Chapter 28: The Glory Troopers
We curiously followed the marching men in shiny white suits. They marched forward into the stone circle, and a most terrifying sight met my eyes. Amy11 gasped, while I heard a thump next to me indicating that Osrie1 had fainted.
At least fifty dark wizards surrounded the glowing black altar. They were all waving their hands, muttering curses under their breath, shooting balls of darkness at the altar. The white-uniformed soldiers yelled a battle-cry, and ran forward. The dark wizard jumped in alarm, and began firing spells at the white troopers. The blonde leader hung back to talk to us.
"Hello," he said cheerfully, as if the sight in front of him wasn't happening. I noticed he was level 13. "We are the Glory Troopers. We are the elite, made by our leader. We work together to stop evil, nastiness, and destruction. We were hired shortly after the Tutorial Island rat attack disaster to help fight the possessed animals. I am Creator, and I am one of the commanders of the Glory Troopers. Who may you be?" he asked us politely. We introduced ourselves, and he ducked as a magical throwing axe flew over our heads. He took out a silver prayer symbol of Saradomin from his jacket pocket, put it on, and sent a blast of light at the nearest pack of dark wizards. Out of the wreckage of war came Master Samuel.
He gave us an evil grin, and ran towards us, red robes swishing softly and steadily. His bald head was flecked with blood and shiny with sweat. He stopped by us. The blonde had run into a gang of dark wizards to avoid them approaching the altar.
"Look who it is. If it isn't the maniac, the fat pig, the big-headed noob, and the mouthy pigeon," he sneered. "Nice try on stopping us. A bunch of useless noobs like you couldn't hurt a fly." He proceeded towards the sinister altar, and blasted a black spell at it. The spell hit the altar, and the ground shuddered.
The Glory Troopers and the dark wizards stopped to watch. The altar released a convulsing black portal. Out of the portal came an enormous, scaly hand, redder then the hottest flame. Slowly, horribly, a huge, horned, scaly, red demon with rolling eyes, and a spiky tail, came out of the portal. He roared his displeasure at the sight of the war going on in front of him. Flames shot out of his nostrils. With a swipe of his hand, the Glory Troopers were engulfed in flames. They yelled, and ran. Creator made a blast of white light, and fired it at the demon. It barely affected it.
"Delrith, rise again, and destroy this useless city!" Master Samuel yelled. He ran towards Delrith, and scraped off a scale using a black dagger. He threw it into the bubbling black cauldron. Black steam surrounded the area, making it look like twilight. A black flash came from the cauldron, and launched itself into the sky.
The content white clouds turned black, and began rumbling. The sky turned from light blue into dark purple. Delrith howled loudly, and stamped towards the city. The guards yelled warnings, and fled.
I ran towards the fainted Osrie1, picked him up, and dragged him to safety. Amy11 joined me, lifting him up to support his weight. Capablanca had gone to help Creator chase Delrith off. I charged, furious, towards a chuckling Master Samuel. He spotted me, guffawed, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. I felt a crash against the back of my head, and I keeled over. Master Samuel leered at me from behind. With another bang of black light, he was gone again.
Delrith roared, and, with a swipe of his hand, he sent Creator and Capablanca crashing into the mines. Miners roared with fear, and scattered. Delrith bawled, and smashed his way past the guards and into the city.
We followed him, panting. Creator tagged along with us.
"Tell you what; let me take you back to headquarters," he said. We followed him, and he led us down a filthy road.
The road was crusted completely with filth, and rubbish scattered the area. Several buildings were collapsing into their own filth, while others looked poverty-struck. Hobos groaned as we passed them. Behind us we heard a roar, and a burst of fire. Delrith was chasing us. We heard a loud crash, indicating in his displeasure he had knocked down a house. Out of a dark alleyway a blast of black light came.
We spun around. Dark wizards appeared around us in puffs of black smoke. I drew my scythe, Osrie1 drew his sword, Capablanca drew his sword, Creator took out his Saradomin symbol and prayer book, and Amy11 put on her spiky gloves. We got ready for battle.
The dark wizards shot different spells at us. One earth blast nearly knocked me off my feet. I groaned, and lost a few hit points. I rushed forward, and tried to behead him with my scythe. He simply threw blue ropes at me using his wand. They wrapped around my scythe, and it flew out of my grasp. I took out some runes, and bombarded him with air strikes. He fell over, winded. The binding spell lifted from my scythe, and I picked it up and slit the wizard's throat.
Amy11 screamed. She was tied up in blue cords, and was being roasted alive by fire strikes, bolts and blasts. I jumped forward, and cut the ropes with my scythe.
We went back to back to fend off the dark wizards. Delrith had lost interest in chasing us, and had proceeded to knock over houses and burn the remains. I took out my bow and arrows, and sent a dozen arrows at some dark wizards piling up on Capablanca. The wizards screamed with pain as they were peppered with arrows. Creator jumped up, and roundhouse kicked a dark wizard in the face, smashing his jaw. He kicked another one in the crotch, making him kneel over in agony. He spun around, kicking every dark wizard who dared go near him. I slashed at a wizard with my emergency iron dagger. A hobo ran for cover as Capablanca and Osrie1 sent spells at a dark wizard in front of him. But then I felt an agonizing pain in my back.
James was behind me, holding a blackened wand, leering at me, showing his yellow teeth. I smelt digested meat on his breath as he knelt down.
"I'm going to kill you right now, right here, for sending your bodyguard Ilookgood99 to injure me," he hissed in my ear. He conjured up a ball of darkness from his wand. He sent it at me. I was blasted back, crumpling up on top of an unsuspecting Amy11. He stepped towards me, conjuring up another ball of blackness to send at me and end my time on RuneScape. As a last resort, I sent an air strike at him.
It hit him on the chest. He hasped with a sudden pang of pain. That gave me a chance to sit up and pick up my scythe. He sniggered as I ran towards him, crying with rage. He kneed me in the thigh, making me fall over.
Creator took an orb from his pocket, and spoke into it. All of a sudden, shining white light filled the alleyway, and a dozen more Glory Troopers charged into the thick of the battle.
James yelled "Bind of Pain!" and sent a green flash at one of them. Green cords similar to the Bind spell engulfed him. He cried out, and fell. A most gruesome sight happened then. Spikes came right from the cords, and stuck themselves through his body.
Blood spilled on the floor from his wounds. The cords grew larger and larger, and wrapped themselves through his body completely. He breathed his final breath, and his body grew still.
I kept a mental note to learn that spell, evil or not evil. I wanted to test it out on Madrey1. Creator roundhouse kicked James, and he fell backwards. He shot us all a filthy glare, before disappearing in a puff of black smoke.
A battle ensued. Creator roundhouse kicked James in the gut, making him fall over, groaning.
"RUN!" Creator yelled, and we ran away from the wizards. James sat up, rubbed his belly, and ordered the wizards to go after us. Osrie1 sent a fire strike at them, setting James's robes on fire. James stopped to set the fire out, and we sped ahead.
Creator stopped at a grubby stone building. It had a sign with a picture of a wizard's hat on it, and below that there was a sign with a yellow, bold GT on it. I gulped, and entered, with Creator, Capablanca, Osrie1, and Amy11 behind me.
Inside there were glass cabinets everywhere. Inside them, there were all kinds of different runes in them. There were several in there that I had never seen before. Behind a shiny wooden counter, a man stood. He wore a large, majestic cape that had a Rune crafting symbol on it. He was tall, lean, muscled, and had very handsome features. He had amber eyes, and his hair was ruffled and blonde in areas. He looked like the periphery of pure strength. His name tag read 'Aubury'.
"Hello there," Aubury said cheerfully. "Creator, how did the invasion on Operation Delrith go?" Creator looked glum. Obviously, it didn't go well. Aubury picked up the signal. His face fell.
"Does that mean Delrith is……free?" Aubury whispered. Creator nodded. From the window, we heard a smash and a roar. I peeped out, and I saw Delrith smashing up the Blue Moon Inn. I hoped Madrey1 had gone back in there for a drink.
Aubury turned towards us and put his optimistic smile back on.
"So, we have newcomers?" he said cheerfully. "I'll gladly sign up your names as friends of the Glory Troopers. After the rat attack of Tutorial Island, our master decided to start this organisation, with me as the side leader. Our master rides around on a large white dragon that he captured as a child, and raised. He saves RuneScape from catastrophes, but he won't be able to save the lands from the disaster that is apparently to come, according to Gypsy Aris. We signed up a lot of strong warriors, and gave them this protective white suit. We looked for commanders, and we found three. One is Creator here!" he said, gesturing to Creator, who was kicking thin air.
"Creator was born in Falador originally, but his mother and father were killed by rampaging people in the Falador massacre. He was picked up and kept by an old warrior. The warrior taught him the importance of Saradomin, and how to attack using only his feet. He grew up training his prayer and kicking, and he perfected his own strange move-the roundhouse kick. He left his father, and went to Varrock, where I made him commander." He finished his tale with a flourish. Creator was giving us a smug grin. I glared at him. He poked his tongue out at me. I returned that gesture. Was he mocking me?
"Slinky, come out here!" Aubury bellowed. I figure came from the door behind the counter.
She was the most amazing woman I had ever seen. She had long, billowing blonde hair, and her tight-fitting shiny white costume showed off a lot of her figure. She had blue eyes, and long, fluttery eyelashes. She was holding a blood-stained machete. She winked at me. My jaw dropped. Amy11 grunted with what seemed like annoyance next to me. Slinky raised an eyebrow at her, and stepped towards Aubury.
"Yeah?" she asked him. He grinned at her.
"There are people that are here as friends and supporters of the Glory Troopers!" he said. She smiled at him, and she stepped towards me.
"Well, hello there handsome," she said, winking at me. I felt my face go red. Amy11 looked angry. "My name is Slinky, and I am a commander here." I nodded, barely able to talk. She giggled. Amy11 grunted again from annoyance.
"Slinky was born in Varrock," Aubury began. "She was raised and taught how to use a machete. It is originally used to cut branches in Karamja, but, when used properly, it can be a powerful weapon too. Her father died several months ago because of a rampaging possessed group of zombies. Slinky and her mother and father managed to kill them, but they were so strong her father didn't survive the battle. Her mother died a few days later, from misery." I felt saddened. How awful to lose someone's parents because of mad zombies! I stepped forward, and hugged her. Amy11 glared at Slinky. Slinky just snorted. I stood there, nonplussed. Osrie1 seemed uncomfortable, Capablanca was watching with slight amusement, but Creator yelled.
"How come she gets to be comforted, but I don't?" he yelled. I gave him a look. Swearing, he left the building, blasting a waiting Dark Wizard to smithereens with his symbol of Saradomin. Aubury looked at me.
"You seem like someone who could use an adventure," he said. "I suggest going to see Gypsy Aris for more details." I left the building, and walked towards the visible Town Square, osrie1, Capablanca, Amy11, and Slinky following me.
