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Tania

You take a step forward.

Heavy footfalls thuddedthrough the steel floors, the only sound the lean man could hear was his ownlabored breathing from running for the past half hour, desperately chasing thesmall red dot visible on the translucent green screen that covered the lefthalf of his face. This time, however, Myos was not alone. Following along inhis once lonely chase were the new battle forged members of his team determinedto take down the Alioth Empire. Directly to his left was Zeke, his best friendsince childhood despite them being total opposites. Even though they had theirrocky patches, he knew he could trust the ebony haired man through thick andthin. To his right was a chipper blonde girl by the name of Amaya, anoverwhelmingly energetic presence he bumped into by accident that had a passionfor technological rights and the idea of change. She had the spirit like thatof a twinkling star, always shining around them and never going out. Alsofollowing Myos was the indomitable spirit of Achernar, a passionate woman thatblazed through life and tore her own path even if it meant using her fists -especially if it meant using her fists. Though she had a gruff exterior, shelonged for freedom and held the belief that every living creature deserved tomake their own choices and mold their own tomorrow for themselves. Directlybeside her was Razzy, a flighty girl akin to a pixie - no one ever knew whatthe enigma was thinking but she was as brilliant as the shining chrome wallsaround them and wasn’t afraid to use her sharp wit to back them out of acorner.

Myos was proud of histeam and it tugged at his heavily thudding heart to see the emblem of theirproposed new Empire inked onto their bodies. The star would be their path, andthey would follow it until the end.

Finally the red dotblinked faster and faster, until in front of him lay a giant ornate lookingdoor, carved and gilded in such a way that all of the detail seen throughoutthe rest of the ship could not begin to compare to what lay before them. Theyhad reached the belly of the beast - the final winding citadel where theEmpress lay in wait.

The only way to go wasforward and Myos took a step, pressing his palm flush to the cool metal of thedoor.

As if waiting patientlyfor this moment, the door opened slowly, as if it were creating its ownanticipation. Once it was wide enough to walk through, the rebellious groupentered the devil’s domain cautiously but with boldness in their hearts.

The heavy doors slammedbehind them, and Myos’s gave a reassuring, almost laidback, grin to the rest ofthem. Eventually, little by little, all of them returned the grin in varyingdegrees, and the redhead knew no matter what happened there was no way he andhis friends could lose.