If you are totally confused about what I'm talking about, read Forgotten Ally. Neophiles the Metal
The preacher hat tilted upwards, the
millions of dust particles swirled into a ragged body. Torn fabric
became skin; and the only bone that was visible was the jawless skull
that made the head of Cyclone. He put a sleeve where his chin would
have been, he was thinking...
"Why was I resurrected?"
Cyclone
caught himself in a mirror, not much had changed about the former
Hyperforce member. The eyes had turned into dangerous slits, much
like a reptiles. The skull had gained more teeth around the edges,
apart from the small details...
"I haven't changed
much..."
Re-thinking this and muttering to himself as he gazed
around his canyon...
"Why? Why can't I die...?"
He jumped
in surprise at how simple the question was...
"Because I have
nothing to die with!"
He stood up from the rock he was
perched on; he had made his final decision on life...
"I need a
soul and a damn good one at that..."
Cyclone jumped from wall to
wall until he reached the edge of his canyon; pulled himself up into
the moonlight and stretched, bones cracked under his fabric
skin.
"Wanted that so bad..."
He ran into the night,
his loose fabric trailing in the wind. He found an ideal spot to hide
until the morning came, and he waited.
"Chiro..."
The leader of the
Hyperforce turned to face his second in command, Aturni...
"What's
up Aturni?"
"It's Sarah; she hasn't talked since...the
incident..."
Chiro shook his head, it was true. Sarah had
only said one word and that was after Cyclones death, she had stayed
in her room ever since.
"She'll pass it by, don't keep
worrying..."
Aturni wasn't so sure; the events of last month
were still driving through his head. As Chiro continued his walk
through the corridors, Aturni unfolded the piece of paper that only
he and Gibson knew about...
"I hope he knows what he's
doing..."
He folded it back into his hand and walked away...
Meanwhile, far above the surface
of Suggazoom...
A burning black meteor spirals towards the
surface of the planet; it dips and swerves as it tries to fight
gravity...
Cyclone looked up at the burning
rock tearing through the sky, in his slitted eye sockets he knows
what it is...
"Hello new soul..."
He ran in the direction
of the screaming crowds, using the sides of buildings as pathways. He
glanced across to see the Super Robot beginning to mobilise. He
carried on regardless; he didn't belong to them anymore. He was his
own problem now...
The crowds below him thickened as he advanced
further, the meteor was now in sight.
"My soul..."
He
landed on the ground, strode up to the meteor and tore it open. For
everyone, the world went white.
Chiro blinked, the explosion rocked
the earth. The Super Robot struggled to stay upright, almost
collapsing...
"Otto! Nova! Stabilize us!"
"Already on it
chief!"
Aturni looked out to the explosion, it had started
to...
"Collapse on itself?"
The fire was being drawn
inwards towards something; the amount of smoke had fogged their
vision...
"Is that...?"
The preacher hat tilted, the skull
underneath emblazoned with strange markings. The torn fabric, now
more ancient and had suffered the same treatment...
"It can't
be..."
The flames outlined the figure, while a dark mist formed
on the markings...
"Cyclone..."
The being cast out its arm,
the flames extinguished. It seemed to look up at the Robot, tip its
hat and throw a comet of dark fire at a nearby building. It would
have normally crumbled, but it just dissolved into thin air. The
being rose into the sky, fire and shadow disappearing into its body.
It spoke in a distorted voice...
My name is Kayos*, bow
before me...
Kayos seemed to pull a shadow from the ground,
let it float in mid air and sent it through the Super Robot's
torso...
"Chiro!"
"I'm fine!"
The shadow had taken
the shape of a dart, it had narrowly missed his head...
Cyclone
died in these fires, but I shall rise like a phoenix from the
darkened ashes!
Kayos twisted towards the never ending ocean
and raised his arms, waves columned into the sky. They hung for a
moment until Kayos brought his arms down, the columns turned into ice
and smashed through the pier with no problem...
Remember,
Cyclone is dead. He shall return to the Pit!**
With those
words, he disappeared in a flash of black light...
*-Kayos (Say chaos) is a recycled character, I used him in various little projects of my own before he became official. If you're interested, his original name was Kaos (Soak backwards for some strange reason...)
**-The Pit doesn't reference Hell! (SPOILER!) It will be a location that the Hyperforce has to travel to...
Neophiles the Metal, delivering great stories to great people...
