Beach Vacey [On Hold]

Act 1 Scene 1 I55I Part 2

If I choose not to die? If I choose not to die... If I choose to "live"... I have to submit to Shadow either way... Either way I have to give Dark up to Shadow? All this because... Vaati, a psychopath with no means of reason, has decided that I must die because out of defense... I wounded him?

My brows scrunched, pained. The feeling of my emptiness only seeming to broaden into a black hole of indecisiveness. "What...?" I mouthed as my hands raised to my head, running through my bangs to comfort me in this predicament. Offer Dark up because you... You're worried... because he has access to these "powers" that can ultimately destroy the world? What are the means to this, anyway? He couldn't. He couldn't possibly destroy an "entire world". What sort of power with actual common ground is capable of... Why?! Why would Dark be able to do such a thing?! What would...

"What?! What are you guys talking about?!" Zelda scoffed. "Vaati? Dark? Link... What? The end of the world? That's absurd!" She shook my arm, desperately. "What?! What's going on?! Can you explain, Shadow? None of this makes ANY sense!" I could hear her panicking through my swollen cloud of anxiety, begging me to get out of my mood and speak.

Shadow's voice lingered with a sigh. "Sure. I can explain." I watched his hand fall to the crystal ashtray and tap the small crisps of the burnt tobacco into it, immediately crushing the cigarette into a deformed shape with its black dust and all. "First, you need to understand that Dark has these powers... even though, you may have never noticed. I am unsure why Dark rarely uses these powers, but... I'm quite sure Link has seen it before... A few times, actually."

"W-Well... Link's told me before... that..." Hesitation, but words drew back out. "Dark can... manipulate portals. That's what I'm somewhat struggling at grasping, exactly... but..."

Shadow drew forward. "Yes. Yes, Dark can manipulate portals... But, these are very unique portals, if I do say so myself..." He collected his breath. "See..." He sighed of frustration. "Portals are... well, there are two types of portals: a portal that can take one through walls and ceilings, and a... very special portal that, well, in simple terms, I guess, has a special connection to dimensions, allowing the user to quite literally enter other dimensions."

Quite literally another dimension: meaning another world, right? I rolled my eyes to Zelda's hand that held my own.

"So..." Zelda's voice stirred. "Dark can manipulate... this special portal? You're saying that he can just... vanish... and enter another... dimension or..." She didn't understand her words one bit. Her mouth and ears weren't connecting with what she knew—this was foreign to her. Although, I'm not sure what to say about myself either.

"Yes and no..." Shadow answered, grumbling. "Dark..." He released an exhausted sigh. "Even though it depends on the user on what ability out of the two types of portals they can use—typically only one is available—Dark is capable of using both."

Asking more: "How does it depend on the..."

Shadow interrupted. "By how powerful the magic user is... Everyone's born different. Everyone is born with their own strengths and weaknesses, but, usually... you don't find someone with two-part abilities. It is rare to find someone with two-part abilities unless... Well... the user goes on their own line to receive; although, even if they receive it's still incredibly unlikely."

"So... what would Dark have to do to... receive? How is it possible that he has, uh... a 'two-part ability'?"

Shadow's eyes narrowed. "Well..."