Yo what is up guys it's Javael here and I just wanted to let you know/ remind you that I am not the writer for this anymore but we toss ideas around and stuff. I have no control whatsoever, and I'm completely in the dark like you guys and girls. I honestly can't wait to read more and I hope you enjoy.
PEACE OUT SCOUTS!
As we land on the moon's surface I can hardly contain my excitement. Finally my friends and I were sent on our first mission by the vanguard. We knew that they wouldn't entrust us with anything too important, but nevertheless we were still overjoyed to receive the order. We were tasked to investigate the western entrance of the Hellmouth and monitor hive movements.
From our landing site we mount our sparrows and begin to drive towards the dark gates. With our Titan, George, taking the lead we glide across the moon's surface. Looking around I realize the absence of fallen or any movement other than us. The stillness only broken only by the engines of our sparrows.
Approaching the entrance, our hunter Noah, George and I crouch behind a large outcropping a short distance away from the gaping entrance of the Hellmouth. "Something's wrong", Noah whispers, "aren't there supposed to be guards?". Shifting uncomfortably I reply, "yeah and isn't the gate supposed to be closed". "Let me take a look, you guys stay here" George says slowly rising so as to see over the rock.
"What do you see?" asks Noah with a hint of fear in his voice. "Nothing yet.. Wait! There's someone ther-" George's words are cut short as he is thrown back by an emerald fire bolt. Looking back at George for a fraction of a second, Noah and I instinctively raise our guns and begin to fire at the shadowy figure, Noah with his hand cannon and I with my auto rifle. But to no avail as our bullets ricochet off the wall of darkness protecting the figure.
We cease our shooting as George picks himself up out of the crater and pulls out his machine gun. The three of us glance back to see the wall of darkness fade away, revealing that there was no one there. "What?! Where did he go!" Noah exclaims before a green explosion knocks us back slamming me into a wall of rock. An intense pain jolts through my body as I look down to see my lower leg bent completely to the side, clearly mangled by the impact.
Standing on the smoldering ground left by the explosion is a man wearing long flowing robes with a spiked collar surrounding a fearsome horned helmet appearing to be made of bone. Noah recovers first and runs at the man, his knife glowing electric blue. The man effortlessly sidesteps Noah's attack, grabbing his arm and twisting it to the side producing a loud sickening crack. The man follows up the attack by striking Noah's leg incapacitating it. As Noah falls to his knees howling in pain the man grabs Noah's helmet and his hands begin to glow bright with green fire. Cracks appear upon the helmet weakening it as the man rips the helmet apart.
I watch my friend freeze and suffocate simultaneously. I try to move, but my leg only responds with intense pain. When he finally dies Noah's body dissolves into his ghost as the man watches. George, however, has finally recovered and begins to yell with rage as he attempts to stand. The man glances at George over his shoulder and proceeds to grab the ghost with both hands, channeling emerald energy into it. George rises and rushes forward as the man grasps the ghost and hurls it at George.
With an explosion of pure white light George is no more. There is no ghost, no body. I weep into my helmet as shock and grief overtake me.
The man begins walking towards me. Fear fills me as I struggle to move. The man is upon me, he grasps me by my neck, holding me up against the rock. "You're so scared aren't you?" He asks. "So frightened of what I might do". My hands grasp his trying to break his iron grip. The man roars his head back in cold laughter. "No, I won't kill you" he chuckles, "I need you to do something for me". Reaching inside his robes he pulls out a black cube with ornate green symbols pulsating with a faint light. Dropping me to the ground he places the cube in my hand. "Give this to the vanguard and tell no one else, if you don't well..." He says gesturing to to smoldering remains of my friends.
"Lynx return her to the tower" he says and in a flash of green light I am there.
Hey guys Amazing Chapeau (my preferred online name) here, thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed. This story is considerably darker than the original and will involve characters from the original story but is primarily about Ben and his "unique" situation. Being kind of a perfectionist I go through numerous rewrites and edits on my chapters but I will try and get a chapter out every 2 days but don't hold me to it. Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy what I have in store.