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I regained consciousness on a beach....I slowly scanned my surroundings...it was clear that I was all alone. Dead bodies were seasoned along the shore. I arose and saw the ship completely destroyed and dismantled on the sand. The water was dyed red with blood. There were limbs, and organs everywhere...the smell was repulsive!

 Some of the same scorched creatures were still chasing me, prompting me to quickly run into the dark forest. I searched and shouted, hoping for someone from the group to answer to no avail. I trenched deeper and saw lava envelope some of the creatures.

  "Lady magma..." I said as I walked towards that direction.

  A few minutes later, I came across her fighting off some creatures. I ran to help and after we finished, we took a second to catch our breath.

   "Where is everyone?", I asked in confusion.

   "I don't know. I woke up alone and tried to find you guys. They must be somewhere around here.." she responded.

   We started traversing the forest together until we happened to find Deflector. She was defending against one of the mysterious creatures using her forcefield while the creature was gnawing at it. I fired my electricity to take them down and we ran to assist Deflector. She embraced us with a tight grip and stated that she didn't know where the other members of the team were.  I nodded and lead the team through the woods. We heard yelling and ran to the source of the noise. The remaining team members were surrounded by those filthy creatures. We jumped in and helped them in a rather intense fight.

   "Glitch!!!", Bolt yelled, excited to see me.

  I smiled at him as we worked together to defeat the creatures. After the conflict, we all took a moment to exchange looks with each other...

  "Are you guys okay?", I asked them.

   Everyone nodded and we decided to continue on with the mission. The ground started to shake and we peered upward towards the sky. The beam was getting brighter and even more destructive. At least we knew we were getting close. We walked and managed to find our way out of the forest.

  We discovered a city, but it was obviously torn down. We entered the city and stopped in our tracks, stunned at the disturbing environment we had just wandered into. It began to pour and lightning cracked through the sky. As we stood in the middle of the street, we observed the devastation that befell the city. Corpses, blood, and organs covered the city streets, while many creatures surrounded us.

  There were buildings on both sides of us engulfed in flames and turning to rubble. There were a few tumbrels nearby, carried by a couple of black horses. Each tumbrel housed prisoners held in chains. Some were clearly dead, starving, or beaten. Next to us laid a corpse that underwent eye-gouging and had it's stomach sliced open. I told Deflector to look away because I could tell she felt ill.

  We walked through the town close together, side-by-side, staying alert of our surroundings. We heard prisoners whispering and as we glanced over at them, they stopped and shot us an evil glare.

   Creatures were walking the prisoners using a whip as a device to force them to listen. We couldn't believe our eyes. We then came to a stop. In front of us existed a giant castle...except half of it was in ruins. Guards were in the front of the castle with bloody spears, ready to defend at any given moment. We stood together as the storm gradually worsened. We looked up and discovered the beam coming from the castle.

  When we least expected it, some creatures walked behind us and knocked us unconscious.

  A few hours passed and we woke up chained...inside the castle. I looked up and there he stood..Shadow Bane. I narrowed my eyes and attempted to move...but I realized my movement was inhibited by chains.