lurking in the shadows

chapter 1 - the shadow lurking

Jamie was an ordinary kid, nothing too special. He was back from another school detention as he was walking he felt very uneasy, but dismissed it as the usual guilt trip after every  detention he had. But this was different, he stopped , for a second he felt a ton of relief then a voice bounced around his head. a menacing, terrifying voice.  the voice told him he had not got long to live. in fact it told him he had about 5 seconds although said the shady voice in his head, you may not be alone but the shadows shall consume you. there and then the boy known as Jamie fell dead on the moon lit street, alone until morning.

yup the voice in the boys head was me, my name is grim I am a 5th rank reaper of the of the guild of shadows. The guild is a place for death and destruction there are many members with 7 leaders the reapers and I'm one of them. within the reapers there are ranks 1st rank being the newer and/or less experienced reapers. the highest rank is 5th rank that's me there the best of the best gods around the others.

now although a reaper maybe in charge of the guild  but the guild is split over the 7 contenents that's 1 reaper for every content that makes things easy in the world of the shadows. I am grim you may have herd of me but I am not the skeletal figure you humans believe me to be, no I look just like a normal 12 year old goth kid, oh did I not mention I am the youngest reaper ever at the age of 12 well that's 12 millennia but because 1 millennia is like 1 year we count a millennia as a year sort of.

now this is all about me in this paragraph because I am real not just figment of some kids imagination, I have jet black hair mainly covered by a black fedora with a white trim and I am tall for a 12 year old and I were all black apart form my solid silver skull ring and cane also with a silver skull topper. there are many good things  about being goth. no one pays any attention to me so I can disappear at the drop of a hat and the clothes are the best not only do they look cool as hell its elf but it helps me blend in to the shadows.

now I know what your thinking why did I aimlessly kill a kid? well he is a known sinner and if your sin count reaches far to high for an average human the man upstairs calls us in we are the guild of shadows a guild qualified in killing not always for business purposes if you catch my drift, hay. I've got to cut my personal log short there the hell bell has been rung  the hell bell is the alarm for a sinner and me and my squad has been set out to kill this sinner. 

the street is quite and the S.T (sinful target) is fast approaching yet I am just lent against the wall of a nearby house with the shadows concealing me and the squad from prying eyes until its too late. the S.T just past me I let him walk a little further. the file on witch I read before the executing the kill order told me all the personal records of the target including his name in this we can manipulate a target thus making the job a whole lot easier for any reaper.

a perfect moment the chance to play with my pray, I enter the victims head and that's when the fun begins. "so Sage how's the wife and kids?"

"who are you?" said sage calmly as he stopped in his tracks

"your nightmare your downfall your death take your pick" I quickly retorted

"ha so your a reaper hay I spose you didn't read the fine print on my record then"

"humph your no fun any way what do you mean fine print?"

"oh how carless, you are no doubt 1st class if you made such a rookie mistake" chuckled Sage

"what fine print?" I grunt back in rage (for spoiling my fun)

"oh only the print about me being a GOD SLAYER"

I forgot to mention the guild of shadows has only one rival the GOD SLAYERS a guild of evil sinners and very powerful commanders the 5 commanders are formidable opponents running in to one would certainly be unfortunate

"the print might have neglected to inform you that I am also a commander of the GOD SLAYERS"   

"a duel perhaps ?" that was one query I was not foreseeing on this kill order you see when to high powers fight there are no swords no guns only pure skill. the duel of powers  is that of a heavy nature it is also known as a guitar battle in the mortal realm.  but unlike a  mortal battle if a higher power wilds a guitar the result is epic.

sage turned and with a flash of pure light a shredder (guitar) appeared in his hands  a pure white machine of flawless curves with emerald swirls  for detailing and Sage was wearing robes much like that of a monk but with the same design as his shredder.

with a flash of red lightning I also summoned my shredder but mine was the complete opposite of the monstrosity that resided in sages hands I held a shredder of pure beauty pitch black flying  v with jagged lines and a crimson red border and on the back a crimson red pentagram.

the duel was underway...