The Last Runners
There to was a time when I was a respected man, a man of science. This days I have become more addictive to my past, think over and over about it. My story begins when traveling back from my job in the Academy of Light and Shade as a phonologic teacher, I had being able to see one of my greater student graduation. Graham Krystal Jr., this young man as a potential I would never have, he also had more charisma that any other man I ever meet, I weren’t past him that one day he became the new Galactic Messiah. I had headed for the space station that orbit Xignus-7, the Dorado witch was my home and the home of my wife Catherine and our recently born daughter Bridget. I could not believe me eyes, there was a fight of two titans even so one look no bigger then me, he was giving a moon size monster beating of its life, this was outrages, the miniature titan was unique for I had never laid eyes in a creature like him. The battle start to head up and the diminutive titan send the beast flying agents the Dorado space station with a blast from his hands, that if I my knowledge didn’t mistake it was made pure photons. A giant explosion blinded me for a second and then I gaze upon the battle sight, now there was no more space station only junk flying in the empty space. Then I saw a light, the small titan had created a orb out some mysterious energy and had save my family, sadly to inform there where the only survivors, I led Him inside the ship. I ran to great Him, but it was too late He had fallen to the floor, and most likely diploid of energy, I direct the ship into Xignus-7 were I had and extra house, that our mysterious hero could stay on. Upon reaching our destination, I began to examine him, the accident that occur before must had affected my mind, because the discovers made no sense. His cellular tissue could absorbs all types of radiation, in then his mind would process this energy into a solid non-radioactive form, he had total control over his atoms and others, temperate and even the vacuum of space would not even harm him, I doubt that even a black hole would be able to stop him. I place a name upon my strange friend, “Star Child”, for his age could not be determine but he look no older then a 17 year old boy. Upon his weakening I presented myself as Urick and my wife Catherine and my daughter Bridget. We decided that he would stay here, thing at first where find but then upon my accents one day, I discover that Catherine was fantasying of Star Child. Even Bridget dream of a father, like Star Child, it seem like slowly my life began to slip from my hands…I guess is for the better of both of them. I left destroy, but I came back when I realize Star was not going to take my family, I came too late...all them where dead. On in the hands of the same monster, it soon reveal itself as Chernobog, I then engage in a meaningless fight agents him. I was capture and then force into some time machine. Upon my waking I was confronted be Star, who furiously beat me into the ground with no regard of who I was, I will awake days later to find that I had being put into the body of Chernobog and now I laid dying, will the real Chernobog live with the clones of my family. I was fuel with rage, and upon even further founding out that my new body began to die, I summit myself to a experiment, one that I waited for long years. I now held the negative-force, I know posses the power the shake the stars with only a single though, the universe will tremble upon my very fingers. For it was this universe that play with my life now, let I play with life! I created and armored to travel to space easier, and massive armada created of pure android with perfect cellular structure. Today was the dawn of a new holocaust, a Universal Holocaust for I, "Urick the Devour". Will leave no life intact, I soon grow to "Hungry" food was not I need, I need life it self. I began to fest upon the galaxies, it was a delicious snack. So combining for me that many fights for there lives, I like a snack that can put up a good punch.
Star Child - “Stop at once Urick! Draying this galaxy off its life is a crime, too high for even a varmint like you to commit”
Urick - “Spare me your hypocrisy. The stench of Death clings to you no less than me”
Star Child - “What price has the universe paid to indulge your van glory? What lives have perished so that you may prance and strut among lesser being in search of adoration?”
Urick - “I look for no adoration, I only seek to survive. Even if those means are to kill countless world to support myself. Your to one who look for adoration, but I know deep inside your are noting more then a leach, and I nothing more then a devour. See the different, see the equalities”
Star Child - “Don’t dear text my patient Urick, for I would have you destroy if you deer once more to compeer me to you. Even if we once share a bond, now it too lays on ruins like your mortal values, for I‘m nothing like you, and kneader will I ever be. I‘m the Star Child the Son of the Universe, the Grandson of Highfather Time. The defender of life against those who threat it like you, I‘m not leach!”
Urick - “What irony!, have the Higher-Ones beer fruit of leis and they created a champion of life who kill indiscriminately, but no worry Star Child for I will reveal to you all. The universe is infinite in the moment of creation, all that will ever be, was in Birth and Death. There is no transition and in living advancement but nothing new is Created. Life must feed on life, you are no different”
Star Child - “As always your tongue is shaper then your knowledge, a bluff. I expected no less from a being of your likes. But why do you seek to harm me Urick?, for I could bring hope and joy to your life, that no other material gain could do. I could even help your hunger ”
Urick - “I hover near death, my strengths depleted, exhausted in my struggle for life. You can‘t understand me! or those who you seek the help, how could you help? Have you ever felt weak, have you ever fear, do you even know the meaning of frustration and pain?!”
Urick- “While you are neither hungry nor weary. Because you feed on a source of unlimited potential. I do! I worry for my life and long ago I too was like you, young naïve and dreaming in a world that was too cruel for my own good, but things have change sense the events of the past, I have long bleed off such feelings”
Urick - “Star Child the champion of life the defender of the innocent, is nothing more then the cause of there eternal downfall of all and everything; illness, hunger, thirst, hatred and betrayed. How ironic you know none of it, yet you deliver it with open hands, and blind eyes. You’re the great The Great Entropy!”
Star Child - “You speak of madness, I would never dear such crimes. I only wish for the universal peace and love to all my brother of sister in the cosmos. I whip for there hungry stomach, for there dry eyes, for there wiry souls and even for you Urick”
Urick - “I speak only with the wisdom, given to me be those who are of higher plane, what wisdom do you speak of, none! Only with compassioned it words, for you no nothing of the Higher-Ones. The same who have condemn you as the champion of life and bringer of eternal death, for they feat upon the chaos of life and dead, and you are there delivering boy serving them chaos in a golden platter. My wisdom is not of logic is not of life, not with feelings but with true wisdom”
Star Child - “This illogical! How could I, cause all the madness, hate, betrayed and despair of the universe? This must be a trick Father Universe and Mother Eternity, would have never dear such crimes, they give birth to me to stop them. Urick it seem like this time your out of lies, you and me know the Great Entropy is just a myth. The universe is eternal, time is unlimited and I grow inpatient of your intervenient! In this moment someone is suffering from all across the other side of the universe, and it is my will-no!, my swear duty to help those who can‘t defend themselves”
Urick - “Only if that was true, but it seems like you are even worse then me! The leis they have feet you, my oblivious friend have no competition with the true that I’m about to arable to you. I devour the dying galaxies and life who has become corrupted to maintain myself, doing no evil neither good, only doing what is natural to me to survive. In the other side of the scale, you use the inert energy of the universe, as a fountain of your life and powers, those causing the universe to depleted of energy. Those denying the existence of future life of the universe, once all is dead along with the universe. The mechanics of the Higher-Ones will revive the universe, for they feet upon our feelings but not any feelings the feels of despair and struggles to life, but for this all life to come back yet having no memories of our previous lives and so the spiral of keeps going. Who knows we may have done this millions of time we just can’t remember. Those the birth of a virgin new universe, one that you to will drain off its energies and kill, those the process of birth, dead and rebirth will go on forever. Feeding the Higher-Ones, and you there instrument of destruction and harvest. You are the Great Entropy, your soul existence denies all and everything. Now who is of greater evil, I who lived to survive or you who lives only to denies the future life! Answer me now, I grow inpatient!”
Star Child - “No! I won’t hear a single world from your fault mouth. First you insult me, then you insult Father Universe and Mother Eternity, and then you called me the Great Entropy. A will not stand it any more, I made a promise to defend life but today I break that oat. I being of your degusted and twisted personality is only ruining creation. I stand firm that I’m the defender of all lives, not what you claim that I’m. So today I cast judgment upon you Urick”
Urick - “So it seems like you are no life defender, but a jugged now. Where has your philology of life gone? Star Child tell me, have I ever done anything out of outrage? Does the tide? Do the winds wish to reshape the surface? Does atomic energy want to teach matter a lesson?”
Star Child - “Quit! Don’t deer to address me be that name Urick. We use to be friend, until you descended into madness and, began searching for and answer of the lost of your family. In now eons that I search for you, I found you accusing me to be the all destroying. Now I will do you a favor to you, and stop your suffering and madness. Kill you will be no pleasant action but it something I must do as defender of life.”
Urick - “As I lay dying so the universe, Star Child because in your feet or rage anger you have not notes time has grown too old, the universe to weak and you my fellow friend descended into madness and I a fool who try to save a trouble friend from doomsday he created. Star Child may your next life be full of hopes and joy, as you burn away with all the reminds of this universe that only hated me.”
Star Child - “URICK!!! What have I done, what is gone on? Is the universe going to end? I may really the one to blame for this?
Father Universe - “My child you only did what we commanded you to do, and you have done a fine job. We will reward you with not a single of knowledge of your task so you may do it again as we recreated the universe.”
Mother Eternity - “Your actions has feed us for countless years, before you came to us. We were weak, and we would had die and the universe would had gone for ever. That would had being very unpleasant, future.”
Star Child - “So tell me how many times have I done this?”
Mother Eternity & Father Universe - “Countless my child, for number are limited. Now rest a new universe is about to be created, and we begin to grow hungry be each passing minute”
Star Child - “I have being dam sense be birth, and I will forever as a tool…life is not real only a source for them to feast upon. What ridicules ideas had I have, Urick most in know this…that why he left.”
Mother Eternity & Father Universe - “Come now the time is almost gone, and we already have began to disintegrate the empty husk of the universe. Star Child do as we have told you”
Thor - "Devours of life step down, for I Thor lord of thunder and lighting will break the spiral of dead. I have heard the madness that you infinity leaches, mouthed but no longer will I and my fellow Asgardians play the role that you have give us"
Mother Eternity & Father Universe - "We give no free will to you or your Asgardians, yet you have some, how could a insect as you posses what no one has?
Thor "For I was given none, but obtain some through the hardships of life. Along with my brother Loki, and upon our merging, into one being we manifested, FREE WILL. "
Star Child - "Please free me! Kill me!!! I'm only a tool Thor. Look what they have done with me, I even kill Urick the Devour"
Thor - "I will not kill you Star, for you be the first to see the might of the new Thor, for time and space along with all false to there knees upon thy lord. Now whiteness as I sharer a portion of the universe with Mjolnir"
Mother Eternity & Father Universe - "Stop! We well not allow to take our food source"
Thor - "Behold you monster as I tare away time and foil space, for today Thor breaks all the laws and created new hope for the Asgardians and all other in equal. In front of us lays the Megaverse, a realm created be the Nova-brand, in this realm Star you won’t have to worry for the great leaches have no powers. "
Star Child - "If you take one more step Thor I will destroy you...no this not me! Is Father and Mother, you are doing this...I must destroy Thor. No!"
Mother Eternity & Father Universe - "His breaking free! How? Impossible! We are the All Father and Everything Mother, our will not be dying be this insects"
Thor - "Thor has spoken, he will not speak again, for he knows that his will breaks mountain and shatter stars. But the leaches will is that of a dust, the dust of nothingness."
Mother Eternity & Father Universe - "Star Child we command you to kill him!"
Star Child - "No...no...NO! I will not be your pawn any more, I will not be ordered, I'm...."
Mother Eternity & Father Universe - "You are no one! You are what we want you to be, and now we want you to be a murder."
Thor - "Is seems like your castle of lies breaks upon the waters of true. No less, I have no time. As we gather here, my father dies and I will not allow such results. ODIN WILL LIVE!!!"
Star Child - "I'm not a murder. I'm not a defender, I'm nothing else beside, myself. Because I have never made a name for myself, but today that end for I'm the Star Child. Now and forever. In a new life awaits me in the Megaverse away from you twisted influence. Bye Mother and Father and good bye to you Urick, for I will make the atom for your dead."
Highfather Time - "Go my Childs, I will hold on to this two monster. May your trip be fool of blessings"
Mother Eternity & Father Universe "No you traitor, don't you see you too will die would out him. Do wish such faith upon your eternal brother and sisters."
Highfather Time - "Look at us, we desert not to be called but such name or even have adoration of any kind, we are no better that the demons who dwell with in Hell. I know, I to will die with out him, but I prefer for him to look for his own purpose in life. Not the one we have him."
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