He was gone just like that, once again I was alone in this white expanse. With all he said I really didn't know how to take it other than him being the Ouras guy Reine was so eager to bring back. As to why he looks or where he went to I didn't have a clue. But if it really was him then all that crazy stuff of transferring a soul to my body is a total reality at the moment.
Right now at this moment while I was doing nothing but wallowing in my misfortunes and taking the easy way out some random guy I don't even know is quite happy taking over my body. I know I'd been through quite a lot in my time on this world and maybe fading away to nothingness was my only solution to escaping all the pain but the thought of some one else using this body of mine to do whatever they were want got me really angry.
Should I just roll over and accept the fact that I was so damn weak that I had my own body snatcher away from me? After days of struggling to survive all that it took me to give up was some weird ass ritual to bring back some dead guy? The more I thought about the more I didn't feel like giving in so easily. Such a kind of death wasn't sitting well with me.
But what could I do at the moment, in the middle of this unfamiliar place with no sort of exit or any thing else as far as I could see. Still, that Ouras managed to get out, maybe I could too. How to go about it was the problem, did he just think about leaving or was there some sort of magical hocus pocus he did to get out. Guess I'd just have to try anything at this point.
I began to focus my thoughts solely on going back to reality. Recalling everything I'd seen and felt before coming here, the people who were there, the pain, the feel of my body twitching and spazzing out. However all it did was make me relive one of the most painful experiences in my life and made me lose my focus.
What to do, I really had no clue where to start. Spending a few more minutes just floating around I was getting frustrated. The feeling of nothingness was so dull, it made me my urge to take back my body stronger. I just wanted to see again, hear once more, touch something and feel it against my skin. To summarize it, take control of my life, unlike what I've been doing since I got here, barely surviving, having to follow along with the plans of whoever I came across.
That urge just grew stronger the more I dwelt on how I'd been struggling to keep alive, only for everyone else to try and have their way with me. And that's when I heard it, even if it sounded more like whispers I heard the voices. They'd come up all broken and random and fade out. I clutched onto them, giving my entire focus on listening to them and they got even louder and clearer.
"...make sure...alright...body..." That was definitely Reine's voice, even though I only picked up bits of the statement. Not only that, the others too, I could hear them now. The longer I held on to their voices the clearer both my mind and my senses became and all of a sudden it was dark again.
However this time it didn't last long, my vision came back slowly, starting up all blurry before clearing up as I took in the sights of the cave once more. I was overwhelmed with emotions once more but there was one major problem. I couldn't control my body, even my vision wasn't in my control, like I was looking through a screen. I couldn't move my hands or legs either.
"Great Ouras, welcome back," Reine said doing a little bow while the others followed her lead.
My vision turned to them as I felt my body rise into a sitting position. My hands stretched before me, the glowing golden yellow markings still present on them but more defined. Rather than being random lines across my body like last time they resembled some sort of patterns that also ran across my torso and even legs. Probably on my back too.
"I must admit, it feels like I've been reborn," I heard myself speak, but it wasn't me.
"Everything feels so new..." once more Ouras spoke, "...well it has been at least a century and a half." He paid little attention to the small group before him, more focused on flexing his muscles and getting used to the feel of an actual body.
"It would have been perfect if we didn't have quite the struggler still holding on," the others looked at me, him surprised.
"What do you mean Lord Ouras?" Adalla asked.
"I see you refused to accept your end like a coward, I respect that," this time the voice resounded in my mind and it was the deep voice I had back in that blank white space from the other me.
"Give me back my body," I had to let him know I was going to take back what was mine.
"It would have been easier if you'd just have accepted your fate," as he said so all of a sudden I was dragged into this dark space although this time I could see around me and my feet stood on solid ground.
Infront of me Ouras' copy of me formed. However unlike last time he had those glowing golden yellow markings on him.
"I'll give you credit on being able to make it back however you cannot win this. You don't have the power to take back this body," he spread out his arms, indicating the marks on him.
"Take a look at this, unimaginable power, essentially gives one the ability to do whatever they see fit, no one else able to stop them. That same power had me hunted down day after day till they managed to reduce me to nothing but a speck of what I once was. I had to be sealed within the spark to preserve myself so that one day I could rise once more..."
"I finally regained my freedom and I intend to use it as I see fit. To show this world once more what true power is, and so I would appreciate it if you just disappeared all together..." he clenched his fists and as soon as he did so those yellow streaks on him began making their way through my body as well starting from my chest.
It hurt like hell, the very same feeling I had when this whole sh*t of a ritual started. I felt like my body was breaking down so much so that I went down on my knees, losing the strength to stand up.
"Stop resisting and I can end this fast," Ouras drew nearer till he was but a step away from me.
"Give in..." he placed his hand on my shoulder and the pain shot through the roof. I could see my hand slowly but surely disintegrating into nothing. He really was making me disappear, not just that but erasing my existence completely.
"Still holding on?" he said with a smirk on his face. "No matter, I'll be done with you soon."
"No!" I grit my teeth, I wasn't going to give up as long as my consciousness was still present. Trying my hardest I stood back up so that I I could look him in the eyes, drew my head back and slammed his forehead with mine.
He took a couple of steps back clutching at his head, his expression all twisted. I followed him though, giving him another nasty head smash. At the moment what I really wanted to do though was punch him till he was nothing but a bloody mess. I wanted my fists back so I could smash his face in even more.
At that thought the yellow streaks all over my body turned bright white, had me squinting my eyes and eventually dulled down into a steady blue. I was very shocked and more so confused. What new development was this and the more important question, what was it going to do. My fists formed once more till I had my hands whole again. Just to confirm they were really there I flexed my fingers and they moved just fine.
Ouras looked just as surprised as I was. "Interesting. I should have seen this coming."
"Seen what coming?" I asked.
"I was foolish to assume this power only belonged to me when it is possessed by the body itself. In real sense either of us is able to use it. Seems we're both in equal footing in the battle over control. Though you may lack the knowledge to use it you seem able to command an overwhelming amount of this power while I'm still weakened from just awakening..."
Looks like he was still intent on taking over, well I wasn't going to let it happen anyway. In a burst of speed I didn't know I had I had crossed over to him and landed a solid blow in his face once more, sending him flying a couple of yards out. After that he wasn't moving at all, he was out. All of a sudden I was cut off from this space, my vision going dark before clearing up again. Once more I had the cave in view, the same four people staring in anticipation but this time I could move my hands, twist my neck round looking all over the cave.
One more thing to note was that the yellow streaks were now blue, just like the other place. "Something's wrong..." Adalla called out to the rest.
"What do you mean?" Roy asked.
"That's not Ouras..." Reine answered this time, unsheathing the sword she had on her. The two men followed suite.
"Restrain him." She gave the order as Roy surged in quickly and cautiously trying to grab my hand. I reacted on instinct, swiping his hand away with mine so fast I could hear something snap and it wasn't me.
Roy yelled, holding onto his now broken left hand. The rest were left startled, that was until Galberth moved in swinging his sword obviously not caring whether or not I'd survive at this point. I held my hand out towards him, feeling the energy gathering and condensing on my palm and releasing it all at once. It completely blew him away and left nothing him with nothing from the waist up, his lower body strewn up against the mangled cave wall which wasn't spared as well.
I looked in on in shock, honestly it wasn't my intention to do that but it just happened so naturally, as if my body was functioning on its own. It was dangerous. I was dangerous.