Thursday, November 12, 2009

Defending the Commons

"Hello, do I know you?" I asked. My familiar was agitated by the figure on the screen.

"I hope not, your family doesn't like me or my associates. It'll give me a clean slate to talk to you." The figure said. "I represent the Others, an organization trying to reshape the world." The voice was deep, so I assumed I was talking to a man.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.

"Its a pity that not everybody's an Aurian, isn't it?" He said. "My organization is trying to change that." I picked up the my in that sentence.

"How?"

"By bringing back the Angel Tyrius, to barter for every living being on the planet to become Aurian." He said. "What do you think?"

"If I say no, will the driver dump me here?" I asked. The man chuckled on the screen.

"Of course not, not that'll matter in a few minutes. I now your family has a Test, well, my organization has a Test of it's own. Don't worry about it if you don't pass." He said. With that, he hung up. I turned to the driver.

"So, what's this test?" I asked.

"It'll be obvious," was all he said. We sat in traffic a little while longer until there was an obvious commotion up ahead. I looked to the driver and he nodded. I opened the door and ran, weaving between the cars. My familiar was agitated, restless as he clung to me.

I came to the beginning of the traffic where I was stopped until I was somehow recognized by a police officer and let through. I saw what was making the commotion, a demonic looking thing scurrying around on six legs. It was about the size of my familiar, but seemed to be a little faster. It spotted at me and lept, but was stopped by a black streak of fur. My martin and the demon fell apart, but my martin didn't get up.

I got angry, letting the emotion flow through my arm as I created a fireball. The demon saw me and lept. I swiped my unflaming hand in an arc, creating a barrier of clear Aura, shielding myself from the demon, and then unleashing the fireball full force into the demon, knocking it back. I followed it up by forming the shield into a blade of air, cutting through the demon. It fell to the ground in two pieces, then dissolved in a wisp of greasy black smoke.

///////////////////Recruitment Report: Jordon Nightbeast//////

Jordon came running through the crowd and cars, getting past the barricade without much trouble. The driver had urged him to go see what was the hold up.

He saw the demon as it lunged at him, but the animal on his shoulder jumped and blocked the demon. In a flash, Jordon was holding a fireball, startling some of the Commons, or the Non-Aurians, and the demon had jumped. It was stopped in midair and flung against the rubble of a wrecked bus. A fireball hit it squarely, and as it jumped again, it was cut in two.

The kid seemed unphased by what happened.
///////////End of Recruitment Report: Jordon Nightbeast//////

Jordon was scared, nervous, and completely unsure of himself. He carefully weaved through the cars, trying to figure out what was happening. An Other agent got him through the barricade, to begin the Other's Test. He was attacked by the demon that had caused the bus wreck, but his martin familiar stopped the demon from reaching his Bonder, but didn't get back up as the demon jumped away from him.

Jordon was suddenly holding a fireball, his anger fueling the flame. The demon was slammed against the wrecked bus and hit with a fireball. It tried to attack again, but it was too injured and then it was suddenly in two pieces. Then Demonsmoke signified the returning of the demon to the Hael Realm.

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