The End of a Beginning: The Beginning of an End

[Retane]

A tear? Why was he crying? Eightzu? Tapion?

Yes... Tapion...

"I'm sorry my friend. At least we made it this far." Words Retane wanted to say but wouldn't He was a demonic plague in Namekian form. He would show no weakness.

His body was mangled. His face smashed in and held together by a makeshift tourniquet.. He held a grenade in one hand, a power shield on it's wrist, and a scythe in the other. His back pack was also loaded with various trophies of their victims.

His collar activated. It made a low rapid beeping noise. Retane took a deep breath in and accepted his fate. Not paying attention, he had found himself in a dead zone and it meant instant death. Did he subconsciously commit suicide because Tapion had died? His head felt as if it had just exploded. His eyes were watery. He looked down where Tapion's body lay. They were on the beach of a small island they had planned to head to. Tapion was dead, but Retane had carried his body to their destination. They were a team and it felt right. This was where Tapion could rest, untouched by any other being. No one would desecrate his body.

Retane looked down at the collection of ears he had removed from his victims. More people would become his trophies by the hands of rage that was the Emerald Fiend

The renegade removed a grenade from his pack; Tapion's initial weapons at the start of the Abyss. He pulled the pin out and tossed it in Tapion's makeshift grave/

Retane turned an started walking away as he controlled the wind, sending a huge gust against the pile of sand, forcing it to return to the hole of which it had come.

No one would touch Tapion's body while he rested.


"Tapion!!! No!!! Tapion! Don't you die on me! Don't you die!" Tears welled up and splashed the the pale bashed in face of the Konat. It was futile, his demands towards his comrade. They fell on ears that could no longer hear.

Retane was an emotional rollercoaster with tracks missing up ahead. He had watched his friend die, saw him save his life, and found him dead again.

What's more. his killer was still out there. But not for long.

"Come my friend", Retane scooped his fallen ally up, "We will still finish our journey."

He looked around, the blue-ish alien had him trapped. There was another six-eyed bastard some where else in the warehouse. Retane glanced over the crate in the direction he had last seen the stranger. There was nothing.

A rustle came from a side hallway. The Emerald Fiend glanced and had to double take.

TAPION!

The Konat was alive... But Retane saw him die...Or did he?

Perhaps the Konat was stronger then he thought? Still though, he was seriously injured...

The Namek didn't have time to ponder. Tapion fell to the floor and the blue humanoid was upon him. THe two struggled. Retane hurried to his comrades aid. A mace rose and and fell, connecting with Tapion's cranium. The Emerald Fiend let out a growl of protest but stopped short as he saw the grenade slip out from the Mohekian's hand. The pin had been pulled.