The Moonlight Trilogy - Prologue

Prologue
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       Space:
       The final frontier.
       These are the voyages of the starship–oh wait–my mistake, wrong script.
       Ahem,

       It was dark. Very dark, and very cold. It seemed like no living thing could exist here, in this strange, desolate place; and nothing did, for what sort of being could wish to exist in this world that could only be described as the very essence of nothing?
       Suddenly, something broke the silence.
       It was quiet, but just loud enough to hear– a strange sort of whirring noise.
       In the next instant, the source could be found. A strange, dark being, almost like that of a cloud of deep gray and black gas. It came rushing at quite a high speed through the darkness, eventually slowing to a stop.
       There it remained for several moments–the only sound in the entire area being the slow, quiet whirr erupting from the creature.
       “Chaos....”
       The voice seemed to come out of nowhere, and even the strange cloud seemed to jump slightly. It was a deep voice, that almost sounded like it was made of several hundred others.
       The smoke suddenly twisted into a sort of coil before conglomerating back into a single shape. Then, a voice came from the strange cloud.
       “Yess.... Master....” it hissed, “why hath thou called me hither.... Master....”
       “Your subject,” the voice boomed, “his signature recently disappeared.... what happened?”
       The cloud, or rather, 'Chaos', hesitated to respond.
       “Yess.... the subject.... he hath been eradicated.....”
       The strange voiced paused, and Chaos even seemed to shrink down slightly.
       Suddenly, the 'Master' growled.
       “How did you let this happen,” it boomed, trying to keep its voice steady, “when you told me your plan could 'never fail'?!”
       Chaos hesitated once more, the smoke dissipating slightly around the edges of its form.
       “....I-it couldn't have been helped.... Master....” it began, voice somewhat shaky.
       “You know very well that it could have been helped you blubbering FOOL!”
       Chaos shrank in size significantly, the cloud becoming very focused and tight, pieces of it floating off every few moments. Eventually, it slowly expanded back to its initial size.
       “Y-....Yes.... Master....” it hissed quietly, shaking a bit. “But.....”
       The voice seemed to sigh heavily with annoyance. “But what, Chaos?”
       Chaos chuckled quietly, “But, my lord, I know of a way to try again.... yess.... a restart, if you would....”
       The voice was silent for several moments. “....I'm listening.”
       Chaos chuckled once more, “Yess.... if only you'll give me enough power to allow the subject to escape the lady Jaydes's grasp....”
       The Master paused once more, then slowly started chuckling. “....Yes, yes, I see what you're saying....”
       “Yess.... surely the subject has learned from his mistakes....”
       “....We can use this..... go on....”
       Chaos seemed to be getting more and more excited, flying in strange patterns along with what it was saying. “Yess... indeed! There are many others who hath a hatred for the ones who eradicated the subject..... if the subject can ally with them....”
       “Who knows how much damage we could do...”
       “Indeed! For what is a king without subjects to bear the burden? Erk-- except you, of course, sire...”
       “Now's not the time for complimentary, Chaos, just go on with your little speech.”
       Chaos twitched, sinking back slightly. Its smoke figure seemed to nod in a strange way before continuing.
       “After we get rid of that universe... thou couldst get straight to thine target.... Master.....”
       The Master paused a moment, then began laughing. “Yes... yes! This just might work! Yes, dressed to impress, as always, Chaos...”
       “Thank you greatly, Master!”
       “Yes.... you will get your request. Now,  I've important work to do... you may now take your leave.”
       “Yess, Master...”
       The smoke, conglomerating back into a single form, began to fly back the way it came.
       “Hold up, Chaos!</b>”
       The smoke quickly came to a stop, pausing to hear what the Master had to say.
       “If you screw up this time,” the Master began, voice dark, “then I will personally eradicate you.”
       Chaos hesitated a moment.
       “Y-yess, M-Master....”
       And with that, Chaos was gone, and the black silence set in once more.


Castle Bleck, 4 months prior
Chaos

       “You think this is the end?” Dimentio hissed. “This isn't finished...”
       This was pain like he'd never experienced before.
       “You can't... stop this now... You can't... escape...”
       It was unbearable, searing through him like the hottest fire in the core of the earth.
       “I've been saving one last surprise...”
       This was it.
       “Ah ha ha ha ha ha...” he cackled, the pain bubbling in his throat. “Ciao!”
       There were several blinding flashes, and a pain like nothing the dimensional jester had ever thought possible, and everything was gone.