Terror of the Soul

Under the Moonlight

[NYC, December 2020]

The full moon blasted it's light on top of the bright city of New York. The sounds of industrial construction, cars beeping, and many voices flooded the air. This is where normal things happened, nothing out of the order.

But the farther you get from the center, the more dangerous life really became.

Underground gangs of superhumans, drug labs, and many more insane things were infesting the outskirts of NYC. It was their job, as students of Soul Gem University to take care of all of the problems swiftly and effectively.

Right now, they were on a mission to hunt down a wanted criminal that's been running a drug bust around here. He goes by the name of the "Splinter."

Five shadowy figures stood on the top of the ran down apartment complex "Director Boltz, I think we have eyes on the Splinter. Do we engage?" one of them said. A sound came out of the little ear piece in their ear. "No, we need more possible intel on this person. It could lead us to whoever's running stuff over here." The woman on the ear piece said. "...copy."

The person with the earpiece stood up on the edge. "So, what did she say Clout?" One of the figures said with a katana on their back, sitting on the edge of the tall, apartment building. "Boltz said we gotta get intel." Clout said with a rather irritated tone. "Aw that's lame, I was hoping to fold a couple people before finishing this mission." Another tall person that had a ball of fire flickering from the tip of their finger. "Or I mean we could've just used Ali to get the info quick. Or just kidnap that guy..." One of the five figures looked at Clout and yelled, "Shut up Clout, damn! Always trying to use my power to get missions done faster. And why the fuck would we kidnap somebody, we're heroes bro."

"Ayo shut up roach whisperer ass nigga before we get caught." Clout whispered.

"Are we going to continue the mission or..?" A girl said while popping a piece of bubblegum. "Oh yeah my bad. So here's the plan." Everyone got into a small huddle to hear this plan.

"Alright, me, Jerry, and Ali are going to follow this person to wherever they are going. I'm going to need Canary and Eli to be our eyes in the skies. If anything bad happens, I'm going to need one of you to call HQ quick. Got that?" "Wait why am I going? I have no type of stealth abilities whatsoever.." Jerry said. "Fax let's trade positions Jerry." Eli insisted with excitement.

"Uhhh nah. Jerry probably has the best combat here and I need him in case we go up against someone strong as hell. Eli you know you're better for long range, so just leave it be."

"Good point." Eli and Jerry said in unison.

"Alright, let the mission commence! 'Nary, drop a bubble for Jerry and Ali." Clout's body started to crackle and pop as he turned into pure electricity and vanished into a lamp post.

"Alright, the bubble is placed down at the end. Land flat on your feet so it doesn't pop!" Canary pointed at Jerry. He always accidentally popped the bubble and alerted the enemies they faced in the past. "Alright, I won't pop it this time..." Jerry and Ali both looked over the edge of the building a below them a was a big transparent bubble. Ali hopped down first and Jerry followed. The bubble had softened their fall by a lot, virtually making it silent. After they stepped off the bubble, it popped silently like it was supposed to.

"Βε ρεαδυ..σταυ αρμεδ.."

"Jerry, your eyes are glowing red again. It's speaking to you?" Ali questioned."Uh yeah, although I can't understand, I can still piece together what it means. Kinda weird if you ask me... But let's worry about this mission. He should be right around the corner. Time to go sneak mode!" Both Ali and Jerry hopped into the shadows and started tracking the criminal. He looked like he was carrying an envelope of some type. Jerry used hand signals to tell Ali that there could be something important in his possession.