A guardian never backs down from a monster. At least, that’s what years of training had taught him. But as the creature crept towards him, it let out a low rumble and flashed a sickening smile that caused the guardian to shutter. It had an impossible number of teeth which all glinted in the moonlight…

When I arrive at the tower, Abaoaqu is already there. Then again, he’s always there. You just can’t see him unless you know where to look. I squint my eyes where he rests, and I see the slight distortion he makes in the sunlight.

There was a lull in the battle; the kind of quiet respite that you hope for when you've just seen millions of your buddies put through the meat grinder. Private Hyde sat alone in the crowd of his fellow soldiers, barreling through the sky at breakneck speeds. He had to get out, he told himself…