Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been working on a bigger project lately, and I haven't had much time for this… or anything else for that matter. I'm hoping to publish a book within a year or two, and it's been taking up all my free time. It will have some of the characters of this story (Fan characters of course, like Roy, Sirus, Bane, and a few others). It is called 'Legends'. Anyway, enjoy this update, for it may be the last for a few weeks or so.

Chapter VII: Enter, Bane

Dan was lying on his bed. He stared out the window at the vastness of space. He sighed. He missed the blue sky of earth, the sound of the children playing in the streets… even the sound of the rain gracefully falling to the ground. He hoped to someday… someday find a way to recreate earth. He knew it could never happen… it was just a distant memory now. "I did this…" He said to himself. "I couldn't stop him… its all my fault…" He blamed himself. He looked at his clock, midnight. He could never tell what time it was anymore. He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

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Thousands of soldiers bowed to their master, and the choir sang to him like he was a god, praising him for leading them through their times of trouble. "My people…" Roy began. "We have come this far… we've gotten so close to total purification…!" He stood up from his large throne. "We must not fail… our paradise is right around the corner! But Daniel Long and his friends… they just sicken me! They destroy all of our homes! He imprisoned us! He attempted to kill us! His evil must not continue… paradise is within our grasp!"

"Roy! Roy! Roy! Roy! Roy! Roy! Roy!" The men chanted.

"All of us along with my clan can purge this universe of its wicked ways! Forward to victory, forward to paradise!"

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Explosions rattled a town on Venus, as several grenades fell to the ground. A silver streak went across the town as more and more grenades exploded. "Who are you?" A man asked the tall pale blonde-haired boy.

"Bane, at your service."

"GGYYAAHHH!"

"Huah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!"

"Bane huh? You're new. Working with Dragonheart, eh?" Dan asks Bane from behind.

"Me? I work for no being! I, unlike others, have free will."

"Then why destroy?"

"I have my reasons, Daniel." Bane readies another grenade. "And I have my goals. One is to kill you! Bye, Daniel!" Bane disappeared molecule by molecule as Dan ran for cover. "And so it begins…" The grenade detonates, but does not harm Daniel.

"Bane…"

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"Bane? Yeah, I've heard of him. He was the greatest assassin back on earth, until Roy Dragonheart nearly killed him. He vowed to return the favor. He still has some skills though, and he's one guy you don't want to mess with." Luke said. Luke was the new General of the military, one of the lead four. Dan, Jake and Hannah were the other three.

"Dan, we have a problem. Someone has infiltrated the nuclear weapons factory on Venus, he says he's willing to blow the place sky high unless he gets you." Hannah says.

"Bane. Hannah, I'm gonna need your help."

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Dan ripped through the Sirus clones with ease and made his way to the control center. "Bane, stop this!"

"Heh, heh, heh. So you've come."

"I'm taking you down!" Dan yelled.

"I see you brought your little girlfriend with you. Oh well, more fun for me." Bane took out a long saber (Curved blade used by the samurais and many militaries of ancient and present times). "You know there's no turning back. It ends here!" Dan and Hannah morphed into their dragon forms and grabbed Bane. "Bye." Bane dematerialized and rematerialized behind the two. "Hi." Bane kicked the two before warping to the main computer.

"Self destruct in 5, 4,"

"Bye." Bane disappeared. The power plant blew up and the two heroes went flying into the nearby town.

END CHAPTER