Woots!
It's done 
I know your happy lol.
I fixed a lot of mistakes i made last chapter.
And i hope you focus a lot on the storyline and
less on grammar which can and will be fixed.
The storyline, to me, is more important right now
as everything i post is simply a draft for the actual
chapter.
Anyway enjoy and leave honest comments!
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Chapter 3
The Disease
Light and Dark
A misconception of the world.
What's evil is dark, what's light is good.
The truth is not always as simple as it seams.
Complicating situations, call for complicated choices.
Some “evil”, others “good”.
When light and dark vanish.
What is left behind?
Darkness filled the room, her vision was distorted and her palms were sweating. Her life was hanging by a thread, her only hope for survival was the single ability she had never used. It was dangerous, but the only way. She slide up against the wall of the hallway, and slithered her head around the corner. Only relying on hearing to find her enemy, she pulled her gun from her holster. She gripped it tight before turning the corner. She pointed her gun straight into the darkness and fired 4 consecutive shots. It was quiet, she keep her gun pointed down the dark hallway. Bright flames arose at the back of the hallway, and grew as they made there way to her. Surprised she yelled “Bullet Barrage!”
Light emitted from the end of her gun and 10 bullets, all surrounded by a bright yellow light, zoomed toward the flames. The fire died and light filled the room. The walls fell all around her to reveal a large room, and a yellow-haired man.
“Ha ha, nice job Jasne, you got me” The man spoke with a sour voice.
“Thanks, but if that had been a real fight, that move would’ve killed me.” She placed her hands on her hips and sighed.
“Well lets get out of here, Mandra says she needs to train the newbie.”
“Yes, i heard about him, isn’t he soposed to be some stray?”
“I’m not allowed to talk about it at the moment, or at all.”
“Well then, I think we’ve been here long enough.” Jasne walked toward the door, the man following behind her.
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King Caliban, the ruler of Leblanc. He used to be a pirate and grew up living on the seas of Shivera. Millions tried to capture him, and none would succeed. The bounty on his head would be more then enough for someone to be set for life. They called him Crescent Pirate, because he would only steal when the moon was in it’s crescent stage. One day he attempted to steal from the castle in Leblanc. He did not succeed and was captured, to be hung. Before the event of his hanging he sat down and spoke to the king of Leblanc. Savorus the III, part of the royal bloodline that for ages has chosen the next king. Savorus’s wife died during a raid on the castle and never had any children of his own. After hearing Caliban’s plea’s he saw the potential the man had. He had his death staged, and began to train Caliban to become the next king, he accepted him as his own son and when Savorus died of old age, he became the king. To this day many people do not know that Caliban not only isn’t Savorus’s son, he is the notorious Crescent Pirate.
These thoughts rushed threw Rhodri’s head as he was lead by Maestros down the long corridors of the castle of Leblanc. Resembling a average castle, he was surprised the inside wasn’t as impressive as the outside. Regular stone walls, and flooring. Strategically set tables with plants on them sitting by each door. Wooden red doors with silver door knobs. Nothing special to speak of.
After walking up several flights of stairs he finally arrived at a large black door.
“This is the entrance to King Caliban’s meeting room.” Captain Maestros said strictly. “You will enter, but i will not follow you. You must bow to him as you are just a prince.” Rhodri ignored what he had to say, he was in fact the king now. Captain Maestros turned around and starred at Rhodri as he walked down the hallway, and down the stairs.
“What’s with that guy?” He said aloud. He turned again to face the large black door. The insignia of a jaguar was carved into it with gold trim. It was the most impressive thing he has seen since he entered the castle. The meeting room door in Elismary was a simple eagle carved into a small wooden door, nothing in comparison. He walked forward and with both hands pushed the door open, which was surprisingly light in weight. Rhodri grew nervous when he looked forward to see Caliban himself sitting on the other end of a table.
There was a rather large space in front of the table, so it took him a while to get to it, increasing his anxiety. Caliban wore the crown of kings, gleaming in the sunlight that shined from the skylight. His body was cloaked in a black cape, with the fur of a jaguar lining the collar. He arrived at the table, and took a seat at in the chair opposite of the king.
“Welcome to Leblanc Prince Rhodri.” He spoke gently, and monotone as he expected. This wasn’t the first time he had ever laid eyes on the king. He had come to Elismary for a number of reasons, in which they had long conversations about war and politics.
“It’s a pleasure to see you once again King Caliban.”
“So what brings you here so suddenly, and without your father as well?”
“Well you see...something terrible has happened.” Rhodri looked down at his lap, removing his eyes from Caliban’s. Rhodri was about to speak when he was interrupted by an explosion of noise. Both Rhodri and Caliban stood to there feet, and threw there heads in the direction of the noise. Truth be told, he expected to see some kind of monster, or a large man. The damage done to the door of the room, and the amount of noise it made meant it had to be something rather monstrous.
Instead a girl stood in the doorway. Her face was filled with rage, she was sweating and she growled like a beast. Rhodri’s expression was completely astonished, and petrified. She reacted quickly lunging at Rhodri by jumping threw the air. He reacted just as quickly by drawing his sword and holding it in front of him to block the attack. She gripped the blade with her fangs, and pulled on it to try to remove it from his hands. King Caliban rushed to Rhodri’s side.
“Stay back! I will protect us King Caliban!” Rhodri kicked the beast-like girl away cutting her mouth slightly with the blade. Blood dripped from her mouth and onto the floor, she gave an angry howl and tried for a second attack. This time Rhodri was ready for the attack. She came in a made dash straight for him, he readied his sword. When in range of his blade, he swung it straight at her head, but she jumped into the air slightly to dodge it. She landed on the other side of Rhodri and he quickly turned around. He decided to take the offense and ran right up to the beast. He threw a punch at her, and grabbed her shirt. Rhodri lifted her off the ground and threw her to the ground. He lifted his sword over her chest, and readied to thrust it threw her chest.
“No! Stop! Please!” A man’s voice came from the destroyed door. Rhodri looked up to see a man with glasses, wearing a white scientist coat.
“She attacked me and King Caliban! She’s a beast and deserves to die!”
“No you don’t understand! She isn’t herself!” He pleaded with Rhodri.
“Give me one good reason why i shouldn’t kill her right now!”
‘She’s my daughter!” He ran over to Rhodri and pushed him off her. Rhodri fell backwards and watched the man sit over his daughter. “Oh my he cut you didn’t he?” Whining noises could be heard coming from the beast girl.
“What’s going on here Doctor?” King Caliban said in shock.
“I’ll explain everything in a minute but first i need the prince’s help. Come over here and hold her down for me would you?” Rhodri stood up and held down the girl by her shoulders. She started to struggle violently when he did this.
“Just hold her for a little bit longer!” The man held his hands over the beast chest, and recited a phrase of words. “The curse of the ages, the life of an innocent. The darkness which abides, remove it from sight. Return what this human cherishes the most, the hope of living the life of that which a human should live. Darkness be gone from this mortal!” A strange light shown from his hands, and shot into the heart of the beast, and she slowly began to change into what looked like a average teenage girl. The room was calm for a second then the girl began to breath heavily.
“Father?” She said confused.
“Yes it’s me! Your going to be just fine dear, just go back to sleep for now.” Her head tilted to the right and she closed her eyes.
“Doctor, you need to explain what just happened here right now!” King Caliban spoke with authority.
“Yes sir, but may i first take my daughter to the infirmary?” King Caliban called for guards to come and take the girl to the infirmary.
“Now explain yourself.” King Caliban demanded. The doctor, Rhodri, and King Caliban sat around the large table and he began to tell them of the story of the ages. One that would drown the human race into a age of survival.
“It’s a disease, known to doctors as mephistophelian disorder, or more commonly known as *Disturbia. It’s very deadly and for a while as been more rapidly increasing.”
“I’m sorry to interrupt, but who are you?” Rhodri said.
“My apologies Prince Rhodri, my name is Rumen Curdashian, I am the head of science research and development for Leblanc.”
“Rumen, where did this disease even come from? I’ve never heard of it until now?”
“I apologies King Caliban, we have tried to keep it a secret, until now. We didn’t think it was a major issue, and that we could cure it but we were very wrong.”
“What’s this disease even do Doctor Rumen?” Rhodri spoke as if he was excited.
“It comes in stages, it’s very horrible. In the first stage of the disease the person is no longer in control of there body, and their nature changes. For example, if a cruel murderer got the disease his first symptom would be a overwhelming enjoyment of doing good deeds. It’s vice versa effect for someone of good nature. They would become increasingly evil. The second stage is the strangest. They develop strange abilities that allow them to use things like magic, and other things they couldn’t do before.”
“Wait? That light that came from your hands, is that magic?” Rhodri questioned.
“No no, that was a form of magic but we use technology to gather energy from our bodies and the air to use special abilities.”
“Whoa, that’s amazing Doctor.”
“Why thank you, I did invent it.” Rumen said proudly. “Now onto the third stage, the victim suddenly goes into a wild rampage, and has a heightened sense of emotions. No matter which nature they are, they will go into this stage. They also seam to have some kind of beastly nature, as you witnessed just a short while ago.”
“So then what comes after this wild rampage?” King Caliban asked.
“The final stage of Disturbia is the killing stage. Increased pressure on the brain from the use of great amounts of magic, and the beastly transformation the body begins to crumble on the inside, ultimately causing instant death.”
“Well there is a cure for it, isn’t there?” Rhodri looked at him scared of the response.
“I don’t know, i just used the magic spell on my daughter that should have worked, and it looked like it did but to speak truthfully...I don’t know.”
“We must warn the people doctor! I cannot have this disease spread and I will prevent anything from happening to the people of Leblanc.”
“Sir, the disease can only be spread during the third stage, if the beast so much as scratch's you, and even if you breath in its breath you will get the disease.”
“I will set up a meeting to address the people, I will explain the effects of the disease and all the warning signs! You make sure that cure of yours worked.” King Caliban stood up from the table and walked toward the door. “I’m sorry about our meeting Prince Rhodri, but we will have to continue it another time.” Rhodri nodded and Caliban left the room.
“Would you like to come with me to check on my daughter?” Doctor Rumen offered.
“Yes, I will come with you.” They both exited the threw the destroyed door. The insignia was gone leaving only the head of the jaguar visible. The crest of Leblanc was gone, and a new tragedy had struck the earth. Rhodri’s destiny had changed, forever it will be twisted and misguided. There is no destiny for someone like Rhodri. He will not choose how his life will play out, but another will, and i don’t think she is going to make it easy on him.
Coming Soon
Chapter 4
The Organization
*A little info on that name, as i said the name is just a stand in for now. I will change it cause i have come up with a few alternate name cause I've been getting spammed about the name being the same as a song/movie. So ignore it for now cause I'll change it later k?
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