Chronicles From A Warlock II: Servant Of The Queen

The Invitation

I sat down looking into the ever moving plasma of space surrounding the Reef. I was deep in thought when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I nearly fell off my perch. "Aero, The queen requests your presence." An Awoken Guard said as she tapped my shoulder. I remained silent for a moment longer. "Aero."

"I'm sorry." I said standing. "Deep in thought." I said as I walked away toward the Queen's chamber. I shook my head trying to remove the thought that plagued my mind. I pushed the doors open to the queens chamber to find Vette, Nemori and Orion already there. "Aero... Late as usual." Orion said crossing his arms. "Do I need to beat you down again?" I asked letting my power build up. "That won't be necessary." The Queen said, silencing us both. Then I noticed another person I had never seen before. He was dressed in a full yellow robe with black patters on it. On the very top of his hood there was an eye. I then recognized it as the symbol for the Trials of Osiris.

"My name is Brother Vance, and I am here to recruit members for the Trials." He said. "I have heard the stories of you." He said gesturing at you. "Aero, you will be the team Captain." He continued. "Vette and Nemori will be your allies." "The trials begin next week. Prepare yourselves." And with that he was gone.

"We need to head to the tower to see which team we are going up against in this first match." Vette said. "I agree." I said. I summoned Omega into my palm, "Prepare the ship Omega, were going back to the tower." I thew my robes on over my jumpsuit. I looked in mirror and my eyes met the Queens Mark on my brow. I shook the thought off. As I entered the hangar a guard approached me. "Aero, we have outfitted you with a new ship." As if on a que a bright blue ship appeared in front of me. It had streamers floating majestically off the back. "A real piece of Awoken Beauty." I said pulling my helm over my head. "Take good care of it." She said. I formed inside my ship. I looked to my left and right to see two identical ships except full black. Vette and Nemori's. "Ready Girls?" I asked. "Nova 1 all systems green." Vette said nodding from inside her ship. I looked to my right and Nemori said, "Throttles down, see ya around!" She said shooting out of the hangar ahead of Vette and myself. "See ya at the tower!" I said as I spun out of the hangar and punched the lever for light speed.

"Tower to unidentified ships, state your name and intentions." A voice rang through the speakers, "Aero-2, of the Queen's Immortals, requesting safe landing for preparations of Trials of Osiris." After a moment of silence the voice returned. "Acsess granted, safe flying." Doesn't look much different than last time." I said looking out the window. The people in the courtyard turned in amazement as my ship flew over them and I bailed out. I landed on one knee and I brushed my cloak off as I stood up. Vette and Nemori were soaring over me when they did the same thing. Everyone was silent. "Quite the crowd." Vette said tapping me on the shoulder. "No really." I looked around and saw a symbol for the Trials of Osiris. I walked over to see a man in similar dress as the one we had seen the week before.

"Hello." I said as we walked up to him. He looked up for a second and then looked down again and the tablet he was holding. "I am brother Brian, and you three?" He asked looking up again. "We are team Nova, and we would like to know whom we are competing against." I said crossing my arms. "Ahh, smart move." He said. "Knowledge is often the best weapon a man can wield." I said. Brother Brian nodded in agreement. "All the teams are required to meet here today, you will be going up against team DATa." He said pointing at two Hunters and a Titan. "Thank you Brother Brian." I said bowing quickly. "And thank you," He looked at his tablet, "Aero-2."

"Well then." Nemori muttered as we sat down a little ways away from our opposition. "I would think they would have one Defender and two Gunslingers." I said looking them over. "Hang on." Vette said standing up and then immediately kneeling down. "Whats up Vette?" I asked as I reached out for her shoulder, she vanished into thin air. "Oh." I muttered felling extremely blind. "Well look," Nemori said pointing at the Titan, "He has Helm Of Inmost Light, so I would think he would be a Striker. I felt pretty stupid again.

A few minutes later Vette returned and said, "One Striker, One Gunslinger, One Bladedancer." "Really?" I asked. "Yes." She said affirming her point. "This ought to be interesting." Nemori said. "Lets offer them a drink and see if we can't gain any more info from them." I said standing up. Vette and Nemori nodded.

I slowly approached Team DATa. One of the Hunters, a male, spoke, "Can we help you?" "That depends." I said. The Hunter cocked his head. "Name's Aero. This is Vette, and Nemori." I said removing my helmet and extending a hand. The Hunter clapped it in his own and said, "Name's Alpha." He gestured to the Huntress and said, "That's Terra." She removed her helmet, and I was taken back. She appeared no older than 14. She was glaring into my purple eyes and for some reason I couldn't brake her gaze. "And this is Diesel." He said pointing at the Titan. "He removed his helmet and nodded quickly. "We are Team DATa." He finished.

"A pleasure I said still staring at the young Huntress. "We are Team NOVA, and we are going up against you in the first round." I said glaring at the Huntress. "And we will crush you." I said as The Huntress' eyes caught the symbol on my brow and she broke her gaze.