked at the other two he had not given something to. "Ahh yes, I have a gift for you as well Hegoror," He pulled out of his pocket a set of armor that was made for his kind of people, "It was your fathers, it is made to make your shell and stomache more protected. And to you Kotori I give you this," He pulled out of his pocket a pair of twin blades, perfectly balanced and sharpened. On the blade it had an inscription that said, trust in the blade and the blade shall trust in you. "I have given to you four all that I can without breaking the ghosts code. I cannot bring you guys back or the ghost council will not allow me to roam free and help the living,"

(Press the button on the sphere.)

The sphere sensed a hesitation to have its button pressed when it lit up soi it pressed itself, which showed a bright light and suddenly the four vanished and were back at Agnarokon.

Tink looked at the sphere and frowned at it. With a shrug, he put it into his pocket watch. "I'm going home. I wish you all luck on your journey." He looked at Kiylo and smiled, bringing her hand to his lips to give it a brief kiss. "Be safe if you decide to go with them. My offer for dinner stands."

Tink turned to limp back to his house, bruised, battered, angry and frankly, tired at the end of this long and horrific day.

The crab man was furious at the man who just walked away. He acts like that is his solution to everything, walking away. The crab mad angrily yelled,"You know for someone so smart, you are really dumb. You do not get it yet, this world needs us, and yet what you want to do is run way from it. You want to go and hide in the corner like a scared nerd hiding from the bullies and not do anything. You act like doing nothing can solve all your problems well guess what it can't, you need to learn that momma aint going to protect you forever. God you are such a.. a... WIMP!"

Kotori didn't like the way Hegoror just started yelling at Tink like that. He thought that him referring to him as a nerd and a wimp would spite Tink and just make him mad. This didn't seem like it was going to end well.

"About an hour ago, you threw me through a wall and out a five story tower. I am fairly certain I died today. Despite that, I got back up with Kiylo's help, still hurting, injured and not at all pleased with either of you and came to save you anyway only to find that I didn't need to since Kotori had such a convenient spell on hand that he just now decided to use. You have no right to call me a coward. I am fairly certain my wrist is still broken, I'm not certain about my ankle but I know two or three of my ribs are still cracked and I have a concussion." Tink looked at the giant cannibal creature, disgusted with it. "And you have the gall to call me a wimp?"

"Spot 1, Spot 2, heel." At his command, his two automotons came to his feet. He knew they didn't stand a chance versus the monster who had once terrorized his home town, but he didn't care at the moment. "Between Kotori's god-like all encompassing magic, your strength and Kiylo's healing, you obviously have no need of my services- especially since none of you give two licks about my brains since you never listen to my ideas or strategies anyway and change plans on a whim."

He shifted his weight painfully, the thin gleam of sweat on his brow an obvious sign of his discomfort and pain (not to mention the numerous bruises upon his body), "So, yes, I am going home. To heal, to think and to be appreciated by people who actually need me." Tink bowed his head politely to Kiylo and turned to leave. His back to the crab-monster he said one last thing, before taking a hard, slow limping step back to the village, using one of his robotic dogs as support, "Also, my mother is dead, she can't protect anyone. I have my family to protect now and a ransacked house to clean."

He was absolutely livid at the man now, he went over to him turned him around and very hardly broke his leg. His eyes turned red. "HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME IN SUCH A TONE OF VOICE! YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN MORE THAN A WORLD OF PAIN AFTER I AM THROUGH WITH YOUR PATHETIC LITTLE SELF!" he yelled. He grabbed the man and threw him launching him all the way to the tower. He looked at the mechanical dogs and ate them both. He uttered a very huge roar and jumped to the tower in a single bound. He grabbed the boy and repeatedly smashed him against the wall to where the wall broke. When the wall broke, he roared as loud as possible in Tink's face, causing his left ear drum to break and bleed.

"Oh shit! We need to go help Tink before he dies again!" he said to Kiylo. He grabbed her hand, knowing she could not run very fast, and started running towards the two who were destroying the town.

Tink felt his leg snap and collapsed under the weight. "S..such a con..convin..cing argument. H-how witty of you. Should I have spoken in my high pitched v-voice so the t-t-tone didn't offend you?" He managed before the monster picked him up and threw him again.

No. This was not Tinklington's day. He slumped against the wall as he slid down from where he hit. He couldn't muster the strength to stand and he was half certain his back was broken again so he didn't think he could stand if he wanted to.

Then the beast was on top of him again, bouncing him like a rag doll into the wall.

On the first hit into the wall, Tink used the last ounce of his willpower and strength to utter in a weak, blood filled whisper, "Is this how you expect to change my mind? How pathetic. Spot 1, Self Destruct."

On the second hit he was blissfully unconscious.

On the third, he was probably mostly dead.

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Kiylo felt a scream well up in throat as the massive cannibalistic monster started to attack Tink. Suddenly her wrist was taken by a hand as it began to drag her to the monster. She couldn't see anything at all anymore.

"STOP" she screamed, her voice loud and angry. "STOP, DAMN YOU, JUST STOP." A loud noise... Probably an explosion. Something hit her leg, causing her to fall face first into the ground. The hand on her wrist still didn't let go.

Still sobbing, she tried pulling her hand back. She was angry, tired and in pain. Everything was perfect, just perfect conditions for creating willpower. She started dragging herself towards the crab-man and hitting his leg.

"Just stop it!" she begged.

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He saw that there was huge trouble now, the gods would be displeased if tink were to die.
Kotori, you must save Tink, it is vital that you do it or he world may yet be at an end. You will now be taken over by the gods to end this fight.
All of a sudden, Kotori stopped and his eyes and the inside of his mouth tuned white and glowed, he spoke with the voice of all the gods combined. "STOP! YOU TWO STOP THIS FIGHTING AT ONCE!" he said, "SO HOR TOLOST SOY MOSSSA!" The spell of ending, used to stop anything at once. It caused the fighting between the two to stop. Hegoror couldn't fight due to the spell. Kotori went over to Tink, he opened his mouth and a ghostly string came out Tinks mouth and Kotori swallowed it, this tring was the string of pain, as it came out of Tink he started healing. When he was healed Kotori fainted over Tinks body.

Willpower seemed to surge through her veins, her skin glowing with power. Her eyes were narrowed and her body ached tirelessly. I told him not to die again. she thought as she slowly pulled herself over to the two. Kotori laid over Tink, his skin now pale and glistening with a cold sweat. She managed to get her body in a sitting position and pulled Kotori off of Tink and had him laying on his back.

Her fingers went to measure both of their pulses, both hands resting gently over their necks. Kotori was fine, but Tink was faint. She turned her attention to Tink. His face was badly beaten up and he looked broken in many places. She choked back a sob as she realized how bad it was. Blood was pooling all around his head, showing her where most of the damage was done.

She pulled her hand away from Kotori's neck and placed it on Tink's face and the other on his chest. The willpower danced from her hands, little whisks of yellow energy swirling around the wounds as they began to hurry the healing process. She had an abundance of this power, and it was all drained from her by the time she was done.

Tink was fully healed, except for the few bruises and bumps that could be cured overnight. She smiled tiredly, her eyelids drooping as she fell back, her body aching with not pain, but the need for sleep.

The boy woke up and found the two both sleeping. He put one on each shoulder and dragged them to there houses. He put Tink in his bed, and tried hard to find Kiylos house but, he could not so he put her on his couch at his house.
Hegoror went to the tower to sleep. He tried to cool down and see if he could get into a better mood in the morning.
Kotori couldn't sleep. He was having troubles trying to deal with all this. He just didn't know how he was going to get these guys to work together. They all don't trust each other... It is like they each expect a knife to back every second they walk... I can't deal with this...
"Here is some tea son," said Kotori's Mom as she sat down beside him. She could see the sadness on his face and she said, "Whats wrong? What happend today that is making you feel so down? YOu haven't been this sad since your dad died,"
He took the tea and said, "Thanks," When his mom asked him what was wrong he replied, "It is just, I do not know what I am going to do with these guys. All they do is fight amongst each other. I can't keep trying to split these fights up. I am not going to be the babysitter on this. It will kill me with the stress if I do. I just... I don't know what I am going to do,"
She saw how upset he was and she said, "Well, I do not know what to do. I can not understand. But what I think is, is that if there is someone who can find a way to fix this it is you," She kissed him on the head and asked, "Are you going to go to bed soon?"
"No I am going to stay here, I need to think right now,"
"Well okay, good night,"
"Good night,"

Tink awoke to find himself in bed and surrounded by his brothers. He was sore and hurt. He looked around the faces of his brothers, hoping to see Kiylo among them, but she wasn't there. He laid his head back on his pillow.

"Brother, what happened?" Minty asked him, sitting in a chair by the side of the bed.

"Aside from having the worst possible day imaginable? Well, I was nearly killed twice today. The first time I was thrown through the wall of the tower of damnation and fell five stories to the ground. Luckily, an angel brought me back to life." He paused, a feint smile on his face as he thought of Kiylo. "The second time, that insane, monster Hegoror threw me about 100 meters into the tower wall, then proceeded to use me as a mallet to destroy the rest of the wall. Needless to say, my soft and squishy bits did not remain on the inside where they are supposed to. I think I broke every bone in my body. I am quite surprised that I am not dead honestly. That monster beat me into a pulp..I don't recall anything after the second hit. All I wanted to do was go home and he thought it was prudent to kill me because of that. How is that reaction at all logical? Well, thankfully I am home and never have to have anything to do with that beast again."

Tink forced himself to sit up. He felt sore, bruised, but not as bad as the first time Kiylo healed him. "I think they are going to come back and try to force me to go with them. At this point, I would rather die than go with that monster. He tried to kill me twice in two hours. Only an idiot would travel with someone actively tying to kill him."

Minty, clapped him on the shoulder, gently, "Don't worry brother. We'll keep them from taking you anywhere you don't want to go. What is family for after all?"

Kiylo opened her eyes to see an unfamiliar ceiling. When she realized it was not her own, she flung her body upwards. She looked across the room frantically, her eyes wide and worried.

When she saw no one, she flung her legs over the side of the couch and stood up, looking for a sign of who's house this was. A wall showed pictures of a small boy with a tall man. She studied them to find that it was Kotori.

She sighed and raked a hand through her long hair, finding it a tangled mess. She looked around the room for a way out, she didn't want to be here, but with her books in her own room.

Where's Tink? Is he okay? she thought suddenly. As soon as the very thought came across her mind, she glanced down at her leg, finding it to heal slowly. She hissed when she saw it and bent down to inspect it.

The metal piece had fallen off, but it made an impact on her leg, leaving a small hole to make its spot. She placed a hand over it and looked away from it. If she were to try to leave now, it would hurt a crap ton. Her conscious blared at her, begging her to go check on the young man.

She found a door and somehow managed to stand. Her steps were uneven, but the pain was less as she slid her feet quietly across the floor. She pulled the door open and slipped out, shutting it silently behind her.

The sun was setting on the little town, and it was something she would usually love to stop and watch, but this was not a usual moment. The fact that they lived a bit close the marketplace made it a little easier, but it still a bit difficult.

She lifted a hand to the door, her lower lip tucked under her teeth. She wouldn't know what to say, or what to do at all. She lowered her hand and looked down at the ground, trying to contemplate something to say before the door was pulled open.

A young man stood before her, and for a moment she was sure it was Tink. But there was something off about the boy that told her it wasn't him.

"Is Tink okay?" heard herself blurt out.

He heard the girl get up he jumped up and saw her leave the room. She obviously didn't notice him there. He followed her out the door and quietly followed her. When she reached Tink's house he hid behind the house and waited for the sound of a door shutting. When he heard the door shut, he went to Tink's bedroom window to hear the conversation inside.

The young man smiled at Kiylo, suddenly a face identical to his own appearing next to him. They were obviously younger than Tink- and twins. They grinned broadly at the pretty young lady at their door. "Tink? Hmm...okay...I dunno."

"Would you like us to take you to him?"

"He's in bed all banged up."

"Minty and Wurthers are with him."

The twins led Kiylo through the house. It was obviously in a state of dishevelment- though it was also pretty apparent that it was getting tidied up from the run in with the Guards earlier in the day. It looked like the entire house had been flipped over and searched. The contents of the cabinets and closets lay scattered about the floor in some rooms, in others it was already in neat piles getting ready to be put away.

Eventually, they came to a door in the upstairs portion of the house. It was open and Tink was sitting on the bed talking with an older boy who looked similar to him, but with darker hair and lighter green eyes. Tink looked over to the door, "Ash, Rion...you're okay. I was a little worried when I didn't see you right away."

"The guards tried to catch us, but we got away. Those Sticky Shocks worked just like you told us they would."

"Someone is here to see you. A giiiiirl." The boy grinned, swaying his hips half teasing his brother.

Tink leaned forward, wincing slightly from some of the remaining bruises. His face lit up as he saw Kiylo. "Kiylo! Thank goodness." He was a mess, the remains of bruising on his face had faded to the ugly yellow of mostly healed bruises and a few of his teeth were chipped- visible when he smiled. "Come, have a seat."

The older Sator brother stood up from the chair next to Tink's bed, bowing to her slightly. "M'Lady, please." he said, placing a hand on the back of the chair in offering to her. "Would you like something to drink? Perhaps a snack?" he offered, holding the chair for her.

One of the boys lingering by the desk in the room stood as well as Kiylo came in. "Goodness, you are quite lovely. Are you certain you're here to see Tink?" This brother looked like the others, but was about twice as broad in the shoulders and muscular. He had the build of a blacksmith. The other brother glared at him for a moment, and the muscular one laughed. "Don't worry Minty, I am perfectly content with Eliza."

"Wurthers... why don't you go and find father? He hasn't come back yet."

"Right-o" he said as he left the room, bowing to Kiylo on the way out.

The Twins led Kiylo into the room and the offered chair. "Your chair miss."

"Come on Ash, Rion, let's go get some tea and cheese."

The three remaining brothers bowed to Kiylo on the way out, leaving Tink and Kiylo alone.

When another face- one just like the first one appeared at the door, her eyes grew even wider. They were twins! She had only met one pair of twins in her life time when she was younger, and it was a rather interesting experience. They offered to let her in and take her to Tink, and she didn't decline.

She was led through the house and up some stairs, but the pain in her leg didn't stop her from climbing the hellish obstacle. The two young men blocked the door where she heard Tink's voice.

He is alive! she thought happily. A little smile broke out across her lips as she listened to him speak to the twins in front of her, but felt her cheeks go warm as the twins teased him. She smiled at Tink, but had to hold back a sob when she realized the state he was in.

She looked over at the other people who stood in the room. One of the young men were standing up from a chair beside the bed and one stood beside a desk. The one who stood from the chair offered her something to eat or drink, but before she could reply, the other made a comment that made her slightly confused.

The blush that ran across her face never seemed to fade. Seeing as how she was she was a bit surprised at the fact that they were bowing to her, she just couldn't help but tuck her lower lip under her teeth again.

Within moments, she was sitting in the chair and the room was cleared, all except for her and Tink.

"Are you feeling better?" she inquired, her head tilting and a look of concern dancing across her face. She was really worried about the young man, but he seemed better then the last time she had saw him.

"Damn can't hear a word they are saying, they are upstairs," He looked to the house to the left of theirs. He climbed up the house to the roof and jumped over to Tinks trying not to make a noise. From there he went to where Tinks room was and he was able to hear better.

Tink smiled at Kiylo, leaning forward to rest his hand on hers, "I am doing better than I expected to be. Your work?" He looked at her and frowned slightly, "I'm sorry. I think...I think I did not repay you well for the first time you saved me. I don't remember much after flying through the air. I have a vague recollection of the monster eating my dogs... I hit the wall. I remember not be able to move and then...not much of anything honestly. It is all a blur. Did that beast kill me again?"

Tink gives his head a shake. "I am sorry though. You saved me once and I got myself very nearly dead again. Or maybe I was dead. I don't know. Why did that terrible creature snap again? I didn't attack him, I didn't say anything disparaging about his person, I think I even complimented his strength now that I think about it- anyway, I just wanted to go home. How does it make any sense at all to try to kill someone who just wants to go home if you want them to stay? I mean.." Tink lifts his hands in a mock claws, "RAWR, I don't want you to go, so I kill you! RAWR!"

He smiled at Kiylo, taking a deep breath. "I could have forgiven the first time he tried to kill me if he was being controlled. But, this second time he has no excuse at all except for being a murderous monster who enjoys killing. Also, he ate my dogs. Sure they were metal, but they were my pets. Who eats someone's pet?" Tink suddenly looked over Kiylo, as if a switch in his brain flipped on, "He didn't hurt you did he? He didn't lay a hand on you? Here I am complaining about me and I should be concerned about you. I am terrible." Tink reached out to touch a lock of Kiylo's hair, a soft smile on his face, "If he hurt you I'll send him into my watch dimension forever so he can never lay another finger on you."

"Oh god this is boring," the boy whispered to himself. I hope the don't..... OH GOD! He thought to himself. He threw up in his mouth at the thought of those two.... doing things. God... I hope they do not get to that kinda relationship.... I would hate to have to travel knowing about that..... especially if they come with me..... That would be super awkward....