For information on the gods mentioned in the posts, see The five and two
Arrival
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Tohoku.
The arch.
Dragon Air Space.
"...Charlie 1, report. Any sign of life?"
"Negative Sensei. Nothing in the storage hall."
"Very well. Proceed towards the bio lab"
Several years had passes, since the defeat of Tekagi and his minions, but one could still feel their taint upon the place. Trough out the entire station, there always was a certain presence, a silent whispering. The Dragons who occupied the station after their victory over it grew used to it. Thus, it got ignored.
Until now.
A number of disappearances have been report by the station's commander, Sensei Sitharo. Not only that, but some of his men claimed to have heard screams that will chill even the tallest warrior's bones. Screams of something so horrible, something so dreadful, one could not imagine it. But not human screams, no. The screams had a certain touch on them. Something..Unnatural.
Dejesus had gathered 20 of his best men to investigate, along with his daughter, Gabriella. Why he took her he did not know, but he did feel that she had an important part to play, something that would change the lives of many. Him and his familly had always been sensitive to such things, giving him no choice but to trust his instincts.
"...Alpha one, come in. Anything?" He radioed.
"Negative sir..But we, hold on sir. " Alpha one said while smacking down the radio. Dejesus could still hear faint voices in the distance.
"...Your just crazy! There's no such thing!"
"...I.. I, ah, i...I know what i saw Gai! Red eyes glowing like..Like the fires of Satha. It didn't have any feet, it just..."
"Keep quiet you! I know where your going after we're done here, to Yana, she might clear your mind up. Damn shrink might just prove her worth. Get moving!"
Just when Dejesus was about to radio in on Beta one, Gabriella came running into the command centre. The room that used to be takagi's quarters.
"Da..Uhm, sir!" She said while catching her breath. "Charlie 4...He's been found dead. Charlie one sent him to bring the storage droids back online, down on deck 5. Beta squad and i found him. Pale as a piece of parchment, his veins darkened, as if something was drained. "
Dejesus smashed his bionic hand on the table.
"Damnit! Gabriella, your staying here. Just for safety. " He said
"But.."
"Don't argue with my young lady! To your quarters, now!" He yelled while seeing her walk out the door.
The thought of the darkened veins chilled his spine. He had seen it before, back when he was just a recruit on a mission to capture a Samura transport. They found the transport with its engines destroyed. The 3 crewmen of the ship dead, in the same state as Charlie 4. But there was something else on board that ship. A huge canister, almost a cage. You could feel it emitting energy, but there was nothing within. Nothing but air and dust.<div align="right] <div align="right]
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Tohoku.
The arch.
Dragon Air Space.
5 hours later.
"...Sergeant! There all around us!"
"Keep firing Taka! Keep firing! Sia! Contact command! Tell, Taka duck! Tell Dejesus that..."
"Sergeant! No! Command! This is Charlie 2! We're taking heavy casualties, we..."
Radio silence.
"That's it? Nothing else?" Dejesus asked.
"Nothing, we can hear their weapons firing but not the hostiles. There was nothing on camera either. Just them lying on the floor, dead or unconscious. We can't tell." Sitharo replied.
"Tell Alpha and Beta i want them awake and ready in 30 minutes, have them pack heatseekers."
"Yes Sensei, it shall be done.
And Dejesus walked out.
40 Minutes later.
"Alpha squad, name and number!"
"Sei Sitharo! 2!"
"Kia katoma! 3!"
...
...
"Kitaromana Katei! 7!"
"Very well. Captain, radio Beta. We're moving out. " Dejesus ordered while taking point.
"Sensei, please enlighten me. Where are we headed, exactly?" Alpha one asked
"What do you think of our enemy, Kai? Do you think it to be human, Slomon K'Hara?"
"Well, i would suppose we were fighting Humans here, Sensei. What else?" He replied.
"Not something Human, that's for sure. Nor Slomon K'Hara. No..Its something..Som- Down! Down now! And keep quiet!" Dejesus whispered
"What is it Sensei?" Kai asked. "...Sensei?"
"Keep quiet. Katei, go check the next bulkhead out." Dejesus ordered.
Katei crouched towards the bulkhead.
"All clear Sensei"
Those were his last words. Without seeing anything, Katei was lift up as above some one's head, and thrown on the marble sword of a nearby statue.
Kia was next. His arm was torn of and thrown trough the air, while it looked as something bit his head straight off.
"Sitharo! Get Beta squad here RIGHT NOW!" Dejesus shouted. "Alpha squad! Heat seekers on now!"
And they saw it. A creature from the Netherworld, something the size of a giant. 11 feet high, 5 feet broad. Its claws had the size of a Dia-Katana, and his feet like giant boots melted together.
Alpha squad froze, all but one, they stared at the monster in fear.
"Alpha! Blow that damn mutant back to the pits of Satha! Open fire!" Dejesus shouted.
And so they did. Particle ammo flew across the room. Some rounds went straight trough the monster, ineffective. Others hit the target, making the beast roar in rage. After several well-placed shots, it fell over, and became visible. The beast had a dark purple glow on it, with a stripe across his forehead. The mark of Satha.
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Tohoku.
The arch.
Halls of deck 24.
30 Minutes later.
"...Accursed Minions." Dejesus said while stabbing the beasts heart for the third time.
Beta squad had arrived only seconds after the fall of the beast, the minion of Satha. Gabriella was with them.
"...So this...Thing, is a manifestation of our faith? Of the five and two?" She asked.
"It's more than that Gab, but this conversation is reserved for another time. For now, we have work to do." Dejesus took his Katana out of the beast yet again, and rapped it around his back. "Alpha! Beta! Follow me! We're heading for the storage room."
They walked, encountering nothing but air and dust. Bulkhead after bulkhead. For nearly two hours, they walked. And there it was. The storage room. The room itself had the size of a villa with a ceiling as high as that of a castle. Boxes and equipment could be found all over. From beds to Nuclear mines.
"...Split up, beta, follow the left side of the room, Alpha and i will take the right, and we will meet you further on." Dejesus ordered.
And so they did, both squads walking towards the center of the room in half a circle. Just when both squads
reached near half-way of the room, they heard something...Unnatural. A scream that chilled bone and halted blood. Knocking Alpha and Beta out, unconscious. All but two. Dejesus, and Gabriella.
Dejesus walked towards the middle of the room. "Gabriella! Over here!" It did not take long before he saw his daughter running towards him. She looked confused, frightened, scared to death.
"Wha..Whe" She mumbled
"Hush child. Listen now, and listen closely. Should something happen to me, should..Should i not make it, i want you to leave Kyoto. Leave the Dragons, and head to your family on Malta. To Kaela and Luisa. " Dejesus said with a trembling voice.
"Bu..Why, what's going"
" You remember asking me about the five and two a few hours ago? About how they can manifest themselves in the eyes of their followers? " He asked
"Yes..But "
Another scream could be heard, but this time, closer. Much closer.
"There is no time to explain! Here" Dejesus took off the red amulet that always hung around his neck. "Take this. Show it to Kaela. She'll know what it means. "
"How will i find her? I've never been to Malta!" She said
"The amulet will show you the way, now go! I have some..Unfinished business to take care of. " Dejesus gave her a kiss on the forehead, and pushed her away. She ran out of the room, towards her Catamaran. Towards her cousins.
"...Now then..Shall we? " Dejesus drew his Katana.
"...Ooh Joshua. Your courage is something to be rewarded. "
A dark form emerged from the shadows of the room. Drawing a blade which looked like it was made from the very shadows. Always changing, never to be broken.
"...Yes, we shall"
The two ran towards each other, both with a fury in their eyes. One holding rage, the will to survive. The other seeing its opponent as a toy, a little plaything. This would not last long.
The blades met, clinging into each other. Giving off waves of energy, casting Dejesus back onto the floor.
The dark man smiled.
He stood up again, running towards the dark robed man. Giving off a war cry which could be heard trough the entire room. He kept on running, until he was but 4 meters away from the dark man. The dark man swung his blade to the ground, and Dejesus fell over. He tried to get up again, but somehow he couldn't. He kept trying and trying, until he saw his legs, or what was left of them. The robed man had cut off his feet, leaving two bloody stumps at the end of his legs. He tried to get up, again and again. But in vain.
"...You know it would end like this, Joshua. You cannot destroy that which you worship. Whilst i can easily destroy any who show the vaguest sings of blasphemy. "
Dejesus started coughing up blood. "...Fi..Finish it!" He shouted
"...Oh, giving up already? Very well then, as you wish" The man smiled, grabbed his blade with both hands, and raised it above Dejesus' heart. Dejesus, still holding his blade, made one final swing towards the man. One final, desperate attack. Pieces of cloth fell of the man. He hit naught but the robe.
"..Ill see you later, little Joshua"
The robed man lift up his blade, and quickly lowered it into Dejesus heart. He screamed, roared in pain, anger. And then, all went silent. The shadow blade slowly manifested itself around Dejesus, claiming his very being. Turning him, turning him into the very creature he so despised. A minion.
All went dark, all went silent. There were no more wars, no more pain. No more anger or joy. There was nothing. He was nothing. Nothing but a husk to a dark god's will. It was over, he had lost.
Omicron Alpha
Malta
Dejesus estate
3 Days later.
-Knock Knock Knock-
"...You expecting guests, Kaela? Their knocking's disturbing the tiger cubs."
"...Not that i know of. I'll go check, and, just give them something to eat then."
Kaela opened the door. Giving off a little shout on seeing the ill-fed and rested Gabriella.
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Omicron Alpha
Remote Dejesus estate
The archives
Six days after Gabriella's arrival.
"...You sure we should be doing this, Lou?"
"...Hey, its my idea, sure we should be doing it. Just keep searching Kael"
"...Yes yes, i know it's around here somewhere. Ungh, it was father's idea to keep all these damn books here. Then he decides to die, and let -us- handle it"
"...Just keep searching lazy bones, just a matter of hours."
After the defeat of her father by the hand of one of her gods, Gabriella moved in with her two cousins. Luisa and Kaela on Malta. To her surprise, the two sisters did not react shocked or saddend after hearing her story. No, the response she got was something..Different. "Ah yes, that’s our Satha. Yeah, defiantly Satha!"
The minds of the two had been taken by another one of their gods, Mystara. Lady of Mystery, confusion, and hidden power. Making the two look like they had a little bit too much Cardamine during their lives on Malta, but a font of power deep down.
"Kaela, Luisa, what are you doing down here? And, what's with all these books..?" Gabriella asked
"Oh hush you! Just go back upstairs little Angel. Once we're done here, -your- life will be different" Luisa said with a playful voice
"Jep, do what Lou says Gabs, just wait upstairs. We should be done in a few hours. Maybe a day, maybe more. Maybe never, but then again..Never and ever are quite close.." Kaela said to herself
Gabriella went back upstairs, and back to bed. Not knowing that the two were searching for books about -her-. Books that would change her life, change her soul, change her whole being.
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Omicron Alpha
Remote Dejesus estate
The archives
7 Hours later
"...Aren’t you hungry yet Lou?"
"...Nah, I just found a beetle. "
"...Lucky Bastard. You found anything yet?"
"...Yeah. A beetle. Too much of the good stuff dear?"
"...Ungh, no. Not that..Uhm, square things, letter's 'n such..Boo..Boeks...Bouks...Bouks, yeah. Bouks"
"...On Gabs? No bouk on her yet. Sorry. That beetle said he found one though. It's on the table there. "
"...That father puts bouks in here, alright. But these huge monstrosity's, Elona save me!"
"...Shutup'n read. See if it's what we're looking for. I'm starving.
Kaela sat down on the old chair on the head of the dining table. The book's cover looked something like a demonic mouth trying to put it's jaws around everything in the room. She opened it.
"...Danger, your spirit is open to corruption while reading these pages, do not...Blablabla" She mumbled to herself. "Next page! Right, let's see...Casaramana. The product of a divine and mortal lover, also known as a Demigod. A demigod has more power than a mortal man but...Lou! You suggesting that old Joshua did Puria? Thus creating our Gaby? "
"...Puria -is- known to be somewhat...Free." She replied. "We should ask Gabs about her mother. Bring the bouk."
They went upstairs, back into the living quarters of the Dejesus estate, only to find Gabriella asleep in her room. Luisa tried to wake her up trough shouting, only to find the book blocking her voice and face.
"...You do that again and i'll hit harder! I'll just write a note and we can get on with our business" Kaela said.
They attached a note that read "Reed dis bouk" to the book, placed it on her desk and left.
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