The sky darkened as rain poured out of the skies non stop while the water below was stained with blood as Aaron lay on the ground, wounded and exhausted from falling into an open cave, he regretted sending Jimmy to get help as he was in need of it....
--------------- 15 minutes before ------------------
Aaron held Jimmy's hand as he ran to the mountains, without stopping or looking back as tears welled up in his eyes for not being able to get Alan in time before he fell into the hole. " It's my fault, if only I had grabbed his arm in time...", Jimmy said as he started crying once more, irritating Aaron as he pulled Jimmy's shirt and stared at him with eyes filled with tears.
" It's not your fault, it's our fault, don't blame it on yourself, alright, now go and get help, I'll try to see what I can find around the area, if I don't come back, just remember that Aaron Harrison never left Alan behind alright ", Aaron said as he looked to the sky and ran back to the campsite while Jimmy ran to the car to call for help.
----------------- In the void realm -----------------
The god realm was in uproar as Arkhinhar, the god of fiery corruption, got defeated, by Alan's fusion with the unknown god as Arkhinhar got absorbed into planet earth and could no longer inhabit the god realm any more... . " Such insolence, the nerve of that human..... I will end him myself ", a being with brown eyes and an eagle-human body screeched in anger as other gods shared the same feeling. However, hades, the king of hell, zardon, the demon god of transformation, entity 303, the god of distorted reality, and some other gods and goddesses thought otherwise as zardon looked at Aaron with so much interest that thanathos,the second death god, almost closed his mouth to prevent him from drooling over the sight of Aaron.
" That human interests me, I want to make him my host!. ", zardon said as the other gods were shocked at such remark. " Aside from brine, you decide to betray our side by contracting with a human?, explain yourself! ", Medusa said in anger as she bombarded zardon with questions, of which zardon emotionlessly replied: " I need a physical host,unlike you who recently got slain by Perseus a few millennia ago, i've been in an astral form for far too long, its been over a hundred billion years now,even my seal on the ancient one has been weakening since the great war, so I need a physical host to share my form with, and besides, notch has a host,visenna plans to get one...., he said, pointing at a goddess with bright yellow hair, blue eyes calm demeanor and a shocked expression as all eyes were on her. "Hey!, that was a secret between friends..", visenna said, a bit flustered by her own expression.
Zardon continued as he listed about 27 more gods and goddesses that planned to do so too, expantiating why he had to get a host so that he doesn't become a "faded" constellation due to prolonged astral energy loss. " So, in conclusion, I'm picking the mortal Aaron as my host".
Zardon concluded his explanation and teleported away, much to everyone's surprise as some other gods agreed, while others disagreed with him. "Mortal host? ,We'll see about that ", a god said as he slipped into the shadows...
----------------5 minutes later----------------
Aaron didn't stop running as he left for the campsite, moving his head by an inch a millisecond early as a poison dart hit a nearby tree, causing it to shrivel up and die instantly, followed by an explosion which threw him away as he crashed, rolled and fell into an open cave breaking his arm and dislocating his leg, causing the bandaged wound to reopen, and making a fresh line of blood to trickle down his leg as the skies darkened and rain poured out of it endlessly, staining the cave's stony floor with blood as a voice came from aboveground. " Where are you, let us play a game of hide and seeeek ", a succubus said as she lurked in the shadows.....
(Fuck, I can't feel my right arm, and my burnt leg is already dislocated, I need to head deeper into the cave if I want to increase my chances of not-dying), Aaron thought to himself, but it was too late as the succubus sniffed his blood and leapt into the cave, landing with a soft thud as she got bashed in the head by a sharp stone, but didn't flinch a single bit as she faced Aaron with anger. " I was starting to like you, but I see that humanswillnever change!!!",the succubus said as she stood upright, head bleeding and a whip with thorns appeared on her hand as she lashed at Aaron who narrowly dodged it again.
" What are you doing? ", a voice boomed through the cave as a phantom projection of zardon appeared above the cave ceiling. " Zardon, so nice of you to join us, sorry, but your future host is a walking wallet, someone's put a bounty on his head, amd when I have my eyes on something ...
(She's distracted , run kid), zardon said to Aaron using mind communication. (But I can't, my leg's busted....). Aaron's leg glowed a bright red as he yelled in pain while his bones reshaped themselves and healed. (There, now go!), zardon said as the succubus was still fantasizing how she'll kill Aaron.....
"...i never let it go..... Wait,you tricked me, youBASTARD!!!!", the succubus yelled as she dashed deeper into the cave. " Your host was a fool to think that I can't a broken legged boy at full speed ",she said as she nearly broke the sound barrier, causing a sonic boom that caused part of the cave to collapse in on itself which crushed her to death as there were stalactites on the cave ceiling, causing aaron to run farther, not noticing some moss on the ground and slipped, tumbling down the cave as he fell into a deeper part of that cave, and he saw Alan in the distance, facing a deep chasm.
" ALAN!!! ", he yelled, but Steve kept walking toward the chasm without looking back.... " ALAN, IT'S ME AARON!!! ", he yelled again, running towards steve as Alan walked faster and faster, but Aaron burst into a sprint as he was about to catch Alan, Alan disappeared, leaving Aaron to face reality as he fell into the chasm that had no end....
Once again Aaron's life flashed before his eyes, and he was about to give up when he heard a drip of water land on a wet surface which echoed throughout the cave as he realized that It could be an ocean down there... (What if the loch Ness monster lives there, or leviathan, or megalodon, or...), his imagination raced as he dropped into the water with a loud splash, but found himself unable to move or squirm as he sank towards a purple portal glowing In an otherworldly manner and got absorbed into it.
" Finally Aaron, you're headed to our realm..," Zardon said as he disappeared leaving a trail of dark energy lingering around the strange portal...