In the future, where man has traveled to the stars and beyond. There exists guilds with special abilities. Two such guilds are the guild of assassins and the guild of mages. Their laws prevent them from working together. Reaper is the story of two members of the guild, who ignored their laws and who fight for the greater good.
Genre: Science Fantasy Romance
“Techno-witch,” he
said.
“Whatever, I need you,
because Kiyah said that you were the best and I want to mount a rescue
mission.”
“Rescuing what?”
“A person. A
dualpath, being held by the Kainians.”
“Dualpath?” He placed
his hand on the identity reader. The door slid open and Zion walked through.
“Seems to me that someone with telepathy and telekinesis could save themselves...or
at the very least not get caught.”
She followed him
through, ran in front of him and stopped. “Would you please look at me when you
talk to me?”
“Sure.” He sat down
in a recliner.
She narrowed her
eyes. “I would need to go past Kainian lines. And I—I have a bounty on my head.
The Kainian wants my head and the Union of Planets does not care. I can’t even
go anywhere near the neutral zone.”
“I have enemies too.
Wouldn’t be smart to go traveling anywhere with someone as high profiled as
you. Kiyah always said that it was better to fight in the shadows so you could
live in the light.”
“I know. I was rash
when I was younger. But the rumors are that you have gone there multiple times.
Your fellow assassins—“
“I am not an assassin.
I am a weapon specialist, and I haven’t gone recently. The vacation spots are
terrible.”
“But you do go there.
Look, I just need you to help me get in and help me get out. I will deal with
our foes.”
“Right. So how strong
of a Kainian have you fought? Some of them can move so fast that you won’t see
them coming. How would you fight one that could move faster than you could say
a spell? I imagine that is why you had old Kiyah sniping. To get them before
they get to you.”
“I have fought a few
of them. But none so powerful, I imagine if I had to, I would use a prepared
spell. How would you fight one that could move faster than you could draw your
weapon?” She raised an eyebrow.
“I would draw it
faster.” He chuckled. “In most cases you avoid the more powerful ones in any
way you can. Preparation? Well if you have seen some of the Kainians I have
seen than you know there are some things that you cannot prepare for,” he said.
“Remove your hood.”
“What?”
He said nothing.
She removed it,
revealing a smooth head. “Better?”
“Are you human?”
“Yes. Are you?”
“You tell me. Since
you and Kiyah obviously talked.”
“You still don’t
trust me.”
“And I never will.”
She sighed. “You are
mostly human. Your father was a pure human. And your mother was half-human,
half-chloroman. He said that you hated your green hair, growing up so you use
to shave it bald.”
Zion rubbed his chin.
“Apparently he grew talkative in his old age.” He formed a finger pyramid in
front of his chest. ”It is rare to see a human Tek Nok.” He leaned forward. “In
fact, I am certain that they don’t let human females into the mage’s guild. So
what was so special about you?”
She looked down and turned
away. Facing the door, she folded her arms. I was one of a few survivors of
Colony-81.”
“The colony that the
media said provoked the Kainians? Nearly started a war?”
“Yes, but we were
miners. We weren’t capable of provoking anyone. They killed my family and
everyone on the rock. The Tek Nok found me, took me in and made me Tek Nok.”
“But the process of
becoming Tek Nok, it could have killed you.”
“That was a risk, I
was willing to take.”
Zion chuckled. “I
will take you, but only for payment. I don’t do anything foolish unless there
is something to gain.”
“I don’t have money.
And contrary to popular belief, we don’t just conjure up credits with a wave of
our hand.”
“Well,” he said. “Surely
you have something to offer.”
Her eyes narrowed. “I
am not that type of woman.”
“And I am not that
type of man. I am referring to a spell or something. Something useful.”
“Oh.” She
straightened. “Well of course. I knew that…uhm I have all types of spells. What
would you like? I can help your crops grow.”
“I don’t need your
help to do what the Universe will do for me.” He stood up and walked around.
“There is one toy that a warrior at the guild had and no matter how hard I
tried to figure out how to make one. I just couldn’t.” He circled around her.
“I couldn’t figure out how he made it until I heard that a Techno-wizard blew
him away and took it.”
“What was it?”
“A tesseract bag.”
“No way. I can’t give
you anything like that; the council will have my head. That is exposing our
secrets, a crime punishable by death.”
“We are walking into
death’s garden and you are worried about being sentenced to death?” He stopped.
“Where are we walking too?”
She turned around. “I
see this will be time consuming.” She settled down on the floor, crossing her
legs and planting her elbows on her knees. “He is located on the Pein penalty
colony.”
“Pein? Maximum
security. He will be guarded by high level Kainians. I will probably need the
tesseract bag to complete the mission. Call your witch boss and tell him or her
that if they want me to do this, I will need that bag. I help you with your
little jail break. I get my bag. No harm. No foul.”
“This doesn’t have
anything to do with the guild. This is a covert armada. We work under hidden
layers and in the dark crevices of the universe, preparing for an inevitable
war with the Kainians.”
“Really? I guess the
old man was senile too.”
“What?”
“You guys are
preparing for a war that may never happen. You don’t see that as a bit odd?”
“No. You haven’t
witness what I witness.” She scoffed. “Are you going to help me or not?”
“I said I will help
you. And I want that bag. This isn’t just about payment, I don’t go anywhere
unprepared.”
“And I am telling
you, sometimes you don’t have the tools you need, and all you can do is
improvise. That is what Kiyah taught me.”
“He taught me that
too. But I never listened.”
Bomba pinched her
nose. “All right. I think I can get you a Tesseract bag. But I will have it
sanctioned by the guild.”
“That could take
forever.”
“I am in good
standing with them, but I must warn you. If the guild approves it, they will
probably booby trap it to prevent exposure of any of our secrets.”
“I expect no less.”
End of Part Two of Chapter One.
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