Oban Star-Racers Ch. 7

Oban Star-Racers

Chapter 7: Legend of the Shadow Walkers: Are True?

Back on Earth at a secret military base, a small group of people gathered in the darkest corner of the room. It was total silence, no one was authorized to be anywhere near this point, it was off limits, only the president and this small group were allowed in there. “President sir, we did as requested” “Good, it was just as you suspected general” one of the men stepped forward to the president and the general, “Yes, that was definitely one of the Avatar’s transporting temples”. Another man came forward “The girl and Mr. Wei of the Wei Race Motor Company boarded the vessel days ago, our spies are watching the company as we speak.” “Then all is going according to plan,” said the president with a villainous grin, “The next phase will proceed when ‘he’ comes back.”

“Yo Rick, we need your approval on the next star-racer” Stan said walking into what now was called Rick’s office. Rick propped his feet on the desk and was looking up parts on the Internet. Rick wasn’t allowed to race anymore, he retired years ago due to a crash incident on the planet Alwas. These days he restores hot rods and traveling to different places in the country. “Sure thing” Rick got up and they went to the lower floor of the building that contained the star-racers. The star-racer that Stan and Kogi were working on was a newer model, it resembled Rick’s previous star-racer that he competed with in a tournament before he came back to be the main pilot for Don’s team. The model had a sleek design; it was the newest and modern model for this year, 2086. “Wow, she’s a beauty! Definitely got my approval guys”. The boys were pleased and gave a high five to each other. “Yup, this has to be one of the best star-racers I’ve seen you guys built in a long time”. While the guys were talking, one of the employees went to the elevator and secretly snuck into Rick’s office. He carefully scanned the room, and then went to the desk. He placed an ancient medallion in drawer and planted a bug underneath the desk. “Sir can you hear me?” “Yes, we can hear everything clearly, get out of there now” “Yes Sir” and he left without a trace. He left the building without anyone noticing him, and a black hovering van was waiting in the parking lot for him, “The whole building is completely covered with devices, we can hone in any time we want” “Good job, the general will be very happy” and they drove off.

Rick headed back up the elevator. He sat down at his desk, looking at parts again. “Knock, knock” somebody knocked on the door, “You can just walk in here, there’s no rules when Thunderbolt is here” a worker came in with a huge stack of papers, “Mr. Thunderbolt, here’s some paperwork you need to fill out, it’s for the next race, you need to sign them for the machines” Rick took the papers, “This should be fun” he said sarcastically. He sat back down again and dumped the papers in front of him, and began to sign them. “Now where does Don keep the stapler at” he couldn’t find a stapler anywhere, “I knew it, for a man to be so organized, you sure can’t find even a simple thing” he thought to himself, “I bet he has it stashed in the desk”. He skimmed through the bottom drawers and then the top drawers. “Better hope that I don’t find anything personal Don” he snickered to himself, and then opened the left drawer, “Here it is! Huh? What’s this?” He picked up the medallion, and stared at it. It had a peculiar engraved mark on it. “I’ve seen this somewhere before… But… Gah!” Rick started having terrible migraines, seeing the symbol brought back a short scene from the past. He found himself inside a temple in Alwas, it was gray and murky, the vision was blurry, “You seek to find out who sabotaged you, correct? The Earth Team is in grave danger. If you wish to find what you seek, you will have to pay the price”. There was an elder spiritualist alien at the center, and then Rick saw his self from 4 years ago, “What do you mean the Earth Team’s in danger, what about Molly?” he demanded answers. “Touch the palm of my hand, but be warn, there are risks” Rick reached for his hand without hesitation and soon his mind flowed into another realm, “Who dares call for me?” a shallow voice embedded the space and a tremendous sinister entity overshadowed him, “Who are you?” Rick yelled, “What do you want with the Earth Team?!” “How dare you mortal! You do not command me, I am immortal, I am the entity of time and space” It flew closer to Rick, “Get away!” Rick flung his arms trying to escape from him, “Be gone!” and the vision stopped. Rick was passed out on the floor, “What in the world…” His memory started to come back to, but it was still foggy, who was that he was talking to, what happened to him then. A couple of feet away the necklace laid in front of him, he picked it up, “That symbol…”

The event of what was happening to Rick was recorded and seen at the military base “Sir, we have contact” “Excellent, soon we will have control”.

“Spirit?” Eva said. Aikka saw that she was startled; he leaned forward on the edge of his seat to be between them. “Spirit here has special powers besides shape shifting, he can sense evil presences as well” Jordan said, “Plus we all know he’s really strong, he put up a good fight against us, right partner?” he said to Eva. “Uh, yes, he did.” Spirit bowed down to all of them, “Thank you for inviting me” suddenly a voice was heard, it sounded like whispering, “Where is that voice coming from?” Eva said. “It’s telepathy, it’s the only way Phils can communicate” Aikka knew a lot about different races of aliens, now that he was king, he had to in order to make peace treaties and other businesses. “Oh” said Eva. Spirit directed his attention to Eva, “It’s good to see that you are doing well” “You too”. He then turned to Jordan, “On my way, I have sensed the galaxy growing into a depressing state. My home was also attacked, they are what we call shadow walkers.” “You’ve seen these creatures before?” asked Jordan. “No, we only know them because of legends in my village, eons and eons ago they walked on the planets, consuming everything in their way. They are spawns created by a monstrous creature that goes by Canaletto. We only thought they were myths, until now.” “Could you show us?” Eva said. Aikka and Jordan looked at her, “You showed me your vision of the past before, you can show us your memory” Spirit remembered the day he raced Eva. Eva thought that he killed her mother, her mother raced Spirit long ago, he was blamed for her crash. Then later he faced Eva on Alwas, she attempted multiple times of destroying him, but at the end, Spirit showed her what really happened. The vision showed Maya’s Star-Racer having a fuel leak and caught fire; that was what caused her demise. “I can emit my visions to you, but only by touching.” Eva and Aikka got up from the couch and walked towards Jordan and Spirit, the three placed their hands on top of each other’s, “Please show us” Aikka said. “Very well” Spirit placed his hand on top, and squinted his eyes. Their minds soon experienced what Spirit and his people saw, tall, lengthy, and thin shadows towering over people with piercing red eyes, they were fearsome to look at. They attacked people in their homes and fires started to break out. Then Spirit took his hand away. “That’s what attacked Don!” Aikka said, “What, my father was attacked by those things?” Eva said. “Then they can take shape of anything too” Jordan said sternly, “Spirit, Aikka, I need you two to watch over Molly and Don Wei” “But Jordan, I” “Molly, you need to trust your partner on this” Eva sighed, “Oh all right”. Jordan grabbed a potion bottle and a book, “I’ll see you guys later, I have to see to something, take care of her” “Of course!” “I’ll be back soon” he smiled and went to the wall. On the wall were door portals, a person who walked through them could transport to the other temples, or the heart of the temple. He chose the door to go to the heart of the temple; he waved them good-bye and walked through the portal.

It was awkward, being in the same room with Spirit; Eva didn’t know what to say. Finally Aikka broke the ice, “Well, I have to go check on G’dar, perhaps you should check on your father” Eva agreed, “Yeah, I’ll meet up with you soon”. They both got up and went to the door, but she paused. “Something wrong, Molly?” Aikka asked. Eva couldn’t just leave Spirit in the room by himself, even if it was awkward to be around him, she couldn’t be that cold to him, “I’m fine, you go on ahead.” Then Aikka left. “Would you like to come with me?” She turned around to Spirit and asked, he nodded and followed her. Eva lightly knocked on the door; there was no answer. “Maybe he’s still sleeping” she thought to herself, and slightly pushed the door open. They both walked in. “Looks like he’s knocked out cold” Eva whispered. Don’s forehead, chest, and arms were covered in bandages; it was hard to take the sight, “I shouldn’t have left him”. “It’s not your fault” Spirit said coming to her side, “You have good intentions, I see that, and I see that you would never put your father in any kind of danger without knowing.” “Maybe you’re right” Eva stared at her father. “Aura?” Spirit said “Hmm?” “I see an aura around your father, he’s tense, but” “But what?” Spirit saw something amiss; the aura was black energy. “What’s wrong? Eva started to worry, “Oh nothing”. They spent a few more minutes in the room, “We should let him rest miss Eva” Eva nodded and stopped, “Wait, how do you know my real name?” “Your memory of…” Spirit hesitated and looked at the floor; he knew that was a sensitive case to talk about her mother. “It’s okay, I’ve accepted what happened when you showed me the truth. It was a fuel leak, not you.” He gazed at her, “That memory revealed your name.” They stepped out into the hallway, “Spirit?” she asked. “Yes Eva?” “I never apologized before, I’m so sorry that I accused you of being a murderer. In the end, you were trying to help her.” “I only wished that I could have saved her” his voice became quaky and his turquoise eyes were tearful, “No, if you tried to help her, you would have only been caught in the fire too, you would have died too.” Spirit turned out to be a kind and gentle alien, he was known to be an aggressive racer, but he had a good heart, he didn’t want to hurt anyone intentionally.
They stepped out into the hall way and quietly closed the door. “That Aura” Spirit thought to himself, “It’s the same as those demons… I have to consult with the Avatar.” Eva and Spirit walked outside the temple, the sun was just now setting. They stayed outside the entrance, staying close to the temple. “Miss Eva, will you be okay here by yourself for a moment?” “Oh yeah, where are you going?” “I’m going to go rest for a while, I won’t be long” “It’s okay, take your time, I imagine you’re tired after traveling here” she gave him a smile and he walked off back into the temple. Eva slouched on the wall and sat down slowly. She hugged her knees with her arms and thoughts ran through her head again. “Don’t worry dad, you’ll be fine, I won’t ever let that happen again.” She watched the sunset and night fell upon Oban once again. The stars slowly appeared in the sky, twinkling at their best and lighting the sky up like fireflies. Oban didn’t have just one moon, it had several and other planets became visible to the naked eye, it felt mystical, it was like something in a fairytale.

Jordan was at the heart of the temple where the power of the Avatar was originated. The creators protected the powers of the avatar and were floating in the space, they were always having serious discussions, but luckily Jordan was there to lighten the mood. “Avatar why are you here?” “I have to see someone from the other side, a terrible thing happened today” “Aw, the middle-aged human I presume?” one of the creators said. “Uh yeah, so you already knew” “We are the creators, we created Oban and the powers of the Avatar, we know all what happens on Oban” “And what happens on Oban, stays on Oban” Jordan snickered. They sighed and threw a little harmless spark of white light in Jordan’s face. “Remember you can not bring someone back to life” “I am aware of that” he answered them. “Very well” the creators lined up in a circular formation and joined hands. The emitted a white radiance and began moving in the formation, faster and faster and then they shot up to the top of the ceiling that seemed high as clouds and everything was lit up like fireworks. The room was covered in light blue mist and spirits of humans, aliens, and animals appeared. “The one I wish to speak with… Is Maya Wei”. A figure walked out of the crowd towards Jordan. It was a woman; she approached him and glowed with pureness. She wore a white gown and wings were sprouted from her back. Her pink hair flowed gently onto her shoulders and back, “I’ve been watching from above” her eyes were red from crying, “Do you know why I asked to speak with you” Jordan said, “To protect them? That’s all I ever wanted, to protect the two loves of my life” “That’s right” Jordan smiled at the woman and reached out. Maya took both her hands and clasped them around Jordan’s, her eyes were watery and tears floated in the air from her eyes. “It’s so nice to see Don as he was before I died, and my child, she’s no longer heartbroken or alone” she continued weeping, “I’m so happy to see them smile and laugh again, and you made that possible for them, Eva didn’t have to get separated from her father.” Maya sniffled and gave her angelic smile, “My little girl is lucky to have met someone like you, I’m glad” Jordan blushed, “Please give this to my husband” she placed a vile into Jordan’s hands, “It is my love” Jordan held the vile gently and looked down at it, “It’s perfect, this will protect him from anything, even your love is pure… It must run in the family” “You’re in love with my daughter, aren’t you? Don’t deny it” she winked and giggled. Jordan’s face turned completely red, “Uh… Yes, of course. She’s really something” “I’m happy, that she has someone like you in her life” Behind Maya appeared Heaven’s golden gate that was covered in angel embellishments, and Heaven’s horn was heard. “I have to go now” she turned back to Jordan, “Please give them my love” “I will” Jordan answered, “Thank you” and she slowly disappeared through the gates, and a faint whisper was heard “I pray, my loves will be safe”. Jordan was back in the Heart of the Temple. He took the portals again and arrived in his chamber and walked out.

Spirit stood by Don Wei’s door as if her was expecting someone to walk out of his room. “Spirit, what are you doing here, where’s Molly” Jordan walked up to him. “She is safe, but… I’m afraid of what will happen to this man. What happened to him?” Spirit asked. “He was attacked by one of those creatures you referred to as ‘Shadow Walkers’ earlier today.” “That’s why” “What is it Spirit?” “You sense it to, right?” “I sense that something isn’t quite right, he seems agitated within himself” said Jordan. “His aura is pure black, there’s a war going inside him”. “Get away from me!” Jordan and Spirit jumped and dashed into the room, “What in the world?” “It’s happening in his dreams” “What?” Jordan asked. Spirit placed his hand on top of Don’s forehead. Spirit caught a glimpse of his dreams, there were demons terrorizing Don and then Spirit was shut out of them; he fell back on the floor. “Spirit!” Jordan used his powers and tried to calm him down; Don flailed his arms and his facial features became excruciating, and finally Jordan took the vile and placed it on his chest, where Maya’s love could be close to his heart. Don was finally peaceful, his facial muscles relaxed and his heartbeat went back to being regular. The vile Maya gave Jordan worked. Jordan backed up, feeling exhausted he felt like he just exercised a demon out of a human being. “Are you okay?” He looked back at Spirit, “I’m fine”. Spirit got up and placed his hand again on Don’s forehead, “… Seems everything is okay in his dreams, his mind isn’t shrouded in darkness anymore, everything seems… Heavenly.” That relieved Jordan, “I believe he’ll be fine now, we’ll just have to check up on him time to time.” “Yes” Spirit agreed. They stayed there for about five minutes, making sure that everything was copasetic, and left Don to get his rest. “Why don’t you go rest, I’d like you to stay in this temple if you don’t mind, there’s a room down there” he pointed down the hallway, “Thank you, my energy is depleted” and Spirit walked down to the room.

Eva was still sitting down; almost half asleep, but still staring at the night sky. Aikka was still tending to G’dar and she didn’t know where Jordan was. “I thought I might find you here” She looked up and leaning against the entrance wall standing above her was Jordan. “Jordan, what’ve you been up to?” she asked. “I had to take care of something at the Temple of the Heart, you remember that place?” “Of course! That’s where we met the creators and that becoming the avatar was the ultimate prize.” Jordan knelt down beside her, “Yeah, that was back then, and now look at us” “You’re the avatar alright, I knew you would be the best avatar ever” she winked at him and Jordan gave her a big grin and placed his arm behind her neck. “Beautiful night, isn’t it?” “Yes, it is” Eva answered him and she scooted closer to him. They were finally alone in peace without something tragically going wrong, and the night sky was setting the mood. The stars were shimmering with their fire and shooting stars lit up the sky like fireworks. Grasshopper-like bugs began making noises that sounded like they were playing soft music with violins. Jordan looked down at the girl that he held, she was still watching the night sky, and he saw her eyes glistening with stars in them. Usually Jordan was nervous to make a move, but now, everything was okay, he knew how Eva felt about him. He pulled her closer, “Molly?” he said smiling at her, “Yes Jordan” she said and wrapped her arms around his thick neck, “I love you” and they kissed. “I love you too, Jordan” she leaned against his chest and listened to his heartbeat; it made her feel safe, nothing could hurt her. Eva finally felt at ease after everything that happened that morning, but she couldn’t forget about it. “Hey Molly-?” Eva started snoring, not loud and obnoxious snores, but little breaths that were light. Jordan chuckled a little and whispered, “That’s alright, rest up” he held the girl in his arm and propped her head against his shoulder, and watched his surroundings, “He’s already watching us.”


~By Lovely~Autumn/ Molly