Ark 7: The Sariel

Chapter 19: Blood

"One is never truly lost, they can always be found. I do not speak only of the physical sense, but also that of the mental, the spiritual, all of these things can always be found, you just have to be willing to make the effort to find them" -King of Argor(From my other book series Legends of Argor)

Troy:

I could hear gunfire from deeper within the camp, I figured that Jax and his team would have resistance, but this? No this sounded like a massacre. I wanted to go in there, to see and to potentially stop what's happening in there, but I couldn't, not without jeopardizing the situation here. I fear by the end of the day it will have become infamous for the bloodshed we have called our crusade for defending the people, for defending the Ark.

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Las:

I went in alongside Jax, atleast that's what I was pretending, this wasn't Jax, this was a machine programmed to kill. I fought, I took lives, I fought alongside them, out of necessity. This has become kill or be killed, blood pooled around our feet as we passed through to corridors, the smell of death hung in the air like a wet blanket, choking me with the metallic smell of freshly spilled blood. We have become something else in this fight, we have become death incarnate, all who stand against us fall under hail of fire or by the blade of our makeshift assassin. This has become death.

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Jax:

I am the angel of death, I am reaper, a vengeful spirit bent on the annihilation of those who stand against him, a power to be reckoned with, I am death in its truest form. The rioters were cut down by our fire as we stalked through there camp, hunting our prey, our goal, Reynes would die today, and I will be the one to end him. Blood sprayed against the walls as rioters were gunned down whenever they dared to peek their heads out to stop us. This was it, this was the path that would bring me to the man responsible for the death of so many.

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Alyx:

We had fought off the last of the rioters in the room, Marion had been shot in the arm but Denise and I were unharmed from the fight.

"Denise, stay with Marion! I'm going to try and help my brother!" I yelled running through the doorway, not waiting for them to respond. I made my way through the halls until I saw Troy and his men in the entry area to the camp, I made my way towards Troy.

"Troy?" I asked coming up behind him.

"Hey sis, we just finished up here. I think we should go look for Jax and his team." Troy said turning around. Blood was oozing slowly from one of his injuries on his side.

"Ok, let's go then. I'm scared we might be too late already...." I said starting down the hallway, I made it just a few steps into the corridor before I stopped to gag.

"Oh my god.....what the hell happened here?" Troy said in a low voice coming up from behind me.

"It's....it's a massacre.....did Jax's team do this?" I asked Troy.

"I....I don't know....this....this isn't the Jax we know...." He said as his voice dropped into a whisper. Blood painted the walls in uneven shades of red, bodies lying in a steady pool of blood littered the floor. The stench of death stained the air, the floor had a layer of blood covering its surface. What happened here? How could Jax do this?

"Alyx....this isn't even vengeance anymore.....this? Thus is cold blooded mass murder...." Troy said looking at me, his face strained as if he was holding back his emotions best he could. I realized why, and I could feel my stomach tighten as the thought came over me. This? This is our fault.

A/N: Thanks for reading thus far, next chapter us Jax v Reynes! Be ready for anything, cause I'm toying with a few plot twist ideas! Comment or vote, or both. All are appreciated! Also note that I am changing this rating to mature now due to my graphic depictions of violence and gore, peace!