Macleod's Story

By Beth Hoyer

Sequel to "Tom the Berserker" series and "I am Lance Richard, Deity Lord" series. MacLeod travels from Planet Aire in Planet Shadan's future to Planet Earth now named Terra. He lives among the vampires on Terra and learns how to accept himself as a vampire from being converted into one. MacLeod's story mentions what happens to Shadan in the future including what happens to Tom Thunder from "Tom the Berserker" series and Jinks Montreal in "I am Lance Richard, Deity Lord." series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Beth Hoyer
• Release date: May 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310651274

Beth Hoyer

I'm currently a lover of cats. I love to type stories on my computer for hours. I like the science fiction fantasy genre with romance thrown in it when it comes to my stories. I like to take hikes through forests snapping photos to use as my covers for my stories. I'm an aspiring author of science fiction fantasy.AccomplishmentWe that seek goals and dreams,Seek many ways for the dreams,To be accomplished.We that seek the path to the goal,Know there will be many paths.Choosing the right one,Will take time.We that dream the impossible,To be accomplished,Will face many,Obstacles, bridges,And challenges,To be overcome in time.It will take time for,There’s no challenge too great,Nor too small that waits,To be conquered.

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MacLeod's Story

Copyright Beth Hoyer 2014

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Tam-Mykola MacLeod found the horse managed to knock him off and took off running with him giving chase in the forest jungle. Tam-Mykola, shortened name of Tam, found himself banging into a body appearing to be female while running through the bushes. He grunted as the female elbowed him in the front along with hitting his sensitive part as he tried to keep his hands' grips onto her arms. Tam found her fighting style seemed familiar to him as she managed to get freed from his hands' grips to kick him hard in the sensitive part. It made him groan loudly along with collapsing onto the ground in pain. He grunted as the female was heard crashing away into the bushes while hearing the horse whinnying of terror before silent.

Tam groaned laying on the ground for a lengthy time period till a voice spoke Come to me my child!

Tam groaned loudly forcing himself to get up as if drawn to answer the voice he heard sounded of a female voice tone and was familiar and was compelling him to walk in a direction through the bushes. He found himself led to a clearing to find in the middle was a tree with a familiar lighted door highlighted its trunk. He felt himself compelled to keep on walking obeyed going to the tree ignoring his pains. He found a female form draping herself all over him while hearing mewing noises of an animal in a feminine like voice. Tam ignored the female to throw a punch into her face despite his senses blared warning. He found the female's form stopped the draping and left him along with the cat's meows silent as he again heard the familiar voice. Tam went to the tree unstopped and pulled the door opened to show a stairwell going down that was lighted by glowing lights. He found the stairwell ended with a door inside the tree that appeared to be covered with mist around the feet and sides.

He sighed and spoke out loud I have no place here on Aire as this world is called for being different from Humans. Namely my all black eyes and mental abilities the Airans' as their calling themselves, refer as Osiris's work. He's the King of their hell the Lord of the Underworld and referred in a negative term.

Tam sighed and without a word walking into the tree finding the door slammed shut with a bang behind him. He grunted to turn around putting a hand onto the doorknob only to find it disappear in a misty like move.

He groaned out loud Well I'm committed to the path so I'll go.

Tam walked down the stairs reaching the door to reach a hand towards the doorknob only to find it disappear like a watery movement when he tried to grip it. He reached a hand towards the door to knock onto it. Only to find the door disappear in a watery like move. He found himself facing a vertical pond of water that began to glow of light he finding a round metal gated arch appearing in sight behind the water. Tam sighed and looked back towards the door to the tree's entrance hearing faint pouncing noises onto it.

He shrugged and spoke Not my problem.

Tam walked into the water finding himself floating in the liquid like he had to swim towards the gated arch that kept on glowing. He forced himself to swim towards the gated arch that seemed lengthy deep underwater as he found the tree entrance getting further and further away. Tam frowned as he swam deeper into the water towards the gated arch he finding himself urged to breathe as he felt pressure onto his body. He ignored the urge and kept on swimming towards the gated arch that seemed to be deeply leading him further into the water. He swam lengthy with no ground till he felt like he had an urge to breathe that became too much for him and opened his mouth allowing in water into his lungs. Tam coughed multiple times once he found his body accepting the water like oxygen which made it easier for him to swim to the glowing gated arch. He kept on swimming till he reached the gated arch to find it was over a burning eater mountain that had eaters throwing itself out of it while still having the water around it turn to smoke. Tam groaned softly and forced himself to swim into the eater finding it burning off his clothes as he dived into the metal gated arch which he found himself passing out unconscious once he went through.

Tam shook his head of sleepiness to find himself sagging on the horse while the reins were dangling as the animal had her head. He gripped the reins tighter and forced the mare to stand despite rearing up on her back legs she appearing to be freaked out scared of something. Tam eyed the bushes clustered around a tree gathered ahead in front of him with green eyes sight of night vision clear as day with his eyes. He narrowed his eyes glaring at the bushes as they rumbled along with the gathering trees nearby making his senses blare warning giving him a feeling of joy instead of fear to his confusion. He continued to stiffen as the bushes showed a foreign animal he didn't recognize that made him think the word of dinosaur. He found the dinosaur that gave up a roaring sound while baring fanged teeth. He eyed the dinosaur that charged towards him which he forced the horse to move by kicking her sides with his feet hearing her whinny sound of terror. He allowed the horse to have her head running through the bushes weaving around the trees till he heard a river sound guided her towards it due to knowing that the dinosaur would give up chase if he and the mare went into the water which they arrived to the water and got inside. Tam felt the horse swimming in the water from the feeling of sinking not felt as he heard the dinosaur roar behind him as the mare reached the other side of the river and got out of the water. He looked behind him with frustration seeing the dinosaur on the river bank on the opposite side still roaring away that he would have to take another route through the forest to get to his destination.

Tam spoke out loud It's a holiday today. I promised Mom that I would be home for the holiday from the Elves' home base where I'm currently receiving training.

He found himself shocked with what he said as he gently patted the horse on the side and urged her to follow the river bank a lengthy period of time till a bridge of stone came into view. He reached the other side and sighed forcing the horse to gallop in the forest till she halted the riding by rearing up again indicating an animal hidden in the bushes waiting to pounce by the plants rumbling in front of them abruptly. He stiffened from the feeling of joy hitting him felt the mare's nervousness as the bushes and trees stopped rumbling showing another dinosaur that bared its fanged teeth gnashing them.

Tam heard himself gasped out Oh no!

He urged the horse in another direction away from the dinosaur who gave up a loud roar behind him as he allowed the horse to have her way through the forest running with fear sensed from her. Tam looked behind him to see the dinosaur was behind them running after them. He stiffened seeing that feeling of joy hitting him shifted to face the front while riding the horse as he felt confusion hitting him also while thinking to himself.

What's going on with me feeling happy and not scared?

Tam heard silence in the forest instead of the familiar sounds of the ocean's waves sounding loudly from the Elves' island base home. He gasped for air as he heard sounds of a roaring river nearby forced the mare towards the noises while glancing behind him to see the dinosaur hadn't given up chase. Tam groaned as the horse reared up throwing her hind legs behind her while hearing grunting groans from the dinosaur behind. He adjusted the horse from kicking to head towards the river crashing through the bushes while hearing her whinnying sounding panicky to him along with hearing growls from the dinosaur behind him still chasing. Tam found to his fear his familiar feeling of happiness kept on hitting him as there was a rocky cliff with another cliff in another direction with distance too far for a horse to jump. Tam heard the dinosaur roar behind him urged the horse to halt and turn around facing the animal. Tam felt bravery hitting him, gripped the reins and urged the horse away from the cliff's edge and got the dinosaur's back to it near the edge as a idea came to his mind. He ordered the horse to rear up each time towards the dinosaur's front making the dinosaur back up towards the edge. He found himself still happy from the feeling instead of fearful as the mare was sensed scared underneath him but obeyed to his orders of till the dinosaur reached the edge and refused to budge from the horse's manipulations. Tam felt fear take control unexpectedly taking away his happy feeling, as the horse gave off a loud whinnying sound and without his command took off in a direction with the cliff overhang off his right. He again looked behind him to see the dinosaur was again giving chase. Tam looked off his right as the horse continued to gallop which his eyes spotted a rope bridge coming into view urged the horse towards it. He found to his fear that the rope bridge looked flimsy looking and didn't seem to be strong from the looks of but he wasn't sure if the bridge could hold the horse and figured he'll risk it. He forced the mare onto the rope bridge finding it swung a bit on each hoof step. Tam heard a loud roar behind him which he looked to see the dinosaur was still on the cliff at the rope bridge's entrance still roaring away. He felt himself still nervous as he guided the horse slowly over the rope bridge and forced himself not to look down at the river rushing down below which he glimpsed it in a waterfall. He felt vertigo from looking down making him dizzy which he forced himself to keep looking up concentrating onto the other side of where the rope bridge ended. He felt the dizziness continue as the horse continued to walk on the bridge while feeling it sway from her movements tipping back and forth. Tam heard the horse give off a loud whinnying while stopping abruptly instead of walking forwards which he looked behind to see the dinosaur was gnawing at one of the ropes holding up the bridge. He looked away and urged the horse to walk faster over the rope bridge finding themselves halfway through it to feel the bridge beginning to sag onto its side from the dinosaur's gnawing. He found the horse obeyed to his urging hurriedly got across to the cliff wall revealing a cave entrance and nothing else around it. He got the horse onto land as there was a loud snapping sound heard behind him. He looked to see one of the ropes of the bridge had given away and it was sagging off its side as he again heard the familiar roaring noise from the dinosaur again. He shifted to face the cave entrance from knowing it involved enclosed spaces making him feel his familiar joyful feeling for he always felt safe in caves than out in wide spaces. Tam forced the horse into the cave forcing the mare to take her time walking in it. He sighed despite clad in his military combat uniform minus his guns due to the base had refused to let him take them with him to his destination as the mare walked through the cave passageway seemingly endless seemed to go around in bends of circles. He looked around the passageway seeing that some had openings indicating nothing which he figured to himself were entrances to bottomless pits making him more nervous and urged the horse to continue traveling faster. Tam gasped as the horse stumbled slipping her feet but avoided knocking him off along with keeping herself standing. He again urged the horse to continue to keep on gasping each time the horse stumbled slipping and sliding over rocks he saw was really ice which he kept a tight hold onto the reins urging the mare to keep going. He gulped for air through his mouth as the horse kept on her slipping and sliding over the rocky ground while following the cave passageway. He shivered teeth chattering while feeling the horse was moving to keep herself warm as she kept up her slipping and sliding way through the cave passageway. He continued to hold the reins as the horse traveled through the cave still slipping and sliding away till his eyes sight blinked from day vision to night vision repeatedly over and over due to him being a hybrid Human with some animalistic night vision traits put in him. It was for being created that way via medical experiments done onto him from the Elves' obsession with a Human hybrid servant named Mindbender who was never seen by any species other than the Elves themselves. He recalled that Mindbender always wore odd clothes and an entirely covered head mask when in front of his presence for training him in combative art moves. Despite he finding himself spied on by an all covered up male wearing a military uniform with a barrel shaped mask that appeared to be the Elves' hidden leader. The Leader appeared to be a mind walker like the Elves themselves that was seemingly communicating silently towards Mindbender on what to train him in combative art moves in. Tam recalled that mind walkers used mental mind chats to him for ordering him to do combative art training he confused to why he was singled out among the Humans to learn it from the Elves. He sighed from the memory he finding the Elves' hidden leader mostly talked through Mindbender broadcasting within his mind the leader's talk and kept on calling him the name of Nightwalker instead of his actual name of Tam-Mykola MacLeod including talk on he needing to return despite it not explained what he meant. He kept on sighing as he wound up focusing himself onto the horse's ride he figuring that they were near an Elf manipulated point in the cave marking it in the cave passageway to Elves living underwater underneath a dome. He sighed figuring that he was safe for now only to feel fear hitting him as crackling of sounds unfamiliar was heard coming from the passageway in the cave along with hearing the horse giving off whinny. Tam forced the horse to continue as day vision blared in his eyesight illuminating the cave passageway full of whiteness by glow balls shining in the walls put there by the Elves who first discovered the cave passageway. He looked around seeing the glow balls crackled of noises while giving off sparks repeatedly making him nervous as the sparks flew from them. He heard the horse give off a loud whinnying sound forced the mare passed the glow balls that seemed numerous and all around them except for the ground was bare of them. He found to his relief the glow balls came to an end as night vision again resumed blaring in his eyesight. Tam found himself hit with a feeling of joy as he found the ground according to the horse no longer icy but had water on it that indicated an underground river. He forced the horse to travel through the cave passageway following the river that slowly moved sensing himself becoming braver by the feeling of happiness hitting him. He sighed as the horse traveled through the river splashing loudly till the river came to an end and then there was sounds of crunching noises as they entered an apparent by sight vast cave room. He looked down with a frown at the noises' source to feel fear hitting him again seeing that the earth was littered with bones indicating both Humanoids and animals from glimpses of skeleton heads seen indicating both. Tam looked up as if drawn despite told never to look up period or suffer bad luck. He saw above on a cave wall clinging to it was appearing to be sleeping was a large scaly four footed dinosaur similar sized as a full grown Human male he recognized was a dubbed a Dragon for belching out fire towards people and animals when capturing them for eating, that was appearing to wake up from sleeping status by head shaking. He continued to eye the Dragon that appeared to struggle from sleeping status as the horse crunched through the field of bones that seemed vast to him all around and let the mare have her way with the path due to sensing she would find the way out for him. Tam stiffened as the Dragon woke up belching up of fire and twisted its two horned bony head to eye him making him nervous as he eyed the animal. He urged the horse to hurry as the Dragon he saw adjusted its form to climb down from the cliff wall heading towards him. He felt nervousness hitting him as the horse entered a cave passageway that seemed low in ceiling and closer all around him making his fear of enclosed spaces hit unexpectedly. He gasped loudly as there was a loud roaring sound heard behind him along with heat of an eater felt on his back which he forced the horse to move quickly through the passageway feeling her nervousness hitting as day vision flashed abruptly. He looked behind towards the cave entrance to see it illuminated by eaters of the Dragon along with day vision flashing then stopped followed by night vision becoming dominant. Tam exhaled a breath feeling himself a bit relieved to see that the Dragon made no move to enter the passageway and have passed the danger of the animal's trap looked ahead of him to concentrate onto the path finding the cave passageway had jagged rocks dangling from the ceiling that made him bent low on the horse to avoid banging into them or causing a rockslide by the knocking off. He stiffened as there were sounds of rocks falling behind him abruptly making him more nervous as he looked to see part of the cave passageway had fallen showing piles of rocks nearby. He stiffened seeing the rock pile feeling himself more fearful. He forced himself to breathe slowly through his nose as he repeatedly ducked avoiding jagged rocks dangling in the cave passageway still feeling himself panicking but forced himself to be calm. He continued to hear sounds of rocks falling as the horse traveled through the cave which he heard noises becoming louder and louder as they reached the end of the cave showing a vast cave passageway with noises he recognized belonged to bats living in it overhead. Tam felt fear hitting him from stories of bats said by the Elves to attack manoids traveling through caves by hitting them with their bodies knocking them unconscious followed by feeding onto them as a meal. The horse continued to walk through the cave while Tam as if drawn eyed the ceiling overhead to spot too many to count bats clinging to it that rounded in a circle showing an entrance high above. He lowered himself onto the horse as he saw the bats abruptly flew all over and around him in numerous directions some felt hitting him while hearing the mare whinny repeatedly. He kept his tight hold onto the horse as she kept on walking while still feeling the bats hitting him. Tam felt the hitting stop raised his form to see the bats most of them were gone through the ceiling entrance as he felt relief as the horse entered a cave passageway that didn't seem cold to him or indicate animals travelling in it. He sighed softly only to groan of fear as rumbling vibrations was felt along with feeling of heat hitting him which he figured that they were traveling near a lava pathway hence the heat and rumbling vibrations.

He mentally thought to himself I wish I could keep my promise to Mom that I'll get to her in time for the Candlemas celebrations.

He groaned as the heat became more blaring making him sweaty unexpectedly as he urged the horse continued to walk through the passageway that didn't resists to his urging. He groaned softly each time there was rumbles of earth shakes felt while looking around all around him seeing the cave was not just of earth but included metal scattered imbedded in the walls and ceiling all around him which he figured were holding the passageway from collapsing. Tam groaned as the heat continued to blare as there were openings in the cave passageway dripping of liquid he knew by instinct wasn't water but acid judging by them hitting the ground causing smoke to form. Tam urged the horse through the heated cave passageway making her continue despite her attempts to stop and her peals of protest indicating drinking statuses. He kept it up till the heat and rumbling vibrations slowly went away as they traveled through the cave passageway till coldness hit unexpectedly making him feel no longer sweaty. He sighed from the coldness and thought of his name of Jinks by the Elves' hidden leader, and wondered by he was always given that bad luck nickname as his call sign instead of his actual name of Tam Mykola. Tam groaned softly finding the horse able to move through the snowy ground. He shivered from the cold as there was a loud roaring noise heard making him panic recognizing the noise as a dinosaur from the sounds. Tam shook from the noises as the mare continued to travel through the cave which he heard water running unexpectedly heard the horse give off excited sounds and figured that she was terribly thirsty. He guided her through the cave passageway feeling himself nervous of when a dinosaur would pounce on them unexpectedly as there was a small waterfall come into view from the wall which he felt the horse needed a drink urged her towards it. He ran his fingers through the waterfall finding it was harmless water and leaned towards it taking gulps of water while allowing her to have her fill from the stream of water seeing that she was terribly thirsty from how lengthy she drank. He again guided her out of the cave passageway as he traveled through a cave passageway to hear a loud roaring noise sounding familiar to him making him look up unexpectedly to see with fear a giant scaly animal he recognized as some giant dinosaur like crocogator as the Elves refer them, appearing to be biting at the see through ceiling above him and not having success in breaking it till the ceiling's look stopped showing rocks in place with plants. Tam forced the mare to ignore the plants despite her whinnying and indicating that she wanted to eat by her repeatedly trying to go to the plants and him forcing her to move away from them. He gasped as he saw bones of a Human hanging from the plants and figured it was a living plant that would ensnare Humans. He urged the horse through the cave passageway finding her not protesting to the urging instead continued on going through it making him nervous in being captured by the plant's whims. Tam eyed the plant warily as they both traveled through the cave passageway finding himself easily avoiding the plant's limbs. He felt wind blowing into the cave passageway as the plant ended making himself relieved but still nervous. Tam urged the mare through the cave to find themselves exiting the cave passageway and into fresh air of outside which he saw was actually a cliff hang with a rope bridge over a river leading to another cave entrance.

He groaned out a soft groan and mentally spoke When will I get out of traveling through the path? It's freaking me out, making me wonder what purpose it means to the Elves.

He groaned softly and urged the horse onto the rope bridge forcing himself to not look down despite always feeling some fear as the mare traveled onto it. He breathe hard through his mouth as the rope bridge again swayed from hoofs manipulating as they reached the cave entrance which they both went inside. He felt nervousness take hold as the horse galloped through the cave passageway he saw was entirely rounded all over and appeared to be made out of machine from the looks of it and was big and large enough for a horse and rider to gallop through it. He sigh feeling himself safe from harm as he again urged the horse through the cave passageway making him still nervous till they reached an opening showing a forest which he allowed her to have her fill from the plants gathered around the entrance. He sighed as the horse stopped her feeding and galloped through the forest crashing through the plants. He looked up to spot high above him was a shimmery shine in view he figured that they were now near a dome that covered the Elves' outdoor dominated habit territory and was put in place to keep dinosaurs from targeting the Elves themselves despite they uncaring on dinosaurs feeding off Humans.

He continued to ride which he heard Beep, beep, beep.

Tam groaned hearing the noises making him nervous as the greenery in