Shadows Returning: Chapter 2
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A short while later we arrived at the park with the courts. It was a lavish and well planed out and maintained park. There was a flower garden with rows of Roses, Tulips, Magnolias, Tiger Lillies, and so much more, and the aroma filled the air with with the sweetest bouquet that we could not help but sigh upon encountering. Next to the flowers was a small "Pet Park", the towns way of saying work out area, where all the studs and babes of the town worked out regularly when it was not snowing out despite the $10.50 admission fee. Following the path northward you found the most spectacular play ground every built. With over 2500 square feet of playing area with wall, slides, mazes, musical toys, swings, and more just on the first level with 3 more after that each one almost four and a half feet high so that parents could play with their kids in decent comfort. There were even Monkey bars made so that parents would be about a foot off the ground. And with a hop skip and a jump from there, you would find 2 full sized and 2 half sized foot ball fields. To the west were the 2 soccer fields. And just south of there were the Basketball and tennis courts. Heck there was even a small area for local venders next to the picnic tables to set up booths for the park goers. Which is where we were going.
Chapter 2: A burning feeling.
We headed on over to the Picnic tables for lunch, but as we did so I started to feel extremely hot inside; almost as if I was going to burst into flames. The feeling quickly passed, and I dismissed it as being hungry. Sitting down we got out the sandwiches, chips, soda, and other various picnic goodies out, and started to dig in. We spoke of who we though would win by the biggest margin today, and how much of a match everyone would be against each other. As we were discussing this, Benjamin showed up.
Benjamin was a very "large" fellow, a 6' 9" minotaur that was built like a tank. I mean this guy had more muscle on him them most pro bodybuilders dreamed of. But he was sort of a protector kind of guy. His hobbies aside from working out, were movies, card games, and video games of all things. However he had some serious anger issues, but not a short fuse. His were more like if you said the wrong thing he smashed you a new one. However, being that he like more nerdy things he tended to hand out with us when ever he got the time. And today he smelt like a week old pastrami sandwich that had old muster on it because he was working out at the Pet Park. So I commented, "Dude you reek. I mean really reek to high heaven."
Benjamin replied, "Well I did just do my 3 hour work out routine at the Pet Park just now. Perhaps you would not mind working out with me some time. It would do you an Auther there a world of good. "
At that moment something came over me something dark and it said that "you should be more considerate of your friends by showering you big dolt!" As I got control of my self again, I covered my lips because there was one thing Benjamin hated, and it was heedless insults. And oh did he get mad, and I started to apologize my face off. Which was to no avail as he punched me square in the jaw. Luckily though I am next to indestructable. "God dude," I said a bit agonized, "I said I was sorry."
Snorting loudly, "Still no excuse for what you said! And next time it will be your nuts!" After which he calmed back down. But the shadows in me kept stirring and manifesting. And over the course of the picnic my friends became more and more concerned with how I was acting. Until evnetually we decided just to start playing tennis.
Now normally I am a really good sport about thing by not flying or using my powers to cheat. But to day I had no control of my self and when ever I did I spent the whole time apologizing. And when Tyler, Ben, and even Aurther said I needed to go home, that is when thing went to hell and back again. I felt the burning rising in me and a figure appeared in my mind yelling, burning, begging to get out. I tried to lock it away but it kept pressing down on me, I could not focus my though and I fell to the ground with a resounding thud.
Over the course of the next few minutes the glow from my arm changed colors from blue, the normal coloration, and pitch black. As I fought to keep my mind from disintegrating I grew weaker and weaker. Until eventually my body stood back up and released a massive energy blast from my arm that turned the day to night. My arm was its normal color now and I was back in control of my body; however, the dragon that was in my mind got out. Descending from the sky, veiled in shadows so thick even I could not see through them, it said "_ To those who mocked me. All shall feel my pain and perish in my flames once I gain a material form! _ " The dragon departed from us after that and the sky cleared.
Aurther had hidden behind Ben who was about ready to rip my arm off. With how drained that inner battle left me I could not speak. Tyler, however, did saying, "What the hell was that? And why did you not tell us you had these kind of issues?" After that the world went black, that night I was haunted by telepathic terrors of what the dragon wanted. He wanted my tech arm, and without it he could not exact his revenge. I awoke the next day with paramedics and my friends around my side, all of which were very worried about what would happen now that my inner war became manifest.
All I could say at that point was, "I guess there is no point in trying to lie any more, you need to know my past now."