Apologies - The New Dawn Series

My great apologies! Due to a few unavoidable circumstances, Chapter 6 - Fire Storm, of The New Dawn series, which was supposed to be published on 27th of January 2015(Tuesday) has been postponed to next Tuesday 3rd of February 2015.  

Chapter 7, will also be published on that day.

PLEASE ACCEPT MY DEEP APOLOGY! I'LL TRY MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!

Hard Sea

"The water's rough, but our vessel can tolerate it", one of our crew members said to the captain. "We need more sail! We want this ship to go as fast as the wind permits!", the captain shouted, as he steered the ship towards our destination. The seas were rough, and the waves that hit the hull of Santa Abelle made her rock and sway like the sea itself. The waves kept hitting her relentlessly, like a pack of lions taking down their prey. We were in the middle of the North Pacific, and our map had been dropped into the water by one of the more careless members of the crew. We had a spare, but that was the only one. Our ship has shown signs of disrepair, it would be a shame if we lost it, because i could bet you 5 chests of gold that this was the most beautiful ship on the face of the earth. Although it lacked in size, it excelled in beauty. It was expensive too, we had all our loot put into buying one ship. The tides were high, and our expectations for surviving were low. 

  It had been 36 days since we left. We started with a crew of 30, and now its 21. People are dying of starvation, dehydration, seasickness and poisoning. Some crew members started selling rats for one gold doubloon, but now those are in short supply. My friend, who was part of the crew, died of starvation a week ago. He refused to eat rats and the rations that we had were gone. He was too squeamish. I guess that's what happens when you don't want to take extreme measures when the need comes. As the captain was steering the ship, one of our crew members yelled out, "Storm incoming!". We watched as a huge wave crashed into the ships hull. Thunder roared as the pack of lions closed in, hungrier and stronger than before. The wave had severely damaged the front of the ship. We could here wooden planks cracking and squeaking, as if the ship was crying for help. Crew members panicked and fled. One by one they jumped into the water, and the died by the sheer force the waves have brought. I could see crew members in the water, being tossed around like toy soldiers in a wave pool. Brave members helped the captain steer out of the waves path, but all that was in vain, as a second wave crashed into her broadside. The ship was unusable now, and was slowly starting to sink.

   Me, four crew members and the captain himself were left on the vessel. We held out until the storm died down a little bit. We all jumped into a boat and abandoned the ship. We had escaped the storm, but our hardships were not over yet.

  We had rowed for 5 straight days now. We slept on the boat. One of the surviving members had bought some rats from other members, so we ate that. We couldn't drink the sea water, but fortunately captain had some spare bottles of water with him that we didn't know of. We lived on the rations we had, and waited for someone to rescue us.

  We finally found a ship that could rescue us, but it was an enemy ship. We were taken in by their crew and we were held prisoner. 

  They gave us filthy rations to eat. We were given leftovers and ratskin. sometimes we were lucky and were given the flesh of their dead crew members. Cannibalism was our last resort. If we asked for more food they would beat us with broken planks and metal bars. Most of the time they would pick the sharp pieces to beat us up. We were disgraced and laughed at. The crew members spat at us and called us filthy things. We were held as prisoner for 5 months.

  At last, a light of hope shone through the cloudy skies. Our fleet happened to cross the ship we were kept prisoner in. There was a great battle between the ship.we saw enemy crew members die before our eyes. it was a horrific, yet satisfying sight. Seeing our enemies die like that was honey to the eyes.

Crew members from our fleet roped down on the deck of the enemy ship and fought furiously against the enemy crew members. The fight lasted long, and the deck of the ship was not a pretty sight. blood and decapitated heads everywhere. But we were finally safe.

  We were sailed back home, and we could go back to our families. The nightmare was over, but the horrors will linger in our minds forever.

The Thief

Out in the dark of the city,

There is a daring chief.

He is wanted by all of the police.

For he is the notorious thief !

He has looted the most precious things,

Jewels, money, weapons, just to name a few.

So he is not so easy to catch,

Cause he has his own ultimate crew. 

He doesn't want to show himself.

So he wears various masks.

So nobody can closely recognize him.

While he is doing his regular tasks.

So as you know by now my friends,

The thief is no ordinary human being.

He has so many adventures in his life.

For he spent all his life fleeing!

Trouble Underground

"Just make sure you run a perimeter check tomorrow," said the Security Chief to the new recruit, Baron. "I'll take care of the rest just for the time being. Dismissed!". That ended the weekly maintenance meeting at the CTUK(Center of Telecommunications ,United Kingdom). Baron was as excited about his new job but just a little more scared too. Because if he messes up anything in his work, he is as good as going to jail.

The CTUK building was huge, as it served for the entire UK. The building was 30 stored building with very modern architecture. The first 4 floors were underground and served as the server room,the most important room in the system. The first 3 floors above ground level were specified in the rooms for Security, Environmental Staff, Kitchen and also there was the entrance to the server room. 

Baron's job was to ensure the good condition of the server room. He was pretty happy with his salary considering his age. He checked the server room once every three days.
The day after Baron's first meeting, it was his workmate Lewis's day to check the server room. The people in charge of the server room were the only ones who had the access to the room. Lewis put on his jacket and got the access card and proceeded towards the room.
He got out from the elevator and entered the room and scrutinized it carefully, while suddenly he got a weird sound coming from the circuit board which he then thought was the cause of the lights suddenly going off. He rushed towards the circuit board and found out it was totally damaged, which resulted in the servers turning off. The Security Chief recklessly sprinted towards the room. When he was just about to call the elevator, he saw Lewis brutally wounded, drooling in pain, shouting and soaked in his own blood.
"YOU HAVE TO KILL THAT MONSTER! IT ALMOST KILLED ME! IT'S MESSING UP THE SERVERS! HOW THE HELL DID IT GET IN?!" Lewis shouted in his highest pitch of voice. It seemed as if Lewis had seen a terrific thing which obviously put him in such state. He was reported to the hospital while the entire office remained useless.
The news about this "monster" had not yet been spread to many people. Not even did the company let the media know. The news didn't even go through the entire building.
Lewis himself didn't even know. He didn't want to be late so he rushed towards the server room in order to check it, from a different access point. He grabbed his pair of keys and got hold of a torch and entered the elevator.

When the elevator door opened he felt good that he had brought a torch because it was dark. Since he was a newbie at his work he opened up a small instructions book regarding his work and silently read it. He didn't rush it. He slowly walked towards the end point of the room with the book in his hand.
Suddenly he heard a growling sound coming from his left. He slowly passed the rows of servers one by one leaving the exit way behind him. The sound got clearer and more deadly. It could be anything, He reckoned that it would probably be a sound recorder some guard dropped by while checking. Because many guards capture the the training lecture on sound recorders.

He went near it. While he saw two of the servers totally grounded. He caught a glimpse of two crimson, radiant, huge pair of eyes. He knew it was his death.

APPENDIX ENTRY#3 - Clones

Clones are exact copies of Reaveins. The clone looks exactly like the Reavein who triggered it. No sign of the material of which they are created can be seen in the surface of their body. Clones are mostly made out of the seven elements of the nature except for wind and fire and lightning. There are wood clones, ground clones, metal clones, ice clones and Symmetrical clones(described on next paragraph). Clones take up much of their masters' energy, like spinct. But uses up a lesser  Clones have the exact same weapons and qualities of the master (like energy and swords). But clones have one weak point unlike their masters' . They have and maintain the exact same properties of the material of which they are created from. For example, a soil/ground clone can be identified fake by melting down when the clone encounters a strong force of water. The master  . Clones mostly shoot out from the ground. They can use Televibe. Clones don't have blood, instead when their skin is pierced, splits of their creator material (e.g. wood) shower out.

Now about the Symmetrical clones. The Symmetrical clone is a very unique, deadly, one-of-a-kind clone. In order to create one, firstly the master(a Reavein) has to sacrifice half of his overall energy. The Symmetrical clone isn't made out of any of the seven elements of the nature, it takes not only the master's looks but the exact same body of him(it has bones, blood, flesh, etc.). Therefore, it doesn't have to face the consequences of the weak point of other clones described above. Additionally, so it cannot be stated to be the fake body anyway no matter how many autopsy anybody runs.

But it has a very challenging disadvantage.
If the clone dies in any way, half of the master's body will be affected by cause of the death of the clone. For example if the clone dies after being struck by a wave of fire, the master will have half of his body badly burned. Will the left part of his body or right will be burned is up to death's choice.

 But that's not all. If the clone dies, the master's lifespan will be halved. Hence, Reaveins may dare to do it only once in a life time.

The symmetrical clone also has its own mind, although the master can control at will if it disobeys. It has logic and understanding. The master can also replace its memories and personalities at will.   

Stay tuned for the next appendix. The magma blade appendix will be published soon!