A Journey Begun - Chapter 6 - Getting A Little Too Loud
Four months later "This is the life, eh Dan?" "Sure, though I doubt we're supposed to be drinking on the job." "Not supposed to? Here, it is a requirement, Anderson!" I sighed and took a reluctant sip of my whiskey. It burned, this...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 3.5 - Interlude 1
December. A time of celebration. A time of gift giving, of happiness and laughter and fun. I never expected it to be a time of absolute stress. After knowing Evelyn for almost three years and being her date for all of that time, Riggs had suggested I...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 3 - Destiny Calls
"Make them pay." "What?" "I said make them pay!" "Okay! Alright. Jesus." Three slaps. "Okay that's one, now give 'em one more to remember!" Three slaps. "Yes! Good job man!" I got a pat on my back for my troubles. The man from...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 1 - Into A New Skin
"The young master has begun his journey, master." "Good. I assume you did your job, old man?" "He didn't even see me leave. I'll be fine." "Then we have nothing to worry about. Things will go on as per normal. He will learn, as his ancestors...
A Journey Begun - Prologue - Chapter 3
I wake up every morning with the same routine. Shower. Teeth brushed. Shave if I need to. Toast. Waffles. Bacon. Coffee. Papers. Shirt. Tie. Pants. Shoes. Then it's off to work on the 7:55 bus, traffic be damned. One long ride later and I'm seated...
A Journey Begun - Prologue - Chapter 2
Two years later... 'Daniel, honey, time to wake up! You're gonna be late for school!' The boy dragged himself upright and pulled himself nimbly from the bed. Sunlight shone through the curtains, casting soft shadows on the fuzzy carpet as he padded...
A Journey Begun - Prologue - Chapter 1
'And thus the prophecy came to be: a hero, born in a world consumed by darkness, born into a life of tragedy, would come forth to drive away the demons of the dark, fulfilling the word of the gods two hundred years prior. This hero shall have power...
Gateway to Hell - Prologue
_Excerpt from the diary of Shigihara Satoshi_ January 15th, 2013 Life here in the United States isn't what I thought it would be like. The people here are lazy, most of them not as hardworking as I. The office I work at is drab, dull and boring....