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Computers suddenly begin to flash and scream red. An older scientist, with an exaggerated mustache and a white lab coat, along with large rimmed glasses suddenly yells out, “WHATS GOING ON?!” A young woman yells back, “DOCTOR! ALL RADAR AND WEATHER SATELLITES ARE SCREAMING RED! SOMETHING BIG IS ABOUT TO COLLIDE WITH OUR PLANET!” The old man calls back, “Give me a visual!” From some camera drone placed on a cliff on some mountain, overlooking a vast wide grassy plain, the visual of the sky suddenly turning an orangy red, and in an instant, a gargantuan fireball came through the clouds which seemed to spiral open like some far off galaxy to allow the object in. It suddenly collided with the plain, and a visible shockwave was sent out, as soon as it hit the camera drone, the massive screen in the facility went static. The old man watched in awe as the space rock crashed into the world of Terra, forever creating a monument to its journey through the void, a crater, almost 700 miles in diameter.
Days later, a group of 12 dune buggies, each carrying the scientists from the weather facility, with the older one standing up and holding onto the metal railing that went over the top of the buggy, could be seen driving to the edge of the crater. The plains were still smoldering from the impact and there was chaos all over the place. The man yelled out, “I WANT A SQUAD DOWN THERE ASAP! WE NEED TO INSPECT THIS METEOR!” A younger man replied, “YES SIR! Doctor Jamieson!”
Within minutes, the crater was swarming with scientists and soldiers, all wearing biohazard suits to protect from any radiation the rock may have brought with it. Luckily, the massive stone, seemed to still be intact.
As excavation continued another worker called out, “DOCTOR JAMIESON! I FOUND SOMETHING!” The old man cam running over, to find that the worker was kneeling over a chunk of the meteor which had an unusual object in the center, a crystal blue stone, which seemed to be glowing a bit. Doctor Jamieson looked at it confused and said, “I’ve never seen anything like it...” Almost as soon as he said this, a black helicopter could be seen landing not too far off. When it finally touched down, the doors opened, and out stepped several warriors wearing very nice armor all engraved with the symbol of the nation, two dragons intertwined. Behind them, was a man in his very early 30's, wearing a black suit, he had slicked back black hair and dark sunglasses, and on his hip rested a ceremonial rapier. Next to him was an older man with thick glasses, he was wearing a black suit too, and his hair was slicked back as well. They approached Doctor Jamieson, who instantly bowed and said nervously, “Emperor Toji, we were not expecting your company...” The young man revealed to be Emperor Toji smirked and replied, “Well, I wasn’t expecting a meteor of this size to crash land into Terra and right on the border of my empire no less...Doctor Jamieson, this man next to me is Doctor Strom of Black Star Labs...” Jamieson looked over at the man accompanying Toji and nodded a greeting which was quickly returned. Jamieson then said, “To what do I owe this honor?” Strom then spoke saying, “We’re here with a royal edict explaining that all jurisdiction of this project will be transferred to my laboratory...” Jamieson’s face dropped and said, “What?! My Emperor, he can’t be serious! This meteor is entirely within our jurisdiction, it’s a natural weather phenomenon not one of those hideous experiments that Black Star Labs has going!” Toji smirked and said, “Actually, I can be serious and I am...Have your men clear out right away, and leave everything as you found it...Except...That blue stone you found...Bring it to me...” The stone was quickly brought over, and Toji and Strom began inspecting it. Toji then said to Jamieson without looking up, “Alright...You may go...” Jamieson grumbled a bit and stormed off. After Jamieson had left Toji smirked and said, “This could be it Strom...The ingredient we need to complete my ultimate weapon...” Strom returned to smirk and said, “Yes my Emperor...Its only a matter of time now...Only a matter of time...”

To be continued...

It’s a dark late autumn night in Atheos City. The huge towering Venetian style buildings would make the perfect shield for the crime that was to follow. A man, in his late-thirties, wearing a long tan trench coat was walking along one of the many canals in the city. In his left hand was a brief case, and on it was imprinted the logo of Hail Laboratory. The symbol was an artists rendition of a hail storm, raining down on the title of the labs.
As he walked along, he suddenly stopped, as a figure in a long black trench coat, with a black derby hat on his head blocked his path. The Hail Labs scientist looked at the figure and said, “Strom...So...Have you come to talk? Or simply kill me?” Strom lifted his head so his face was visible and said, “I’m afraid the latter is more likely Doctor Wilson...” He had his right hand in his trench pocket, and when he pulled it out, he was holding a silver gun with a long barrel, it was more like a short sword with a gun built into it. Wilson scoffed a bit and said, “And what will killing me accomplish Nicolas? Will it bring you happiness? Will it get you the vengence for losing your project to my lab that you seek? Or will it merely fill your heart with guilt?” Doctor Strom replied, “You don’t understand...I will be the one to finish this project, with government funding or not...Adam and Eve are like my son and my daughter to me, and only in my laboratory will they be born...You don’t understand...How could you? Have you ever felt what its like to have children?” Doctor Wilson said back with a serious look on his rather handsome face, “Your wrong about that Strom...I am a father, to two beautiful little children who you will leave fatherless if you proceed...Can you handle that guilt?” Strom smirked and said, “I’ll see you in hell Jonathan...” Doctor Wilson replied with a straight face, “You’ll be there before me Nicolas.” With that, Strom fired the gun, hitting Doctor Wilson directly in the heart. Wilson then dropped to his knees and in a moment flat on the ground. His crimson blood oozed out from his body running down the cobblestone sidewalk like a stream.
Strom walked over to his body and with his foot, pushed Wilson into the canal with a splash. Then, without a word, he put his weapon in his pocket and walked off into the night.