Soul Calibur

"The Story"

Written By: Johnny Lee

Prologue: No Answers for questions

"No! Please! Don't!" With strong winds blowing over the stone clock tower, Zasalamel held the wrist of another man as he held him over the edge, ready to let him go. "Please, I'm sorry!" The man cried begging for mercy. "It is time for your punishment." "NO! PLEASE! WAIT!" "It is too late to regret your conceit." "I beg of you!" "Curse your fate, as I do mine."

Closing his eyes and letting go of the man's wrist, he herd the man screaming until he hit the sidewalk below. Opening his eyes and getting off of one knee, Zasalamel brushed off his white outfit with his hands, then turned and walked away from the edge, towards the harsh winds. "Humph, consider yourself lucky for being able to die." He said as he stopped to bend over and picked up his Kafziel battle axe.

Holding his battle axe in his right hand as he walked the dusty rooftop of the clock tower, he finally got to the stairs. Walking down the stairs, he then stopped and placed his back against the wall that stood to his left. "Was what he said true? That it will soon begin? ... This was a complete waste of time." Pushing off the wall with the back of his head, Zasalamel once again began walking down the every set of stairs and came to the front doors of the clock tower.

As he reached to turn the nob of the door to exit, dust fell from above onto the top of his head. "...?" Thinking that someone was there, he quickly tossed his battle axe into the air, hitting the upper wooden floor and causing it to shatter into pieces from the impact of his axe. Nothing falling but wood chips and dust, he came to terms with that no one was above him.

Opening the door, and seeing the man he dropped, laying in a pile of his own blood, Zasalamel stood at his feet and looked him directly in the dead man's eyes. "Do you now understand the difference between me and you?" Hearing whistles being blown and dogs barking, Zasalamel knew that the royal empire was on their way. Looking in the direction of the sounds of the rushing feet of dogs and guards, Zasalamel reached back with his left hand, grabbed his hood, and placed it over his head until his eyes weren't visible for the ones who would try to see him.

"Very well...I'll just come back later." Lifting his axe onto his right shoulder, he then turned and made a dash in the opposite direction of the coming guards. Inside the building, more pieces of wood slowly began to fall. Walking to the edge where Zasalamel tossed his axe, a young woman no older that seventeen stood in a green outfit while holding an ring blade behind her back with both hands. "Zasalamel, follow your fate, I'll keep you company...until your destroyed."

Stopping her blabbering, she turned her right ear towards the double doors on the first floor as she herd people right outside the door. "I knew it, I knew I herd someone scream." "There's too much blood here, it's making me sick." "Geez, look at his face, he was frighten." "Hey, isn't that Kenten?" "My son? GET OUT OF THE MY WAY! No...who could of did this to my son?" Standing straight up with a smile on her face, she then herd the floor cracking from under her and jumped back as a huge piece of the second floor fell to the first.

Turning and lowering her head with disappointment of blowing her stealthy cover, she silently whispered, "Dammit". Hearing the dogs barking from outside the door, she listened in more. "WHO'S THERE?" "HE'S STILL HERE! LETS GET HIM!" Kicking in the doors directly in the center, causing both doors to snap back and break open, eight empire guards rushed in with their swords ready and looking for any trace of anyone within the clock tower.

"Show yourself you coward!" the guard who stood front and center spoke out as his voice echoed throughout the tower several times, mixing in with the ticking sound of the giant clock. Looking around for any signs of the one who killed Kenten, but could hear any footsteps while the ticking of the clock accrued. "Huh?"

As the men jumped back, the young woman landed on one hand and knee, directly in front of them. "A...woman?" Shocked to see that it was a young woman inside the clock tower instead of a strong man, the men grew impatient. "Hey! Where is the one who did this to my son?" As she looked around at all the men and the dogs growling ready to attack. She got angry as she hated dogs. "...booo."

Scaring the dogs, the dogs continued to growl as they slowly made they're way out the door. "Huh? The dogs are scared of her?" One of the guards in the back thought to himself. "Hey BITCH!" Quickly turning her attention to the father of Kenten, who called her out her name, she stood to her feet and smiled. "So I got your attention now, do I? No tell me, who did this to my son?" The man yelled as he pointed his sword towards her and continued.

"Where is he! Answer me now you...freak!" Showing the anger through her eyes and sadistic smile, she held her Ring Blade in her left hand and spoke. "You deserve the most painful death imaginable." Feeling someone scared from her words, he gripped onto his sword tighter as his arm shook with fear. "LETS GET THIS BITCH!" With the men running in different directions, when they all stopped, they created a circle surrounding her with swords pointing at her head.

Opening her eyes wide with excitement, she raised her ring blade and placed it in front of her stomach. "Let's get started, okay? No point in dragging it out, right?" Getting angry at her words, the men rushed in on her just as the clock tower bells rung at eleven o'clock in the morning. By the last ring from the bell at the top of the tower rung, all the men laid in front of her in their own pile of blood.

"Aww...I wanted to have more fun! What a big disappointment!" Walking out the door with blood slowly dripping off of her stainless ring blade, she saw the dogs looking in directly at her. "What! You mutts want some too? Come on with it then!" The dogs feared for their lives and scurried away quickly without a trace of where they went. Stepping on Kenten's stomach as she reached the outside, she looked in all directions in search of Zasalamel. "Dammit, which way did you go now. No worries, I'll find you soon enough. But for now, I guess I'll pay a visit to someone elsewhere."