My first story for fun in...well several years lol. If ANYONE here reads it and has tips, pointers, or anything to say, please comment. I enjoy input. Thanks all. [i]Mars. Simply beautiful. This red desert is nothing like the great wastelands back on earth.To think that we once ruled the entire expanse fro…[/i] “You done staring at the dust space wizard?” “Yeh yeh. Get off my case Raiu. You would be doing the same thing if it was a pile of guns. And you know I prefer arcane scholar.” “Whatever. All I’m saying is that if we don’t get moving, that cabal is going to get away. I will not be the first hunter to be outrun by a damn hulking cabal. Let’s go.” [i]I mumble in agreement and start to jog.[/i] [i]Raiu was on watch when the cabal came into view. He was about to slice the top of the beasts head clean of with his long rifle, but he noticed the ghost that was cradled in his arms. Raui quickly decided that this was no ordinary cabal, and thus would be carrying no ordinary loot. His lust for guns stayed his shot. Raiu awoke me and we were off. After slowly following the behemoth , we finally walk into a vast city. The city is being overtaken by the red planets deserts. So beautiful, yet so powerful and unstoppable. [/i] “Hold up.” [i]Raiu pulls out his pistol for close range combat[/i] “We are not alone Matt…” [i]I hear clicking and grunts in the surrounding buildings. A base? Some sort of cabal hold? *SLAM* A cabal jumps from a second story floor and brandishes his canon as 2 more giants drop in behind him.[/i] “Nothing is free in this world, eh Raiu?” “Shut up and shoot you idiot!” [i] I reach inward to my energy and feel the power flowing through me. I direct the arcane essence to my hand and stare into the blue sphere of sparkling light…simply beautiful…[/i]