A Time Not Too Long Ago, In A Parallel Universe, Not Too Far From
Our Own
Infinite Worlds, Infinite
Possibilities pt.6
The world number is not important. On this world the Rome was never
defeated
and they continued there take over of the entire world. This
is a world of
high technology and yet they have kept there old ways. Such as
gladiator
battles to the death as there key source of entertainment. It's a
combination of both the way of the old, and our world's professional
wrestling.
" Any who think they are brave enough, then I challenge them to step
up."
The gladiator shouted in to the microphone. He was a large man
standing at
7 ft. tall. He must have weighed in at about 500 pounds.
On our world he
was known as The Big Show. "Is there any man who dare challenge
the awesome
power of Blood Ax?" Once again shouting. Blood Ax stood dead
center of the
arena. Thousands of spectators screamed from the surrounding
bleachers.
"Very well Blood Ax, it would seem that no man dare to challenge you
for
your belt." Master McMahon said over the loud speaker. Master
McMahon was
in his early fifties, he was excellent physical condition for a man
of his
age.
"If they were mortal I'd challenge the gods themselves! No man can
defeat
the awesome power of Blood Ax!" He shouted into the microphone.
All fell
silent to his remark. Granted he was a big man, but no one had
ever dared
to challenge the gods. The crowed of spectators all looked to
the heavens
above. It was a dead silence. Suddenly there was a gust
of wind. Six feet
above the ground a green sliding vortex opened face down. Max
Arturo was
the first to come flying out. He landed on his bottom.
Second was the
lovable Wade Wells. She fell right on top of Arturo. The
last was Darth
Caine, who landed perfectly on his feet. The silence remained.
" Oh, Miss Wells, get off me!" Arturo snapped
"Sorry Professor." She apologized. Automatically Darth Caine
was examining
there new surroundings. The other sliders then took notice
of where they
had landed. Blood Ax was in shock, to him it had looked as if
the Gods
excepted his challenge. Master McMahon now saw this as a great opportunity
to exploit it.
" Blood Ax, the gods have excepted your challenge!" He yelled.
" What?" Arturo mumbled. The entire crowed went crazy with there
excitement. The sliders however were anything but excited.
Except for
Darth Caine. He seemed slightly amused when he looked over to
Blood Ax. "
Powerful Gods, you have come to battle the champion known as Blood
Ax?"
Master McMahon asked.
" Yes, which of you shall fight me?" Blood Ax asked trying to save
face.
Darth Caine looked over to the other's.
" I'll handle this." He said coolly. Darth Caine walked over
to Blood Ax
and began to examine him. He grinned with satisfaction. " Is
this your best
man?" He snickered. Arturo and Wade looked too each other. They
had never
known Xander to pick a fight with anyone, it was not the Jedi way.
" Why yes, yes he is." Master McMahon said arrogantly. Blood
Ax took
immediate offense to the comment made to him by Darth Caine.
" Mighty god,
what shall we call you?" McMahon asked. Darth Caine walked up
to Blood Ax
and snatched the microphone from his hand. Darth Caine began
to whip his
head around with his right eyebrow raised.
"You can call me…The Rock!" He shouted. Instantly the spectators
went
wild. " And I'm gonna kick your roody poody candy ass." He shouted
pointing
at Blood Ax. " If you can smell… what the Rock… is cookin!"
" This is all your fault!" Wade said as she elbowed Arturo in
the ribs. "
Your the one who introduced him to professional wrestling on the last
world."
" It was my first time watching it, I thought it was amusing." Arturo
defended himself. " How was I suppose to know he'd like it so
much?" He
added.
" Blood Ax the destroyer, do you except the challenge made to
you by the
Rock?" Master McMahon asked. Blood Ax gladly excepted the challenge.
"Then
by the power invested in me, gentlemen…let the games begin." Master
McMahon
shouted in to his loud speaker. Blood Ax wasted no time raising
his battle
ax to make the first strike. With a minimum of fuss Darth Caine
dodged the
slow clumsy attempt made by the gladiator. The ax sunk inches in to
the dirt
surface of the ground. With his lighting reflexes Darth Caine
drew his
light saber. The green beam swiftly cut in half the battle ax.
Darth Caine
placed the Jedi's weapon back to it's resting place on his belt.
The crowed
ooohh'd and ahhed at the display.
"No weapons." Darth Caine said to Blood Ax. In an angry rage
Blood Ax
charged him. Darth Caine jumped straight up into the air and
kicked Blood
Ax across the face. The powerful gladiator flinched at the attack.
The
kick was not enough to stop him. He grabbed Darth Caine around
the waist
and tackled him. Repeatedly he began to punch Darth Caine in
the head.
Using the dark side of the force Darth Caine smacked Blood Ax across
the
face. It looked as if it were a love tap, but it was so much
more. The
power was like getting smacked in the face with a bag of bricks.
Blood Ax's
body went flying back. He landed face down on the ground. A combination
of
saliva and blood came spitting out of his mouth. Darth Caine
was now in a
foul mood. But he knew he had to keep that in check so he would
not alert
Arturo and Wade of his real identity.
Blood Ax slowly got to his feet spitting out some of his teeth.
Causally
Darth Caine got to his feet gently brushing himself off.
Arturo glanced
down at the timer, he looked back up to watch the fight. Darth
Caine and
Blood Ax were exchanging blow for blow. Quickly Arturo did a
double take at
the timer. 32 seconds until the slide.
"Good God!" He shouted. He then looked back up in horror to the
fight.
Darth Caine was beating the life out of Blood Ax. It would be
much easier
for a ticking bomb not to go off then for a Sith Lord to keep his temper
in
check. Wade also watched on in horror. How could Xander
be doing such
things she asked her self. This was nothing like him. "
Xander stop!"
Arturo shouted. Darth Caine stopped and looked over to Arturo.
You could
see the fiery burring rage in the Sith Lord's eyes. Blood Ax
lay on the
ground bloody, broken and choking on his own blood. This had
been the first
time Wade had ever seen one man beat another so fiercely. The
spectators
cheered on Darth Caine, it had been the greatest ass kicking
they had ever
seen. Darth Caine held out his arms to embrace the chanting of
his name.
Of course they where chanting the name he had given them. "Enough
Xander!
Where leaving." Arturo barked. He activated the vortex.
Wade was the first to leave. Arturo watched Darth Caine.
And Darth Caine
watched Arturo. Arturo knew something was wrong, but he
had no idea what
the truth was. Arturo turned and jumped in to the vortex.
Now that both
sliders were gone Darth Caine had no reason to spare the life of Blood
Ax.
He picked up the bloody gladiator by his long hair and then rapped
his arm
around his next. The loud cracking sound silenced the spectators.
Blood Ax
dead body hit the ground with a loud thud.
" Never, never again challenge the Gods!" Darth Caine said seconds
before
diving into the vortex. The large vortex then closed behind him.
The
spectators watched on in silence. Master McMahon stood up from
his thrown.
He held up both of his arms.
"Hail the Rock!, the supreme power of the universe!" He began to chant
it
over and over. The crowed joined in. Darth Caine had left
his unholy
impact on this world.
The next world…
Darth Caine had just arrived. Arturo wasted no time getting in
to Darth
Caine's face.
" What the hell is wrong with you man!" He demanded an answer.
Darth Caine
struggled holding back the erg of killing Arturo on the spot.
He closed
his eyes and tried to focus.
"I don't know?" He answered. " It was something about that world."
He
began to lie. "It was like all I was picking up hostility and
my mind
couldn't handle it."He went on lying. Arturo listened as did Wade.
"It
was like my mind was linking with the crowed. It is my theory
that they are
a highly mental race and me with my telekinetic ability had just honed
in on
that." He finished.
"What?" Wade yelled in disbelief.
"Of course, it makes perfect sense." Arturo lied. He gave Wade a suddele
look. " Don't you see Miss Wells it was known that the Romans
did have
great mental ability." Arturo explained. Wade knew this to be
a lie. And
with Darth Caine's lack of past knowledge of earth he played along
as if it
were true.
"Oh, I had forgotten about that." She lied. Darth Caine was no
fool, he
knew they were both lying, but he still had to play along. Just
until they
found Quinn and Rembrant, then the game would be over.
Elsewhere…
Xander stared at the ceiling of his cell. It was a way to pass
time while
he contemplated his escape. It was out of character for a Jedi
not to be
meditating in such a situation, but then again he wanted to throw off
the
Kromaggs as much as possible. Bennish sat across the hall in
his cell
singing Henry the 8th, over and over. This annoyed the viewing
Kromaggs.
That was Bennish's intention.
"Hey Bennish." Xander called out.
"Yep." He answered.
"Have you ever seen Star Wars?" Xander asked. Bennish sat up
in disbelief.
"Who hasn't!" He replied. With a little embarrassment Xander
answered.
" Well I haven't. Will you tell me about it?" He asked.
"You want the long version, or the short one?" Bennish asked.
"Well we seem to have plenty of time."
"O.K. O.K., it starts off like this…A long time ago, in a galaxy far,
far
away…" Bennish went on.
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