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to be honest I know no one will read this or even give two flying F@#$s but I am thinking of just giving up on the art I try to make and the stories I have been working on because its clear I have not skill or talent for either, and my job has been taking to much of my time and soul and not in a good way. I'm losing my fight because the people I work for and work with are draining the life from and to be honest again after fighting fang and claw for 23 (can't remember from age 0-4 so I don't count them) year to only survive and exist never actually live so really what is the point in any of it? why put my self out there and even try any more. But I know if I fade in to the darkness no one would notice or care and like I said before I know no one will read this.

Morrowind Character List
RMODST Div.666 Black Dragon Squadron
Omega
Spec.1. Mtr. Gen. Blood Fang-wolf- Specialist/Ghost –Omega Lead/Demon
Spec.2 .Lt. Alou-Wolf- Blocker-Omega Shield
Spec.2 .Lt. Sheave-Wolf- Marksmen-Omega Banshee
Spec.2 .MC. Ayana-Fox- Assault- Omega Runner
Spec.2.SgMa. Neytiri-Wolf-Specialist/Shadow-Omega Shadow
Spec.3.O-Cdt. Minda-Wolf- Medic-Omega Rose
Spec.3.MG Sgt. Urta-Fox-Rear Guard-Omega Knight
Spec.3.Sgt. Kaala-wolf- Specialist/Infiltration- Omega Stalker
Spec.3.GSg. Dieanna-Xenomorph-Assassin-Omega X-ray
Spec.3.Sgt. Sophie-Raven-Demolitions-Omega Bomb
Spec.3.SSgt.Shandi-Naga-King Cobra-Recon-Omega Nova
Spec.3.MG Sgt. Eve-dog-German shepherd-Mechanical specialist-Omega Devil
Spec.3.M Cpl. Shasta- dog-Husky-Support Gunner-Omega Dragon


Alpha
Cpt. Alphene-Dolphin-A11
Cpt. Kate-Raptor-A21
2Lt. Susain-synthetic-A23
O-Cdt. Keate-Minks-A16
O-Cdt. Cristin-Blood Imp-A26
O-Cdt. Val-Raptor-B48
Sgt. Simba-Lion-B06
2Lt. Angel –Husky-A12
2Lt. Staci-Stegosaurs- A14

Bravo
Cpt. Saphire-Dragon-B11
Cpt. Lola-Vampire-B21
2Lt. Thoren-Raptor-A15
2Lt. Yacoby-Human-A13
2Lt. Ocheva-Lizard-A25
O-Cdt. Jojo-Mouse-B19
Cpl. Kiha- Demi dragon-CG31
Cpl. Izma- Shark- CG8
Cpl. Ember- Dragon-CG09





Ghost
Mtr-Gen. Nick -White Tiger-BD262
Maj. Jessica Shadowclaw-White Tiger-TV185
Maj. Tigress-Tiger-BX095
Cpt. Jessica Ravenclaw/Raven-Vampire-B31
Cpt. Nala-Lion-BB935
2Lt. Amily-Mouse-M1G
O-Cdt. Koyen-komodo Dragon-B55
Cpt. Scarlet- Human-C983
Lt. Shira-Khajiit-Saber tooth tiger-SUW9
2Lt. Diego-Khajiit-Saber tooth tiger-SU83
Mtr WO. Cortana-Cat-SA22
MG Sgt. Starlette-Demi- Laguz-SC24
Other Characters

Asheer-dragon-Royal Morrowind Council member
Pvt. Heckel-Hyena/Gnoll-RM Ranger
B Gen. Engrid- dog-Doberman -Military intelligence
MG Sgt. Night Shade- dog- Ibizan-Jackal mix-RM Air-born Ranger
Cpt. Sheila- kangaroo-RM Military Pilot









Ranks

Recruit
Private-brawler
Corporal- Bloodletter
Master Corporal- Heavy Bloodletter
Sargent- Legionnaire
Staff Sargent- Lancer
Gunnery Sargent- Arms master
Master Gunnery Sargent- Heavy Blade
Warrant- Blade
Master Warrant officer - Blade runner
Chief Warrant officer -Archer
Officer Cadet- Knight
3RD Specialist- Death Blade
Sargent Major- Rouge
Mater Sargent- Spartan
Master Chief- Heavy Knight
Second Lieutenant- Sward’s men
Lieutenant- Warrior
Captain- Blade master
Major- Blood Raven
2ND Specialist- Blood Fire
Lieutenant Colonel- Paladin
Colonel- Commander
Brigadier General- Marshall
Major General- Field Commander
Lieutenant General- Field Marshall
Master General-chieftain
1ST Specialist-Death Ranger


Note: Ranks have two names depending on the story type. Frist name is for modern or future based stories and the second is for medieval or fantasy based stories.
Ranks may change and name of the ranks may change as story gets under way.
All Officer Cadet Ranks and lower are 3rd Specialist rankings.
All Sargent Major to Major ranks are 2nd Specialists rankings.
All Lieutenant Colonel and up Ranks are 1st Specialist rankings.
All Specialist ranks will read with specialist level and the military rank the individual is at, i.e. 3rd Specialist corporal.
The Infiltration, Stealth and Assassination Specialisations know as specialist has four rankings and are as follows: Beginner-Spector, Novice/Skilled-Infiltrator, Experienced-Shadow and Master/Teacher/Instructor-Ghost.


“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweet and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring, greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither victory nor defeat.”

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum- if you want peace prepare for war
Facta Non Verba- Deeds, not words

Notes
Races
Laguz
A human animal hybrid that is more animal in appearance and possesses all the tarts and characteristics of the animal they are based off of. Laguz also have a regenerative ability that allows them to heal faster than a normal person. All Laguz also age differently; for a Laguz every 1000 human years they live they age by one year. All Laguz are magically inclined.


Argonian- any and all Reptile Based laguz this includes any dinosaur based Laguz
⦁ Snake Laguz are a sub section of Argonians called Naga
⦁ Frogs and other amphibious based laguz are another sub section of Argonians.
Khajiit- any and all Feline laguz
Equimum- Horse, Jackass, Donkey, and Mule laguz
Ovi- Any and all Bird based laguz
⦁ Female Ovi are often called Harpies by one anther but it is an insult for a non-Female Ovi or any other type of Laguz to call them harpies
Caninta- any and all Dog based laguz including coyotes, fox, Jackals, and hyenas but not wolves
Mammilus-Aquticus- any and all Aquatic mammal laguz live mostly on land because unlike the Aquticus-Verntas they cannot breathe under water but they can hold their breath for a long time but like the Aquticus-Verntas they need to keep their skin hydrated.
Aquticus-Verntas- all other Aquatic animals. This sub race of Laguz can actually live their entire lives under the water and never need air or they can live on the land for their entire lives they just try to keep their skin hydrated and if it dries out it can be painful for them.
Mammilus- all other land based mammals such as rats, mice, rabbits and bovine just to name a few.
Dragonic- Any and all Dragon based Laguz. Dragonics have very though armor like skin and with their powerful wings they can carry well over 2 tons of extra weight. Full Dragonics also have the ability hide their wings or keep them visible. Just like dragons Dragonics can also breathe fire and survive in extreme heat.
Demi-Laguz
A half-blood laguz that is more human than animal
Characteristics
⦁ Animal based ears
⦁ Tail depending on type of Laguz
⦁ Heighten senses and abilities beyond human but less than full Laguz
⦁ An over-all human look
⦁ Are still Magically inclined

Lycans
Are a wolf like race that is similar and yet so very different to Laguz. Most Lycans have two forms a human form and their wolf form depending on the breed of Lycan. Lycans also age in the same manner as Laguz. All Lycans have a healing ability that makes them hard to dispose of; and results in a super immune system that can be passed to other with just a small sample of blood. This is also known as a blood treatment; pure blooded vampires have this same ability. The different breeds of Lycans also look different.
Omega- Covered head to toe in fur with a wolf’s head and tail; omegas have very animalistic legs and actually have paws for feet; on both their hands and paws they pads like most normal animal but they also have retractable claws. Because of their appearance and the lack of a human from they are often call the Wolf Laguz. Omegas are the most superior breed of Lycans and as such are most often the leader of a pack. Omegas possess super strength, speed, sight, hearing, and small; they also have a regenerative ability that is far faster than any other Lycans or laguz. The only way to kill an Omega is to cut off their head. In the history of Lycans there have only been two cases of a human being marked by a lycan and changing in to an Omega; from the first case it was determined that there are three forced transformations and three by-will before the subject becomes a permanent Wolf. Omegas are also one of the two breeds of Lycans that are magically inclined.
Alpha- similar to an Omega in appearance except an Alpha doesn’t have pads on their hand and the claws on their paws and hands are not retractable. Alphas have both a human from and a wolf from and as such undergo 20 forced transformations but the alpha will permanently become a wolf form after 50 by will transformations. Alphas are the second of the two breeds of Lycans that are magically inclined. Without a close up look at their hands and claws there are only two ways to tell an Alpha from an Omega and they are either by their scent if you have an animal like sense of smell and the other is to just ask them as only a Balverine will try to bit your head off. Also like Omegas silver has no effect on Alphas but they can be killed by destroying their heart or removing it; were as Omegas only decapitation will work.
Bata- Most of their body is covered in fur except from their knees to their feet and from their elbow to their hands. A Bata’s head is also different then an Alpha’s and Omega’s head; a Bata’s maw or muzzle is shorter and wider than an Alpha’s or Omega’s giving Bata’s a more unusual appearance. Batas like all other Lycans have animalistic legs and paws for feet with the fixed claws on both their hands and paws but no pads at all. Batas as like Alphas have 20 forced transformations and an unlimited number of by will transformations which means Batas cannot be perm-a-wolf. The silver will work on a Bata as well as damage the heart or aim for the head. Batas are not magically inclined.

Balverines- This feral Lycan is not covered in fur and actually only has fur on their heads, neck, and groin area. Balverines again have the shorter and wider maw/muzzle but their teeth tend to protrude out ward at an angle. Balverines have the animalistic legs and paws for feet but have no pads on their hand and feet, they do however have the fixed claws on both their hands and paws. Balverines are also the only Lycan breed that has no tail and stays on all four like an animal. They have three forced transformations in which the human remembers nothing were as with the other three breeds they remember everything and after the third transformation they are permanently in wolf form. Balverines can be killed with silver or normal metals by causing a high degree of damage; but silver, cutting off its head or removing its heart are the three easiest ways to kill a Balverine.
Vamperics
Pure Blood- Pure bloods or Full bloods are the purest form of Vamperics and the strongest as well. They can survive in sun light and the only way to kill them is decapitation; they possess super human strength and speed as well as a regenerative ability. The Pure bloods also only need to feed on blood three times a month and most prefer to obtain a willing host rather than murder someone.
Half Bloods- Half blood are your stereotypical Hollywood vampire; just as strong and fast as pure bloods but they can’t emerge during the day and can be killed with a stakes through the heart or garlic.
Other Race seen on Morrowind
Imps- Imps are like a race of humans that possess Demonic fetchers such as Devil or Demon horns, tails, Bat or Dragon like wings, Claws, Fangs and dark powers. There are three types of Imps Shadow, Blood, and Moon these types are what the Imps can control or gather their power from. Despite their appearance all Imps are actually good and helpful.
Fairies- Fairies are a small counter-part to the Imps. Although they are only twelve inches tall the Water, Wind, Fire, and Earth Fairies can cause big trouble and will do anything to hider or kill you indirectly. The fairies do however look just how you would expect them to.
Sprites- Sprites are similar to Fairies in appearance but they are the same height as normal people and follow the same elements as the Fairies. Sprites however will help people just like the Imps.
ImageExample of a Fire Spriggan
Spriggan- Spriggans are a human form made from whatever element they control; such as Fire, Ice, Wood, Water, Stone/Rock, Wind and Blood.

Sirens/Banshees- Sirens or Banshees are ghostly yet tangible female form. The two are the same yet different. A Siren is one of the one to watch out for because they will try to trick you and get you killed and a Banshee is the one who will try to help you. The only way to tell them apart is the colour of the haunting glow. The bright and eye catching colours are Sirens and the darker or even evil looking colours are the Banshees.
Insectaren- Insectarens are bug and insect based Laguz, like ant people, spider people and so. These creatures can be good or evil you just never know until it’s too late.
Xenomorph
Wraiths
Demons

Morrowind
The atmosphere is the same as Earths as well as the gravitational acceleration (9.8 M/S2). The Planet it’s self is twice the size of Jupiter but its surface is 55% water and the other 45% is two large land masses. Morrowind is a place where magic and technology exist to gather and the level of tech on Morrowind is about twenty centuries ahead of Earths and the cities, towns and villages are all built in to nature to the point where anyone or anything flying over would report it as an uninhabited planet. The buildings are carved out of and in to the trees. As far as law and order the standing military forces are the law and things are very different then the laws on Earth; for example there is no such thing as indecent exposure. All races on Morrowind also have a very high metabolism resulting in a planet of athletic races and weight based dieses no longer exist and the medical advancements have concord illness’ and dieses to the point where the entire planet has no medical defects. The power and energy used on Morrowind are 100% clean and renewable so there is no gas, oil or most of the power methods used here. The water on Morrowind is all fresh water. There is also something about the planet that will change any ones genetics so that they age just like any other individual living on Morrowind and the change is permanent.

Creatures
Normal animals
Dire Wolvers
Elkren
Dryad
Neried
Ettercap
Night stokers
Sproutlings
Leafling
Gorgon
Gryphon
Dragons
Phoenix

Dark Forest
“Grand mother always told not the venture off in the forest after dark but she would never say why.”
The village has always been small and feared anything odd and unusual but there was always one month in the year where odd and unusual was the normal way things where, the village always called it the month of terror, when the moon turned blood red and the night lasted three weeks. Every year when the sun raises on the dawn of the fourth week the village is always stained with blood and covered with the tracks of beasts no one has ever seen. The month of terror always happens between the two hottest months of the year but it gets so cold during that month the elders say it rains ice. This year I turn twenty and I’m expected to wed before the month of terror but I wish to see the blood moon before I wed just once before I devote my life to a husband I never choose.

Year after year the darkness comes and every year our young hunters fight the creatures that come with the darkness. For the pack it is a rite of passage from youth to adult and those who are ill prepared or not ready never return alive but for the past few years the creatures have grown stronger and more of our young hunter return dead our numbers are thinning but if we don’t stand and fight our world is lost. The human will never know what happens in these woods or in their village during the blood cycle. They fear the forest and us. Our sister pack of dire wolves fell to the darkness years ago only one pup survived and we took him in and raised him as one of our own, now he is of age and I only hope he is ready for the trials ahead.

Last Hope
Years ago humanity was at the breaking point and our population was just too vast for Earth to sustain any more so we started to colonize our solar system, some planets took longer than others to get up and running but in the end we took every planet from Mercury to Neptune and even Pluto was colonized and humanity was given some breathing room but this only lasted a few decades and the human population continues to grow out of control like a wild fire even with the death penalty brought back and set for even summery convictions and all severe crimes our population continues to grow and now once more we are at the breaking point riots and extreme violence are breaking out every day across every planet and the United system Defence Force is hard pressed to keep the order no matter how many body bags we are forced to fill humanity’s last hope is to look to the stars once more and colonize new systems and worlds. The USDF’s answer to our growing population is the Deep Space Exploration Carriers. Each DSEC is the size of old world North America and is crewed by seven billion personal consisting of both civilian colonist and USDF personal but the vast majority of them are in hyper sleep freezers leaving only one million awake for a ten year cycle , the ships took years to build but the hope is that they will be humanity’s saving grace when they departed the core system, of the one hundred that launched thirty were destroyed by asteroids and imploding stars, ten were consumed by black holes, twenty were struck by plagues and became ghost ships, twenty-five are just straight missing, ten colonized new systems and five are still searching have yet to find a new planet to call home. One of the five DSEC that is still searching is the USDF Deep Space Vessel Destiny this DSEC is unique because out of the one hundred that were sent it is the soul vessel to be crewed by only USDF personal it is a military only vessel that was sent out with a different propose then colonization. The Destiny’s true propose is war, to send out smaller military carriers and seek out any advance life and attack to provoke a galactic war with earth and to bring about the elimination of a large amount of the human population of the core system.

War 3575
“World Governments Losing Support of the People.”-News Headline May 15, 2056 “Prices at the pump causing civil unrest.”-News Headline January 27, 2099 “World Markets in Chaos.”-News Headline June 26, 2235 “Governments Recovery Plan fails.”-News Headline February 23, 2345 “Global Stocks in Trouble.”-News Headline July 1, 2395 “New Race of Beast People Discovered.”-News Headline July 4, 2555 “Slavery laws Only Prohibits Human Slavery Not Laguz Slavery.”-News Headline November 11, 2603 “World on the Razors Edge.”-News Headline March 25, 2681 “Bourque International Corp the Global White Knight.”-News Headline October 30, 2753 “Bourque International Buys Out All World Governments.”-News Headline April 10, 2829 “Countries Falling in line to be Saved by Bourque International.”-News Headline September 11, 2909 “Bourque International Unites All Countries Under Their Protection Under One Banner; BI Dominion.”-News Headline August 16, 3285 “Bourque International the Only Name to Trust For Everything World Wide.”-News Headline December 23, 3570 “Bourque International Says if You’re Not With Us Then You’re Against Us; to all un-united countries.”-News Headline January 1, 3575

“The Bourque International Corp is the leading and only multifunction corporation left in Utopia and there for is the leading provider of food, medical, military, law enforce, civilian and slavery produces and personal in BI Dominion.”- The Bourque International infomercial on their TV networks.

When the governments of the old world fell, everything they ran and created toppled with them which resulted in chaos and no law or emergency personal that is until the Bourque International showed up with their droids and Private military contractors and took over most of the world with little to no resistance. The company as we call it is more like an empire then an actual company and the heads of the Bourque International are the rulers of this empire. They control all of North America and the larger part of South America as well as the bulk of Europe and most of Asia and ever the southern tip and the North West part of Africa and again most of the pacific. The countries not owned by the company keep to themselves and don’t want anything to do with one another or the company and because of this they are called the savage lands but some of us call them freedom. Some of the countries do fight the company and among them there is Cuba, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Vietnam. History may speak ill of these countries and most humans think a company that gives them a job, home and money is a good thing but humanity has lost its freedom of chose and its soul. Under the rule of the company no one needs to make any decisions everything dictated to them, everything from their job to their family and even who can have children and how many. This same prose is used on us as well. The females are sold as sex slaves and some of the males are too but most male Laguz are sold for hard labor jobs because the company doesn’t feel humans should build their own building and produces, the worst is being one of the slaves sold for military use. The only humans still present in the theater of war are the command groups and the militaries of the free Countries; aside from that war is now the domain of Laguz slaves and the company’s droids. While some of these soulless soldiers are on the front lines of the fights most are kept in the back and the company sends under trained and ill equipped Laguz to maintain the front and push the enemy, most of us are not expected to live longer than one or two battles but not because of our enemies; more Laguz slave soldiers die from not so friendly, friendly fire from indirect fire support drones and aerial bombardment drones. Being a military slave dose have an upside if you live long enough to see it and that’s breeding; twice a year the company takes the male slaves that have survived a battle or two and gives them first access to the females of breeding age to try and boost the number of young and recover any loss in numbers for military use. The slaves in the military are given numbers instead of names at birth and they only reuse numbers of dead Laguz. I am a wolf Laguz 262 is what everyone knows me by and I am the second of that number but my friend who I call my brother even though he is only half wolf and half husky is the twentieth of his number; his number is 113 but as slaves live together and fight side by side we start to name each other and 113 is known to other slaves myself included as Bulto and somehow they have come to call me Beast. Some of the names we come up with can be colourful others very unimaginative. Bulto and I entered in to full service at the same time and have been fighting side by side for two years now and had a few close calls but we both manage to get out alive. And we’ve been through three breeding cycles and some of the same females are always there; I never seem to find a mate I want but Bulto has a pure breed husky by the name of Jenna, I must admit she is quite the looker and a sweet and kind personality but she’s not the one for me.
As far as the equipment the company gives us it’s all old world kit. Cloth uniforms consisting of a pair of trousers, a short sleeve under shirt, a long sleeve button up over shirt, a thin scarf, cap and fingerless gloves, we don’t get any boots or armour old world or new but at least they give us tactical vest for our ammo even if the weapons we get are just as old world as our uniforms. Depending on our role in the squad we are given G-36 assault rifles or MG-36 support weapons and USP .45 pistols and old combat knives.

Just a year back the company had made a plan on how to get rid of the thorns in their side known as the savage lands and it’s been working far too well. The company’s plan involved bombing the savage lands with depopulates such as Nano-viruses and plagues that only target humans then sending us in to clean up and kill any survivors. The company never told the public under their control what was going on instead they said the viruses and plagues were being made in these countries to be used on them but pathogens leaked out and now we were being sent in to help people and try to save them when nothing could be farther from the truth we were being sent in as kill squads to wipe out every living thing that survived the attacks and some of us began to like it but others still held to who they were. The savage lands fell one by one quickly until only one was left and cause the depopulates used only targeted humans Vietnam became a Laguz country full of free Laguz fighting for their freedom and not for orders.
In the dim light of the troop bay of the dropship there were mostly grim faces and half the seats were empty when just twelve hours earlier the ship was full. Looking around only one face is smiling.
“Hey Bulto?” “Yeah Beast?” “Just what the fuck are you smiling about right now?”
Bulto looks at everyone “Well I know we just lost half our squad, but I just cannot help but smile because tomorrow is mating season.”
Everyone shakes their heads and start to smile thinking about it now. The only thing most of them have to look forward to. “Fuck Bulto is that the only thing you can think of?”
“Come on Beast maybe this time we can find you a mate.”
“Pass, I’d rather not, plus how do you know Jenna will even be here this time?”
“It’s just a feeling in here.” Bulto starts to tap his chest
Beast punch him in the chest “yeah and if your heads not in the here and now that’s the feeling of your last breath.”
Bulto rubs his chest “yeah I know a distracted soldier is a dead soldier! Fuck find some new lines.”
“Okay and next time someone else can watch your ass wet nose.” Beast leans back and closes his eyes thinking back at the mission and wondering what he did wrong.
“Come on Beast you’re the best there is and I’d rather not work with a wet back curl tail.” Bulto looks at Beast “It wasn’t your fault you did everything you could have to save them without risking the mission the tin can in charge was what got them killed and you know it.”
“Yeah that makes me feel even better about it, Bulto how about we just stop talking about it.” Beast closed his eyes again and the face of his dead squad mates flashed through his mind how he knew them and their deaths.
As the drop ship started its descent it shook violently and everyone in side held their safety harness tightly so as not to get thrown about the dimly lit troop bay. Beast’s eyes snapped open as he bit down trying not to have his teeth rattled by the drop ship’s descent. The roar of the engines grow as the drop ship descended and landed with a thunderous bang as the ship touched down and the ramp opened flooding the dimly lit bay with the blinding sun light and the sounds of a busy FOB.

Two sides of the shield
“Let me see your hand.”
I was already engulfed by the darkness of the cave and couldn’t even see two centimeters in front of my face. Without any hesitation I did as she asked, showing no fear for the unknown. As her warm, silk soft hands held mine, I felt more relaxed almost blissful. This feeling caused my mind to wonder; only to be snapped back to reality by a feeling I know all too well both physically and emotionally. I was not sure what she used to cut my hand, but what I did know was that it was organic in nature; due to the lack of the icy metallic feeling I was accustom to. The feeling of her hot breath on my hand, as she let the blood slowly drip to her mouth startled me, and both my mind and heart began to race. I began to relax again when I felt her wrapping my hand with a piece of fabric; when she was finished and tied the fabric she held my hand up to her cheek; it was soft and warm like her hands and like her hands it wasn’t skin I felt or hair; it was familiar and yet unknown to me all at the same time.
“Your blood is neither good nor evil, yet both light and dark. You are blood bound to always do the honorable thing by any means, even very dark means. You are a darkness that fights for the light. There are those who will call you a hero, and others a monster and some will even call you a demon, but I will always call you my dark Templar.
“I’m honored, but do I call you?”
“Would a rose by any other name still small sweet; a throne by any other still draw blood? I’m simply your wolf in the shadows: My dark Templar.”
With a distant howl from deep within the cave she was gone.
My wolf in the shadows; now if only I know who you really were.
June 8th 0600 hours
Awoken but the sound of my cell phone ringing; trying to answer it in time when your still half asleep is easier said than done.
“What?”
“Hello, may I speak with a Mr. Franky Bell, Please?”
“Speaking”
“Mr. Bell I’m calling on behalf of the Asmythe Corporation. We are looking to heir you as security escort and guide for two of our personal.”
“Okay, where am I escorting them to?”
“You will be escorting them to a location that may be of importance to the corporation, and guard them while they assess the site for us.”
“Okay and when is the contract?”
“June 10th, for twenty hours and the corporation will pay you ten thousand now and an additional twenty thousand upon completion.”
“Okay you have yourself a tactical security operator. Just send the full details to my email.”
“Of course Mr. Bell, the Asmythe Corporation thanks you for your time and cooperation.”
With that she hung up; finally I get back to sleep. Due to the recent outbreak of crime and extreme violence, in Canada the federal government has seen fit to arm all security and correctional jobs and careers, to the point that they may as well be called soldiers. I work as a privately contracted tactical enforcer, which is the security equivalent to SWAT and ERT. I’m one of a few with this listing; thanks to this I can buy prohibited weapons, devices and even military grade hardware. This listing also allows me to take on contracts and jobs most others can’t; I also help fill in for some of the security companies in Nova Scotia From time to time.
June 8th 1200 Hrs.
After catching a few more hours of sleep I figured it was time to get my ass out of bed, and get ready for a day of training. After a quick lunch and a shower, I grabbed my gear and headed to the firing range; when I got there I saw a group of Securicore guards were already at the range; I felt like leaving right then and there, but in my book there is no excuse for not training when you have the time. Maybe they won’t notice me.
“Hey! Look guys we have our selves, a bacon bit.” so much for them not noticing me.
“If I’m a bacon bit, what does that make shit heads like you?”
“You: looking to start something? Bacon bit!”
“No, I don’t start shit; I finish it, and watch who you’re calling a bacon bit, bitch.”
“Then prove it on the range.”
“Yeah us four Vs. You on the pistol range.”
“All right you’re on! Ten rounds each, yellow ring is five points, Blue ten, white twenty and bull’s eye is a hundred. Oh and your scores will be add up to one total.”
“Fine by us.”
The final score was 920 to 95 in my favour. After that I moved on and started the training I had planned. It was 2045 hours by the time I got home. When I checked my Email I had two messages one from SSA Security Services Atlantic and the other from the Asmythe Corporation. The one from SSA was a request to fill in on one of their contracts as they are short-handed, a rather quite shift and an easy thousand for tomorrow. The message from Asmythe gave me the name and location of a café in Halifax, where I was to meet their personal at 0900 hours on the 10th. After I sent a reply to SSA I turned in for the night.
June 10th 0830Hrs
I was sitting out on the patio of the café playing with my knife which earned me some odd looks from the customers; not that I cared, but to put their minds at easy I Put my knife back in my jeep with the rest of my gear.
0945Hrs
I was getting kind of annoyed and almost left, when two men approached me. One appeared to be in his late 40’s early 50’s, about five foot two and heavy set with light grey hair around the sides of his head and none on top. He was clean shaven and wear thick metal frame glasses. The other man was about five foot eight with short brown hair and a full face beard; I pegged his age to be in the mid 20’s. The younger man had a slightly more athletic build then his friar tuck counterpart.
“Mr. Bell I assume?” the older man asked with an eye brow raise.
“Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups but yes. I’m Franky Bell and you can just call me Franky.”
“Nice to meet you Mr. Bell, I’m Dr. G, Longworth and this is Josepha Forster.”
“Hey, you can call me Joe.”
“Well you two sure took your time getting here; I was about to leave.”
“Our apologies for the wait; we had to try and pack the gear on the truck.” Joe said looking so proud of him-self.
“You two are taking what you can carry.”
“Why is that Mr. Bell?” Longworth asked looking so arrogant
“Because it’s your gear and I’m not carrying any of it for you, understood?”
The two men looked blankly at me then looked at each other and with a sight, agreed.
“Good now let’s not waste any more time, shall we?”
The three hour drive was uneventful and relaxing; only because I was in my jeep by myself. We reached a spot that was impassable for the vehicles so we loaded up what we could carry and started to hoof it. After what felt like hours wondering the forest lost I grabbed the map from Joe and lead the way to the cave. Or I would have shot myself. Checking my watch I realized that we had lost four and a half hours. The cave its self; looked like a hungry beast straight out of a horror movie, the stalactites and stalagmites appeared more like teeth of a giant mouth; the water dripping from the ceiling only added to this effect. Even though it was a hot day the air around the cave entrance was icy cold, like an ill omen there was something in the back of my mind telling me something was wrong here.
Even with what felt like rocks locked in my gut; I enter the cave first with Joe and Longworth trailing several meters behind me. Once inside the cave the rocks left my gut and I was dumb struck by the true beauty of the cave being unmasked before me. The way the light seemed to dance, play and jump from the many deposits of minerals, ores, gems and whatever else may be imbed in the walls and ceiling of the cave; left us all breathless and captivated. After a few minutes a feeling of being watched finally clicked and pulled my attention free of the cave’s seductive power.
“Joe, Doc! We need to move on.” With just those few words the two men were able to free themselves from the cave and catch up.
Even with the beauty of the cave both leading and following us I just couldn’t shake the feeling of being watched. Who, why and where are they watching from? As we prosed deeper in, the cave still trying to seduce us even under the artificial light of our flashlights and head lamps; it seemed the cave only enjoyed the chance to show off and play with the light not caring what the source of light is. We continued to walk until we came to a large dome like chamber that appeared to be about eighty meters in diameter; spread across the walls of the chamber were what looked like cave drawing and some looked fresher than others.
“Mr. Bell we need more light.”
“I’ll set up the flares, just give me a minute to get them set.”
As I’m setting the flares up I begin to notice piles of bones scattered around the chamber and opposite the way we entered there is a path leading deeper in.
“Okay gents. You have eight hours till the flares burn out so best get started.”
“Then just stand off to the side and stay out of the way.”
“Whatever you say doc”; and with that I chose to stand near the path that lead deeper in and just watch the egg heads work.
While watching the egg heads do their work I still couldn’t shake the feeling of being watched witch had me more alert and on edge; the sound of a rock falling came from behind me and earned an automatic almost robotic response from me. At that moment I clicked the rifle mounted torch on, wiped around dropping to one knee and leveling my weapon all in one fluid motion. The shadows only soaked up the light and reviled nothing. My mind must be playing trick on my.
A few hours later the egg heads were wrapping up in the failing light of the flares; the long shadows cast by the twilight of the flares seemed to reach out for us hungrily almost like the cave was trying to calm three victims. The shadows encroached upon us slowly until the only light left was from our headlamps and flash lights. Getting back to the vehicles was a lot quicker this time now that I started with the map. After guiding the eggheads to the hotel I headed home and the whole way I still had the omens feeling of being watched. Not long after getting back to my apartment the phone started to ring.
“Hello?”
“Mr. Bell?” I recognized the voice when she said my name.
“What does Asmythe want now?”
“We are calling to inform you that your payment has been sent and to hire you for future contracts of the same nature ahead of time.”
“Yeah just email me the details instead of calling for each one.”
“Of course Mr. Bell, Good day.” With that she hung up. They need a new administrator maybe one who is not so mono tone.
As I tried to sleep my dreams were haunted by images of the cave and the feeling of being watched and the many things that could have been watching me.
June 12th 0500Hrs
Lying in bed watching the eerie red glow of my alarm clock’s LCD realizing I slept away the entire day yesterday and trying to figure out what to do for the day. As I do my morning routine; I still feel like someone is watching me even in my own apartment. May be a walk will clear my head. As I head out the I put my H&K USP .45 Compact Tactical pistol in my shoulder holster and grab my K-bar combat knife, ID and badge just in case; the way the country has been going to hell in a hand basket you never know what may happen.