Arrowmyth
My Heaven
-Under the Moon-
By Michael James
Part 1
Lady Walks into a Bar
In shady part of town,
on a shady planet...
“Hey where do you think you're going slave. We're not done having fun yet.” A group of 7 men brought their slave woman to a bar. Where all their friends hang out. This woman was not having a fun time. Then in walked a young beautiful woman in white. Her presence got the attention of every living thing in the bar. If the plants were self aware they would be watching her too. This lady walked up to the bar and asked for a stiff drink. Her bar tender shouted this one was his.
“Oh please give me a drink. I wanted to ease down before I tear the place apart” said Alice. A guy who looked as if he body built all his life. Came up behind her and grabbed her arms. “Okay, lets have fun.” Alice Arrowmyth's eyes clouded red.
She got one arm free with ease, grabbed his arm and made an upside down U. He went from behind her strait through the solid wood counter. The bar tender grabbed his gun, as he pointed at her. She grabbed the barrel and squeezed it, like an empty beer can.
“A bottle of my best stuff to the one who kills this wench!” A lion man stepped forth and called upon the king magic. Alice was engulfed in fire hot enough to melt steel, yet in did nothing. With lightning fast movement, she ran past him. Removing only his head. 3 guys turned their bodies to metal. One threw a punch and she ripped off his metal arm like tearing paper. Her next metal monster she ripped in half at the torso. While her back was turned a guy froze her feet with ice.
“You fellas need to step up your game. You know, if this is to be fun.” Alice broke out of the ice with simple steps. It was now, that several men fled the bar. Alice had their scents memorized, she'd hunt them down later. A spear of ice shot at her back at bullet speed. She moved fast than the spear and it went through the last metal guy.
“You got moves lady, I'm one of the top enforcers in the city. I know I'll kill you one way or... wait... you're a vampire!” Alice breathed heavy for a moment. Like a wolf about to claim his kill. “Why is a vampire here in my city?” Alice told him to make his best move. He waved his hand in a huge circle in front of his body. Making a trail of frozen air, in turn creating 200 tiny ice bullets. “Eat this blood sucker!” The bullets fired at her like 2 machine guns. Mentally being controlled by him. To her, these projectiles moved slower than snails. Her movements, were fast enough that she could run between the shots.
“Is that all you got tough guy” she said appearing behind him. His body created an ice dome and then came spikes. Alice jumped back, then forward again and broke a spike. Following that she impaled his neck. “He was fairly amusing, whose next?”
“I'll be your opponent” A guy stepped into the middle. He pulled out a gun and shot a bullet towards the floor creating a gravity well. “Okay pretty thing, the floors got 12 times normal gravity. Lets see you move fast with this. She walked into the well and egged him on to throw the first punch. When he did, she grabbed his arm at fast speed and gave er, the old 720 degree twist. It was like twisting a paper clip. His bones shattered in the process and the muscles tore. Followed by her two fingers going into his skull, forehead first. The effect of the gravity was still active.
“You actually made me think you would be fun. 12 times, 100 fold wouldn't even slow me down that much. By now the whole place had cleared out, except one. The guy ran at her and fell to the floor in the well. His body detonated in a suicide bombing. The who block went up in immense fire and force.
Alice walked out of the flames with her clothes on, unscathed. Her eyes were just pure red as she looked at the night sky. The moon was huge, it took up a hundredth of the night sky. She filled her lungs with air and let out a deafening wolf howl.
“Its time to go hunting...”
Part 2
Lady leaves the Bar
A ways down the street...
“What the hell is her problem?!”
“Well we were all going to take turns having her one by one.” His friend looked at him with anger, as they ran for their lives. Asking whose side was he on? “The question is, why is a vampire here at all? What interest would she have, and why is she so strong.” His friend stopped dead in his tracks, as did the other. Alice was in front of them. “Lady vampire, what is your problem?!” Alice licked her lips.
“I get all kinds of sensations under a full moon. I feel like a wolf by nature and they love the full moon too.” He took a gun and pulled the trigger with the barrel at his temple. She was 50 yards away, but managed to cleave of his arm. Before the bullet exited the gun. “I'm sorry, but I'm going to kill you, there is no cheating.”
His friend booked it away into an alley. He climbed in the dumpster quietly and hid. Alice didn't make a sound loud enough to tip him off. Before her fist went through the metal and terminally fractured his skull. She closed her eyes and listened to a great many footsteps. Going in all directions, then she heard the slave woman crying.
Off on another street...
“We have to hide somewhere, just break the glass!” His friend broke the window to a fuel station. The alarm sounded off making a great amount of noise. Which could be heard a block away. “You idiot, now we are going to have the enforcement on us.”
“Oh I wouldn't worry about that” said Alice from behind a few yards away. He told his group to give her all their money. Jewelry, valuables anything of worth. “I'll take that slave.” He let her collar go and the woman ran to Alice. “Very good, now I will kill you all.” One of them just ran away as fast as he could.
“What do you want from us?!” Alice smiled in a nice expression kind of like a child smiling for her mom. Her answer was that every once in a while under a full moon. She likes to hunt wicked men. “Surely there would be something we can exchange. In order to spare our lives?” No not really. He screamed “SCATTER!”
“You don't think you all can get away?” When it was over for the 6 of them. 2 went across the street into into the wall. 1 in a tree, and the other 3 were butchered. Then as Alice approached the slave girl, her face was dead fright. “What's your name?” Trash. Alice released her from her bindings and got her to her feet. “My ship is at the port yard nearest to us. Docking bay 54, if you can get there, I'll take care of you.” She looked to the port, when she looked back, Alice was nowhere in sight.
At a warehouse,
full of goods...
BANG BANG!
“Who the hell is it” asked the guy in charge. His grunt went to go and find out. Upon returning, two guys from the bar who worked for him came. “Why are you two idiots here, an hour after you got paid?” In scared to death tones, they screamed some vampire lady was on their trail! Followed by the end of the explanation, something killed the power. “Did you freaking idiots lead a coven to our goods? Sound the Alarm!”
All these guys had were flares and flashlights to see. Armed to the teeth, they spread out covering the warehouse. As the one guy looked around quickly. He saw a glimpse of Alice in his light. His light went up when he flipped out seeing her. When he looked again she was nowhere to be found.
“Hey what is it?” He thought he saw something. As he expected to hear his friend speak again and no response was given. Spinning around, he couldn't find his friend either. From a distance behind him, another guy watched his light go out. He lit a couple flare sticks and backed into a corner thinking he was safe. The guy just wasn't smart enough to look up. On the second floor catwalks. 12 guys had their guns on the flares. One by one, they vanished from each others sights.
Finally it was down to the boss and the guys who led her here. The boss didn't give a damn if they died. He barricaded himself in the money room. Leaving his workers outside.
No windows or visible outlets. Sounds of death came quickly. When the door opened a bit. He got his shotgun ready, but Alice didn't walk in. Instead, she tossed a few smoke grenades in the room. Closed the door and twisted the handle to prevent it opening again.
At an authority station...
“This is the emergency line, what is your emergency?”
“AAB 1000 street, building Fillit” said Alice's voice. Alerting them to the warehouse of stolen goods.
Part 3
Lady Finishes her Night
Several minutes later...
“Sir its a blood bath in there.”
“I don't know who this is, or why she's doing this. Half of our top criminals have been slaughtered tonight.” The lead officer then said on his order they would not pursue this vigilante.
At a parking structure,
full of vehicles...
“You think we'll be safe here?”
“Only if you shut up!” The final 2 guys left from the bar. Where under a big rig truck hiding. The structure was full of these crate trucks on several levels. “Shut up” he whispered hearing soft footsteps. When the feet sounds started to go away, they thought they were safe. Until the truck weighing a few tons was lifted up.
“I thought I smelled cheap armpit ointment.” Alice said holding the rig up with one hand. The two men peed their pants in fear. “Men don't have a lot of dignity in this city do they?”
“Wait... we never attacked you, okay. We are just a couple guys who were at the wrong place at the wrong time. We have several million in our accounts. Its yours if you just let us go.” Alice told them to get up and out of the rigs space. When they stood up and got into the ramp way. Alice set the truck down softly.
“How did you guys get several million?” The dumber guy of the them said it was inheritance. Alice got in front of him and split him open for lying. “Now you aren't going to lie to me are you?” It was stolen funds from a charity. “Which charity?” He was scared to wits end to answer. “I'm waiting for your reply.”
“Children's ill medical research.”
“I'll give you a break.” You had never heard a more relieving sigh, but it was short lived. “Start running, for your civil attitude, I'll give you a 5 minute head start.” He asked if she was joking? “You just wasted about 17 seconds.” He turned and took off up the ramp. Not thinking he should have headed for street level. “This will prove to be entertaining.”
6 minutes later,
inside a rig cab...
“She killed my brother, that monster killed my brother for lying. Well I'll show her, I'm going to run her over, the moment she is in view.” Alice heard the motor running from the rig he hot wired. She purposely walked into plain view up the center of the ramp. “I see you now you stupid wench.” At about 60 MPH speed going downward. He was to hit Alice dead on. She stuck out her hand and stopped it without movement of feet. “WHO... ARE YOU!”
“My name is Alice Arrowmyth, and you are?” While waiting he found a gun in the glove box. He had 7 shots in the cylinder. One round went right at her head. But she vanished before the bullet exited the chamber. Followed by the vehicle flipped on its side. 2 more shots to break the windshield. As he crawled out, Alice was nowhere in sight.
Going down to the next level. He saw that same rig, following him on its side a high speed. Managing to evade. 2 more came his way at 75 MPH. The only escape was to climb a hood. The vehicle he was on was in a row stacked 9 up. With about a foot between each other.
“You aren't even trying anymore are you” asked Alice in an echo? The man tried to climb into a cab and hide. His position was truck, 2 from the wall. 7 from where he thought Alice would come from. His breathing was very loud and he was shaking.
There was a small pause and then loud noise. The rigs were being pushed together and crushed. 2 more shots to get out that windshield. Right before he became a human pancake. As he got out in the ramp, he saw Alice in clear view. He shot her in the torso. A good hit, but the bullet went right through her like water.
“Mother of god!” He placed the barrel on the side of his head and squeezed. No bullet came out...
Back to the warehouse...
“Sir we have a count of guys she killed, 68. Including the dirt bags she iced here.” His lead officer looked to the distance and watched the suns rise. He said thank you to whoever did this.
Part 4
Lady Returns Home
At Alice's villa ship...
“I think the first thing you need is a bath.” Trash asked Adam what did he want her to do for him? “Use the good men's shampoo, Not Alice's, I don't want two of her scents wandering around.” No what kind of things were they going to do? “The suns are coming up. You are going to bathe and I'm going to wait for my master.” She bowed to him and went into the bathroom, or pool size hot tub room.
Coming forward in the dawn...
“Adam” shouted Alice. As soon as they we in normal speaking range. Adam looked at the blood on her white clothes. “Are you staring at my chest again, big boy?” Adam told her that her rack was divine. But he was looking at the blood on her chest. “Easy there fella, please don't turn on the charm.” Adam asked her if she used her powers? “No, just basic status ability. Oh wait a guy shot me and my water defense kicked in.” Adam held out his hand, saying ,45 pay up.
Alice put a bag of 45 coffin coins in his hand. Saying “oh darn...”
Youth
My Heaven
-After the battle-
By Michael James
Part 1
Why I smell like wine
In a place like Greece,
in the times of bronze...
“Servant girl, more wine!” An 11 year old girl walked to her king and poured him wine, from a clay jug. The 3rd prince whom she truly belonged too, asked her for more wine as well. Surprisingly she was blind, but could function as if she wasn't.
“My lords, the jug seems to be empty.” The king yelled after he threw his cup at her head. Go fetch more wine you stupid little filth. “Yes my king, I will go get more.” The 3rd prince sat up and followed her. The father didn't care at all about them. All he wanted, was to stay drunk all day. A general passed them by in the hall. He reported to the king the enemy had defeated his army.
“Say what?” They only had a few hundred soldiers still in the city. He strongly urged an evacuation. “I refuse to leave, draft every man and lad. They will fight outside the walls. I am enjoying my wine right now. Do not bother me until there is victory.” The general looked shocked. “Are you questioning your king?” No.
In the wine store room...
“I apologize for my fathers behavior.” Styx got another jug of wine and told him this was nothing. Did he remember when she delivered an over cooked steak. She was still having back pain from that beating. This prince was 12 and he was in love with her. She had feelings for him too, but never showed. They were to young for anything serious. Often they would sneak to the gardens to hold hands.
“Brother Telker, I thought I saw you come in here. Ah, hello filthy girl. I see my worthless little brother is making plans to deflower you.” Talking to him was the 1st prince. Who always harassed both of them. Telker asked what he could do for him? “For starters visit a brothel and get this obsession out of your head.” He picked up another jug of wine off the shelf and poured it on her. “You smell much better now.”
“How dare you” Telker shouted! his brother kicked him in the stomach. Styx thanked him for giving her a new odor and needed to take wine to the king.
The 1st prince told her no, his chamber pot needed to be changed again. She needed to get to it. She bowed and made her way to the hall, when he tripped her. While his brother lay on the floor in pain. There was some justice. The king, later ordered him to lead the defense. Failure was not an option.
That night,
in the gardens...
Styx stood alone in the grass, when her god Apollo arrived. She wanted blood and he wanted to give her a new assignment. After she drained his arm. Styx asked if tomorrow was the day of action?
“Yes faithful servant, I need you to keep Telker alive.” She asked if the rest of the royal family would live? “No, Telker will be the only survivor with your help. Kill anyone who gets in your way.” Sniff... “Why do you smell like wine?”
“The first prince poured a whole jug on me. Would it be to much to ask to be able to kill him myself?” Apollo told her he was outside the walls. Killing him before the enemy would prove difficult. Besides she needed to get her butt to Telker's room and watch him like a hawk. No pun intended. “Yes master, I will.”
In Telker's room,
early in the morning...
“Master, please wake up.” He opened his eyes and asked what was wrong? “Get dressed and get your mothers necklace.” They both heard a man shout... they broke through the gate! “We don't have time for you to change now!”
“Styx what is going to happen!?”
“I will keep you alive, but you have to do as I say. Grab your mothers necklace and follow me!” He was scared to death, and in his hysteria he listed to every word she said. But for some reason his thoughts kept saying, she still smells like wine.
Part 2
One thing after another
In the palace...
Styx grabbed him by the hand and pulled him back into a doorway. Enemy soldiers were storming the palace and they needed to hide. As 20 or more rushed past them. Styx heard from a far a man saying find the young prince. She waited for a break and when it came she hurried him to the back hall.
“HEY!” A soldier shouted. Styx turned her body towards him and he ran at her with his sword. Telker was ready to protect her. When the soldier descended his blade. She caught it with one hand and kicked him back. She grabbed the handle and stabbed him with it. Telker looked at her and asked what now.
“We must make our way to the escape passage.” How could she see where she was going? He asked in disbelief. “I have spirits guiding me.” Telker shrugged his shoulders and said he believed her. They heard other soldiers coming. “Lets go.”
After killing several more soldiers. They made it to the escape passage that would take them into the city. They exited behind a row of homes. Telker heard people screaming as they were being slaughtered. Styx told him to get back in the tunnel for a moment.
“What?”
“My brothers, I found a couple new slave children.” Styx heard 33 men coming and decided to up her game. She closed her eyelids and then opened her glowing blue eyes. Ghosts exited her eyes and swarmed the soldiers. Killing them by cutting them to pieces. She turned her head to her hand and created a javelin in her hand. That was made out of ghost matter. Telker asked who the hell was she!?
“I'm a vampire general my lord. Lets go.” She wasn't planning on feeding on him was she? “No my lord I'm not saving your life just to have a snack.” He looked past her and saw more soldiers. “My word, you idiots are endless. She waved her weapon and shot beams at them. The beams blew them to pieces.
They chose to run down the street with all the other fleeing people. When opportunity struck they ducked into a stable. She told him to hide in the hay. He did as he was told. Her weapon diminished when she they exited the street. 6 soldiers were in the doorway very soon. She laughed as she opened her glowing eyes again.
“You imbecilic morons just keep coming.” They looked at her and backed away. Soon after that they locked them in and set the stable on fire. “You all obviously think some fire is going to save you. The ghosts exited their eyes and put out the fires. She got her weapon back as she blew the door to pieces. “You want a piece of me, well come on!” Archers soon arrived and drew their bows. “Well aren't you all just a bunch of knot heads. You think arrows can stop me?”
“Kill the witch!” She waved her weapon fast and destroyed the arrows. Along with the bows, bowmen and other soldiers. Pieces of them flew everywhere.
“Time to go my lord.”
Near the back wall,
after much bloodshed...
“How is it you know about this passage, when I didn't?”
“Little brother?” Telker turned around and saw the 2nd born prince coming behind them. This guy was just as big an as... as his eldest brother. Telker shouted he was happy to see him. “Yes well, didn't you know this passage was for more important royalty?” What? “You are not allowed to use this passage. Now go and buy me time to escape.” Styx got between the two brothers. “What the hell makes you think a little blind slave has the right to be here?”
“Master, may I kill him?” Telker looked long and hard at his brother. While the massacre occurred above them. He asked her not to kill his brother. “Very well. I'll just wound him.”
Before she had the opportunity. An arrow flew and hit him in the back of the head. Telker wasn't to bothered by this event. The passage was long and narrow, perfect for a blast. Styx shot a ghost blast down the tunnel, destroying everyone.
“Styx, I free you.” She turned to him and smiled. They got out of the city through the passage. Only to find hundreds of soldiers trying to get in. Styx looked at them and put her hands up. Telker was her priority and he would get hurt with this many soldiers. They bound their arms and legs and carried them off.
Part 3
General vs General
In the generals tent...
Styx was hanging from a beam and Telker was in another tent. The general walked in and saw her then got angry. He shouted to his men that they told him it was a beautiful woman, not a kid! He cut her loose and told Styx she had no reason to fear him.
“Where is my friend?”
“You mean the young prince, he is in a prison cell awaiting execution. Now tell me who you are.” She didn't understand the question, she confessed. “You are obviously blind yet my men tell me you killed several of them.” She opened her lips to show off her fangs.
The general's king walked in the tent right then. He wanted a word with him. Styx had made the general very nervous. He looked to his king and told him never to be alone with her.
“I couldn't care less about your new slave. The king has finally been caught I want you to bring him to me.” He asked his king if the 1st born was still alive? “Yes, he is in the cell with the runt. Now bring me my prize.” The general left the king alone with Styx to carry out his orders. “You have no reason to fear me little one. And I will make sure you are not touched by my soldiers.”
“You are very kind great king.” Styx said in a humble manner. He started to ask her why his general feared her, but didn't get the chance. Telker's father was brought in the tent. He was weeping like a child. Then he saw Styx.
“I see my sons slave is at your side. I knew this little bit... was your spy. Well I know I used her well enough.” The good king asked Styx to explain. All she said in response was she wanted to kill this man herself. Her request shocked the whole tent. “You don't have the will to kill me, though you were my whore. You cant...
“Enough!” The good king shouted with anger. “You are named after the river of death. I will allow you to pass judgment on this imbecilic man.” Styx asked for a blade. “Soldier your sword.” The evil king felt fear of this girl for the first time in his life. Without hesitation she stabbed him right between the eyes. The sword went out the back of his skull. “Are you truly blind my girl?”
“I see differently than others, but yes, my eyes can only see darkness.” The king sent for his slaves, to clean her up. And after an hour or more, she was dressed like a princess. But the ordeal wasn't over. He wanted her to fight one of his generals. Should she win, he would grant her anything she wanted.
Styx was in the center of the camp after excepting the deal. The king told his army she was a being of power. The general knew in his mind he could win against the girl. She summoned her spear of the dead. He took a shield and his sword.
As he ran at her, she side stepped him and tripped him with a spin kick. When she jumped back as he tried to cut her leg. Styx stabbed her weapon into his blade and destroyed it. The general called for another sword. One soldier tossed it to him.
Styx ran up to him and stabbed her spear. He blocked it with his shield and the spear destroyed it. He called for a second sword. There was no chance of blocking her. This had to be evasive warfare. He swung one sword and didn't give her a chance to counter, before the second swing. Styx knew if she hit him once he would be dead. She just couldn't get time to counter. Finally she played dirty. She summoned a ghost soldier to fight beside her. The ghost moved just as fast as he did. Leaving no time to fight her. When the general slipped up. He got impaled in the shoulder and fell to his knees in pain.
“Soldier move aside.” She threw her spear at him and it hit him in the heart. His body parts went everywhere. Her ghost bowed and evaporated into air.
“I free you, and would like to raise you as a daughter.” Styx reminded the king he promised her a request. “Of course.” She wanted Telker spared from death. “Then so be it.”
2 weeks after that night,
in the good kings palace...
“Styx, you have done well as always” Apollo told her as she feasted. When her hunger was satisfied. She wanted to know her next assignment. “You will remain here. This young lad will shape this world for the better. I want you at his side for his reign.”
“Whatever you wish.”
Telker was in his chamber looking out the window. He had a ring in his hand. She was a vassal now and not a slave and he wanted to marry her...