And I'm back!
Isaac: ::in silvery-gold "Oh good"::
Hey!
Isaac: ::in blueish green "You scare me. Akiko doesn't own anything"::
Nameless
Chapter 7
Something dark slid across the barely visible edges of the sun.
*****
Alex cursed under his breath, quickly undoing the straps around the seat
of his bullet bike. Those removed, the long package they were holding in
place fell into his hands. He quickly untied the strings holding the
piece of leather in place. It fell away to reveal a katana sheathed in
metal, and its kodachi brother.
Without a second thought he slipped the sheaths into the loops on his
belt and drew the two swords before he ran back to the truck.
He nearly ran into Garet half way there.
"Stay here," he said firmly, hoping his tone and the swords would be
convincing enough, leaving the baffled teen behind.
*He doesn't know. He has no idea, I have to protect him no matter what.
That is my duty.*
*****
Isaac stood up, staring at the place where the sun had been visible but a
moment before.
*What's going on here?* he wondered.
"Isaac! Get DOWN!" someone pushed him to the ground.
He looked up. The fires of the sun had become visible, still only a halo
of fire around the moon. The silhouette of someone holding two swords,
one long and one short. The former was held vertically, and the latter
held horizontally across it, like a cross to ward off evil.
A rush of air filled the silence, and the sun was once again lost to
darkness.
And in that darkness, something screamed.
*****
Alex almost smiled. A Winged Hydra, was this really the best that Destiny
could do?
He looked up at the beast. It had a thin, snaking body, topped by at
least five heads. Huge bat-like wings spread from its back, hissing
through the air with every beat that kept the monster adrift. It threw
back one of its heads, and screamed before it attacked.
Its decent didn't come as a surprise. Alex, aided by superior night
vision than most humans had and years of training, noticed how it tucked
its wings in close to its body. It dived, two of the heads out to snap
at him with rows of razor sharp teeth, the other raising an eerie
crescendo.
The katana flashed out, snipping off the head coming in from the left.
Alex spun with inhuman speed, quickly doing the same to the head
attacking from the right, jamming his kodachi inbetween the eyes of the
third.
The two remaining heads screamed in pain, and the creature flapped its
immense wings, rising into the air.
"Oh no you don't," Alex muttered, raising one hand and casting Freeze
Prism.
Huge chunks of ice formed in the air, crashing down on the creature from
above. It screamed again, its wings crumpling like paper, and it
plummeted to the earth. Shards of ice scattered in every direction,
sliding across the pavement like children's boats in a stream.
Alex didn't give it any time to recover. He sprinted forward once ice
stopped raining from the sky, stabbing an eye with his kodachi and
slicing through another neck as if it were butter.
The body of the Winged Hydra lay still, only one of the necks wriggling.
Alex spun his katana in one hand and stabbed down into the creature's
chest cavity.
Even the neck stopped moving.
Alex pulled a washcloth from his pocket and carefully cleaned off both
swords before sheathing them and turning to walk away, ignoring the
puddles of blood he splashed through with each step.
"Are you alright?" he asked Isaac, who had risen to a sitting position,
his eyes wide with horror.
"What was that?" the boy managed to gasp out.
"A beginning," Alex said softly. "To everything we hoped to prevent."
"A beginning?" Isaac choked.
Alex crouched next to him. "There are things that you need to know,
Isaac. If you're going to survive."
"Wh-what kind of things?"
The poor boy was shaking. It had been a while since Alex had pitied
anyone.
*****
Mia shaded her eyes with one hand, watching the moon slowly move away
from the sun, letting light back into the world. People on the crowded
streets around her were gaping, speaking aloud in awe.
And why shouldn't they? Most of them had never seen an eclipse, and they
didn't know what it foretold.
"We should join Alex and Garet," Sheba told her softly. She nodded in
response, and they turned and began walking down the street.
*****
Felix waited until the sun was fully visible before he went back inside.
*That was strange, I didn't see anything in the news or on the internet
about an eclipse in this area. Usually it's all over the papers when
something like this happens.*
"Felix, look at this!" Jenna yelled from the den. Felix sighed and went
to join his younger sister. He found her sitting on the couch, the
remote in hand. "Look!" she motioned to the television. "It's on every
channel!"
Felix sat next to her. The station they were currently at was a serious
looking news anchor.
"This unprecedented eclipse has scientists of the area baffled," he was
saying. "Is this the end of the world, or could it be-"
What else it could be was cut off by Jenna changing the channel.
"This eclipse could be what some think to be the-"
Another channel. "His wrath is upon you! What will you do now that the
final days are here?"
Jenna went through every channel their cable provided. On each one was
something about the day's events. Speculations of the end of the world,
reports on the sudden rise in the tide in coastal areas, discussions on
alien invasion the musings caused by the eclipse were endless.
Felix made a mental note of each one.
*****
Hope you all enjoyed that!
Isaac: ::in greenish gold "I doubt it"::
See, Midnight? How can I be nice to my muse when he's SO mean to me?
Review! ^_^
Isaac: ::in silvery-gold "Oh good"::
Hey!
Isaac: ::in blueish green "You scare me. Akiko doesn't own anything"::
Nameless
Chapter 7
Something dark slid across the barely visible edges of the sun.
*****
Alex cursed under his breath, quickly undoing the straps around the seat
of his bullet bike. Those removed, the long package they were holding in
place fell into his hands. He quickly untied the strings holding the
piece of leather in place. It fell away to reveal a katana sheathed in
metal, and its kodachi brother.
Without a second thought he slipped the sheaths into the loops on his
belt and drew the two swords before he ran back to the truck.
He nearly ran into Garet half way there.
"Stay here," he said firmly, hoping his tone and the swords would be
convincing enough, leaving the baffled teen behind.
*He doesn't know. He has no idea, I have to protect him no matter what.
That is my duty.*
*****
Isaac stood up, staring at the place where the sun had been visible but a
moment before.
*What's going on here?* he wondered.
"Isaac! Get DOWN!" someone pushed him to the ground.
He looked up. The fires of the sun had become visible, still only a halo
of fire around the moon. The silhouette of someone holding two swords,
one long and one short. The former was held vertically, and the latter
held horizontally across it, like a cross to ward off evil.
A rush of air filled the silence, and the sun was once again lost to
darkness.
And in that darkness, something screamed.
*****
Alex almost smiled. A Winged Hydra, was this really the best that Destiny
could do?
He looked up at the beast. It had a thin, snaking body, topped by at
least five heads. Huge bat-like wings spread from its back, hissing
through the air with every beat that kept the monster adrift. It threw
back one of its heads, and screamed before it attacked.
Its decent didn't come as a surprise. Alex, aided by superior night
vision than most humans had and years of training, noticed how it tucked
its wings in close to its body. It dived, two of the heads out to snap
at him with rows of razor sharp teeth, the other raising an eerie
crescendo.
The katana flashed out, snipping off the head coming in from the left.
Alex spun with inhuman speed, quickly doing the same to the head
attacking from the right, jamming his kodachi inbetween the eyes of the
third.
The two remaining heads screamed in pain, and the creature flapped its
immense wings, rising into the air.
"Oh no you don't," Alex muttered, raising one hand and casting Freeze
Prism.
Huge chunks of ice formed in the air, crashing down on the creature from
above. It screamed again, its wings crumpling like paper, and it
plummeted to the earth. Shards of ice scattered in every direction,
sliding across the pavement like children's boats in a stream.
Alex didn't give it any time to recover. He sprinted forward once ice
stopped raining from the sky, stabbing an eye with his kodachi and
slicing through another neck as if it were butter.
The body of the Winged Hydra lay still, only one of the necks wriggling.
Alex spun his katana in one hand and stabbed down into the creature's
chest cavity.
Even the neck stopped moving.
Alex pulled a washcloth from his pocket and carefully cleaned off both
swords before sheathing them and turning to walk away, ignoring the
puddles of blood he splashed through with each step.
"Are you alright?" he asked Isaac, who had risen to a sitting position,
his eyes wide with horror.
"What was that?" the boy managed to gasp out.
"A beginning," Alex said softly. "To everything we hoped to prevent."
"A beginning?" Isaac choked.
Alex crouched next to him. "There are things that you need to know,
Isaac. If you're going to survive."
"Wh-what kind of things?"
The poor boy was shaking. It had been a while since Alex had pitied
anyone.
*****
Mia shaded her eyes with one hand, watching the moon slowly move away
from the sun, letting light back into the world. People on the crowded
streets around her were gaping, speaking aloud in awe.
And why shouldn't they? Most of them had never seen an eclipse, and they
didn't know what it foretold.
"We should join Alex and Garet," Sheba told her softly. She nodded in
response, and they turned and began walking down the street.
*****
Felix waited until the sun was fully visible before he went back inside.
*That was strange, I didn't see anything in the news or on the internet
about an eclipse in this area. Usually it's all over the papers when
something like this happens.*
"Felix, look at this!" Jenna yelled from the den. Felix sighed and went
to join his younger sister. He found her sitting on the couch, the
remote in hand. "Look!" she motioned to the television. "It's on every
channel!"
Felix sat next to her. The station they were currently at was a serious
looking news anchor.
"This unprecedented eclipse has scientists of the area baffled," he was
saying. "Is this the end of the world, or could it be-"
What else it could be was cut off by Jenna changing the channel.
"This eclipse could be what some think to be the-"
Another channel. "His wrath is upon you! What will you do now that the
final days are here?"
Jenna went through every channel their cable provided. On each one was
something about the day's events. Speculations of the end of the world,
reports on the sudden rise in the tide in coastal areas, discussions on
alien invasion the musings caused by the eclipse were endless.
Felix made a mental note of each one.
*****
Hope you all enjoyed that!
Isaac: ::in greenish gold "I doubt it"::
See, Midnight? How can I be nice to my muse when he's SO mean to me?
Review! ^_^