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The Fallen Temple
Written By: AL The Vykker
Prologue
It has been ten years since the destruction of Rupture Farms 1027 and it has become an ancient stronghold for a subclass of the Octiga Family. (GLukkon Family fits in this category.) This group does not wear the casual suits of the land dwellers and are controlled by an unknown menace know one has ever seen. The Mudokon Chiefs have yet to send anyone to investigate what could be lurking in the shadows. But one Brave Mudokon Village Named Zarcyn is willing to send on their bravest Soul Jerec.
Chapter 1 more than Hunting
"Wake up!!!" Jerec yelled to the sleeping Mudokon. "What? Jerec Your up already,"Shiki said. "Yeah, I couldnt sleep. I had the strangest dream I was by myself traveling through the woods searching for something." Jerec responded. "Well anyhow we need to get ready for our hunting trip." Shiki said. "Oh my ODD I almost forgot about that Shiki, just let me get a new Loincloth on and I'll be ready." Jerec replied. Jerec went into his crate and found a brand new pair of his favorite loin clothes and changed out of his other pair. "Ah, much better," Jerec said relieved as he changed. He swung down the vine out of his tree house and joined his best friend Shiki with their two elums. They saddled up and headed for the main gate of the village. The village of Zarcyn has many tree houses in which the mudokons climb up to. The two reached the main gate and were let past and headed into the woods.
"Man I am glad to get some fresh air," Shiki said, as he smelled the wild berries. "Its hard to believe we are actually hunting by ourselves. I mean were finally fifteen and aloud to go by our selves now." They continued until they came to a stream. "Looks like our elums are getting thirsty, we should stop and get them some water," Shiki said. The two stopped and set up a camp while the two elums drank from the stream. "So you brought your lucky spear Jer?" Shiki inquired. "Why wouldn't I Shiki? You know I never miss anything with this baby." The two silently waited for an animal to come along. Shiki had his bow ready, as did Jerec with his spear. Then they heard a noise. "What could that be?" Shiki asked silently. Then Shiki fired his bow and scored a hit but to his surprise it was a rat.
Meanwhile, back in the village the elders were discussing the issue of strange animal and Mudokon disappearances in the area and inside the forbidden sector.
Chapter 2 Why Me?
" Man, I'm so tired from hunting allday!" Jerec said as he yawned.
"Be quiet just because you got a paramite, and I got a rat you shouldn't brag!" Shiki said irritated.
" Its not my fault that you didn't wait for a good catch," Jerec replied.
"Yeah but you have your Slypth(Name of Spear)that never misses Jerec!"
The two got ready to sleep in thier reed sleeping bags. That night, Jerec had the same dream of him searching for something but the dream continued, and Jerec looked over the clearing to see a Glukkon transit station. He woke up, Shiki was still asleep though. He decided he would not tell Shiki about the dream again, and with that in mind he went back to sleep. The sun rose and gave birth to a beautiful Oddworld sunrise.
" Ah, how did you sleep?" Shiki inquired.
" Fine," Jerec replied.
"Well we better get back to the village." Shiki said.
The two friends saddled up thier elums got some water and headed back to the village of Zarcyn. It took some time to return but the guard welcomed them back and said that the council is waiting to talk with Jerec.
Jerec enters the council chambers while Shiki
waits outside. The room is very damp and misty, only one torch is lit. Jerec felt very errie and looked around for the the tribal elders.
"Stay there young Jerec," the tribal chief said as he appeared from the shadows. " We have been expecting you," the other elders said.
" Wha, what do you want from me?" Jerec asked in a frightened voice.
"You have been selected to go to the forbidden sector," the chief said.
" What is the forbidden sector, and why do you want me to go?" Jerec inquired.
"Because you are our bravest and strongest
Mudokon in the village." "We also have no word from any other villages that will send thier best to the zone," the chief said with as much toloerence as possible. " You my young friend must get some sleep." The chief said tiredly.
So with that in Jerec's head he headed to his tree house, and waved good bye to shiki who was heading for his home. Jerec climbed the side of the tree and started to get ready for bed. He took off his loincloth, making sure no one was around,being that no one was in the tree put a fresh pair on the floor for tommorow, and slipped into his grass bed and pulled over the fur covers.
Chapter 3 the journey.
"You will need it to destroy him with it!" "But I don't understand!"
" All will be revealeded soon my so..."
Jerec woke up sweating. Then he relized he needed to get his loincloth on, and get going early. So he put it on and slid down the tree with his Slypth. And prepared to make a run for the main gate. He was given instructions not to talk to anyone on his way out, not even the guards. Jerec sneaked into the shadows and climbed the fence, his elum would not be joining him. Outiside it was still twilight, and Jerec began to think about his dream. The voice had seemed so familiar but he could not put his hand on it. He continued as the animals were out. A lone paramite hissed at the moon while a scrab howled in the distance. All Jerec could remember was that the forrbidden zone, was that the village elders often mentioned that a mudokon named Abe had liberated his brothers from this place where he used to wax the floors. Jerec was already miles away from his village as day broke.
He went to the river to fetch some water. Jerec splashed the water on his face and cooled off it was a warm oddworldian day. He then continued his journey and found a natural hot spring. He decided since no one was around he would take a dip. He removed his loincloth and jumped into the water. It was very relaxing, his tribe beleived the hot springs were a natural revitalizer. He spent a half an hour just relaxing then put his loincloth back on and continued.
He reached a mudokon outpost that seemed to abondened. The tower was in disrepair and seemed not any slig or industrialist could have done this. Jerec entered to find a mudokon captain, half dead.
" Are yoou allright?" Jerec inquired.
" Octigi...." THe chief last words were.
Chapter Four Not your normal Glukkon
The Mudokon Captain was dead, but the words were not. Octigi? What the odd was an Octigi? All Jerec knew was that he had to look around for clues. He went inside the fort and found that the Mud out post was planning a cargo raid on a Slig convoy a half a mile north of their position, but he noticed in the reports the Slig Convoy never made the trip. Supposedly they were ambushed two miles farther North in a place called the Forbidden Zone.
The last journal entry talked about an unstoppable onslaught not by sligs, but by something much more disturbing. Octigi.
" They were unstoppapble they appeared to have a Glukkon shaped head but tentacles. All My men our almost dead or hiding in the trees. We will not survive long enough to even know what happened to us." The captains log ended.
Jerec was frightened of this new foe. What was he to do if they came back his Father's Spear would not protect him, nor hurt these Octigi. There was a noice in the shadows.
" What was that?" Jerec said to himself.
He through the spear forward quickly and heard a creature yelp in pain, as it left a trail of fresh blood behind. Jerec noticed on the ground was a bloddy tentacle. The Octigi had been watching him. Jerec decided he would head North to this Forbidden Zone and discover what these creatures want. Jerec slowly krept through the shadows into the now after noon air he would sleep until night fall. He climbed the tree and got comfortable. It would be a long walk ahead of him but he was up to the challenge.
Chapter Five The Forbidden Zone
Narrator: Our Brave hero has survived up to this point. He will need to heed warning of a great danger ahead. As he approaches the Flesh Farm.
Jerec descened the tree and headed north through the forests of Paramonia. THis would be the most dangerous part because of how many creatures are out at night. He snuck through the shadows and saw a squid like creature heading in the same direction.
Jerec noticed this was the same creature he had hit with his slypth, earlier. THe creature met up with two others, and went all in the North direction. Jerec froze as they looked where he was but they could not see him. Jerec was invisible.
When they kept going he knew what had happened.
" Dad?"
" Yes Jerec contin..."
" But?"
His father's ghost was in the spear but had now dissapeared. Jerec continued.
Twighlight was upon Oddworld and Jerec was still walking as day broke.
Jeec looked on the ground and saw a broken sign that read:
" Rupture Farms"
Chapter 6 Rupture Farms
Jerec had made it to the place his tribe elders had spoken of .
The ground was very unstable. he entered a area of clearing as he climbed the cliff side. He looked on one of the ledges and found another sign reading:
StockYards, please feel free to pet animals.
Note: we will not be responsible for mutilation of your body.
Jerec climbed the last ledge and stood up seeing what appeared to be a train station. All these things he was remembering, from stories that had been told around the ccamp fires in Zarcyn. THe train was rusted and stuck to the tracks. Graffiti covered what was once a shiny new train. Jerec entered the stockyards and felt deju vu like he had been here before.
Images flahed through his mind of running and leapeing as trying to escape from this place. It reminded Jerec of his father, the Cheif never would talk about how he had died, almost if he was hiding something. Jerec had only slight visions of what his father was like. He was named a hero and a savior. But disappeared when Jerec was only three.
Seeing this made him continue until he looked upon the land on a massive facility spanning for miles and miles. it was a meat proccessing plant, was the biggest on the whole planet. Now eroded and rusted dark and damp what was waitimg in this massive complex, in the dark hallways, of the slaughter house?
Well Jerec was about to find out.
He opened one of the pipes looked once more at the sky dark and polluted wondoring how big this place really was. The last thing he viewed was a paper reading: wanted Abe. Then he decended into the facility.
Chapter 7 Descent
Jerec made his way through the pipes in the dark. The pipes were musty smelling, not to mention the insides were eroded. He fell through a gap in one of the pipes and landed on a walkway.
he looked on the ground and a led sign was sparking, and was cracked all over. Jerec looked to the right of him and noticed hundereds, or thousands of unshipped meat barrels, all sstacked on top of eachother.
Jerec pondored on how many native animals were slaughtered
in order to make these snacks, and food products. He continued walking and found a skeleton of a mudokon with dried blood around it. It appeared that the mud was beaten to death. But Jerec also noticed something else, a body of a slig was mutilated in the corridor to the right.
Jerec then realized this must have been the Octigi, who did this. Jerec had another vision.
"Son, you must listen carefully I'm not really dead.. y.. mus... stop M...... before his plan succeeds......" I know this beacause your own chief did not want ... you to know who I really am...... Seek the light of truth and you will succeed."
Jerec wondored what this meant. Jerec entered the mess hall and saw the Octigi inside gathering bodies of Mudokons sligs and slogs. But what Jerec wondored was what was this for?
Chapter 8 RUNN
Jerec Watched as the Octigi piled the dead bodies one by one, they were being devoured. Jerec looked away in disgust. As he was backing up he banged his arm on the wall and the Octigi turned their heads.
" GYUOQDOOASPAPSFJJFA!"
" ITKLDSFSDFJFIEERWter!"
Jerec had one thought on his mind:
RUN!
Jerec sprinted in the other direction as a flood of Octigi were chasing him down the empty corridor. For once in his whole life he knew what real terror was. He leaped over a railing and was falling. he grabbed a ledge two floors lower, while th Octigi were above him for now. Jerec pulled himself up slowly.
" Oh my Odd!"
Jerec witnessed something truly horrifying. A mudokon was standing in front of him but was not normal. It was a zombie that leaped at him. Jerec ducked and the creature jumped over him. Luckily this new creature had no real brains. Another followed by the flood of Octigi caught up with him as he took his slypth from the case and stabbed one of the creatures through the chest.
He continued fending them off until he reached a service elevator.
His only chance left! He grabbed on and pulled the lever and was on his way up. One of the zombie muds grabbed on but jereckicked his head and he fell down while his head was smashed into pieces.
Jerec looked upwards not entirely knowing what was up there, he could only hope what it was......
Chapter 9 A light in the darkness
THe elevator conitnued upwards until it came to a halt. Jerec leaped across the small chasm and kept walking with his slypth in hand. His father was again speaking to him.
"You are very close...."
Jerec was now wondoring where this light of truth was. He entered a small chamber and found a dead slig lying next to a lever. The room appeared to be a prison cell with a meat grinder in the center. For some reason it felt like Jerec was here before.
He found something though, he looked at one of the walls that had been eroded so much that Jerec walked right through the opening. Inside he found a bird sitting right in front of him, but as he picked it up pain surged through his body and light enveloped him.
THe bird sent a wave of electricity onto his hands and burned two small tatoos on both of his hands. They showed two birds Identicle to eachother. Jerec began to Chant and a enormous light once again surrounde him but what he saw this time he could not even believe......
Chapter 10 Fate or Destiny?
Jerec could not believe what he was seeing, he remembered this vision as a child though it no longer was a vision.
" Hello Son... You have found the light of truth and with it you must walk the path of truth, in order to understand,"
" But dad I don't even know your name!"
" Do you think that is really what is important right now!"
" Well..."
" You might as well hear it form me now than having to wait years again, you see I am merely here in spirit form, to guide you.
It may be strange but I am far away exploring the other parts of Oddworld. So the Only way I can speak to you is when I meditate.
THe light of truth will help you on your way though to things that are invisible to the naked eye."
" Why are you exploring instead of staying here!"
" You see son I am the savior and chosen one of the Mudokon race, I have gathered three others My name of course Abe followed by Munch, and Sqeek who have been saviors of their own races, and we must find the fourth Nod. You see son are destiny's lie on differnt paths, but some day we will truly meet when the final hour has come. You must defeat the evil here then return to your village."
" But......"
" Your questions will be answered, good bye for now my son Jerec......"
With those words Jerec headed for the sub sections of Rupture Farms....
Chapter 11 The darkest depths
Jerec had the spark of hope that his father was right and that they would meet in the future at the end. Though the though was pondoring the end? When was the end?
Jerec had climbed down twenty levels, and was now in the complete darkness he new without light he could not see, that was just plain common sense. So he chanted, and light sprang into his own eyes, and he could see clearly
He walked forward but what he discovered was he was at the bottom of the whole facility. He had know idea what to do. He sat down instead and began to meditate. He saw that he was above his body floating in the air so he journeyed back up stairs. His body would be sheilded for his time away.
With that in mind he went searching for the archives room inside the administration office. Being that he was in spirit form he walked right through walls. Jerec then went by octigi, but they could not see him. He eventually about an hour later discovered the archives and began his search for the map. Rows of books with dead glukkons with there slig body guards stood motionless as their rotten bodies decayed.
Lucky for Jerec he could not even smell the horrible stench. After searching for some time he used his telepathy to raise a map of Rupture Farms. He continued back to his body, but something had gotten there first..........
Chapter 12 Stuck between Time and Space
Jerec was simply stunned the Octigi were dragging his body away and he could not reach it . Even stranger was that he could not even re enter his own body.
It was as if he was dead, and trapped in between time and space not really knowing what was going to happen next. Jerec was seeing visions of things that had heppened and things that had not.
One of those such visions showed him a large battle for something of great importance something like a pure organic creature of Oddworld but Jerec could not make out the creature.
He also saw a vision of someone traveling in the past hooded in a large and magnificant Oddworldian city thousands of years before where Mudokons once were the guadians of peace on the planet.
But Jerec was losing his battle with himself his identity was slipping from his grasp and he was forgetting everything. Fearing that all hope was lost he began to just let it come. But as he thought it was over, something truly amazing happened.
A large light sprang from thee darkness and a mudokon spirit took form he chanted and the Octigi ran off leaving Jerec's body behind life sprang back into Jerec and he floated back into his own body. He opened his eyes but the spirit was gone.
He knew he had to continue into the darkest depths of this facility, but what was truly behind this dark vibes Jerec was feeling was unknown.............
Chapter 13 into the Lair
Jerec headed forward and looked at the map he had retrieved. The factory was to only go down s far but Jerec found a new tunnel. It lead to an area that was not even on this map.
The tunnel was very misty and covered with a strange green substance that was very sticky and thick. Jerec tried not to look but he had to continue. The tunnel lead into a series of catocombs all tunneled underneath Rupture Farms spanning for miles.
Jerec could here the screaming of otheres being tortured. But he still continues through this maze. Jerec hid in the shadows as a group of Octigi followed by the zombie mudokons entered a large room.
Jerec followed seeing a large weapon, in which its purpose was unknown. The weapon was not completed but was being worked on. The octigi continued into another room but sealed the room behind them.
Jerec knew he had to do something but what he had his slypth with him. He continued but was stopped after being hit in the back of the head............
Chapter 14 Caught
Jerec awakened to a dim light hanging above his head. He was inside a cell in the catocombs. He was next to another mud who was all bruised and sore, lying on the floor like a wounded elum.
He looked all around but he seemed to be in the deepest parts of the catocombs.
" You must be knew here," said one of the muds.
" What is going on here," Jerec replied back.
" Well, we are now slaves of the Octigi we will be forced to work."
" Why?"
"because they are all evil!"
" Well I'm going to do something about it!"
Jerec silently chanted and went into a transe. He left the cell and looked around in spirit form he could detect the presence of other things. He rentered his body and walked through the wall behind him.
" I'll be back for you."
Jerec headed through the dark passage as quickly and silently as he could. He came back to the main room with the weapon. He headed also to the main chamber of the facility. He found his slypth and picked it up.
Jerec then entered the main audience chamber and saw Octigi with capes, surrounding a throne in which sat a Glukkon wearing a cape although no suit...........
Chapter 15 The Final Showdown
" Welcome Jerec I have been waiting for years to finally extract my revenge," the hooded Glukkon said.
" Who are you and how do you know my name?" Jerec inqired.
" Well lets just say I know your father."
" I want to savor this moment, Octigi release the Gloctigi Beast from containment!"
" HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH.............."
Jerec dropped into a pit below the viewing Octigi and the Gloctigi emerged. Jerec was simply gasping. The creature was five times the size of Jerec and alot meaner than those Octigi. The creature lept at him but Jerec dodged quickly. It through him against a wall. Jerec was now bleeding.
It came for another pass but Jerec took his slypth and stuck the spear through the Gloctigi's Chest. Not willing to die the Gloctigi began to get furious with Jerec and Pinned him against the wall. With time running out the GLoctigi was about to devour Jerec, but Jerec chanted and a wave of light shpt out.
This temporarley stunned the beast, and Jerec took the Slypth and stabbed the Gloctigi through the the head finally giving it the Mortal and deathly blow. The creature felll to the ground as the crimson blood flowed from its deep wounds.
Jerec klimbed back up to the main chamber and saw the Hooded glukkon threw his cigarrette on the ground and it lit the whole room filled with gas on fire. The glukkon stared coldyly with his dark red eyes as he escaped through the emergency exit. The doors closed behind him and Jerec looked forward........
Chapter 16 Wasn't I here before.....oh well escape
Jerec ran forward as he heard a voice saying that the factory was going to blow up in ten minutes. THe weapon that the GLukkon ordered built was now blowing up also . Mass confusion as the slaves were all running back to the surface.
Jerec began fighting the zombie muds and Octigi but he still wished he was out already. He saw his cell mate with the others running and climbing up.
Jerec continued and was making great time the factory was blowing up around him though.
" Five minutes"
Jerec was almost out he took the ventalation shaft up and was running away from the factory. A supernova type explosion ignited the morning sun as the Factory which was once Rupture Farms was finally laid to rest. It was finally over for Jerec and the slaves.
The Hooded Glukkon had failed for now but soon victory would be his............................
THE END
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