Odyssey Into 2012 Chapter Seven

Turn of Events

The Light Train stopped in a barren wasteland. Kaylin beckoned for it to come back, hoping to push forward, but she knew, at this point, she was being too hopeful. Darus stood in front of her, holding the blue and white ribbon from her memory between his right thumb and index finger.

"You remember this?" Darus mocked.

"Vaguely." Kaylin tried searching her memory for more answers, but found nothing.

"This...is the Zephyr Key. You were not supposed to possess it, but you were chosen as its rightful owner, and you don't even know its full potential like I do." A purple aura surrounded Darus, making the barren wastleland turn into a dark abyss. "Zephyrs are enchanced with this, as you can tell."

"If it chose me, why do you possess it?" Kaylin asked nastily.

"When you left, it chose a new owner. Me." Darus smirked, the dark abyss contorting itself into what one would assume was his imagination - Statues of him filled the roads and squares, and a lone dark edifice hovered over everything. "This is what will happen when you are gone."

"Don't listen to him, Kaylin!" A familiar voice came out of the sky. "The Zephyr Key is mine!"

"Jackson," Kaylin mumbled under her breath. "Jackson, what do you mean?!" she cried, looking around for him.

"Silence!" Darus boomed.

"Darus stole the Zephyr Key from me, you told me to hold onto it in your absence!"

Kaylin turned towards Darus and stuck out her right hand, the Zephyr Key vibrating, the abyss disintegrating back into the Wasteland, the Key returned to Kaylin.

"All according to plan," Darus hissed. "Jackson, now!"

Jackson slowly descended from the sky and lightly tapped Kaylin's hand. He began to glow all magnificent colors, then opened up his hands and pressed down hard onto Kaylin's, turning the Key into dust.

"And now begins...your worst nightmare." Darus chuckled, a swarm of energy flowing over Darus.

The Light Train appeared, running full speed into the Gate, but couldn't break through. Darus' power was now too strong, and Kaylin realized this was the end.