The Curse of Wraithmarsh
"Whoa" Connor said as they found themselves in some ruins.
"What the hell is this place?" Zero said looking around.
"Seth, Gabriel where does the map say we are?" Silver asked.
"Give me a second and...oh no, guys you're in Wraithmarsh!" Seth said from the Sanctuary as he looked at the map.
"WHAT!" Kyle yelled.
"What's wrong with this place?" Silver asked.
"This is said to be the most dangerous place to be in all of Albion, this place used to be Oakvale but then the Shadow Court destroyed it and left it as it is and this place is said to be infested with Banshees" Zero said.
"Be careful, this place will also lead you to Bloodstone, there I see another ally who could possibly help us but be careful he may also be an enemy" Gabriel warned.
"Who?" Connor asked.
"Apparently he's Reaver son" Gabriel said.
"Reaver has a son?" Silver said.
"Actually this isn't his only child over the many years he's spent alive he's had many children but as far as I can see they were always son's but for this generation he only has two children a son and as I can see his first daughter" Gabriel said.
"Wait how old is this dude?" Connor said.
"He is way older than we all believe, and the source to his eternal youth is dark magic" Gabriel said.
"Maybe his son could shed some light on this dark power Reaver has" Zero said as they headed down the path.
"Be careful something is interfering with the Guild Seals we may lose contact" Seth said.
"We will" Kyle said.
"I don't like the feel of this place" Connor said as they walked past an old farm gate as they headed down the path as they walked past an old trolley station.
"This place is so creepy" Silver said as they walked into the water in the center of a set of houses with a well in the center as a thick blanket of fog surrounded them in a blink of an eye.
"Uh-oh" Connor said.
"There is something very dark controlling the fog and using it against you four, you need to find out what is controlling it and put an end to it" Gabriel said.
"GRRRR!" Silver growled.
"What is it Silver?" Zero asked.
"That!" Silver growled as they looked ahead by the well and saw a re hooded figure with its back to them.
"Someone here" Kyle said.
"That's not human!" Silver growled as they saw the hooded figure was floating off the ground as it turned and it screamed a loud ear piercing screaming as Silver began to whine and the others covered their ears.
"It's a Banshee!" Kyle yelled drawing his weapon like the others as the Banshee covered her face with her pale hands.
Several small white wisps then flew out of the Banshee and into the ground around them.
"What the hell is it doing?!" Zero growled as small child sized shadowy figures of little girls emerged each holding a weapon.
"Whoa!" Connor yelled blocking one of the shadowy girls attacks.
"Inferno!" Silver yelled tackling one to the ground and launched the spell into the shadow face.
"Time Control!" Zero yelled as he teleported behind one of the shadows and used one of his swords to stab threw it's chest.
"YA!" Kyled yelled swing his hammer and whacked one of the shadows and sent it crashing into one of the old buildings.
"Force Push-Shock!" Connor yelled hitting the last one with the spell as all the Banshee Daughters all dissolved as the Banshee screamed her loud scream as the others covered their ears again.
"Shut up!" Connor yelled whacking it with his sword.
"AH!" she screamed in an echoing voice as Zero pulled both hit pistols and began to shoot the Banshee with perfect aim as she disappeared and teleported away from them.
"You are all fools! Thinking you can stop the inevitable!" the Banshee said.
"It just talked!" Kyle yelled.
"Do you hear their voice, Assassin? The cries of your family all those years ago?"
"W-what!" Zero said in shock that the Banshee knew this.
"Do you really want to know what became of your sister? She didn't get taken by force she went on her own free will, she is a double agent and has been playing all you all along so that she can be the one to kill you and all your Resistance Comrades."
"SHUT UP!" Connor yelled.
"You will only end up dead if you follow this fool" the Banshee said to Kyle.
"Enough! Inferno!" Silver yelled hitting the Banshee in the face.
"GAH!"
Zero then teleported behind her with Time Control then with both his Gauntlet blades out and with Time Control stabbed her in the back several times very fast till she screamed and end up fading away as the fog cleared.
"That was intense" Zero said.
"Yeah no kidding" Connor said as they continued on as they went up a hill to the bridge at the top as Zero stopped and looked over to the massive wall to their right and the old door.
"What is it Zero?" Connor asked.
"That place, it's a temple but there is something inside something dark and horrible" Zero said.
"Stay away from that place, it is the Shadow Court they were the ones who destroyed Oakvale" Gabriel said.
"Then shouldn't we stop them?" Connor asked.
"NO! They're power is far too great the time will come when you must go in there but for now stay away from it" Gabriel said.
"If the Seer is right we should stay clear, let's see what we can do in Bloodstone first" Silver said as they headed to the old bridge.
"Zero are you okay?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?" Zero said.
"Well what that Banshee said seems to have shaken you up" Kyle said.
"I'm fine! Let's drop it!" Zero growled as Kyle and Connor flinched at Zero outburst, "sorry it's personal and I'd prefer not to speak of it."
"Hmm?" Silver said as he sniffed the ground then growled, "Hollow Men! A pack of them dead ahead!"
"Looks like we better dispatch them" Kyle said as they spotted the Hollow Men dead ahead across a bridge near some gates half way through the marshes.
"So far no more Banshee attacks" Connor said as they walked past the pile of bones of the Hollow Men they destroyed and down the stairs.
"Maybe we got lucky" Zero said.
"Uh-oh" Nova said peeking his head from Connor bag.
"What is it Nova?" Connor asked as they heard a laugh and they all spotted a Green Gremlin laughing as he drew on a coffin.
"I got this" Zero said pulling out his gun and in a blink of an eye head shot it in the forehead as it fell over.
"Nice shot" Kyle said.
"Thanks" Zero said.
"Great more marsh" Connor said as they hopped into some water to get to the other path as another thick blanket of fog rolled in.
"Oh crap!" Connor said as they drew their weapons.
"Right now Taylor is plotting your death, plotting to finally end the hero blood line" they heard the Banshee said.
"Show yourself you ugly bitch!" Connor yelled.
"It's all your fault! You let them die! You just hid and watch as they were all slaughtered, Assassin!"
"Where is she!" Zero growled drawing both his swords in each hand.
"You are a failure and all you will ever be is a joke! Without the Crucible you would be nothing!"
"GRR!" Kyle growled as they all search for where in the fog she was.
"Why trust him? He'll only betray you and you will end up being injected with more shots to become the perfect weapon! Your nothing but a freak!"
"SHUT UP!" Silver yelled spotting her location, "Blades!" he yelled launching it as the magical blades stabbed into the Banshee.
"AH!"
"There she is!" Connor yelled as he and Zero both used Time Control and both sliced through her with their swords as Kyle swung his hammer and sent her flying back as she dissolved and the fog vanished with her.
"Come on" Kyle said as the cut through an abandon house porch as they moved along and spotted an oddly shaped tree coming out of the ground in the middle of the water.
"Wait a second!" Silver said sniffing the ground as a massive Swamp Troll began to emerge with a roar.
"Time Control!" Zero yelled as he and Connor used that time to hit all the exposed nerves in only a few seconds as Kyle climbed up it's back then slammed his hammer down on its skull with a loud crack as it fell over and Kyle jumped off as they continued up a rickety bridge and up a hill to an open set of gates and found a tomb.
"This tomb will lead you to Bloodstone" Gabriel said.
"Good about time we reached this damn place, but you know as well as we do Gabriel that this place is a lawless, corrupted city how on earth will we get allies here?" Connor asked.
"Their leader, Reaver son runs this town gain the King of Thieves as an ally and you will gain his entire city" Gabriel said.
"How on earth do you suppose we do that? How the hell do we know this brat isn't anything like Reaver?" Zero said.
"We will have to wait and see" Gabriel said.
"Of course" Kyle said as they heard a falcon cry as it flew down and landed on Zero arm as he removed the note and read it.
"What does your guild say?" Connor asked.
"Well after this we need to go to the Godwin Estate" Zero said.
"Godwin Estate? That place been abandon for years after Reaver and Lucien closed down that amazing menagerie the king opened up so many years ago" Kyle said.
"Well after that happened the island was pretty much closed down and the animals left to starve, my guild and I saw this place as a suiting place for my particular guild to make base at" Zero said.
"Wait you mean it's just a small group of you?" Kyle said.
"Yes my guild and I make our base at the Godwin Estate but as for the others, the entire Assassins Order also known as the Assassin Brotherhood, Liberalis Circulum or Hashshashin their location I cannot reveal but after I convince my brothers in my Guild to join you our leader will go and consult the Order and then they will decide the final verdict" Zero said.
"Wow you Assassins must be a pretty powerful organization" Connor said.
"We only follow three codes; stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent. Hide in plain sight, be one with the crowd and Never compromise the Brotherhood" Zero said.
"Wait you never kill innocent? But the way people talk it made it sound like you kill anyone for the right pay" Kyle said.
"No, we only hunt those who must be put at an end, Lucifer and Reaver are two of these people who are on the top of our list but it would seem that no Assassin strong enough to take them, every Assassin we sent in either ended up dead or worse" Zero said.
"If the most power Assassin Order cannot even lay a hand on them what chance do we have?" Kyle said.
"Once the three heroes are gathered then the ultimate weapon to defeat the enemy will be ready" Gabriel said.
"I just hope the Order sees it that way" Zero said.
"And if they don't?" Connor asked as Zero chuckled.
"I will have to kill you" Zero said heading into the tomb.
"Is he joking?" Kyle asked.
"I can't tell" Connor said as they entered the tomb.
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