I'm sorry for the short length of this chapter, but I wanted to make a chapter just showing off Wraith and his minions. Special thanks goes to The Story's Shadow for writing a large section of this chapter. Thank you my good friend.
"Master, I have arrived on Earth and have infiltrated the city." Wraith informed his master in a humble tone through his pocket communicator. Wraith had used his own portal to arrive on Earth three days ago, and was currently in an abandoned subway station deep beneath the city
"Excellent." Imperious's deep voice said in a delighted tone. "First open a portal and bring forth an army. Then Find the so called 'Secret Warriors' and dispose of them, one by one." Imperious ordered his lead general.
"It shall be done." Wraith said with a convicted tone.
"This dimension will bow before me once their heroes fall, and it they don't, I will leave nothing left standing." Imperious said in a dark tone, which made Wraith smile. "You know what is at stake should you fail?" Imperious asked his destroyer.
"Completely my lord." Wraith said as the line went dead, and Wraith right away began following his orders as he raised his right hand, which began to glow with a black aura, and a few seconds later, a black and purple portal opened up in the abandoned station, allowing dozens of hideous and evil looking creatures to come forward. "Find the Secret Warriors, and report back to me." Wraith ordered his soldiers. Who laughed evilly and shimmered briefly as their withered forms suddenly became human looking, allowing them to blend in with nobody suspecting otherwise, and soon they where on their way to the surface...
-Later-
After several minutes of searching the entities had come up with some hearsay from the local denizens of the city they had infiltrated without arousing too much suspicion. They gathered in an abandoned building to discuss their findings.
"I heard that they appear across the city and that they're aren't any specific locations for a stronghold," one entity hissed.
"There is little to no crime near in certain areas of the city, perhaps they have a hidden place around one of those areas?" Another replied.
"But what of the reports these 'warriors' patrol the city day and night? Trying to obtain conclusive visual evidence of this report may or may not be more difficult with these disguises," a third added.
"Maybe, but let us do as we were ordered. We cannot fail our master," a fourth stated.
The others looked at one another and nodded in agreement. Once they had left the building they carefully moved through the streets towards the suggested sites. They studied the people around them and copied to varying degrees the way people talked, walked, and other mannerisms to try to seem natural. After several more minutes of traversing through the city, they stood around one another in an alley across from an auto repair shop called 'Wilson's Auto' with a closed sign hanging up.
"Nothing, nothing at all." one hissed.
"We cannot go back with nothing, you all know the price for that." another whimpered.
"I'm unsure of any place in this city could be a stronghold of these 'warriors'." one entity grumbled.
"Our master learned that they may have something hidden in plain sight." another suggested.
"Even if that's so, a search for such a thing may take longer than our masters wish," the first scoffed.
"What were the descriptions of some of these 'warriors'?" One entity asked.
"One has a suit of armor of red and golden plates shaped in the form of a young woman, another is a larger built girl with a squirrel's tail, etc.." another answered.
"Like those?" Another asked as it pointed in the direction of the auto repair shop.
From outside of the building in the back of another alley, the very two individuals the being had described sneaking into the building where they met an assortment of other figures of various shapes, sizes, etc. The entities chuckled in delight.
"Let us inform our master we have succeeded." one rasped.
The entities left the alley and proceeded to make their way to where Wraith was waiting. A minute or so after they left, in the same alley a golden light shined. Within the alley, a young girl walked from out of the golden swirling portal. As she walked towards the street the portal disappeared. She looked towards the building the entities had and saw the same group they had been tasked to locate. The girl rubbed her chin in contemplation as she locked eyes on them.
To be continued...
