Andromeda
New Arrival
TeaserDisclaimer: Don't own anything except the original characters.
Alright, this was meant only partially to be a teaser. It was also meant to test out whether the italics and such were working.
This was written while listening to the song "Without Taking the Jewel" from the game Chrono Cross, and a couple others.
A boy sits on a rock at the edge of a crystalline lake, his feet dangling, heavy combat boots almost touching the surface of the water. We see his back at first, but slowly begin to circle the boy, revealing more than just his long black coat with gold trim and shoulder length silver hair. There are silver scales dotting his body in patches. There is one patch on the right cheek of his face, and the left side of his torso is covered in them. His left arm continues the scales all the way down to a hand with long, scaled, muscled fingers that end in black claws. There is a patch on his upper right leg, and one on his lower left. He wears baggy, camouflage pants that tuck into his combat boots, and a t-shirt printed with three ragged, bloody claw marks on the chest. His irises are shining silver as he gazes out across the lake, guitar resting in his lap. A long sword sits on the ground to his right, sheathed for the moment. He looks very much like the sorrowful swordsman who has lost something very dear to him. He picks his guitar up, carefully compensates for his claws as he frets a chord, and he begins to play a sorrowful tune, one that sounded like sad reminiscence.
There is a sudden change of viewpoint. We are higher up in the sky, and looking out over the entire width and breadth of the lake. Images seem to dance across it like rapid-fire dreams. A vortex of energy in a plane of gray. A black robed reptile -no, reptilian man- chanting. A young blonde man, Seamus Harper, being pushed out of a room, a fist following close behind.
The images are moving faster now, as the boy ends one song and begins another. After a few seconds of what seems like hesitation, we swoop downwards and splash into the lake, only to discover that this lake seems to be a sea of memory.
Two men, located in a craggy wasteland, rain pouring down and bolts of lightning striking close enough to be seen. The two men fight fiercely, wielding swords that flash with every bolt. One is the reptilian man that we saw in the lake, while the other appears to be the same boy playing the guitar.only different.
There is a flash of gold and then we're swooping down and up again over a battlefield, both inside and outside an arena of some sort. We circle the fighting from high above until we find him. HE is the same boy from the previous vision, only this time not nearly as intense. As soon as he is spotted, another image replaces the one we were just seeing.
A golden skinned girl with red hair falling backwards, and the boy from the previous vision rushes into the scene, catching her in a teary eyed grasp.
We pull away violently from that vision and begin to swim through the lake, but we find ourselves being assaulted with visions.
Tyr, with no shirt on, running towards the camera. He swings at something, but apparently misses.
Trance looking up lovingly at the camera while walking through Hydroponics.
Sylvanus
We can hear through the water that the boy has begun to play a more violent song.
I want to go back there.
A flash of the Andromeda Ascendant landing and Dylan, Tyr, and Beka rushing down the ramp, loaded for combat.
We look up at an angle at Trance, in Shakespearian costume, standing on a balcony. We see a hooded man twirling a dagger directly underneath, gazing at her.
I fought for them.
A flash of the two men from the craggy wasteland, this time in the air above that ground, blades flashing as they fly towards each other and then dart back again.
We see the combat over the planet again, this time picking out Dylan, Tyr, and Beka as well as the boy.
We see the boy shifting and changing, even as he fights alongside Trance and Rommie.
This isn't over yet.
A flash of the boy playing the guitar, only he isn't in the same place. He's standing on the roof of a restaurant, sword in hand, glaring at another figure.
We see a flash of black robes and black scales.
We see a man with red hair fading out of existence.
I can't find them.
We see the boy from the craggy wasteland, his lower half trapped under a rock, yelling at Trance with his arm outstretched, palm towards her.
Boy: Run!
We see the Andromeda dodging fire left and right, rocketing away from an unknown planet.
We see Dylan and Rommie fending off black, reptilian creatures.
We see the black robed man, standing on the tip of a stalagmite, cackling maniacally, arms raised, his body and face growing younger.
We see Dylan trying to calm Trance in the Infirmary, while Harper cries into Beka's shoulder and Rommie leans heavily against the wall.
But they'll find me.
We see Trance, her hands loosely gripping the railing of the Obs. Deck, gazing out into space.
We see a joyous reunion onboard the Andromeda, but there is an ominous shadow watching in the distance.
We look up at the boy playing the guitar. The water ripples, and he shifts into a shirtless, muscular, tan skinned, biker with leather pants, combat boots, an enormous sword, and sunglasses. The water ripples again and we see the young boy from the combat on the planet. There is another ripple and we see the boy in silver armor, with reptilian wings spread wide from his shoulder blades. One final ripple, and we see the boy as we saw him when he began to play the guitar.
And then. . .the real fight will begin.
We see hordes of the black reptilian creatures swarming over a Commonwealth star port, destroying it utterly and slaughtering everyone in sight.
We see the boy with the guitar leaping after the Andromeda as it lifts off. The boy grabs onto the ramp and hauls himself in just as a sea of the black reptilian creatures crash below him.
We see the Andromeda and another ship. They appear to be racing each other in space, and the other ship suddenly sideswipes the Andromeda. They fire back, but they're spinning out of control toward a planet.
We see the boy with the guitar again, only now he's in the uniform of a Commonwealth Captain, sword at his side. Dylan, Trance, Rommie, Harper, and Beka stand beside him, and all of them are gazing at the Andromeda's view screen.
There is a thunder crash, and the black robed man, now a boy with black scales in the exact opposite areas as the boy with the guitar, glares at the silver scaled boy. The silver scaled boy glares right back.
Black: Why was I summoned here?
Silver: I could ask you the same question.
The black-scaled boy looks confused.
Black: You didn't summon me?
Silver: No, I didn't. You didn't summon me?
Black: What purpose would I have to summon you?
Silver: Then who-
Offscreen voice: I did.
And finally, we see the two boys, silver and black, standing with questioning glances, looking at an out of breath man with feathery bird wings doubled over, gasping in air.
Bird: He is here. . .the Devourer has come. . .he is here. . .all will perish.
The eyes of both boys go wide with shock and fear as we fade into oily blackness. Slowly, from out of that oily blackness, rise words in silver and black letters, alternating between the two.
New Arrival