Second Skin alternate
He-Man, Teela, Man-at-Arms and Mech-a-neck walked into the small village.
It was empty, deserted, something wasn't right.
The group continued to look around, but sas nothing. The entire town was empty, deserted. It made He-Man feel…
Uneasy.
He didn't like it
He nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard a loud hiss.
The group turned around, weapons ready for battle.
King Hsss staring down at them, an evil look in his eyes.
“Your persistence is most impressive!” He said eyeing the warriors.
His Eyes landed on Adam.
“And most foolish, this day shall be your last.”
Out of nowhere different Snake-Men surrounded them. Closing them into a tight circle.
Most jumped Adam. One or two attacking the others, thankfully they where able to fight them off with ease.
Adam threw the snakemen off of him.
He was about to throw another punch when Roboto landed beside him.
“Great timing Roboto!” he said with a smile as he kicked another attacker off of him
The robotic allay began to defend the other warriors telling the powered up Prince what he had learned.
“Orka and I learned the secret of the Serpent's ring, it was the power to transform people into snakemen.”
Adam felt his stomach drop.
Oh gods. These were people. These were his people! The people he was supposed to protect. Defend and now.
Oh gods this can’t be real, please Elder’s don’t let this be real.
“You mean we’re fighting villagers!” Mech-a-neck!” said horrified.
Adam threw another villager off of himas carefully as he could.
He reconized them now. The men, the woman.
The children.
Where were the children?
He felt his heart pounding in his chest.
He quickly turned to see King Hsss standing over them smiling.
Chanting.
The serpents ring glowing brightly over his head.
Dark shadows soon escaping it, heading towards them.
“Fall back!” He screamed. “I’ll hold them off!”
Suddenly he was pulled to the ground King Hsss chuckiling.
“You will do nothing, but watch as your friends become my minions. And then. You will join them.”
Adam fell tp the ground. He couldn't move. He struggled to escape the magical binds but could only watch in horror as the people he loved where forcible turned.
“No! Stop it!” He cried.
King Hsss only grinned as the warrior broke down on fear as his friends turned into his soldiers.
“Tell me little Prince. I Did you truly think you would win.
King Hssss walked to him, running his claws in Adam’s hair.
How did he know? No one knew outside of a few.
“Poor little Prince. I always knew. We all did. You may change on the outside, but your smell does not.”
Adam felt like he was going to cry.
No he was crying.
Tears where dripping down his face.
King Hsss soon spilt apart showing his many heads. His fangs soon digging into his exposed flesh.
Adam cried out in pain. Feeling Castle Grayskull’s magic leave him. Turning bac into the small boy he truly was.
King Hisss watched as his venom slowly took affect. The boy whimpering and crying.
He tilted Adam’s chim up and licked the tears off his cheeks.
He felt the boy try to pull away. But he only held him there as the Serpents ring continued to spin above them.
And then.
King Hsss allowed the rings' magic to affect the boy.
Adam screamed in pain.
Sobbing as his transformation happened.
His teeth growing longer, so sharp that he nearly bit his tongue, his still bright blue eyes becoming slitted. The scales consuming his pale skin. Adam tried to pull away, trying to escape the magic as he pushed King Hsss off him, crawling away. His sharp nails digging into the ground.
He could hear the Sorceress screaming in his mind. Zodak begging him to fight it. That he was on his way to save him.
But as Adam’s world was consumed by black knowing that it was too late.
“I’m sorry.” he whispered losing conscious as he felt a set of arms pick him up and take him away.