The Silent Zion: The Hunt

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 07:45 AM

Genres:
Horror
Action/Adventure

It began with the Japanese Civil War. The Military against the Samurai...Not only did the Samurai lose, one of them was taken prisoner. In the years after, Japan paid the U.S. billions of dollars to deliver some simple fountain water to them for an experiment. However, both knew what this water was. It was water from the Fountain of Youth. The Eternal Spring, whose waters would stop death from old age, and essentially make the drinker immortal. A few small packages of the stuff were given to the former samurai every few years. But one year, in 2005, the nameless samurai was through. He'd had enough. Breaking free during an experiment, he destroyed the facility he was located at, and then went into hiding.

5 years later, he was tracked down through a series of gruesome murders around a mountain known to the Iwabi as Hell's Temple, located on an island 16 hours southeast of Japan's main island. around 200 or so years of research, hiding on an island. Those who went to the island were utterly massacred.

Then, in 2015, the United States declared war on Japan, stating that they were tricked into giving water from the Fountain of Youth to the Japanese. Japan had no time to prepare herself for invasion, and was quickly obliterated, totally wiped off the face of the Earth.

It's now 2020...And the United States is preparing for war yet again. All of Europe is poised to strike the Americans down for being so heartless...But something looms silently in the darkness. An avenger without a name, or even a face anymore...He is known only as the Silent Zion.

You are a member of a secret band of fighters, ranging from healers to swordsman to assassins to magicians. In the shadows lays the ultimate weapon against the evil of the United States; the Silent Zion. Your mission as a member of the Shadow Wolves is to track this being down and recruit him to help you take down the US. If he can not be recruited, you are to kill him, so none may ever use him for evil means.

You were born all born in a town with no name and brought to the Shadow Wolves, which was at first a research group. They studied the power of those who were graced with power given to them by all the forces of Eternity. The best of you is practically invincible. The worst of you can still kick some ass. You're to head to the debriefing room in 30 minutes. I suggest you get moving.

Name: Drake Alexander/Sara McDowell
Codename: Duo/Blademaster
Age: 25/26
Gender: Male
Power: Split personality that fights like a demon/psychic arms that cut even through steel like it was made of butter.
Personality: Drake is a deadly warrior in battle. However, he is very kind to the fellow members of the Shadow Wolves, whom he finds are much like him. Sara, on the other hand...She's gentle and shy. But that doesn't mean she won't hurt you.
Bio: Drake's powers, and personality, were first discovered during a routine test. Drake snapped one of the doctor's arms off when he looked at it, and then the doctor's body proceeded to fall into tiny pieces. Ever since, Drake has kept himself bound in a straight jacket with special crystals designed to hold his powers at bay unless they are needed.

Drake sat in his wheelchair, letting one of the attendants wheel him into the briefing room. His straightjacket was wrapped tightly around him, but he didn't seem to care.

**Ceraas** · 06-15-2008, 09:16 AM

Name: Benjamin Hearthrow
Codename: Pyro
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Power: Fire
Personality: Passionate and understanding, Benjamin is a caring soul, one who struggles to understand how some people could be so heartless as to wipe out an entire culture.
Bio: Growing up to be a warrior of the Shadow Wolves, Benjamin was trained to use a staff and multiple forms of firearms. Though exceptionally talented with his weapons, Benjamin did not seem to possess any sort of special power that others like him were displaying. That all came to a rapid change when he was 16.

During a spar with another student, the kid got frank and, even after trashing Benjamin in the fight, kept beating him. A girl jumped out and tried to stop the kid was was backhanded and took a tumble over a small ledge. Her scream shook Benjamin to the core as he jumped up was was instantly engulfed in dark azure flames. The kid could only watch in terror as Benjamin slowly walked towards him and gave him a sharp jab to the face, leaving a burned scar across much of his face. Benjamin later found the girl, bruised and unconscious, but alive.

Since then, Benjamin has worked to improve his skill with his tools of war, mundane and special.

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 09:28 AM

Drake sat quietly in his chair for a moment, then stood and stretched his legs. A man of about 45 stood before him. "Well, Drake, how has it been?"

Drake bowed with his jacket still attached. "The urges are coming slower. It's easier to control them now, Commander Jun. But...The 'freezes' aren't slowing a bit. They seem to come and go as they please."

Commander Jun nodded and pat Drake on the shoulder, keeping his head out of reach of the almost monsterish looking mask hiding Drake's face, all but his blue eyes, which carried a deep sadness, and yet a terrifying darkness within them. "I'm sorry lad...Have you seen any of the others on your way here?"

Drake shook his head. "No sir, none. They're probably still coming from the mess hall and their beds."

**Ceraas** · 06-15-2008, 09:48 AM

Benjamin was walking through the hallway, laughing loudly with his friends as he shoveled a piece of toast and some bacon into his mouth. One bad thing about being a fire starter, Benjamin discovered, was that his metabolism was much higher than a normal humans, and as such, he had a much bigger appetite.

"Go on without me, Frank. I'll catch up with you later." Benjamin called out, waving a hand at his friend, before he turned and walked back into the mess hall, packing another tray full of scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and some fruit. He set it down with an empty sound. The mess hall was completely deserted now, but it hardly mattered to Benjamin.

After he quickly shoveled down his fourth helping, pausing long enough to put down some juice, Benjamin jumped up and picked an apple up. He hefted it a few times before he threw it and spun on the spot, throwing a dart of fire energy at the target, blowing it to pieces. He started hefting more apples and began to blow them apart as part of his morning exercise. It was easy to hit three targets with a fire ball. It took precise to his three targets while not damaging nearby objects or friendlies.

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 09:55 AM

It was then that the intercom came up through the entire facility, a giant building that was half underground, half in the mountains. To find it would be hard as hell, even with currently existing technology such as thermal scanning.

The intercom resounded throughought the base. "All Shadow Wolves are to report to the briefing room. This is urgent. Do not stop to talk with friends who are not of the Shadow Wolves Division. You have now have 15 minutes."

Drake put the microphone down after the message and coughed lightly. He stood by the white screen, used for photographs of maps and other important details. Already, a map was on the screen, with a red circle around an island a southeast of the main island of Japan.

**Ceraas** · 06-15-2008, 10:02 AM

Benjamin look up the moment the intercom cracked to life. The instant the guy was done speaking, Benjamin dropped the last apple and bolted from the mess hall. Though the message said fifteen minutes, Benjamin caught the subtle hint that said "Get your ass in gear and move it."

As he turned the corner and saw the main corridor filled with students poking their heads around, Benjamin let out a sigh before dark azure flames engulfed his lower legs and sent him into the air. As he flew past students, he let off small darts of fire. Not anywhere near harmful, just minor annoyances. "Clear the hallways. Clear the hallways."

As soon as he arrived at the door to the briefing room, Benjamin let himself down ease, wiping the soot off his pants. Fireproof clothes were a must with a Fire starter. Benjamin quickly took a seat near the back and waited for the others to file in.

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 10:09 AM

Drake nodded at Benjamin. "It's good to see you made it, Pyro...Don't tell me we're the only ones going on this blasted mission..."

**Ceraas** · 06-15-2008, 10:12 AM

Benjamin smiled and flashed a thumbs up. "Come on, Drake. Knowing us, we could take this mission by ourselves. Piece of cake."

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 10:13 AM

Drake held back a laugh. "Who does that thumbs up stuff anymore? We're not back in 3rd grade, ya know."

**Ceraas** · 06-15-2008, 10:20 AM

Benjamin chuckled and shrugged. "Hey, old habits die hard, ya know? My old man gave me a thumbs up every day, and I gave one back. The one day I didn't give him a thumbs up, he has a heart attack and dies before I got home. Shit like that teaches you to be superstitious, you know?

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 10:23 AM

Drake merely shrugged his shoulders, then grumbled and yawned, picking up the microphone. "Attention, Shadow Wolves. You have 10 minutes left before the briefing begins. Again, you have 10 minutes left."

**Ceraas** · 06-15-2008, 10:27 AM

Benjamin just sat quietly in the back, watching other Shadow Wolves come in one by one. Some looked harmless, much like Benjamin did. Others looked ready to snap on anything that breathed wrong. Still others looked like Drake. Those where the ones that most people watched out for. Those were the ones that infamous legends and rumors were told of.

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 10:45 AM

Drake greeted none of the others, but still acknowledged their presence. He looked at the clock in the back of the room, the nodded and let himself out of his straightjacket using his pods, the psychic arms. He dropped the jacket on his wheel chair and stretched, turning to the screen and pointing to the circled island. "This island is Kumojin, located about 16 hours southeast of the main island of Japan. Our mission is to find the Silent Zion. It's going to be a very difficult task. Any who have gone there have been killed in gruesome, if not artisitic ways. I will be leading this mission. Any questions so far?"

**Ceraas** · 06-15-2008, 10:53 AM

Benjamin smirked as some cocky-faced guy threw up and hand. "Yeah, I got a question. Why the hell are we being assigned a mission to find some dude with a grudge and a knife? Come on, what could one man possibly do in this war?"

'And there's strike one... Probably his only strike.' Benjamin thought with a shake of his head.

**Avankiri** · 06-15-2008, 11:13 AM

Drake twitched an eye and lifted a hand, two of his psychic arms lifting the man into the air. "Because, Ice. This guy was subject to over 200 years of genetic research, not to mention he's practically immortal thanks to the Fountain of Youth. And he doesn't use a knife..."

At this, Drake got up close to the guy and lifted his shirt, running a finger slowly up the guy's stomach and across his chest. "They say he likes to use his bair hands to rip out one of your ribs, then stab you through your own heart with it...But you'd probably do that too if you were the subject of torture and pain for over 200 years...This one man has taken down entire squads of marines, once up to 30 men in less than 50 seconds. That's why we're going after him..."

Drake let the guy go and walked back up to the screen. "If we fail, our objective changes to killing the Zion. If he gets into the hands of the U.S., we're screwed...Any other questions, kids?"