Protector of Argi Episode 02: Pilot Part 2

*A man wearing a large cape is sitting in a thrown. A monkey walks over to him. "Itzal, do you have an update for me?" The man asks. "Itzal does have update for Diomedes! Itzal found out that flying sheep with boy was seen leaving village we invading!" Itzal the monkey says. "What? Repeat that!" Diomedes says. "Itzal does have update for Diomedes! Itzal found out that flying sheep with boy was seen leaving village we invading!" Itzal says. "I didn't mean literally repeat it you ape! Very intriguing, a flying sheep... how absurd." Diomedes says.

*Aleta is sitting at the table as Justine brings her tea. "Drink this, it'll help you relax." Justine says. "I don't need to relax." Aleta says. "Yes you do, your shaking." Justine says. "I'm surprised you care, you don't even like me." Aleta says. "Maybe not, but we both care about Abner. The least we can do is put aside our differences until we know that he is going to be alright." Justine says. "That's very generous of you." Aleta says. "We're both mature human beings, or at least I am." Justine says. Aleta looks at her tea, and then has a vision.

"Abner, help me! Please! You are the only one who can stop this!" A young man yells as he is being dragged off by guards.

*Hello, earth to Aleta!" Justine says. Aleta snaps out of it. "What?" Aleta asks. "I asked you if you wanted more tea." Justine says. "Uh, no thank you." Aleta says. "Did you have another one of those psychic visions?" Justine asks. "Yeah, I did. Accept this one doesn't seem like it is for the future." Aleta says. "What do you mean?" Justine asks. "I think...I think I was having a vision of the past." Aleta says.

*Abner is flying on Kenji. They see a floating castle through the castle. "Found it! Straight ahead, boy!" Abner says. "Baaaaaa!" Kenji responds. They fly into the clouds.

*"A vision of the past? That's interesting, I thought you could only see the future?" Justine asks. "Well, this isn't the first time I've had a vision of the past. But I've learned from my experience that when I have a vision of the past, that usually means it'll have some sort of effect on the future." Aleta says. "What was the vision about?" Justine asks. "I'm not really sure." Aleta says. "Well tell me what you saw." Justine says. "I saw a young man, he was probably around 12 or 13 years old, and he was getting dragged away by guards. He was yelling for Abner to help him, and he said that Abner was the only one who could." Aleta says. Justine turns away from Aleta. "You know what the vision was about, don't you?" Aleta asks. Justine turns around and looks at Aleta. "Don't worry about it, it was probably nothing." Justine says. "Its not nothing! These visions ALWAYS mean that something is going to happen, even if they are of the past!" Aleta says. "Well your visions are wrong this time!" Justine snaps. "My visions are never wrong, the only people who say that are the people who are afraid that they might be right. What are you afraid of, Justine?" Aleta asks. "I am afraid that my brother is going to get killed going up against the king of evil, so instead of focusing on some vision of the past, maybe we should try focusing on the here and now." Justine says. "Fine, fair enough. But when Abner gets back-" Justine cuts Aleta off. "IF Abner gets back." Justine says. "WHEN Abner gets back, I am going to ask him to shed some light on this vision." Aleta says. "Knock yourself out, but your not going to get anywhere. If you knew Abner as well as you claim you do, then you would know that he hates talking about the past, he hates it more than anything. So trust me when I say that IF these visions actually mean something, Abner isn't going to want to talk about it." Justine says.

*Abner and Kenji land on the floating island the castle is on. "Here we are Kenji, the castle of darkness. The monster who killed Mom and Dad is in there, probably sitting on his throne. Lets go return the favor." Abner says. Abner and Kenji run towards the entrance.

*"Your royal ugliness, Itzal just got word that young man and flying sheep just arrived on island." Itzal says. "I see, so they have come to search and destroy me." Diomedes says. "Would you like Itzal to order guards to seize boy and sheep?" Itzal asks. "No, no, Itzal. I am rather intrigued by these two. They seem to have gone through a lot of trouble to locate me. Tell the guards to stand down." Diomedes says. "WHAT?!" A surprised Itzal asked. "As I stated earlier, I am intrigued by these two. However, make no mistake, I do NOT trust them. Make sure that our man with the bow and arrow is at his post and ready to shoot the boy if necessary. I doubt the sheep will pose much of a threat, so I'm not to concerned about him." Diomedes says. "Uh, as you wish, sir." Itzal says before walking off.

*"Why does Abner want to block out the past so much?" Aleta asks. "To many painful memories. To say that our childhood wasn't easy was an understatement. Our parents died while Abner was still a kid, and not to even mention everything else that happened. Abner just prefers to keep that stuff buried." Justine says. "Well that isn't going to help him, its only going to make things worse." Aleta says. "I agree, but you know how stubborn my brother is, he doesn't listen to a thing I say. He lives by his own rules, and there is nothing that you or I can do about it." Justine says. "What about the vision, do you know what it was about?" Aleta asks. Justine sighs. "Yes, I do." Justine says. "Okay, what?" Aleta asks. "I cant tell you." Justine says. "Why not?" Aleta asks. "Because I would be violating my brother's trust! I don't like that he is keeping all of this bottled up inside, and although I'm not a huge fan of his relationship with you, I wish that he would confide in you. Maybe it would help him finally accept that his past is what made him who he is today." Justine says. "Well like you said, Abner isn't big on confiding in others. What makes you think he'll confide in me?" Aleta asks. "I never said I thought he would. To be honest, I don't think he will. I honestly don't think you should even mention this to him, whenever I bring up the past to Abner, he starts to grow angry, and you know my brother, it takes a lot to get him mad. But the mere mention of his past does the trick. If you want to keep your relationship with him on track, then you really shouldn't mention a word of his vision to him, because it will set him off." Justine says. "Okay, I wont mention it to him." Aleta says. "Good." Justine says.

*Itzal brings Diomedes tea. "Thank you, Itzal." Diomedes says. "You welcome, sir." Itzal says. Abner and Kenji walk in. "Nice security you got here, I was able to make my way to your throne room without any interference." Abner says. Diomedes chuckles. "Don't get to cocky young man, the only reason you were able to successfully enter my private chambers is because I ordered my guards to stand down." Diomedes says. "Why did you do that? You would think your goons would be on high alert, since the rest of your men are on their way to attack my village." Abner says. "I thought it would be nice for the two of us to have a chat. You see, I got word that a young man and his sheep, which could apparently fly, were spotted leaving Argi. I was even more put off to learn that same young man and his sheep had arrived at my castle grounds. Would you like some tea?" Diomedes asks. "No thanks, I hate tea." Abner says. "Very well. So tell me, what is your name?" Diomedes asks. "Abner." Abner says. "Abner, what a very powerful name. It suits you." Diomedes says. "Thanks, now call off your thugs." Abner says. "I'm afraid I cant do that." Diomedes says. "Why not?" Abner asks. "Because I want Argi, its a lovely little village, wouldn't you agree?" Diomedes asks. "It isn't your village to take!" Abner yells. Diomedes laughs. "Young man, if you knew anything about me, then you would know that little details like that do not have an effect on me, they don't matter." Diomedes says. Abner walks over to Diomedes, takes out his sword, and presses it up against his throat. "I know that if it wasn't for you, my parents would still be alive!" Abner yells. "I'm afraid I have no clue what you're talking about." Diomedes says. "My parents were travelling sales people. They would go out of town and leave me in the care of my sister, Justine. Except one day, they never came home. They were in one of the villages that you took over, your men slaughtered them." Abner says. "I'm sorry to hear that." Diomedes says. "Do you not care that you took my parents away? Do you not care that my poor sister was left to look after me when she was just a teenager?!" Abner angrily asks. "Your anger is certainly understandable, but murdering me will not help you. In fact, it will only cause you more problems. You see Abner, I have a man watching you with a bow and arrow. One false move and he will send an arrow straight through your heart." Diomedes says. "You mean the guy that was standing up there? I took care of him, I wanted to make sure that nothing stopped me from getting my pound of flesh." Abner says. "Well in that case, do it. Slit my throat, prove just how deadly you can be." Diomedes says. Abner hesitates. "What are you waiting for, Abner? You said it yourself, I murdered your parents, don't I deserve to die?" Diomedes asks. "Yeah, you do deserve to die. But I'm not going to be the one to do it." Abner says. Abner removes the sword from his throat. "Well this is certainly a change from the blood thirsty man I was faced with a few moments ago. Tell me, what changed?" Diomedes asks. "If I killed you, then I would be no better than you. I would be just like you. I'm not going to stoop to your level. Murder is your MO, not mine." Abner says. "How very gallant of you. But there is just one slight flaw in your philosophy. If you don't kill me, then how do you intend on stopping my men from destroying your little village, and, taking the lives of those you care about?" Diomedes asks. "Simple, your men aren't going to be to loyal to your cause when you are locked away. You, amigo, are going to spend the rest of your days rotting in the Nukpana dimension. In case you haven't heard of it, its a place where they send the really bad guys to rot for the rest of eternity. No one knows how bad that place is because anyone who has ever been sent there has never returned, but rumor has it that its awful." Abner says. "Unfortunately for you, dear friend, I have no intention of checking in to that dimension." Diomedes says. Diomedes stands from his throne and manages to take the sword away from Abner. Diomedes punches Abner and he falls to the ground. Abner tries to get up, but Diomedes puts one foot on him and prevents him from doing so. Diomedes points the sword at Abner's throat. "You poor deluded fool. How foolish of you to let your guard down like that. You should have killed when you had the chance, but sadly, you allowed you conscience to get the better of you and control your thinking process. How pitiful. You see Abner, I didn't get where I am today by allowing my emotions to cloud my judgment, I put my emotions at the back of my mind so that I could do what must be done. That is what you should have done when you had your blade aimed at my throat, but instead you foolishly believed that you would somehow be able to take me down without murdering me. Unfortunately for you Abner, I don't let my conscience think for me, I do what must be done, which means that you, my dear friend, have to die." Diomedes says.

*Aleta runs into the house. "I just got back from the tower, Diomede's men were able to get into the city." Aleta says. "Okay, well this house has a secret basement, so that should buy us sometime, but what about everyone else?" Justine asks. "My Grandma has a secret room under her house, she is rounding people up right now. Maybe we should go help." Aleta says. "We don't have time, we need to get into the basement, NOW!" Justine says. "Alright, where is the entrance?" Aleta asks. Justine walks over to a wall and pulls off a piece of it. "Right here." Justine says. Aleta climbs in, Justine soon follows, and blocks the entrance with the piece of the wall once she is already in.

*"It truly is mind boggling that a mere local villager such as yourself thought that you could be the one to break me. Don't you realize by now that I am untouchable? People have tried before to destroy me, no one has ever succeeded, it was foolish of you to even think that you could succeed at what so many others have failed at. So Abner, always remember, that your downfall was because of your own stupidity, goodbye!" Diomedes says. Diomedes goes to kill him, but Kenji comes up behind him, takes a deep breath, and then lets out a wave of cold air, which freezes Diomedes! "Thanks for the save Kenji! Lets get this monster back to Argi, maybe when his men see his frozen solid body, they'll realize invading us will be a waste of time." Abner says. Abner ties Diomedes to kenji, and then sits on top of him. "Alright Kenji, lets head back to Argi!" Abner says. "Baaaa!" Kenji responds. Kenji flies off, with Abner and Diomedes in tow. Once they are gone, Itzal comes out of hiding. "Oh no, Diomedes captured! What is Itzal to do? Itzal can not run army on his own! Itzal don't know what to do!" Itzal says. Itzal sighs.

*Diomedes' men are entering the village, just as Kenji flies over them. "Is that a flying sheep?" One of the men wonders. Kenji faces the men. "Alright morons, listen up! Invading this village would be a waste of time." Abner says. "And why's that?" One of the men asks. "Your doing this cause of your king, right? Well your king has been captured!" Abner says. All of the men gasp. "Impossible!" One of them yells. "Its true! Diomedes is frozen solid, thanks to my sheep here! Now, unless you want to end up like your boss, you all need to get the heck out of my village!" Abner yells. All of the men begin retreating.

*Diomedes is in shackles being escorted by two guards. Abner, Kenji, Aleta, Justine, and several other people are watching. An old, short woman steps in front of him. "Its my grandma!" Aleta says. "Diomedes, you have committed several crimes against not just the people of this village, but the people of this world as well! I am going to take great pleasure saying these words. Diomedes, king of evil, I hereby banish you to the Nukpana dimension, never to return!" The village elder says. The two guards lead Diomedes to a portal. "Enjoy this swift moment of victory, it wont last, for I will return someday." Diomedes says. The two guards push Diomedes into the portal. Abner flashes back.

"Abner, help me! Please! You are the only one who can stop this!" A young man yells as he is being dragged off by guards. The young man is thrown into a portal, as Abner watches.

*Abner sighs.

To be continued...