Age of Darkness by Chen Brandon

Author:Chen, Brandon [Chen, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

The Prototype

Keimaro had been running from the guards for quite some time now. They had somehow climbed onto the rooftops and were following him closely, yet they hadn’t gotten a clear glimpse of his face. His ebony cloak was pulled tightly around him, flapping in the wind. His hood came over his face, creating a dark shadow that obscured his facial features. His boots thudded loudly against the rough tiled rooftops of the city as he continued onward, leaping across gaps as Yuri and Lena had done. No doubt they had escaped already because it seemed that the guard was focusing everything on capturing him. At least a dozen soldiers followed him on the rooftops and maybe two dozen on foot, yelling at him to stop running. It didn’t seem that any of them were willing to shoot him with their rifles, though, for some odd reason. He would’ve thought that one of them would’ve at least fired a shot, or perhaps an arrow. It made sense, though. The prototype and blueprints had been delivered only yesterday. It was a miracle they had already produced so many guns. The soldiers probably didn’t even know how to use them yet. Sometimes Keimaro would see soldiers slipping between the gaps of the buildings and fall, which caused him to snicker a little. Though death was never a laughing matter, something intrigued him when they slipped and fell. How inept could get they get? They were imbeciles for following him this far.

He looked around for a better way to escape, but couldn’t really see anything. Then he spotted a canal filled with stagnant water that stretched throughout the city. Swimming in there would give away his position. He rushed forward on the rooftop, but something else caught his eye. His Shokugan eyes activated, causing a glowing demonic red in his iris. There was a small crack in a weakened part of the roof. Interesting.

Keimaro reached the weak part of the rooftop, eager to see what would happen. He saw that the guards were so close behind him anyway. He had nothing to lose. He leapt up into the air and smashed his feet into the crack. He lost his footing as the entire roof collapsed, dropping half a dozen soldiers into the open air. Time seemed to slow as Keimaro’s glowing eyes flickered from left to right, scanning the area as he fell. It looked as if they were in some type of warehouse. Wooden bars crossed the top half of the structure, their purpose supposedly to support the roof. But they were also good footholds—not to mention, it was much better than falling twenty feet only to hit the inevitable solid ground. There was nothing else in the empty warehouse to grab on to besides the bars. Conveniently, the bars led up to a small circular window across the warehouse, which exited above the canal. He lashed out with his hand and grasped one of the bars, his body weight dragging him down.

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