The War of Arca chapter 13Killersup The change came quicker than he expected. The detective collapsed on the floor, for a moment Killersup believed the act, even going as far as telling the secretary behind the desk to call for an ambulance. He knew that any second from now the detective would try piloting him. He went through the doors that led to Ghrogar's tattoo room. He had reached the top of the stairs and was halfway down the hall when the daggers entered his head. He felt his mind stretching to fit the presence of another being inside. His training came back to him: "if someone attempts to enter your body you will know it, the first thing you must do
The War of Arca chapter 12Ernie The Broken-Peace District nestled itself against the very limits of the city. Like most of the slum districts it was in shambles, buildings were crumbling, filthy, lousy excuses for shelter. Even the shield here was broken. The entire city was surrounded by an invisible force field, not intended to imprison the citizens but help ward against any attacks from slavers from the wastelands, and any beast that meandered too close to the city. However, this district was different; an ambitious crime lord saw substantial opportunity in having the shield removed. After a few calls and some roughing up, a leading engineer in the maintenanc
War of Arca chapte 11Salvidian He had wanted to kill Gif then and there for his thoughts. That putrid little rat would still be rotting in the gutter, had he not taken him in all those years ago. Salvidian fumed over it. He would show Gif that he was mistaken, soon all of Arca would be trembling beneath him, looking to him for guidance, and then Gif would see. His jaw was taught, his mouth a hard line of determination. Golden hair grabbed at his shoulders. He looked down at the rank on his shoulder; he had worked hard to get to this point. Too damn hard to let anyone stand in his way of claiming what was rightfully his. Arca was once under the leade
War of Arca chapter 10A Lowly Servant "My Lord, Maverick has accepted the contract from Ambassador Kevin8ye." Gif said, his eyes were cast downward his long copper hair covering his deformed face. "Very good, my plan is mere hours from succeeding Gif. Soon I will sit on the new throne of Arca; the people will love me for pulling on the reigns of this corrupt city." Salvidian was looking out over the Military District that lay below. His serpent eyes staring off in the distance beyond the district. To the future Arca which he intended to control. "Once the tension between the Madari and Xigarians boils over the war for Arca shall begin. Both forces
The War of Arca chapter 9Maverick4 Maverick looked around nervously, pressing his thumb against the number four on his left forearm- a nervous habit. His black hood pulled down shadowing his face from the passerby on the main street. He was standing with his back against an old brick walled building. The alleyway was desolate except for a dumpster on the opposite side of the narrow alley and a rusted fire escape above it, half-bolted to the old bricks of the building. His blood red eyes were searching the swaths of people coming and going waiting for his contractor to show. He eyed the communicator on his wrist, forty-five minutes late. When a potential cl
The War of Arca chapter 8Skydragon720 The noonday sky above Arca was clear as it could get today Skydragon thought as he leapt from the Rose Tower, which his district was so eloquently named after. He let his feathered white wings spread and catch the wind. His hands tight against his sides and his feet straight behind him, he let his wings do the work. It was his only day off from the council and that was surprising considering the events that transpired last night. Xigarian Primordial Daleks was nearly assassinated by an unknown entity. Nevertheless, from what Sky could tell the whole damn thing had M.O.P. written all over it. The knowledge that a council
War of Arca chapter 7ChromeDeathRazor Chrome never missed a kill and he had not missed his last target, he simply hit him with a tracker round so the chase would be easier when the time came to kill him. The rounds he fired were distractions to get the poor guys adrenaline going so he could not feel the needle as it jammed itself into the back of his neck like an angry bee that did not die or lose its stinger. His target was changed for now to Primordial Daleks the Xigarian kinds leader and Ambassador. The monstrous octopus was giving a speech to the council. Chrome and his target were separated by a mere layer of transparent bulletproof glass. Dal
The War of Arca Chapter 6Skeleton Huygens, a strange insect like alien clung to the ceiling casting pale blue light from their antenna that streamed through the steel braced glass walkways above the Veruct District black-market. The place was alive with goings-on merchants lined the streets heading in every direction for fifteen miles the voices of several thousand people intermingling to create a constant roar of bartering, laughter, and intense discrepancies over pricing. This was the one place in the labyrinth city of Arca where all the races of the universe met agreeably and those with connections and expertise could acquire every good imaginable. Skeleto
The War of Arca Chapter 5Killersup Fifteen, the number was burning his thoughts like the last fumes in a gas tank when he stepped onto the street outside the apartment building. He had found the number scratched on the bones of his landlord on the back right half of the skull. Why had they killed Neveros? He noticed a glint of gold on a rooftop across the street three buildings down from where he was. Without hesitation, he turned right walking away from his observer. His retired mind told him it was nothing to worry about, probably just a slum junky measuring him up, debating whether he could be easily robbed or if it would be less trouble to gut him and
War of Arca chapter 4Ernie The Rose District was not Ernie's first choice residence, the people- mostly Seraphs from the angelic planet of Elysium were stuck up, often times giving him looks of disgust. Only mingling with the human race because of the similarity in looks, somehow the M.O.P. convinced them to let him stay there. Again, he thought it was not his first choice but it was the only district above water that had an accessible source of molten lava, which was the only food source that could sustain him. As he passed through the protective barriers that kept the volcano from spewing lava across the district he wonder what it would be like to be nor
War of Arca Chapter 3The War of ArcaChapter 3ChromeDeathRazor The rain had subsided into a mere drizzle outside the apartment building. The clouds faded to a light gray. ChromeDeathRazor watched from the roof of an adjacent rooftop as his target left the apartment building. He noticed a necklace around the targets neck that he hadn't been wearing when he entered. He spoke into his com-set his voice metallic and raspy. "Ten has discovered the body. Moving east toward the Veruct District. Requesting permission to eliminate target before he enters a more populated area." No response. ChromeDeathRazor unbuttoned his shirt and pushed the gold but
The War of Arca chapter 2Killersup The morning had dawned in one of the thousand slums of Arca blackly. The clouds above pouring torrential rains, the flood drains that dropped thousands of feet into the oceans below clogged with too much water; most of it overflowing onto the shattered sidewalks and slithering through the cracks of building walls all along the street, like a glass of water spilling over its brim. Killer stopped in front of a dilapidated building on the right side of the street, standing in ankle high water and looking to the sky he wondered if it was a sign he should turn back to his home in one of the last places not touched by the scum of Arca
The War of ArcaM.O.P.By: Raymond CumminsSkeleton "Damn it, we can't lose this one SK, keep on his tail." He heard his partner Rory clearly inside his head- even with the ambiance of the nightclub. Skeleton pushed through the sellout crowd for some awful DJ he had never heard of. Humans and aliens alike were grinding and enjoying the nightlife, orbs were scattered above the dance floor strobe lighting every color under the rainbow. The rat was ascending a staircase on the opposite side of the dance floor from him, the door at the top was flanked by two hulking Naga; the rat flashed an I.D. card hanging around his neck and waltzed through.
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