Ashes and Time

Ch. Two: Here we go Again

As soon as the ceiling started falling, Omega activated his swords and with a shove, got the Prime Leader out away from a big piece of the ceiling. After seeing this, the rest of the council evacuated the room in one way or another. As the dust began to settle, I saw what caused it. An Archane missile. "Oh no... not again..." I muttered.

" Loki! Go gather up the camps! Code Ten!" Omega yelled, scanning the skies for the ship that sent the missile.

"On it!" I yelled while shadow jumping to the Omega Camp base. Maybe I should explain the shadow jumping. When you shadow jump, you are basically combining yourself with the shadows of the world, and choosing where you want to go. Sounds simple enough, but once you try it and get a few accidental trips to Antarctica-you get the idea. "EVERYBODY UP! CODE TEN! Scout out the council area. Report immediately to a commander or lieutenant if you see anything!!" I shouted a few times to be sure everybody gets the message. With this, I head off to tell the other camps. First Camp Alpha, they were so freaked out when I suddenly appeared during their lunch! Ha! Their faces! After that, in Camp Arcașii, someone tried be-head me there because I 'accidentally' landed on them. Beside that, they got straight to work. Now, off to Camp Bellator. Hopefully, no one tries to kill me this time.

→Omega's POV←

After the whole ceiling-falling-and-nearly-killing-us-all deal, I knew that my break was over. With a groan, I looked over at Loki, who was just standing there.

"Loki! Go gather up the camps! Code Ten!" I yelled to him. I gazed through the hole in the roof, scanning the sky for Archane ships. I hear Loki confirm that he heard me, as I still watch for Archane ships. That weren't there. Well, this is just great. Why can't it be easy for once? "UGH!" Oops, that was out loud. That earned me some odd looks. Whatever. I storm out of the council room, heading out into the streets. Nobody was outside, it was a little too quiet to be normal. After walking down main street, I started to think about why the council called only Loki and I. Normally, they get all the camp's commanders and lieutenants during a council meeting. So why... I shake my head, clearing my thoughts. Not the issue right now. Right now, we had crazy, power hungry... things that were possibly invading again. I sighed. "This so won't end well..."

←Loki's POV→

As soon as I get to Camp Bellator, I knew something was wrong. It was completely empty. No one was in the arena, mess hall or sleeping quarters. Yeah, not exactly how I left it three days ago. With this, I decided to check one last place, the headquarters. In reality, only the commanders go there, but maybe for some reason they all went there for something like a meeting maybe? Taking out my phone, I dialed in Omega's number. Yes I memorized it. Problem with it? (A/N: bolded Omega's answer)

"Hey, Loki. Whatcha need?"

"Just wanted to know. Did Commander Brian or one of the other commanders mention anything about leaving with camp or something like that?" I asked, walking towards the building where the headquarters are.

"No..."

I groan. "Great. Just... fantastic. "

"What's the situation over there? If its freaking man eating flowers th-"

"No, Omega, come on this is serious. Nobody, and nothing alive is here." I say cutting him off. I push the doors open of the headquarters. "Nothing."

I sense Omega stiffen. "Loki, leave."

"But I haven't even found anything about why-" I started.

"Loki. Now." He sounded rather concerned now.

"But-"

"Luke, I am not kidding. Get the hell out of there right now."

With a jump, I started towards the door. He was dead serious about this. "Omega, start explaining what is going on. " I growl. When someone calls me by my old name, it brings back memories.

"I don't think that the Archanes are working alone. I'll explain when you g-"

I suddenly hear the crunch of gravel behind and to the sides of me. "Shush. Som-" And then something hit my head with a crack. Extremely hard. Which caused me to drop my phone and cluch my head with my hands, allowing whoever hit me to kick my legs out fro under me. I hit the ground with a thud, black dots crowding my vision. A kick to my head, jumbling mg thoughts as I began slipping in and out of consciousness. Another one, and the blood started to drip down from the first wound and I started to fall unconscious. But not before I heard my attacker say,

"Now we have some bait for the commander. Shall we head ..."

I knew who the masked kid in my dream was now. I wished I was wrong, but there was no way I was. And Commander Omega, my leader and friend, was going to die. And it will be my fault.

So, what do you think? Who is the boy? Not gonna be who you think, just saying! As before, comment on edits and suggestions on where this should go!

Merci! (Thank you in french)

-Liza