"You need to learn to keep your emotions in check."
Ming scolded Ryker. She had witnessed his outburst earlier thanks to the surveillance cameras that were in the cell room.
"Tck, I didn't know what came over me." Ryker faced his plate.
The two of them were having a meal in the dining.
"Well, whatever it is. You have to be more careful. You were releasing pulses of your astral energy. Any more and you could have fried the circuits of the room thus freeing that psycho."
"Sorry..." Ryker said.
'Hmm, no snarky comment? That shows at least that he knows to accept his mistakes.'
"Well, no real damage occurred. But just be more careful please."
"I will."
'I thought I had my emotions in check. Why did I lose control? He didn't really say anything to vex me that way.' Lost in his thoughts, Ryker was unawa
"Are you ready to despair?""Captain, are you alright?"Ming rushed to Jackal's side.The two glared over at Ryker. He was covered in his astral skin."Master Knight, Lady Ming. What is our course of action."Jackal rubbed the spot he was struck earlier."Simple, we knock some senses into snow-white before he loses his mind completely."He grins before unsheathing his sword. Ming had only just noticed the sword and gasps."That's...""Hehe, I didn't see Kris if that's what you want to know.""I see..." She muttered."Well then, I'll have you two step back." Jackal grins as Ming and Aleister took a few steps back leaving him to face the berserk Ryker."Snow-white. I don't want to be the one to do this, but you better snap out of whateve
"This place again?"Ryker found himself back inside the astral plane."What's happening?" He clenched his head. "Last thing I recall wa- Ack!!" He felt a jolt of unbearable pain.Crying out in pain, the ex-hunter held grabbed his head and squatted."Huhuhu. It's time.""Who's there!" Ryker shouted, still suffering from the striking and increasing headache."It's been what? 2 weeks since you were here and you've already forgotten about me. Tsk, tsk, tsk. I can't say I'm not disappointed vessel."Ryker raised his head and in front of him was the faceless humanoid being he met when he first entered the astral plane."It's you," He said weakly. "The Etherian.""Bingo!""What's happening outside?""You're attacking your friends.""What?" He
"Rise and Shine, Snow-white!""Huh?" Ryker slowly started regaining consciousness after yesterday's event. He opened his eyes to see Jackal, Ming and Aleister looking down at him."Guys, I'm ba-" Before he could finish, he paused to look around himself. The first thing he noticed was that his hands were chained with cuffs similar to the ones they used on Kinkaid. He sat up to see that he was not in his room."Tck, what's the meaning of this!?" The ex-hunter snapped."We can ask you the same thing," Ming replied. "What got over you?" She asked shooting him a hardened gaze."I don't know." Ryker was reluctant to tell them about the Etherian."I believe you do, Master Ryker." Aleister pointed."Is that why you guys locked me up in here!" He snarled. "Where we kept our enemies. Am I the enemy now?" He frowned upon them before looking at Jackal.Jackal did not wear his usual grin. "We decided we c
"Are you sure you want to take your meal in your room Master Ryker?" Aleister had just handed Ryker a tray of food.The ex-hunter decided that he would not be joining the crew for dinner.Ryker nods at the wizard. "You got that right, pointy ears. The last thing I want is to seat at the same table as that association scum.""Very well then," Aleister sighed. "Enjoy your meal." He said exiting the room.Ryker leaned on his bed with his legs crossed. "I thought he'd never leave."He munched down on his food without a single worry.Although he told the wizard his reasons for not eating with them. He didn't tell him everything."There's no way I'm eating at that cursed table..."He looked over at the clock in his room. "Any minute now..."As if on cue, a loud explosion came fro
The prison planet Buukatraz was about twice the size of a large continent.Being one of the three great prison planets in the cosmos, it boasts an impenetrable fortress where the most notorious criminals were kept."Alright, I'll go about this one more time. The person we're going to burst out is on the highest floor of the fortress where the most dangerous criminals are being kept." Jackal explained to the crew.Ryker raises his hand as if they were in a class and Jackal was the teacher."Yes, Snow-white?""I've got just one question as it seems everyone here is mentally unstable to say what needs to be said. How in the cosmos do you expect us to break into the Buukatraz fortress!?""Simple," Said Jackal. "We knock on their front door.Ryker plopped to the ground. As the ex-hunter got back to his feet, he looks at the others.He pointed at Kinkaid with his thumb."I get the psycho being chi
The people gathered around the burnt body of the Sniper Saint watched as a bright golden light enveloped him. Kisha was a user of the Light element and has the unique ability to heal fatal wounds."We've been at this for an hour now," Reed's impatience was evident in his tone as he folds his arm. "Are you sure he's not dead?" "Let's hope he's not dead..." Ace walked over to face Reed. "For all of your sakes."The two brothers exchanged glares and turned their gaze toward the Sniper Saint after they heard him coughing. "Jacob!"Ace, Harold, and Reginald gathered around Kisha and the Sniper Saint. He tried to speak but was stopped by Kisha. "Don't... Stress... Yourself... Not... Done..."She then glances at Ace and Reginald and the three of them nodded their heads unbeknownst to everyone around them. "Full... Burst:Heal... Pulse!" She declared as the light around Jacob grew bigger blinding everyone around the place momentarily.The lights dimmed down and the Sniper Saint was ful
"This is insane." Ryker scanned the place that was about to become a battlefield. The number of guards present was 5 times larger than the guards they defeated to get here. The majority of the guards were armed with either low-grade magical weapons or Astro techs sponsored by the association. A minority were seen carrying weapons forged with Fellium ore. The biggest issue wasn't the guards, but the man leading them. "I don't need any sensory abilities to tell he's strong," Ryker said to himself. "Is it because of my Black astral awakening?"It was true that since awakening his black astral, his battle senses have improved."Are you getting cold feet?" Ming asked. Ryker responded with a smirk. "Me? Cold feet? I'll be honest, a few months ago, I'll be shitting my pants if I was in the same situation. But that's then and this is now. If anything, these chumps should be the ones getting cold feet.""Of course, you won't get cold feet Rykes," Kinkaid intervened. "You fought me didn't
"Come on, don't slow me down!" Ryker and Kinkaid were running through the stairs."You try running up these stairs while carrying a giant scythe.""Shut up and run, we're almost through the 4th floor, Peck is on the 5th floor!" "Meteor Crash!" "Huh?" The two paused in their tracks as a mini-sized Meteor came falling in their direction. "Move it!" Kinkaid pushed Ryker out of the way as the Meteor went past them crashing into the floor beneath them. It created a hole deep enough for them to see to the first floor."That was close..." Said Ryker. "You're welcome." "I didn't remember saying thank you!" The ex-hunter snapped. "Enough of that," Kinkaid grinned as he looked above them where the attack came. "We have guests." They saw two figures looking below them from the top staircase. They jumped to their floor landing a few feet away from them. One of them was large and bulky, the other had a thin physique and wore a mask that covered his nose and mouth. "My my, how the great