Eternal Flame

Byrne climbed the hill, certain that he had seen the shadows there, and if a shadow was there, then that meant that Faith must be there too. Atop the hill, Byrne looked down with his good eye, and saw the girl herself and some other person. He tried shouting out, but "Fai-" was as far as he got, for the flat side of a cold, metal broadsword struck him across the nasty wounds of his head, knocking him straight out.

Waking up, Byrne found himself almost naked strapped upon a freezing cold steel table which he recognised all to well. He looked round the small chamber with all its complex equipment and sighed. He knew exactly where he was, but why? A hooded figure stood with his/her back to him. He shot the figure a vicious remark, only to regret it, as they stabbed a syringe into his uncovered chest, sending him once more into unconsciousness.

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A searing pain stabbed through Byrne's chest. It took him a few minutes to remember what had happened. The cold metal table was still firmly in place, but, "what's this?!" he exclaimed, realising the belt strapping him down was no longer anywhere to be seen. Getting up, he noticed a flaw in his excitement. He was not getting up. His legs - his body - had chosen not to obey him, and he lay there, just as active as when he was KOed. The figure slid into the laboratory silently. It was only when he spoke that Byrne noticed his presence. Surprised or not, he had a mouthful of abuse ready for him. Unfortunately, his mouth decided to remain shut. The figure, however hissed at him as though he/she'd heard. "We weren't going to say something spiteful were we?" and with those simple words, proceeded to do what he's probably came into the chamber for. Tests.

"Oh, the irony" thought Byrne, as two sets of needle-like fingers lifted the majority of his limbs up, and into various positions, in all of which they stayed. Next, he was supported firmly and uncaringly off the table to his legs on the floor and suddenly let go. He crumpled to the floor. Six more attempts later, the figure had got the wait and balance just right, and marked down in a journal. Then, Byrne found himself being dressed in his usual gear. Almost. Little, trivial things were wrong, like the colour of the suit, or, right instead of left-handed cutters. Regardless of the small errors, these guys knew him well. And, worse, they were using his lab.
 
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OOC: Galoko, you need to add more to your post. Your posts aren't really following the rules at the moment. :(

"The Enlightened Goddess has the power to obliterate the Shadows?" repeated Faith when she heard him say it. The power to destroy the Shadows? So that must be what happened then when the Shadows were about to suck my soul. She saw that they were all retreating up to a hill, where there was a hooded person stood there watching her. Clutching the rod tightly, she continued to gaze up at the stranger. Who is he?

"Keep looking at me all you want, but it won't help your situation," muttered the mysterious stranger. "I'm sure that I'm going to be meeting you again, young Crest. Oh, just you watch and learn what might happen now ..." He created a dark portal and the armies of Shadows that were still remaining ran into it. Once they were all gone, this enigmatic man was about to walk through. After he took one last look at Faith, he was gone.
 
Byrne was in pain. He had been standing for only a few hours, but a stinging pain was coursing through his body every few minutes. A shadow would creep into the chamber every now and then, and then leave immediately to report to his master. Suddenly, the figure appeared with a syringe. It was ready to strike when it happened. Byrne's body crumpled to the floor. He was slowly getting the control of his body back! He rolled onto all fours, and reached down to his belt - if this guy had been accurate with his imitation, then it should be there...

The figure was laughing, the syringe poised and ready to stab, when a black and crimson dagger hurtled into his arm. The syringe clattered to the floor. Byrne climbed shakily to his feet. He took the syringe, shrugged, jabbed the figure with it and ran after removing his dagger. Six large shadows were chasing him...

Byrne laughed mirthlessly to himself. He knew the labs off by heart and had quickly escaped. The shadows had given up after he had turned a corner and through the door which led to the tunnel, taking him into the Town where it started.
 
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