Thank you for your reviews! Without much else to say here from me, other than the story will be set just a few years before the 13th Black Crusade, so there will be Papa smurf and Abaddon the Armless too in one or two points in the story, but most other characters and OC's. Also, there will be many things from the fan show made by Alfabusa, What if the emperor had texted to speech devices here maybe, also note that this story is heavily non-canon at points, a lot of things from other games, shows or anime. All rights and things belong to their rightful owners!
Burning worlds, ash, and fire. Those were everywhere the eye could see. The Galaxy was aflame, massive pyre that cleansed every living thing from the face of all creation. Amidst all this, someone stood with a gleaming crimson blade, sword fully made from one piece of some form of a crystal with living fire dancing inside of it, making it seem alive. The person standing there was still, the wind only making his red locks of hair whirl and dance in it gently, being the only sound among the burned plains. On the head of this person sat shining Crown made from leaves, atop a mop of unruly red hair, his ears were long, sharp-pointed, not like normal Eldar ears. These were long and pointing at the sides making him look a lot more out of a Fairy story. The Flames danced across his muscled body, forged and tempered by Eons of War, mapped by many scars from all kinds of weapons, made or natural.
Both of his forearms held metal like tattoos, Red and Gold serpent-like creatures with manes of molten rivers of gold, crimson scales with golden fangs and talons, eyes like the blazing evening sun from ancient times long forgotten. Mythical beasts long thought dead and erased by the long march of Time. These markings made him seem like something not from the known world, nor the power he radiated. It was suffocating, making the earth still tremble from it, The air shake and the very existence nearly bow down. Only one thing could justify this, Person- No. This Creature. This being was a God, Beings of unlimited power and capable of scaling the whole world with a wave of their hand. This being only stood there, silently staring at the burning world, but something told that this wasn't his doing, no something else had done this all.
Ripple in the air warned of the coming, coming off something horrible nearing closer. This being whirled around with his crystal sword held at his side ready. Not far from him Three figures walked closer, Power surging from them, Hatred, Death, Change. The Maelstrom of Chaos was coming closer to this only being now, not covering from fear nor bowing down to these Mighty, Horrible beings. The first one stood forward, Black magma veined arm pointing at this only beacon of Light in a burned and dark world.
"Your Time has come, Aldar, This is your last time to admit defeat and Bow down before us or you will DIE!" This figure roared with waves of hatred coming off from every word spewing out his mouth. The second figure covered by swarms of flies and miasma of Death crept to the Right of Him.
"Death and Plague have taken your worlds, your people and soon it will take the life out of your Children, bow to us and We will cease all this, bow to us and the Pain of all will end..." This thing lurred out from the filth-ridden pestilent mouth, halting at the left of Aldar who stood silently, two Blue orbs piercing them and holding no Fear.
The third figure, whirling mass of forms, Chaos made into a body of a person just walked to Aldar's right side. Chuckling with an ever-changing tone he waved his arm carelessly in the air. Aldar changing his gaze towards him, keeping his proud stance. This moment was Light and Dark, Chaos and Order, Life and Death whirling in the air. The ground was still, air silent and no sound other than now softly humming crystal sword giving sound to this dark world. Raising his eyes higher, taking one step forward Aldar spoke with a voice thundering with raw power.
"You three think I will bow down now, after all these Eons of War and useless killing? These long years of anger and sorrow. You three started this long time ago... You destroyed whole worlds, made many races go extinct for what? For the simple reason as I never joined your conquest for CHAOS!? Who hunted my race for countless years, killed our young and weak, our brothers and sisters... I might be the Last standing Dragon of this Galaxy... But, there will always come a new one, this is what I will leave behind! An ever-growing Legacy! You will never end my bloodline! My Will, MY POWER WILL ALWAYS BE REBORN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO FACE YOUR DARKNESS! THIS IS WHAT I SWEAR! ALDAR FORASS!" He roared, dashing forward with a flaming sword and tidal wave of power surging behind him.
The World exploded in a torrent of power, engulfing the whole Creation made by the Old Ones.
Lewi woke up with a start, sweat pouring off his bare skin and breath coming out in sharp intakes of air, hungrily grasping for it. Looking around the darkroom and after a string of muttered profanities, the lights of the room slowly wake. Pulling his hand up from the button next to his bed, just awoken boy rubs his eyes. Looking at the large, full-body mirror across the brown wood painted room. From it looks back just awoken boy himself, but there have been some changes after few years of living in his new... Home.
First, the most notable change is the overall clean and better taken cared mop of a lush golden brown mane-like hair on his head, reaching past his chin and being in one quite impressive bed hair mode clearly in the need of a comb right about now. Yawning and rolling off the soft bed landing on his feet the now fifteen-year-old Lewi scratches his stomach, lifting the quite large long-sleeved shirt he usually enjoys to wear when not forced into more formal clothing or into combat training, those sure are quite form-fitting and in the formal part tight, overly so in his opinion. Suddenly like getting shocked, he remembers part of the odd dream he saw, truly odd and slightly... Worrisome for a reason he can't find an answer for.
Sighing loudly and running his fingers through his hair keeping his bangs up showing his eyes more. Smiling slightly while looking at the two nearly shining emerald orbs, just barely seeing the innumerable patterns in them, like a starmap he had once seen when introduced to the concept of space travel one day, exciting stuff for the lower hive born boy! Looking at his own eyes he remembers the dozens of comments and glances people do while thinking he doesn't notice, the whispered and out loud said words about them. Never really kind nor hurtful words, just words about how odd and unnatural looking they were. They aren't odd... They are normally colored in his opinion and even his great and wise friend had said that green is normal eye color among humans!
Thinking of his friend Valeria, the door to his room slides open with a hiss, heralding the coming of the She who loves tea. As if tempting fate she walks into the room holding a small tray with two porcelain cups painted with red and blue whirls and steam rising from them. She looks around the room and notices the Young boy she was looking for standing there with just awoken look in his eyes and only in brown shorts and that overly large white shirt on... Typical for him she muses in her mind. Walking past him silent she places the tray on the small table there while Lewi just slowly turns to look at her rubbing his eye.
Valeria sighs while turning again to look at the boy, placing her hands on her hips and tapping her silk shoed foot on the floor, not the proper way to show oneself as a noble, but Lewi knows better than to note that out now of all times, this was a delicate moment in their usual morning routine for the past five years.
Thinking back on the first night in the Spire of Lord Augustus, that line of thought is brutally ended by a loud, gut-wrenching sigh from the two years older teen.
"You never change, do you? Five years and every morning I come here I find you staring yourself from the mirror... Don't make that face Lewi you know that your outlook is perfectly normal and even dare I say good looking, you should know how many times father has to say that you aren't for sale to some Playgirls collection..." The older teen talks, not letting Lewi rebut anything between, pouting at her only in silence not even trying puppy eyes, it stopped working year or two ago, the reason might be that he has grown now a head taller than Valeria.
Valeria being nearly five feet and half tall, where Lewi stands somewhat over six feet already, his growth rate has increased a lot after last year. His body already has quite appreciated muscle mass from his upsurge of growth by puberty kicking and the training he has been offered and of course real food he has been giving every day, the clear signs that food is the real part here. Lewi sighs, letting the hem of his shirt fall.
"Can't help it, you know how I work with habits, they stuck hard and long for me Vali." He comments to the small rant, his voice still soft after five years.
Taking one of the teacups and sitting on the edge of his bed, Lewi looks at Vali, she taking her cup of tea and sitting on the only chair in the room all proper.
"So what's the schedule we follow today?" Lewi asks while taking a long sip from the tea, noting that it tastes rather sweet this morning... Huh, might be that honey she talked about a few weeks ago...
"Today we have quite a special day I must say, a meeting is happening today among the lower nobility here and our halls have been chosen for it. Few visitors are coming for it today, but most worthy of note is a Rogue Trader! Been a while since Trader came to Armadas. You remember who they are and why it's important that you act with manners Lewi." Vali speaks, sipping her tea at the end while taking out a holopad, checking it before nodding and placing it away.
Lewi listens with a calm look on his face, one that turns into excited once the name Rogue Trader is said! That's a rare thing indeed for these men and women are quite rare even if there are many going around the galaxy. Downing his tea and standing up.
"I think it's then a good time for me to slide into the showers if you don't have more to say," Lewi speaks, pulling his shirt off his torso and walking through a small door and shutting it behind him.
"Wait!" Vali shouts out, quickly hopping up and taking out a second holopad and placing it on the bed.
"Father told me to give you this, as you broke your last one during training..." She says with a haughty sigh, trekking out the room.
Lewi looks at the new pad, chuckling.
"Well, that's handy."
After showering and getting into more formal clothing Lewi walks down the long halls of the spire mansion with quick steps not looking forward, but not getting lost. Rounding a corner he nearly walks into a guardsman with green cargo pants and black shirt.
"Oof! Boy, you sure walk hard, what's the hurry lad?" The man says, quickly grabbing Lewi's arm and hauling him up mid-fall, laughing.
Blinking Lewi looks up at the guard's face, brown eyes with short black hair. Stepping back, hand moving behind his head to scratch it.
"Sorry Herman, just thinking about stuff," Lewi admits, arms falling to his side as he looks at his trainer.
Herman, One of the Main House guard captains. Standing at the impressive height of six feet six, the veteran guardsman sports a strong frame with a lasgun strapped to his right thigh and stun baton hanging from his belt. Herman laughs out loud again, placing his hands on his hips he looks at the young boy with a wide smile. Being the one taking care of Lewi's training the past five years, he has grown close to the boy seeing him like the kid he never was able to have.
"Well many of the more younger people and even few servants have been talking nonstop about the coming meeting today so no wonder your mind is filled with thoughts! Tell me, did you remember taking your gear last night and do you have a new holopad finally?" Herman asks, looking over Lewi's clothing.
Wearing green cargo pants like Herman with a black tight long-sleeved black shirt and brown combat boots, also his new holopad and a combat knife. Lewi pats both items on his belt nodding. All set and proper.
"All good, Vali brought me a new pad just this morning, got it looked over and powered fully for the day." Lewi nods, falling in line with Herman as they walk along the maze-like hallways of the manor.
"Good good," Sherman says.
They walk for a while, Herman asking about a few things from the younger man, asking nothing important as they make their way into a huge hall buzzing with activity. Servants and guards going around making sure that all is set for the day and meeting. Tables set and spaces cleaned with haste. Duo being greeted by the passing people a few saluting, getting a nod from Herman and quick salute back from Lewi. Even if Lewi wasn't part of the guard he was made to train to be able to fight by Lord Augusta's orders wanting Lewi not to be without means to defend himself and also give a good cover to the outside world that he is a recruit.
The great hall was twenty meters tall and fifty meters wide with white floor, brown walls and gray ceiling with doorways leading into different hallways around the semi massive spire mansion. Now the hall was fitted with tables for servings to the visitors coming soon, with a raised podium at one end of the room for speech. Nothing over the top, but proper for such an event. Hoping that it doesn't make some noble flip their ego-filled shit over not getting served everything with cheap gold. Overly wasting if you ask Lewi's opinion on the matter.
Sherman getting called to oversee few security details Lewi is left to stand at the center of all, looking around idle at the people busy making the room look good for the meeting he yawns quietly, flexing his legs and standing up on his toes few times he hops to walk towards the elevator, pressing the door shut, then moving his hand on his hip and numbering down few things, the doors of the lift shutting and cutting out the noise from the hall. The elevator lurching slightly as it starts moving up. Small music starting to filter out from a speaker the ride lasts about a few moments, enough to make Lewi look at the doodle on the floor, still wondering why no one has erased it... Oh well, somethings will always remain a mystery.
Shrugging just when the doors of the lift open, with a hiss the breeze of the outside air hit his face as he steps out on the highest roof landing pad he has access to Lewi, looking around, noting the darkness only broken by the spotlights of the other spires and moving ships. Making quick way to the edge of the landing pad Lewi peers forward, looking at the massive spire in the far horizon.
The biggest spire of hive city Armadas, outfitted with a space lift and shuttle bay for smaller ships and landing shuttles to port down, only legal access point via air and space travel to this hive city. Land travel on this planet was not heavily common, rarer as the world was a feral world with only one hive city. What Lewi has learned of his home planet was that it was once a thriving Knight world! But during the Long Night just before the Great Crusade the world fell to a civil war, the Knight House falling and only ruins of it remain in the jungle scape that claimed it back. The Fauna of the planet drove its human population into one spot where the last city stood. After a time the city grew into a hive city, providing slaves and recruits to a few passing fleets of Imperial Guard regiments.
Having ever seen what the world looks outside the dark hive city walls, even if longing for it Lewi has only read from data books and such after Val taught him how to read, write and count. It was hard for him, but once he got the hang of it all he has spent much of his alone time reading through all he has been able to get his hands on, even if a lot was branded heresy or terminated by the local Adeptus Arbitus and The Holy Inquisition. The history of his home planet and what happenings were recorded from the expansive galaxy out there. After a few minutes of pondering and simple staring the pad on his belt vibrates, informing that there was a message to him.
Hooking it up and pressing it on he sees a message from Valeria, telling him to get his buttocks down from the roof and into the hall. The visitors are soon here! Muttering about wandering thoughts he places the pad back on his belt and turns to walk into the elevator.
A short ride down with mind-numbing music the doors of the lift open and Lewi walks out into the cleaned and set hall, seeing Herman speaking with Vali. Both turning to see him walk out from the elevator Vali places her hands on her hip.
"There you are, though you were gazing the horizon again, no matter you ready?" She asks after a shake of her head during the quick walk to meet Lewi at the midpoint of the hall. Hands moving up to comb his hair little bit, wipe off cloth over his face and smoothening of his clothes she nods.
"Will do for now." Nodding she looks at Lewi with sudden long gaze, making said boy lift his brow at her.
"Alright, Vali?" Lewi asks with a small hint of concern shown in his soft voice. "Nothing of worry over your head Lewi, just thinking..." She retorts rubbing her chin. Lewi nodding slowly. "If you say so."
Turning to look over Vali's head Lewi sees Herman saying something into his military-grade Vox speaker, a frown on his face.
"Kids, there is news about something happening in the shuttle bay, I will go check it up quick." He waves his hand, quick walking without another word into hallways, the sound of combat boots hitting the metal floor growing quiet.
Both Lewi and Vali lift an eyebrow, turning in tandem to look at each other and shrug, which was highly unusual both think at the same time.
"That was odd, don't you think?" Vali makes their shared thoughts vocal, looking at the taller youngster, Lewi nodding. "Its... Wonder what is happening there?" Vali answering Lewi with a small shrug of her shoulders.
"It must be something out of the norm for Herman to be called to check it, our guards are all veteran PDF or Guardsman, they aren't greenhorns that's for sure," Vali says, both leaving their thoughts to go around as they walk together towards one of the corners with benches, sitting down near each other.
Being only them now in the huge silent hall Vali sighs, relaxing her noble look and leaning her head on Lewi's shoulder, looking at the room. Lewi settles down too, letting Vali lean her head better there he looks at the ceiling lights, his emerald eyes looking thoughtful. Both teens stay quiet just trying to get last bits of calming silence and only each other near. Only a few knowing even inside the manor that Vali and Lewi were close, more than best friends, but not there yet. They still hold each other closely. Valeria, or mostly referred Vali by Lewi not having any friends outside few older servants greatly grew to like having Lewi close, who himself had spent starting years of his life alone in the hazardous underhive, fastly growing to regard Vali closer than anyone else, Herman coming fast second as a father figure.
Smiling at the thought Lewi looks at Vali, her straight blonde hair, near silvery going down to her lower back to her Steel blue eyes. Admiring her unblemished skin, not like his body covered by faint scars from his time down the hive. Always having though that only beautiful thing he had seen was this half-broken statue of a nameless saint he had seen standing outside an underhive bar... Smiling more he looks at her, Vali glancing up at him, noticing him looking at herself she blushes faintly poking his side.
"What are you looking at?" She asks with a quiet voice, still glancing at Lewi. "Just looking at you, thinking about five years back, nothing else." He responds, getting a nostalgic smile from Vali who gently huffs good naturally. "Always head in the clouds or past, you never change... Good, I like you more this way..." She says, leaning more against his growing strong frame. Lewi smiling bit more at her words and laughing slightly, leaning his head against the wall, his smile staying.
"Yeah... I never change nor will change, no worries about that Vali." He says after a moment of silence, making said person crack a wider smile.
The calm silence is broken by the blaring of an alarm, making both teens jump up with fright. Looking around Vali whips her pad up face paling as she looks at it. Lewi noticing this leans to look what reads there and sees from a security camera fight going on, lasgun fire shooting red lances of superheated light towards roughly armored studder wielding humans, wielding odd spiked armor with red marks under dark blue paint. The firefight is cut short by a massive, unnaturally fast hulking form suddenly rushes the guards from their flank, tearing into them when a stray lance of lasgun fire hits the camera, making the feed die.
"We must go now!" Lewi bellows out, grabbing hold of Vali's hand he rushes down the halls, Vali running behind him holding his hand and barely staying with his pace, but not complaining, They were under attack! Two teens rush down the hallways past panicking servants as the alarms blare. Rounding a corner when the blast door at the other side of the long corridor of doors is ripped open, a massive figure clad in hulking dark blue armor comes into the light, baroque armor with spikes, red accents, and skulls with presumably human skin stand there. Its helmet styled after a skull with red bat wings upon it. Cruel chuckle leaving its helmet at the sight of scared humans it strides forward, holding a bolt pistol in its right hand.
Without moments hesitation Lewi moves his arms around Vali's waist, hurling them both around the corner against the wall when the hallways explode into a panicked screaming and booming bolter fire as the Chaos space marine lets out bolt after bolt into the servants and hallway. The inhuman monster cackling with homicidal glee as it runs into the crowd. Using the opportunity Lewi holding Vali rushes just past the monster, not ready for it to turn with unnatural speed around, bolter aimed up.
"Die maggots!-" The words of the monster are drowned by the thunderous boom of a gun, rounds exploding against the torso and chest of the marine. Around the corner rushes squad of guards, Herman pumping shotgun he is holding and unloading the second shell into the monster as he rushes closer, roaring he lets out the third shell from meter close range making the traitor space marine crumple down, the armor-piercing rounds beating its monstrous armor and tearing apart both corrupt hearts.
Turning around Herman looks at the two teens shaking, quickly stepping close to check them. "You two alright, by the Emperor.." He mutters as both teens nod their heads. "We... We are fine, but what's happening!? Why are we getting attacked?" Vali asks with shaking voice, hugging Lewi with near-death grip. Grim look coming over Hermans otherwise friendly face. "Traitor heretics attacking us... We have gained reports about hive spanning cult uprising after Night Lord Warband made a sudden attack, we are half dark now..."
Those words make Vali pale more, letting out a strangled whimper she leans against Lewi more, who himself looks at the floor with a dark look not saying anything before, "Can we do something...?" He asks, lifting his emerald eyes to look at Herman, who sighs tiredly. "We have a shuttle in the private bay, it's guarded more and Lord is already there with most of the security force hunkered down... We just have to get there." Herman answers Lewi, moving to take a spare lasgun and pushing it into Lewi's arms who takes it with a stern look, nodding he checks the power on and safety off. Turning to look at Vali, who looks back with scared look Lewi manages a weak playful smile.
"Hey now... Don't fear, nothing going to happen to us..." He says, bonking his forehead against her, making her blink and calm down a little bit, embarrassed slightly, the guards with Herman chuckling at the sweet moment, even if everything was going dark and grim. "How dangerous the path to the hangar is, Herman?" Lewi asks, turning to face the older male with a steady gaze.
Herman seems to think for a moment, turning to look around a corner leading into a pathway of corridors and dark paths, now that half of the lights were killed by the cultist's sabotage units. Turning to face one of the doors and starting to jog, waving his arm for rest to follow. "We can reach it soon I think, we must just keep low and calm minds." He informs, walking turning into a light jog as he leads with a tactical flashlight under the barrel of his combat shotgun. After a long silent trek through the once safe home turned into bloody halls filled with horror and ever closing death the squad of guards with two child's reaches a hall when the silence is broken by a booming bark of an autogun, hitting one of the guards the Lewi's right square on the head, splattering blood, bone fragments and brain matter across the wall and floor.
"Shit! Take cover it's an ambush!" Herman roars out, shotgun shell exploding against the faraway furniture, making limbs and yells of pain echo as the corridor and half of the hall turn into a brutal firefight.
Pushing Val behind the safest looking wall Lewi turns around the corner, peering into the fight. Lifting his lasgun and taking a quick shot at the poking arm of a cultist, the red lance of ionized heat severing the arm from the elbow, bloody mist with a scream of pain and rage from the now one-armed cultist. Taking few more shots at the enemy firing at the guards and Herman Lewi rolls out of his cover behind a broken table back against it taking quick breaths he jumps back up, autogun bullet barely missing his leg he bolts towards the second pillar, aiming back at them and pulling the trigger in a quick pace, around five lances of red hit the pillars, one scoring the chest of a cultist, ending his life with a burned hole through the heart.
Sliding into the cover Lewi barely rolls away as the pillar explodes into a shower of wood and steel, his instincts flaring again he dashes across the room as the now brought autocannon fires at him! Running as fast as he can he reaches a corner, diving there with blind panic the ground behind him shattering and fragments flying around from the heavy shells of the anti-vehicle gun, hitting Lewi's side and cutting through skin drawing blood.
Hitting the floor after his dive Lewi whimpers, looking at his bleeding side he stands slowly up, biting his teeth he sees through the still going fight Herman with another guard pulling Val away through a doorway. Sighing and slumping against the wall, they got away... The boy thought. With a pained snarl, he stands up, turning around the corner to slowly walk towards the elevator there.
"I hope the roof is safe..."
After pained filled, slow pace Lewi got up the roof. Looking at the horrifying sight eyes wide.
"The sky... Is burning..."
The dark sky of Hivecity Armadas was burning, the many hundreds of spires all burning along with the now red sky. Distant sounds of guns and cannons firing fill the air as the whole hive city was one massive battlefield... Looking around Lewi sees a heavily armored shuttle make a break for the sky, going past the clouds... Falling backward, back hitting a wall Lewi chuckles weakly, knowing that shuttle was the private one. "At least they got away...That's good... Hope they remember me..." Darker thoughts filling the now silent boy as he looks at the burning sky. Feeling something warm trickling down his face he brings his fingers up, feeling hot tears there. Letting out a shuddering breath the young boy curls his knees up to his chest, holding his still bleeding side he whimpers, crying as the whole spire shakes.
"I... Don't... Want to be alone..." He whimpers out, looking towards the burning clouds, hoping... Begging for a shuttle to come for him! Wasn't he part of the family...? Or just a trophy... Crying now silently again the boy closes his emerald eyes. Waiting for the cold death takes him.
Eyes snapping open, a cry of pain and rage rips out from the boy as he fights to stand up, pain and bloodloss making him sway with each step. Limbing to the edge of the roof he looks down, seeing a familiar pipe going down the side of the spire the boy prepares his nerve. Kneeling and grabbing the edge of the roof, hanging his weight down he bites his teeth together, closing his eyes he lets go. Free-falling into a massive pipe he twirls around, sliding down the metal pipe banging and hitting against the sides with pained grunts he drops out from the pipe, dropping ten meters into a pile of something soft and still hard. Turning with a groan to look at his side Lewi let's out a gargling shout of fright. Looking back at him was the skinless human face, mangled beyond anything he rolls away, hitting the hard ground he moves to his knees, looking at the massive pile of corpses he had fallen upon... Retching and throwing up all that was in his stomach Lewi coughs, breathing with ragged intakes of air he stumbles up looking around.
The streets were filled with broken buildings, scrap, and corpses... There were so many piles of bodies with bloody letters in the side of the buildings, hanged corpses from spikes or wires. Holding his mouth Lewi starts to walk through the dark, slightly lid street as silent as he could manage, the years of living in the dark underhive coming back to him as he slung from shadow to a shadow. Stopping still and not even breathing at every sound the reached his ears... Crawling under a broken truck and stopping dead to his tracks. In front of him was a massive spike of metal, with runes and carvings on every space, bloody corpses tied to it with robed figures chanting around the pillar of sorts... Circles of blood glowing with low humming in the air. "Something is wrong here... So, so wrong..." Lewi thought, trying to look away, but not being able to, the pillar was drawing him closer... The humming growing louder in his head.
Taking a step closer as the runes started to glow from red to pinkish purple, the humming filling his head as the chanting grew more frantic, wilder!
As he took slow steps towards the pillar, his vision turning darker as only the whirling colors and humming was filling his mind... He was sure that there were voices, hushed whispers trying to reach him, but not loud enough for Lewi to understand the words spoken to him. Nearing the pillar now hands length away from it the young boy slowly lifts his hand against it. The runes starting to glow brighter as a tendril of pinkish energy started to crawl from the surface of the pillar, forming slowly into a shape of a slender arm. Transfixed, Lewi looks at the hand nearing his face.
A melodic voice sounds from every direction, humming into his ears. "Yes... You are HIM... Now you will be mine... Don't be afraid... I will take you to a better place, my dear little boy.." The words were whispered, filled with tantalizing power as they drew Lewi closer, the hand inches away from his cheek his mind filling with the image of a person... A woman was so beautiful with pinkish skin... And flowing snow-white hair... "Better place...? I am scared... But why... Why does it feel so... Wrong..." Eyes widening Lewi yells out, staggering back as if struck. "NO!" He yells in his mind, turning around to run as the humming turns into wailing sirens of the dying. The glow turning violent as the boy runs away, not looking behind only trying to flee in blinding panic and feeling of strength snuffing terror.
Panting the boy crashes against a wall, kneeling and coughing with tears falling down his cheeks. "Why... Why does it have to be like this... Everything was fine..." The boy quietly talks to himself, slow sob forcing its way out of the boy as he hits the ground with his fist ignoring the dull bang of pain from it. After a moment of collecting himself, the nagging burning in his chest not letting him just curl up and wait for death come to take him, standing slowly up using the wall as the support he starts to move again through the wrecked streets of the Hive city.
Making his way towards some direction away from the pillar and...His now destroyed home spire Lewi treks forward, not stopping at any of the bloody runes and symbols made around the walls and ground, not even seeing anyone who could have made them and not staying to look for them. After a moment he reaches a Grav Train station, which was seemingly working still if the lights being on were any tell. Making his way over the street, hopping over a broken vehicle his bare feet hit the ground again, dashing forward and past the security scans straight towards where the Grav Train carts were held.
"Damnit..." There weren't any carts, that weren't broken or already taken away. Cursing more and turning to rummage through the supply cabinets for the working staff. Finding nothing worth to help him, taking his combat knife from his thigh and moving to pry open a panel, looking through the wires at a small manual twitch for the station leaving pay doors, getting one open. "There... Now I just have to clear it up on the tracks and run.."
Turning around and placing the knife back to its holster Lewi jogs to the door, grabbing hold of a ledge and pulling himself up along the side of it, scaling the door up to the tracks up fifty meters from the ground. After getting on the tracks with a brief scan of the surrounding area he nods, sprinting forward, looking at the signs and noting it was towards the outer wall... Thirty miles.
There wasn't any way to tell how much time had passed as Lewi pounded forward on the wide train track, only looking forward and breathing as his feet carried him fast away from the hellscape. Guessing that it must have been hours since he drank or ate anything, regretting not to place that water bottle on his belt when he left his room... No help with thinking about what could have been done differently, Lewi pushes forward. Nearing a stop and seeing the massive wall where to tracks went looming in front of him. Stopping with ragged pants drawn from him as his lungs worked hard to get oxygen into his body as his heart hammered away like a war drum. Inhaling and exhaling deeply, Lewi sets to move again, not running anymore as he jogs to the closed gate. Peering around not seeing a way to open it he hops up, grabbing a hold from the exterior of the massive ceremite and rocrete wall with his hands, starting to pull himself up while climbing the wall with frightening pace, his blood starting to pump faster as he made his way up towards the top of the wall and maybe way out from the death trap turned hellscape of a hive city.
Knowing from all the stories and logs that the outside world was even more dangerous than a hive city but willing to risk it. Whatever that was happening behind him in this city was worse than anything else, and instinctively knowing that death was not the worst for him if he stays any longer here. Reaching the top of the wall Lewi takes in the sight he has never seen before... It was a fast jungle landscape, nothing but jungle, massive trees, and colossal vines sprouting as far as the eye could see...
Taking a deep breath and glancing down the wall, seeing that there were only thirty or so meters drop down, "Huh... It seems that the Hive city is sunken down more..." Looking around and seeing a massive pipe pumping out water, clearly waste within it... But there was no other way, the outside of the walls were smooth and no ledges or such to take a good grip. Knowing that there was nothing anymore for him, but moving forward or dying Lewi took in a long breath, turning to look skyward when his breath stuck in his throat...
"The... Sun..." Gasping out stuck air, Lewi looked and saw the golden, warm rays of sunlight shining towards him, hitting his pale skin and warming his aching limbs. Letting out a strangled chuckled, with tears flowing out his eyes once again during the horrible day... "To see it finally... I dreamed I would have seen it with Val..." Lewi laments, wiping his eyes clean he looks down towards the pool of water, steeling his resolve and taking the jump.
The wind hitting his body as the stale air of the hive city changes quickly into the humid, rich oxygen-filled air... This was it.
Hopefully, the pool is not shallow...
So there was this, sorry for the long wait! Hopefully, you like this, but sorry for the fast-moving pace, trying to get to a few things I want to write and add to this story!