Grrrrt!

Grrrrt!

“Aiiyh! “

“Aiiyeeh!”

Echoes bounce off tall commercial buildings during the desolate night atmosphere,

Some are screams and some are the sound of bullets firing…

A group of men are currently sprinting through the city streets.

Further down the road in the direction they came from, a column of smoke builds,

Blackening the already dark city, two trucks lay in a burning pile in the middle of the road—

“—He’s behind us run faster you bozo!”

Grrrt!

Grtt!

The men shoot desperately at a masked figure chasing them determinedly,

Bzzzt!

Electricity surges from their pursuer as he steadily gains speed catching up to them….

“Fuck you Messiah!

You’re not a fed you don’t have to this!

Our boss will fuck you u—

—Ungh!”

The masked man darts up and lands a solid uppercut to the man,

Seeing this, his ‘friends’ take the opportunity spilt up and escape separately,

Bzzzzt

“Unnng!”

The messiah zips forward taking down a few more of the men in an instant, in doing so, some still manage to escape…

…{“You didn’t get all!”} A voice barks from the communicator in his ear

“Relax, I will catch them all soon,

But check this out….”

Turing the wrist over from one of the unconscious men, the messiah takes a picture of a curious tattoo of two letters:

MV

………….

*****

“There are two major groups that run the lawless Caribbean line,

The Poseidons, and The Neptunes .

They have been at constant war with each other forever,

Normally the government leaves them to kill each other out alone, but recently they’ve both been operating out of their areas committing robberies here and there, they may have new leaders, or another goal entirely” Chief Kiefer tells us as we zoom through the nighttime clouds in a government jet—

“—And now they have stolen from us, forcing the government to take action correct?” Himari finishes as usual

“Correct, this mission has to be under wraps, the government can’t look weak or with fault in the eyes of the public, so you three will be heading in as some of our most capable…

Well honestly” Kiefer drops his formal voice he had been using

“I feel like Himari alone and any group of officers can handle this,

The only reason Apollo and Kage are here is because the higher ups want to see them in action,

So play nice Himari I know how you feel about people form the North, as well as criminals

But Kage is an asset to us,”

(I am standing right here)

“I know when to put my mind over my emotions sir,” informs Himari arrogantly,

“I can work with, the pirate fine,”

(Still calls me a pirate though)

“Ok, here is what is happening, we are far enough out of the range of Roux island’s security system’s signals, if we go any closer they will detect us,

You three will have to swim from here, do not make contact until you have destroyed their transmission,”

“Affirmative” Himari nods,

“Apollo shall we?”

“Wait!” Calls chief Kiefer as the three stand over the open jet, jump bay,

“Don’t forget the swimming equipme—"

“Don’t worry chief,” Apollo cuts him of assuredly

“I got this,”

…..

Vwwoohh!

Apollo jumps out first and shouts:

“Darius!”

On command the familiar sword of Apollo whisks through wind making its way to the young man

As the sword reaches Apollo’s hand, it immediately increases in size,

Tossing it on the water Apollo lands seamlessly onto the large weapon.

(Showing off for no reason)

“Hhhhh!”

I take a deep breath preparing to jump down second,

“Don’t bother Kage,” Apollo leaps up incredibly from all the way on the ocean into the sky, landing back into the jet

(Definitely showing off)

“Weren’t you listening Kage?

I said, I got this,” Apollo takes Himari up and jumps back down on the sword before doing the same with me as well,

……….

“Your magic has really improved since I last saw you use it,

I didn’t even know you could make this sword grow,” I compliment the man as we float on the sword towards our destination.

“Don’t kiss my ass too much Kage,” smiles Apollo happy to get back at me from before,

(Fair play)

“You pirate , what are your abilities?” Himari demands

“Umm, well, I used to have magic stones to use in my bow, but that isn’t exactly available to me anymore, so I err will use regular arrows,”

(Maybe I shouldn’t have been requested to be here)

“Kage is being modest,” Apollo ruffles my hair,

(If he does that again I will stab)

“Kage can keep his composure no matter the situation his critical thinking is some of the fastest I ever seen, he keep adapt to any situation, and I’m pretty sure even though he does not have an attribute…

You can still use general magic right Kage?”

(Can I?)

“General as in?”

“Healing, sealing, channeling, sound,

That type of stuff,”

“I don’t know, never tried,”

(I don’t think I can)

“Once he does not slow us down,” shrugs Himari

………..

“Are the people of the first ring all like you or are you an outcast?” asks Himari to me, randomly,

“Kage is from the first ring?” Apollo queries surprised,

“You can’t be serious Apollo,” Himari rolls her eyes

“You already know he is from the north,”

“The north is the same as the first ring?

Damn, being here really makes me feel less knowledgeable than I used to be,”

“Why are you so obsessed with the north?” I stare directly into Himari’s eyes, she immediately darts them away from mine, looking towards the sea as the sword moves smoothly over the churning sea

“I told you before Pirate, we are at war,”

“When at war one thinks logically not emotionally,

You seem emotionally driven against me, Ms. Nara,”

(I’m so slick)

“Ok~” Himari coos,

“I see you’ve been doing some research on me as well,”

(I heard someone say her full name back in the government building, did not do any research on her whatsoever)

“Since you were the one that produced all that evidence against me in the first place

I felt it only right that I get some background information on you,” I continue to fib

“That’s another one!” Apollo suddenly burst out

“Another what?”

“Kage is also good at analyzing, that’s another skill he has”

“………”

(That’s random)

“Ms. Nara, could you tell be more about this war, with the first ring?” I go back to pressing the lady

“That’s the thing,” sighs Himari

“There’s nothing to talk about,

We still know nothing, your people, the north are ways ahead of us

There intentions are unknown,

When they attack it is always unexpected and always results in death,

The reason you think I am ‘emotionally invested’ in this, is because my father was one of the persons who lost his life to your people,

And we don’t even know why…

……………”

Realizing she had overshared Himari goes quiet for a bit,

………………

Bang-bang-bang!

The bottom of the sword starts bumping on rocks protruding up from the sea below us as land comes into view,

All talks between the three of us die out completely.

………

“We’re almost there,

Put on your helmets!” hisses Himari

“I trust you two remember the plan?”

“….”

Apollo and I nod in agreement,

“Ok, then,

Shall we commence?”