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Echoes of the Ashes

Kenshi_Fujimoto
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In a distant future, Earth is ravaged by decades of war between two factions: the Resistance, a global superstate obsessed with order and control, and the Forsaken, a coalition of rebels fighting for autonomy. The battles have left the planet nearly unhabitable, forcing both sides to establish fortified cities amidst desolation.
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Chapter 1 - The Beginning (Prologue)

Santa Monica, California

GMT -8

*loud gunshots in the distance are heard, and bodies are scattered on the floor as if snowflakes in the winter. The people are running here and there as if Chaos has started. The color red is only visible. All of a sudden, a grenade appears from nowhere. The men try to dodge it but the explosion nearly makes them deaf. Here comes kael Myrik, our hero, a young soldier in the Resistance elite corps, who is deployed on a mission to infiltrate and take control over a Forsaken base.

Kael: Finally, this raid is going to end now. Though we lost a lot of men it's worth it. Ah...., the doors, who left it open. Michel must have forgotten to close the captured points. If he didn't left it open the grenade didn't have made us deaf.

*Justin, a squad member of Kael, spoke up all of a sudden.

Justin: Stop blaming Michel, Kael. He is in the support part, not an active soldier.

Kael: Yeah, yeah. Say all you want to say. Blah blah blah.....

*they came across a thick metal door. They tried to break in but it was so damn thick that their guns were like toys in front of that.

Kael: Do you have a C4, Justin?

Justin: On your order, captain.

they put the C4 on that door and boom.....! The door burst open. They got in. The first thing that came to their eyes was a lab table covered with test tubes an Dr. Ana Faustin, a junior scientist at the Forsaken rebellion. They straight up point their gun at Ana and request her to surrender

Justin: Get down! On your knees!

they took Ana with them and got on the rescue helicopter.

Pentagon, Washington D.C.

GMT -5

people were walking here and there in hurry, soldiers were marching in the lobby, choppers were going up and down. A loud thud was heard.....Kael entered the interrogation room. There was miss Ana, tied to the chair and being interrogated. Kael came close to Marshal with some questions in mind.

Kael: So, the union got another clue about Forsaken's plan to completely destroy us, doesn't it?

Marshal: Not now, Kael. It's not time for silly jokes. It's not over yet.

Kael: What Marshal? It's necessary to laugh, you know! It's good for health.

Marshal: You will never get enough of your weird jokes you know. Go checkout the laboratory. Max has adjusted your MCX spear to your taste. You will like it, for sure.

All of a sudden, the interrogator slaps Ana.

Interrogator: Answer what is asked!

Ana: I really don't know anything about it.

Interrogator: The paper we found there says different, Dr. Ana Faustin. 

In a moment another slap flies by.

Ana: Okay...okay...don't hit me, I will speak the truth. I was the head of this project called Dominator. It's a bio weapon which can destroy civilizations in days. But when they heard about your arrival they moved it to another plant. I don't know anything further, I swear. 

Interrogator: Thanks for your cooperation.

Marshal directly turned at the door and left. Kael was in the shooting range testing his favorite gun, MCX Spear. Marshal came across him and asked him if he wanted to go on a new mission. 

Marshal: I have got a work for you, sergeant. Do it and you will be free of a part of the debt you are in.

Kael: What's the mission?

Marshal: Search and destroy.....