"Kathryn!!!" Zak continued running down the seemingly endless hallway."KATHRYN!!!" finally reaching the end of the corridor he stopped in awe and pure terror of where he was "He didn't...No, he couldn't, this place doesn't exist!" it was the town he'd lived in as a little boy.
"Zak..." Kat had been strapped to the wall, apparently beaten and starved.
"Oh my God..." Zak ran to her, full force and immediatly cut the bindings having to drop his weapon to catch her dying body.
"Zak...Is that you?...Please..."
"Shhh.You're alright.I've got you now..." Zak held her closely and stroked her head gently to console her "How did he get here?You have to tell me."
"Zak...?Is that you?"
She's delerious, Zak thought.
"YOU!How did you get here?!" a voice echoed throughout the huge room.
Zak propped Kat against the wall gently as not to put any pressure on her scars and bruises "I can do anything I have to.And now I have to kill you."
"It won't do you any good, she'll be mine in a matter of hours, there's no reversal after the second treatment." Heatnix didn't notice the room reflecting Zak's feelings.
"Treatment?" Zak looked back at her. The scars were fading and her eyes were flickering rapidly "You-!!!Don't you have a code of honor?!This isn't fair!"
"Ha, ha, ha, ha!Zachary, my friend, you have much to learn about war.ALL is fair here.You are playing the game on MY terms, I am the omnipotent being in this realm."
Zak began crying and shook his head "No, no you're not.You're human now.Just like me.And if that isn't the case..." Zak's tears quickly froze to his face "Then I'll make it my realm." the faint cyan aura that usually hovered around Zak darkened to a dark prussian blue and flared out, bringing icicles to the ceiling and condensation to the walls in an instant.His cold fusion wave.
"Why such dramatics?You're already in way over your head." the room refilled with the clean whiteness and the ice faded into thin air.
Zak's tears still clung to his cheeks and he squinted, another wave washed over the room filling it with cold again, this time colder.
"I told you!You can't overpower me in my own world!" Heatnix with his new body grinned and closed his eyes, when he opened them he was genuinely surprised that it was still cold and to see Zak poised for battle.
"Whose world?" Zak asked, his face still frozen from being wet.
"You little-!No one is that strong...!"
Zak held his ground, his eyes still releasing tears to freeze.
"You...can't be...You?You're that little boy aren't you?AREN'T YOU?!The one I left to die in Colorado!?"
Zak could do nothing but close his eyes as the memories flooded him and he felt the surge of anger and power jolting through him, in his veins, in his nerves, the images singing his mind
"And if I am...?" Zak replied shakily.
Heatnix faltered and looked around at the ice and the strange glowing and all of the energy he felt and memories flooded him also.The old man begging for his family's lives; the sheer force of the cold that froze his troops solid; the little boy laying there crying, scarred, war beaten.He had fought his way this far to his grandfather and had been lain out to die only yards away by massive plasma crossfire.
"You can't be...you were dying!" Heatnix tried to match the face with the one of the young warrior from all those years ago.The match struck fear into him like a match strikes into flames.
Zak hit his knees and hammered Heatnix with two more waves of energy, his entire body shaking at this point.
Heatnix knew his body could withstand more of this, but the thought of him being able to survive the savagery of that day and the power he must have now...
Zak's body throbbed.His veins were bulging, his face was white, his muscles could have broken his skin, and the cold...The cold.He shuddered more from pain though.The pain of his own attack seemed to do more damage to him than to his enemy.Two more waves.Another.Another.
Heatnix stared wide-eyed and felt something on his head and reached up.Snow melted in his hands as he watched Zachary's body vibrating.He looked like he was having a seizure.Another rush of cold air bathed him finally having an effect; his eyes were watering.Slowly, he felt his new human body losing control of it's powers.The air in his lungs condensed and made it hard to breathe.The room began spinning.Heatnix watched, before he fell out of consciousness, as Zak fell over.As he lay there, a dark clad figure appeared and lifted the boy to his feet and disappered before anyone realised what had happened.
Zak looked over at the corner he had propped Kathryn up in as not to subject her to his power.She was still in serious condition and her eyes were opened but she slept.He was still scared and shaking but found the strength to lift her and carry her away.Before he walked out, Zak tried his radio and finally got a contact.
"G-g-g-get...PsyFire..." Zak grunted as his grip on Kat slipped and he faltered.
"I'm going to need identification for that, si-"
"GET GENERAL FLARELIGHT NOW!"
"Colonel?I-I-I-I....Yes, sir."
Zak slumped to the floor, holding his girlfriend in his lap as she stared, unconscious.Zak began crying again and banged his head back against the wall and passed out.
"Zak?Is that you?Are you alright?Zak?Zak?!" PayFire's voice drifted into Zak's ears but he hadn't the strength to move.Now the voice came softer, muffled as if PsyFire had left, still talking"Dangit get a medic, trace this thing!I want him out of there!" How it changed my life:It didn't/won't/hasn't...nor will it anyone else's...I don't think You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or interesting stories for the world to read and respond to Click hereScroll all the way down to read replies.Show all stories by Author: 50709 ( Click here )
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