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[TyphoonThaReapa]

Narrator: "It was a typical day in New Orleans. And typical day for the planet Earth. But when they came, it was like the sky fell from the heavens. I never believed in the end of the world...or the fact that it would happen in my life time. I could've careless. But why me? Out of the billions of people to breath the air this planet has to offer, why me? Why?

Chapter I Verse I: Red Water

Narrator: "My name is Sander Dean. I'm 19 years old. Just made it out of high school. It's the year 2008. Bush just got out of office, thank god. But despite that, who would have known today would be the day that would change the way of life of every single person on this planet. The day I would be caught in an eddy madness..."

(Sander walks into a small apartment carrying boxes of his things. He sits the bow on the floor and deeply exhales.)

Sander: "Good, that's the last of it..."

(Sander looks around his new apartment with a big smile on his face.)

Sander: "FINALLY! My own home! Man I can't wait to fix my place up!"

(Sanders quickly notices his cell phone ringing in his pocket. He gets the cell phone from his pocket and answers it.)

Sander: "Hello?"

Voice from cell phone: "Hey man! You finish unloading your truck?"

Sander: "Yeah, no thanks to you Jason! What kind of friends stands his friends up in their time of need?"

Jason: "Sorry man! You know I'm having trouble finding a college to go to. My old mans been breaking my balls big time!"

Sander: "I suppose I can let this one slide..."

Jason: "Hey, I'll make it up to you! Oh about you, me and Lisa go down to the French Quarters and get some craw fish to celebrate? My treat."

Sander: "I though you said you had to find a college to go to?"

Jason: "I'll take that as a yes. See you there!"

(Sander hangs up the cell phone.)

Sander: *sign* "What am I gonna do with you Jason."

Narrator: "Jason's one of my best friends from since I was a kid back in elementary school. We made through hell and back together. Or so I though..."

(Hours later, Sander walks through the busy midday streets of the French Quarters looking for Jason.)

Sander: "Dammit, I wish he could have told me where to met him..."

Voice: "Sander!!!"

Sander: "Huh?"

(Sander turns to find a young woman running up to him.)

Young Woman: "There you are..."

Sander: "Lisa, where have you guys been?"

Lisa: "Looking for you of course."

Narrator: "Lisa is my second best friend. She hasn't been my friend as long as Jason. But I don't apply the amount of time spent with someone as a factor. Sometimes I like to see her more than a friend. But I wouldn't want to do anything to harm what we already have..."

(Lisa turns her back towards Sander.)

Lisa: "JASON!!! I FOUND HIM!!!"

(Jason walks up to Lisa and Sander from behind.)

Jason: "Geez, I heard you over the entire crowd of people..."

(Lisa and Sander turns toward Jason.)

Lisa: "Good! We're all here!"

Sander: "Yeah. Let's go get that craw fish Jason promised."

Jason: "Sorry guys, I'm broke."

Lisa and Sander: "WHAT!?!?!?"

Jason: "Hahahaha!!! I'm just kidding! Come on! Lets go eat!"

Sander: *with a serious facial expression* "Yeah, you better have been kidding..."

Lisa: *with a serious facial expression* "Seriously..."

(15 minutes later, Lisa, Jason and Sander sit at a outside table at a restaurant enjoying their meal.)

Jason: "So tell us man, how does it feel to be independent?"

Sander: "It feels good for now..."

Lisa: "Good choice of words. I hear you'll be begging to be a kid again after high school..."

Sander: "No sense in doing that! I mean, it's not like I can turn back time or anything..."

Jason: "You said it man!"

(Suddenly, a large mass of dark clouds fill the skies above the city. Sander stares at the sky as Lisa and Jason pays little attention to it.)

Sander: "Hey, the news weather forecast didn't say it was going to rain today..."

Jason: "What have I told you about watching the news? Most of their stories or full of . I hate the media..."

Lisa: "But Jason, weather forecast from the news are accurate 95% of the time..."

Jason: "You just made that up didn't you?"

Lisa: "...Well, it seems that way."

Jason: "Your like a puppet Lisa. And the media's pulling the strings..."

Lisa: "Is that so? Well you'll be walking home today!"

Jason: "Hey! I was just kidding! You can take a joke right?"

(Sander continues to stare at the skies with a clear glaze.)

Narrator: "I paid little attention to my friends' argue and focused my attention to the sky above. It was as if it was calling to me. And then, it started."

(Suddenly, the sky turns red and the wind stops blowing with a dreadful chill in the air.)

Sander: "What the hell?"

Lisa: "What's wrong Sander?"

(Lisa and Jason quickly notices the skies red color. Within minutes, the entire city completely stops staring at the skies new taunting color.)

Narrator: "At that moment, I didn't know what to think. Was it real? Or was I having a simply dream? Or maybe even a nightmare. Wish it was one of my last two answers to this unimaginable event. The sky was actually red. It didn't look like a sky at all. More like water. Red water. Blood..."

[Hazzard]

Hmmm. I'm liking it, Typhoon. Looking forward to reading the next chapter!

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Narrator: "They came like a storm. The destructive winds, the furious surge, an unimaginable force which depicts divinity. But there was nothing divine about this storm. There was only a cloaked demon..."

Chapter I Verse II: Chaos Control

(The entire city of New Orleans stares at the skies above the city as blood red clouds floats above.)

Jason: "What the..."

Sander: "(What's going on?)"

(Suddenly, the clouds begin to swirl in a counter clockwise motion and a red lighting bolt strikes the street a distance away from Sander, Jason ans Lisa sending a powerful shock wave throughout the city upon contact with the ground blowing away civilians and building alike. Sander, Lisa, and Jason are also blown away by the shock wave through the window of the seafood shop and onto the floor. Minutes later, Sander slowly sits up holding his head in pain with blood rolling down the side of his face. Sander looks to his left to find Lisa and Jason on the floor hurt.)

Sander: "Agrh..."

(Sander looks onto the street outside of the seafood shop where the lighting bolt struck to find a man in a white robe with large red wings sprouting from his back and a gold ring floating over his head.)

Sander: "Who is that?"

Man with red wings: "It shall begin..."

(The Man with red wings raises his right hand to the sky and suddenly, hundreds of red lighting bolts begin striking the grounds within the city at at one. And emerging from the shock waves each lighting bolt produce among contact with the ground are warriors that has with red armor. The area becomes engulf with screams as the warriors with red armor begin to relentlessly attack the people on the city streets with the strange weapons each of them bare. Sander climbs to his feet and take quick action by helping both Lisa and Jason on to their feet.)

Lisa: "What going on!?"

Sander: "I have know idea, but I know we have to get the hell out of here!"

Jason: "Quick, the back door!"

(Sander, Lisa and Jason runs towards the back door of the seafood restaurant as explosion begin to erupt from the chaos within the city. Sander, Lisa and Jason run out of the back door of the seafood restaurant and onto the street to see before them people running from red armored beings wielding strange weapons.)

Lisa: "This can't be happening..."

Jason: "I don't think this is a dream."

Sander: "We can't stand here and watch!"

Jason: "What? You gonna fight those things?"

Sander: "Hell no! We run!"

(Sander takes off into the chaos and Lisa and Jason follows.)

Lisa: "Where are you going Sander?!"

Sander: "To my parents house! Their the closes to us-"

(Suddenly, a gryphon grabs both Lisa and Jason carrying them into the air.)

Lisa: "AHHHHHHHH!!!"

Jason: "HOLY !!!!"

Sander: "Huh?"

(Sander stops running and turns to find Lisa and Jason being carried away.)

Sander: "NO!!!"

(Suddenly, a large shock wave sends Sander flying onto the ground. Sander slowly rises to his feet to find one of the warrior in red armor in front of him with a sword in it's right hand in the position to strike. Sander quickly closes his eyes as the red armored warrior swings and hear the sound of iron hitting each other. Sander opens his eyes to find a woman with a white robe on, green wings sprouting from her back and a gold ring floating above her head standing in front of him as well as the red armored warrior laying in it's own blood. The green winged woman turns towards Sander and smiles.)

Green Wing Woman: "Looks like your the lucky one!"

Sander: "What the?! What's going on!?"

(Suddenly, three lightning bolts strike around the green winged woman and Sander. Emerging from the lighting bolt are three more red armored warriors.)

Green Winged Woman: "Well, we better go!"

(The green winged woman grabs Sander by the shirt.)

Sander: "Hey! What are you-"

(The green winged woman extends her wings and flies off like a jet. Sander screams as the green winged woman escapes the chaos by air.)

Sander: "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

Green Armored Woman: "Stop crying momma's boy!"

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Narrator: I had no idea what was going on. I was blind to a truth no one was ready for. I was saved by a woman with green wings. I though to myself this has to be a dream. My friends were carried away, and so was I. How helpless we we're...

Chapter I Verse III: Religion Sucks

(The Green Winged Woman lands in a clear open field as the skies continued to be covered with red cloud and the wind blowing volently. The Green Winged Woman drops Sander on the ground and he pops up with a mad facial expression.)

Sander: "OK! What the hell is going on here?! Who are you?! What the hell was those monsters in red armor?! Where are my friends? And where the hell am I?!"

Green Winged Woman: "Let's see, I saved your ass, my name is Loralei, the monster are Executioners, I don't know where the gryphon took them, and I don't know where I took you. I just know it's saver than that city. Then again, nowhere on this planet is save now..."

Sander: *with a confused facial expression* "Wait a minute, what?"

Loralei: *sign* "I hope your not as slow as you make it seems."

Sander: "Now your insulting me?! You know what, the hell with this! I'm out of here!"

Loralei: "Ok, you can go back to your city and die if you want. I'll just pick another human."

Sander: "...Ok, tell me what's going on here. Why is the sky red and these people with wings killing everyone."

Loralei: "Well, in due time. Right now, we wait."

Sander: "Huh? Wait for what?"

Loralei: "For my partners to show up. We're suppose to meet them here."

Sander: "Huh? But-"

Loralei: "Your so dense. You should relax a little."

Sander: "How could I relax when there's people dieing!??!!"

(Suddenly, a white lighting bolt strikes the ground next to Sander. Sander falls on the ground saking in fear.)

Sander: "AHHHH!!! DON'T KILL ME!!!!!!!"

(Sander looks up to find a man with white wings standing before him. The man looks at Sander then turns his attention to Loralei.)

White Winged Man: "...You gotta be kidding me..."

Loralei: "Sorry, it was the best I could find."

(Sander rises off the ground and on to his feet and the White Winged Man signs.)

White Winged Man: "I'm sure you have a lot of question about what's going on. But the fact of the matter is, we have little time on our hands. The existance of life itself is at stake and we need you to hear us out."

Sander: "The existance of life?..."

(Sander looks at the ground with a confused facial expression then turns his attention back to the White Winged Man.)

Sander: "Ok, what do you have to say to me?"

White Winged Man: "Thank you. My name is Articus. And what I'm about to tell you is very improtant so listen carefully. Are you a religious person?"

Sander: "Umm...No."

Articus: "That make two of us."

Loralei: "Three if you count me to!!!"

Articus: "We all might not believe in religion, but believe it or not, the events that are unfolding has everything to do with religion. Christianity to be more specific."

Sander: "Just get to why that's so important!"

Articus: "A hasty one I see. Alright then, the person that has caused this disaster upon your planet is one of our own. Unlike the three of us, he believe in Christianity and he thinks very highly of his 'God'. He believe that he is doing his God's work by exterminating sin from the universe. Starting with humanity due to the fact that humanity sucks so much ass."

Loralei: "Hahaha!!!"

Sander: "Was that suppose to be funny?"

Articus: "Yes, but since no one laugh but Loralei, lets continue. As funny as it my seem to us, this is no joke to the person leading this onslaught upon your world. And that's where we come in. We know that if this continues without being dealt with now, he will eventually turn his sights on his own kind and we won't let that happen."

Sander: "So your gonna help humanity out to save your own asses."

Articus: "Correct! Glad your listening."

Sander: "...So how do I play a role in all of this?"

Articus: "Good question! You see, even though my kind is very different from humans, humans are the direct descendants from our king and therefore the only ones who can compare to the weapon the leader of the invaders weild."

Sander: "And why is that?"

Articus: *sign* "Do you have to know everything?"

(Sander looks at Articus with a mad facial expression.)

Articus: "Ok! Ok! The leader of the invaders used the weapon I mentioned tp slay our king, staining the blade of the weapon with his blood. Thus bestowing the weapon with unparallel strength."

Sander: "And you think I can stop it?"

Articus: "Of course not!"

Sander: "THEN WHY I AM HERE YOU IDOIT!?!?!?"

Articus: "You didn't let me finish. You can't stop it yet. Right now you and all of human kind is currently at the secoud stage of your three stage evolution. Once you get to the three stage, and with a little guidance, I believe you can take him on."

Sander: "...Look, honestly, I don't have time for this. Personally, I still think this is a dream or something."

(Suddenly, Articus eye turn a full color of white and Sander is lifted into the air by strong telekenesis.)

Sander: "WHAT THE!?!?"

(Sanders air is cut off and he begin to gasp for air.)

Articus: "Do you still think this is a dream? This is very real. And if you don't come to reality quickly, you might find youself waking up in the afterlife."

Loralei: "Articus, that's enough!"

Articus: "..."

(Sander drops to the ground breathing air heavily.)

Articus: "We need your help human. And you need ours."

Narrator: "I didn't know what the hell I was getting myself into. But I know I could just stand around a do nothing if I had the chance to help in any way. I couldn't have said no."

(Sander rises off the ground holding his neck looking Articus in the eyes.)

Sander: "...Alright. I'll help..."

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Narrator: "I agreed to help. but I still had no idea what I was getting into. The only thing I truly cared about was the safety of my friends and family. I'd do anything to see them alive standing before me. Even if that meant becoming a weapon of destruction...

Chapter I Verse IV: The World of Ruin

(Sander stands before Articus with a determined facial expression.)

Articus: "Good. Glad to here your helping. But, answer me this, why are you so cooperative? I mean, you don't know us, you don't know what we are, and you don't know if what I say is true. So why even bother?"

Sander: "What? Are you saying I should just walk off and say screw you guys?"

Articus: "Oh! Of course not!"

Sander: "Then stop questioning my actions and lets do what must be done to stop this nightmare."

Articus: "Such hasty and barbaric attitudes you humans have. Yours is especially perfect for this job."

Sander: "Whatever..."

(Articus holds is left hand out towards the open field to the left og him and creates a portal.)

Sander: "Now what?"

Articus: "We leave. Training you here will just be asking for trouble."

Sander: "...Well, it's not like I have a choice but to follow you guys. If I stay here, I'm good as dead."

Loralei: "Yep! That's about right."

(Sander stare at Loralei's wings as Loralei walks into the portal.)

Sander: "Just what are you guys?"

Articus: "You don't believe in Angels?"

Sander: "You guys are Angels?!"

Articus: "Of course not! Why would we be something that gay?"

Sander: "..."

Articus: "I'll tell you once we get on the other side of this portal."

Sander: "..."

(Sander follows Articus into the portal. Seconds later, Sander finds himself standing before a man with blue wings, a woman with pink wings, a woman with purple wings, a woman with yellow wings, a man with brown wings, and a woman with orange wings.)

Woman With Yellow Wings: "Took you guys long enough! What part of 'We have little time to spar' don't you two understand?"

Articus: "Well, due to fact we had little time to spar, we decided to use that little time."

(The Woman with Yellow Wings punches Articus in the head and Articus grabs his head in pain.)

Woman with Yellow Wings: "STOP ACTING SO STUPID!!!"

(As every shakes their head at Articus and The woman with yellow wings, Sander looks around the large city their in and notice all of the buildings in ruins.)

Sander: "What the hell happened here?"

Loralei: "Something not as nearly as bad as what's going to happen to your world..."

(The Man with the Blue Wings steps up to Sander.)

Man with the Blue Wings: "So, this is the human that will help us stop Syn?"

Articus: "Yes. Sander, I will like you to meet the Arrows of Judgment. The tough one with the blue wings is Brian. The silent one with the brown wings is Kojack. The one that can't keep still with the pink wings is Tacia. The attractive one with the purple wings is Opera. The orange winged one with the glasses is Sea. And the bitchy one with the yellow wings would be Qaun."

Qaun: *pissed* "What was that?!"

Articus: "I said, the bitchy one with the-"

(Quan punches Articus in the head again and Articus grabs his head in pain.)

Quan: "I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID!!!"

Sander: "Weird..."

Articus: "Anyway, let's get this started."

Sander: "Wait a minute. Just where are we?"

Loralei: "Well, for starters, we're not on Earth."

Sander: "Say what?"

Loralei: "Wow, getting slower and slower..."

Articus: "We are currently on the Seraph homeworld Atheus. This is where those red armored soldier invading your world come from."

Sander: "Did those bastards did this to your world?"

Articus: "Well, just one of them. The leader and former Arrow of Judgment, Syn. He was the one that killed our king and now invading your planet."

Sander: "Unreal. how am I suppose to beat someone this powerful?"

Articus: "Don't worry. I'll make sure your ready."

Narrator: "I honestly didn't believe him. At that time, I was pretty skeptical about everything. I just hoped I lived through this long enough to do something useful..."

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Narrator: This was it. This was the beginning of my rise to glory. The beginning of my plunge to failure. I will become a being of destruction. The only thing capable of stopping that which has devoured my home...

Chapter I Verse V: Evolution 3

(Sander sits on a large rock as Brian, Kojack, Tacia, Opera, Sea, Loralai, and Qaun stands around him. they all await the return of Articus.)

Sander: "So, you guys are called 'Seraphs'?

Brian: "No, we're 'High Seraphs'. Seraphs are the normal versions of us."

Sander: "Normal huh? I wonder what's your definition of that..."

Tacia: "High Seraphs or elite beings which are part of the special unit named 'Arrows of Judgment'."

Sander: "And you guys are the Arrows of Judgment huh?"

Tacia: "That's right. We specialize in the protection of our race by means of war."

Sander: "So how many of you guys are their?"

Tacia: "Ten."

Sander: "Wait a minute. You guys guys including Articus and that Syn guy makes nine. So, where is the tenth one?"

(Suddenly, everyone goes silent. Minutes passes and Articus returns with a gold cup.)

Articus: "Alright. I'm back."

Sander: "It's about time. So, how do start this?"

(Articus offers Sander the Gold Chalice.)

Articus: "Drink this."

Sander: "What is it?"

Articus: "It will push you to your third stage of human evolution."

(Sander slowly take the cup and drinks from it.)

Sander: "Man this stuff sucks..."

Articus: "Well it should. Your drinking Seraph Blood."

Sander: "WHAT!?!?!?!"

(Sander throws up on the ground.)

Articus: "Calm down, it's not going to kill you."

Sander: "I JUST DRINK BLOOD!!!!!!!!!"

Articus: "Now the easy part is over. You are a human at evolution three."

(Sander looks at his hands.)

Sander: "I don't feel any different. You sure that worked?"

Articus: "Well, I am full blooded Seraph so-"

Sander: "THAT WAS YOUR BLOOD I DRUNK!?!?!?!?!"

(Articus laughs.)

Sander: "You have a sick sense of humor..."

(Suddenly, Sander notices people begin to slowly walk out of the ruin building around them looking at Sander.)

Sander: "What the..."

Articus: "Looks like the residence aren't afraid of you anymore now that you have Seraph Blood running through your vains..."

Sander: "These people..."

Articus: "Don't worry about them. They are in our care. It's time we begun your training. I don't know how long it will take, but when we're done, you will be prepare to defend your planet..."

Narrator: "As ready as I though I was, I wasn't prepared in the less. If only I knew what the future had in stored for me. If only I knew...

[eiko guy]

Typhoon this is an interesting story. I like the comedy thrown in their. Hope you continue to write.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Mext Chapter coming soon! Spoiler: Probably Tomorrow...