The Soldiers of the Shadows

by Shianne Ayers

  “Boy I don't care who you are. You never talk to me like that. I will beat the holy living shit out of you bitch” then Chronic said to Rikoron,

  “Riko, you better watch it. she's mine... and she's the daughter of Thantia”

  I stood my ground then Rikoron bitch slapped me and now it’s on and he's going to get his ass kicking that he'll never forget and I said to him, “It's on now bitch!!”

  so I attacked him with so much fury. Now there's no turning back or backing out. Since he started it now I'll finish it...until Chronic stopped me. And it was on...well for Chronic it was. The fight finally ended by Chronic ripping his fucking jugular out then ripping him into little fucking pieces now I felt so much better then I ask Chronic,

  “What did you mean by I'm yours?”

  he looked at me the he said, “Your mother Thantia she controls fate and other powers and she told me that you'll be my wife soon and then I could finally not have to fear of losing you to Roanlia she is the Goddess of Jealousy. You just meet her brother. Almira can I tell you something?”

  “Sure”

  “Do you have any idea what your name means?”

  “Umm... no”

  “Almira translates to Sryia and that means Survivor in Luanian and in Sparian the language of the Spartans it means Mercy.”

  “Why didn't my mother tell me that”

  “The reason why your mother never told you is because she was afraid that you get killed if Rikihana the God of Reckless and Wrong. My sweet Almira. I'm so sorry I didn't save you. I could have sent my angels to protect you.”

  “It’s okay”

  “No. It's not. Your mother told me to protect you and since you’re a Goddess and not a Demigod. You may think your father was Aleksandr your wrong. He was to help keep your mother and you safe and he failed big Time. Your true father is Rikihana. And Almira”

  “Yes Chronic”

  “Do you want to go out and eat sometime this month?”

  “I would love to Chronic”

  “Just call me Krina”

  “Okay Krina”

  then he hugged me so I hugged him back then he said to me, “We'll have that date two weeks from now, on the 16 okay”

  “Sure...but I should let Ursa know”

  “Don't worry she already knows. I'll see you later”

  then he kissed me and disappeared. Then I remember when I rode in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and then I remembered my mom God I miss her so much but she cannot know that I’m alive. Now I'm bored to death and I have to head home soon than go to bed and I remembered to call Rivianna and tell her the good news about someone. I'm going out to eat with so I called her and there was no answer at all this is so not good. So I ran to my Dyna and I drove as fast as I can and once I got to Rivianna's house... I felt a disturbance and that something was not right so I called out to Rivianna and there was no answer. And I went over to H.Q and I ask everyone where Rivianna is and they all said no. This is not right so I went home and I notice that someone was in my house so I went into my house and I thought it was Hawk so I said,

  “Hawk! What are you doing here?”

  “Who's this Hawk guy Mira?” I knew that was my ex-boyfriend and my only true friend that I thought he was dead

  “Kai I thought you were dead”

  I run up and I hug him “I wasn't that was a decoy for my enemies. I'm so sorry baby can you forgive me”

  “Always.”

  “Back to the question. Who is Hawk?”

  “I saved his live from a shade and somehow I ended up in his apartment with no cloth and I had to use a black blanket to keep myself cover and he made sure the sunlight didn't kill me”

  Kai felt like a brother to me and he said to me, “Did he hurt you baby?”

  “No”

  then he walk to me than kissed me. I have to tell him now “Kai. I belong to a god he's...” I look at Kai I could tell by the look on his face said he is very fucking pissed off then he slapped me across the face it left a red hand-print then he said,

  “Right before I taken. I was thinking of you and that we would get married have kids. I come back and I find out that you want to go out with a god. I thought that we could be together. And now a god taking you from me WHAT THE FUCK ALMIRA! FUCK YOU! YOU FUCKING STUPID WHORE!!”

  I started to cry then Chronic appeared and he said, “Almira. Who slapped you?”

  “He did”

  I point my finger at Kai then Chronic said in Luanian, “Don't cry my love” he pulled me into a hug then Kai got very jealous and he said,

  “Don't even bother with that stupid whore”

  that hit a nerve and I could tell by Chronic's emotions that he was really pissed off then he said in a lethal sinister voice, “Get the fuck out of here Kai. Before I fucking rip out your heart and when I done that I'll feed it to you”

  Kai flipped him off now Chronic walked over to him, he grabbed Kai by the throat and he said, “You ever make my woman cry or hit her again I will make you wish you were never born. Do you understand me?”

  Kai nodded then Krina threw him across the room then he said, “Get out of here. If I ever see you again I will kill you.”

  Kai scrambled for the door. Chronic looked at me then said, “How about we have our dinner at my temple”

  I sniffed, “Sure”

  “Almira I hate it when you are sad, because it makes me sad”

  he pulls me into a hug. To tell you the true it makes me happy that I know someone... no... He’s not just someone he's a god and he loves me. Chronic helped me up one moment we were at me house the next we're inside of his temple. After we're done eating he walks up to me, then gets on one knee and took me hand then he said,

  “Almira I know I just barely meet you but it feels like I known you my whole immortal life... I don't want to lose you. I love you so... Will you marry me?”

  I was shocked then I finally said, “Yes Chronic. Yes. But first we must get my soul back from Ares. And can I ask you one thing?”

  “Anything baby”

  “Is Hauk a god?”

  “Yes he is”

  “What is he the god of?”

  “Hauk is the god of Misery and Pain”

  “What...?”

  “He's a Lacianeran God of Misery and Pain. And yes your mother is going to marry him”

  “So when do we get married?”

  “Whenever you want” so I thought about it then I said,

  “In two days”

  “Okay we can have Teresa she the Goddess of Marriage, Love, and Happiness. We'll have her make the wedding plans and the dress and everything else we need”

  “Okay”

  “I'll get Ares to give your soul back to you”

  “Thank you babe” he kisses me and he teleported to Ares.

  Five Minutes Later...

  Chronic comes back with a stone and he told me, “Hold your hand out”

  “Okay” so I hold my hand out to Chronic and he presses the rock on the shadow-hunters marking and now I have my soul and then I ask Chronic,

  “Baby, if I'm a goddess does that mean I stay immortal and I have my Shadow-Hunter powers too”

  “Yep”

  The Wedding Day...

  I was so excited. I was dress in a white long. Teresa put red roses in my hair. Rikono the God of all Gods came in and he asked me, “Since your father is dead is it okay if I could walk you”

  “Yes Rikono”

  “It's Time for the wedding”

  “Okay” I held his arm. Once we reached... Chronic looked so handsome... after what felt like forever the wedding ended. Chronic and I went to our house. I went asleep.

  Chapter 3

  10 Months later

  I was looking for my sister Marina. After five hours of looking for her I found her at the park. I call Marina and she starts to walk towards me then she fell and I started running at her. I hold my sister in my arms and she was bleeding badly and I start to become unstable and I scr
eam in a demonic sinister voice

  “WHY! WHY DID YOU TAKE HER FROM ME??”

  I have to absorb her powers or else the world will be....let’s just say it's not very pretty even though she is the goddess of war, the hunt, wisdom, mercy betrayal, dreams, warrior, and fire. So I absorb her powers and now I'm the Goddess of Creation, Chaos, healing, The Hunt, Betrayal, Wisdom, Death, Sorrow, Destruction, Fate, Day (Sun), Night (Moon), Justice, Sea, Wealth, Desire, War, Dreams, Warriors, Reckless, Wrong, and Fire. And if I die the world we know it will be...I won't even tell you what will happen. This is so awesome...not! But it could be worse... wait a second it's already horrible. I have blood all over me. I turn into a goddess and my hair is blood red with a bright blue highlights my skin is a pale blue, my dress is black, a crown made of tear of weeping angels, and my eyes are gold silverish color. I teleport to Hauk and we start to talk.

  Then Ash showed up and said, “Thantia?”

  “Yes Ash?”

  “I have something to show you”

  “Okay” Ash holds his hand out and I take it and he teleports us to Rininoa it was named after Rikono's wife. And I find myself in Chronic's temple and I look at Ash and I said,

  “Why the hell are we doing here?”

  “You'll see. YO CHRONIC!”

  Chronic replied, “Hey Ash. What do you need?”

  “I'm here with Thantia”

  “Oh cool. Let me go make sure Almira knows.”

  “Wait Almira is here”

  then I hear Almira say, “Mother is that you?”

  “Yes it is I Thantia your mother”

  Almira's belly was huge and I ask Almira, “Are you a pregnant?”

  “Yes mother. I've been pregnant for 8 months now.”

  “I'm a Grandma know. Holy shit I'm not even 10 million years old yet. Well congratulation Almira”

  “Thank you Matera” I look around and I sigh then I said,

  “I have to go before Rikihana comes.”

  then Chronic said, “I killed Rikihana”

  “So that's why I got other new powers”

  “Brynhildr. What are you doing here?”

  I spun around when I heard Hauk's voice so I turned around I was shocked and then I said, “Hauk what are you doing here?”

  “I'm a god too. You know. But I'm a Lacianeran God of Misery and Pain”

  “Oh”

  “Thantia?”

  “Yes?”

  “Come with me”

  “Okay” so Hauk takes my hand and he teleports us to his Temple then he said,

  “Thantia. My love. Will you do the honor of marrying?”

  I felt the wind knocked out of me then I said, “Yes.” then he put the engagement ring on.

  Chapter 4

  Brynhildr

  I was at a bar called Reckoning. I had five bottles of Vodka when Rikono came in and he said, “Thantia. I have something very important to tell you”

  “What is it?”

  “I must tell you how Luau was destroyed.”

  “Um... Okay”

  “About 30 billion years ago that's 10 billion year to Earth. There were two kings one king ruled the a planet called Lacianeran it was where the Weeping Angels live his name was Kalinoanno and the other rules Planet Luau and Sparta his name was Talonorao. Kalinoanno wanted Luau and Sparta. But Talonorao didn't want Kalinoanno to have the technology of both planets. If Kalinoanno taken over. Every world in this universe would be destroyed. Kalinoanno and Talonorao's children then there children’s children would stay at war until Reckoner married Marina your true mother. So Reckoner built a bomb that was a size of a star but Tikon took this weapon and used it against Luau but Tikon didn't know that when he destroyed Luau he destroyed the instructions on how to make that weapon. Marina put you and your other siblings in an escape pod and sent you here once it reached the core the world exploded.”

  I sit there shocked I get up and I left the tips for the waiter then I get of my motorcycle as I was about to leave Rikono steps in front of me then he said to me, “Here's another thing Brynhildr.”

  “What is it?”

  “There's a war and she's on our doorstep” then Rikono disappears.

  3 months later

  As bombs exploded around the marines and I. There was gun fire coming from every direction. As I turn I see Hauk get hit by a bullet I rush to his aid trying my best to save him. He looks at me I see the light fading the look on his face tells me to let him go then he says with his last dying breath “Remember me”

  then he dies. My soul was weeping. I go into a blind raged and I start killing almost every enemy on the battlefield until one shot me close to the heart. I was laying there bleeding I think to myself damn this hurts than I see two Marines running over and one of them call the medics and I start to slip away. Then the marine poured cold water on me and I punch one of the medics than I said, “Sorry about that”

  then the Medic replied, “It’s okay. I'm Koran”

  “Cool”

  I walk around then I ask, “Where's Ryn, and Recker”

  Koran and the marine look at each other than me and finally Koran said, “Their dead”

  “No you have to be joking with me”

  then the Marine said, “Since when do we ever joke about death” and I started to cry and I hardly cry

  “I was supposed to let nothing happen to them...”

  "They died protecting you. When you were shot they ran over to you while they were doing their best not to let you die and they don't get shot. Ryn got shot in the heart and Recker in the head.”

  I start crying even harder than Koran said, “I'm sorry for your loss”

  then I said my motto “I never forget. Never forgive. Let hell open its gates and rain my wrath down on them all. I will not be stopped and I have no mercy left inside me. I am death and fate and I revel in the killing of my enemies. Bring them all until I am drunk on their blood”

  then Koran looked at me than I said, “Where's Lusen?”

  “Outside...” then I interrupt Koran

  “Bring him in. I want to see my big brother”

  “Okay”

  then Koran walks outside and I hear Koran say, “Lusen”

  then Lusen replied “Yes”

  “Your little sister wants to see you”

  then Lusen runs in and I said, “Hey big brother...”

  “Little One. I'm so glad you didn't die”

  “Ya same here. If I died then you would spoil you”

  then Lusen chuckles than he said, “I love you so much. Don't you ever do that again”

  “Yes Lusen” then he pulls me into a hug and starts to cry

  “I really thought I lost you forever”

  then I whispered in Lusen's ear “Lusen if I died. This world would be in complete chaos”

  “True. But I want you to know this Little One...”

  “What?”

  “...I would take a bullet for you any day”

  “Same here. Wait to late already did...Lusen”

  “Yes little one”

  “Ryn, Recker, and Hauk are dead. And I had to absorb Hauk's powers”

  Lusen looks at me then he said, “I need Hauk's powers”

  “Okay”

  so I transferred Hauk's powers to Lusen “Thank you little one.”

  “Don't mention it Big Brother”

  “I have to go little one”

  “Okay love you”

  “You too little one” and he left.

  The Next Day

  We had a funeral for was at 9 am Ryn, 12 pm Recker, and Hauk was 2 pm. Then one person asked me, “General Ivanovna?”

  “Yes”

  “Do you have anything to say?”

  “Yes I do. Ryn was a more than a great soldier. He was my right hand man. He was by my side same as Recker and Hauk but Hauk was my husband. Hauk was shot while trying to follow my orders. Ryn and Recker were killed because of me. If I didn't go in a blind rage they would still be alive-�
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  I start to cry really hard then Almira gave me a tissue

  “-and here with you guys. They sacrificed their lives to save my stupid ass. I wish I could go back and save them but I can't. They showed so much courage so much love for this country and loyalty that they would sacrifice their lives to keep this great nation free. No one can prove their loyalty love and courage like they did. I will have their names will be remembered forever. I promise you. I'm really sorry for your lose. Thank you”

  I go sit down. After the funerals were over a few people came up to me and thank me. It started to rain. I found a restroom changed into my uniform then I told Almira to change and we got on my Dyna than we left. As I was riding seven black Honda Suzuki's ganged up on us and opened fired.

  I pulled out my shotgun and fired back two of the riders died and five were still following so I did my best to lose them. And one of them took a short cut then turned in front of me forcing me to turn a sharp left. When that rider did that it caused me to lose control of my Dyna causing us to crash so I told Almira to teleport home and she couldn't do it and then I blacked out. I walk up and I find myself in chains attached to the wall I look next to me and Almira was bruised and chained to the wall too.

  I whisper to Almira, “Mira wake up. Mira please wake up.”

  then she finally wakes up “Mother. Why are we here? I want Krina”

  my daughter starts to cry “Don't cry Mira”

  “I want Krina” after a while she calmed down. I started to think of a plan of how we're going to get out of here... Suddenly the doors open and three guys come in and one of them said,

  “Hey boss their awake now”

  "Good. Now we can...”

  Almira says, “What do you want from us?”

  “We don't want you Almira. We want your mother. Jake unchain Almira and teleport her to the gates of Chronic”

  “Yes sir” so Jake unchains my daughter and then she head butts Jake but then Jake hold on to her then he teleports her to Chronic's gates.

  Then the boss said, “I'm James”

  he sticks his hand out to me and I spit in his face then I said, “Fuck you asshole”