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Getting through the rest of the crowd isn't much of a problem. The amount of people remaining outside is reduced to a fraction of the original number. As I begin to sprint across the circular area, I search for Daniel with no luck. I try not to dwell on it for too long. I've got to look out for myself, too.
I sweep over the place once more before rushing through a patch of lawn, into the street again. Front doors slam and windows lock around me. Even the capitol building bolts its door together.
I hurry down the street, still half-searching for Daniel and half-hoping I'll find him. The sun beats down on my shoulder blades as I run, fatigue attempting to take over.
My bow begins to weigh my arm down, but abandoning it is certainly not at option. I sling it across my core, not halting my run-and-search efforts. My breathing turns ragged. C'mon, Daniel. Where are you? I cross another section of the street before making a right.
"Daniel!" I yell at the figure merely yards away from me. The hurricane in my stomach disappears as soon as my eyes confirm his identity. Daniel's worried face smoothens into a grin. I plow into him and lock him in a panicked embrace.
"Ohmygosh, I'msogladIfoundyou," I blurt out quickly, trying to catch my breath. I breathe in his manly scent as if it's the only thing keeping me from hyperventilating.
"Ow," he groans, "You bow poked me right into my gut."
I laugh gladly. My hands slide down the front of his vest as I step back from him. I tuck a stray piece of hair behind my ear.
"You know Baltimore better than I do, Ash, so where are we going?" Daniel asks.
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"The woods," I say, already recalling the emergency plan from the juvenile agency. "For sure. I know there's some shortcuts to an air raid shelter out there."
Daniel nods, and we take off down the street. I focus my eyes on the advancing street corner.
"Hey, where's Vivian?" Daniel huffs as we run another block.
"I dunno. She was with some guy, but--"
His tone turns dark. "Wait, you lost her?"
I throw an annoyed glance at him. Typical Daniel once again. "I didn't lose Vivian. How was I supposed to know this was going to happen?"
We turn left and round the corner. "Whatever," Daniel says. "She's smart. She'll stay safe."
"You don't know that. She could be the first one dead!"
"No, no, no," Daniel starts. "The Renegades had a back-up plan. Vivian knows where to go."
"And where might that be?" My tone turns sarcastic as we jog. "Hmm, I don't know, maybe we should go there, too."
Daniel shoots down my idea. "They don't have enough space in the underground bunkers for everyone. That's why I got the extra ammo. We can stay safe above ground."
I groan again, my voice becoming shaky due to all the running. "Staying safe above ground is like trying to breathe while underwater, Daniel. It's never going to work."
"Listen, darling," Daniel says with a sideglance. "We'll be fine. The Perimeter Powers are going to help the USA beat the European Powers. As long as we stay out of the way, we'll survive."
I huff a breath in as we made a right. "Who... the heck... are... the Perimeter Powers?"
"Pretty much... the whole world... Minus Europe, of course, or the European Powers."
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I leave the conversation at that and focus on where we're going. We cover an extra seven blocks before the houses and buildings blend into woods.
Instead of thick Colorado pines and unfamiliar land lining the city, we run alongside deciduous trees and chirping birds. I've only been in the Maryland woods once before, but I think I can recall the agency's emergency path, at least I think.
After we pass the final Baltimorean house, Daniel and I stop for a much-needed break right near the edge of the woods.
"How soon do you think these Powers are going to arrive--" As soon as the words leave my mouth, deafening engines sound above us.
That can only mean one thing.
My stomach drops in response. I tilt my head to face the sky and block the sun from my eyes with my free hand.
A curtain of strange-looking helicopter zoom overhead at outrageous speeds, leaving blurs of black, yellow, blue, green, and orange. The helicopters form a V. With their pointed noses and varying colors, they're terrifying.
My hands begin to shake uncontrollably. Another three dozen normal-looking helicopters follow behind the colorful fleet. One breaks off and swerves to land presumably in Baltimore.
"Airplanes," Daniel explains. I look at him with scared eyes. "Faster than helicopters, and bigger, too. Perimeter Power aircrafts."
A curtain of blood red airplanes and helicopters shoot across the sky in a linear formation. One helicopter swerves off in the same direction as the previous aircraft.
"Now those we should be afraid of," Daniel declares. His voice makes my insides shudder.
Without another word, we take off through the woods. We sprint about 20 yards before the land begins to decline. We stumble down the slope, avoiding fallen tree branches and tree stumps. More engine sounds break out overhead, and I internally panic. The land evens out again, and I command Daniel to stop.
"Search the ground for any signs of a path," I say.
More fighting fills our ears, this time louder. I keep searching the ground for clues, refusing to look towards the sky. The leaves will shield us the best they can.
More booms, more ear-shattering collisions of fire and metal. World War IV has just begun.
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sorry for the long wait for this update, and no, instability is not finished yet! hang on to your seats, there's lots more to go.
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Sole Survivor
A world of fantasy and magic and a world of modern science and technology will fuse in one year and create a new world where everyone must adapt or die. A sympathizing being issued a test to one hundred people around Earth to grant them the strength to give humanity a fighting chance against the coming storm. Out of the hundred participants, only one survived earning him the title "Sole Survivor". Before the test, this individual wanted to keep to himself. With his new powers, he finds his morals won't allow him to sit idly by as innocents are at risk. Full story will be split into a trilogy. Act 1: Sole Survivor, Chapter 1 - Chapter 64 Act 2: Worlds War, Chapter 65 - Act 3: ??? 18+ for Strong violence, gore, language, some sexuality, nudity, and body horror Cover Art by RRL user ngt.
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What did you say? Am I Voldemort? What don't I have a Body? I am destined to be beaten by someone who can only use 1 spell? Don't mess with me! Since I fused with the soul of the number 1 villain in the Harry Potter I am going to change my destiny as well as the path of this world. Wait for me World I am going to turn you upside down while finding out the secrets of Magic. PS: This is my first writing so please if you find any problems with my writing tell me and also don't forget to comment and rate it.
8 225RETURN, A Dark Lord story.
Return, Synopsis In the Triangulum Galaxy, one of a number of galaxies controlled by the Empire of The DARK LORD, JENNA OF CHRISTOS finds herself on the run after she killed a patrolman. Becoming pilot on a pirate craft, several years later she and other pirates are devastated by attacks of the Imperial Legion and are now trying to regroup. Seeking funds that will help them hide out for a time, their leader THURGOD DRISTA and JENNA meet with a PROFESSOR of galactic history who gives them information, a map and an ancient artifact described as a singing stone. He tells them that this could lead them safely to a legendary treasure trove, called THE DARK LORDS HOARD, on the forbidden planet TRILLA. The hoard is supposed to belong to the ruler of the empire who vanished close to one thousand years before and is presumed to be gone. The treasure is believed to be hidden in a tunnel accessible from the planet surface but no one who has gone into the tunnel has ever come out alive or sane. Leaving the pirate hideout immediately after the meeting and avoiding a major attack by the legion, the pirates travel to the galactic rim for supplies and to leave a false trail. With them they take the PROFESSOR and ILISA, a serving girl. However CAPTAIN TRASKA the commander of a Legions task force called Detachment T, has guessed the pirates intentions and tracked them to the rim. The pirates leave on their next leg to TRILLA unaware that CAPTAIN TRASKA with his force of heavy cruisers, is already there and lying in wait for them. Allowing the pirates to land, including an unexpected second pirate ship, CAPTAIN TRASKA sends a force of troopers to capture both craft and their guards. Before they can do this, THURGOD, the PROFESSOR and others, numbering thirteen altogether and led by JENNA entered the tunnel complex. JENNA, warned by ILISA that she must be the one to hold the singing stone, carries it in the hope that it will guide her and her companions past the many dangers in the tunnel. Shortly afterward, VIS VISTRICER the Legions overall commander travels to Trilla in an armoured planetoid, a spacecraft as large as a moon. On his arrival at TRILLA, VIS VISTRICER meets with CAPTAIN TRASKA but before they can do much, they are both surprised by one of the LADIES OF THE CIRCLE who is waiting for the outcome of what is happening in the tunnels. In the tunnels, JENNA leads THURGOD and the rest of party through many dangers and tests. Four are killed in the tunnels but the rest finally come to their goal where, to their surprise, in a cavern they meet the DARK LORD who is alive and very well. He has been waiting for them so he can return to the Empire. JENNA finds out that the patrol officer is alive and that she and many others have been manipulated all this time by the DARK LORD. She also finds out that ILISA, whose real name is JURA, is a member of the CIRCLE OF LADIES and was sent to teach JENNA many years before on her home planet of Christos. The DARK LORD restores and fulfills a promise to release JURA from her service as a LADY. He next has each pirate declare their own fate and takes them to the surfaces of TRILLA. There, at their election, he executes two of the pirates while JENNA is pardoned and some have the death penalty reprieved. The rest will face the courts of the Legion. VIS VISTRICER is raised to the rank of STAR COMMANDER, the highest rank in the Legion while TRASKA becomes a COMMODORE. The DARK LORD returns to Tihab, the administrative centre of the empire. There he takes up his residence in a surprised and disconcerted imperial palace. JENNA is returned by COMMODORE TRASKA to the planet Christos where she is welcomed by the planets rulers and her family, some of whom were aware of some of what was happening.
8 253A Tale from Entherah: The White Owl
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Yán Gen is absolutely sure that he is a straight man, he loves women, gorgeous women with voluptuous figures. He often fantasize about them whether in his wake and sleeping state. He sometimes read an R18 wuxia books, his favorite plot is always about a man from modern world who transmigrated into a martial world and being the male lead that he is, became an overpowered lord or became an immortal, not to mention that he has a lot of goddess like women in his harem to bed.Ah... this kind of life, if only he could die and transmigrated into a martial world to become an overpowered lord. He will die happily.But heavens ah heavens... What did he do wrong?Is it because he died as a horny virgin man without knowing the taste of a woman that you're punishing him now?Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the very horny virgin man named Yan Gen has his dream shattered after being transmigrated into a body of a goddess like beauty of a 14 years old girl.He loves a beauty with all his heart, he could even offer his own life but being a beauty himself is absolutely NO!P.S: THIS IS MY ORIGINAL STORY!
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