Ashes In The Ice.
Author: Calvary
last update2025-07-16 01:20:44

The Paragon Archives weren’t built for comfort.

Beneath the surface of the organization’s demolished headquarters , the subterranean archive resembled a digital tomb—floor after floor of sealed data vaults, blinking terminals, and pressurized, cryo-stabilized containment units. Time didn't flow here; it slept.

Lieutenant Savannah Storm adjusted her thermal jacket as she stepped out of the elevator into Archive Sector 7. With her were Jack Hadley, field ops analyst, and Data-Seer Melissa Morrow, Paragon’s foremost expert in neuro-coded intel. Even underground, Anna held a military bearing like iron forged in war, while her eyes darted like a predator tracking something just beyond sight.

“This is the last known trace Kaelin ever interacted with before his descent into full demonic possession,” she said, her voice echoing off the steel walls. “He left something here. Something we missed.”

“And you think it’s connected to Trumpet Two?” Jack asked, scanning the dimly lit corridor, one han
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  • The Strain Of The Hellborn

    Myles came awake in an instant, not to sunlight or a comforting voice, but to the hum of something he knew all too well — the faint, almost insectile buzz of energy suppressors.It was a sound he had begun to recognize in the marrow of his bones, the way an old soldier might know the click of a rifle safety or the whistle of incoming artillery. Low, consistent, and oppressive, like the world’s quietest prison bars humming against his skin.That could only mean one thing.His mind raced — possibilities forming, colliding, shattering before they could settle. Was this containment? A precaution? An intervention? His pulse sped, but his body… his body felt like it was trapped in syrup. Heavy. Sluggish.The sharp, polite clink of porcelain meeting porcelain cut through his spiraling thoughts. The sound was delicate, civilized — wildly out of place in the tension strangling the air.He turned his head toward it and found Anna sitting at a small table in the corner, cradling a fine china tea

  • Trumpet 2 Sounds

    Meanwhile, in reality…“Paragon! Stand your ground!”The command came with the sharp crack of authority, but anyone who knew Lieutenant Savannah “Anna” Storm well could hear something underneath—the ragged edge of exhaustion. Her voice was gravelled, worn thin by hours of battle and the constant drumbeat of chaos around her. If it weren’t for the sheer iron in her tone, one might not have recognized it as hers at all.She swiped the back of her hand across her forehead, smearing a mix of sweat, grime, and a streak of dried blood. Her bow was already in hand, and from the quiver strapped to her back she drew a single arrow with deliberate care—petanium-laced, the kind that could drop even the higher-tier demons if used well.Her muscles burned. Her breathing was ragged. And she could feel it—those tendrils of fear, the whispering kind that crept in through the cracks exhaustion left behind. Anna clenched her jaw, forcing them back down into the pit where they belonged.She didn’t have

  • The Unstable Avatar II

    The shadow’s blade began its descent in a measured final swing. “Stop!” Kaelin’s voice cracked through the realm like thunder, sharp and commanding. The blade halted—barely two inches from Myles’ neck. Time itself seemed to freeze for a heartbeat, the tip of Nixx’s weapon humming with deathly anticipation. The shadow tilted its featureless head. “Lord?” it hissed, voice like a breeze through a crypt. “Stick to the plan, Nixx,” Kaelin replied coldly, his eyes flickering with dark fire. “Of course, my Lord.” The entity pulled back its weapon with a disappointed sneer, the blade retracting into shadowy mist as if it had never existed at all. Myles, gasping, propped himself up with one trembling hand. “What the hell is going on here?” he snarled, his voice raw, eyes darting between Kaelin and the wraith-like assassin. No one answered him. Instead, without warning, Nixx’s arms shifted. From each wrist, two long black tendrils slithered outward, whiplike and alive with dark e

  • The Unstable Avatar

    The mirror world pulsed with a dim, ominous glow, refracting Myles’ reflection in every direction. It was like being trapped in an infinite gallery of fractured selves. Some looked older. Some looked broken. Some sneered with rage, while others looked hollow. Each of them reflected a version of his pain. The Requiem trembled in his grip, not from fear, but from the sheer force of energy surging through it—or maybe from the void gnawing at the edge of his focus. Something felt off. The world around him was breathing—alive, conscious, and angry.From the warped corridors of shimmering glass, Nixx emerged like a ghost of vengeance. The shadow entity's form had changed since their last battle. He looked denser now, as if every ounce of shadow was reinforced with hatred. His arms morphed mid-stride, elongating into twin blades etched with abyssal runes that pulsed with dark violet energy. Each step he took left behind trails of residual magic, flickering briefly before fading into the glas

  • Shattered Realms

    Myles conjured the requiem out of thin air with a quick slash motion. “ I don't know if I should listen to you but you slightly intrigue me I'll give you five minutes” Kaelin gave a wry smile. “ You're not the one to give conditions here Myles” He murmured, smooth as silk. “ First off I have to find out if you're worthy of my time” Kaelin said and nodded to Nixx who stood beside him. The shadow entity hands elongated and reformed into two sharp blades. “ Try to stay alive sapien”Myles narrowed his eyes as the shadowy blades extended from Nixx's hands, glistening with an obsidian sheen. The air around them crackled with energy as Kaelin’s wry smirk lingered in the dim, fractured reality of the mirror world.“Try to stay alive, sapien,” Nixx hissed, his voice echoing unnervingly from multiple angles as if the very world whispered his threat.Myles tightened his grip on the Requiem, his ethereal blade humming with ancient power. Without warning, Nixx lunged forward, a blur of black t

  • Through The Veil

    The alarms blared through Paragon like war drums.Lieutenant Anna was the first to the command deck. Surveillance feeds flooded the holoscreens, broadcasting chaos erupting across Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Fires roared across rooftops. Power lines danced like live serpents. The skyline shimmered with a sulfurous haze, as three distinct figures carved a path of destruction through traffic and concrete."Feed stabilized," Melissa called out, fingers flying across the data console. "Visual confirmed. Demonic trio inbound."The Alpha Team gathered quickly. The footage zoomed in.Sorran—a towering demon of blackened steel and flame, swept a claw through a delivery van like paper. Infernox trailed behind, his bull-like horns wreathed in shifting fire, laughing as he melted a row of cars with a single wave. Floating above it all was Nixx—formless and shimmering, its silhouette warping like smoke trying to remember how to be human.Jack slamme

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