2025-06-07 04:42:47“ Run! Myles run!” His mother said as she let out a thirteen year old Myles through the window, the growl in the background grew louder.
Then the sound of something crashing reached his ears… Myles jolted awake. No slow easing into consciousness—he never had that luxury. For him, waking was instant. The second his eyes opened, sleep was obliterated. A knock echoed through the apartment. He swung out of bed and headed downstairs. A quick glance through the peephole showed Louise—his broker, dressed in his usual beige coat and unbothered expression. Myles opened the door and headed straight to the living room. “ Hey kid” Louise grinned. “Hey Louise, How’re the kids?” Myles asked, his tone unreadable.. “They’re great! Hadley got into college. Little Alex just turned five—birthday party last week. Princess-themed. You’d have hated it.” He chuckled. “ Great to hear” Myles drawled. Louise’s smile thinned as he placed a silver briefcase on the center table. “I’ve got a new mission. If you’re up for it.” “ Shoot” “ It entails a sweet demon killing and trust me it's gonna be worth your time” Louise said and flipped open the locks on it. Myles grey eyes narrowed while he carefully opened it. The interior of the case was filled with cash, he picked up a bundle and ran a finger over its edge. He cocked an eyebrow at Louise. “That’s the first half,” Louise said. “My cut’s already out—clean payout. All that’s left is the kill.” “ The last mission you sent me on got me killed -nearly. This one’s paying triple. So… what aren’t you saying?” Louise raised both hands. “Hey, I’d never intentionally throw you into a suicide mission. You know that.” Myles smirked. “Yeah. Just accidentally.” Louise gave him a dry look. Myles slapped the case shut. “Alright then. Let’s go hunting.” [Paragon HQ: Undisclosed Location] A high-level meeting was already underway. Around the table sat the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and Major General of Paragon. Two major investors watched silently, expressions tight. Adam Sandler—Director of Paragon Operations—stepped forward and clicked a button. A projector whirred to life. “ Greetings gentlemen, First I'd like to clarify that hell is real, first actual encounter with it was recorded in 1995” Adam Sandler announced and clicked on a slide on the film projector in the room. “This was a demon successfully eliminated by James Townsend and Steve Sandler—our founding agents. They formed what would become Earth’s first line of defense: Paragon.” “ You can't be serious, demon?” The vice president said in disbelief. “ Vice, the paragon officers have intercepted over a hundred demons over the years that I know of, so take it from me that he's very serious.” The president said. “ So what has this got to do with us” one of the investors asked. “Yesterday, a classified artifact was stolen from one of our covert branches,” Sandler said grimly. “The kill pattern matches an attack a few months ago at Area 51. DNA traces confirm our fear—it was a demon.” “ You have DNA samples?” The secretary of defense sputtered “ Yes, unless trained an average brute always leaves a trail at the scene of the crime” Sandler explained. “ So with a demon, that fights with brute force but no strategy one could expect to find a lot of trails—skin flakes, blood, sometimes sulfuric excretions. They’re messy. Brutal. We’ve catalogued dozens of identifiers.” “ Lord have mercy” The vice president stuttered obviously shaken. “ What was stolen exactly?” An investor asked. Sandler hit play. The screen showed grainy, low-light security footage. It wasn’t clear, but it didn’t need to be. What the footage lacked in resolution, it made up for in horror. Any spot of the floor that wasn't littered with bodies was painted crimson from the blood splashed around them. A bull-like demon charged through what was left of the guards, impaling one, crushing another underfoot, and ripping through a third with horrifying precision. Some of the men shifted uncomfortably in their seat and others covered their mouth at the death their soldiers experienced. One of the investors actually exited the room with an urge to retch when a spotted the bull slashing at a soldier. He'd followed the line of symmetry and cut the soldier into exactly two similar parts. The next scene showed a cloaked figure with a sword. “ The fury of the demon sage arcturus!” A little fast-forward showed them the quick slaughter he meted out to the guards who tried to stop him. “ In the book of revelations, there was a story of the seven trumpets now I find that story most adept. But what if they aren't exactly trumpets. An Armageddon is coming but If you want to stop a demon, find the hunter or remain frozen in your reality” the cloaked figure said in a foreboding monotone. The projected video hit end leaving many of them shaken, except the president whose face was an expressionless mask. The video had to end before the vice and many others realized they've been holding their breath. “ Holy grail! Excuse me general Sandlers but who do you work for exactly?” The vice president asked. “ I work for Pre Apocalyptic Response Guild Operations Nest. Paragon for short” Sandler said with a grin. “ Wait, let me get this straight.” the secretary of defense muttered with a blink. “ The demon had said “ if you want to stop the demon, find the hunter or remain frozen in your reality” what does that mean?” “ Theoretical scientists at Paragon believe it’s a clue. Either a taunt—or a warning. Which means we need to find a demon hunter, and fast. My agents are already scanning known databases.” “ Any answers on why?” The vice president asked. “ Nothing yet mr vice president but we're working on it” “Then tell your people to scour every inch of ground,” the President ordered. “And apprehend any potential hunters. We need names, trails, and targets. The world’s about to go biblical, gentlemen.” He stood, voice low but thunderous with purpose.“ The word of God has been proven with only undisputable evidence, hell is real, the Armageddon is coming and we're the only ones given the power to stop it” He declared.
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The Watch Of Cinders Revealed
Three matte-black trucks snaked through downtown traffic in a clean formation. The lead and tail vehicles carried armed operatives—members of Paragon’s elite Alpha and Beta squads.But it was the center truck that mattered.Inside, a reinforced steel cage divided the rear compartment. Thick bulletproof glass shimmered under flickering interior lights. Behind it, Myles and Louise lay chained to opposite sides of a bench, unconscious and unmoving. Across from them, Anna sat with her bow resting against the seat, eyes locked on Myles. His chest rose and fell with steady, shallow breaths.Any minute now, she thought.She tapped her comms. “Paragon to HQ.”The reply came sharp and clear. “We read you, Lieutenant.”“Target is stable. Still under, but we’ll be at HQ in under an hour.”“Copy that,” came Sandler’s voice. “Eyes on the prize, Anna. Good work.”Anna ended the transmission and leaned back, her gaze flickering to the watch strapped awkwardly to her wrist. Its obsidian face shimmere
Shock Values
A practiced arrow grazed the snap on his wrist and lodged itself into the MP3 player. The music stopped immediately while watch quietly slipped off his hands. “ Hey that was actually close to amputating me.” Myles said with a grin. “ Yep” she agreed and came at him, he exactly mirrored her charge. As they both closed in on each other, Savannah fell to her knees and skidded across the room on sheer momentum neatly avoiding Myles arm sweep. She picked up the watch as soon as she slowed and turned to face her assailant. “ I got what I came for” “That's mine! Give it back!” Myles snarled and came at her just before she tapped the button on her bow. She jumped out the window just as the arrow detonated as a flash bang in the room. Myles was up as soon as the light subsided and looked out the window. “ Of course” he murmured dryly. “ Who the heck was that chick” Louise wolf whistled as soon as he got out of his hidey-hole.“ I don't care who the f- she is, I'm getting my watch back” H
Nightmare Reloaded
Myles flexed his wrists making the taxed joints pop audibly. He ejected his pistols’ emptied mag and tore off the duct tape used to gag Louise. “ Was the gag strictly necessary?” Louise grimaced and caught Myles gaze. “ Okay I get your point” “ I believe you'd admit that I've done a pretty good job in taking good care of merry maids huh”“ Well I see you've managed not to kill all of em” Louise admitted. “ I didn't kill any of em, those were plastic bullets” Myles clarified. Myles was a DIY specialist in the armory field and an expert too. He enough rounds of custom made bullets that could kill or incapacitate a small army but only a small amount was kept at home, the rest were stashed at various hidden locations across the state. “ Then what do you call tossing a guy out of a damned window” Louise taunted. “ Petty street fighting” Myles dismissed with a wave. “ Resulting in just a damaged knee cap and a couple broken bones”“ Those aren't the only ones Myles, there's no shaking o
The Bounty On The Hunter II
“ Sorry kiddo I was forced to! A demon came up to my office and threatened to kill me if I didn't do otherwise” Louise pleaded. “ I wasn't in my right mind that Thursday, I and the boys had a drinking marathon. Gin in the morning, four bottles of beer at twelve, a couple shots of whiskey at three—“ Louise—” Myles started but Louise rattled on. “—cocktails at five, whew the cocktails were brutal! I wonder how Sammy got to learn—”“Louise.” Myles’ voice cut through like a blade. “You’re telling me a demon gave you a job—to set me up—just to steal my watch?” “Yeah... pretty much.” Louise muttered and visibly flinched as Myles began to squeeze the trigger.Myles let the tension hang for a second, then holstered his pistols with a shrug. “Checks out.”Louise blinked. “Wait, really?” “ What're you doing here?” Myles asked, eyeing him with suspicion.“ I came to hand over the second half of your fee, just because the job was fake doesn't mean you don't get paid right?” Louise gave a ne
The Bounty On The Hunter
Louise regained consciousness to find himself handcuffed to a steel table. A hefty man stood nearby, rolling a small hammer between his palms.“Hold on, hold on! Before we start, just know I’ll tell you everything you need on any subject —for free!” Louise blurted.He looked up at the voice of a micro speaker on the wall. “ what's the last job you were given and who gave it to you?” “ So that's what we're talking about here? Well yeah a demon arrived at my doorstep one Thursday morning and offered me a job he needed done” “You got offered a job to kill demons by a demon? That didn’t seem strange to you?” General Sandlers asked, voice laced with disbelief.“ I'll call that a slow Thursday, something that struck me as strange though was the fact that there was this particular demon hunter he wanted me to hire” Louise shrugged.“ Who is this person?” The general inquired. “ A kid named Myles. Ah great kid, traumatic childhood past though” Louise said. Meanwhile Dr Winfield who had bee
And The Lines Cross
Myles walked through the darkened alley, pistols drawn, each footstep slow, precise, calculated.His senses were on high alert.Behind him, a large, man-sized wolf materialized from the shadows, low and silent. Its breath steamed in the night air as it crept closer—four meters away and closing.Myles spun on his heel like lightning and opened fire.The shots cracked through the silence. The wolf gave a low growl and retreated into the shadows.“Great,” Myles muttered with a grin. “Got a little pup on my hands.”Moments later, it returned—flanked by two more.“Look who brought friends,” he said dryly.They lunged.A fast smattering of bullets sent two stumbling. Myles ducked low and charged the third, facing it head-on.He waited—perfectly still—until the last possible second, then launched sideways. The wolf skidded, trying to correct, but crashed into the concrete.“Okay,” Myles said with a grin, “I’ve got six rounds in each pistol. So y’all gotta share.”They came at him again, thi
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