Silos: by Nick Venom (essential reading TXT) 📕

walked inside the building and went through a complicated amount of hallways and turns before reaching a door, in a corner. The door had a label reading “no entrance to rank 4’s and below”. Dominik opened the door and motioned for them to walk inside. Silos grabbed Tina’s hand and led her inside. She started blushing, looking down to avoid him seeing. 

Inside the room was a conference table, another otherworlder invention. Sitting on one of the stools attached to the table was a man, laying his feet on another stool while resting his head against a wall, his cap hiding his eyes. 

“Ayaz!” Dominik shouted, jerking the man to life. Ayaz yanked his feet off the chair and sat up straight, intertwining his hands on the table. 

“Yes, sir,” The emerald-eyed dark elf said before resting his left hand on his heart.

“Act like a proper ABG, don’t be a disgrace.” He told him.

Ayaz nodded. “Yes, sir.”

Hira stood up from her stool, walking towards Silos and shaking his hand. Tina stood by, watching Hira. 

“This young man is Silos, an otherworlder. Luther has taken him under his wing. Next to him is the slave saved from the cult members.” Dominik announced. “Silos,” He turned to face Silos. “Sorry to spring this on you, but I need your help. A large problem has surfaced in the village.”

Silos nodded his head. “I’m on board.”

“Perfect, today’s mission is to locate and capture the Death Night’s dealer. According to our sparse information, there is one dealer in the village, hiding out like the other scum. However, we don’t have much on the dealer aside from the fact that they’ve been here for a while. We can rule out anybody who just entered and those who founded this village.” He turned around and reached into a chest, pulling out a scroll. He unraveled the scroll and laid it flat for everybody to read. On the scroll were three names followed by their pictures. The three people were average-looking, nothing unique about any of them. 

“These people are our targets? Have you been supervising them? Silos asked.

“I’ve been tasked with the job. I’ve been following all of our suspects and so far, nothing.” Ayaz noted, grabbing a journal and showing it to Silos. He read the notes, analyzing the content. In the journal, Silos read Ayaz’s detailed experiences of tailing each suspect, however, there were big gaps between the entries. It seemed like Ayaz would tail each suspect by himself, separating the day into three blocks. 

“Only one person is in charge of tailing?” Silos asked.

“We’re out of loyal ABG. We haven’t had the time to acquire more. Everybody here is all we got.” Dominik told him. 

“I see… Do you have a batch of loyal guards on their way? If you do, then invite them here.  We’ll give them fake information and see what they do with it. I’ll help with tailing any potential leakers. However, if nothing happens, then you can trust them. If they do leak the information then they must be expelled from the village. Oh, and make sure they know the last part.” Silos told them. Dominik jerked his head back before nodding.

“Luther was right about you. Okay, let’s act on that advice. Invite the batch of loyals and we’ll see what they’ll do with fake information.” He ordered, directing Hira and Ayaz around. Silos nodded, leaving them to their selection process.

Once outside, they walked back home. On the way back, a few people turned away and ran from him, like he was some kind of monster.

“I hope my outsider status is stripped from me. It’s weird that people still distance themselves from me, but, no matter what, I’m still a stranger to them.”

“You’re not a stranger to me,” Tina whispered. Silos overheard her, choosing to ignore her words as an embarrassed Tina looked straight down. They made it to home within a few minutes, breaking the suffocating atmosphere that found its way around them. 

 

TBC…

Episode Nine "Death & Drugs"

The next day, Silos returned to the ABG headquarters to discuss with Dominik and the other ABG members. He wanted to hear the results of the loyalty test. 

Dominik handed him a list of names. Silos skimmed through the list, nodding his head at the seven new ABG members. He handed the list back to Dominik. 

“It’s been a day and all of the fake information has been spreading like wildfire. We’ve figured out the culprits and expelled them from the town. Now, we have seven new guards.” Dominik informed the room. 

“Good, how was the tracking?” He asked.

“I’ve been following our first target since yesterday while Dominik took the second target and Hira got the third one. Based on what we found out, it seems like my target is the dealer.”Ayaz said.

“How do you know?”

“The target, Hillain Crook, was spotted entering the ruins of the cult’s headquarters and picking up scattered items left behind by us as bait. He took the bait and fled to his home, a hut on the outskirts.” Ayaz declared. He walked up to the door and opened it, waving in two guards. They walked in, a pair of crimson-colored twins with dark features. 

“The Million twins are the ones who remembered seeing Hillain talking with the now-deceased cult members. It also didn’t seem like it was a friendly neighbor conversation either. Apparently, they heard stuff like a cult, ruin, Cask, and other stuff.”

Silos looked at the Million twins. “How far were you from them? Did they spot you?” The Million twin with a beard shook his head. 

“We were some distance away from them. I have the skill Enhanced Hearing, so I could hear most of the conversation but we didn’t stick there enough to hear the outcome. They seemed suspicious and dangerous, so we left as soon as we could.” Mav Million told Silos.

“Good, now.” He turned to Dominik. “What information do we have on Hillain? Did he come here illegally or?”

Dominik nodded his head. Hira grabbed a file and handed it to Dominik. Dominik then skimmed through the information, summarizing the important points. “He’s here illegally. He hasn’t registered himself as a citizen. Also, based on what Ayaz found, he’s in his hut for his entire time and has some kind of ties to a noble. He seems to be extremely wealthy, but his clothing doesn’t reflect that. Acting like a peasant while being a noble is a disgraceful act and I doubt he would do that.”

“Okay, is he still at his hut? Let’s arrest him there and then, ending this entire situation.” Silos said, turning towards the door.

“I sent two of our new guards to monitor him. Let’s go meet them.” He glanced at the Million twins. “Mav and Hank, remain here. Wait for further instructions.” He instructed. They nodded before leaving the room to guard the door. 

Meanwhile, Dominik led the others to Hillain’s hut. At the hut, they converged with the two guards stationed nearby to monitor their suspect. From there, they pushed forward and burst into the hut, swiftly taking it over. However, the hut was empty. The target was gone, disappearing from their sights. 

“Where is he!” Dominik exclaimed. They inspected each inch of the hut to no avail. He was no longer there. 

“He must’ve seen us. How he escaped is beyond me, though.” Silos remarked, staring off into the distance. He rattled his brain for an answer to their current dilemma. He couldn’t think of anything. 

“What if he has teleportation skills?” Tina chimed in. 

Silos looked over at her and nodded. “You’re right, Tina. He saw us and teleported away before we could reach him.” 

“We’ve been tricked. He knew we were here, all along. Let’s head back and figure out a new plan.” Hira said. Dominik and the others nodded, returning to headquarters with double-speed. However, they were too late. Once they arrived at the headquarters, illegal immigrants and the homeless had already inhaled the Death Night drugs. Hillain had already returned to the village and dispersed the drugs to the weak-minded. 

The ABG was now tasked with saving those that inhaled the Death Night drug. A small portion of the village inhaled the drug only a few minutes ago, but the side effects were already kicking in. They began collapsing and their skin turned blue. Their breathing was cut off shortly after. There was now death clumped up on the dirt streets. A big problem had now entered the village as the drug continued to spread around the village. The ABG was now with a village of drugs and death.

 

TBC...

Episode Ten "Guardian of Arkshaw"

The amount of dead began increasing over the next day, proving to be more difficult than they expected. Most of the outskirt huts were left empty; vacant. The brunt of the dead came from wanderers, illegal immigrants, and homeless people. The already small population was dwindling harshly.

Knowledge of the Death Night dealer and the ABG being outplayed by him spread through the village, creating a big headache for Dominik. This didn’t help them as they were already dealing with the piles of bodies at their feet.

The ABG members were stationed in the headquarters, looking at lists of deceased people. Silos skimmed through a page of names before handing it to Hira and walking out of the meeting room. Now outside, he passed the guards and exited the building. He went out and basked in the sunlight. He closed his eyes and felt the sun's heat overwhelm him. He sat down on the steps and looked out at the surviving villagers. Their faces were filled with fright. Their happy lives came crashing down when news of the drugs circulating around the village became common knowledge. Their friends and family members, somehow, were inhaling the drugs and dying a dog’s death. 

“You are Silos?” A man with dark brown hair and dark skin came up to Silos. He wore a bright yellow fur coat and matching pants. His colors were vivid and brightening, sparking a few smiles from passersby. 

“Who are you?”

“I’m guessing that Luther hasn’t told you of me. I’m Jaxson, the village chief.” Jaxson said, extending his hand. 

Silos shook his hand before standing up to meet his eyes. “No, he never talked about you. Well, as you already know, I’m Silos; an Otherworlder.” He introduced himself.

“Yeah, I heard everything from Luther. You’re from Earth and the same as every other otherworlder known, but, unlike them, you’ve done only good tasks. You saved wolf pups, defeated a cult, saved a slave girl, and you’re helping our Blue Guards with our drug dealer problem.” He