Chapter 6: Start of a revolt

“The first…….Great Realm War.”(Star)

“Why the dramatic pause?”(Narrator)

“It makes the story sound like it has a cliffhanger.”(Star)

‘Whisper’ “Mastering writing allows a person to remember everything within the last seventy-two hours perfectly. That explains it.”(Narrator)

I heard that you know and how does that explain it? ‘Sigh’ I need to add some context here for my own sanity.

“I’m writing the fictional story of our world’s history first. Then I will work on the historical one. By the way, what do you think is better. I start the story from my perspective going around and writing the book as I learn the history or, from when Samantha attacks the black castle and move on from there?”(Star)

“Your perspective because it will allow the story to flow better…... You ready to start listening to the story again?”(Narrator)

“Good to know and yes. I am ready.”(Star)

“Then let's start….. ‘Cough’ ‘cough’..... And after I saw her…...”(Narrator)

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* 500 years earlier -

* Samantha’s POV -

“And after I saw her die in front of me, everything went black.”(Diuscrucis)

“Really? Everything went black. You don’t remember anything. Not even the and I quote “I will just kill all of you.” Thing? I mean that shit was scary as hell!”(Samantha)

“Not at all. All I remember was seeing my mother die and waking up in the Underworld while missing my left arm.”(Diuscrucis)

He said it with a straight face. He must really not remember. This almost makes me want to hold his head in my arms and whisper to him that it will be ok. He will slowly start to find comfort in me  and then I can…...

“Your drooling.”(Diuscrucis)

‘While wiping drool away’ Crap! Daydreaming while talking to him again. I need to stop doing that.

“Then let me fill in the missing bits then. We will start from when your sister and I were leaving my house that morning.”(Samantha)

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several thousand years earlier -

‘Yelling’ “Samantha! Hurry up! We are going to be late. What are you doing?”(Suzi)

‘Yelling’ “Just looking over old memory crystals. Be their in a minute.”(Samantha)

‘Yelling’ “Just hurry it up. I don’t want to miss my appointment.”(Suzi)

Appointment…. Right…….. When is tricking your brother into a date an appointment? I hope nothing goes wrong with this.

‘Yelling’ “Samantha!”(Suzi)

‘Yelling’ “I’m coming!  I’m coming! Why are you so impatient? We are not going to be late or anything. Just calm down and remember to follow the plan. If you don’t keep him properly distracted then I can't get what I need ready for the fight!”(Samantha)

“Don’t worry. I will. I will. I spent the last three months making sure my dearest brother won't be able to buy our mom a gift just for this.”(Suzi)

“Please remind me why you're my best friend.”(Samantha)

“We grew up together and both fell in love with the same guy. We have known each other for over a decade and have always had each other's back. Besides, who else do you know knows how to dispose of a dead body?”(Suzi)

“Good point. Get in. I will drive you to the market place.”(Samantha)

“You seem to be in a good mood. Can I expect this for the whole day or…”(Suzi)

“Get in the fucking Humvee.”(Samantha)

“Yes Ma’am!”(Suzi)

Diving into the front passenger seat of my Humvee, Suzi sits up and stares expectantly at me to start driving. My custom made Humvee is a camouflage red and maroon color. It can comfortably fit a dozen people and has a large black anti-personnel minigun at the top. It can shoot up to seven hundred rounds of anti-magic, armor piercing rounds a second and never overheats. It can go zero to five hundred and twenty kph in three seconds and has a thousand miles to the gallon. It can hold up to 50 gallons. The last two are thanks to Diuscrucis messing with the engine. It even has five inch thick magic and bullet resistant armor. I am not ashamed to admit that when Dad bought me this as a going away gift when I joined the army, I cried. I’ve had this car for three years and I only needed to take it to the mechanic once when Suzi tried to steal it as a prank. Let's just say that when it comes to my Humvee, no one is allowed to mess with it. And I mean nobody. As I got into the driver's seat I saw Suzi shiver immediately after I remembered how she hot wired my car once.

“I can feel your hatred even though you aren't showing it on your face Samantha. I said I was sorry and I will never do it again didn’t I?”(Suzi)

“Just because you're sorry doesn't mean I will forgive you for doing it the first time.”(Samantha)

I then drove her to the market place and after we said our goodbyes, I went straight to the arena. Suzi gave me her parking pass so I have my own private place to park at the arena. I'm happy she gave it to me because if she didn’t then I would have nowhere to park. Parking my Humvee I got out and started pulling my equipment from the back seat. Looking around the crowded parking lot for anyone I know, I grabbed my overstuffed duffle bag and locked my car when I didn’t see anyone staring at me. I spent the next few minutes pushing my way through the crowd until I made it inside the arena. Walking through the long halls and passing people who were shoving each other to get there ideal spot in front of the plasma tvs, I bumped into two people who I didn’t want to see.

“SAMANTHA!!!!!! Is that you?!”(???)

‘Whisper’ “Just keep walking. She will eventually go away if you just ignore her.”(Samantha)

“Samantha! Why you ignoring us?! Can’t you show at least some love to your co-workers?”(???)

“Sammy is just being her cold hearted self…”(???)

“God damn it! Stop calling me Sammy you damned playgirl!”(Samantha)

The two women running up to me are Crescendo and π. 

“Yes. Her name is the math symbol for π. We just spell it as Pi for our own sake.”(Narrator)

 I first met them when I joined  Heaven’s Valkyrie corps a few years back. We all joined it together and have been working as a team since we were assigned to work under Loki’s command. Pi is a hyper energetic loli. She is small with big green eyes, has longish brown hair, and has beautiful butterfly wings. Crescendo is a tall well toned woman with long wavy forest green hair, hot pink eyes, and a modest breast size. She has near flawless skin, and is beautiful enough that most straight women think she's hot enough to sleep with. Why she decided to join the army and not modeling or show business is beyond me. She doesn't have wings to fly but, she can charge up this weird white light around herself that lets her do it. When she does this her hair turns a shiny white color and becomes a little spiky at the end. The white light around her is completely see through and mostly transparent but, you can tell that the outline of the force is white.

‘Giggles’ “Yes! Bad mouth me more!”(Pi)

“Come on hun. We haven’t seen you for weeks. At least try to show some good spirits. It’s even a great day to hang out and get some..…slightly heavy drinks.” (Crescendo)

“Fuck off you two. Last time I went drinking with you both I almost ended up fucking you and was sent to jail for beating the shit out of Pi in the restroom because people thought she was a little kid.”(Samantha)

“Best. Girls night out. Ever.”(Pi)

‘Whisper’ “I got so close to being able to drink from your glorious fountain. If only...….”(Crescendo)

I need to find a way to shake these two. I can’t do my job with these two hanging so close to me. If only……

“Stop Fucking Groping My Ass!!!!”(Samantha)

“Come now. You know you like it.”(Playgirl)

“Pi!”(Samantha)

“Yes!”(Pi)

“Bla. Bla. Bla. Bla bla. Bla. Bla.”(Samantha)

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- Several thousand years later -

“Wait. Wait. Wait. You did not say bla bla bla bla bla.”(Diuscrucis)

“You missed two blas.”(Death)

“Bla bla.”(Diuscrucis)

“I don’t want to repeat what I said from back then. Besides, It was just a lot of verbal abuse and some aggressive BDSM wordplay. Nothing important.”(Samantha)

“.....................................”(Diuscrucis/Death)

“Don’t look at me like that and why are you both smirking?!?!”(Samantha)

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- Several thousand years earlier -

‘High pitched girlish scream’ “Oh Yes!!!”(Masoc…..I mean Pi)

Falling to the floor after multiple orgasims Pi fell uncontious. She was then picked up by an overly happy Crescendo in a princess carry.

“You won this time Sammy. I will be sure Pi is better prepared for the next time we meet today. Now if you'll excuse me. I have feminine urges to get rid of.”(Crescendo)

“Stop calling me Sammy damn it!”(Samantha)

‘Giggles’ “No.”(Crescendo)

Seeing them off I started to move at a much faster pace. With my luck, I will see them again before this day ends. Reaching my desired location I opened a side door to enter an empty storage room. Dropping my duffel, I pulled out some explosives and scattered them at key points throughout the room. When I finished I melted the sides of the door closed when I left and went to two more rooms diagonally above the storage room and did the same thing…...almost. The rooms above the storage room were VIP spots so, I had to kill the VIPs before I could rig them. Finishing my job early allowed me to have a good hour or so before I had to go onto the next step of the plan. Walking toward the competition’s register counters I got in line and waited to join the monster car showdowns. This competition is rather simple. All participants enter an underground mini stadium with their vehicles. When the match starts then you drive around and try to immobilize the other vehicles with your vehicle's weapons. Last person driving wins. I have been waiting for this competition for years and I have just enough time to participate in it.

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- Present day -

“And yes Star. The arena has multiple floors. How else do you expect tens of billions of people to gather in one place and participate in hundreds of thousands of competitions.”(Narrator)

“Wouldn’t it need several hundred floors then?”(Star)

“205 actually. Now shush. I'm trying to tell a story.”(Narrator)

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- Several thousand years earlier -

When I reached the front of the line a red haired pink eyed elf girl tapped me on the shoulder.

“What do you want elf I’m busy?”(Samantha)

“What just happened?”(???)

Who the fuck is this brat. I can easily see that she is to weak to be in the life betting lines and what does she mean by what just happened? You tapped my shoulder to get my attention jackass.

“Hey I’m busy! If you don’t have anything to say then leave! Actually, you look pitifully weak so come here and let's sign you up for the betting matches so when you lose I can have the satisfaction of watching you suffer.(Samantha)

Grabbing her by the arm I dragged her to the counter and called out to old jack who is a red skinned demon receptionist.

“Sign this girl up for the life betting rounds my good sir.”(Samantha)

“And sign me up as that girl’s partner!”(Suzi)

The fuck? Why is Suzi participating?

“I knew this was a bad idea.”(???)

“Too late kid you're participating.”(Samantha)

“Samantha! That’s enough.  Can’t you see the girl is panicking here. Let her off and go back to whatever you were doing.”(Suzi)

Pulling the girl into a hug Suzi started whispering something into her ear. Must be trying to get laid again. 

“Now why would I do that if she is just a waste of space. I’m doing her a favor by giving her life away to be more useful. Why are you helping this elf anyway? Last I checked you don’t have any elf friends.”(Samantha)

“You don’t have to say it like that. Besides, she is the first one I made and I’ve known her for a long time.”(Suzi)

“Oh really?”(Samantha)

Fucking Liar!

“You have an elf friend? Why haven't I met her? We know all of each other's friends after all.”(Samantha)

“That's because I didn’t want you threatening her.”(Suzi)

“Name.”(Samantha)

“Star Mcbeth.”(Suzi)

“Origins.”(Samantha)

“A rural village on Terra.”(Suzi))

“First met.”(Samantha)

“Ten years ago at the last competitions”(Suzi)

“Variation.”(Samantha)

‘ glances back’ “Umm...Blood elf variant.”(Suzi)

“Ha! You don’t know her!”(Samantha)

“Crap. Ok I don’t know her.”(Suzi)

“So why help her?”(Samantha)

“There is something interesting about her and I want to find out what it is.”(Samantha)

“Our plans are already derailed so go ahead. I’m forced to use “Loki’s fall back plan #15” anyways. Good luck and don’t lose. I might not be able to get you out of trouble this time.”(Samantha)

“Loki fall back plan #15?”(Suzi)

“Improvise.”(Samantha)

“Why are you using military protocol and what are fallback plans #1-14?”Suzi)

“Force of habit.”(Samantha)

Handing Suzi one of the Loki protocol/law books I wait for her to finish reading the first few pages before taking it back.

“#1 retreat while attacking the enemy..……. #7 release an army of fire breathing chickens to cover your escape so you can sneak around and flank the enemy. Yup. Here you go. I remember why I stopped trying to understand your boss.(Suzi)

“Glad to hear that. Wish me luck.”(Samantha)

“Ya. Likewise.”(Suzi)

Turning around I walked back to my line only to find out that I won't be able to join my competition because my time frame is too short. Damn that elf! I now need to wait another ten years before I can try joining again. ‘Sigh’ I spent the next half hour snacking on deserts and watching the “Who’s the best torturer” competition. I even learned a few new things like how to properly skin a person alive without them dying or falling unconscious from the pain. Finishing up my desert I started walking to where the Devil was located. On my way there I saw Suzi and the elf fighting two angels. Suzi was fighting an angel with a large tower shield and she looked pissed. She yelled at the top of her lungs and shadows started to surround the angel while she tried to move around the shield. The shadows were moving in sink and trying to pierce his armor with spear like thrusts but were blocked with ease. Suzi has completely abandoned defense and looked like she was desperately trying to break through his shield with brute strength alone. The angel was effortlessly blocking all of her attacks.

“Not good. She has fallen into “combat” mode third stage, The berserker. if she gets to stage four then not even the people on the stands will be safe from her. Not to mention that elf.”(Samantha)

Speaking of the elf. What was her name again? I think it was Star or something like that. She was firing arrows at ice golems and a mage. with a single arrow she was destroying the golems and shooting at the mage in between shots while creating a tornado around herself. After a while she launched the tornado at the mage and attacked the angel with a tower shield. Getting through both of their defenses Suzi took the opportunity to injure the mage before killing the other angel. Star shot the last angel with an arrow killing him too.

“Not bad kid. And here I thought you were useless.”(Samantha)

I continued walking until I reached the black door leading to the Devil’s room.

‘Knock’ knock’ “Aunt K may I come in?”(Samantha)

“By all means.”(Devil)

Walking in I see the Devil lounging on a leather couch looking longingly at a statue of a man wielding a sword while being surrounded by women. There was an orange haired maid getting ready to leave to my right.

‘Soft Sobbing’ “Draw your weapon when you're ready.”(Devil)

“So you already know.”(Samantha)

‘Soft Sobbing’ “Of course I do. You think I would let my murderous daughter roam around freely without keeping her under constant surveillance? Her ambition is much too large to be restrained by me. I knew this day would come sooner or later.”(Devil)

“I see.”(Samantha)

‘Soft Sobbing’ “Do you know why I’m crying?”(Devil)

“Why?”(Samantha)

‘Soft Sobbing’ “Because my son bought me a wonderful gift and I won't be able to receive another from him in the foreseeable future.”(Devil)

“Why's that?”(Samantha)

‘Soft Sobbing’ “Because right now one of us is going to die. If I kill you then he won't forgive me for killing his childhood friend. If I die I won't be able to receive them for obvious reasons and he would despise you. So I ask you. Will you be willing to walk away and let me live? Please?”(Devil)

“No.”(Samantha)

‘Wiping tears away’ “.....Ha! Ha! Ha! Guess there's no turning back now. I so wish that sob story would have worked. I actually liked you.”(Devil)

Getting off the couch and putting the statue on the floor, the Devil turned around to face me. Green flames flowed around her momentarily and then her appearance changed. She was six and a half feet tall with black hair and red eyes. She had two white goat horns that burned with a dark green flame. In each hand she had a black machete with pulsing red engravings. She was wearing a bright red battle armor that left just enough for the imagination while still being considered armor. Looking at her I could tell this was going to be a tough fight. I pulled out a black dagger with a golden outline from my duffle before willing it into a long sword. Willing my pitch black armor to appear while I stood in a ready position, I waited.

“Nice armor. It looks like a black ballerina uniform.”(Devil)

“It’s not a ballerina uniform damn it! It’s proper woman’s battle armor!”(Samantha)

“ Ha! Ha! No battle armor has a tutu.”(Devil)

“It’s not a fucking tutu! It’s a goddamn battle skirt!”(Samantha)

“Whatever you say Sam but, you know you could have found another way to take me down.. I mean your plan had my kids joining the same competition as partners and losing together but, that suddenly changed last minute. You could have easily backed out so we didn’t have to fight.”(Devil)

“Enough talking. Let's end this.”(Samantha)

“So be it. I, Katana arquipelago shall be your opponent. Feel honored brat. Not many get to say they fought the Devil.”(Katana)

After saying those words she kicked the couch at me. Diving out of the way I turned to see the couch block the door and the devil charging at me.

‘Cling' 'cling' 'cling'  “Is this all you got brat?! I was kinda expecting more from you.”(Katana)

After colliding with Katana I rolled to the side in order to gain some distance. Immediately turning as I got back up we started fighting again at a much faster rate than before. We repeated this process several times before I finally got her into a position that I could start to hurt her. She was starting to gain small cuts here and there. 

‘Cling’ ‘cling’ ‘cling’ “Not bad. This is much better.”(Katana)

Finally pushing her against the wall I managed to unbalance her enough to get a solid hit in. As I am swinging down my sword, I had to stop halfway through and launch myself backwards before a silver spear could pierce the side of my stomach. Looking at the spear wielder I saw the orange haired succubus and Katana getting ready to charge at me together.

“Fuck!”(Samantha)

"What? Did you think I would be arrogant enough to fight you alone? My daughter asked you to kill me. That means you should have some marginal chance at beating me.”(Katana)

They both charged at me while I changed my weapon into two curved swords. I then spent the next hour playing stand up twister. These two have stupid amounts of coordination. They have me surrounded and while they attack me full force, they never seem to hit or hinder each other. Collecting cuts, broken bones and a weariness for long pointy objects, I am thrown through the couch and into the door. The only thing I could accomplish while fighting both of them was cutting one of Katana’s horns off. I admit that it was probably the reason I was so quickly hurled across the room in the first place but, it was worth it. I wasn't able to hurt that damn succubus at all though. It's really frustrating.

“Any last words Samantha?”(Katana)

“Ya. Thanks for the fight. It was really eye opening. I now know what I need to work on to improve myself.”(Samantha)

“You make it sound like you will survive this.”(Katana)

“I will. I just wanted to tell you one thing Devil and especially you orange haired asshole!”(Samantha)

“What's that?”(Katana)

“Go fuck yourself.”(Samantha)

Saying that I curled up into a ball and surrounded myself with my wings. Then I pulled a small orb out of my pocket and crushed it in my hand. How I went through this entire fight without them hitting it, is something I will never know.

“What are you…?”(Katana) 

‘crunch’ ‘shatter’ ‘beep’ ‘beep’ ‘beep’ “Well that's not fair at all.”(Katana/Orange haired woman)

'Booooooooooooooommmmmmm’