Chapter one
They worked together, as a supremely good team, through the waves of DUP that kept coming and boy were that many of those sons of bitches. How much of those guys did they have? It didn't matter however, every time he let his amp or his hand loaded with electricity merciless come down on the poor human beings, they were dead before he even got to them, but not once did he feel guilty. He didn't do guilty..

Their faiths were sealed the moment they decided, like the stupid humans they were, to join the service… wait no, that would be a lie. Their faiths were sealed the moment they were born human. Born normal and wasn't that a weird concept. People did everything to be normal, fade away in the mass, but now it meant their downfall. Oh, how the world turned around since that fateful day. A day he observed as one of the best he ever experience, but knew many saw as doomsday, the day everything was lost.

He rammed a poor woman into the wall next to him and grinned at her. The wolfish grin that graced his lips was enough to make every being shiver with fear. He liked to toy with his enemies, but time was ticking and the sun wasn't getting higher.

He nodded to an conduit next to him, an unnamed girl and she gathered something in her palms. Thick, black energy right there in the palm of her hand. She shot it at the wall separating them and the inside city.

Simply said, they broke in, the made shift walls fell away when he sent a shockwave against them and he smiled. The unnamed girl with the black mass was lost out of sight when he looked to his side once more. He shrugged and watched the beautiful sight before him.

Good morning, Seattle!

Civilians ran and screamed in the streets, some were shot down by ice and fire and died in an instant. He didn't care for those, wouldn't even care if they were potential conduits, if they were they weren't relevant, he couldn't feel any big energy source. They wouldn't be of any use to Cole and so he just let his army storm in and take down as many as they liked. Which were many.

The DUP still tried to keep them away, kill as many of them as they could, but they were failing. Failing their propose and it was great, for Cole that is. If he was a DUP officer, he wouldn't be all too content with the work his troops were doing. But then again how could they ever be prepared for the raging power the Beast and his army brought with him? Nobody could handle Cole MacGrath, conduit, the Beast, leader, God.

He didn't see how it could go wrong anymore, it had never gone wrong and why would his misfortune start now? While Seattle had been harder, mainly because of the DUP stationed there, to take over now he was on a roll. And even though he shouldn't think before himself, because no they weren't quite done yet, he couldn't stop himself. Even though he knew better, he wanted to toy with those poor beings for a little while, he wanted some fun too and he ripped one of the civilians from their place in the crowd and held him tight.

This was Cole's fun and he knew he wouldn't have to worry about anyone attacking him in the back. His conduits knew very well how much their leader liked his playtime and would, even if it cost their own life, protect him. Call it loyalty or hopelessness, it worked either way for him.

''What cha name, man?'' He drawled, coming way to close in the man's personal space. Said man obviously wasn't comfortable with it, they never were… maybe it were the eyes. He tucked his amp away, back in his bag and acted a lot more casual than you would expect between bodies of dead men. It made the already unbelievable uncomfortable even worse.

''Reggie.'' The fear flashed across the human's face and his voice wavered. It was to be expected and Cole wasn't even disappointed in the lack of struggle anymore. Getting a human with some backbone these days proved harder and harder.

He loomed over Reggie and grinned, but suddenly his expression turned sour. What was that in the air? It was sweet and sour at the same time, it was pleasant but unpleasant. He clawed at his nose, like the animal he really was and tried to locate the smell. He couldn't. Not with all the fighting going on around him, with the humans screaming and the DUP so badly trying to protect their city.

What was that smell?

What the hell, this guy… this guy, no conduit, not a guy, not like him, reminded Reggie of his little brother. Said little brother who, if he had the fucking time, could save him from the clutches of this beast. Even though their bond wasn't like most siblings, he was almost certain his little brother didn't want to see him dead… well at least he hoped. He just needed this own favor, he needed his sibling to save him from this beast's iron grip. This beast that had slain half of the DUP that was located in Seattle and was probably going to destroy and kill a lot more than he could imagine. The only thing he knew for sure was that it was going to be a massacre, a bloodbath.

''Ah ha, Reggie!'' Too cheery to be real. The harden eyes and scarred face also didn't help him come over as the friendly old contact he tried to play. It was all just a game and Reggie wasn't fooled by the act or the mask he suddenly had taken to wearing.

''Nice to meet you.'' The smile was just as fake and Reggie could see the real man, read: monster, in his eyes, combined with madness and surreal anger. It scared Reggie and not a lot did that for him since the reunion with his sibling. He was right this man in front of him was no man, it was a pure monster filled with darkness not understandable for him.

If he'd to compare the conduit with someone he'd say Satan, Lucifer, The Morningstar, The devil, Judas, Cain, The emperor, The Joker, Hitler, Kaddafi, Berlusconi, Stalin, Darth Vader and so he could go on and on. He could go through the history books in his closet and point you at every single one of the evil bastard through entire human history and tell you why this man, in just the few minutes he knew him, reminded him of them.

However if he'd to be honest what the conduit described spot on was simply Darkness itself.

Just Darkness.