Bomb…. We haven’t time.. You must awaken soon…. Your Legend has been disrupted…. Everything has gone wrong, the ship, your friend, all not meant to happen. Your force is now weakened severely. You must now work harder than I ever thought you would have. You must get the disruption as soon as possible! Everything is crashing down! Wake up! Wake up…….
Bomb opened his eyes and tried to adjust to his surroundings. Beach? City? The realm of the dead? He noticed he was in a barn on some hay. There were some pigs in the barn too. There were also some kids in the barn.
Little Kid: Oh no! He’s up, run!
All the kids ran off terrified.
Bomb: What?
Bomb got up and brushed himself off. His muscles were worn probably from the hay. What happpened last night? Has it even been more than a night? Bomb found it hard to remember exactly what happened.
Bomb: Kyle?
Bomb looked around but saw no one else in the barn. He walked outside to a very small town. It was cobble stoned on the streets and everyone walked. There was a small bakery, a general store, and what seemed to be some City Hall on this street. He walked outside and looked around for someone to talk to. He saw a woman walking someplace and walked up to her calmly.
Woman: No!
The woman ran off and Bomb heard some other shrieks and feet backing off.
Bomb: What is up with everybody?
Bomb then realized it was probably his wings.
Bomb: Man, they must think I’m a demihuman!
Bomb walked down the street and into the general store. It was packed full of aisles of food and weaponry and armor.
Bomb: Whoah, weaponry and armor!
Bomb ran up to the aisle and looked for some sort of weapon he might need. In these times you didn’t walk around without carrying some sort of a weapon, it was just common sense.
Bomb: Hammer, Axe, Sword, Spears, Knuckles………
Bomb used to use a big wooden stick as his weapon in his fighting training time but he didn’t see any in here.
Bomb: Damn, no sticks, maybe I’ll just find a spear…..
Bomb walked down the aisles and searched for a spear. He got to a set of them and pulled out the Silver one for 100 Silver.
Bomb: Heh, I got enough Goldens to pay this off.
Bomb went up to the cashier and emptied his pockets.
Bomb: What?! Where’s my Goldens! Damn the kids!
Bomb had 100 Silver, he gave it all to the clerk and stomped out.
Bomb: That whole damn mission for nothing.
Bomb got frustrated and walked around looking for someone who might even consider talking to him. He walked down 2 streets and saw a military store, a big bar, and a grocery store. No one was on the streets right now. Bomb walked the cobblestone road up to the bar and stopped. The town seemed pretty old fashioned but it had a warm feel to it. He stepped into the bar and tried to blend in. The bar was packed with about 10 people, that seemed a lot for a small town like this.
Guy: Hey, it’s him! It’s him!
Some guy jumped up and started pointing to Bomb. Bomb gave him a confused look and walked towards him. The guy jumped up to him and put his arm around his neck. He was tall, a little more than Bomb, long arms, green hair over a gray band around his forehead. This made it stand up a little and fall over the edges of it. He had on black fighting gloves and he had green eyes.
Guy: Hey budy, how’s it going with my little lizard!
Bomb: I’m not a lizard! I’m a Winged Lyrian!
He seemed to smile alot and he just looked like the average person, no wings, tail.. He wore brown cowboy looking pants and brown boots, he also had a white shirt with a cowboy vest over it. Seemed very western-like...
Guy: Haha, whatever man-
Bomb: I’m serious! Get your hands off me!
Guy: Hey, I saved your life dude. Just sit down and have a drink.
Bomb: ? Ok…
Bomb sat down on a stool at the end and the guy sat next to him.
Guy: Hey, get us some of the good stuff downstairs, this is a special occasion!
Bartender: The good stuff? Whoah, Ok.
The bartender sent a workerman downstairs.
Guy: Yo, my names Lukis, I run a boat down on the dock and I work for the Mayor here.
Bomb: Heh… Uh..
Lukis: What?
Bomb: You have a Mayor?
Lukis: This is a small town man, what did you expect!
The worker came back up and gives both Bomb and Lukis a big mug of beer.
Bomb: Well, what this about saving my life?
Lukis gulped down half of the mug.
Lukis: Well, I was out on my ship sailing around and I happened to pass by the Luminy Castle on the way back. I know that’s not exactly legal but they don’t really care since they can’t see you way down at the bottom of their hill way at night. Well, I was going by just looking up and you fell onto the boat, you landed on the sail and snapped the damn thing off my small boat man. Took 1,000 silvers to get repaired man!
Bomb: Wow, 1,000 silvers?
Lukis: Yeah but I cashed in that golden you had in your pocket for a bunch of silvers.
Bomb: Hey!
Lukis: Hey, I saved your life so quit bickering, and it took forever to get back without a sail. Now what the heck were you doing at the Luminy castle anyways?!
Bomb: I’m in a group called the Lyrian Black Wings. We did serious looting, ever hear of the Groundover Research Plant break-in?
Lukis: Yeah, you guys did that one?
Bomb: Yeah, some guy hinted we would rob Groundover so all the police force went to guard the bank.
Lukis: Heh.
Bomb: Well anyways, what is this place?
Lukis: Saltis. We are surrounded by a huge desert, cept for the river we got on the other side. We have a small waterway we go through into the ocean but other than that this is a big desert city.
Bomb: Not too hot here to be surrounded by a desert…
Lukis gulps down the rest of his beer.
Lukis: Man, finish yours, that costs 100 Silver.
Bomb: 100 Silver? You nuts!
Lukis: Yup, so you better drink it.
Bomb gulps the whole beer down in seconds and Lukis tosses the bartender 200 Silver. They walk out the bar.
Bomb: Well, I better… wait…
Lukis: Hmmm?
Bomb: I don’t know what to do, I mean my group was anhilated in that castle.
Lukis: All killed, eh? Well I own you since I caught you anyways.
Bomb: What?!
Lukis: We have to take a trip to Delban anyways, that’s a city right over the desert. We will take the boat around and-
Bomb: Wait, wait, you can’t just own me like this!
Lukis: Chill man, you ain’t got no where else to go, and I think you’ll like our job in Delban.
Bomb: ……
Lukis walked off and Bomb followed him.
Lukis: Hey, for our mission I need you to change into something more casual.
Bomb: Why?
Lukis: You'll find out, you look too freaky in that suit anyways....
Lukis lead Bomb over to a clothes shop nearby. They walked in and Bomb began looking for something he likes.
Lukis: Just don't take all day man....
Bomb: I'm almost done.....
Bomb grabbed some clothes and went into the changing room.
Lukis: .........
Riiippp!
Lukis: Hey!
Bomb: Well what did you expect with wings!
Lukis: Ouy...
Bomb: Ok, I'm coming out, don't criticize my choice!
Bomn slowly stepped out. He was wearing a thin black shirt rolled up at the sleeves and hanging a little over his navy blue denim jeans.
Lukis: Jeans? You got jeans?
Bomb: You said casual!
Lukis: Yeah, yeah...
Bomb also had on simple black boots and the back was ripped just enough to fit the wings out, it was even a little uncomfortable for now, but it should set it with time.
Bomb: Let's just pay for this and get going.
Lukis: Ok, ok.
Bomb appeared a little bigger and stronger in his new outfit. This didn't frighten Lukis, but he decided to loosen up on him a little. He went to the counter and gave the cashier 100 Silvers. They walked outside and began walking down the street again.
Bomb: Er, my wings hurt, man, and this ones injured.
Lukis: How longs it gonna take that to heal?
Bomb: I don't know if it will even heal, by the time I was 10 there were only around 20 Winged Lyrians left and we didn't have school or anythign that could really teach us abotu ourselves...
Lukis: So you’re a Winged Lyrian? I thought those guys got ran extinct a long time ago.
Bomb: Theres about 6 or 7 of us left. Me, Kyle, Rick, and Lance were of them but all those 3 are dead. Well, maybe not Kyle…. And Rick and Lance might just be held captive.
Lukis: What, you screw the mission up?
Bomb: Rick and Lance got themselves caught but me and Kyle were ambushed by some swordsman named Agile and he killed Kyle supposably.
Lukis: Agile?
Bomb: He’s just this swordsman that got some lucky hits in.
Lukis: So, you guys make lots of money off this?
Bomb: Yeah, we always blow it on equipment though, hey, my black case?!
Lukis: Hmm?
Bomb: Damn, I had expensive equipment in there.
Lukis: Ah, too bad. Well, here we are.
Lukis and Bomb stopped at a boat. It is gray and small, it looked like a fishing boat. It was somewhat worn except for the new pole and sail. It had 3 benches to sit on and didn't look all that reliable.
Lukis: The ShortCut!
Bomb: Oh yeah, great name.
Lukis: Heh heh, get in.
Bomb hopped in.
Bomb: Man, I didn’t even get to check out any of the town.
Lukis: We’ll be back in awhile man, besides, you ain’t missing out on much.
Lukis waved a kid walking by to come over.
Lukis: Hey Tommy! Tell Mayor Banks that I’m off and I’m bringing the dragon dude!
Tommy: K!
The little boy ran off as if it were some life or death mission.
Lukis: Heh.
Lukis pulle on a rope and the sail came out. The boat started moving off slowly.
Lukis: Set your watches for 2 hours man, but the scenery is the best you’ve ever seen.
Bomb laid back and put his arm over his eyes to shield the sun and nodded off.
Bomb: Man, too much stuff’s happening today.
Lukis: Heh.
The gentle rocking of the boat soon put Bomb too sleep.
Lukis: Wake up dude!
Lukis punched Bomb on the shoulder. Bomb jumped up.
Bomb: Hey! Whoah!
Bomb tried to balance himself on the rocking boat.
Lukis: We are almost there and you missed all the cool stuff!
Bomb: Wah!
Bomb started falling back but he let his legs pull up and landed on his knees.
Lukis: Heh, never seen anyone smart enough to do that.
Bomb: Gah….
Bomb had hit his arm on the side of the boat and tried stretching it and getting it comfortable.
Lukis: You missed the coolest thing man, there was a freaking whale out there today. I would of waken you but I was too lazy.
Bomb: How much longer?
Lukis: Like 1 minute.
Bomb: So what are we here to do?
Lukis: Ok, Banks sent me here to do some negotiations with the towns Mayor. We are planning to build a road through the desert, we seriosously need that road and some big funding but the stupid guy doesn’t want to destroy the deserts ‘natural beauty’… Man, I-
Bomb: Hey, you said this mission would be interesting!
Lukis: Well you are a thief right? So while I negotiate you will go to the town safe and steal about 10 Goldens, don’t take too much, we have better military force but-
Bomb:(Chuckling)
Lukis: Er… Well, anyways, when we go into the City Hall you take a right. You should be asked for ID so take this fake one.
Lukis handed Bomb a fake ID.
Bomb: Hey, it’s got my face on it even! How did you get that on there?!
Lukis: Well, when you were passed out for those 2 days or so I took a picture of you and made this ID, I knew you were a thief by your catsuit and all that dough so I decided it would come in extremely handy.
Bomb: Ok, that’s kind of messed up.
Lukis: Hey, we’re porting, I’ll tell you what to do in the town.
Bomb looked to the town and noticed it was a small one too. It looked like something from a Western movie. It had sand as the walk and wooden building structures. There weren’t any horses or anythign like that, but still he expected one to come trotting in any second with a carriage trailing behind it. The boat touched the wooden dock and Lukis took a rope and tied it around one of the wooden poles. He stepped out of the boat onto the rackety dock and Bomb stepped out after him.
Bomb: Hey, you got to tell me what to do.
Lukis: Ok, you got some sort of a weapon?
Bomb: Yeah, this spear.
Bomb showed him the spear.
Lukis: Ok, the end of that just might be able to fit into the safe lock and jimmy it open. There may be a guard by it but I’m sure you can handle him. When you get the money you can stick one of your mines on each wall to the right and left. Detonate the left one, then the right one. To the left is me and the Mayor, to the right is desert where we can escape to the boat.
Bomb: My mines?!
Lukis: Uh yeah, here...
Lukis gave Bomb two sticky mines.
Bomb: Where'd you get these?!
Lukis: Made em'.
Bomb: They have my initials on the back.
Bomb turned it over and showed it.
Lukis: Fine, I'll explain that later, but we gotta get busy now, k? Those have an extra wrap on the bottom so they won’t stick in your pockets or whatever anyways, that’s new
Bomb slipped the mines in his big pockets.
Bomb: This is gonna be easy.
Lukis: Yup, fool proof.
Bomb: Do I get to mosey around the town before we have to do this?
Lukis: Christ, we’re on a mission, maybe next time but you’re coming by yourself and they will probably jail you.
Bomb: Man, I never get to look into any towns.
Bomb and Lukis walked off the dock into the town, it consisted of just one long street. They walked past a huge bar, bigger than the one in Saltis, and a huge hotel. Bomb couldn’t see any houses so it must have had some apartment deal for everyone.
Bomb: Man, let’s get a drink or something.
Lukis: Damn, that 100 Silver crap not good enough for ya?
Bomb: I just want some time to think some stuff over.
Lukis: Fine. You go in there, I’ll go check out the General Store, see if they got any new stuff.
Bomb: See ya.
Bomb and Lukis split up and Bomb walked up to the bar. He pushed the sliding double door in and the place was crazy.
Bomb: How do I think in a place like this?!
There was screaming and tons of drunken people who were going nuts.
Bomb: This place is pretty interesting.
Bomb sat down to the table. He signaled the bartender.
Bomb: Give me something strong without alcohol.
The bartender went to the bar and swindled up something golden brown. Bomb took a sip of it and rest his head down.
Bomb: (Man, what’s going on, what am I doing in a place like this anyways. Can’t believe the Lyrian Black Wings are no more. How did this happen… What the hell happened with Rick and Lance? Professionals never pull any stunts like that. Damn that Agile, he got our best man…. Sides me… Well, guess I’m stuck with this Lukis guy until I figure out a plan to escape. I can’t wait to get the hell out of this, I hate being controlled….)
Bomb tried to gulp down the rest of his golden-whateverthehellitwas but he didn’t feel like drinking, he’d already drunken all the fancy beer in Saltis anyways. The door opened up and Bomb turned around, it was Lukis, he hadn’t given him much time at all.
Lukis: Time to get busy.
Bomb got up.
Bomb: General Shop-whatever.
Lukis: They didn't have anything new.
Bomb: Gimme about 10 Silver.
Lukis: Jeez man.
Lukis tossed him 10 Silver.
Lukis: You gotta start making some money.
Bomb tossed the money by his golden drink.
Bomb: Maybe I would if the guy I worked for paid me.
Lukis: Heh, I will give you a reward when we get back depending on how it goes.
Bomb: *Sigh* Let’s just do this quick.
Bomb walked out of the bar with Lukis.
Lukis: Ok, we all know what to do and it can’t go wrong, so let’s get the ball rolling!
Bomb and Lukis walked to the middle of the street past the general store and hotel and stopped infront of the City Hall.