My Heaven

-Running on the Trees-

By Michael James

Part 1

The night is young

In a vast forest,

in Cyclone's territory...

“What was that!?” A group of Symbol's men saw a meteor hit the ground far away. “You two, go look to it. We may have just seen our foe hit the floor.” They listened to Firefly and ran to the crater sight. “Don't think someone is coming for you. I assure you, I will have my prize. When I do, I will kill you all” said Firefly.

“How far do you think you will get with that treasure. The king of kings will hunt you down until he gets it back!” Firefly shot the man in the head and killed him. Then asked if anyone else wanted to challenge him? The dead goat mans daughter started to cry for her father. He then, told her to shut up, she was giving him a headache.

At the crater...

“This was a crash of a warrior. Inform our general at once!” As reached for his necklace. A short sword went into his skull. “SHOW YOURSELF!” He instantly felt someone behind him and had a blade to his neck. “My master will avenge me.”

“Brave words, now tell me where he is.” He spoke out, my last devotion, then blew himself up. His assailant realized what was happening and fled in time. Firefly heard the blast from a far. He killed all but 3 of the children and told his men to hide the kids. They asked what would he do. He would have fun, what else.

Firefly had a magic rune for each eye, just like everyone of Symbol's soldiers. His eyes were speed and fire. Not to mention he was an insect man who could fly.

The warrior sent to deal with this mess was Snowball. He tracked the smell of the bodies. When he saw the elders jewelry was taken. Snowball sensed he was being watched and drew his blades.

“Show yourself!” A blast of fire going as fast as a bullet came at him. He side stepped it, as it set the forest on fire. “Firefly, its good to see you aren't dead yet. I always wanted to be the one to cut off your head.” His voice echoed from the fire. Saying he came for one of Shore's treasures. “And which treasure might that be?” The Speed Demon ring, if he told him where it was, the remaining children would live. “Are you insane, master Shore would say my life wasn't worth giving it up.” Would he really let the children die? “If I gave it to you, my children would die. Now lets get on with the usual BS. Where are we fighting?”

“The town Benge to the north...”

In the woods with the kids...

“Where are we going exactly?” When the officer didn't respond from behind them. The other soldiers turned around to see him shriveled. All of the moisture in his body was gone. “Whose out there!?” The children saw darts hit their captor's necks and they dried up like the first guy. They were scared to death until they saw a young werewolf girl.

At Benge...

“You sick demented prick. What reason did you have to do this?” Snowball came across a town burning with the goat people nailed to the walls. Some dead, and some still dying. Snowball took a short sword in each hand. Firefly was on top of the tower watching him in disgust. He made a flare in the sky saying “It's begun.”

Snowball took off for the tower. Firefly jumped off touching safely on the ground. He saw a blur coming his way and blew up the street it was on. Snowball saw it coming and jumped into the sky. Firefly raised a dome of fire around himself and expanded it like an explosion. A short sword came through the wall. He sidestepped it and it released a highly flammable gas. “Oh...”

The gas triggered an explosion that severely hurt him. Firefly needed to heal and was not in a position to stay put. As the dome dissipated, Snowball saw that he was gone.

“I guess the price I paid to have that sword made was worth it.” Snowball jumped high into the air and looked away from all sides of the city. He came to the conclusion, his prey was nearby. He touched back on the ground shouting. “Firefly, the night is still young. If you want to play hide and sneak, I can oblige.

Part 2

Children of fire

In a meat shop...

“Damn that hurt, I am going to skin that mutt!” Firefly had a burnt wing. His leg was bleeding and his eyes were burning. It was as if he got maced a dozen times.

Snowball had now turned into a giant wolf. Using his nose to sniff out his opponent. Firefly knew he couldn't hide for long and was thinking of what to do.

Snowball called out “make this easy Firefly. Let yourself be known and I'll make your death quick.” Firefly was outraged that he was so confident. He had a little something for him to choke on. Snowball felt a blast of heat coming from the center of the town. When he looked to the source there were 3 children with glowing red eyes. This was not the first time he encountered them.

“Ah hell” he shouted as they started running at him. The girl and two boys ran faster and faster as they got closer. Snowball turned and ran away, but the children gained on him. Finally the girl jumped at him and almost caught him. When she hit the ground she exploded and destroyed a third of the city.

Snowball's wolf body went flying in a spin, into a tree. His feet managed to hit the trunk and he shook it off. The boys were looking at him with their creepy gaze. Snowball took his werewolf form and drew 2 swords. The boys started to part from each other. One going to the left, the other to the right. As they walked, their feet melted the rock. Making lava like footprints in the earth.

“I wasn't prepared for your summoned beasts Firefly. Not to say I cant handle them regardless.” Firefly wasn't even listening, he was trying to regenerate as fast as he could. His kids were only buying him a little bit of time. And he couldn't summon them again for a while. The boy on the right grew a long sword of fire, in his hands. The boy on the left grew 2 rods of melted rock.

“Lets finish this you brats.” He threw one sword into the left boy and it went right through him. He ran at Snowball and swung his rods. But the puncture of his sword started to grow and he soon withered away. Now it was just the one boy with sword. He threw another sword at this boy. He side stepped it and from 30 feet away he slashed his sword. A beam of fire came at him. Snowball jumped to evade the attack.

The boys attacks had just begun. He slashed his blade at him creating cuts and beams. The werewolf ran fast in a circle around the target. The boy kept his eyes on him without falter. Snowball saw the blade he used to kill the other one. It was stabbed into the wall, like a dart on and dart board. He made his way to the sword, but the boy hit it, and sliced it in half. Snowball flipped over in the air and threw a knife to the ground. It created a flash that blinded his assailant.

When it cleared Snowball was not in sight. At this time all Firefly needed, was to heal was his wing. His body had recovered he just couldn't fly yet. The boy wasn't independent enough to go after his mark. He was near his master and would protect him.

In a flower,

storage building...

“Does no one understand how much it takes to have these swords made?” Snowball was going over what he had on him. 2 more flash daggers, another gas sword and 2 phase play blades. This was when he realized that he was in a powder keg. Sure enough Firefly discovered he was in a house of fine powder. “Well shucks.”

A fire ball was shot at his location and created a decent explosion. Firefly did believe for a moment, that he put the wolf down. A fraction of a second later, Snowball tried cut his back open. The boy defended his master to the letter. Firefly had a moment of shock. Had his beast not been there he would have died.

“DAMN!” Snowball said with a deep burn on his primary arm. Firefly jumped back and encased himself in another fire shield. Only this time he saw the gas sword being ready to be thrown. The shield dropped and he put out his hands. A ball of fire appeared in front of his palms. The boy walked up to his master ready to assist.

“Did you really think it would be that easy mutt?”

“For a guy that was hiding for the last half hour. You certainly think highly of your self...”

Part 3

In the forest fire

After they insulted each other...

“You know what is coming now, mutt...” The fire balls became flamethrowers reaching great distance. The boy helped his master by slashing at the werewolf. Snowball ran right into the fire and cut the boys head off. It was easier to do now. Because his master was distracted with his own magic. Except, Snowball got hurt really bad eliminating the boy. He was in excruciating pain from burns.

“Well, now who needs to run off and heal?” Snowball threw a flash dagger at Firefly. When his eye sight returned, Snowball had fled and could have gone in any direction. But off a mile in the distance, Firefly saw another flash. “I accept your challenge.”

He lifted up and was able to fly. He took off slowly over the trees. 5 balls of fire appeared around him in a circle, rotating a few feet from his torso. Snowball was in the tree line he could see Firefly clear as day. Not that it was hard too.

“I guess I am going to smoke you out.” A fire ball went strait beneath him and it acted like a bomb. Destroying a couple dozen yards of tree line in fire. Snowball jumped up from behind him and made an attempt to cut his wings off completely. A fireball acted on his defense and turned into 20 smaller ones. Like a magazine on a machine gun they followed his movements. And 3 hit him dead on. “Are you getting warm you mangy mutt?”

Snowball fell to the ground as the remaining 3 fire balls each turned into 20 rounds. Firefly knew where he was and wouldn't let him out of his sight. But he got it in his head 60 shots may not do the job. 20 more large balls of fire appeared and separated like the ones before. Snowball was thinking, oh hell at this point.

Like riffle fire rate the fire balls started to be shot at him. Snowball put his cards on the table. He paused for a couple seconds and lengthened his werewolf legs.

“Lets see you actually hit me with one of those now...” Snowball ran faster than bullet speed, around on the ground in a disorganized pattern. Firefly couldn't keep up with him. Missing every shot and all the while eliminating the tree line. Snowball then took off into one direction and Firefly lost him in an instant.

Hovering in the air he put his hands to his mouth shouting “yo mutt. Your mom is a filthy little bitc..!” Snowball came from above him falling from a grand jump and cut his back deep. Firefly fell to the charred woods. And Snowball tried to cut his head off. He rolled away from the slash and kicked Snowball's leg out from under him. Both got to their feet and Firefly formed a spear from all the fire he had in the sky.

“You disrespectful shite. How dare you say such insults about my mother!” Firefly continued to add to injury. Telling him that he must have been the runt of his runt mother. “Don't think because your weapon is longer that you have the upper hand.”

“Its phase play runt, you cant deflect a thing.”

“Call me a runt, one more time!” He was wrong to call his mom a bitc... Because wasn't she a sheep..? Snowball threw his swords to the earth. In half a heartbeat he had Firefly by the throat and he broke the guys arm. Followed by trying to rip it off swinging him in circles. Hoping the limb would detach from the body. Firefly who was in endless severe pain realized. Was thinking he may have pushed him to far. Letters of fire appeared around the two of them. “No! I will not let you escape!”

“Fine keep a hold of me and get incinerated.” Snowball let go of him and his mark turned into an explosion and he vanished. But he was not satisfied with this victory.

A half hour later...

“Love... stop this!” His wife Pearl rushed to his as he was breaking through tree trunks with his bloody fists. “Its okay... its okay.” She caught his hands and put him in a trance and held his head to her chest. “Its okay, my love. Be calm and collected.”

In Shore's territory,

the next day...

“Father, lord Shore wants you to make a report.” Snowball got out of bed with the mother and got dressed. He went before the general and took the knee.

Part 4

Pack and family

In the living room...

“I hear from your son you destroyed your hands in blind rage.” Snowball said they had healed already recovered. There was just pain, nothing more. “Snowball you are one of my best. I have never heard of you being in such a blind rage.” His opponent said horrendous things about his mother. He had a request. “Go ahead.”

“I want permission to be excused from my duties and run Firefly down.” Shore understood his request, but this was not a time to go on a hunt. 3 more locations had been targeted, and he had few solo hunters. “I understand sir.”

“Firefly is a bold and stupidly ambitious target. When I hear word of his whereabouts and I can spare you. I will let you go. As for now you need to recover. 2 days from now I'll need to send you out again. Find comfort with your mate and cool your head. You're no use to me as you are now, both physically and mentally. Have I made myself clear?” Yes sir. “Snowball half of Valley wants Firefly dead. You will have your justice, now go to bed.” Yes sir.

General Shore dismissed him and left his home. Snowball didn't go back to bed. He went to the room filled with urns of cremated kin. On a shelf of honor were his mother and brother.

“Love, come to bed, I don't want to see you upset again.” Snowball took the knife he had on him and cut his palm. He swore in blood in front of his family and friends. He would be the one to kill Firefly. His insults just to get him flustered would not go unsilenced. To a pack family is the greatest place of honor...