Lars watched every movement on the warehouse like a hawk setting sight on a prey. He wanted to go in but the guards were all over the place. Something was different about them this time as they were all more well equipped with tactical gears and firearms. Lars wondered, but he didn't give up and circled the area for potential opening.By luck, Lars came across a lone patrol guard walking around in the maze of containers. He ambushed the guard with a mean right hook. The guard knocked out instantly. Lars had afraid his amplified strength might kill him, but as he stripped down the guard, he was relieved to heard him breathing.Lars put on everything the guard offered and seamlessly blended in with the guards. Dressed in all black, with tactical gears of protective vests, night vision goggles, and carrying an automatic rifle. Lars walked around in that gear for a while. His heart stopped every time he locked eyes with another guards but he chided himself that the disguise works.Ev
After the MSC people in suits and robes were evacuated, the warehouse's steel gates slammed shut. The guards were diminished and the panicked crowd pushed through them, banging the closed gate and screaming. Everything happened so quickly and so hectic, Lars could barely register that he was alone and right in the den of enemy."Didn't expect to see a Scion here! What a lovely surprise!"The girl tilted her head and smiled so wide she struck fear in Lars' heart. Her cape moved on its own, erected and spread out, morphing into gigantic moth wings with hypnotic eye pattern. She took flight, her wings fluttering and her hands blazing with fire. "Axylia, finish it quick!"A masculine raspy voice of her companion, the humanoid crab Prime Chimera, called out. His pincers were snapping about threateningly. Lars' eyes darted between the crab creature and the flying moth girl Axylia. He could feel the bloodlust from their stares."Lighten up, Brachyura. We have all night long and he'
A loud noise shattered the silence of that particular night in Algedi harbor. Vayu and Len perked up from the noise and the commotion that followed it. With a single leap, Vayu got up on one of the container and overlooked the smoke that came from a big white warehouse across the port.It was only then when Vayu could feel everything. The presence of Lars' Scion Force, numerous presence of people all in the state of panic and high adrenaline, and the presence of those brimming with silverstream. Vayu was taken aback of the irregularity.Vayu leapt down and went to Len. "Len, I need you to stay here. Got it?""Please save him, Vay. I have a bad feeling about this," Len said."Don't worry. I've made some calls earlier." Vayu did not wait for Len's further response and he took off by leaping across the containers.Vayu's mind was racing during his way to the warehouse. How could such strong energy presence go undetected? Vayu had known about himself well enough to know the wareh
When Lars opened his eyes, an unfamiliar ceiling greeted him. The bedroom he was in was strangely lavish, golden - hued with mahogany furniture around the bed. He got himself out of the thick maroon blanket that smothered him and stood up, looking around.Lars was only wearing his star necklace and a pair of boxer red shorts. No piece of other clothing was ready for him in the room. He tentatively got out of the door and found himself in a balcony corridor overlooking an ocean of red suede seats. Lars scratched his head, dumbfounded of how he woke up in a theatre.Images from the warehouse fight surged through Lars' mind and his breath hitched. He brushed himself with death again that time. He didn't remember the outcome but he did remember seeing Vayu. He remembered the tranquil fury that flashed on Vayu's eyes."Why, aren't you a real heavy sleeper."As if he could tell Lars was thinking about him, Vayu showed up from the dark corridor with arms outstretched. They were locked
Lars wanted his mother to talk right away but she apparently wasn't too keen to begin. After a while, she finally emerged from the dark and sat down on one of the seats. She looked up in expectation that Lars would join her, but at that moment, there was an anger that made him refuse to be kind to her."I've done this before but I still don't know where to begin," she said softly."Start by telling me what are you doing back there. Why are you with them?""I had no choice, alright? I was just focusing my career on MSC until I'm suddenly roped in to Magnus' murderous cult of Silver Sovereign. He was the one behind everything and I was... I was too stupidly in love to say no to him."Lars couldn't imagine doing this to his mother, but that time, he made a disgusted face towards her. "How long have this been going on? What have you done with them?""Even before me, before Magnus, it has been going on far longer than you could possibly imagine, Lars. They are an ancient cultish o
For a week, Len had developed a new habit during his stay in Lyme Belle Theatre. He always got up early in the morning when the sky was still pale blue, had a little jog in the forest path nearby, and ended up on the hill where his family used to go camping.On that hill, Len always sat on a specific fallen log to rest. In those moments of quietness, Len always enjoyed the chilly morning air as he watched the morning sun ascending. The hill overlooked a state road where it would lead back to Algedi outskirts or Rukbat few miles away south.Len recollected his pleasant memories of the hill every time he went there. He would remember the exact spot where his father would light their bonfire, which trees where his mother would put on their hammock, and how Lars and him always ran around there playing tag with uninhibited excitement.On that morning, it was slightly different than Len's usual routine as he got a company coming. His mother showed up from the forest path, her every ste
Lars thrown off by a powerful attack and sent crashing on a giant stone pillar. Pain spread all over his back and the fall did the same on his front. He was dirtied by the settling dusts and rubbles. His clothes tattered and his breaths were in erratic rhythm.Two figures approached Lars with their weapons drawn. Mell was carrying a giant morning star mace that rested on his shoulder, the handle was redwood colored and almost as tall as his gigantic self was. The enormous spiky head was entirely made up of sharp stones and they glowed amber on every cracks. The stones looked oversized for its mace handle, making it almost like he was wielding a mountain on a stick to Lars.Next to Mell, Vayu was only wielding a long piece of cloth as a weapon, but it was the one that Lars scared the most. With Mell's mace, at least he could predict its swing and range, but he couldn't with Vayu. The rainbow glowed cloth was the battle form of Arcus Ignis that elegantly draped over Vayu, making an a
Lars woke up extra early that day. Part of him was giddy by the thought of finally meeting all of the Twelve Scions, and he wanted to make sure he made an impression. He put on the nicer clothes available which were a plain red shirt and a leather jacket. After he got dressed, Lars psyched himself up in the mirror.The star necklace that adorned Lars' neck and chest twinkled by the reflecting light and Lars took it as a sign it psyched him up as well. Despite never got to talk to Alt'ma again since that day, Lars was consoled by the fact the deity must be still watching over him either way."I won't let you down, Alt'ma." Lars whispered as he smiled.Lars got outside of his room and inhaled the crisp morning air that came from the big hole on the roof. Over time, the ambience of Lyme Belle Theatre really grew on him. He liked how spacious and quiet it was, but not to an unnerving state at all. Lars thought perhaps it was because he could felt Mell's presence all over the theatre