Kelsier Achylis's Story

Kelsier stretched as he began waking up. Looking around his dark room he reached into the wall next to him grabbing a soda off of the counter. He sat up pulling his hand back out of the wall popping the top of his soda. Grumbling as he emptied the soda in a single drink. "I need to go gathering today." Finally getting the motivation to get out of bed Kelsier pulled on his normal clothes on before stepping into his wall.

Moments later Kelsier was in the alley behind one of the only open air markets left. Smiling he walked out into the street a hand in his pocket playing with the handle of one of his knives. Wandering through he market he made note of anything that looked good before stepping into the alley at the end of the block. 'As much as I hate this I need to eat...' Reaching into the wall Kelsier reached into the bottom of the stall selling bread and grabbed himself a few loaves before moving on to the next stall gathering supplies for the week. Hearing a commotion from the marked Kelsier decided it would probably be best if he wasn't found and decided to jump home to drop off his things before moving on to the rest of the day.

It took almost an hour but Kelsier had finally managed to get to the top of the tallest building in the city. "Well this is as good a place as any..." Reaching into his pocket he grabbed a sheet of paper and one of his knives. He set the paper on the side of the tower and stabbed his knife through it. "Hopefully someone will find it." Shrugging he began his decent back into the city to search for someone, anyone with powers that would hear him out.

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The note.

I'm Kelsier, an awakened from the day of dark. I've been on my own since that day and am hopping to change that if you found this it most likely that you are also an awakened. I will be at this tower for 30 minutes every day starting at noon. After a week I change locations so make contact with me by then if you want to meet.

After the bus reached its final stop, Astro gets off and began to walk aimlessly with little drive or motivation towards an unknown destination, reflecting on his past. The sound of multiple sirens rushing toward him snapped him out of his trance.

Astro looked ahead to see a guy on a skateboard riding away from the metropolitan police at a very quick pace. They would soon catch up to him but with utter disbelief, Astro watched as he disappeared in the blink of an eye. All that remained was the skateboard which plummeted into a now angry homeless guy.

"Was that.. No it could,nt be", Astro thought as he felt something spark inside him. "He disappeared, he has powers too!" Astro mumbled as the cops drove and ran by him. Astro immediately began to look around the area for foot prints of some kind, anything that would show where he went.

After a few minutes of nothing Astro began to think. "okay, so he most likely did'nt disappear.. teleported?" "If that was the case he would be long gone", Astro walks down the ally with a million thoughts going through his head.

*Astro had heard stories of people doing unnatural and unique things, and that the government was grabbing them left and right taking them away. As a pre-caution, Astro has been so far under radar that he had never encountered anyone like him until now.*

He hits the wall in frustration. "I find someone like me and i lose them", he thinks as he begin to look at the sky.

Just then his spoted someone on one of the tallest buildings in the city before he disappeared. "My luck has not failed me yet!" he said, smiling running full speed to the building.

The note.

I'm Kelsier, an awakened from the day of dark. I've been on my own since that day and am hopping to change that if you found this it most likely that you are also an awakened. I will be at this tower for 30 minutes every day starting at noon. After a week I change locations so make contact with me by then if you want to meet....

After reaching the top with a little help from a feather he kept in his bag, Astro reads the note. He abruptly looked down at his watch, "well guess he will not be back until tomorrow."

Astro sat at the front of the tower smiling, for once in what seemed like forever Astro was looking over the city instead of the sky. "I wonder what type of person this guy is, from the looks of the cops he pissed off, is he really the type of person i want to get to know?"

"No, i might not get another chance like this besides i don't know why but it feels like this is where i am meant to be." Astro sat his dark brown bag beside him and took out a skeleton like tooth, and a feather placing them in his pocket.

"If things go south i always got the element of surprise." Astro mumbles, playing out the multiple scenarios and escape routes in his head.

"Best scenario ill have someone to talk with about all this.. craziness." he thinks, gazing around Astro started to notice that it was way more noisy and busy than usual.

As Kelsier was sulking through the down town area of the city he heard a mind shattering scream echo through the city. Without thinking Kelsier began running toward what he decided was the direction of the scream. After less than a minute of jumping through the shadows Kelsier found the source of the screaming. "Wait! Why did I run towards the screaming this is the opposite of the direction I should be running." Thoroughly freaked out Kelsier crouched down in the alley hiding himself as best he was able watching over the box trying to figure out what was going on.

He couldn't gather much from his hiding spot but he could tell it was something he didn't want to be involved in. As he turned to leave the scene he saw a car pulling up rather quickly. 'Could it be one of those government people that's supposed to stop this stuff?' Deciding to err on the side of caution Kelsier stepped into the wall behind himself and followed the car's progress as close as he could. So excited in his unknown chase he didn't think to watch his time in the shadow and just as the car stopped he fell out of the wall landing flat on his face next to the car.

Rolling over as quickly as he could gasping for breath Kelsier got to his knees shakily standing up. "S-s-sorry wasn't w-watching my t-time." Finally able to stank Kelsier ran a hand through his hair. "Got a few extra seconds this time though!" Kelsier chuckled to himself before falling silent looking at the people from the car. "Umm sorry I didn't mean any harm... I-I'll just be leaving."

Jack stepped out of the vehicle, straightening his suit and tie as he did. "Renegade. Looks like shadow powers. Should be relatively easy to capture." He gestured for Narissa to step out of the vehicle. "However, I'll give you one chance, renegade. Surrender and you will be welcomed."

Just then, more screams reached Jack's ears and he turned. "Hmph... no time." He looked at Kelsier. "You're lucky, renegade. The next time we meet, I'll be taking you in."

He ran towards the square, pushing against the fleeing people. "Variel! Back me up!" he called over his shoulder.

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More of the creature was becoming clear as it sucked the souls out of the living. Maverick backed away.

"What is that thing?" he gasped, his hands shaking.

Don't be afraid. The voice said, heard by every channeler in the vicinity. This is why you were given powers. This is your purpose. You must stop them. You must. The voice dissipated, but Maverick understood.

"We were all drawn here," Maverick said, nodding. "We're going to have to defeat this thing. We might be the only ones who can."

"Here goes nothing," he muttered. Maverick extended his hand, flame rushing around it, and collecting in his outstretched palm. "Fire Shot!" he called, blasting the fireball into the center of the creature's mass. The monster recoiled, but the mist that it was formed from quickly reformed.

"Not enough," Maverick muttered, then his eyes widened as more tendrils began sprouting, heading for him and the other channelers.

"Ay, ay, ay, what kind of a thing are we put into?" Joung shook her head in disbelief.

Even though nobody had the time to comprehend the direction of the events, Joung was from those who needed it. It's not a common experience when you live your daily life and suddenly you have to fight an enormous deadly creature. However the blacking out of the world ten years ago, the voices in the head back then and now and the supernatural abilities would be good hints that one day you'd witness something bizarre.

"How in the world are we supposed to defeat this thing?" Joung curled her eyebrows. Suddenly, she gasped, her eyes widened and she lifted her arm.

"Hey, Maverick!" She turned to the young man. "Do another flame! But don't throw it right away! I need to try out something with you!"

Having made his way into town Alexander's head felt like it ruptured when he heard a scream, enhanced hearing could be a killer at times.Launching himself into a sprint he sped down the street, sharply turning to make his way as swiftly as he could. Soon he spotted a creature in the sky, Sliding to a halt he raised an eye brow and chuckled "Okay now i am just seeing shit."

Soon he heard a voice, that haunting voice that once echoed within in his mind a decade ago. As quickly as the voice came it faded away back into oblivion again. Turning another corner he simply stared at the beast " Could of at least told how to stop it..Useless disembodied voice" Watching a fire ball hit the creature he blinked and looked down noticing everyone else now though he got an idea

Walking across he firmly placed both his hands on a street sign. Inhaling deeply he suddenly pulled upwards with all his might, Slowly the concrete gave and he managed to free the sign. Shifting his grip he held the sign with one hand and brought it level with his ear. Pulling back he launched the metal pole like a javelin towards the creature, it struck the creature. But seemed to do little.

Seeing tendrils now approach him, he rolled to the side and began scrambling to keep his footing as he managed to dodge the tendrils and somehow keep himself in a favourable position as he wondered what to do next.

Narissa jumped out of the car and smiled at the young man who had fallen out of the wall's shadow. "Really? Shadow Powers? Cool!" She then turns to Kelsier, about to ask a question but Jack interrupts her with an order. Her face becoming serious, Narissa turned away and followed after Jack, keeping up despite her heeled shoes. "Yes Sir!"

A blimp was hovering over the city as the creature attacked. Contraband's voice emitted from the blimp's loudspeaker, loudly relaying a message for everyone in the city, "Attention one, attention all! A horrific creature is attacking the city and panic is running through the streets. Schools are closed, work is put on hold, and what I can only assume is general looting and chaos is running rampant in the streets," Raphael informed the populace. "Some old diseased man is stealing your iphone and throwing up on your car right now! and yes, I'm talking to you!" Contraband spat at no one in particular.

"If a band of heroes can come and save the day....well, they might just need some armaments to help 'em do the job. Just come by Contraband's, located at 32nd and Shatner street!" the salesman pitched. "We got ammo, we got blades...and maybe even a sock-it launcher or two! What's that? Ya got your own weapons. They're worthless. Garbage. Get rid of 'em. Stop having boring weapons, stop having a boring life," Contraband reprimanded the fools in his domain. And hey, if our heroes fail and this is indeed the end times...we got food AND water! Most shops aren't prepared for ANY emergency...but Contraband's is."