Norman.Oswald.Tat+Hoi.


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The silence continued. The echoes of the man’s footsteps murmured throughout the dark tunnel. He continued to walk, his long sword unsheathed, ready for any ambushes coming at him. He walked slowly and cautiously looking for what he had sought for for all these years. “Where are you, you foul beast! Hear me call to you, so I shall unleash my fury upon your devilish sins!”  A door lay in front of him; Etches of dark elves runes scatter all over the humongous black door, with a gothic handle on the front. The structure of a gargoyle face was embossed upon the handle, its grim smile tempting the man to open it. //Something big is behind this door, something REALLY big!// =====

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A giant beast was hungrily eating a female traveler called Madam Jenny from his caravan. She was missing after the beast ran away from the caravan. He left his men to guard the caravan while he hunts down the beast and rescues her but he was too late. Bits of her body laid everywhere. With blood everywhere covering the room the beast occupied, he decided to use his Turkish short bow, one of the most powerful bows besides the Welsh longbow. He unleashed a steel-tripped arrow towards the beast but it bounded off its skin. It suddenly turned and lands a blow so hard that he was thrown back unconscious. When he came to his senses but no memory, he found himself in front of the room where he saw bits of Madam Jenny but the beast was long gone. Then bits of his memory began to come back to him. He was a decorated veteran captain working under Lord Tat Hoi, a framed commander from the crusades. He is about 39 years old, so being a veteran captain at that age is an amazing achievement for a soldier. Lord Tat Hoi loved him like a son and gave him every opportunity to prove himself worthy of the lord’s silver coins and his daughter’s hand. The lord’s daughter, Christine too loved him like her father but then his life was full of killing so he was unable to accept her love until he was mentally fit. He still can’t remember his name until it hit him like an arrow, he is Johnny Tanner. =====

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J ohnny Tanner, a 39-year-old talented veteran captain who is working under Lord Tat Hoi, the framed commander in Belgium – a peaceful and wonderful place. He is a great captain fighting for his mother land for rights and glories for the last 10 years. He woke up from his unconscious mind and started to stand up with his weak legs. Suddenly, his memory had zoomed back to his mind. Christine, his love, a girl who is as beautiful as an angel, as graceful as a peacock, her blue eyes as shiny as diamonds, and her brown-black hair is as soft as feathers which is what he feels when he rest on. He still can remember the moments when he lies on her shoulder after a busy day, =====

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Feeling tired watching sunsets on the hill. Reminiscing of the memories gave him a feeling that no word can describe. The memory of him with Christine was never complete as he is always leaving her alone without a word to the battle fields. He tries to stand up with his conscious mind, wanting to return back to her love, Christine and to complete the next page of his story. =====

He was shocked severely; his objective, mutilated, his memories, of great history, and most of all: His enemy, fled. leaving his fellow traveler behind, now dead, Madam Jenny, he was filled with sudden rage, and charged straight at what is in front of him: The big black window. The monster flew through it, breaking the glass that covered the window. He jumped through it as well; With that action he fell off the 900-meter tower. The clouds were thick grey, the sun covered, but the sea that overtook his whole line of sight was pitch grey. he skydived at great speed into the sea, swimming with no damage taken from the fall. A black figure swam away from him; with faint underwater vision he thought he saw it had the same shape as his nemesis, but he chased it anyway, knowing that whatever was that will lead him to his answer. As the storm gets worse, a giant whirlpool starts to form in the direction of where Johnny is facing. The diameter is bigger than the Grand Canyon, and the amount of force taken into it is enough to suck even light. On a more correct term, this is called an **Underwater Black Hole**.

The creature stopped all of a sudden and turned to see him. Johnny met his true enemy again. But already, his breath is running out. The exhaustion from all the effort brought him to his limit...with his lungs hungry for fresh air he made the rush towards the surface of the dark sea. When his head broke the water surface, he found out the time had changed and instead of light, it is dark. He never knew that one minute underwater means one whole hour in his world. Since he stayed there for 5 minutes underwater it means 5 hours. He swam back towards the tower and began his journey back to the waiting caravan on the mainland by the nearby boat since the tower is on an island.

Johnny was back to the caravan with his wet clothes on. The lifeless night wind was blowing stronger and stronger which made him shiver with cold. He put his arms around his body to keep himself warm and to battle with the cool wind which was torturing him. Around twenty minutes later, he saw the light from the distanced caravan which brought him the spirit to run towards it. His energy was finished when he reach his caravan and he was fainted. The next day, Johnny woke up from his dream and found himself lying on his own bed in Lord Tat Hoi’s castle. Johnny was brought back to the castle when his men found him lying on the ground nearby the caravan with Madam Jenny's remains. The door of the room was opened and a familiar face appeared. Christine was holding a cup of tea and some snacks coming in with smiley look. Johnny told her what had happened to the late Madam Jenny and the caravan. After having a long talk and laugh with his love, he put on his clothes and go to report to Lord Tat Hoi what had happened and the strange sea creature living in the **Underwater Black Hole**.

"M'lord." he bowed.

"Johnny, I've been expecting you. What news have you brought me today?" Said the middle-aged man sat in the throne, his crown gleaming with the rest of his gold jewelery. He sat lazily, and is one of those people who do NOT want to become king. But he is, and he is recorded in Man's History to be one of the best leaders in all of mankind.

"M'lord, I have brought bad news. Madam Jenny was murdered by a malevolent creature unseen before! I lost its trace, and I couldn't save her..."

"This is a tragedy. We must prepare a memorial for her today...Please pay my respects to her for me."

With that, Johnny stood up and prayed for her, hoping that she would find her way to heaven. With that thought in mind, he went back to prepare for the memorial. On his way to the memorial site, he saw his love walking there as well.

"I see you are going there too, Johnny." She greeted with enthusiastic expression. "Hello my beloved, how's your day today?" reply Johnny, “why are you going to the memorial site as well?" "I heard that Madam Jenny was killed; she was one of my best friends in this castle. Pity she's gone." "I'm sorry for your loss." "But then I got my love back in one piece." smiled Christine and gave him a kiss on the cheek, “see you later” With that she left him and head to her chambers. He then continues on and gave instructions for the memorial for that night. Later that night, with the remains on a bonfire, a warrior with a torch came forward and lights it. While the body burns to ashes, each one prayed that she, Madam Jenny would have a good life in heaven. Until the flames dies down, several men came and gathered the ashes and buried it in a pot in the nearby cathedral. He had never seen a civilian died painfully throughout his whole military life. The flame of hatred against the creature would never die in his heart until he was contented that the fiend was dead.

As he got back from the memorial, it was the end of the day. The sun has fell which came in the moonlight shine to Johhny's bedroom in a quiet and a peaceful night. He get on his bed and went to his dream. "Dang Dang Da Dang, Da Dang Da Dang" the bell of the marriage ceremony rang continuosly. Cheering from men and women fullfill the whole cathedral. Johnny's ceremony with Christine was happy. All was well...

And suddenly, the door creaked open. A shadow snuck into the room. The assassin opened his satchel to reveal a Jambiya, an Arabian dagger typically used for assassination. With that he lifted it up over the sleeping man and struck down, only to be held back by one of Johnny's quick reactions polished by years of experiences.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?"

With that, they struggled for the dagger. They knew how it worked: The one with the weapon is always the winner. Johnny used his strength to point the vicious tip away from him, but the assassin held his grip firmly and brought it towards his chest. Johnny kicked him; sending him whirling across the room to the magnificent vases, now broken on the floor. He charged at the killer, ready to dragon kick his face.

That was when the mask came off to reveal a woman. A very familiar face, it was the love of his life, Christine...//but why?// The surprise took him by shock, mentally and physically, giving time for Christine to drive the Jambiya into his chest. Blood poured out from the wound, the puddle on the floor getting larger and larger.

"I'm not the person nor woman you had known for the past 20 years. Everybody have to die someday, but yours is tonight as you could had ruined my plans to take over the world. Today you would die of your setbacks you had cause me. The monster you had sworn to kill was my dear boy. Because of that you are my first victim before I unleash my armies. All the years I had spent in this castle, all it told me that the humans are useless and needed to be wiped out. This is my first task because the humans would objected to anything that would harm their interest. Goodbye human, have a painful sleep.", Christine turned and started to walked away.

"But...I..lo...ve....you.."

Johnny fell to the floor, losing lifeblood by the second. Christine pulled the Jambiya easily out of the body, her eyes glowing blood red and lusting for massacre. Yet as she took it, there was an essence of sadness emitting as she held the dagger that killed her 'beloved one'.

"I love you too...", Christine then rushed out of the room in terror of being caught to returned to her chambers leaving Johnny Tanner dead in his own blood.