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Sceldrant's Comet

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by Michael Rogers


  *Distressed whines of the younger children flooded the confined room.*

  Karol: *He slowly regained consciousness, finding himself inside the stone room with the other children.* (Why am I in here? My daddy and mummy are out there!-)

  *Five young adults flew into the room and rolled across the ground, causing the entire room to become silent.*

  Woman: (W-What happened-?!) *She spoke in disbelief, watching Kath and Ridley slowly walk inside the room, giving a sense of intimidation.* "W-Who are you?!"

  Ridley: "Hmm?" *He stood in a professional-like manner, glancing at the woman.*

  Kath: "You will speak when spoken to!" *She formed a fist, causing Ridley to lower her arm.* "Ridley?" *She sounded unimpressed.*

  Ridley: "I have no intentions of undermining you, but, look at what we just stumbled upon."

  Kath: "Hrmm?" *She scanned across the room, staring at the crying faces of the younger children.* "I see useless children?"

  Ridley: "You do? I see the next generation of warriors at our command-"

  Trinity and Infinity: "Duel finger snap, flying palm strike." *They spoke at the same time and pushed forward, forcing Ridley back.*

  Ridley: *His feet slid back.* "Such power for little girls-"

  Kath: "Impudent children-" *She swayed her hand to the side, blasting the girls off their feet.*

  *Kath's power caused all the dancers to stop what they were doing, as if they understood the threat in front of them.*

  Karol: (Sh-She didn't even touch them and they fwell on the gwound!) *He stuttered in thought.*

  Trinity: *She leant up and sat on her knees with her head lowered.* "Please, we will do anything."

  Infinity: "Anything we will." *She lowered her head, mimicking Trinity's posture.*

  Ridley: "The folly." *He spoke in disgust, glancing across the room.* "Two young girls appear to have a louder voice than the adults in this room?"

  Karol: *He shivered in fear, intensely staring at Kath's eerie yellow eyes.* (H-H-Her eyes are glowing.. They're so sckary looking.)

  Kath: *She spread her arms and focused on the ground, watching an enormous dark purple glyph draw itself on the floor.* (I will teleport everyone to the detention centre in Sorrowprax..)

  Ridley: *He stared at the twin sisters with a smile, as if he was planning something.* "You'll do anything-?"

  Karol: "W-Wha-?!" *He squealed and suddenly ran past Kath out of the room.*

  Trinity: *She listened to Karol's fading footsteps, causing her to frown with mixed emotions.* (He ran away?!)

  Kath: *She watched the glyph begin to glow a light purple colour, causing her to lower her hands.* "I shall exterminate the child."

  Ridley: "No need. He looked no older than five or six, it doesn't matter."

  Kath: "Your point being?"

  Ridley: "Without anyone else in the city, he won't survive long."

  Kath: "Perhaps."

  Ridley: *He stepped forward, smirking at Trinity and Infinity.* "I was impressed with your dual technique from before."

  Trinity: "..."

  Infinity: "Yes-?" *She watched all the people in the room beside Ridley, Kath and her sister disappear in a flash of purple light.*

  Trinity: *She turned around, gasping at the empty room.* "Where-?!"

  Ridley: "If you wish to see your friends and family again, I highly suggest you do what we say."

  Kath: "Or, you will be terminated." *She smirked, glaring at the sisters with her eerie yellow eyes.*

  Trinity: "We will do what you say."

  Infinity: "And say what we shall do."

  Kath: "Excellent."

  Ridley: "Marvellous. Shall we retire to Sorrowprax?"

  Kath: "Yes." *She smirked and clicked her fingers, causing the party to suddenly disappear in a flash of purple light.*

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  *Karol ran with tears running down his cheeks, making his way towards a dead end.*

  Karol: (I-I'm far away from those people-) *He sniffed and slowed down, staring at a stone door.*

  *Karol started to dance, causing painted glyphs on the stone door to light up.*

  Karol: *He watched the stone door open, allowing him to squeal in terror towards it.* (Everwyone.. Everwyone is gone! I can feel it!)

  *Karol ran into the corner of a room and curled up into a ball, hysterically crying into his own lap.*

  Chapter 2: Rostical

  *Twortz moaned and groaned, slowly waking up in an unfamiliar setting.*

  Twortz: *She looked to the side and noticed Rachael, lying beside her unconscious.* "Rachael-"

  Rachael: "Hmm?"

  Twortz: (It's day-?) *She looked up through the swaying tree branches, staring at the sky with double vision.*

  Rachael: "Where-?" *She frowned and closed her eyes, holding the side of her head.*

  Twortz: "Oh dear.." *She slowly stood up, noticing kitchen utensils lying around her.* "What on Earth happened?"

  Rachael: "Twortz?"

  Twortz: *She quickly spun around, facing Rachael in relief.* "Rachael, you're awake."

  Rachael: *She stood up and rubbed her head, observing the area around her.* "We're in a forest?"

  Twortz: "But we were on the roof at.. My store?"

  Rachael: "I know?"

  Twortz: "I swear, if this is some sort of joke, I will be going to the authorities!" *She looked down, brushing dirt off her work uniform.*

  Rachael: "I'm with you hey-"

  *A prehistoric-like roar echoed in the distance, instantly catching Rachael and Twortz's attention.*

  Rachael: "What the bloody hell was that?!"

  Twortz: (I-Impossible?! I couldn't recognise what animal that was!-)

  Rachael: "Th-That sounded like it came from a Jurassic movie!"

  Twortz: *She suddenly frowned, forming fists.* "Lance, get out here now!"

  Rachael: (Lance?) *She looked puzzled and slowly nodded her head in agreement.* (Twortz is right, this is something Lance would do.)

  ?????: "Captain, the Scoldrant is up here somewhere!" *A man's voice yelled out in the distance, catching Twortz and Rachael's attention.*

  Rachael: "A captain?"

  Twortz: (A Scoldrant?) *She thought to herself in confusion and stepped forward, accidentally standing on a frying pan.* "Oh?"

  Rachael: *She looked down to the ground, noticing the kitchen utensils.* "It looks like someone just grabbed us and a whole bunch of stuff from work and-"

  ?????: "Captain, it's over here!-"

  ?????: "Grsraaahgh!" *Another prehistoric-like roar echoed in the distance, followed by screams of pain.*

  Rachael: "It sounds like an animal attack!" *She spoke in determination and started to jog down the dirt path towards the sounds.*

  Twortz: "Usually when you hear screams in a forest, you run the other way-"

  Rachael: "Come on, Twortz."

  Twortz: "Erh.." *She sighed and picked up the frying pan, readying to chase after Rachael.* (I don't want to go, but I don't want to be left here by myself.) "If it's an animal, do you want me to pick something up for you?"

  Rachael: "No! I already checked. The only thing other than the frying pan would be tongs."

  Twortz: *She looked down and nodded her head with surprise.* (She's right. Wherever we are, I'm glad I'm with Rachael.)

  Rachael: "Besides, I do Hapkido!"

  Twortz: "Hapkido?" *She awkwardly waddled to each side and panted heavily, trying to catch up to Rachael.*

  Rachael: (I was thinking this could've been a prank too, but why? Lance may be, annoying, disrespectful and stupid, but he's never a rule breaker..-)

  ?????: "Argh!" *A man's gargled scream caught Rachael's attention.*

  Rachael: (Over here-) *She took a sharp left and continued to follow a dirt path, noticing bright light at the end of it.*

  *A woman with short red hair in platinum armour smirked, as a creature suddenly burst into tiny white orbs.*

  ?????: "You lot had this much trouble, eh?"

  Man:
*A man covered in armour, dropped down to one knee, causing the armour to rattle.* "My apologies, captain."

  Captain: *She sighed, shaking her head in a disgusted-like manner.* "How many casualties?"

  Man: "Ma'am?"

  Captain: *She sighed.* "If this goes on my record, I might not be able to get back into The Black Brigade if I ever wanted to join them again."

  Man: "Only one, ma'am."

  Captain: "Tssk." *She grunted and turned around, as if she was ready to leave.* "The Rostical Using Scoldrant has been eliminated. Back to Sorrowprax."

  Rachael: *She ran out into the clearing, instantly noticing the woman with red hair.* "People!" *She whispered to herself in excitement, carelessly running towards her.*

  Warrior: *A woman with the number ninety three engraved on her back armour noticed Rachael.* "Captain?"

  Captain: "Eh?" *She turned around and leant to one side, placing a hand on her waist.* (I don't sense any Neurons or Astragons from her-)

  Rachael: "Hey! Someone was yelling, is everything okay?"

  Captain: "..."

  Rachael: *She stopped and glanced at the captain.* "Well.. My name's Rachael, do you mind telling me where we are?"

  Captain: "Where we are? Are you joking?"

  Rachael: "No?" *She sounded confused.*

  Captain: (I don't have time for this shit.) *She grunted in thought and turned around, slowly walking away.*

  Rachael: "Ah?" *She noticed the other warriors slowly follow the red headed woman.* "Could any of you tell me what's going on?"

  Captain: "Grr.." *She frowned with a twitching eye.* "Go away."

  Rachael: "Huh? Then just point to the closest town and I'll be on my way."

  Captain: "Eh?" *She paused in mid-step, catching a nearby warrior's attention.*

  Warrior: (Our captain, PKMY, pronounced Pee-Kay-Me, has the shortest temper of all current single digits. Not even that crazy Nancy captain is as scary when-)

  PKMY: *She slowly turned around, facing Rachael.* "Are you telling me what I should do?"

  Rachael: "Well, if you want me out of your hair, just tell me where to go?"

  PKMY: "Wat about my hair?" *She grunted, looking up to her forehead.*

  Rachael: "Oh brother." *She sighed and turned around, slowly shaking her head.* "Don't worry, I'll find my own way-, kah?!"

  PKMY: *She suddenly appeared behind Rachael with her fist sticking through her chest.* "Heh."

  Rachael: *She looked down, gasping with widening eyes.* "I-Is that a.. Hand?"

  PKMY: "Yeah." *She smirked and looked over Rachael's shoulder, watching blood drip from her fist.*

  Warrior: (Our captain just flashstepped and punched that woman straight through the chest!)

  Rachael: *She coughed out blood and slowly looked over her shoulder, staring at the side of PKMY's head.* "Why?"

  PKMY: "Pfft." *She pulled back and ripped her arm out of Rachael's chest.* "Even at a young age, children are raised to be more respective to single digit warriors."

  Rachael: *She dropped to her knees and noticed white orbs float off her shoulders.* (What is this feeling? It's like.. I can feel life going out of me, but.. I feel life going into me?)

  *Rachael coughed up blood and placed her hands on the ground, digging her fingers into the dirt.*

  PKMY: "You're dead.. I hope you learnt to keep your mouth shut."

  Rachael: (This feeling, the dirt, the Earth.. I can feel it-) *She suddenly burst into tiny white orbs, leaving a patch of blood on the dirt where she stood.*

  PKMY: "Eh? She turned into Roharnia even though I felt no power from her-?" *She whispered on her breath, watching the orbs float high into the air.*

  Warrior: "Captain?"

  PKMY: "I know-" *She turned around and flashstepped, suddenly appearing next to the warrior.*

  Warrior: *He leant back slightly startled.* (I can't wait to one day learn how to flashstep.)

  Twortz: (Dead..?) *She watched the warriors leave her sight, as she kept hidden in the forest Rachael ran out of.* (R-R-Rachael.. Died?)

  *The white orbs flashed and glowed in mid-air, as if they were charging power.*

  Twortz: (Where did her body go?)

  *The orbs slowly floated back down to the ground, causing Twortz to intensely stare at them.*

  Twortz: "W-What is that light?" *She cautiously stepped into the clearing and slowly shuffled her feet towards the falling orbs of light.*

  *The light absorbed themselves into the ground, causing the dirt to flicker with life.*

  Twortz: *She awkwardly held onto the frying pan, ignoring the beads of sweat which dripped off her face.* (I need a rest-)

  *The dirt moved and an arm suddenly erupted out of the ground, followed by a dirt covered woman.*

  Twortz: "Yckee?!" *She squealed and dropped the frying pan, causing it to loudly rattle at her feet.* "Huh?" *She looked down, staring at the dirt around the pan in confusion.*

  ?????: "Ah?"

  Twortz: *She stared at the woman, gasping with widening eyes.* (That's not possible?!) "R-Rachael?"

  Rachael: "My head?" *She gently brushed dirt out of her hair and stood up, noticing she was covered in dirt.*

  Twortz: (I saw her die.. This.. Can't be her-)

  Rachael: "Twortz?"

  Twortz: "Ah, ahem. Yes?"

  Rachael: "Where did that red haired woman go?"

  Twortz: "U-Uhm.." *She awkwardly looked to each side, as if she was unsure how to handle the situation.*

  Rachael: "Hehe." *She giggled at Twortz.*

  Twortz: "Excuse me?" *She spoke in a stern-like manner, as if she was unsure she was insulted.*

  Rachael: "Hehe, it's just.. It's unusual seeing you so unprofessional." *She smiled, brushing dirt off her arms.*

  Twortz: *She silently stared at Rachael and looked away, as if she was awkward being in her presence.* "Well.. What should we do?"

  Rachael: *She cracked her knuckles and smirked in a casual-like manner.* "Well, we should check out the closest town or city? Find a local payphone and get a taxi?"

  Twortz: *She nodded her head in a professional-like manner and awkwardly leant down to pick up the frying pan, keeping a cautious eye on Rachael.* "Yes. That would be the best course of action."

 

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