The Gem of Grey

As far as my memory serves me, the particular adventure that i'm about to narrate happened about 25 years ago.

Slick and I were going to planet Shoul to see the gem of Grey. This gem is named so because it had been carved to perfection by a man called Grey.Legend has it that some very strange things happen to the person who possesses this gem. What happens still remained to be discovered until........

We reached Shoul by one of Slick's hi-tech flying machines that i don't have a very good idea about. We were immediately attended to for lodging and food (You have to remember how these matters become trivial when you're with a prince).

We were accommodated in the best hotel where we ate the most delicious food ever made.I would describe the entire menu to you if i could but that must take up another later post, which i assure you, will come when the time is right.

It was after this that we went to see the Gem of Grey safely kept for display at the house of the richest woman in the galaxy for she had a mansion large enough to hold the number of people who came to have a look at this mysterious gem. Slick being royalty of course, got special preference and hence we were immediately given permission to view the gem(see what i mean about a universe quite perfect for me...).

The gem was incredible.Crafted to perfection was an understatement,it's shape was so queer that we were left absolutely breathless for a moment.It SEEMED to have no edges but wasn't a circle or an ellipse. What was it?
It's translucency caused strange light effects all around us and in our eyes.The mere sight of it was hypnotic.When i looked through it, i felt as though i was falling, as though I've been falling for a trillion years, falling where or into what...i didn't know.Where was i? Colours swirled around sometimes,they were metallic, like extremely sluggish bolts of lightning of different colours.................

Slick shook me out of it. "Yes, that is known to happen. you shouldn't stare at it for so long."

It was at this moment that Dr. Anonymous and his minions came crashing into the mansion armed with pocket lasers(do not under estimate the power of this gadget).He said, " All right,I'm going to make this quick.I'm here to steal the gem and anyone who tries to stop me will be annihilated."

He stepped forward and took the gem from the glass case it was kept within and started heading back towards the ship to escape. Slick, jumped at him from behind and they both fell down. The gem slipped from his hands and came straight into mine. Talk about coincidence or was it......?
The minions pointed their guns at me to take the gem away from me, but i didn't care for that anymore.My eyes were locked. I couldn't move them away from the gem.I felt like i was going into it and then falling, falling,falling and i saw the end...it looked like water.Water that kept sparking...it rippled in different patterns and i fell right into it.

I came out from the trance back into reality.I came out from the trance back into reality.I came out from the trance back into reality.I came out from the trance back into reality.

There were 4 of me.Or rather 4 different sides of me.The extremely calm one.The extremely furious one. The quite annoying sarcastic one. The extremely worried one.

"Am i sure there isn't more of me?" said the sarcastic one with an eyebrow raised at the calm one who seemed to be looking around and analysing the situation.

"Where the hell are we?" said the furious one holding up the worried one by my collar.

"I swear i don't know! OH my god! if this is the case, then we will all fight with one another till we destroy each other completely unless the minions get to us first,in which case we're all going to DIE NOW! WE'RE DOOOOOOOOOO......"

Whack.The furious one punched the worried one.

The entire crowd seemed to be in a state of shock and curiosity including Slick and Dr. Anonymous.

"Let me get this straight.... you had the gem in your possession and now there are 4 yous?" asked Dr. Anonymous.

The calm one replied with absolute calmness,"That is correct. But,you may have noticed that each me has a different personality.For example,i am relatively quite calmer than the rest of them and probably the only one of me who can give you logical answers right now."

"Oh,i see!So that's what it does.It separates the sub-conscious levels of an individual.I would have never guessed that." said Slick who was quite excited about the turn of events.

"yes, but how are we to become one again?" asked the worried one.

"Leave that for later. For now, let's take care of Dr. Anonymous.",replied Slick with confidence enough to assure the worried one to the point of being able to carry out the instruction. So, the 4 mes and Slick worked together and managed to defeat Dr. Anonymous with the help of Slick's weapon-stealer ray gun.(I know it makes things seem too easy. But,it wasn't that easy because our aim wasn't very good and the ray guns had weak lasers that didn't work well enough to steal pocket lasers which were quite massy.)

Ok. Now,this is the point where i tell you that the sarcastic one and worried one were of no use.At least the sarcastic one had a good sense of humour.The worried one was very unhelpful as she would start palpitating every time an enemy was nearby.

After the whole fiasco, we need to think of a way to get me back together.I asked Slick if he could design a ray gun to do that."I don't know how to go about because i don't know on what principle the gem works on."

The worried one fainted.

"Is she dead?" asked the sarcastic with a wicked smile on her face.

The furious one gave Slick a threatening look and said "NOW LOOK HERE!YOU BETTER COME UP WITH A SOLUTION OR I AM GOING TO TEAR YOU APART AND FEED YOU TO THE GLUTTONS OF PLANET HUNGRY !"(which by the way, does exist).Lucky for me, Slick doesn't get scared very easily.

The calm one then said, "Isn't it possible to use the gem in your ray gun to reverse the process?"

"That's not a bad idea.In fact that might just work..." said Slick and got to work immediately.

The ray gun was ready.

"Okay,here goes." and he pulled the trigger at one of me....

I came out of the sparking water. Not a drop of it was on me. I saw a hint of something a little further away. I walked up to it.It was a string of infinite length and finite tension.I plucked it.It vibrated and the sound resonated in my ears and i found myself back in reality.There was only 1 of me.

"Woohoo!I'm back!" , i exclaimed with joy.

Now that's an experience worth remembering.
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