118 Beyond The Stars (2/2)
”Who am I speaking to?”. Said peter on alert.
”It's me Randell Roffe, you said that you wanted to see me so lets chat”.
Peter unsure if it was really Randell he was speaking to said, ”if your really Randell then prove it”.
”Sure, when we first met I was accompanied by 5 armed guards named ..., they wore ..., two of the men were carrying a specially made briefcase that had a mystic item inside called thehe Widow's Diary. What it showed us was ..., what you and Gresham wore was -”.
Randell described the events of what happened that day perfectly. With magic a person could get some answers, but rarely could a person get that level of detail.
”Alright I believe you. So, why am I here I contacted you so I could speak with Howard. I need answers to the nightmares I'm having and he's the only one who can help”.
”In your nightmares do you see a crack with somekind of strange thing that you can hardly describe with words seeping threw”.
Peter was shocked that Randell already knew, ”yes, how did you know that?”.
”Everyone who has seen the Necronomicon has recently had similar dreams. The physical appearence of what you all see is different as well as the space you describe the only thing that has remained the same threw out is the crack you all describe”.
”There are others like me then does that mean you found a way to stop the dreams” Peter Said ecstatically with much hope in his eye's.
”We haven't gotten that far, yet the thing you seek may very well be with Howard. It is something that we want as well, so letting you speak with him to obtain it is not an impossibility”.
Peter shed a few tears in joy because there was a chance for him to make the nightmares finally stop.
”When can I speak with him” Peter said with much enthusiasm.
”I'm sure you will not be able to rest properly even if we make you wait, so lets do it right now.
Once Randell said that he cut of the speaker and nearby Peter heard the sweet sound of jingling keys. A small flap opened up in the door by a guard standing on the other side who said, ”place you hands threw, so I can cuff you then step away from the door and get on your knees or I will taze you”.
The guard wasn't joking about the last part of what he said he had already been tackled, bitten, and malled by a few of the other people that he was guarding. Peter obediently complied with everything that the guard said. Once the guard saw Peter on the ground he opened the door and stepped inside along with two other guards for assistance.
Two of the guards kept there distance with there hands on there tazers ready to fire at a moments notice once anything strange happens. The other guard strapped on more jewelry for Peter to wear and made sure because he was really not taking any more chances with the people locked up in there.
With Peter locked up tight the guards brought him out into the hallway and walked him towards Howards cell. The concrete hallway had a dreary look that complemented the beauty of the rusted steel doors that lined the walls. The pounding and howls of people who had witnessed the contents of the necronomicon filled the hallway.
As Peter was escorted down the unsettling tunnel a face slammed onto the small window in one of the cells. Peter instantly recognized who the person was once he showed his face, ”Emerson?”
Peter remembered Emerson from when he went to inspect Howard. He also remembered Emerson had close ties with Gresham. Emerson remembered Peter as well the moment he saw him.
”It's you if you're here then you've seen it haven't you. I told you it was real you believe me now don't you. Since you believe me you have to tell Gresham, make him see the book, make him believe. With there power we can get topple the magi and get revenge for Martha”.
Emerson kept shouting other things at Peter, but Peter was dragged further down the hall by the guards till Emerson's voice was obstructed by all the others. Soon Peter was in front of a cell in a completely separate wing from the others. Once there the guards opened up the door to Howard's cell. When Peter stepped inside he was a biy upset by the stark difference in treatment Peter and Howard had.
Peter only had a cheap matrice while Howard had a high quality bed, dozens of books, a table, and leftovers from a gourmet meal. Peter hadn't even been served food yet, but he had a suspicion he wasn't going to be served that. While Howard's cell was nicer Peter cared little for it he only wanted a way to stop the nightmares.
Inside the guards chained Peter to a metal bar attached to the wall for Howard's saftey and left Peter there. Howard didn't care what the guard's did he wasn't even paying attention to them or anyone else for that matter. His attention was fully focused on what he was writing at his desk.
Peter saw Howard writing away madly not bothering to spare him a glance, so Peter shout Howard's name to get his attention.
”Howard, Howard, HOWARD!!!” Peter shouted again and again, but Howard paid Peter no attention.
Peter seeing shouting was getting him no were with Howard he changed his tactics and did something he believed Howard would most likely respond to. He spoke in a strange language that could not properly be spoken by man.
”llll mgr'luh ya ymg' bastard (look at me you bastard)”.
Howard hearing such a familiar language being spoken to him turned around to look at Peter and said to him.
”You know R'lyehian?”
Peter said displeased ”how couldn't I that damb language has been etched into my brain”
Howard responded by saying ”I would prefer it if you spoke Aklo instead its a bit easier to pronounce the words”
”And I would prefer it if you spoke modern Zedrik”
Howard seeing what Peter was getting at changed what he was saying and spoke modern Zedrik instead.
[Note: Everything said is the small section above spoken in R'lyehian it was not writen as such because R'lyehian and Aklo are both long and difficult languages to write in]
”Fine I'll speak in your language, so what do you want?”.
”What I want is for you to tell me how to stop those nightmares you cursed me with”.
”You speak as though what your going through is because of some illness that can be cured with a little medicine. What your experiencing is a result of you gazing into something none are ready for. To return to the piece you once had is impossible because to do, so you would have to become as ignorant as the time before you looked into the necronomicon”. Howard spoke with a lack of feeling as he plainly explained to Peter his situation. Howard had seen the same thing countless times already he had become numb to the pleas of people like Howard.
Peter didn't except what Howard he shouted at him angrily, ”you made me like this, so fix me?”
”I didn't make you anything I warned you clearly about what would happen if you learned what the book contained. You can not unsee what has been seen, now that you have cracked open the door into a forbidden realm there is no going back its contents will slip out without stop”.
”I can't stay like this forever these nightmares there horrifying. I don't even under stand what most of them are. An ancient spiraling city submerged under unfathomable depths and a dreary land colder then outer space filled grey and spiders. There were so many spiders, but nothing kept its form everything kept twisting and changing.
Howard listened to Peter's words and said, ”the city you saw is called R'lyeh its a prison for something you don't want to imagine. As for the othe thing you described you weren't dreaming you were a place called the Plateau of Leng”.
”I was physical at that place called leng thats impossible I never left my room”. To many things were going wrong for Peter, so he at least wanted physics to still make sence.
Howard said to Peter ”the Plateau of Leng has no fixed location it connects all realities, so its entirely possible for you to stumble in threw a dream”.
”But that's crazy, it should simply be impossible”.
”I know how it all seems, but you will soon realize you aren't who you are, you aren't were you are, you aren't even what you are. The things that you know to be truth, will soon reveal themselves to be lies by beings, so incomprehensible they are ignorent to our existence. In the Necronomicon there are old stories about the battles these beings waged against each other, there life, but never there death, were they have and will be”.
Peter heared what Howard said and was becoming more perplexed by the moment. ”What does that even mean?”.
”it means that the old gods aren't old, but new. Many of them may not have even been born yet”.
Peter was stupified by Howard's words because what Howard said meant many things. ”If what you say is true than what I saw and what I'm experiencing its- ”.
”Its there power seeping out through space and time”.
Peter found it hard to come to terms with what he was told because if it was true than the power the gods written in the Necronomicon were beyond imagination. The more Peter thought about it the more he fealt fear grasping his heart.
As Peter was beginning to break down from what he was told Howard said, ”there may not be much you can do against such beings, but you can defend yourself against them”.
Howard then took out a blank piece of paper and drew two symbols on it. One looked like a brach with 5 patruding ends while the other looked like a bent star. Howard gave the paper with the symbols on it to Peter then said, ”they're called the elder sign's they will protect you with it you should be able to sleep at night”.
Peter looked at the two symbols on the paper and clasped them firmly in his hand. As Peter healed those symbols close he fealt safer already.
As Peter and Howard finished there conversation the same 3 guards quickly came and took Peter back to his cell. Once there the guards took the paper from Peter and began uncuffing him to lock him back in his cell.
When Peter was inside he turned back to get his slip of paper, but the guards had already left with it.
”Ha come back I need that I won't be able to sleep without those” Peter banged and shouted, but his words fell on deaf ears because the guards were long gone.
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Inside the monitoring room Randell was sitting down thinking about the conversation Peter and Howard had when the three guards who locked petter back up came into the room.
”Here's the piece of paper that you requested sir”. One of the guards said.
Randell didn't say anything in return he only unfold the paper to look at the symbols inside.
”There's so much we don't know about these gods as well as Howard, but if we can understand those things than nothing will be impossible anymore. Its a shame that I have to send the book of to the leader along with Howard”.
Randell crincled his brow at the thought of such a thing, ”this is the dawn of a new era and I should be at the center of it. If I was at a higher position of power then I wouldn't be on the side line like this. But at least I can make a copy of the Necronomicon and keep the ones who were affected by it. So if I play my cards wright with enough time and research I will be able to make progress on my own earn some merits and move up that way.
As Randell thought about it the more feasible it sounded. With Randell's future goals set the biggest problem he had at the moment was Secret Visage. But just when Randell was about to tackle that problem an alarm sounded.
Startled Randell looked around then said whats going on. The 3 guards in front of Randell didn't know as for the guards that usually accompanied Randell they were all killed when Eliot row paid him a visit. Randell had, yet to find suitable replacements.
The confusion in the room was dispersed when the guards received an announcement threw their radio. The news of which made Randell quickly check the video feed in Peter's cell.
The screen displayed Peter's once pure white cell covered in the symbol of the elder sign written in Peter's blood. Peter on the screen was being pinned to the floor by a group of other guards who discovered what he had done. As they held him down they tried to bandage his right hand because Peter bit off his index and middle finger to get enough material to wright with.
”What are you guys doing were safe here there's no need for violence I made it safe”. Was the last thing Peter said before he happily slipped into a deep sleep.
As Randell watched what happened the only thing he said was, ”I need more guards”.