Re: Savage Stars
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A fire crackled slowly as the four men sat down to talk. Jupiter sat and watched the three visitors carefully. His own son had come to see him. It had been years since they had spoken to each other, but could have cared less. Scorpio stared at the fire like it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen and Gemini seemed a little disinterested about everything. Leo simply stared at his father wishing he could take back every time he had told him that he loved him.
Brittle Apocalypse
Chapter 5: The Ties That Bind
The symbol now illuminated the whole room. Chris waited for something else to happen. Looking around the room helped him notice something interesting. The symbol in the floor was a ring of the zodiac signs themselves. Everyone in the room was now slowly making their way to align themselves with the signs they represented.
Once everyone stopped moving, Kibo, Capricorn, and Aquarius were on the right side of the room. Enka, Aries, and Taurus were directly across from him. Cancer and Isaac were to his left. Virgo was standing only a few feet away and Chris stood facing a picture of scales embedded in the floor before him.
Only missing two more signs, those respective pictures ceased to glow and everyone was surrounded by a strange light. Chris found the light began to circle him as well and when it completely entrapped him, he no longer saw anything other than white. Just as he tried to call out for someone, a voice with immense power behind it spoke to him. It shook his very soul as it began to talk to him.
"Welcome." The booming voice was louder than anything Chris had ever heard in his entire life. "I'm sure you are wondering why I have brought you all here. There is still a very unnerving force moving about your world. A force that seeks to destroy and control everything. I am afraid that only you, with the help of the other signs, can stop it." Chris tried to comprehend what he was being told as a ringing started in his ears that distracted him in the conversation.
"But why me?" Chris, even after everything he and the others had been through, still couldn't grasp the scale of the war they had started. "What exactly do I have that everyone is after?"
"Your ability to create new powers out of relationships," the voice continued in it's roundabout way of speaking. "combined with Gemini's powers of alteration can create a power unlike anything the others could stop. You two will always be connected to each other in some way."
"But how would Gemini help me now, if I've already killed him once? He wouldn't possibly listen to reason now."
"Which is why you must go to the root of the problem that created the Zodiac." Chris finally began to see where this voice was getting him to. "Leo, Scorpio, and Gemini are unaware of what may result if they achieve their goals."
"So why exactly are they trying to kill them in the first place?" Only one thing still confused him. "How can I stop what’s coming after they succeed? I can’t be that powerful."
"Your powers have another form that you must discover for yourself along the way, Chris. Now go and tell the others what you must do. They will know what you speak of."
"Okay." As Chris tried to leave, he stopped thinking of another question. "Sorry if I'm being rude, but who exactly are you?"
"Me?" The voice seemed deep in thought. "I am the overseer of Archea. I go by many names and titles. But you may refer to me as Nova."
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"The fuck you talking about kid?" Jupiter leaned forward. His eyes filled with rage and wonder over what Leo had said to him. "How the fuck do you three kids know about all that?"
"Please." Leo blew off his question. "As if we wouldn't know. We've been taking orders from you guys for years now. Its time we took our fates into our own hands."
"Yeah. What he said." Scorpio simply mocked Jupiter's anger with stupid cliché comments. "Look old man, all we want from you are locations of the others. Then we will leave here and you can keep your petty life. What do ya say?" Jupiter's massive arms slammed into the arm rests of his lounge chair causing wood chips to rip open the sides of the chair.
"Get out. Now." He fought to keep his composure. "Take my phone book. The last few pages have notes on the rest ok? Just take it and get the fuck out of my sight."
Within a few minutes the three were exiting the door with info in hand. As Leo began to walk down the steps, Jupiter spoke again.
"Hey, kiddo!" Leo turned around to face his father one last time. "I know that no matter what, you are coming after me. But remember this, if I see you again, your head is mine." Leo smiled at Jupiter.
"I wouldn't have it any other way...dad."
The door shut and Jupiter was left to his thoughts. He sat for a minute just watching the fire die down. He then grabbed the phone and called the one person he knew was going down first.
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She hung up the phone and turned to the two other people in the room. Her face didn't appear worried, but her voice was strained.
"Apparently the kitty is coming after us with his little pals."
"Who? The scorpion and the mask? Who gives a flying rat's ass? Let them play their little game." The third person responded to Mars.
"Oh calm down, Mars. They're coming after all of us. This is gonna get interesting."
The three sat and watched the time tick away. Now all they needed was the knock on their door.
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Chris finished explaining what Nova had told him. Taurus rubbed his chin. Virgo came forward.
"The ones that we used to answer to?" She looked at the others and they all had very worried expressions. Enka and Kibo looked at Isaac as he sat in silence. Chris simply reminded everyone of his memory being erased with his blank expression. "They were known as The Generals. Their code names consist of the planets in the solar system." Chris then pictured massive men with unimaginable power standing over them. He gulped quietly in fear.
"Well Leo and the other two are after them." Isaac stood up to speak to everyone. "And if they somehow manage to kill them all, this force that they hold back will unleash itself. We just have to intercept them before they kill them all." Kibo and Enka stood and put their hands on Isaac's shoulders as a sign of allegiance. The Zodiac members stood together. Chris stood by himself staring at the scales again.
"Well then there is only one thing left for all of us to do." Everyone turned to him. They all had a look of finally seeing their leader appear before them to bring together a plan. "We need to train ourselves, find them, ...
...and kill them."
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To be continued in
B.A. Chapter 6