DISCLAIMER: All names of people, places or other things in this story are created by "poppyhunt". Use of these names without my permission is forbidden. If you see a name that has been used in any of your stories is conwincidence. Please reveiw and tell me what you think :).

I am falling, falling into the darkness. I scream, but no one can hear me. I look, but there is no one around. I keep falling, but then I see a bright light. I head towards the light and a woman's voice speaks to me. "Help me; you are the only one who can save me." Then a delicate hand reaches out to me. As I reach for it, I can hear her call my name "Baxx." "BAXX!" What, a different voice yells for me and it sounds so familiar. "BAXX, wake up dammit you're about to crash!"

"AHHHHH," I screamed as I made a hard left on my "Sky Cycle." I headed back to the airship and quickly turned around to the target location. As I was hyperventilating, a strong woman's voice yelled, "WHY WERE YOU ASLEEP BOY?"

"I wasn't asleep; I was having a strange vision."

"In other words, you were sleeping. Now get your ass in gear and head down to the floating palace. Chaoiz is waiting for you."

"Whatever you dumb bitch," I muttered.

"WHAT WAS THAT BOY?"

"Nothing ma'am, I heading out now."

As I made my way down to the floating palace, a tall man wearing a black leather full-body suit was there waving. He had icy blue eyes, short-slick dirty blonde hair and wearing a blood red bandana. This describes Chaoiz. He was waving to a man with black shoes, black shorts and a big bulky black hooding with an odd symbol on the back. He also had on black shades, a big "X" shaped scar in the middle of his face and spiky silver hair. This is Baxx. Which is me of course.

I landed my bike, got off and headed towards Chaoiz. He walked up to me and said with a low British accent, "You're late." "Shut up," I replied.

"Lets hop to it then mate, we got a lot of ground to cover today."

"Yeah yeah I know." We then headed off to the front gate to begin the mission. As we approached, the gates opened by themselves. Normally a treasure hunter would be concerned, but with what Chaoiz and I have gone threw before, we really did not give a rats ass. When we got inside, the radio in my left pocket went off. I took it out, pressed the button and said, "Baxx here." A soft female voice spoke, "Are you guys in yet? Because we can't see anything from this altitude."

"Yes were in. Can you give us the mission report please?"

"Yes sir. You guys are in Azulia Palace. One of the five floating palaces. There has been a recent report of fiends coming out of the palace. The main source in on the third floor in a garden." "Do you guys still have the map I gave you," asked a young girl with a high perky voice.

"Yes Kimberly, we got it. Now please put Sarah back on," I asked. "Ah you're no fun to talk to. Alright here she is." "Thank you Kim," said Sarah. "We need you guys to try to be quiet. One loud sound could have an army chasing you."

"Gotcha, Baxx out." I let go of the button and put the radio back in my pocket. Chaoiz and I then headed into the Palace. As we walked through the main hall, we quickly hid behind the nearest pillar. We turned our heads and saw three ugly, axe-wielding creatures guarding the main corridor. Chaoiz looked closer and said, "Goblins". "Not to worry," I said, "We can take them". Chaoiz reached down the outside of his right leg and pulled out his "Arm". While he was loading, I pulled out of my right coat pocket a bulky cylinder about the length of a ruler. I held it horizontally and clenched my left hand and an orange colored long blade came out of each end about the length of my arms. Then I turned it vertically and seriated blades came out of the sides of the long blades.

Chaoiz's "Arm" was a triple barrel hand half the length of a shotgun. His weapon was called "Cerberus" and mine was called "Exodius". We nodded to each other and rushed in for the attack. The goblins spotted us coming up towards them. The middle one, which seemed to be the leader grunted an order and ran off leaving the other two to charge at us. I jumped up in the air, did three "three-sixty" spins with my blade and sliced one of the goblins in half upon my landing. Chaoiz back kicked the second one and shot it in the heart in midair. Before I knew it, he shot the leader in the head before it escaped.

We kept our weapons out fully knowing something else will rear its ugly head. Upon entering the arc doorway and turning down the hall, a giant "Spinder" came down from the ceiling on the other end of the hallway. It charged towards us with its eight giant hairy legs. Chaoiz could not get in a good shot because its weak spot was under its belly and the head was blocking the spot. The beast had its hind up and webby goo was coming out of it. Without hesitation, I jumped high in the air and slammed the Spinder in the thorax with my right fist killing it.

Immobilized with pain, I knocked off its head with my blade. Chaoiz walked over to me clapping his hands with a smug-ass look on his face. "Why are you clapping", I asked. "Because if you didn't have that Special arm, we'd be in trouble right now", he responded.

"It sure is special isn't it?"

"Yeah you sure are special alright"; he muttered rolling his eyes. I quickly walked up to him and slapped him on the back of the head. "Smartass," I yelled, "now let's get going before something else shows up." "Alright mate," he replied rubbing the back of his head. As we pressed on, there were very little to no monsters around. Along the way, we pilfered all the treasure we could find. We stowed them in a dimension cube we carried. It holds vast amounts of stuff we put in, even buildings. With the map at hand, we came upon some stairs that proceeded to the second floor, which was not big. When we got up there, it was pitch black. I used my glasses, which had many visors on them. My shades are made from "Althanian Technology". I used the X visor, which allows me to see things that are not there and reveals the truth behind what I see.

Chaoiz has a third eye under his bandana that does the same thing. However, he doesn't always want to talk about it. When we could see, it was like a maze in there. It took what seemed to be two hours trying to get to the end. As we approached the end, Chaoiz spotted three floating "Screalers" near the end. Gray ghost's with bodies of young women, swaying around make men go near them. However, their faces are so horrid, looking into their will cause you to die of fright and steal you soul in the process. No one knows what their faces look like, because no one lived long enough to see it. Chaoiz quickly loaded in his "Spirit" Cartridge into his arm. It fires bullets that kill spirits. Henceforth the name of it. He quickly killed two of the Screalers before the third bullet jammed the arm.

The last Screaler let out a horrid scream that made us drop our weapons and paralyzed our bodies so we can't move to escape. As the spirit approached, I quickly uttered a spell. "Sapurus Spectroth Roknay". It is a soul-stealing spell. I opened my mouth and sucked in the Screaler. We took a few minutes to get ourselves back together and Chaoiz was fixing the problem with his arm. He then reload with his regular rounds. As we were about to leave, He asked me, "Hey mate, what do you do with the spirits when you do that spell?" "I use their strength to help me," I answered.

"How many do you have?" With my weapon in my right hand, I had to use my left to count. "Seven, now let's go on," I snapped. As we climbed the stairs, we could hear some kind of chanting. When we got to the top, the sun was beaming brightly down everywhere in what seemed to be a Geometrical Garden. It is a garden full of both organic and robotic life. Chaoiz and I quickly and quietly proceeded to the center. There, a bunch of violet-hooded men surrounded a giant crystal on a pedestal, chanting something in a language Chaoiz or I did not understand. There appeared to be thirty-five men. I whispered to Chaoiz, "Hey man, how about a bet? Who ever kills the most gets the crystal." He turned to me, shook my hand and nodded with a wicked smirk on his face.

We had our weapons at the ready and when we stepped close to the men. They stopped chanting, turned as one to face us and march toward us. The both of us charged in, killing the hooded men. As I sliced and diced, Chaoiz was shooting and using his "Iron Claws". Which retracted at the fingertips of his gloves. While fighting, the both of us were tallying up how many kills we both got. After a grueling battle of blood and screams, we both told each other the number of kills. "I got seventeen," said Chaoiz. "Ha ha, I got eighteen," I chuckled.

"Dammit! Alright you won." With a look of victory, I rushed towards my prize. I glanced at it with a beaming smile and when I touched it, the smile went away. Chaoiz walked up to me and asked, "What's wrong mate?" "This is a hibernation capsule, not a crystal," I said in a low monotone voice. While Chaoiz was rolling around on the ground laughing his ass off, I looked all over the capsule for any readings. Then I found a big green button near some kind of foreign language. As I pressed it, the capsule burst open and falling from the sky was what appeared to be a body shrouded with light. I quickly ran in many directions trying to catch it. Chaoiz was doing the same. I caught the body and the light disappeared revealing a woman's body. She had long hazel hair that reached down close to her bottom. She was slender, petite and had soft white skin. She wore a long tan colored dress with mauve colored vertical stripes. Her face is that of an angel. She also had on a pair of reading glasses that just added to her beauty. She was a true vision of beauty. "Have you ever seen her before," asked Chaoiz. "Nope, never seen her in my life," I replied. Then I said to myself, "Only in my dreams."