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All Chapters of The Search for Xanar : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50
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Tomb
The way forward was dark, depressing... the only semblance of light were the pale green lanterns that illuminated the path ahead.Every now and then, Cas and Melissa would come across a couple of staff moving things to and fro the basement but that happened only so often.It was quiet, Cold so.... cold, Not so much the temperature no.... this was the sort of coldness one experienced when being watched, Cas occasionally looked over his shoulder to reassure himself nothing was waiting to jump them in the dark.But nothing and no one did such, The staff members didn't bat Cas an eye and Melissa didn't seem as jittery as Cas was.'Infact she's been eerily quiet since we got here.... why?' He studied her face, She looked listless and bored, She craned her neck a bit and met his gaze.Her hollow yellow eyes, bored right into his soul, 'Okay that's exaggerating a bit but still, she's acting kinda creepy!'"Are we getting closer?" Cas finally spoke."......" Melissa continued to gaze right at
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Lixian
There was a roar in the air, Like the sound of a Car engine, It echoed all round the Dusty, Snowy fields.A Golden light illuminated the world around them, The light caused the Beast and Cece to recoil back, Shielding their eyes from the heavenly like glow.Cece could smell Fire and Sulphur in the air, She looked around her and saw the mounds of snow melting away, From Ice to Water to steam, She felt the heat pulsating from her skin and sweat rolling off her back.The beast growled and hissed in indignation, it backed away slowly from the light, Cece saw it's form melting away, the slow back steps quickly became large leaps backwards.The light slowly dulled in colour, Just enough for Cece to witness the transformation occuring within the fire.She saw small creatures, the size of fairies, Coated in Fire and metal, There were 4 of them, all hammering away at a piece of metal, Everytime they struck the metal with their tools, It grew larger and the light surrounding them grew duller.E
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Legacy begins!
Cas raced past the piles of bodies littered about the hallway, He smelt hot iron and Sulphur in the air, It was thick, like standing near a furnace, And it was everywhere, He found scorch marks on the walls, Melted ice and shattered glass mingled along the bodies Castor ran past.He held his blaster in his right hand and.... nothing in his left, he cursed, using the anger from losing his arm to charge onward, He ducked under a pillar that had fallen over and lunged over a gap in the ground, And made his way over to where the screaming was loudest.He met Burning men, Helpless souls wailing about blindly, Some tried reaching out to him, To grab him, "Help me! Oh God help me!" They screamed, Cas bit his lips, and moved past them, Turning a blind eye to their pleading."I'm sorry...." He muttered, as he continued onward, He caught a glimpse of a familiar face, "Vince!" He cried out, As he gained in on him.Vince, was firing his blaster at a couple of shadowy figures, Cas heard them hiss
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Damn Haunters!
"Cecelia come out already darling, Let's go do some baking.... we'll make cakes and pies for your Dad and Cas.... we'll make them outta your Eye, Nose and all the nasty things inside your vile body! Come out and die already! The longer you keep me waiting, the slower I'm gonna make it!" Her mother screamed, Her voice getting more and more hysterical as the twisted spectre went on it's rant.Cece trembled from her hiding spot, She was perched on a spot by a mountain, Just halfway up the path, She recognized it, The make up and terrain was The same as the rocky mountains, 'Is it a memory from our vacation as kids?' She wondered, It was the same mountains... but the image or memory rather..... it was twisted.There were glass shards in place of rocks, Burning trees and bushes in place of mundane ones and the land was void of all life excepting Cece and her Haunters.If Cece ever had doubts about her curse, this dream shot them all down, 'No.... not a dream, A Nightmare...' She mused, S
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Thief
"That was really stupid y'know!? Ow! Owwie......" Lucy nursed her rear gently, Cursing, she glared at Cas, Half irritated, Half relieved, "You're so lucky we landed in those pile of clothes.... this must be the laundry room, I guess?"Cas, for his part, simply stared at his right ankle, He tried rising to his feet but winced, "Yep..... It's broken! Damn it!" Cas cursed under his breath, the Younger Grimes cupped his ankle with his hand, "Could you find something to help me wrap it up?" "Anything else busted?" Lucy snorted, "I hope not.... really, it'd be a pain hauling your lanky ass all the way over!"Cas whistled, "Did you always have a motor mouth? is that diminutive frame hiding all that negativity?" He chuckled."Screw you! Don't call me short!" Lucy hissed as she marched over to Cas, She stood over him and glared."..... and don't call me lanky," Cas growled, "Now if you don't mind, my ankle! and don't complain about it either! Between the two of us, even in this state I'm sti
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Insect vs Were-Hog
"Thank you Kindly!" Cecelia gleed as she snatched the cup of spiced wine from one of the waiters, She brought the steaming hot drink gingerly to her lips and gave off a long sigh as she finished her first few sips!She Glanced down at the ring, Calgora the Were-Hog and Fairy boy were standing opposite from each other, Neither had moved an inch not yet.... It'd been almost 20 second snow and they just.... stood there?Cece wasn't the only one wondering why, The crowd was starting to get agitated too! "Get a move on, already! We don't have all day!" One man screamed."Tear him apart! I wanna see some Red gravy!" A lady squealed.There was a chorus of bloodthirsty spectators echoing all round Cece, She almost found herself joining in, She giggled at the absurdity, A few glanced shifted in her direction but they just as quickly lost interest in her.Fairy boy took the first step, he unfolded his wings and took a fighting stance, 'Muay Thai?' Cece cocked her head to the side, The Were-Hog
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Friend or Foe?
"Like walking into a candy store!" Cas's eyes wondered around the steel vault, there were weapons of all kinds littered about, Swords, Axes, Spears, Blasters, Pistols, Rifles, Drones and Weapons Cas didn't even recognize.The drones came in various designs, Some were Centipede like in shape and appearance, it was the size of a mastiff, it sported multiple turrets on it's segmented body, Others were standard tank like crawlers, That also sported turrets, A couple of spy craft like planes, a flying saucer and finally a spider drone the size of a Labrador.All were silverish Red in appearance.He came across a row of Knives and Daggers, He took 1 of each, stuffing them into their holsters and strapping them round his waist.He took 2 Blasters, And their magazines, strapping the pistols on and stuffing the pouches into his bag, He also stuffed some explosives and other unsavoury things into his bag, "It's a lot lighter than I thought it'd be..." He weighed the bag in his hand, Satisfied w
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An Encounter with the Legacy.
Cecelia trembled with absolute joy, she looked over herself, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Obsidian, Furs of the finest quality and silk! Lots and lots of Silk! She felt like a Duchess, no a queen! All that was left was a crown befitting of her regality, She hummed a melody of sweet, sweet joy as she stared off into the distance.22 Gold chains round her neck, 11 silver bracelets, 5 platinum rings, An artificial Obsidian pair of Teeth..... 2 Fur cloaks, Grey and red, And 14 silver silk scarfs! the ones that didn't fit in her pouch she wore on her.She hugged herself close, Her eye filled with pure bliss, she ignored the furious glares she got from losers she gambled with, She ignored their Deathly auras, she ignored them all.She settled her eye on the participants in the ring, An emerald coloured harpy who was being wailed upon by a Snow Ogress, "C'mon! C'mon! C'mon!" She clenched her fists and grit her teeth, Her eye dilated, Her skin filled with goosebumps, she licked her lips wildly.Th
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Melissa's Gambit
"Owwie....." Lucy clutched her right hand, "My hand fingers like it's on fire! What the hell!?" She kissed her fingers.... or rather what was left of them in a futile attempt make the pain go away."Can't you use your powers on yourself?" Cas wiped the blood off his face and leaned over placing a hand on Lucy's shoulder, She Glanced up at him, He moved his hand and wiped the traces of blood on her face, She frowned."It's..... harder, a lot harder on myself, like trying to solve a 7th dimensional Hexadecimal cube made by aliens Hard!" She shook her head, groaning, Was it from the pain or the stress?"I'm sorry...." Cas muttered.She shook her head again, "I.... It's okay, I'd be dead by now if not for you.... that... that was kinda stupid of me charging in like that,"Cas chuckled, Lucy smiled, "You're a bad influence on me! I'm already doing stupid shit like this! In an hour you'll probably have me sawing members off-" she trailed off, kicking one of the Legacy corpses, "-Our rude gu
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Number 5
Cecelia leaned over and planted a kiss on her brother's cheek, "I love you sooooooooooo much Cas! I thought I was gone!" She cried hugging her brother tight."Cece I'm trying to concentrate!" Cas tried shrugging his sibling off, "And you reek of Alcohol! I thought you quit!" Her brother focused aim on the oncoming forces, He fired a warning shot at them, The battalion gave pause.The Legacy broke off into smaller segments, what seemed like an army of 450, tripled, then quadrupled and they kept dividing indefinitely until they seemed to take over a large portion of the snowy landscape, 'Either they have Multipliers with them or they're Psychic projectors, Geez!' She looked over her brother, he was frowning."A moment of weakness is all it was," She lied smoothly, Half to ease him, half to distract him, it backfired."A moment of.... weakness? is it cuz of-""No! no... God no! I.... I was just caught up in the moment is all, Just.... let's just focus on blasting those Bigots to kingdom
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