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Chapter 51
By AlphawelTallX
After what seemed like hours of endless walking, Rangarion stopped to rest. Although he was traveling in his astral form and not his physical self, he was plagued by a strange fatigue. He sensed a strange presence near him. Rangarion immedeately stood up.
"Who's there?" he yelled
Rangarion was being followed by a pack of strange creatures, the likes of which he had never seen before. The creatures were hideous, misshapen arachnids with hard, chitinous shells. Their two forelegs each ended in a brutal barb, and their mouths were filled with fangs that dripped with an oozing green liquid, which was most likely venomous.
Extremeley tired and weak, Rangarion was at the mercy of the creatures. He could not summon the ether necessary to do away with the threat. All seemed hopeless and just as he was about to run away, he found himself surrounded on both sides. On one side were these hideous arachnids and on the other was a horde of deformed humaniods. The creatures were only vaguely humaniod with gray, pearly skin and hairless, muscular bodies of no apparent gender. Their eyes were empty and milky white, deeply set into their long, distorted skull. With a hideous cry the arachnids and the humanoids quickly closed in, not on Rangarion but on each other. The creatures were engaged in a horrible blood bath. Rangarion managed to put some distance between him and the hellish conflict.
As he made his way as far as he possibly could from the attack, Ran was approached by a luminous being. It could be described as looking like an angel. The being appeared to be female. It had a pair of feathered wings, golden skin, amber eyes, and fair hair. The slender "angel" approached Rangarion and in a soft soothing voice said:
"Rangarion, we have been expecting you, come with us"
"Who are you?" asked Rangarion
"We are, ..... Existence" the being replied
The being which reffered to itself as "Existence" took Ran by the hand and led him away from the dark and dismal place. They floated effortlessly toward a piercing green light.
Before he knew it, Rangarion was in the "Ethereal Plain" and the being which guided him vanished. Unlike the "Lower Astral Plain" the "Ethereal Plain" was not composed of physical matter. Even Rangarion himself no longer looked like himself, instead he saw himself as an orb of white light. "The Etheal Plain" was the place where ether, matter, and thought merged and were one and the same. As soon as Rangarion arrived his mind was flooded with a kaleidoscope of voices, thoughts, and images. It took him a while to make sense of it all. It was like a library of information. With a hightened awareness, Rangarion became aware of the situation in Central District. Everything was clear to him. Everything! The danger which Kuri, Cisia, the planetary mind or "Existence" faced. He also became aware of the Izumi in orbit and the visitor from the vessel. Rangarion was disturbed, and just when he thought he had seen it all, his mind was again flooded with images, thoughts, and emotions. He felt the same presence he had sensed during the storm, it was Dalasius. Rangarion knew Dalasius was not present with him in "The Ethereal Plain", still he felt as if he was watching him, lurking in the shadows somewhere. Without a second thought Rangarion began to chant the very same words which had began his astral voyage, sending him back to the physical world..... back to his body.
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