Book 3: Revenge

Chapter 1: talking

Akka and Dralnu walked along a corridor discussing the Furia's next military move. "We will attack soon, they will have no warning, we will take them totally by surprise." Said dralnu in a hiss. "A good plan my lord." "But there is one flaw with my plan, them, the two." "the two my lord?" "Yes, the two humans I want saved, other than ones, we have already captured of course." "Naturally, naturally" "Humanity's darkest hour approaches, Akka, can I trust you?" "My lord, I am your most faithful servant." "Good, there is a room, in the building the first and I will be taking, a room you must go to, and retrieve them, two humans, inferiors yes, but I must give them the chance to escalate to a higher level, even humanity sometimes deserves a chance."

Chapter 2: upheaval

Jon was a short sparky Native American boy, who was usually the center of attention. What was odd was his friendship to the tall white boy, Thomas. They had only been friends for just over a year, but they had formed a bond that was unbreakable. When Thomas had disappeared Jon was devastated. But what was odd, was he knew of Thomas's obsession with amber, and everyone presumed that he had killed himself, because it was common knowledge that he was depressed, but he would have wanted her to know, he would have wanted someone to know, that he loved her with all his heart. Toady had started out like any other day. The same lame classes, the same looks, but after chorus class, nothing would be the same.

Dralnu paced the bridge of the Damnation, his flagship. He was ready everything was in order. He had changed the physics of earth. Nuclear reactions didn't occur. The bombs that had held so many in thrall were now useless hunks of metal. But his nukes worked. He laughed. But before he could vaporize the 5.99999999 billion people he planned to murder. The mirari sword pulsed in its sheath. Calm yourself, he told it, you will get your fill of youthful blood this day. The attack would come, the first would move in seize the high school, and he would bask in blood. this was fifth period in school, and he knew exactly where the two he wanted to save were. He went to akka and canceled his orders from before. "I will retrieve them myself." He said. "But I have a new job, report to the bridge." He told akka over the video feed, who was in full dress uniform. "By the way, you are out of uniform. Four stripes please." Akka glanced down at his three commander's stripes. "Goodbye Captain Akka" dralnu said and closed the feed. Just then Akka walked in, proudly wearing the fourth Captain's stripe. He went down to one knee. "Sir, to what do I owe this unexpected promotion?" "Akka when I asked you if I could trust you, you said yes. I will hold you to this. I need you to hold a point in the school." "Sir I will do whatever you ask." "Even if it means killing unarmed civilians?" Akka hesitated. "Yes my lord." "Good, get the men ready, were going in, and things might get personal."

The phantom transports screamed downward toward Riggs High. Dralnu glanced around at the ODSTs sitting around him. Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. This squad was his particular favorite of his. The members were fluent in four letter words. And they often volunteered for pod missions. Dropping in a pod out of an orbiting cruiser, getting out of the pod, and fighting. Many times the pod overheated and killed the occupant, or they got blown off course, and ended up behind enemy lines, dozens of things could go wrong, and only one of them had to and you were dead. this volunteering had earned them the nickname the helljumpers. They were tough as nails and twice as strong. But he could see beneath their armor, the shiny faceplate that concealed their faces, beneath the bullet-proof armor, they were shaking. They were nervous. They were accompanying their leader on a dangerous mission on an unknown planet, in an unknown location, plus their blue-glowing leader was dropping in with no armor, and armed only with a sword. They had no idea what they were up against. They neared the high school. Dralnu drew his sword. The men checked their weapons. They touched down. "Go, go, go!" yelled Akka.

Time seemed to slow. The men and dralnu entered the glass front doors, and sprinted for the office. Dralnu threw open the door, and they stormed in. The troopers hesitated, the secretaries were innocent. But dralnu smiled, showing rotting teeth. He threw the mirari sword with blinding speed, hitting the first secretary in the chest, blood splattered the computer in front of her. Dralnu spun from the force and hurled a lightning bolt that gave the other secretary the same fate. He turned to face the men. "These are inferiors, show them no pity, for if you do, they will turn your pity to death upon yourselves. Kill them all!" the ODSTs dispersed, and both shots and screams rang through the halls. Thomas led his hand-picked squad up the steps and into the chorus room. They surrounded it, but no one received an order to move in, so no one did. Dralnu seemed lost in thought. "My lord, we have a perimeter set up, shall we move in?" ventured Akka tentatively. "Yes, yes, have the men move in and, well, await my orders there." He put a hand on Akka's shoulder. "I am sorry captain, I forgot myself." He entered the room.