A lost ship for a burning Town
{lots of pictures}
No one knows how the town burned… And no one knows where they came from…or why they chose our town… But as that blood snow piled up, while the winds carried the screams… so too did loving parents fail to come home! While innocent children cried for them… I was forced to hear the sounds of waning metal through snowing clouds… to hear it bending under forces I failed to comprehend! As I finished packing up that last copter with all the gold that I had, I wondered to myself if was it worth being mayor… but as I saw my loving wife and child in the seat all safe and sound… I think to myself… Yes… yes, it was! For if not for my position… could I afford to save them…
No… another man would have saved his own family just the same… maybe a better man wouldn't… but who can fault me for making such a decision… for to sin out of emotion is far more excusable than simply sinning out of desire! I'm just doing what any loving father would choose to do! Even at the cost of my reputation… or the cost of my life… for the ark is ready… the ark is ready… I just pray that my body double can handle what he signed up for! But it hurts… it hurts to see the fading lights in the back… for as I get further away, I know in my heart that with each inch further I go… my dream dies a little more… the dream I had for a city! A city of dreams! That rivaled even that of Bredale!
But dreams are meant to die… for whether one achieves them or not... In the end, it dies all the same! I just pray that the people left behind…will forgive me in time.
→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→Last journal entry by Mayor Robert E. Conwell
As Rashad breathed in the foul air that stank of death, he cleaned the dust off his pristine uniform, as he studied the corpse of an alien that lay at his feet. That was discovered a mile away from the ship.
[so, these are the insects that those poor folks paid us to remove… interesting…Arman!] said Rashad
[You order sir?] replied Arman
[take this specimen back to the ship for study… then order unit one to go capture us a few live ones for… 'research' purposes you understand… right?] replied Rashad
[Yes sir] replied Armen
[Good! Next on the agenda is to establish our base of operations… and if we just so, happen to need more space, just move some of the building out of the way! I'm sure the people of this fine town won't mind… after all, we needed the space! I'm sure they will understand our blight!] replied Rashad with a dashing smile
Armen with his head bowed, simply nodded in acknowledgment and went to carry out his duty. But as he approached the ship… Boom! The top of the ship exploded into a beautiful scenery of green and white!
[what the hell is going on? Were is unit one!] yelled Armen as aliens appeared in between the flames
As those flames flickered in and out, the light shimmered onto the ship to reveal a roaring alien twice the size of all the others! Seeing the ship all dressed in flames while weaker men ran to and fro, trying to put out the fires or save what they could, angered Armen to no end! For as he pulled out his rapier and positioned himself the gentlemen. The man's sword lit up in silver light! A light that calmed the flames around the ship while crushing the snow into its purest form! As the light shined from his chest, the man looked at Blacky with certainty, as Blacky own forces stealthy ran away with slaves onto their backs into the deeps of the city sewer system.
But while Armen was busy with Blacky, Rashad found himself suddenly surrounded, with Collins as the leader. While laughing up a smirk, Rashad pulled from his back a big green axe with an eye for a handle! And with a thud, slammed it into the body of an alien that lay by his feet! Witnessing the obvious display of disrespect, Collin roared and charged forward with his sister and brothers! But that was exactly what Rashad wanted! For as they approached him, his chest grew twice its size! As golden green markings appeared on his chest around his shoulder blades and waist! The stone in his chest rotated to shine like a beacon, while his eyes roared in blaring green with gold tints at the end like light bolts!
With earth-shattering beneath his feet, the man's roar was as intimidating as Collins! With a single swing of his axe, the earth gave way, as green lighting fixed itself around his body! The moment Collin's blades touched the man's axe, he knew at that very micro-moment… He would lose! For not only was he blown away, but the very blades he was so proud of broke in two! But those thoughts only lingered for a second, for as he forced himself out of the building he was sent to, he realized the green lighting was more than just a shock! For inside them carried the man very rage! A potent poison, that if left unchecked, would surely spread to his mind… consuming it to be nothing more than a slave to rage itself!
But while Collins was battling with his mind, he was made to see his brother and sister die by a raging axe that was cruel and unforgiving! The man was unstoppable as he killed alien after alien like he was chopping simple goblins! His skill with the axe could only be described as beautiful! But to Collins, it was nothing more than horror! For as he lay there bleeding and stunned, he could only watch as his brother and sister foolishly charged in without care! As they were torn in half or bisected down the middle! Painful was the sight to see, as their blood flowed onto icy snow!
But their dying wasn't the worst part! The worst part was the fact that the man never stopped laughing as he killed! He was having the time of his life as he slaughtered Collins's baby sisters and brothers, some of whom were just born and not too long ago. Only after a long minute and twenty to thirty brothers and sisters later, did Collins finally recover enough to sound the retreat! But as Collins took one last look at the crazy human that stood in a crater filled with dead relatives, did Collins curse his weakness as his blood still slowly dripped from his missing arms.
Watching his weak prey screwy away into the sewer like rats, did Rashad finally calm down enough to look around.
[WEAK! But that's good! Easy job, easy money! But still... Their corrosive blood will be a problem.] said Rashad to himself as he examined his half-melted axe while breathing in fumes of burning corpses.
Annoyed that his gear needs repairing, Rashad heads back to the ship with his crew who were only good for cheering in the background as their leader fought. When his comm blew up!
[Sir Rashad are you there? The ship is under attack!] yelled the crew leader onboard the ship
[is it now… what about Armen? Shouldn't he be there right now?] asked Rashad
[he's here defending the ship as we speak!] replied the leader
[well, if he is there you should be fine, but I'll ask anyway, how's the ship?] replied Rashad
[Sir the ship has received extensive damage throughout! She is not flight-worthy as of now!] replied the leader
[damn! What about the slaves? How is our fuel doing?] replied Rashad
[Sir! Based on the video fed, these monsters are kidnapping them!] replied the leader
[kidnapping monsters? Are they really like goblins…] replied Rashad
[I don't know anything about that sir! But we need help! Team one can't use their weapons while onboard the ship! While half the crew is dead or missing!] replied the leader
[…]
[Sir?] replied the leader, as Rashad was crushing his axe in his hands, at just the thought of him losing half his crew and slaves!
[MY MONEY!] yelled Rashad in a rage as he made a mad dash back to the ship
But as he arrived at the scene of Armen kneeling with a blood-soaked shirt and a silver of light loosely hanging around him. He asked in an angry tone:
[Armen! What are you doing? Hurry up and kill that thing!]
[cough, Sir. Cough… I'm trying... But that thing… seems to me immune to my metal!] replied Armen
[Immune?] thought Rashad as he looked Blacky up and down.
For Blacky was dressed in silver metal that coated his bare black skin, which made the red tint that lay in between his skin, shine with even more vigor! But though he looked fine on the outside, his inside felt like they were on fire! But it didn't matter, for he still pushed forward with a few of his sisters! However, the metal that coated their skins showed a visible burn! As their skin shone with yellow blood mixed with charred melted skin, they looked like a poor man zombie!
Seeing the creature moving closer, Rashad whipped his axe in a motion of death, when the ground gave way under the aliens! Tumbling them right into murky sewer waters below!
Not one to chase like some common dog, Rashad simply ignored them and went to check on the ship's condition.
A few moments later in the city sewer system:
As Blacky and Collins met up in between tunnels, Blacky was shocked to see through the thin light, that Collin was missing his arms and was rather tattered, but what shocked Collins more, was that Blacky who was coated in silver and burnt skin and lost in his duel with the human.
[lost? Who said I lost? It was simply time to leave so, I left. Nothing more nothing less! Besides, we got what we came for! So, I say we won!] replied Blacky to the annoying look Collins was giving him.
But while they were talking, the sisters coated with the same affliction as Blacky, suddenly collapsed onto the water floor in a seizure-like matter. While they hissed and squirmed about in the water, they abruptly died! Not knowing what the cause of their deaths was, the pair continued onto the border of the town, to wait for Breder's advice on what to do next. But on their way, the core inside Blacky was being invaded by the same poison that killed his sisters!
Old man short POV
As the old fish man woke up from his slumber, we noticed that he hung just slightly above muddy waters with an egg of some kind that lay innocently right in front of him! As he looked around, he noticed that it wasn't just him, but his entire clan was down here with him! Including the little ones! Confused, he asked the boy who he was talking to right before waking up here, what was going on. But the boy was too scared to even utter a word. As if he saw something he shouldn't have!
As the old man continued to look around, he saw a soft glow in the distance, not knowing if it was friend or foe, the old man hid his spark in the depth of his core, just waiting for a chance! But as that glow got closer, the old man noticed it wasn't alone! It was on the shoulders of a white metal alien! And just by chance the old man could hear a noise that sounded like talking, but of sounds he couldn't comprehend.
{Damit! So close! Just a little more and we could have a second queen! If only Collins hadn't lost 30! 30! 30 children gone just like that to one human… but I guess I can't complain even if I lost more than I should have…} yelled Breder in a furry while he held Aria on his shoulders
[Purr] replied Aria
{It's ok Aria! You will be a queen! I swear it! Thankfully Blacky manage to capture enough of these fish people to make it over the hump! Combined with Ilzec lizardmen that he found out there in the swamp.} replied Breder and he continued to pet Aria
But as he arrived by the old fish, he felt the pull of magic in the air and with interest walked up to the old man and said:
{Hey! Fish! Put that spark out before I removed your core with my bare hands! I don't mind losing one host!}
The old fish simply scuffed at Breders threat and replied:
[So, go ahead and kill me! But I will not die without a fight!]
{sigh, old one… tell me where all this Moxy of yours when you were a slave to the humans! I mean to say, that if you are so eager to fight me. Then I find it hard to believe that one of your temperaments would just lay there and be a slave. So, tell me your story old one.} replied Breder
[HA! And why would a monster like you care about the life of an old fish like me? It feels more like you're just trying to buy time to come up with a plan to stop my spark!] replied the old fish
{that is where you're mistaken, old one. If I wanted to have stopped, you... I could have already} replied Breder as he placed his hands against the chest of the old fish and continued:
{But it seems to me, that you want to die! And that is why I want to know your life. For those who wish for death always have the most interesting stories! So, tell me! Your story!} replied Breder