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Mark Smith 6-27-01

Chapter 1

As he stepped in silently with the mist, he finally became visible. "Hello Marius, it is about time you have made it here, I am glad you have shown as we have asked, we appreciate all cooperation from you."

"My name is Zex Marius, and I don't give a damn about what you appreciate or not." he said while silently withdrawing something from his coat.

"We have no time for names, now, let us get to business. Where is the sword?"

"Why, it's right here, one little problem," he said as he finished withdrawing it from his coat, "your gonna die before you see it."

The air was as cold as the snow outside, the room was practically black, and it felt uneasy.

"What makes you think we came unprepared Marius? Heheheheh."

Zex just kept on smiling, when the room froze from an extremely loud noise, and as Zex looked up a bullet appeared jammed into the concrete wall.although it was very hard to see, it was right above Zex's head. He just kept on smiling, and disappeared into the mist once again.

"Damn, where is he?" said he while shivering from the cold, or fear, you decide.

"Be prepared to face a new problem that's above your head." said Zex as his cold, white blade suddenly turned red, the man was dead. Too dark to tell what he hit, but it was obvious he was dead. Zex's cold, brown, and soulless eyes remained the same, never changing, and no emotion for the man whatsoever.

"Mission complete." Zex said, with a strange, disturbing smile. He sheathed his sword, and walked out of the room looking the same as he entered, deadly, vicious, but also a look that showed no care for anyone in his heart, that not one person could fail to see.

Zex' blade is mysterious.. he is mysterious.no one knows his true mission or what he really wants to do.. to know would be a miracle.

"Hmm, it's funny how they think they can somehow get my blade, when I'm the one who forged it, who wielded it's mastery, and now he thinks he's somehow gonna live and ask for that blade, heh...typical humans," he said as he walked along the street, talking silently to himself obviously, others were oblivious to communication with him.

He was scary enough as it was, but to actually talk to him?

Zex's thoughts troubled him. "Darn, I'm still alone. Still no one has shown..but then again, who the hell was supposed to show anyways, maybe my dream is nothing. Heh. Well, I guess I prefer being alone anyhow; solitary training is for the best. Until of 2010 A.D." Zex said somewhat uneasily, but still trying to maintain his cool.

"It's time." Zex said, finally entering an old, abandoned home and leaving the cold, black ice and snow. As Zex entered, it seemed miraculously big, most notably for the fact that there was nothing in the room, it seemed perfect almost...for him. Although to the average person, they'd find it empty.

Zex removed his coat, throwing it on the ground next to him, and walked upon the cold, brass coloured floor. As he walked, he threw his sword next to his coat, nearly cutting straight through the floor, but he didn't care, the rougher the better.

Zex disappeared into the air, out of site, appearing every few seconds, but disappearing too much to actually trace what he was doing. It was amazing speed he had, and even more amazing he could focus his mind fast enough to keep up with his body.

"Move faster, quicker, err." He continued to move around the room, as he then performed something no person would ever dream of seeing, from all the coldness in space, all the air around him turned into ice, the room was a blizzard, as a simple ball of fire formed from all the heat in the entire room, the room had already formed icicles, and the ball released from his hand.

Zex then moved so fast, he was on the other side of the room, countering the already made fireball, performing his technique once more. He moved to each and every corner, over and over enforcing each side of the fire. There were now four forces colliding with each other, and no man nor woman could fight the force that was created in this room, after he did the unspeakable once again.

Zex disappeared into the air, only to be reappearing in between all four fireballs.

Zex, once before frozen from the draining of warmth in the room, had now burned his body so much it was in deplorable shape, but still fighting off the great balls of fire.

"Err, my strength has gone beyond my vitality and defense" yelled Zex; at himself.

Zex fell into a rage with himself for being so weak. He exploded with anger, releasing his arms outwards to the sky, causing the fire to backup several feet temporarily; he finally drained the warmth from the fire into his body, and the coldness from the outside to collide with him, forming ice.. He released it, letting the fire collide with ice.only forgetting what happens normally when ice and fire collide at that magnitude..nothing.

"Damn.. at least they are colliding, although they won't put each other out, I don't care. They'll destroy each other anyhow" said Zex as he jumped out of the center, and walked to his coat. .

"Done for today." Zex walked through the large, black door and pushed it open, still angry with himself, and as he left there was a minor explosion following him.

As Zex walked out, he started on the sidewalk. It was quite lively and quite a few people out there. As he walked, he eyed a few women suspiciously, still searching for someone he had mentioned earlier. He wanted to find them badly, but would never admit it.

"Argh, I don't care, I'll find them to fight, and then I'll dump them off where they came" said Zex as an excuse. He continued walking, not really knowing where he would go. He really didn't have anywhere to go.

Zex finally walked over to the wall, and closed his eyes, standing in a nice stance, ignoring all others.. he had nowhere to go again, although he went through this everyday, nothing new. He'd sleep and rest here, in front of all the people of course.

"My senses will tell me if anyone tries to come near me." Zex's thoughts went everywhere from bad to worse, only thinking of the future.as he entered his dream world.

Who am I anyways? Will they ever show, will I ever have a home.that shouldn't matter. I am only here for one reason anyways, to defend, so what if they never come. Err.such painful images of the future.DAMNIT! Can I do anything to stop the future or do I have to fight to my death in vain? 2010.The worst year mankind will ever face, and they have no idea, it will take every ounce of strength I have to fight them off, and I'll most likely die fighting, but that's what I'd rather do than sit and watch. My visions.oh no, not this again. *His mind flashed an image of war.* No.poor.violet.I can't let this happen, I have to become str-.

The world flashed around him, and he jumped up with his fist already in motion. "What do you want?" yelled Zex, more afraid then angry of his awakening. "Hey, who's Violet anyways?" said a young, slender girl, young she seemed.

Zex slowly put his arms down to his side, realizing she was just a kid, like himself, no one of threat. Now that Zex looked closer, she was about his age.

Zex suddenly thought."No, don't even think of it, I know exactly what my stupid emotions are trying to do." But now that he thought of it, he decided to simply look at her, no emotions, just her. She was a bit taller than him, a beautiful smile.her hair was black, going around her head so.perfectly. Her body was so slender, so beautiful. Her shirt showed a blue and white wolf, with the background of a darker blue colour.

"I have to admit, she is beautiful." Zex thought to himself.

"Hey, you can stop staring, I'm just a girl, not a supermodel" she said as she giggled.

"Whatever," muttered Zex under his breath. "I was trying to rest."

"Oh, really, out in this freezing cold weather? Please!" she laughed, wondering why he was really here.

"I have nowhere else to go, I'm fine here, thank you" resisting the temptations for love or romance, he closed his eyes again.

"Hey, I'm still here, and I'm not going to let you stay here. You're coming with me." Iris was quite persistent.

"I don't even know your name. I just met you a second ago and your already inviting me in, haven't you ever heard of not talking to strangers?" mumbled Zex again, frowning now.

"Well, yes, but your not a stranger, your just a boy, alone with no home, now come with me" she yelled, and then decided to grin, and grabbed his hand.

"Hey, what are you doing, let go of me!" She giggled, thinking "how persistent."

"Fine, if you'll leave me alone I'll come with you, but don't expect to see me ever again after you go to sleep, I'll be leaving early" outburst Zex, still annoyed at the fact that he had to go to her home due to her severe annoyance.at least that was the excuse Zex made for himself.not really sure why he was going.

"I'm an early riser too, now let's go." He followed her, thinking about what an overpowering race a persistent girl can be.

As she walked with fashion, style, class, and all of the above, he just couldn't stop but to marvel her beauty, but even as this happens, he still rejected any emotions for her, as it would only interfere.

"Imbecile, what are you thinking to care about a simple girl, you have no idea about her, you'd best leave before she wakes up, or else." Still, for the first time, Zex had been feeling unable to be completely emotionless for someone.

"Come on, it's almost as if all you do is think or look!" growled the young girl, seeming to prove that women always proved to say something stupid to contradict boredom.

"Whatever" growled Zex, like she had any idea of the trouble she was causing?

"Heh, your so typical, and serious," she giggled, "it's not like your in court."

"You have no idea" he said softly, as she noticed the way his hair slid over his eye, the way his passionate, brown eyes would slide around her face so romantically, just the way his face moved across hers so slowly. As they walked down the sidewalk, he spotted many houses; obviously they were in a small neighbourhood away from the streets of the city, in which he was used to.

The houses he ignored to try to even describe, they were too big and would consume too many of his thoughts he guessed.

"We're almost there," she said as she grinned. After only what seemed a few seconds, she pointed to a large, blue painted house. It was big, bigger than anything he'd ever been inside.

"That's it. Let's go." ".. Wow.interesting house you've got" grinned Zex widely. She walked up the driveway, it looked rather steep, but of course, very smooth.

"Nice..." he said, glaring at it through the sunlight, darkening every moment.

"C'mon, it's getting late, hurry up!" she yelled at him, impatiently waiting.

Zex grabbed the doorknob, wondering what to expect from her parents. He opened it forcefully, but with little strength.

Zex entered into a very large room. It was unpredictable of what he would see in the rest of the house. The floor went in a somewhat spiral shape with blue and black tiles going around, it looked rather nice for the shades of the colours. There was a table, the shape of an average circular table, brown, that held a lamp on it, nothing else.

Even though of that, the lamp stood brightly in the room making enough light to see at night. The stairs were also in this same room, coated with white, soft texture. Everything in the house was so warm and nice.

"I can't live up to charity like this, heh. Won't be able to stay here long anyways, good thing. I'll never see her again anyways."

"So, what is your name anyways?" asked the young girl. "Zex. Zex Marius."

The young girl giggled, "Mine is Iris." Zex glanced at the door, and then back at her. "My parents are out on a vacation right now, a housekeeper is with me at the moment, wherever she is," she grinned, looking around, "not that it matters, anyways, I have an extra bed in my room, my friend often comes over, so there's plenty of room for you."

"Thanks..." said Zex, still suspicious of what he was getting into. He then sighed. "What next.sigh.I have no idea of what even to think. Devoid myself of emotions is the only thing I need to do. Everything else comes second, it's not as if she should matter, you'll be gone in the morning."

"Well, what do you want to do until the morning?" she asked, giggling at the moment she asked.

"Do you have something planned, or can I just rest now." Zex said, making it rather a statement that he didn't want to go.

"Well.no.but you just got here and your gonna rest? What type of boy are you?" she laughed. "I'm not feeling adventurous to a place like this, nor do I need to be." Zex growled, and then went off to the next room, and lied on the couch, concentrating his thoughts once again.

"What am I doing resting so early.its time to do more training, stop acting so weak." Zex jumped up and looked around the room.

"Not enough room here.... I guess I'll go out," Zex said as he walked out of the room. He had gone out the way he came, slowly reaching for the bronze doorknob.

"Hey, where are you going? I thought you were going to rest." shouted Iris. "Well, I was, and I decided not to. It's none of your business" yelled Zex, and turned the knob to walk out.

"Wait, will you at least tell me where you're going?" snapped Iris right back. "Since when did you care so much about someone you don't even know?"

"When I saw you lying on the street trying to sleep like a frozen icicle," she snapped back again.

"I don't care. I would have been fine. Now leave me be," he said as he finally walked through the door.

"I'm coming with you then. You're not going to leave me," yelled Iris right behind him as she ran out through the door as well.

"This feels like a fantasy story, how would I ever have met someone so determined to follow me around." Zex walked out to the street, Iris following, Zex thinking of a way to get rid of her.

"Maybe I don't need to get rid of her," he thought deeply.unsure of what to do.

"Zex, tell me about yourself, and I'll tell you about me," Iris said out of the silence.

"Are you prepared to hear about me? And the great beyond?" he asked, full of a twisted smile.

"Yes.. what great beyond?" Iris asked confusedly.

"This one. Look at the sky; do you see its beauty? That is the great beyond, I think." Iris looked up, wondering at what he meant, when Zex blasted the ground with his immerse power creating a brilliant flash of blinding light. He rose above the ground, and in another brilliant flash of light, he was gone.

"Glad I got rid of her. Haha!" he laughed coldly, "What a fool!" An aura of darkness surrounded him and the desolate surroundings, as he laughed so coldly, "Don't try to follow me Iris, I'm too far away now..."

"NO! You aren't! Stop running. Who the hell are you? What's with the darkness! Tell me, there's just something.not right about you!"

He laughed, "Go away kid." Zex started to rise into the air, the dust started to rise with him, his aura of darkness blazing around him.

The ground was shaking violently, Iris shaking and scared.

"What the." Zex was already screaming, his true colors erupting, "Go away kid! You'll never catch up with me."

Iris, crying, shouted to him, "Stop it you fool! What are you doing!? You're hurting yourself..." Zex ignored her; the aura of darkness surrounded him and grew larger, nearing her.

"Go away before you get yourself caught up in this."

"What are you talking about?" Zex was screaming! She is such an innocent fool. She's going to get caught into the void!

"Go away now!" Zex yelled at her one final time...hoping she'd get out before it was too late.

"No, Zex, there's something too special about you, who ARE you! I'll follow you to death!"

"It will very well be death, kid. "It's starting!" The dark aura now surrounded Iris as well as Zex, like a black hole it sucked them in.