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The Sword Keeper, chapter 3 written by: Me, Scraff (what, you think there's
suddenly a new author?)
Location, **very** deserted outskirts of Cosmosis.
What is a warrior that kills relentlessly, one with no respect for intelligent life? Most will say he is a monster, but only the foolish will accuse without first knowing the history of their subject ~ sky437 A narrow arc of light is seen just above the horizon, as Scraff lands his badly battered space pod on the purplish-gray dirt of Cosmosis.
"A pathetic traveling vessel indeed", Scraff says to himself after getting out of the pod.
"I obviously won't be traveling in this piece of crap again", Scraff thought, at the same time making the pod glow a bright blue. Then suddenly, the pod exploded, with Scraff turning around, looking at the lights from the city in the distance. Then he noticed a column of smoke rising up from somewhere in the city.
"they must be in the city, but what would they be doing there? It doesn't make any sense. Why would the DWE come out into a vastly populated city? It doesn't make sense!" As he was thinking these thoughts, Scraff was also speeding across the barren deserted outskirts of Cosmosis.
Just then, Scraff caught a glimpse of a small ship landing somewhere close to the city. All of the sudden, he felt a kind of flash go through him; it was the same feeling he had when he had the flashback in the pub. Then it all came flooding back to him.
"Yes, I remember now, the other part of my mission is to guard and train the Wielder of the Wolfhart. But why?" He thought as he arrived at the entrance to the city. The entrance looked like it didn't get much use; actually, it was more like a dark little opening between two huge buildings. Scraff entered and walked down the street. The place seemed to be deserted, there wasn't a sound to be heard. Then Scraff came up to a gigantic building, it was in what looked like the center of the city, and the building was much taller then those around it, with a domed roof. This was the building with smoke coming out. Upon closer inspection, Scraff noticed that the building must have been shot at, because there were huge gashes and holes in the walls and craters all over the street.
"They must have forced their way in through here" Scraff said to himself, looking at a huge door that had been blasted open. The building was actually the office and residence of the president of Cosmosis, who had been thought of as a tyrant by other planets. For this reason, the president increased security on the building and had military guards as well as police to guard against a possible assassination attempt. But for unknown reasons, the DWE also had their sights set on the building, and they attacked with a fairly small task force. The guards thought it was a group of foreign assassins, so they didn't hesitate to attack. Now, back to the story.
Upon entering the building, Scraff noticed lots of military guards and officers sprawled out on the floor everywhere; he only saw two or three DWE soldiers.
"They were not even a threat to the DWE soldiers", Scraff said, looking around. He looked up at the many floors above him, he wished he could have had the ability to fly. Just then, more of his memory came back to him.
"Well, Isn't that convenient", he said after floating up to the top floor.
The first thing Scraff saw was that the smoke was coming from A huge hole that had been punched through a giant security door. There were also remains of heavy laser torrents on the floor. This must have been were the president was hiding. Scraff sensed nothing inside the inside of the room. What interested him was on the far side of the central room. There was somebody over there doing something with one of the security computers. Then he noticed that the person was a female. And she was armed. With two swords and a gun actually. But what puzzled Scraff was the fact that she had swords, she was definitely not part of the DWE. But she had already noticed Scraff.
"Who are you!" She demanded. "That is what I should be asking", Scraff replied.
"Oh yeah? And just who do think you are? And why are you here? Everyone else evacuated when the assassins attacked."
"Those were not assassins. Now who are you and what is your purpose here?"
"You're one of them, aren't you!" She said, drawing her sword. Scraff made no movement at all, he was completely calm.
"Yah!!!!!", she yelled, charging at him. But Scraff easily evaded the blow. Again. And again, and again and again, until the warrior drew her gun and shot right at him, at almost point-blank range. But the blast seemed to merely bounce off of him, And he didn't even flinch when it did.
"What the hell are you?!" She said, slightly shocked. Scraff didn't say anything. "Man, this guy could be trouble. It's a little to late to play the peaceful and innocent type. Oh well, I'll just play it safe for now"
"Who are you and what is your purpose?" Scraff repeats again. **sigh** "Fine, my name is Mina, and I'm a.an ambassador"
"You lie" "What? How did he know that? Can he read my mind or something? "She thought as Scraff still just stood there, waiting for an answer.
"Okay, fine. Mina really is my name, but I was a bounty hunter. I was, but now I know that I can put my skills to better use than that. Now I'm a peace keeping warrior. I know it's sounds strange, but that's what I do. I'm hear because I've been taking up missions from the president here, but now he's dead, and you said those guys weren't assassins, so who killed him?" "The Dark Wolf Empire won't hesitate to kill anyone who stands in their way, no matter what position they hold. I've heard the president of this planet is a tyrant." Scraff replied, in the same indifferent tone as before. "Those are just rumors. The president is trying to free the enslaved inhabitants of the asteroid colony AC-073. The slave trading groups are spreading rumors to protect their profits." "What were you doing before?" "What? Oh, with the computer? I was trying to figure out what happened here. I just got it to work, look." She showed him the computer monitor. It showed about 5 black-clad figures jumping around slashing guards and laser torrents. Then the screen turned blank. "Crap! I wanted to see how they blasted through the doors." Mina shouted, while Scraff turned to walk away.
"Hey! You never told me who you are or what you're doing here!" Mina shouted at him, looking really pissed about the whole thing. "If I did tell you, you wouldn't be satisfied with what you would hear," "Just tell me!" "I am Scraff. I am a warrior. I will detroy the DWE. I am looking for someone right now."
Mina was just about to say, "Do you really expect me to believe that?" when she remembered how easily he dodged her. But also remembering this, she said, "Hey! Why didn't you attack me? You had the chance at least ten times." "Because I needed information. Do you want to be attacked?" He replied. "No, but- Hey wait!" She yelled after Scraff as he jumped of the top floor. There were at least fifty floors, but he landed without even stumbling, then walked towards the blasted open door. "How did he do that?" Mina thought as she also jumped over the railing. But just before she hit the ground, She grabbed onto the second floor railing to break her fall.
"Hey, and just were are you going now?" "To find the one I'm looking for." The moment Scraff said this, he got the same feeling he had when he saw the ship landing, only stronger.
"Hm. He's close." after saying that, he walked outside, then flew off to the spot were he saw the ship land.
"What the..?" Mina said, gazing up as Scraff flew out of sight. He landed on a barren plain, were he saw a brown haired warrior wearing a jacket with the Star Fox insignia and a sword on his back. The warrior noticed Scraff, surveyed him, then demanded, "Who are you?"
Location, **very** deserted outskirts of Cosmosis.
What is a warrior that kills relentlessly, one with no respect for intelligent life? Most will say he is a monster, but only the foolish will accuse without first knowing the history of their subject ~ sky437 A narrow arc of light is seen just above the horizon, as Scraff lands his badly battered space pod on the purplish-gray dirt of Cosmosis.
"A pathetic traveling vessel indeed", Scraff says to himself after getting out of the pod.
"I obviously won't be traveling in this piece of crap again", Scraff thought, at the same time making the pod glow a bright blue. Then suddenly, the pod exploded, with Scraff turning around, looking at the lights from the city in the distance. Then he noticed a column of smoke rising up from somewhere in the city.
"they must be in the city, but what would they be doing there? It doesn't make any sense. Why would the DWE come out into a vastly populated city? It doesn't make sense!" As he was thinking these thoughts, Scraff was also speeding across the barren deserted outskirts of Cosmosis.
Just then, Scraff caught a glimpse of a small ship landing somewhere close to the city. All of the sudden, he felt a kind of flash go through him; it was the same feeling he had when he had the flashback in the pub. Then it all came flooding back to him.
"Yes, I remember now, the other part of my mission is to guard and train the Wielder of the Wolfhart. But why?" He thought as he arrived at the entrance to the city. The entrance looked like it didn't get much use; actually, it was more like a dark little opening between two huge buildings. Scraff entered and walked down the street. The place seemed to be deserted, there wasn't a sound to be heard. Then Scraff came up to a gigantic building, it was in what looked like the center of the city, and the building was much taller then those around it, with a domed roof. This was the building with smoke coming out. Upon closer inspection, Scraff noticed that the building must have been shot at, because there were huge gashes and holes in the walls and craters all over the street.
"They must have forced their way in through here" Scraff said to himself, looking at a huge door that had been blasted open. The building was actually the office and residence of the president of Cosmosis, who had been thought of as a tyrant by other planets. For this reason, the president increased security on the building and had military guards as well as police to guard against a possible assassination attempt. But for unknown reasons, the DWE also had their sights set on the building, and they attacked with a fairly small task force. The guards thought it was a group of foreign assassins, so they didn't hesitate to attack. Now, back to the story.
Upon entering the building, Scraff noticed lots of military guards and officers sprawled out on the floor everywhere; he only saw two or three DWE soldiers.
"They were not even a threat to the DWE soldiers", Scraff said, looking around. He looked up at the many floors above him, he wished he could have had the ability to fly. Just then, more of his memory came back to him.
"Well, Isn't that convenient", he said after floating up to the top floor.
The first thing Scraff saw was that the smoke was coming from A huge hole that had been punched through a giant security door. There were also remains of heavy laser torrents on the floor. This must have been were the president was hiding. Scraff sensed nothing inside the inside of the room. What interested him was on the far side of the central room. There was somebody over there doing something with one of the security computers. Then he noticed that the person was a female. And she was armed. With two swords and a gun actually. But what puzzled Scraff was the fact that she had swords, she was definitely not part of the DWE. But she had already noticed Scraff.
"Who are you!" She demanded. "That is what I should be asking", Scraff replied.
"Oh yeah? And just who do think you are? And why are you here? Everyone else evacuated when the assassins attacked."
"Those were not assassins. Now who are you and what is your purpose here?"
"You're one of them, aren't you!" She said, drawing her sword. Scraff made no movement at all, he was completely calm.
"Yah!!!!!", she yelled, charging at him. But Scraff easily evaded the blow. Again. And again, and again and again, until the warrior drew her gun and shot right at him, at almost point-blank range. But the blast seemed to merely bounce off of him, And he didn't even flinch when it did.
"What the hell are you?!" She said, slightly shocked. Scraff didn't say anything. "Man, this guy could be trouble. It's a little to late to play the peaceful and innocent type. Oh well, I'll just play it safe for now"
"Who are you and what is your purpose?" Scraff repeats again. **sigh** "Fine, my name is Mina, and I'm a.an ambassador"
"You lie" "What? How did he know that? Can he read my mind or something? "She thought as Scraff still just stood there, waiting for an answer.
"Okay, fine. Mina really is my name, but I was a bounty hunter. I was, but now I know that I can put my skills to better use than that. Now I'm a peace keeping warrior. I know it's sounds strange, but that's what I do. I'm hear because I've been taking up missions from the president here, but now he's dead, and you said those guys weren't assassins, so who killed him?" "The Dark Wolf Empire won't hesitate to kill anyone who stands in their way, no matter what position they hold. I've heard the president of this planet is a tyrant." Scraff replied, in the same indifferent tone as before. "Those are just rumors. The president is trying to free the enslaved inhabitants of the asteroid colony AC-073. The slave trading groups are spreading rumors to protect their profits." "What were you doing before?" "What? Oh, with the computer? I was trying to figure out what happened here. I just got it to work, look." She showed him the computer monitor. It showed about 5 black-clad figures jumping around slashing guards and laser torrents. Then the screen turned blank. "Crap! I wanted to see how they blasted through the doors." Mina shouted, while Scraff turned to walk away.
"Hey! You never told me who you are or what you're doing here!" Mina shouted at him, looking really pissed about the whole thing. "If I did tell you, you wouldn't be satisfied with what you would hear," "Just tell me!" "I am Scraff. I am a warrior. I will detroy the DWE. I am looking for someone right now."
Mina was just about to say, "Do you really expect me to believe that?" when she remembered how easily he dodged her. But also remembering this, she said, "Hey! Why didn't you attack me? You had the chance at least ten times." "Because I needed information. Do you want to be attacked?" He replied. "No, but- Hey wait!" She yelled after Scraff as he jumped of the top floor. There were at least fifty floors, but he landed without even stumbling, then walked towards the blasted open door. "How did he do that?" Mina thought as she also jumped over the railing. But just before she hit the ground, She grabbed onto the second floor railing to break her fall.
"Hey, and just were are you going now?" "To find the one I'm looking for." The moment Scraff said this, he got the same feeling he had when he saw the ship landing, only stronger.
"Hm. He's close." after saying that, he walked outside, then flew off to the spot were he saw the ship land.
"What the..?" Mina said, gazing up as Scraff flew out of sight. He landed on a barren plain, were he saw a brown haired warrior wearing a jacket with the Star Fox insignia and a sword on his back. The warrior noticed Scraff, surveyed him, then demanded, "Who are you?"
