The Last Fan Fiction on Mars
Chapter 1: R.C.S.
"What is he doing?" said a young man's voice on the speaker. "Nothing you need to worry about." replied an old man. Actually, both men were worried about today. Everyone was.
The man who was being spoken to was their newest member. He was always quiet, and no one knew why. Right now, they were too worried to care why, either. The man continued pushing a cart with a green gem towards the light beam in front of him.
In another time and place, it was quiet nighttime. A man, who was very rich, was asleep in his castle. Armored guards were patrolling the building, looking for any intruders.
A shadow, moving at amazing speed, jumped over the outer wall, ran past several guards, and scaled the castle wall with ease. It climbed through a window in the man's bedroom; a loud shriek was heard seconds later.
The shadow opened up a cupboard next to him. Inside, he saw what he was looking for: A metal shard, giving off an unnatural glow. He reached out to the prize he came for.
Suddenly a loud noise, followed by green flashes of light, came over the shadow. He was weightless, as if he was falling through reality itself...
The green flashing stopped, and he fell face-first into mud.
He laid there for a moment, and then got up on his hands and knees. The shadow looked all around, and saw an endless pine tree forest. That's what he thought he saw, anyway. The trees made it difficult to see anything at all.
For several hours, the shadow walked through the forest, with no idea as to where he was going. Eventually, he found a clearing, and decided to find wood for a fire. He took out his sword and slashed a thick branch off of a nearby pine tree.
In the blade's reflection he noticed himself, covered with mud. He looked at his mask, and saw its happy expression, welded into place. He thought about himself, whether or not he was happy about his own life. He thought about the scorched face that lay just beneath his smiling mask.
Then Yoshimitsu grabbed the tree branch and took it to the clearing.