𝐙𝐚𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 - 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞

《31 ~ Strength from inside》

Narrator:
Sora held out her hand to her brother and a green ray of energy, like Skullivar, shot him. Zak immediately jumped to the side and she ran towards him. But before Sora could get close, Cece pushed her away. Skullivar attacked Zak, who parried the blow with the normal sword. Golden Bones took care of Crogar and Caramba.

"Sora, what's that about!", The Atlantian roared over to her friend. She stood up and her eyes looked at her. "You can't beat Master Skullivar!". At this sentence, she laughed something. Her brother truly shocked by Skullivar, Sora was no longer herself!

Zak Storm:
Skullivar squeezed Calabrass on my sword and I was pushed back a bit. "Calabrass, it's me Zak Storm!" "I don't know this name -... urgh ... Z ... ak? Zak!". "Calabrass, you have to fight him!". Skullivar's eyes darkened. "That's enough! Let's take care of the boy!" The eyes of the legendary sword became brighter for a moment and the eyes became dark as well. "Aye ... master". Calabrass!

Cece:
Sora hit me with her fists but I blocked her constantly. "Damn it all!!". Finally, I held both of her arms tight and pushed her against the wall. "Wake up, you are under Skullivar's control!". "I obey him so I can get home soon, that's all right!" She growled. "I don't know what he did to you ... but he's lying! You're Zak's sister! You're on our side! Skullivar is using you!"

"Liar". Sora grabbed my arm and hurled me at Crogar. I leaned to my feet and saw Bones standing in front of us and raising his hook. In a flash, I reached for my blaster and fired against his chest. "You lousy... !!". I shot at him again, my eyes falling to Zak, who was still busy with Skullivar.

Zak Storm:
"You won't get far, Storm." "We'll see, Greenface!". Skullivar laughed. "You are nothing without Calabrass. Thanks to his powers, you have mastered many things...". I jumped to one side and blocked another blow from him after a roll. "Without your friends, your sword and especially your sister you are nothing!". Shut up!!

Sora suddenly came from the side and knocked me to the ground, my sword flew away. "Alone you are weak and afraid, and that is your weakness: fighting the danger alone!". Shaking my head, I propped myself up with both arms and looked desperately at Sora. Even if she wasn't to blame, I had to bring her to herself. "Sora... that's not how I know my sister, that's the wrong way!"

Sora Storm:
My eyes darkened. Just as Zak rebellion, I rushed to him and missed him a light slap in the face. "That's the way to go! You should have to surrender to Skullivar! Right from the beginning!".

"And betrayed everyone, only to come home? No, Sora, you are not yourself!". "Shut up!" I bellowed and pulled out again, but Zak grabbed my fist and kicked me in the stomach with my knees where I slumped to the floor. "Do you want to look to Mom and Dad in their eyes as traitor? Do you really want to do this to them ?!" I squinted my eyes.

"Do you really want to do this to them?"

My head rose slightly, I still felt empty in the body, tied to the chains. The picture where Zak stood in front of me and said this fight was in front of me. Beside it stood Skullivar, amused by what had happened, beside him the small green grid ball where my memories were.

"Just how poor your big brother is trying to save you," he laughed and my head dropped again. Skullivar came up to me, put his hands under my chin and pulled him back up, his eyes met mine. Tears ran down my face. "You don't need to cry, young Storm, You should have known from the beginning that everything will end like this."

Mom... Dad... Zak...

Skullivar just grinned and turned away from me. It was really my fault that Zak and the others now had to fight against Skullivar. That Calabrass was in Skullivar's hands... I was under his control... just a weak little girl ...

But then I remembered an old proverb of Dad: Strength is not the power of body, strength comes from the heart!

Again, I jerked my head up and pulled hard on the chains. "The chains aren't so easy to break". I ignored Skullivar and moved on. The chains began to crumble.

"This is my body!! Get out of my head!!"

The chains turned black, got severe cracks. I felt pain as Skullivar tried to tame me, but this time I showed no weakness. I was able to free my left arm and shot a magic ray at the cage where my memories were.

He shattered and then everything became bright...