"Hey, Skippy. Are we gonna be okay?" Two Kessu boys stand and wait nervously while Lele and Megla dole out the gadgets and goodies Soren left them. The pile of fifteen items quickly depletes as Lele hands a square cube to her grandmother and other items to the remaining Kessu males. The first Kessu boy,…
With two Shades at the far corner of Belial’s makeshift operation room, and one in between them, the Emperor of Passion can only suck in a breath and grit her teeth as her shadowy enemies begin conjuring mystical spell patterns in the darkness. Dreadful killing intent falls upon Belial’s figure as the three female Shades…
Hero City General Hospital, inside its western wing. Belial gently squeezes Phoebe Hiro’s leg, having just finished healing it with her magic. Both women sit together on the edge of a small hospital bed, while Daisy Hiro stands beside her mother and hugs her waist. Blinker sits on Phoebe’s shoulder, while the rotund demoness, Rosalia,…
Just outside of Hero City, on its western border. Four Shades, agents of the Devil Emperor, Yama, crawl through the darkness of the night toward the humans’ most precious and heavily defended territory. As they zip past the forest on Hero City’s western border, they arrive at the three-hundred-foot-high cliffs that lead to the buildings…
After resting my mind and body for half an hour, I finally manage to calm down from my near-death experience and settle my tumultuous emotions. I sit atop a hovering platform inside Camael’s Cube, one which Phoebe built to control the great artifact. It magically links to the Cube’s control systems, allowing me to pilot…
Lele and Megla gather up the other Kessu and slowly begin walking toward the cave’s exit. Since they don’t know help is on the way, the only thought on their minds is to press the advantage and try to escape as quickly as possible. Behind Megla, the younger Kessu work together to carry Ruuki’s badly…
Salt and Pepper zip through the underground catacombs toward the source of the ‘bomb’ detonation they detected moments before. The two Shades move at unbelievable speeds, crossing five miles of total darkness in the blink of an eye. They stop a few hundred feet away from a tremendous pile of collapsed rubble and pause to…
As José Rodriguez taps into an ancient power, one that his master, Ramma, gave him, Megla and her Kessu companions stand at alert, protectively shielding Ruuki’s unconscious body. They watch as, in the distance, flashes of lightning erupt from time to time. At the mouth of the cave, they sometimes see José run or fly…
Several minutes earlier. Soren Mudrose, Chief Strategic Officer and third in command after José and Megla, slowly paces down the halls of the UTC Bloodbearer. In her claws rests a datapad with a screen visually linked to Admiral Rodriguez’s cerebral cortex. This useful tool allows her to see through the Admiral’s eyes and hear what…
José Rodriguez, the last Precursor, stands alone before an army of creatures lurking within the darkness. However, the Terran doesn’t flinch or feel even a hint of fear. Not only does he have the full confidence of surviving an engagement with them, he even recognizes their identities. The largest creature, a forty-meter-tall quadruped, snarls at…
