1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

prologue

i've been a soldier just about all my at an early age and trained in spargus city,haven's sister city out deep in the to countless eco infusions and trained for one purpose and one purpose kill any and all who stand in haven's way.

i was 15 when the metal heads found spargus.i remember the feeling of the ground beneath my feet trembling as wave after wave of metal heads poured into the sky blackened as they soared over head.7 of us made it out've there that night,our leader damas,his second in command sig ,kleiver a fat old grouchy weapons expert,my self,my best friend daxter,torn and jinx our deomolitions morning spargus was just another ugly and charred failure in a long list of haven's list of failed out defeate at spargus had been a crushing blow to the people of haven had really thought spargus was gonna make 30 years of being off the grid it had a heafty population of several hundred thousand and birth place of the eco warrior defeate at spargus was the turning point in the war many what lead many to loose faith in the old barron wich eventualy lead to the disasturous coup that

ought the shield walls down and allowed the metal heads into the was four years barron is by his daughter the governess ,lady the backing of the 4 sages and damas none had dared challenge her claime to the staggering losses ashelin was probably the sole reason haven had yet to had seemed that she would pull us out've this war when they had been in the process of pushing the last of the metal heads out've the city ,erol and the kg all but exterminated when suddently out've no where ,large dark ships; precursor in design destroyed the palace ,layed waste to the stadium sector and crippled out air swift action on ashelin's part had saved the city when she'd activated the planetary defense system built eons ago by the precursors and shot the dark maker ship out've the the damage had already been attention focused on the dark makers gave the kg and metal heads time to re-group and gain foot holds in the city. that was four years ago ,now 19 i serve under damas along with the remaining eco warriors.

chapter 1

i free myself from a tangle of limbs and bed sheets and stretch in the cast of the morning sun.i stared down at the sleeping forms of the two girls from last night.i smirked at the sudden flow of images from last and candy were their ,courtesy of my life long friend daxter and both very much always did this sort've thing for all the men just before a big mission,when none of us for sure if any of us would be comming back alive.

one of the girls-star i think it was stirred in her had reassured us that we needn't worry about paying,exspecialy if the girls said girls knew me well enough and just how close daxter and i were and thus knew better to try anything with i didn't want to be here when they woke up.i filled a bucket from a faucet in the corner of the room-a small dip in the room with a drain that served as both a shower and toilet.i let the water run for a few minutes first,waiting for it to become less was luke warm,the pressure a bit weak and the faucet was so low i had to crouch down to fill the wasn't the best haven city had to offer but it wasn't the worst and most certainly wasn't the worst i'd ever had been taught growing up to be grateful for each and every

eath and to waste nothing because nothing in this world was free and in a time of war and dwindling resources few could afford to be picky.i wiped my self down with a rag,then rinsed off by dumping the bucket over my excess water spiraled down the small drain at my feet.i walked over to the balcony and propped my self up in a chair to dry off in the sun.i ran a calloused hand through my short yellow-green tipped hair as i cleaned my me hellcats and smog loomed over water slums below was where the bulk of haven city's people lived,most refugees from the plaza district over by the stadium and the slums-both of which are now the main battle grounds in the fight for the merchants here cater to us soldiers with cheaper meals and loggings,its their way of saying you for risking your lives so we don't have now every women in the city was her own

othel,those like daxter who'd been in the buisness long before the walls were

eached found women flocking to them by the hundreds and with so many soldiers about buisness was booming.i heard a window slid open and turned to see torn and a puff of smoke.

"ah hell man ! put some pants on and save that for the women!" torn teased not even glancing my of service in army had long since desensatized us of such things,and its not like the other guy had anything the rest of us didn't.

"your just jealouse." i replied.

"oh yeah of what?" torn rasped.

"that im so big and your so small!"

"fuck you man!" he hissed .i saw a pair of hand throw them selves around torn's shoulders.

"aw but then what about me?" the women purred stroking torn's jaw line before she beggan nibling on his neck.

"mornin bitches!" we both turned to see none other than jinx across the way,a bottle of spirits in one hand and a large

easted girl in the with a single stitch of clothing on.

"jinx" i nodded,torn grunted.

"so either of you queers know where it is they're sending us?" we waited till he'd finished drinking before answering.i could hear the sound of the girls waking up behind me.

"nah but where ever it is it can't be sig and damas are here." torn blew a ring of words dawning on years now daxter had been catering to the soldiers of haven and damas and sig were probably some of the few who had the strength to resist such temptation both having been married previously only to loose their beloveds to the men highly devoted to their dead wives,but if they were here tonight finally accepting daxter's 'gifts' ...

"ah fuck!" jinx spat and tossed his now empty bottle down onto the board walk down below.

"one last time then" he muttered bending his girl onto a table and in one fluid motion he'd spread her legs wide open and dove in.

"fuck,uh,like its,uh,your last,uh,night ah!"

"ahmen to that

other!" torn cackled,retreating back into his own room followed by the sound of giggling and bed springs before he slammed his window down at my gun i glanced back at the girls,washing off in the corner.this might be the last time i get any.one of the girls noticed me starring and flashed me a smile beckoning me over.and it would be rude to leave these lovely ladies with out something to remember me by.setting my gun aside i strode across the room and scooped both girls up and threw them over my both screamed in mock protest as i threw them onto the bed .like its your last night.

i threw on my clothes from yesterday and joined the guys down at the local the place was packed with soldiers ,most ate standing or left to eat else where there were so few chairs,but the ecowarriors were reserved a seat in the back.i was the last one to sit down,damas was quick to push yak cow stake and alarge glass of spirits my way..

"eat up boy,you'll need your strength." he managed between might seem meaningless to most,a commrad offering food to a friend but i saw the strings attatched.i saw the affection in his actions.

"thank you" father i added silently.

it wasn't common knowledge that damas was my father.i could count on my hand the number of people alive who knew,sig and kleiver among my own team didn't know .best not let them think i was getting any special treatment just because my father was our leader and one of the most powerful men in the had been illegal for ecowarriors to have children back in the old days when baron praxis had created the first the baron had found out i would've been thrown over the walls and fed to the metal heads,my father flogged and imprisoned for we had been lucky,my father had managed to keep my birth a secret and smuggled into the program as an orphan,where he could forever keep an eye on me.

i felt a kick to my .i looked up to him shaking his head,meaning stops starring and eat! i glanced around and saw that the others were all to busy eating to have wanting to draw attention to myself i quickly dug in.