Rashen didn't feel too good about his encounter with the chief maid. She was the woman after all,who when no one else would,took Rashen in when he was still just a baby and raised him till he was four years old before leaving him in his shack. Rashen knew that by all accounts he should be grateful to her, and genuinely was but he also believed she was part of what seemed to be a recurring issue in his life,where people would come in but before he can make a genuine connection with them,they leave for some reason or the other.It happened with the chief maid,it happened with Argins,it happened with Mr and Mrs Cobbs and right now it was happening with Macy. It was frustrating because he should be the happiest he's ever been,he was cleared in the hearing, acknowledged by Ngoko and Raspin as a rival,he had Gayle and he had Grittshore,a place he could call home,but it's not enough, without Macy it just wasn't enough. Rashen didn't feel like he'd be doing himself any good by trying to get fr

"Rashikins...what exactly is it you're doing again?" Gayle asked. Rashen, sweating and breathing heavily, responded,"Huff... training...huff." Rashen balanced himself on one arm,his other arm stretched out trying to grab onto another beam. The contraption Rashen was currently on, the Borhmmer's Stand was the one of the most physically challenging equipments at the training center. It was a series of intricately designed beams of varying sizes arranged as one huge stand. The aim was to get to the very top of the stand,one slip up and Rashen could seriously injure himself."Training eh? And how'd you think this'll help beat that Lulu guy?" Gayle asked as he watched Rashen attempt to make his way to the top of the stand."You can't -huff- be serious!" Said Rashen as he finally sat at the top of the stand. "As serious as a fractured spine Rashikins." Said Gayle. He threw up a face towel for Rashen to wipe his sweat."You know my fire is weak yeah?" "Everyone knows your fire is weak sh

Rashen got a feel of just how truly large the Grand Fortera was as he stood there at the center of the center of the arena in front of crowds that numbered in the thousands,all there to watch him fail. The first few rows of the stadium were left vacant for the safety of the spectators. On the other side of the stadium right above the tunnel Lumins would be walking out of sat some members of theGoldenfire Family, the Head Mother was there,so was her first son Aangi and her first daughter Lyma. Basterious sat beside his wife with a smile on her face that was obviously forced. He also spotted Raspin and Ngoko, Squad Commander Hamson who sat beside Allum and Officer Gillurt. Meanwhile on his side was Gayle who was cheering loudly and profanely. All the cheering,all the jeering and all the dirty looks,Rashen filtered them aside. He took deep breaths in an effort to maintain absolute composure. Despite his best efforts, Rashen couldn't filter out the cheers that erupted from the crowd as

Rashen finally regained consciousness and the first person he sees after opening his eyes is Macy. She had laid his head in her lap while he was unconscious."He's awake." She whispered to Gayle who was leaning by the door. As his senses returned to him, Rashen realized that they were in his changing room. He struggled to get up,"Easy." Macy said as she helped him sit up.He had a slight headache, hopefully not another concussion,he looked around from Macy to Gayle and then back to Macy."You came." He said."Yeah...I did." She replied quietly."Why?" "Well,your friend Cobbs is...let's just say he was very persuasive." "Mr Cobbs? What does he have to do with--""Was it all true?" She interrupted. Rashen frowned, clearly he didn't like her interrupting him and dodging the question, she noticed this too."Sorry Rashen, it's just...what you said out there? Was it all true?"Rashen looked away from her. He wanted to snap at her,why would he lie about something like that?. He looked ba

Claruk's body ached all over as he struggled to get to the kitchen. Ignoring his blood loss, he forced forced himself to get to the cabinets,he needed something to stop the bleeding. His arms pushed him forward leaving a trail of blood behind him where his left leg used to be. As he drew closer to the bottom cabinets he felt a sharp pain from his left thigh. He couldn't scream in pain as his throat had been slashed,he coughed up blood instead. He looked back to see the metal blade that had been forced into his thigh and standing behind him,a large man with metal blades sticking out of his back. The man dragged Claruk out of the kitchen and back to the living room using the blade. He sat him on the floor,back against the wall where he had a clear view of the dead woman in the middle of the scattered living room. His attacker pulled out another metal blade and forced it through Claruk's other thigh, another through his left shoulder. He sobbed as he coughed up blood, the pain was too i