"Good morning Valock City, Next train to Kroywen City will be arriving in 5 minutes, please stand behind the yellow hazard lines" Delia walks into the train station of Valock City located within the inner city of Valock "5 minutes" Delia mutters under her breathe, a large bell rings atop the ceiling, Delia hears a kid talking to their dad "daddy, what's that noise?" the dad responds "that noise is a bell and its telling us the train is in the city" Delia leans forward and looks down the line, she's sees a highly aerodynamic maglev train built for streamlined high speed travels and able to withstand the heat that comes with super sonic travel, she steps back as the train enters the station "the Vapor Train, named after the vapor cone that forms once approaching or breaking the sound barrier, they call this innovation" she sighs as she boards the vapor train.
After a couple minutes, the doors close and seal themselves airtight to avoid pressure changes, passengers hear the hyperconductor start up then it slowly goes silent again as the soundproofing boots up once more, a coating covers the vapor train, shrouding the dense essence on the inside, finally the vapor train begins to move, it quickly accelerates up to 80km/h, everyone on the inside comfortable, nobody struggling to stay standing, the vapor train dodges between dense office buildings and large shopping centers, the vapor train goes through the inner wall and enters the outer district, the outer districts much less built up then the inner district, outer district being littered with family homes, parks, smaller shopping centers and other building that maintains others and entertain residents.
The vapor train approaches the outer wall several minutes later and enters a transparent tube, the train begins to speed up going through the outer wall, 200km/h, 400km/h, 600km/h, 800km/h, the tube continues outside the city, the land is lush green, trees everywhere with flat land, in the far distance a snowcapped mountain can be seen, the peak of the mountain extending far higher than even the highest soaring clouds.
A light element activates coating the entire vapor train making the train invisible from the outside, air element manipulates the air around the train reducing drag even more, ice element constantly cools down the train, a harmony of advanced technology and elements to guard and propel a maglev train, a vapor cone begins to form around the train as it exits the tube breaking Mach 1.
The completely invisible Vapor Train fly's toward Kroywen City at blistering speeds of 1,600km/h (994mph), everyone on the inside having no trouble with the speeds, its silent on the inside, the train speeds past a large lake, the track leans left into a left turn, the frame of the vapor train rolls with the superelevation while the cabin stays level with the ground, speaker-like devices in each corner of the cabins emit an invisible force, manipulating the inertia of the cabin not allowing anything to fly off to the right. Delia thinks to herself whilst sitting, she speaks under breathe "and mortals call this fast"
Hostages, all lined up against the wall, a light elemental holds his arm up at the hostages, glowing white and yellow ready to fire, all while a plasma elemental and a life elemental raid the vault of the Genium City bank, the largest bank of the country of Alda, and second largest of Alard "Lets hurry, c'mon, c'mon, we don't have all day" yells out the light elemental "We're going as fast as we can!" the Life element reply's, a hostage speaks "You Varlen's will never get away with this, the Paladins will stop you" Light shoots a low level cast at the one who opened their mouth, aiming at their leg, the cast hits nothing important "shut it, the Paladins here are all bark, no bite, I'm just glad we don't have to worry about the Silexian Government, the Surfaced Officials are soo much more tame" Light is interrupted by Plasma who has exited the vault "stop fraternising with the hostages, we have everything, lets go!" Plasma, Light and Life all make way for the back exit, as soon as Plasma steps into the light shining through a window, he collapses, screaming in sudden pain "AHH! IT HURTSSS!!" Plasma roles out of the light and the pain goes away, hyperventilating, Plasma feels weak.
"Rogue to Warden, 1 of 3 is deteriorating, ran into my sight" the titled Warden responds "well done, continue pursuit, i will remain in the Abyssal" Rogue kneels down and taps his shoes, he suddenly falls to the ground "these gravity manipulation shoes come in handy but don't help with motion sickness" He lands on his feet bending his legs down to a crouch, Rogue having fallen off of standing on the side of the building, starts walking to the back of the bank.
Life bursts through the back door of the bank and into an ally way, he's met with a man who does acrobats Infront of him, Life gets one word out "Paladin!" the stranger front flips and slams his heel onto Life's head, bringing him down to the ground, the light elemental comes out from behind Life "Light Fall!" a white and yellow beam launches toward the stranger, the strangers feet explode of fire launching him upward, the beam hits the other side of the ally way, Rogue comes out from Lights left with one eye covered by an eyepatch, Rogue grabs his collar as he runs past and drives him into the ground, grinding him down, Light try's to shoot another light fall at rogue, rogue grabs his arm and breaks it at the elbow, Light screams of agony, Rogue with a wide grin on his face puts lights broken arm on the ground as he stops from friction standing his leg on lights broken arm, using his other arm, Rogue chucks an elbow into Lights gut. the stranger calls out "Rogue, that's enough, don't let your power control you" Rogue stops as his fist was about to make contact with lights head, Rogues face shrouded by darkness, one pink eye visible "i know you didn't take your medication Rogue, we were called in before you had the chance to" Rogue puts his weight on his leg that's on lights broken arm as he stands back up, Light winces of pain again, Rogue turns his head to his left, the stranger walks up to him from behind him, stopping on his left "there's still one more inside Salamander, likely the deteriorating one" Rogue points at the doors that the Varlen's came from "do you have him?" salamander starts walking up to the door "yes" before Salamander gets to the door, it opens up again and plasma collapses onto the ground, Salamander stops, looks at plasma, then looks back at Rogue, he points at plasma still looking at rogue "i got him!"
"Welcome to the Capital City of the Country of Alda, Genium City, here you can find many features of this wonderous Country-" the speech trails off as Delia stands up and walks up to the door. She looks at an onboard digital clock, it reads 10:58am "took this travel 4 hours, stupid train" the train slows as it enters the outer wall.
The Door opens up and Delia exits, she leaves the station and looks to the right of the entry, she sees a map of the City, Delia takes a good look at the City map, the City is rounded out with an inner wall and an outer wall like the ones in Valock City, a river runs through the city, the map also points out the water intake, waste disposal on the other side of the city, on the south eastern end of the outer wall, another walled corridor trails off to a much smaller circular structure, the title is redacted "saw that extra structure on the way in on the left" she searches the map once more, mumbling what she's looking for.
"Excuse me miss?" Delia turns to her right and sees a man, he's looking down at her but not invading her space "i cant help but notice your mumbling the police station, are you looking for it by any chance?" Delia nods "i can point it out on the map and walk with you if you'd like?" Delia smiles "that would be wonderful" the man introduces himself, sticking his hand out "my names Noah and i have the Alard element" Delia takes his hand and shakes it "Delia and i have the Light element" Noah compliments her "aren't you special" Delia smiles again, Noah walks closer to the board and points out 2 police stations "this one is closer to us but is in the outer district so it will take a bus or car to get there, the further one is in the inner district but is a further travel time" he turns back to Delia "which one first?" Delia points out the outer station "this one first, Outer Genium Police Department"
They walk "can i ask what convinced you to wanna go to a police station?" Noah asks "i saw the Paladins Salamander and Rogue" she numbers them off with her fingers "on the Holographicvision getting interviewed cos of a crime they stopped, i want to ask them about someone i know" Noah asks again, tilting his head toward Delia "who is this someone?" Delia answers him "private information" Noah straightens his head out "i wont pry"
An Official of the Surface is in a meeting with one of the higher ups from the Government of Silexia, they're discussing trade in a reinforced concrete room finished with material that suppresses the use of elements, there's a one way window with an observation room on the other side "Mr. Ritchie, i understand you don't enjoy the TnC's that i am laying out for you, but you must understand that you will have more Paladins at your disposal, surely you are aware that you may have a spike in Varlen uprisings and wont have enough Sentinels or Paladins in that matter to cover all of your problems, 10 Sentinels is far too little of a number for a capital city" Ritchie responds "you mention this yet forget that you want my 10 Sentinels to cover the entire underground country of Silexia, your structures scale walls of the underground and even burrow into them, on top of that all your offices and industrial building engulf the ceiling of the underground, that's simply too much ground to patrol for only 10 Sentinels, and don't get me started on the way you treat your Paladins, i mean come on, involuntary experiments??? your colder than the peak of Mt Epicenter" the Higher up counters "our accused actions over our Paladins is merely false rumors, and we are both aware that some of the worlds best Paladins are made within the depths of Silexia, with them being both skilled and disciplined, we can refill our ranks in no time" Ritchie stands up "Mr. Gale, for the 13th time i decline your offer, the city of Genium is happy and wealthy and we will not risk the citizens safety and wellbeing for overdone security, enjoy your stay but please leave before sundown" gale try's to get Ritchie's attention but he promptly leaves the room before acknowledging gale.
Gale looking at the door that Ritchie left through turns back around toward the table, he looks down at his notes and lists off the 10 Sentinels of Genium
Sentinel of Plasma, Warden, Male, While the Plasma element makes the user overconfident in their skills, Warden is known as the level headed of the group and the leader of the 10 Sentinels, he is abnormally powerful when it come to physical strength and uses his plasma in a technological fashion.
Sentinel of Death, Rogue, Male, While the Element itself is illegal, Rogue gets special passings from this, however if he is to ever step out of line, lethal force will be executed, Rogues death mark is over his eye allowing him to deteriorate anyone he looks at from the inside out, leaving only a dead husk behind, of course other Death elementals are immune and Life elementals are resistant.
Sentinel of Fire, Salamander, Male, Salamander is renowned for his unique and graceful flow over a wild element like fire, his blazes are near divine and his high element body compatibility allows him to control what he chooses to burn.
Sentinel of Water, Ahuic, Female, Named after the largest tsunami in Alard's history, Ahuic takes on a mostly supportive role but has a history of standing her own ground formidably, Ahuic is a force to reckon with.
Sentinel of Light, Sol, Female, Sol is a strong god-believer, believing heavily that the Elements are gifts from god and that humans are the only creatures capable of wielding such divinity, she mostly wears white robes that aren't quite like traditional Alard priestess robes.
Sentinel of Alard, Rupture, Male, Big and muscular, Rupture is the trademarked hot head of the group who tends to ignore orders in order to complete the mission, while his reputation for dismissing orders is high, he gets the job down quite well and has become an indispensable asset to the 10 Sentinels.
Sentinel of Dark, Somniblade, Male, 10 Sentinels Somniblade is mostly unknown as his attacks are not visible to the naked eye, but through the use of technology, it is evident that something is at work, his title suggests something mental is at play.
Sentinel of Crystal, Dracula, Female, Constantly covered head to toe in an incredibly thin layer of crystals, this allows Dracula to be a sneaky intruder, this cloak of crystals makes Dracula nearly invisible on camera and doesn't show up in mirrors, she also doesn't use the crystal element the way it was made to be used.
Sentinel of Air, Hurricane, Male, The main powerhouse of the 10 Sentinels alongside Warden and Salamander, built to tear apart any criminals mission using sheer wind force alone, Hurricane is the type of person to call a god child's play.
Sentinel of Electricity, Surge, Female, Surge is the fastest of the group being able to easily reach Mach 7 and beyond showing no signs of exhaustion, while being the squishiest Sentinel, Surge is also the hardest to hit being that she's constantly on the more.
"Such incredible weapons, once they're under our command, they will prove useful"
Delia and Noah exit the bus they took to get through the inner wall, Noah takes out his phone and turns it on, holographic panels materialize on the sides and top of the phone while the regular screen lights up, the bus takes off, Noah opens the maps, the top holopanel grows as the map appears on it "alright, looks like we go this way" Noah turns around and starts walking, Delia follows.
Noah starts chatting up Delia "how did you get the Light element?" Delia responds "i was born with it, my... father had the light element" Noah asks another question "is a he good dad?" Delia again responds "he was" Noah turns to his left to look at Delia, they walk side by side "I'm... sorry to hear that" pausing, he looks in front of himself again still walking "I'm sure he was a great man" Delia turns her head toward Noah a little "he died doing what he believed was best" Noah asks Delia a question, a sadder tone in his tongue "can i ask what that is?" Delia stays quiet, eventually shaking her head.
After some 20 minutes of walking later, Delia and Noah reach the Outer Genium Police Department, Noah walks ahead a little more and turns to face Delia "i take it this is where we part ways?" Delia nods "I'm afraid so, thank you for accompanying me here, i had a great time chatting with you Noah" Noah shoots his shot "is possible i can maybe, get your number?" an awkward silence fills the air, it weighs on Noah's shoulders, after the span of what feels like 2 hours, Noah breaks the silence "forget i said anything..." he takes a few steps back turn round and starts walking in the same direction the two were initially going
Delia enters the police station and walks up to the front desk, the woman at the desk looks up at Delia as she gets there "Hello Miss, how can i help you today?" Delia answers her as she leans ever so slightly forward "Hi, i want to ask if you have someone by the name of Chloe in at all?" the girl at the desk jumps on the computer "what's their last name?" Delia answers again "they wouldn't have spilled their last name" the girl looks back at Delia, confused. She looks back at the computer tapping the keys 'C' 'H' 'L' 'O' 'E', one name come up "we have 1 Chloe here but has a last name" she looks back at Delia as Delia nods "ok, thank you for trying anyways" as Delia turns around, the girl gets her attention again "wait, we can log into the precincts logs and check if they have a Chloe from here" Delia having stopped to listen turns back around "that would be great thank you" the girl jumps up from the desk and walks off, presumably to try another computer wired to the precincts logs.
She comes back bearing news for Delia "good news, they have a Chloe with no last name, she has a description of black hair and black eyes, mid 30's appearance, slim hourglass shape and a scar across her right eye traveling over her forehead" Delia nods in approval "yes that's the Chloe I'm looking for" the girl gets curious "can i ask what your quarrel is with her?" Delia pauses before answering "she's my sister but not by blood, we have different fathers and we are very different, I'm like my father who was a good man, she was like hers who wasn't clean by nature" the girl sits down "ok, do you want me to notify the precinct that you're on your way?" Delia nods a third time and goes to leave.
The girl stands back up and goes to the computer she used to see the logs in the precinct, she calls the precinct "IGP, this is Charlotte from OGPD, there is a woman in her mid 30's with brown and white hair, presumably with the light element on her way to you, she has a slim hourglass appearance with an estimate height of 5'6, she's wearing grey and blue jacket with the brand name "Inverse" written on the front and blue jean shorts, her hair is down" IGP responds "OGDP, its Hollow from Inner Genium Precinct, her appearance description is a near match with one of our strong suspects, is she related at all?" Charlotte responds "she's related to the suspect Chloe but not by blood, she claims to have a different dad to Chloe" Hollow responds "i see, thank you for informing me Charlotte, chat another time"
Warden walks through a hallway with 2 guards following him, the guards know very well that if anyone were the guards it would be Warden, they turn left opening a double door way, a massive circular stone table surrounded by chairs, the ceiling of the room raises high above them, Warden and his tall stature tower above everyone else in the room at over 7 feet tall, he grabs the rest of a stone chair and pulls it back, he sits down with another 8 to 10 people at the desk, a man in a chair more decorated than the others speaks "we shall now begin the meeting addressing the spike of riots in the Abyssal Prison, i am Ferus, Abyssal Arbiter of the Abyssal, if it weren't for our special guest, Warden, i would be adorning that title, but that isn't why we are here, Brigadier" Ferus turns to his right, looking past 3 people before reaching Brigadier "what info do you have of the riots and prisoners?" Brigadier stands up straight, facing Ferus "Sir, the intel i have gathering after witnessing first hand of these riots, the prisoners don't seem to want to escape but instead seem to be causing chaos amongst our ranks, confusing us and forcing our hand thin, i have been stationed here for the past 30 years and never have seen such an absurd number of mindless assaults on our own"
Ferus continues on "and what of the Abyss?" Brigadier responds, still standing "unfortunately sir, we haven't been able to get our men that far down, we continue to get intercepted by prisoners during our ventures down, surveillance however is still up and running and suggests that the Abyss is as quiet as ever, however i do not trust how quiet it is down there" Brigadier bows "that is all i have to report" "Right then, Private McKail" Ferus looks at a man to Brigadiers left, he stands, clearly shaken "you are one of the men that got the furthest down to the Abyss, what intel were you able to gather if any?" McKail responds with a shaky voice "sir, my men and i, privates Hue, Prime and Darcy got to the last 4 floors of the Deep, there is where we were suddenly.. attacked by another 5 inmates, though their elements were suppressed by the collars on their necks, they still managed to o-over power us with brute strength alone, we lost Private Hue and Private Darcy to the inmates... on our way back up, we were jumped a second time by another 3 of them, there is where we lost Private Prime, i only managed to get to the Elevator back to the Shallow thanks to Private Prime holding his ground against the 3 inmates... he was a great man Abyssal Arbiter" Ferus looks down in defeat as he puts his hands over his face, he wipes his hands away "thank you McKail for your POV, for your troubles, you may take 3 months off, i understand your still new here with only 2 years under your belt so time on the surface will do greatly on your mental health"
Ferus looks back up at McKail who seems a tad bit relieved "please make sure you give the therapist here a visit first before you take your leave, Brigadier" McKail turns to Brigadier as he sits back down, Brigadier stands once more "you mentioned you have nothing else to report?" Brigadier acknowledges Ferus "do you still wish to attend this meeting? you will be missing out on possibly vital information" Brigadier speaks "i still wish to attend sir" Ferus sits back "Private McKail" Brigadier sits and McKail stands "feel free to see yourself out" McKail bows and takes his leave, he walks out the same double doors that Warden entered through.
Ferus turns to a woman 2 people to his left "Warrant Officer Roam, you have been over seeing all the electronics of the Abyssal, what is the status of our elemental essence suppression tech?" Roam stands up "Arbiter, our Elemental Essence Suppression Padding and Elemental Essence Suppression Collars are functioning at 100%, our shipment of prototype hand held suppression weapons from Silexia shall arrive by Vapor Train in 12 hours, extra security has been placed onboard of the train to deter both Consumed attacks and Varlen attacks, in other tech, it can be noted that the suppressing batons we typically use to combat the prisoners isn't having near the effect we intended for, the inmates seemed only mildly dazed upon being hit, if it wasn't for the collars getting in the way, i would suggest infusing the batons with electricity to shock the prisoners into submission, alas that would fry the collars giving the prisoners back their elements" Warden stands, Ferus looks his way, his shifted attention moves everyone else's attention to Warden "pardon the interruption but i am not fond of the construction of the Abyssal Prison" Warden bows, placing his hand over his chest "please walk me through it" Ferus turns to another person in the meeting "Director Alexandra, if you may" Warden sits and Alexandra stands "yes Sir"
She places her hand on the table, under where her hand sits on the table glows a cyan blue colour, she raises her hand up vertically and multiple circles of different layers and size rise up, they're also a cyan blue glow, a text pops up saying 'manual control' she takes her hand and swipes across once, multiple different option come and go, the swipe stops and Alexandra goes back two to another option called 'AI Overtake' Alexandra looks up "Axium, bring up a 3D solidgram of the Abyssal Prison" the circles sink back into the table, as the last circle goes back into the table, the table top suddenly glows a cyan blue, a male voice echoes around the room "Acknowledged, creating solidgram of the Abyssal Prison" from the bottom up, a solidgram of the Abyssal Prison materialises "the Abyssal Prison solidgram, complete" the table stops glowing and the same circles rise up again, 'AI Overtake' appear, Alexandra swipes her hand over it again and finds 'Manual Control' "this vertical circular structure is the Abyssal Prison and as you are already aware, it is 5 Kilometers underground, the structure itself from top to bottom is another 5 kilometers deep" Alexandra takes her hands and goes to grab the air, she pulls her hands apart from each other slightly which zooms in on the prison, she spins her hands around in a clockwise motion turning the prison around for 45 degrees, she removes her hands once then goes in for another tweak of the solidgram.
This time she places her hands on top another grabbing the air again, the pulls her right arm up and left arm down which separates the prison into 3 different areas "these are the 3 main areas of the Abyssal Prison, the Shallow" the top third of the prison glows brighter "the Deep" the middle part glows brighter as the top half fades to its original glow "and the Abyss" the bottom third glows as the middle stops glowing so bright, she uses her hands to zoom in on the Shallow
"The Shallow is where we are currently stationed and only consists of rooms for staff, offices and the main headquarters, the Shallow is everything to do that keeps the prison running and operational, the only way to the Deep is via elevator that requires a special key in order to operate, only allocated staff and the Abyssal Arbiter are able to operate the elevator" Alexandra uses her hands to swipe up on the solidgram, the Shallow disappears through the ceiling and the Deep appears from the table top.
"The Deep consists of the cafeteria for inmates as well as a monitoring room, from that monitoring room, cell doors can be controlled, collars can be deactivated, guards can be dispatched, gas can be let out and soundwaves can be emitted, essentially control room 2.0. The lesser threat criminals also have their own cells complete with slight mental disorder sound systems and undetectable gases that would ordinarily alleviate aggression, however as you can already guess, its not having the intended effect, the aforementioned control room also controls the cells in the Abyss" Alexandra swipes again, the Abyss appears from the table while the Deep disappears into the ceiling.
"The Abyss consists of cells that are made to keep the worst of the worst locked in place, food hand delivered to them, quadrupled checked for anything that may aid in their escape despite already being damn near impossible already, the inmates here are not allowed to leave their cells or chat with other inmates, no interaction at all" Warden sees something off about the Abyss "this spot here Director" he points at the Abyss "this is more lower then the rest of the Abyss, why is this?" Alexandra zooms in on what seems to be an elevator leading down from the very bottom of the Abyss "this is a specially made elevator that leads down to a cell we like to call the 'Pitch Black' this cell holds up to one criminal and is currently occupied" Warden asks Director Alexandra a question "who does this cell encase?" Alex responds confidently "i assure you, he will not be a threat, he is monitored 24/7 by a team of 4 down there with him, his cell is bare bones in comfort but completed with everything made to contain a Le-via Consumed"
Abyssal Arbiter speaks "are we done with the tour?" Warden nods in satisfaction, both Warden and Alexandra sit "right then-" a man to Ferus's left sitting directly between Alexandra and Ferus raises his arm and speaks "if a may Arbiter" Ferus looks at him "yes?" the man stands "would it be wise to send Warden to the heart of where the riots take place? the cafeteria, this may send a clear message through the prison that a high ranking Paladin like Warden is present in the prison, it could deter the prisoners from starting yet another riot' Ferus thinks to himself, meanwhile Warden jumps in on it "I'm in no way against it if that is your concern" Ferus speaks "i do agree with this, it could benefit us without getting overly strategic about it... Warden, i give you permission to roam the Prison as if you too were a guard, and if a prisoner tries to pick a fight with you, you have permission from the Abyssal Arbiter himself to use lethal force, send a message"
Delia flies in a pedestrian flyway for elementals that can get airborne, she's inside the inner city fast approaching the precinct "please Jaiden, my son, honey, be safe when i come home" she utters on about his safety "i promise that when this is all over, we will be mother and son again"
Delia breaks off the flyway and lands on the ground out front the precinct, stairs leading to the front doors, she walks up the stairs and approaches the doors, they open automatically, she walks inside and up to the front desk, the woman is on call as she gets to the front desk "ill be with you in just a moment ma'am"
After 5 minutes, a man walks into the waiting area, a broad build, clearly working out and elementless, he spots Delia who is sitting on a chair, he thinks to himself, brown and white hair? possibly an element, seems in her 30's and wearing a grey and blue jacket, seems like that's the woman i was told about, he walks up to her getting her attention "scuse me miss, but are you here for Chloe by any chance?" Delia sits up slightly "yes, i am, I'm to assume the girl at the police station told you about me?" the male nods and coaxes her to get up "come with me miss" Delia stands and follows her into a corridor.
After another minute of walking, the man stops and turns around to face Delia who is following behind him "how do you know about Chloe? we only managed to catch her by home ground advantage, yet here you are finding her like you strapped a tracker to her" Delia doesn't flinch her expression "i know my sister well" he stares at her as her expression stays unfazed, he groans as he turns back around "might have to interrogate you for the lack of shit she says, gods my ass, they aren't real" Delia pricks up slightly before lowering herself again.
Hollow opens a door for Delia, she enters and sees the face of a the woman she's been searching for "Delia! Delia~ long time no see dear sister" Delia sits in the chair across the table from Chloe "we aren't sister" Chloe leans back "how long has it bean? I've lost track of the time" Delia pauses before responding "16 years" Chloe stops rocking as she looks around using her eyes "no... no i think far more than that" Chloe leans forward locking eyes with Delia "more in the billions"