(Next morning, at the twins' safehouse, with them and the [b]annihilator[/b] twins.)
[b]Sage:[/b] Where were you 2 yesterday? We were trying to contact you but there was no signal.
[b]Ainotias:[/b] Uhhh, how do I explain this? Weeeelllll....we were abducted by some [b]watcher[/b].
[b]Saitonia:[/b] He not only put us in torment, but also had to make us see those disturbing, mutated experiments. I could've sworn there was a dog's head on a deformed body in there, chained to something.
[b]Saffyre:[/b] Uggghhh, that's so gross.
[b]Saitonia:[/b] I felt moribund for a while, until Aino broke free and freed me, and that unlocked our hidden power.
[b]Sage:[/b] It's the [b]Enygma[/b]?
[b]Ainotias:[/b] How'd you know?
[b]Sage:[/b] Several [b]erasers, obliterators[/b], [b]annihilators[/b], and the others over the millenniums have managed to get control of that power. We have that ability too....but the last time we used it, we lost memory of what happened. *sighs* Anyways, while we were trying to get in contact, we saw the [b]Spektral Nyterunners[/b] enter some sort of portal to speak with some divinity.
[b]Saitonia:[/b] Really?!
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[u][b]*Cliche--blam!- opening theme plays*[/b][/u]
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[b]Sage:[/b] Yes.
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[u][b][FLASHBACK][/b][/u]
(The [b]annihilator[/b] twins are in an area surrounded by destroyed buildings. They peek over some of the wreckage to see the [b]Spektral Nyterunners[/b] and [b]Hasaku[/b] looking at a dark, purple and red portal, and entering it.)
[b]Saffyre:[/b] Great. They can travel through portals or something?
[b]Sage:[/b] Guess so. It's like they gotta meet someone. *turns on her cator and tries to contact one of the twins but there's no signal* Damn it.
[b]Saffyre:[/b] I think we should go.
[b]Sage:[/b] No. Let's stay. They'll return soon.
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(Inside the portal is led to a dark abyss surrounded by dark structures and a hexagon in the middle. Dark purple energy forms up to reveal a divine. He's regular height, but he has a black and park purple suit with red glowing dots and glowing dark blue lines by the sides of his stomach. A mask covering the mouth and nose of the same colors. Black face, purple and red eyes, and a large, flowing, black cloak that covers him.)
[b]Sutaru:[/b] [b]The Spektre[/b]. You call for us?
[b]The Spektre:[/b] *dark, hollow, echoey voice* Yes.....
[b]Sutaru:[/b] What for?
[b]The Spektre:[/b] I've been spying over you pupils for a while. I must say, you've really riled up [b]Saitranovia[/b] City. Everyone is hunting endlessly for you.
[b]Sutaru:[/b] So, you're impressed?
[b]The Spektre:[/b] Well, you've counteracted a planned assault from that syndicate, and you've survived--well actually escaped. I must admit, you have quite criminal ambitions, and I don't blame you.
[b]Siripaka:[/b] Well, you know how sh[b]i[/b]tty society treats us [b]Spektrals[/b].
[b]The Spektre:[/b] Very concurring. For recommendation, I'd say take out the significant ones that are really planning to eliminate you all...before they can eliminate you.
[b]Amne:[/b] There were those "crooks".
[b]Senamuro:[/b] They were captured. They're off the list.
[b]Naitaro:[/b] The S.S. are still on us.
[b]Tsukas:[/b] We'd have to take out their general, but that'd be....
[b]Sutaru:[/b] I wouldn't wanna take that risk again.
[b]Hashri:[/b] There's that other squad. They must have an alliance with the S.S.
[b]Siripaka:[/b] And those twins. *turns to [b]Sutaru[/b]* [b]Sutaru[/b], remember?!
[b]Sutaru:[/b] Yeah. We attacked and buried them. They should be 6 feet deep by now.
[b]Hasaku:[/b] Or they could've freed themselves, knowing them from the slightest bit.
[b]The Spektre:[/b] Well, if those "twins" did free themselves, pursue them....then kill them.
[b]Akayor:[/b] I can abide by that easy. I'm always the pursuer.
[b]Sutaru:[/b] It's done. We're tracking those twins down, and we're killing them.
[b]The Spektre:[/b] It is said. Go. Pursue your mission, be sure to succeed. *summons a portal behind them* You're free to go. *vanishes in a mist of dark purple and red energy*
*The 10 exit the abyss through the portal.*
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(Back outside, the [b]annihilator[/b] twins are sitting on the ground. [b]Sage[/b] still trying to get in contact with the twins. They turn their heads to see the portal appearing, and the 10 walking out of it. They stand up and peek over.)
[b]Sage:[/b] See, told you.
[b]Saffyre:[/b] *scans the 10 with her cator and quickly puts it away* Let's get out of here.
*They exit the area quickly and safely as possible*
[u][b][FLASHBACK OVER][/b][/u]
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(Present time.)
[b]Saffyre:[/b] Well, all we did was wait for them to come back to the real world. But it felt like they were talking to someone.
[b]Saitonia:[/b] Wait, I'm trying to think....*pauses for several seconds then replies* Yes. Something...or someone called "[b]The Spektre[/b]", I think.
[b]Sage:[/b] Well, we can safely assume it's whoever that is they were talking to.
[b]Saffyre:[/b] And you were tortured?
[b]Saitonia:[/b] *sighs* Yeah.
[b]Saffyre:[/b] Sai, what did they do to you?
[b]Saitonia:[/b] Well, he cut a deep hole in my stomach and made me drink Aino's blood.
[b]Ainotias:[/b] What?! He made you drink my blood?!
[b]Saitonia:[/b] Yeah, but since we unleashed our [b]Enygma[/b] Form, the wounds all healed up. All there's left are these faded, dark blue lines around my neck. *turns to Aino to see faded red lines around her neck* Aino, he did the same to you.
[b]Ainotias:[/b] *rubs her neck* Figures. Felt an irritation in my neck.
[b]Saitonia:[/b] The most disturbing part are those damn experiments he has. I can't seem to stop thinking about it.
[b]Saffyre:[/b] Ugh, it's just so morbid. Especially having to see that.
[b]Saitonia:[/b] Saff, you have no idea. Actually, let's put it into a perspective where you aren't captured. You walk along a dark trail, and you see a group, a row, of mutated people and animals, all chained up and bloody. Just by the sight of that, you can tell that the person responsible is a true monster. People tend to say that everyone deserves a fair punishment. Well some others need to be [b]erased[/b] from existence. And thank the [b]Arckyve[/b]....that I [b]erased[/b] him.
[b]Saffyre:[/b] Yeaahhh. I agree with that. Like someone could be in prison for life for a petty falsification. But even for the tormentors and manipulators, they'll only have like a few months in prison.
[b]Saitonia:[/b] In a way yes. But about the [b]Nyterunners[/b], it isn't over with them. We still have to do the city a favor.
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(Later, at night, Kav and Anna, with [b]Alimus[/b], are laying on their motorcycles outside the group safehouse.)
[b]Kavita:[/b] Well I got into some crazy sh[b]i[/b]t yesterday.
[b]Anna:[/b] Like what?
[b]Kavita:[/b] So the twins, Sai and Aino, were kidnapped by some [b]watcher[/b]. We had to board a ship and wait around in a lobby before [b]Vandren[/b] made his move but got caught after. Luckily the twins got themselves out and took out that [b]watcher[/b].
[b]Anna:[/b] *lifting [b]Alimus[/b] into the air* Pretty interesting.
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[i][b]*Continuing Below*[/b][/i]
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[i][b]*Continued Below*[/b][/i] (On the rooftops of [b]Dyphinix[/b], with the [b]Spektral Nyterunners[/b] and [b]Hasaku[/b].) *[b]Sutaru[/b], [b]Siripaka[/b], [b]Hashri[/b], [b]Tsukas[/b], and [b]Naitaro[/b] are all sitting together, chatting.* [b]Sutaru:[/b] As much as I'm thankful we formed together, it came with a lotta risks. Hunters on out a[b]ss[/b]es and everything. *sighs* Y'know, we formed...because of our similarities within our pasts. Is being a [b]Spektral[/b] illegal...or unwanted or something? If [b]erasers[/b] and [b]obliterators[/b] already got heat, imagine us; the fusion of the 2 races. Had a pretty simple life. Knew [b]Siripaka[/b] and [b]Akayor[/b] in my teen years. But my parents just had to be murdered for some reason. And those -blam!- warned me that if I came into the sight of them again, they'd kill me. *pulls his mask down* What a f[b]u[/b]cked up world we live in. [b]Hashri:[/b] Yeah. Me and [b]Tsukas[/b] went to the same high school. [b]Senamuro[/b] was like a neighbor. 2 years older than me, 4 years older than [b]Tsukas[/b]. Treated like sh[b]i[/b]t throughout the whole school year. Though I was a bit of a sneaky, trickster girl, but I didn't deserve it. *wipes an oncoming tear from her eye* [b]Tsukas:[/b] Yes. It's...it's li-ke I was assigned this life. If it weren't for the [b]Arckyve[/b], we'd be a squad of "normal" people. _______________________________________ [u][b][FLASHBACK][/b][/u] *During the midst of a free period, [b]Hashri[/b] walks outside to see [b]Tsukas[/b], curled up, sitting by a wall, her head down. [b]Hashri[/b] walks over to her.* [b]Hashri:[/b] [b]Tsukas[/b]? Hey. It's me. What's wrong? [b]Tsukas:[/b] *lifts her head up to reveal tears streaming down her face, trying to say something, but is choked up* [b]Hashri:[/b] *crouches and tries to console her* [b]Tsukas:[/b] It's...like everyone's neglecting me. Even my mother. My father just sits back and just watches her snap at me for something so simple. [b]Hashri:[/b] Ohhhhhh..... [b]Tsukas:[/b] The school is filled with toxic people. I ask for help, they give me the cold shoulder. They just playback a moment I appear for anything and pretend I'm not there. *sighs* There's some people I talk to, but it's hard having to rely on them when they're incapable of helping me. *wipes away tears* Just thinking of disappearing...since they just want to see that. [b]Hashri:[/b] *sits next to her and wraps her left arm around* I don't. *smiles* You're a fellow [b]Spektral[/b]. There might be a spiritual connection between us. If it goes too far, we can run off together. [b]Tsukas:[/b] *smiles and hugs [b]Hashri[/b]* [u][b][FLASHBACK OVER][/b][/u] _______________________________________ (Present time.) [b]Tsukas:[/b] *takes off her mask* I....*voice breaks* can't go back to my parents, especially my mother. [b]Sutaru:[/b] Well your real family is here. [b]Naitaro:[/b] I already lived a life of crime. Assassinated hunters, stole [b]zepiks[/b] off of them too. Met [b]Sutaru[/b], thought I could roll with him. [b]Siripaka:[/b] I did tell y'all about [b]Reniko[/b]. I mean, sometimes I never got along with my parents, but I still loved them like I loved him. Miss him every day. _______________________________________ [u][b][FLASHBACK][/b][/u] (At a park in [b]Dyphinix[/b], [b]Sutaru[/b] runs over to [b]Siripaka[/b], who's sitting alone, specks of blood on her jacket, shirt, and pants.) [b]Sutaru:[/b] [b]Siripaka[/b]! What happened?! [b]Siripaka:[/b] *teary-eyed* They killed him, brother. They killed [b]Reniko[/b]. [b]Sutaru:[/b] Why?! What for?! [b]Siripaka:[/b] They claimed he was working with [b]Terranova[/b] or some dumb sh[b]i[/b]t like that. Then-- they... attacked me....had to fight back. A trio of hunters. [b]Sutaru:[/b] *sighs and sits next to her* Everything bad happens to us. I thought everyone would be treated the same. We're just living, disposable trash rather than beings, under the [b]Arckyve[/b], but respected. I'll cover you up. Let's get out of here. [u][b][FLASHBACK OVER][/b][/u] _______________________________________ (Present time.) [b]Sutaru:[/b] *stands up* Well gang. We have someone on our hitlist that needs removing before they can kill us. Let's get to it. _______________________________________ [u][b]END:[/b][/u] Starting to feel bad for the [b]Spektral Nyterunners[/b]. [spoiler][b]Erased....[/b][/spoiler]