The GOOL Story Part 4

*Tarold and the gang are worried about the spy they believe to be in Jagura and feeding information to GOOL. They decide to try and funnel him out from the people in the city. They create a test that all the citizens have to answer to test their allegiance to their city. The test was just about basic information such as date of birth, but the gang also included a secret question at the end that the citizens won’t be aware of until they are asked it.*

*The gang sets up six questioning stations to speed up the testing process. But they begin to feel discouraged after several hours of constant testing with no promising results, but Tarold urges them all to keep it up until they find their culprit.*

*After even more time, someone named Politel Igrufent is ushered into Moose’s station. Moose asks him the regular questions and everything goes just like how it did for all the other people. Moose then says he has one more question to ask. He warns that if he answers it incorrectly, his mother will suffer an early death. Moose asks him where his allegiance lies.*

*Politel begins squirming around, sweating and stuttering. He asks for him to repeat the question. Moose does, which only seemed to make him more nervous. His behavior makes Moose suspicious since none of the other people he tested acted this way. Politel finally answers that his allegiance is to Jagura. But what Politel doesn’t know is that there is a hidden lie detector installed that shows Moose that he lied. Moose proceeds to hit a silent alarm.*

*Moose thanks him for his time and says the guards will escort him out. Politel is led out the room by the guards, but not towards the exit like everyone else was, but into an elevator. Politel asks why he’s being taken into an elevator if they’re on the ground floor, to which Moose says he has a few more regulations for him to go through. They enter a room with the whole gang awaiting them. Politel is seated down and suddenly through the seat come bonds that secure him in place. Politel begins panicking and demands they let him out.*

*Tarold comes forward and says they’re going to play a game. Tarold will ask him a question and every time he answers it incorrectly, he will be given an electric shock. Every succeeding shock will be more severe than the last.*

*Tarold asks him if he is a member of GOOL. Politel says he doesn’t know who that is and remains firm that he is loyal to Jagura and to them. Charlie flips a switch and Politel is given an electric shock. Tarold asks him the question again, but Politel asserts that he isn’t loyal to this so-called “GOOL” and calls them all crazy. Charlie selects the next setting on the chair and delivers another shock.*

*They eventually get to the fourth setting; Politel looks really tired and his skin is smoking. Tarold says they should try something. He claims the sixth setting was never before tested on people, only on animals, which all ended up dead. He says they should skip to that setting and test to see if a person can survive that shock. Finally, Politel quickly says he gives in and that he is indeed loyal to GOOL. He pleads with them to spare him, saying he has a wife and kids and he only took the job to keep them safe. He says his allegiance is now 100% towards them, towards Jagura, and to all the elf nations, as long as they let him live.*

*Tarold smiles and says that they’re now making progress. He asks Politel how he found out about their plans to leave the city. He says it was easy; he got a job as a janitor in the building and would always make sure to be cleaning around their room when they had meetings. No one ever suspected.*

*Tarold then asks him where GOOL’s secret layer is. Politel says they are located in Mount Boondarra. Tarold asks if they went back to the old cave elf capital, but Politel says no. GOOL made their territory deeper into the mountain, where no elf had ever gone before. They are located where the demons were locked up by Selenthad thousands of years ago. The gang get shivers sent down their spines.*

*They thank Politel for his services and release him from the chair, but before they let him go, they put a collar around his ankle that they say records his location at all times. If he steps foot outside the city, he will be given that level six electric shock he was so afraid of. They will be keeping close watch on him for a while to make sure his allegiance to them is true. He understands and leaves.*

*The gang then plans a trip to Mount Boondarra to finally confront GOOL head on. Tarold brings Akanth’s Blade with him, claiming there’s no greater weapon they could use against their enemies. They decide to go in a small party instead of launching a full-scale invasion, since they do not yet know what kind of defenses GOOL has to prevent such attacks and they’ll be much less likely to attract attention. Tarold and the gang are dropped off by helicopter near Mount Boondarra and start their walk to the entrance.*

*While on their walk, the gang suddenly gets ambushed by a giant moth-like creature capable of shooting a purple and sticky slime and firing spikes from its wings. They take it down, but Tarold was impaled by a spike and is slowly dying before his friends’ eyes.*

*They began to panic on how to save him and almost lose hope, until Shawn steps forward. He says that as a soldier in the cave elf army, he had to learn rudimentary medical skills in case of a soldier being injured in battle. It takes almost a half hour, but Shawn finally finishes his work and Tarold seems to be relatively okay. Tarold finishes the rest of the work by healing himself with his own delharia. Tarold heavily thanks Shawn for saving him and says he now owes Shawn a life debt. Saying that causes Shawn to look very troubled and nervous.*

*They continue on their trek and make their way to the entrance, which Wilbur blows open. They make their way through the same tunnel they walked through a year ago and at the end find themselves in a completely abandoned city. Tarold and his friends are amazed at how dark and desolate it looks now, compared to the vibrant life the city had not long ago. They make their way through the city toward the capital building. Along the way, a patrol car comes by, forcing the gang to quickly hide. They see GOOL agents inside, concluding that Politel was telling the truth before.*

*Once they get to the capital building, Tarold gazes upon the vast hole that once housed the thousands of demons they eradicated, now only containing seemingly unending darkness. They get a rope and each make their way down the deep hole and start walking through the cave. They find themselves in a network of tunnels with a strange, almost alien atmosphere inside.*

*Eventually, the tunnel around them starts looking manmade and they find themselves in GOOL’s lair. They continue walking, waiting to find something, until they are spotted by two GOOL agents. The agents immediately run away and the gang pursues them. The agents stop at the entrance to a room and when the gang catches up to them, dozens of GOOL Sentinels, the highest ranking in GOOL’s army, drop down from the ceiling and completely surround them. The gang then realizes GOOL knew they were coming and had a whole trap set for them.*

*Charles, Butch and Samurai then appear. Charles says they arrived at the perfect time, for they were just about to start the resurrection of their great leader. Tarold and the gang are stunned to see Charles there and are brought forth into the room. They see the five God Relics are set up together to form a full set of armor. Charles commences some form of ritual and chants in a language they can’t understand. The sentinels and even Butch join in. As they chant, the relics grow a deep purplish-black and emit a dark aura. When they finish, Charles turns back towards Tarold and says he’ll be taking the last of the relics from him now.*

*Tarold tries to reason with Charles, saying how if he brings back Gaivinore, the world will fall into a state of depression and hopelessness; Gaivinore doesn’t care about him or anyone else, only about spreading his evil and enslaving everyone. Charles, of course, doesn’t listen and says that Tarold and his friends are too ignorant and naïve to understand how Gaivinore will finally bring peace, freedom, justice and security back to their world.*

*Tarold gets mad and takes out Akanth’s Blade. He says that if Charles wants it, he’ll have to take it from his corpse. The many sentinels start to come forward, but Charles stops them. He says that the best way to prove their worth to their leader before he enters their world is to beat their opponents in a fair fight. A fight ensues between the gang against some sentinels, Butch, Samurai, and Charles. Charles proves to be a worthy opponent, with exceptional use of his powerful blade, which he dubbed “Alamancer”: Knight’s Valor.*

*In their battle, Charles tries to take Akanth’s Blade back from Tarold, but after a struggle it ends up in the hands of Shawn. Tarold tells Shawn to throw it to him, but Charles says that Shawn should give it to him. He says that if Shawn helps them bring back Gaivinore, Gaivinore will gift him with more power than he could ever dream of having. He’ll be able to attain the respect and reputation he wants, and so much more. He’ll be written down in the history books and praised long after he’s gone. As Shawn looks back and forth from Charles to Tarold, his head begins to hurt.*

*After a moment, he finally makes up his mind. He throws the blade straight forward. Not to Tarold or Charles, but to the pedestal with the 5 God Relics. As soon as it touches the armor, Akanth’s Blade goes from a pearlescent white to an unholy black.*

*Charles screams in victory. Tarold screams at Shawn and asks how he could betray them like that. Shawn says that his goal is to become the most powerful and respected man in the world. He realized that the only way he can accomplish that goal is by learning the unlimited powers that Gaivinore possesses. Tarold looks purely and utterly stunned and Shawn looks very ashamed.*

*The armor and blade begin to erupt in black energy and a shape begins to take form inside the relics. Tarold and his friends can do nothing but watch. Eventually, the armor quiets down and inside there is a being of pure darkness. It rises and asks what summoned him. Charles comes forward on his knees and says it was him. He and his followers were the ones who resurrected him from the dead.*

*Dark Emperor Gaivinore, his new form of pure darkness, looks grateful and says he and all his men will be rewarded handsomely. Charles thanks his lord for his kindness. Gaivinore than proceeds to emit a black mist from his hand that covers every GOOL agent in the room, including Charles, Butch, Samurai, and even Shawn. The mist also appears to leave the room and travel around the entire facility. They all shriek in agony as it surrounds them. After a couple of seconds, the mist leaves them and they look truly horrifying.*

*Ever GOOL agent in the base now has purple skin, horns and black, angel-like, wings. They tried testing out their delharia and noticed it was colorless. Gaivinore has gifted them with his power and turned them all into demon-human hybrids, fallen angels. All the GOOL agents looked at their new forms with awe and Butch looks particularly excited from his new appearance and abilities. He says that he can feel the power of the demons in him; before he only possessed some of their power, but now he feels so much more complete. Charles thanks Gaivinore for his gift to them.*

*Gaivinore says that they have much work to do if they wish to create the new world order they dream of. He says they will have to take back their land from the vile elves, and he knows exactly where to start. Charles then asks what they will do with Tarold and his friends, who up to this point have been watching everything in silence. Gaivinore says he had almost forgotten about them. He says to suck them dry.*

*All the fallen angels then turn on Tarold and his friends and use their colorless delharia to siphon away their energy. Gaivinore says the new world is upon them, and shoots through the roof, flying all the way to the top of the mountain. He is followed by his minions and they all fly away, leaving Tarold and his friends on the brink of death.*

*Tarold and his friends lie in the room alone, feeling weaker than ever, and are to drained to move. Tarold especially looks discouraged because of Shawn’s betrayal. Charlie asks him what they’ll do now, and Tarold says nothing. He says he’s done trying to save the world; what’s the point of trying to help people if those that are closest to you end up stabbing you in the back. Moose tells him how he can’t just give up; there’s millions of innocent people out there that are now in mortal danger. If they do nothing, the world will be thrust into darkness and Gaivinore, with his new superpowered army, will destroy everything.*

*Moose asks Tarold what he did every time Butch bullied him in high school. He never dropped down and quit, he stood tall and went to his friends for comfort and support. He says that is what he has to do now. They must stand tall and work together to save the world. Tarold looks at Moose and with newfound motivation says he’s right, they can’t just give up. However, he says they’re still stuck there with no chance of getting out on their own. Moose then says not to worry, he has a contingency plan.*

*Moose takes out a device and presses a button, sending out a signal. Moose says now they just have to wait for help to arrive. After what seemed like forever, with barely any hope to stay alive from, Jerry, their old friend, arrives. Tarold and his friends are surprised to see him of all people. Jerry said that Moose came to him and asked him to walk by the area so he can quickly come to their aid if they get in trouble. Tarold commends Moose for his planning and good thinking.*

*Jerry hands out food to all of them and after some time they are somewhat revitalized. They then realize that Gaivinore and his fallen angels could be terrorizing the world as they speak and quickly start leaving. They all quickly get out of the room, then GOOL Headquarters, then the demon tunnels, and finally Mount Boondarra.*

*When they finally have a view of the sky, they all freeze and stand still in terror. They see that Gaivinore led the fallen angels to Washongol and are swarming above the tallest building, looking ready to attack at any moment.*