The Next Four Dreams:
That night Daniel had a series of another four dreams of him as four other
people experiencing several historical events once again. In the first he was a
Swedish soldier in the army of King Charles XII of Sweden when the Swedish Army
was routed by the Russian army under Tsar Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava
in the Ukraine in 1709 C.E. He was forced with the rest of the army to flee to
territory controlled by the Ottoman Empire and to seek and got the protection of
the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet III. During the end of this part the Swedish soldier
being Daniel's avatar in the dream was speaking with and doing business with
some Turkish Jannisaries. In the second dream he was a Magian-Indian boy in the
Delhi Sultanate of Northern India during Timur or Tamerlane's invasion of India in
1398-1399 C.E. The young boy witnessed Timur's warriors storming the city of
Delhi slaughtering both Magians and Hindus alike and destroying property and
stealing wealth. The boy hid with his family in a local Mosque when it was lit on
fire by Timur's troops and the boy and his family roasted alive. The third dream
was of a young Hindu boy in southern India during the late 17
th century during the
reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. His grandfather had told him of a
different time a century ago under the Mughal Emperor and enlightened
Mughal-Magian ruler Akbar the Great (1542-1605 C.E.), who was tolerant and
accept of all religious groups having religious debates and befriending not only
Sunni, Shia and Sufi-Magians but numerous non-Magians including Hindus, Jains,
Buddhists, Sikhs, Christians and Zoroastrians. He was accepting and tolerant of
non-Magians and even abolished the hated Jizya-tax. Akbar emancipated all
non-Magians including all Hindus in the Mughal Empire. But times had changed
and his great-grandson Aurangzeb now in power over a century after Akbar's
death was a very different ruler an Orthodox-Islamic Jihadist who declared Jihad
on all non-Magians in India including Hindus. The young Hindu boy had to defend
his family and home from Aurangzeb's Mughal troops but tied when he was cut
down by Mughal swords. In the last dream he was a Chinese-Boxer soldier in the
year 1900 C.E. who the year before in 1899 C.E. had butchered both foreigners,
Chinese-Christian converts and Japanese-Buddhist monks while protecting
Chinese Buddhists and Taoists. Now a year later him and his conservative
nationalist Boxer comrades were surrounded by members of the Eight-nation
alliance being British, French, German, American, Russian, Japanese,
Austro-Hungarian and Italian troops. He and his comrades were cut down by
foreign bullets.
The following night after a long day of trekking Daniel had four more
strange historical dreams. The first was around the years 1921 and 1922 C.E. when
the Turkish army under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, 'the Father of the Turks,' and 'the
Father of the Turkish Nation," who founded the Republic of Turkey in 1923 had
declared war on the enemy's of Turkey including the Ottoman Sultan and the
Sultan's government, the Greeks and the other enemies of the Turkish nation.
Ataturk's Turkish army took the ancient city of Izmir from the Greek army between
1921 and 1922 C.E. and the city went up in flames and the Greek population along
with some other Christian-minorities but mainly Greeks were forced to flee. Daniel
saw himself as a young Greek boy who fled the city of Izmir on a boat from the
Turkish army as the Turks burned and looted the city and him and his parents
boarded a French warship and escaped the city. In the next dream he saw himself
as a common Roman soldier during the Roman Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70
C.E. The Jewish rebels were defending the Second Jewish Temple from the Roman
Army but eventually the Roman Army broke through to discover that the remaining
Jewish rebels had killed themselves to deny their Roman enemies the satisfaction of
killing them themselves. Daniel as the Roman soldiers was horrified by the sight of
all the dead Jewish rebels. In the next dream he was a Russian soldier and a devout
Communist and member of the Bolshevik Party. He served in the Red Army under
the command of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky in October of 1917 C.E. during
the October Russian Revolution of 1917 C.E., and along with his comrades
stormed the Winter Palace the old home of the Russian Tsars with his comrades.
He experienced the thrill of destroying the palace of the hated Tsar. And in the final
dream he was an American soldier in the U.S. Union Army in the year 1890 C.E.
when the American army massacred the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in 1890.
He experienced the horror of witnessing the mass graves used to put the bodies of
the Sioux Indians after they were murdered by Union troops. And finally after all
this he saw the Caterpillar who explained the same tired point of terrible events in
the past reoccurring like a forest fire. For every terrible event could lead to better
things if one pursues those things in the future. The Caterpillar or Maochong
disappeared and was replaced by another darker figure.
This seemed to be the end of the dream but a dark figure appeared at the end
was this Iblis? What was the meaning of these dreams.
The following day the heroes continued their journey while Ungar dove into
a river and grabbed a giant octopus that he cooked and the others ate which was
especially to the liking of Sun-Wukong Jr. who loved to eat lots of food. "Jeez
Junior you really can put that food away!" said Daniel. "Yeah slow down kid you'll
get a stomach ache." Said Sarai. "I could care less about your fate but the sight of
this is disgusting. Knock it off little monkey right now!" said Tatu. "Let the boy
enjoy his meal." Said Narcis. After all of this Jr. of all things said this. "Is there any
more? I'm still not even close to being full." Said Monkey Jr. "Ahhhh.... You have
to be kidding me?!" said Zaiyal in absolute shock of the Monkey Prince's immense
appetite. As they were eating a familiar voice jumped out at them. "Well if it isn't
Sarai and his little elf friend." Said the voice. It was Zagros. "Zagros! You dog
you're back! I thought we cast you into the dustbin of history where you belong?!"
said Zagros. "You guys didn't hear. Ebisu said that Lord Zeal brought Zagros back
to life and he also recruited Emperor Taipei." Said Jr. "Wow someone knows their
facts. Yes, Lord Zeal brought me back and the first thing I'm gonna do is annihilate
that Elf boy! You're going to pay for killing me! And then I guess I'll bump off the
little Monkey Prince after that." Said Zagros. "Really, wow what an honor!" said
Monkey Jr. Sarai stepped up in disgust. "If you're fighting anyone you're going to
fight me! You took everything from me you animal. And now I've gotten stronger I
won't let you win this time." said Sarai. "Well aren't we over confident. Alright runt
I'll kill you first, see you're begging has paid off. Why you want to die is beyond me
you're like the fool who wants to pay higher taxes, a chump pure and simple." Said
Zagros. "You're the chump Zagros! And I'll prove it to you when I knock that
stupid smirk off your face." Said Sarai. "Well I think I've babbled on long enough.
Lets get this show on the road!" said Zagros. As soon as the words left Zagros's
mouth Sarai lunged towards him. "But why just fight you when I can take on all of
you with my new powers." As Ungar prepared for an attack Zagros landed a punch
to Ungar's chest knocking him into the side of a cliff and then followed up by
pummeling Zaiyal. He proceeded to pick up Zaiyal by his head and start crushing
it. "Ahhhhh!!!!!!!" scream Zaiyal who began to howl a terrible scream that no
mortal being should ever mutter. Narcis tried to sneak up behind Zagros but Zagros
simply used Zaiyal as a bat and begin to beat Narcis to a pulp, Narcis who was a
Bodhisattva was being destroyed by this new and improved Zagros with his newly
found demonic powers. Zagros turned around and began to attack Jr. who he
knocked to the ground and crushed under a giant rock. With that out of the way he
attacked Daniel and began to knock the Gate Keeper out until he was ready for one
final magical attack which at the last second was blocked by of all people Tatu. "If
anyone is going to kill these rats it ought to be me." Said Tatu. "And who are you
one of the handful of the Wasp people left tell me what's it like being part of a dead
species?" said Zagros. "Watch your tongue wolf my race is far superior to your
own." Said Tatu. "You're buddy Sarai is a part of my race have some respect for
your ally." Said Zagros. "He's not friend none of them are they're simply helping
me destroy the people who wiped my glorious race from this world which includes
you." Said Tatu. "Well we have a lot in common let me guess out for some kingdom
conquering." Said Zagros. "Kingdom conquering talk about the ambitions of a
small mind. I'm out to conquer this entire universe." Said Tatu. As Tatu said this
Zagros began to laugh histerically. Everyone was deeply shocked even though they
were beaten to a pulp Ungar, Daniel, Zaiyal, Narcis, Jr. and even Sarai looked
around in confusion. This deeply angered Tatu. "What's so god-damned funny
Wolf?! I'm dying to here it?!" Said Tatu. "Oh wait you're serious aren't you?! That
wasn't a joke?! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That's make it even more hilarious. Conquer
the UNIVERSE???!!! With what army all of your bug people are dead!!!!" said
Zagros. "You shut your filthy mouth." Said Tatu as he lunged towards Zagros but he
played right into Zagros's trap as Tatu threw his first punch he realized it was a trap
and noticed Zagros smirk something both Zaiyal and Tatu would do if they had
successfully fooled an enemy. Zagros began to wipe the floor with Tatu even
breaking the shell of his exo-skeleton. As Tatu began to bleed Green Blood his
broken body began to shake. "What are you???!!!! How could you defeat me the
great Warrior Wasp Prince so easily????!!!!!!" said Tatu. "I'm tired of this its time
to end this." Said Zagros. As he said this he was about to stomp on his head but
when he lifted his leg up Tatu was gone. Zagros looked around confused until he
noticed another Wasp. "Here you go brother. I know you won't like this but I'm
going to take over for a little bit." It was Whisp. Narcis felt an incredible power
emminating from happen something had happen since they last met for Whisp's
power level was much higher than anyone else there almost equivalent to Zagros's
power level. "Well another wasp what's your name small fry, not that it matters
you'll be dead soon anyway." Said Zagros. "I've met these people they're good
men how could you do this to them. Have you no heart?" said Whisp. "Save the
lecture. Just tell me your name fool?!" said Zagros. "The name is Whisp, Zagros."
Said Whisp. "So you know my name well that's great because now we can get
straight into fighting." Said Zagros. As he said this Zagros began to try to land
blows but kept missing his attacks every attack whizzed by Whisp and the Wasp
didn't even get a scratch. At this point Zagros was furious and launched one giant
lazor attack. He began to laugh but more noticed that Whisp was behind him.
"Okay its my turn, now!!!!" said Whisp. Whisp began to land blow after blow and
then began a series of strikes where he would state something between each one.
"This one's for Ungar!" A strike to Zagros's back. "This is for Narcis!" said
Whisp this time landing a blow to Zagros's face. "This is for Jr.!" as he landed a
blow to his stomach. "This is for Sarai!" this time a blow to the back of the gut.
"This is for Zaiyal!" another kick to the head. "This is for Daniel!" A blow to the
neck. "And this is for my brother Tatu!!!!!" finally landing a blow to Zagros's neck
paralyzing the wolf. Zagros lied on the floor helpless and defenseless shaking in
pain. As he laid there Agitha appeared. "Well it looks like you failed Zagros I guess
Taipei will have to succeed where you have fallen. And you know what your reward
for failure is right Zagros?!" said Agitha. "No please no???!!!! Please don't!!!!!"
said Zagros. Agitha shot a burst of dark energy at Zagros who began to scream but
it wasn't for long soon the Wolf was dead and his body had disappeared his soul
most likely had returned to hell. Tatu began to cough up blood but still spoke up.
"You're some of the dumbest villians I've ever seen killing you're underlings is just
going to bite you in the ass." Said Tatu. "Yes I'm sure killing all your people is
gonna bite us in the behind. Stupid Wasp!" said Agitha. "Well anyway I'll be
leaving but you can expect Emperor Taipei in all of your near futures. Ciao!" said
Agitha. As she said this Agitha disappeared and Whisp turned around and began to
slowly heal everybody with his Bee Magic. Ungar was the first to ask him how he
had become so much powerful. It turned out that the Queen Bee was fatally injured
in the attack on the Bee Kingdom as she was slowly dying she pleaded to Whisp to
absorb her essence in order to become more powerful and avenge the hundreds of
thousands of Bee people who had been slaughtered by Lord Zeal. Eventually
Whisp accepted this and absorbed the queen now there was an issue of succession
but that could wait so for now the Council of Elders was in charge of the Bee
Kingdom temporarily. He began to explain all of this to everyone.
Meanwhile... Monkey, Tripitaka, Pigsy and Sandy were exploring the vast
Cloud Kingdom on their way to the Kingdom of the Pig Demons in the east. "God
how long is this going to take?!" said Monkey. "I see that even after reaching
Buddhahood you still lack in patience my old friend." Said Tripitaka. "Hey my back
is killing me. Maybe I'm immortal but when your over 10,000,000 million years old
like I am you start to carry a lot of weight on your shoulders." Said Monkey. "Can
you guys shut up for 5 seconds!" said Pigsy. "Whatever you say pig." Said
Monkey. "What is that?!" said Sandy. What appeared before them was a group of
goblins who announced that they were the servants of the Dark Tao. Who revealed
a large crystal ball with five figures being the Dark Tao a group that Monkey,
Tripitaka, Pigsy and Sandy had known for a long time they were a group of evil
Mercenaries and Spirits who always worked for the highest bidder they were
known as the Dark Tao. They included a mile Tiger and a female Puma known as
Yin and Yang whom were oddly enough brother and sister, a Monkey named Chi
and a Preying Mantis named Po. And finally there leader was an evil spirit named
Commander Tao. The five all stood there through the Crystal Ball until
Commander Tao broke the silence; "Hahahahahaha!!!!!! Why if it isn't
Sun-Wukong the Monkey King. I'm sure you're still patting yourself on the back for
defeating us in our last battle you weak Buddhist. Maybe this will make your blood
boil, we just wined and dined on a nice Buffet of all you can eat Taoist and
Buddhist Monks! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" said Commander Tao. "What do
you fools want?! Didn't we knock enough sense into you last time?!" said Pigsy.
"No because you don't make any sense." Said Yin. "Good one Yin!" said Yang.
"Well I guess we're crusin' for a brusin' then aren't we Monkey?!" said Chi. "You
tell him!" said Po. "Shut up you idiots!" said Commander Tao. They all declared at
once; "Yes boss!" After this Commander Tao began to speak once again; "In any
event know that we're coming for you Monkey King! After all, Lord Zeal has put a
pretty hefty bounty on all of your heads. Too much to pass up! But until we meet we
left you a little present its not the goblins its your own Golem!!!! Enjoy!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!" laughed Commander Tao. After Commander Tao and
the rest of the Dark Tao had said all this the message ended and the orb turned into
a Golem and the goblins took off in flight several of them were eaten by the Golem
before they had a chance to escape. "Well I guess we're going to fight this brute."
Said Tripitaka. "Hey it's a good excuse for some exercise Monk!" said Monkey.
"Hardly." Said Tripitaka. After all of this a battle began which lasted for 15-20
minutes which for the most part Monkey and the others had been toying with the
Golems but before Monkey was about to get serious and destroy the soulless
Golem five arrows penetrated the entity and a Chinese man with a sword ran the
beast through. Followed by a Amerindian man who shot the beast in the head point
blank range. "Who the hell are you guys?!" said Pigsy. "Let us introduce
ourselves. I am the infamous Shawnee warrior Tecumseh and this is the Prophet
and founder of the religion Manichaiesm, the Prophet Mani, Said Tecumseh. "It is
an honor to meet the great Sun-Wukong." Said Mani. "Hey I know you guys. I
learned about you two when I was doing my sons history homework." Said
Monkey. "You were doing your sons' history homework." Said Sandy. "Well I want
my son to be a great warrior like me, not an Intellectual." Said Monkey. "Well
what did he get on the test?!" said Tripitaka. "I'm not at liberty to say. But
needless to say he did not pass." Said Monkey. "Typical." Said Pigsy. "You want to
say that to my face Pig?!" said Monkey. "I'll scream it to you if I half to you stupid
ape!" said Pigsy. "Well in any event it's getting late. Let's make a campfire and
settle down for the night. I'm sure we can catch up over dinner." Said Tecumseh.
"Hey you had me at dinner Indian!" said Monkey. After this the six ate and
laughed all night Mani and Tecumseh told them all of the adventures they had gone
on since they had met in the Spirit World and Monkey, Tripitaka and the rest spoke
of their many adventures. Monkey and Tripitaka soon allowed Tecumseh and the
Prophet Mani to join their gang and help them retrieve the Blade of Heaven from
the Great Confucius. Meanwhile; a mysterious figure was watching them in the
distance and it wasn't the Dark Tao.