The Storm, part I

Kyra's birds saw them first. A massive army of nameless. Too many of them to count, marching towards the Library. If you could call it "marching", looked more like shambling. (Seems like the Instant forgot to feed his army.)
I was almost expecting them to groan: "Chaaange??".
A cookie for anyone that catches the reference.


We all grabbed our weapons and got behind some cover we set up earlier. Except the Librarian girls, they were hiding with the Book. I was behind a desk that we put on its side. Waiting for the signal.
The nameless were getting closer, the streets were filled with them. This was it, the final battle.

They rushed towards the Library and started pounding on the windows to get through the barricades. Some of them noticed the front door wasn't barricaded and tried to get through there. It was locked so they had issues getting through.

After a few minutes they managed to shatter the glass of the door and burst through. And Boom, explosive trap. Killed a few of them instantly. The others just trampled over the dead bodies and stormed inside.

The Explosion was the signal, we started gunning them down. While Kyra's raptors and birds attacked the Nameless that were still outside. They were dropping like flies, yet they just kept coming.
By the time I had to reload the entrance was so full of bodies that they formed a barricade against the living ones.


It looked like this would be a cakewalk. But then they got through the window barricades. Soon they were coming from all directions and we were inches away from being overpowered.
It was then that Echo stepped up and screamed her lungs out. The nameless dropped to the ground and became easy targets. (We had earplugs.)
It was all going too well. And we all know what happens when these things go too well.
Shit hits the fan.



The Shit took the form of The Instant who just teleported into the Library from nowhere. "Fuck." Everyone on our side said at the same time.
The Unnamed Child's body had changed. It had grown Older, around my age. But for the rest it looked completely like Kyra described, including the Instant's annoying grin on its face.
He appeared in front of Martyr Mu and waved his hand. Suddenly the Big Martyr guy stopped shooting and turns around.


Martyr Epsilon(leader): "What the hell are you doing Mu! Keep shooting these bastards!"


Then to every one's horror the big guy aimed his heavy machine gun and shot his leader. She fell dead and everyone ducked behind some cover. Theta tried calming him down but the big guy just tossed a grenade, Killing both his team mates. I pulled Echo behind some cover just before he shot at her. Luckily, he missed.

Kyra sneaks behind him and cuts his throat open. Meanwhile the Instant is walking towards the door to the Catacombs. I jump up and stand in between him and the door. Aiming my gun at him.

The Instant: "Out of my way Shining one."
Shine: "We won't let you through you bastard."
The Instant: "Do you really think you and your human pet can stop me now?"
Shine: "She's not a pet, she's my friend."
Me: "Well, only one way to find out."

I then shot the bastard in the head.
It didn't do much, he just healed himself and chuckled.