Michael was asleep, but it wasn't as cheerful like the others. He was in the woods, not the everfree forest. All of the leaves on the trees were gone and the humidity was very high. A swamp maybe?
"Shit, where am I?" Michael said
"You're in your grave." Kartaborous said walking out of the shadows
"What? I thought you only show up when I need to regenerate my cells!"
"You really think that? Hehehe, you really are an ignorant fool."
"What can you do? I'm just in a dream and I can do anything, can't I?"
"Not here"
"What?"
"You are indeed asleep, but your soul is vulnerable, it isn't protected here. You were lucky those 6 accidentally woke you up."
Michael turned around and started running to anywhere he could go, kartaborous didn't run, he walked towards him leaving a a trail of death behind him, killing the plants around him. Michael turned back around and started running again, but as he was running, something blocked his path. It looked like a huge rock, but it bolted out of the ground just a few seconds ago. Michael started to run another way, but another rock shot out of the ground. He knew it would keep happening, so he jumped towards a tree pushed up with his foot and grabbed the top of the rock and climbed over. He started running again, but he was still afraid what kartaborous will do to him.
"You're not getting away that easily." Kartaborous' voice echoed through the forest.
Tree branches started moving and stretching blocking my path, when he tries to climb over, more branches grow out from the trees. He had to be quick, he sprinted towards and opening from the branches and slid just in time to pass the branches.
"Aren't you arrogant? My little friends will have fun with you." Kartaborous said
Some skeletons came crawling out of the ground, getting to their feet. "Well, isn't this just a little cliche?" Michael said. His arrogant smile turned into frown once a skeleton slashed at him. Michael threw a punch at the skull, but it literally went right through it. "Shit!"
"RAAAAAAAGH!!!" The skeleton screamed.
'Probably the leader. it had leather chest plate, and a... SHIT A SWORD!!' Michael screamed in his mind.
The skeleton swung at him, but only getting a cut on his right arm.
"This isn't going to be fun at all." Michael said
With that comment, there was something lurking in the forest. Galloping as he ran, he recognized who it was fairly quickly. "Princess Luna?!"
"We see that thou is having trouble with thine dream, we are here to help." Luna said
"Ah, the princess of the night is here to help this puny creature. I hope you have fun, because it's going to be a long night." Kartaborous ends with an evil laugh.
"What does thou know about this creature?" Luna said
"Enough to know if we don't get out now, we're going to die." Michael said.
"What a touching moment" Kartaborous says
"Why are you doing this to me?! What the hell do you want to accomplish?"
"The host's mind and soul can't control anything without its exoskeleton."
"What? What does that mean?"
"GRAHHHHHH" screamed the skeleton leader marching towards them.
"RUN!!" Michael yelled.
Luna and Michael started sprinting towards wherever they might be going. They've been running for about 3 minutes and it was quiet, which made Michael even more worried. It wasn't long for Luna's left hind leg to get grabbed by a vine with huge thorns on it.
"Luna!" Michael yelled. He ran back and started tugging on the vines, nothing. Luna's horn glowed and she appeared behind Michael. "Oh...right."
"GRAHHHH!!!" The skeleton screamed. Bringing it's sword down, only hitting Michael's shoulder as Michael tried to get out of the way, it was bleeding pretty bad.
Luna 's horn glowed and she blasted the skeleton. "Where is this being?" Luna asked about Kartaborous.
"I don't know...hey Kartaborous, if you're an unstoppable demon. Then why are you sending out these fuckers instead of fighting me yourself?" Michael said
"Hahaha, that is not wise." Kartaborous laughed
"Well come on, fight me you coward."
Kartaborous fazed the the ground and stood in front of Michael. Michael glared at him as Kartaborous had a toothy smile. Kartaborous stepped back a few steps and metal walls grew from the ground.
"If you want to fight me, find me at the end of this maze." Kartaborous said. A picture fazed through the wall showing Michael the top of the maze. As quickly as it appeared, it went away. "Memorize what you saw and don't worry about your friend, she is in her own situation." Kartaborous walked through the walls.
"FUCK!" Michael yelled. Michael looked around to see if he could find anything. As he was looking around, he stepped on something, he looked down and found a glock 19. "Fuck...one mag and only 15 bullets. Better use it when I really need it."
Michael walked around for what felt like hours...he can't wake up. He just realized he can't wake up, no matter what he does. Michael seemed to walk in the 200th dead end. He was frustrated, who knows how long he's been asleep in the real world. Michael took a right to find...a Minotaur, a possessed Minotaur. The Minotaur noticed him and Michael ran as fast as he could, not caring where he is going, as long as it's away from that thing. Unfortunately, Michael took another wrong turn, dead end. Michael turned around to see the Minotaur only a few feet from him. Michael fell back on his ass, then started to crawl backwards. Michael remembered about the glock and pulled it out of his pocket and took a shot. He missed, he hit the minotaur's horn, only making it more pissed off. As the Minotaur approached Michael, Michael held his breathe and kept a steady aim. Michael took the shot and killed it.
"13 rounds left...I hope the other creatures in this maze will be as easy as the Minotaur." Michael said getting back on his feet. "He said Luna is busy...I wonder how she is."
---Michael's dream: Luna---
"Now, if I was the core. Where would I be?" Luna said to herself. She has been searching for a few hours and she ran into more of those skeletons. She seemed to have to use more and more magic each skeleton she has to shoot. As that was happening, another wave of skeletons have appeared and ran out Luna.
Luna jumped to the side and gathered energy and took a shot at a skeleton, shattering it to pieces. "We've been using so much energy in so little time...any longer and we don't think we will make it."
---- Michael ----
Michael turns a corner after walking a few more minutes and sees a mirror maze. He looks behind him and all the walls have changed to mirrors. Michael looks back in front of him and sees kartaborous looking at him with a cocky grin.
Michael aimed his gun, but remembered that it only has a limited amount of bullets. He swung the the gun in his hand at the mirror, which broke. Michael took a step back, looking around, only seeing himself in all the mirrors. When he looked back at the mirror he just broke, it was fixed. "So I can't just brake my way through."
"No boy, you can not." Kartaborous said with a cocky tone. Michael turned around to see kartaborous smiling in every mirror. "You really think I'd let you finish the maze so easily?" As he said that, all the mirrors got lifted up and came back down in a different arrangement. Michael clenched his fists ready to punch mirrors, but kartaborous disappeared from them with an evil chuckle.
"Fuck!" Michael yelled in the air. With that he heard something moving across the ground behind him. Once her turned around, there was a giant snake, its head was as big as Michael's torso. Michael stood frozen in fear, until the snake took an attack position. As it pounced at him Michael jumped to the side and took a shot at the snake's head. The bullets bounced off like it had a bullet proof shell, it turned to him more pissed than anything. Michael took a few steps back and lifted his gun to the snake, hoping it will threaten it. The snake glared at Jackson and thrashed towards him. Michael just barely jumped out of the way and took a shot, with no results of any damage. The snaked once again thrashed at Michael, this time, cutting his arm from its fang. "GAH....damn reptile" Michael aimed the gun, but this time he aimed and shot for the eye.
With a hiss of pain, the snake slithered away from Michael, getting to safety. Michael sighed in relief as he slid down the wall and sits on the ground. "Motherfucker....." Michael looked around to see that he isn't in a maze anymore, just a small box of wood. "No....damn it! Let me out of here!" Michael yelled as he started
kicking the walls of the box.
"I've been in your mind Michael.....I know you're claustrophobic, I hope you have fun." As Kartaborous said "fun", his voice faded away.
"Fuck!" Michael said as he starts kicking with all his strength