Episode 2- Incarceration
The large, sharp, log catapults at Kibo. Kibo winces his eyes to brace for the impact. The force of the log pierces into Kibo, bursting through his back. His eye lids buckle open and his eyes roll to the back of his head. The log penetrates forward with so much force, that the steel poles holding Kibo steady lodge up from the rocky ground. The trajectory throws Kibo directly into the large, dark chasm. The log, along with Kibo, hit the inner chasm walls and falls deeper. A second collision with the chasm walls causes so much impact that the log snaps in two pieces, thereby separating Kibo into two parts. Kibo's pelvic area and legs crash the chasm floor and is upper body soon follows.
A large eye opens from slumber. The pupil is pitch black in the shape of a thin diamond with a dark blue iris.A thin, clear membrane quickly shuts and opens over the eye, clearing it of any dirt. A deep, dark, raspy voice whispers ," Whaaaaat issssss thissss? Ssssuch mmalicccce, ssssuch regreeeet, ssssuch haaaate, sssssooo proffouuund, sssssoooo puuuuure". From the shadows at the bottom of the chasm, barely appears the figure of a middle aged dragon. The skin of the dragon is so dark, that it blends almost perfectly with the black shadows. The large pointed noise sniffs carefully as the dragon crawls forward. The two large eyes of the dragon dilate as it crawls forward and a spec of light from above the chasm shines down. The dragon is covered in dark, dense, dragon scales. The dragon reaches a violently ripped upper body of a dead human. "Poooouuuur huuumaaaaan. To be killllled for haviiiiing dragonnn essssssenccce among the falsssssse compasssssion of the huuuuumannnnoidsssss", says the dragon. Your raaaaage criiiieees froooom yooouur corpssssse assss it issss sooooo thick". The pitch black dragon slowly stops over to the legs of the dead body, grabs it gently with his mouth, and tosses it towards the upper body. "Thissss issss the onnnnne that the legendsss spoke offff. A huuuumannnnoooiiiid that will capturrrrre oooouuuur princessss annd hold the raaaaage offff sssssiiixxxxty threeeeee eclipssssseesss.". The dark dragon covers both pieces of the body with one large dragon paw, then thrusts the paw harder, pressing down on the body parts. Black smoke seeps out from underneath the dragon paw, followed by an odd, dark light. The dragon slowly lifts his paw to reveal that the body is reattached, completely nude, but in perfect condition. A scar is still seen on the forehead of the body. "Unnnnreasolved memoriiieeeees", says the dragon. Black smoke slowly comes from the nostrils, ears, mouth, and right hand of the body. The dragon sniffs the body then slowly goes toward the darkness within the chasm. "Ifff yooouuu are truuuulyyyy the huuuumaaannnoid offf stoooory, deattthhh willlll nooot quieeet yooouuuur juuuuussssticcce. Iiiii mmuuuuussssst reesssst afffffter giviiiing yooouuu ssssoooo muuuuuch pooowerrrr.".
Rain starts to fall and leaks into the dark chasm. Water drops fall onto the body and an eye begins to twitch. Kibo abruptly wakes up and begins to shout as if still falling to his demise. He sits up, full of sweat. Memories start fading back to him of the mob, his mother, the General, and the log flying at full speed towards him. he checks his arms, legs, then stomach. He begins to stand up as more rain falls into the chasm. "Judgemeeeennnnnt. Yooouuu haaave beeeeen doooormaaannnt forrrr thrreeeee mooooonnns," says the dragon from the shadows. "Who's there!?" shouts Kibo. "Iiiii aammmm reffferrred toooo assss Noir Drew byyyy knoooown onnnnnes". Noir Drew crawls from the shadows, bursts into a cloud of smoke, then reappears two feet away from Kibo. "Leeet meeee teeeell yooouuu a stoooooryyyy", Noir claims, then extends his right paw towards Kibo. Noir lifts one claw from his paw forwards in anticipation that Kibo will touch it. Kibo hesitates, thereby irritating Noir. Noir blows black smoke from his nostrils,"Huuuuumannnnooooiiiid. It issss nooooone otherrrrr thann Iiii who hassss puuut yourrrr pieceeesss back togeeeetherrr and resssstorrred liiiiifffe into yoooouuu. Feeeell my wooooords from a toooouuuuchhh. Dooooo noooot feeeaaaar myyy appppearranccce assss it isss thoooose whoooo loooook liiike yoooouuuu that have slaaaaiiiiiin yooouuu." Kibo reaches his hand forward and touches the dragon talon. Suddenly, a rush of images start to flood the mind of Kibo.
A mental white light flashes as images of a large white dragon egg appear. An image flashes of young soldiers of Grandoria stealing the egg from a nest covered in rainbow dragon scales. An image flashes of dragons being slaughtered by Grandoria soldiers with no resistance. An image cuts to dragons of all elements flying away from Justice Rock as the humans on the ground laugh hysterically. An image cuts to a young General Teno Kenpachi laughing calmly as an army of Grandoria soldiers cheer for him.
"They stole something important to you, to all of the dragons. That's why you formed the treaty? It was all a lie. It was just blackmail". "Nooooot soooomethiiiiiing. Theeeey stoooole ooouuurr futurrrre. Ooouuuurrr prinnnncessss eeeeeeegg', says Noir. Noir then begins to turn around and go towards the shadows as a large tail full of dragon scales whips behind him. "Yooouuuu haaaave mooooore quesstiooonnnnns IIIII pressssuuuuumme. Noooo mmooooore fooorr noooow. Go Juudgemennnnnnt. Flyyyyy. Thiiiiink the blaaadess offf judgemmennnnt. Leeeaaaave Judgemeeeent." demands Noir. "What does that mean? Why do you keep calling me Judgement? What is a naked man in a ditch supposed to accomplish? Where am I supposed to go now?" frustratingly asks Kibo. With a fading breath, the dragon lastly says "Uuuuup", then vanishes into the darkness of the chasm. Kibo looks at the damp, murky walls, cracks, and crevices of the chasm. He just begins to notice to he can see surprisingly well even though there is barely light in the chasm. He then notices that he can smell areas above the chasm where water has piled up from the rain and the small areas of vegetation within and above the chasm. He uses his hands to climb the chasm to no avail several times. After a while, Kibo starts to think about his childhood and how he ultimately died. His rage grows the more he gets frustrated with climbing and his locked thoughts about how his life never got to see the better end of all of the pain. His skin grows a dark gray. His eyes become a solid black, and his entire body becomes firm. He feels a surge of strength entering his body that goes way beyond anything he has ever felt. Kibo tries again to grab the walls and his hands easily pierce and grip the old, solid, rock with ease. He sees the next rock he needs to grab onto but it's further than his arms reach. He musters up strength and leaps to the next rock. Kibo ends up leaping beyond the rock he intended to reach.With nothing in sight to grab onto, Kibo starts falling back down to the chasm floor. He turns his shoulder to the ground floor to brace for impact and hits the ground so hard that a large crater twice his body size is formed on the ground. Kibo starts to laugh as he is perfectly fine even though every bone on his body should otherwise be broken. "Maybe a jump straight up would work", says Kibo. Kibo lets out a loud yell, summons as much strength as he can, and takes a big leap. The jump sends him so high up that he can see the chasm floor get smaller and smaller. He reaches out his hand to grip the rocks but slips trying to grab a muddy rock that simply could not handle his new strength. He feels himself lose all momentum and start to fall. He screams out as the words of the dragon echo in his mind, "Thiiiiink the blaaadess offf judgemmennnnt". The moment seems to slow down as dark light extends from his right hand. The dark light quickly forms into four jagged lines, resembling a dragon paw. Hard, dense, black, dragon scales materialize all over the paw with razor sharp tips on the four ends. The large hand feels the will of Kibo and grabs firmly onto the rocks as time returns to normal. The paw is the same size as Kibo's entire body.
Moments later, a large paw can be seen from the top of the chasm. Kibo hoists himself up to the ground at Justice Rock. The moon shines bright reflecting dim light on Kibo. He walks forward looking and remembering the scene in which he was casted away and killed for nothing, with only rocks, clothing left by the mob, and rotten fruits remaining. Kibo grabs a dark, worn, black robe that was left behind by the crowd, and wraps it around his body. he closes his eyes, takes a deep breath, then his skin returns to normal and his pitch black dragon scale hand dissipates into black smoke. Kibo drapes part of the worn robes into a hood to cover his face mostly, then walks barefoot towards Grandoria.