USS SereniTREE: A Tale of Two Trees
POSTED BY: TheGreyJedi
UPDATED: Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:55
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*Darth Ath feels a tap on his shoulder. He turns, with a nonplussed expression on his face to see an open palm before his face. A flash of Holy light explodes in his eyeballs, sending him sprawling and crawling to a darker corner while until the light fades. TheWhiteJedi stands before EvilStatic.
ES: What the hell? So summoning up TGJ's shadow brings forth a non-shadow. God, you're weird.
TWJ: Not a shadow. I'm the real deal. Unlike some of you weaker beings, I'm a whole. You want to see my shadow?
*TWJ brings up his lightsaber, igniting the unpenetratably dark blade, creating shadows around the blade where the light would spread from a lightsaber's normal blade. No shadows fall beneath TWJ's feet or across his face. His body is fully illuminated, all shadow being in his blade.*
TWJ: You wanna meet the real me now?
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Then are we simply using the actual spam for practice, and saving the armor treet for later TRM?
And what exactly will we be using them for in the first place?
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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
So, Jet, Rat, how long would it take to upgrade the General Grant and the Admiral Nelson with the same hyperspace drives that the General Lee has?
Not long at all. But then we'll have to upgrade the General Lee in some way! It has to remain the superior ship, I couldn't stand it if it weren't!!!
Rat, Acquisitions Officer - Uss SereniTREE.
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* TheRealMe whispers to Rat. *
All three shuttles need the shrinking tech, too. Just don't let any of the dark ladies aboard the Sereni-Tree know, or it might get back to the Dark Soul.
The Real Me, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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Bluefishie, we are going to use the Armor Treet against our own dark selves. We want to incapacitate them, but keep from doing anything lethal or permanent to them until they can be re-incorporated into us again.
XanderLHarris, uh... We're really not all that formal aboard the Sereni-Tree, but I welcome your help. You're with me, then.
The Real Me, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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* Up in the Hanger Bay on the top floor of the South Wing of the Sereni-Tree, the raiding party is boarding the three shuttles. PsychicRiver is at the main entry hatch of the Hanger Bay, keeping watch for any dark twins. *
Bride5, Bride6, herd those kissies into the Admiral Nelson. I'll be piloting that. Bluefishie and XanderLHarris, you can come with us.
* The meteor troll makes a sound like Chewbacca bawling. *
Yes, you too, Nugget. And the Ebo Golem. Sparky, you stay here.
Rat, you take the General Lee, of course. Take whatever few Windmill Giants and Yeti stayed with us. I think that includes ThatWeirdGirl's dance partners.
Oh, that reminds me. Here, everybody use these ear plugs with encrypted radio transmitters. These are to protect you from the DarkWeirdGirl's powers, if she's there. If you see her, activate their silence feature. Might be the only thing that can save you.
Does everybody have a Spamslinger that wants one? We still have a few katanas to hand out.
* TheRealMe pauses. *
Huh! Who is going to pilot the General Grant?
The Real Me, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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The two fighters pause, each breathing heavily.
"It seems that I have underestimated you," Dark Soul says. "I wasn't expecting this much of a fight."
Soul laughs. "You on the other hand are nowhere near what I expected. You're weak."
Dark Soul growls. "Weak, huh? Well, let's see how well you fight when the life of someone you love is at stake!"
With that, Dark Soul lifts his arms, and with a flash of fire and shadow dissapears from the room. A moment later, Soul hears a scream echoing through the ship, the voice one that Soul knows too well.
"Serenity!"
Soul runs for the wall, phasing through it and reappearing on the top of the steps overlooking the common room. By the bar, he sees his shadowed side, his twisted sword held to the neck of Serenity.
"What are you going to do now?" Dark Soul mocks.
Soul smiles, a devious look in his eyes. "This."
Closing his eyes, Soul lets his body relax, and focuses all of his energy through his hands. He let's them phase out of the current plane of reality, and he reaches for the bridge of the true SereniTREE. He knows on the floor there he left his bow and his arrows, and now he pulls them towards him, grabbing his bow and one single arrow, praying that the arrow is armed with the arrowhead he needs. Pulling his hands back, he notches the arrow and takes careful aim as his bow and one arrow phases into existance, pointing at Dark Soul. Opening his eyes again, Soul peers down the arrow shaft and sees that he did indeed grab the arrow he wanted.
"I think it's time you went all crazy and fall asleep," Soul says, and lets the arrow fly.
Dark Soul sees it coming and tries to hide, but the arrow is flying too fast. It misses Serenity's left ear by an inch before digging into Dark Soul's shoulder, spinning him around. He loses his grip on his sword and it goes flying, embedding itself into the far wall.
"Son of a--" Dark Soul shouts, but he is cut off as the arrowhead does it's work. A flash of bliding light errupts from Dark Soul's shoulder where the arrow is embedded, and DS goes limp, dropping to the floor. The room goes silent.
Soul slowly walks down the stairs and across the common room, looking around at the drunk men of the SereniTREE, realizing as he does that these men are the dark sides of the real crew. He ignores them and continues to where his dark side lays on the ground, twitching.
"What did you do to me?" Dark Soul demands.
Soul smiles. "Jut a little muscle relaxer. You were boring me."
Soul lifts the katana and lowers it towards Dark Soul's neck.
"Just do it then!" Dark Soul shouts. "You'll kill us both!"
Soul shakes his head and raises his right hand to the blade of his katana. He slides his palm across the razor-sharp edge, cutting open his hand and letting the blood run down his arm.
"I'm not going to kill you," he says, reaching out with his bleeding hand to place it against the still-bleeding wound on the right side of his dark side's face, "I'm going to embrace you!"
With that, Dark Soul realises what is about to happen, but it's too late. A soft whump is heard, and then a rush of air races through the common room. Dark Soul screams, and Soul joins him as a flurry of light and shadows begins to spin around them. Shards of lightning crash into the room, scattering people as the bolts themselves spear their way into the pair of Dark and Light Souls. Thunder crashes, and between everything, the two Souls are hidden by the display of light and shadow. Finally, with a tremendous roar, the wind and lighning, and light and shadow, explodes outward, throwing everything around the room, and then--
Silence.
Where there had been two only moments before, a single figure stands.
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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*The lightning and noise and wind of moments ago suddenly stop, there is nothing but deafening silence. Slowly, tentatively, Serenity raises her head above the bar she had been hiding behind.*
Soul?
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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
*The lightning and noise and wind of moments ago suddenly stop, there is nothing but deafening silence. Slowly, tentatively, Serenity raises her head above the bar she had been hiding behind.*
Soul?
Soul slowly turns at the sound of Serenity's voice. For a moment, it's as if he doesn't recognize her; but then he smiles and walks over to where she stands.
"It's me," he says. "All of me. It seems my dark side isn't the stronger side after all."
Serenity reaches up slowly and with her finger traces the scar on down the right side of Soul's face, the last visible remnant of his dark side.
"How do I know it's really you?" she asks.
Reaching out, Soul pulls Serenity close and kisses her, the two of them embracing as their lips touch. After a moment, they pull apart, and Soul smiles softly.
"It is you," she whispers.
Soul steps back and spreads his arms, his body shifting momentarily as his bow, quiver, and arrowheads reappear on his body.
"I have to go for a bit. I've got some unfinished business to take care of. I'm sorry for leaving you now, leaving all of you in this time of struggle, but there is something I must do. I will return, that I promise."
With that, Soul raises his head and stares into the ceiling as a display of light and shadow swirls around his body. With a final burst of fire, Soul dissapears, his last words still ringing in the room.
I promise
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(IRL, I'll be in Disney World on vacation for a week. Soul will return when I do. Good luck!!)
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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**jake7 takes in the spectacle before her and, with Soul's last words, realizes what the dreams meant.**
Serenity! Oh my God! I understand the dreams now! Those are OUR darker sides! That's why the dreams seemed so real, they WERE!!
**she is suddenly horror-stricken at another realization**
Our darker selves must be on the SereniTREE!
Soul said something about embracing our darker sides. That may be the only way to get back to the 'TREE...
**A shiver courses down jake7's spine. She gets the feeling that they're being watched and looks around the room at the drunken clones. Alarmed she turns to CallMeSerenity**
Serenity, one of the clones is missing!
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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