The search for Greed: Bar stories

The search for greed

Inside midnight city, a large screen light up the night to inform the residents of the area

" Warning, stay inside. Greed is in the air. Please stay inside."

A bright orange mist surrounded the city making all that lie within greedy at its will. Though most stay unaffected, the slightest charge of greed can change one's mind infecting them. The leading generals of the area are trying their best to stop this plague from getting any worse then what it already has become. Insanity has become omega. The requirements for becoming omega are simple, consume over one hundred thousand human souls or one million demon souls. Insanity has tripled within a few months of his known existence. He has killed many in his path to absolute control including many of team midnight. The team's leader, Henry, is now tracing after the sins to get closer to insanity. To finally get revenge for his fallen brethren.

The creak of the floorboards echoed off the walls of the warehouses on the docks. The air smelled like rotten fish. The Shadow cast by the city behind the docks made the area, a never-ending black hole. In a dark alleyway; A bearded man stumbles around with a lit cigarette wearing a beanie. He faded in and out with the doc lights. The man's name is Henry

" Would you all stop complaining" Henry whispers out to himself in anger. He scratches his forearm with his fingernails and a symbol on his arm glows as a hand comes out from the symbol and a small demon pulls itself up. It's small with a long nose and a chubby body but skinny arms.

" This is just too sketchy Henry, can I and the twins just stay back at the bar please."

Henry Picks up the small demon and chucks it against a nearby wall. The demon's body shatters on impact, turning to mush. Dark gooey blood that smells like a rotting corpse covers the brick wall.

" You know that we can't do that Ken. This guy has already killed three hundred in the past two days. I don't want an omega on my hands alright."

The separate bones and torn skin slowly come back together. They climb onto each other to form the body of ken once more.

Ken still argued " We could have Jake do it! Come on Henry I want to go back to the bar and go to sleep."

Henry looked down at ken now walking beside him "Everyone is busy tonight Ken. also this battle is personal. I need to fix my faults." Henry clenched his fist and looked down at the ground as though he was looking into a mirror, his eyes began watering and his face turned red.

Henry whispers " How can he be dead and yet still haunt me." Ken looks down as well. The air around the two seemed to void out all happiness and allowed only grief and sorrow. Then, suddenly, Henry felt something bite both his hands. He looked down to see the twins biting at him. They were small snakes, about the size middle finger. Henry bit his lip and stared down the two snakes. They stopped biting him and began to get some sense back into him

They both speak at the same time " Now both of you stop looking so down. Especially you Henry. We all thought we could save him, we all tried." both looked at each other. The one on henrys left hand spoke. " we need to focus on what's going on right now alright.".

Henry grinned at the two snakes and nodded, Henry, tapped a mark on his ear lobe " Hey Chris you still awake?". A light came from the mark and a voice came out from the light." Yes, Henry and are you still sad, if so I can have Ethan hit you hard to get some sense into you." Henry laughed sarcastically.

'" No, I'm better now smartass. Also never give Ethan that chance; now get out here.". A wave of electrical mist emerged from Henry's ear. Within the mist a body began to form. An Asian man came from the mist. He was chubby and wore a Galaga shirt " Now what is it, Henry." Ken jumped on the shoulder of Chris and pulled at his ear. " Didn't you hear anything that we were just talking about!"Chris picked up ken and threw him up in the air. As he grew further his voice echoes across the sky "GODDAMMIT!" he fell down as Chris raised his hand and a small explosion erupted from his hand just as Ken was in front of it, sending Ken flying down the ally way and hitting the garbage bin in the distance and cracking his neck. He popped out of the pile of rubbish " I may be immortal. But I still feel pain!". Chris just grinned and looked back at Henry " Quick bring everyone out we need to do a run down." Henry nodded and started to scratch marks on his right leg, chest, and upper and lower back causing all to start glowing under his shirt. From his leg, the shadow he cast began to move and stood up with its hand a vest pocket and a cigar in his mouth. From his back, a mist of feathers came out of the bottom of his shirt. The mist formed on the peach of a nearby building, forming the body of a harpy. It had short blue hair and a skinny curvy body, its arms were wings and feet were the talons of a hawk. Large hands came from Henry's back. The hands grabbed hold of Henry's shoulders and pulled itself up to reveal a goliath of a demon. Henry shirt tore as the beast emerged and came out of his body. It was large and overly muscular accompanied by large billy goat horns. Henry screamed out in pain" You could mist out you know ren!"