Crime of Shadows

Chapter 1

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I dashed through the halls of the place that had once been my prison. From what I understood, if I hadn't escaped when I did then I would have been likely killed or experimented on. Naturally I didn't like that, so I decided I needed to escape this place.

Easier said than done, for those who have never escaped a prison of the Great Beings.

Unfortunately for the Great beings though, I was no normal prisoner.

My ingenious plan was a complete success. After pretending to be groaning in pain for almost an hour, my guard in this nearly empty place came to tell me to pipe down because I was making his head hurt.

This is when my ingenious plan began. I told him "That's how it started for me too."

When he came closer to examine me further, I grabbed his head and slammed it against the bars of my cell.

With him down, I stole the keys, unlocked my cell and bolted.

That's how I got to where I am now. Running down the halls in search of any possible route of escape from this awful place. There were guards all over the place, so whatever I was going to do, I had to do it before they discovered I wasn't in my cell.

I was about to run around a corner and try to find a way out, when a patrol of guards passed right by where I was going to run. In the hopes that I would avoid them, I ducked into a room on the other side of the halls.

It was in this room that I saw it.

My ticket to possible freedom.

It was what appeared to be an archway in the centre of the room. The letters on the top indicated that this was a dimensional gateway. If this worked, I would not only be out of the Great Beings fortress but possibly out of their galaxy.

I turned on the machine, but before I was finished choosing a location, there was a banging on the door. "Who's in there?" a voice demanded as whoever it was began to bang on the door. "Open up this door!"

I had no time to choose. I set the destination to what was selected right now, and activated the gateway. I was about to step inside, when I fired a bolt of shadow out of my hand and into the console that ran this machine. Right before it hit the machine, I jumped into the gateway.

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When I came out of the portal, I was in a forest, just before dusk. There were trees everywhere, and I recognized none of the plants or animals that scurried about.

I ran a hand through my hair and – wait, I have hair?

I ran through the forest until I found what I was looking for: a pond. When I looked into it to see my reflection, I saw that I had black shoulder length hair, and red eyes. I looked down to see what I was wearing. I had on a suit of metal studded red leather armor. In short, I was even better looking than I was before.

I was about to leave and try to find civilization when I heard a voice from behind me. "Isn't it a little late to be running around in the woods alone?"

I turned around; ready to kill when I saw who it was that had spoken. It was an old woman. How old, I couldn't tell but she was old.

"Shouldn't you be at home?" she asked me.

I answered the only way I knew how to. "I don't have a home."

She looked at me sadly and said "You lost it in the war two years ago didn't you?"

I had no Idea what she was talking about but I played along. "Yeah, that's it."

"You poor thing." She said sadly. "I'll tell you what, you can come and stay with me. I own a lovely in just outside of town."

I looked at her in shock and confusion. This old woman would let a stranger she just met, who was armored, into her in for free? She was crazy. I however, was not one to turn away free lodging. "Thank you."

"Follow me then." She said as I did just that. She then said "My name is Hama, what is yours?"

"I am sorry Miss Hama, where are my manners? My name is Vultraz."

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Vultraz has escaped his captivity into the world of Avatar.

I think most of you can see where this will lead.

For those of you who don't, it will be in the next chapter.