#intothe--sky

[laughingphoenixleader]

also. kanera on an airplane for the three sentence fics.

behold, Kanairplane (as @accidental-spice called it one time and it never left my brain)

Kanan settles into his seat on the plane, but his spirit is far from settled.

Restlessness fills every nerve within him, as per usual, especially when he's in a plane. He squeezes his eyes shut, attempting to block out the waves of memories that come crashing in. "GO, CALEB!"

General Billaba's voice rings through his mind, the memory like a knife in his gut. For the umpteenth time, he curses the no-alcohol policy that goes for every airline. He would know. He researched all of them in pursuit of one that would let him bring a drink on his flight, but, alas and, similarly, alack, he found nothing but disappointment.

So here he is, with a two-hour flight straight through Misery Lane to look forward to. I hate it here.

"I'd consider buckling your seatbelt, mate," a cool, Irish-accented voice recommends from the window seat to his left. Kanan glances over at the ebony-skinned man with waist-length, pitch-black braids next to him, who wears an unbothered expression paired with a raised eyebrow. He has a cool, unaffected air, like you could throw a brick at him and he’d just catch it and ask “is that all you’ve got?”

Kanan nods, pulling the seat belt and shoving the silver end intothe…. well, other silver end, but it's the actual buckle, so it's different.

When he glances out the window, it isn’t the pavement of the airport that he sees, it’s air filled with ash and fire. He curses under his breath, dragging his gaze away, wishing for something, anything to distract him from the memories that keep crashing in over the next indeterminate amount of time.

But then his prayer is answered. A voice sounds over the loudspeaker, one that pulls Kanan straight out of his flashback and back into the present, and he feels like he’s just been dragged out of water that had been drowning him. He sucks in a deep breath, but it catches in his throat as he listens. The voice is warm, musical, and distinctly feminine. He’s never heard anything like it.

“This is your pilot speaking,” the voice announces in a friendly tone, so different from the impersonal one so often used by airline pilots. Different in more ways than one. “And I like to do things a little differently around here—I’ll be conducting your flight safety announcement this afternoon.”

Kanan’s spirits rise way more than they should at the knowledge that he’ll be hearing a lot more of this voice. He’s not sure exactly what it is that has him so spellbound—something about it makes him want to follow it anywhere.

The pilot scatters little witticisms throughout her flight safety announcements—“keep your seatbelts fastened, because I just rewatched Top Gun: Maverick and got inspired”—“put the oxygen mask on anyone who is a child or is acting like a child first”—“this is not a toilet seat cover it is a life jacket”—that have Kanan chuckling to himself all during what is the most entertaining beginning to a flight he has ever experienced.

“She’s a fun one, isn’t she?” the Irish guy comments from nearby.

“Yeah,” Kanan replies, a smile tugging on one end of his mouth. “Seems like it.”

“Text people—tell them that you love them, or never wanna see them again. or whatever,” the pilot adds when she’s telling them to turn their phones on airplane mode. Kanan snorts at that. He desperately wants to meet this woman—or at least see who could be attached to a voice and sense of humor like that.

He ponders this as he stares out the window for the next long while, actually seeing the fluffy clouds blanketing the area underneath their plane rather than smoke-streaked sky, for once. Somehow, this woman has eased and pacified his ravaged, PTSD-ridden mind that he hasn’t gotten therapy for, both because he isn’t interested and because he can’t afford it anyway. What money he has, he spends on alcohol and buying things for whatever girl he might be spending time with, which changes often. As does his place where he’s living—hence the secret third thing that saps his bank account—flights away. Away from the suspicious Imperial gazes that’ve been following him all too much lately, in this case. As per usual.

Then the plane is shuddering, and warning sirens start blaring, and Kanan thinks he’s just lost it again. But the screams from the passengers around him and, especially, the shouted curses that he’s never heard before in his life from the nearby Irish guy convince him that, somehow, this is real. As is the smoke covering the windows of the right side of the plane as it leans to one side.

We’ve been hit.

Somehow, impossibly, their commercial airplane has been hit.

The voice shouts over the loudspeakers now, its musical tones now strained, yet firm and strong. “Everyone remain calm! Follow safety protocols—evacuate from the plane!”

People begin grabbing their lifesaving devices, scrambling for oxygen masks, and generally panicking. Kanan shoves a mask onto his face and breathes in deeply, then springs into action, helping people put on their oxygen masks, placing comforting hands on people’s shoulders—but then the loudspeakers fill with that amazing voice, now tinged with urgency. “If anyone has any piloting experience, I need you up here now.”

Kanan stops short. He’s definitely got piloting experience. But the idea of getting into a cockpit again…he doesn’t have the courage for that. Not after the last time he was in one. General Billaba’s screams echo through his mind for what feels like the thousandth time.

But these people need him. And the owner of that voice needs him.

So Kanan finds himself stumbling up the aisle, the plane lurching beneath his feet. Hours seem to drag by as he makes his way to the cockpit door. He hears more explosions outside that he doubts are real, but he finds himself wondering if they might be. He always does. Trauma that deep can’t be reasoned away.

He yanks the door open and catches a glimpse of the most stunning person he has ever seen—but he forces himself not to focus on that right now. He takes in the scene—red lights flashing, copilot passed out on the console, vibrantly purple hair splayed all over it—and tells the pilot, keeping it brief, “Air Force vet. What do you need?”

The next indeterminate amount of time is a whirlwind of shouting things back and forth, pressing buttons, pulling levers, and managing communications with towers and other planes. The pilot and Kanan somehow slip into a rhythm, working together to keep the plane upright and figuring out exactly what the problem is. They discover that the plane has been grazed by what seems to be some sort of missile. Nothing vital on the inside of the plane was hit, but the same can’t be said for the right wing.

The Imperials don’t exactly clear areas when they conduct training exercises. They aren’t that cautious, and they don’t care that much.

It takes every ounce of Kanan and the captain’s combined concentration to keep the plane stable, but they manage it somehow. They find the closest runway possible and haphazardly land the plane. Well. It’s more of a crash than a landing. But the plane’s in one piece, and there are no worrying sounds from the passengers, and there are already people running up to help.

The pilot next to Kanan lets out a breath that it sounds like she’s been holding for a while and falls back into her seat. She sticks out her hand for him to shake. “Captain Hera Syndulla.”

Kanan shakes it, finally taking a good look at her. Captain Syndulla is as beautiful as her voice, which is saying something. She has stunningly jade-green eyes, two dark, thick braids streaming down her back, ending in spiraling curls dyed as green as her eyes. Her warm tan skin about the same shade as Kanan’s glows next to the crisp white uniform she absolutely rocks. Confidence and capability practically pour off of her, and the relieved, exhausted smile she throws him as they shake hands lights up the cockpit. The golden wings pinned right above her heart gleam as brightly as her eyes are. “Kanan Jarrus,” he tells her, after he realizes that he’s been staring for what hopefully wasn’t too long. Nice to meet you, Captain Syndulla.”

She scoffs. “I just trusted you to help fly a plane with me. Call me Hera.”

“Okay, Captain Hera,” Kanan quips with a grin. She rolls her eyes.

“I guess I can live with that,” she tells him, a smile tugging at her lips. Her gaze shifts to the window.

“I like to call things like this “very exciting landings,”” Captain Hera explains, gesturing towards the window.

“You mean, crashes?” Kanan asks helpfully.

The captain turns to him and narrows her eyes, her expression and flat voice one of the most terrifying things Kanan has ever experienced, and that’s saying a lot. “I never crash.”

Startled and fearing for his life, Kanan gives her a respectful two-fingered salute. “Yes, ma’am.”

She nods approvingly. Then her expression softens. “We make a pretty good team,” the pilot remarks, her voice warm and pleasant (read: heavenly and angelic).

“Yeah,” Kanan says with a smile. “Yeah, we do. And it’s an honor, Captain.” He might have added juuuust a bit of flirtation into that last bit.

“Thank you,” she tells him, placing a hand on his arm. He goes very, very still, and has to remind himself to breathe. “Not just anyone could have or would have stepped in like you did.” Her voice is overflowing with gratitude, and he is absolutely overjoyed to have brought that kind of gratitude to her.

“Any way I can repay you?” she asks, her question genuine, and it sends Kanan’s heart pounding.

He considers.

He second-guesses.

Then he goes for it.

“Can I treat you to dinner?”

She doesn’t seem altogether surprised by this. But what he’s holding out for is if she seems displeased by it.

So far, so good.

Captain Hera tilts her head to the side, considering. “I don’t go on dates with just anyone,” she tells him, her voice neutral, and Kanan isn’t sure whether to set his hopes lower or higher. But when a smile lights her face, it doesn’t even matter whether she says yes or no, because he’s just happy to have made her smile.

“But you’re clearly not just anyone,” she finishes, and his heart skips several beats. His stomach flips. This is the best moment of my life.

Okay, that last thing’s kind of concerning.

“It’s a deal, then, Captain Hera,” he replies, smiling crookedly at her, attempting to ignore the way his heart is thundering. Giddiness fills him. He feels like a teenager again, even though he’s successfully asked out so many different women. Somehow, this Captain Hera is different. Special.

Years later, sitting across from her at dinner in their dining room in their home, wedding rings on their hands, that’s truer than ever.

[storysmith55]

Blood Roads

The last of the fight was over,and the crows called the vermin.I did not need to stay any longerfor the gorging that wouldsate beasts for weekson end. I walked outinto the pending darkness,the last rays of suna reflecting poolof the slaughter,the last drop of blood and lighttrickling intothe clutches of an ebon sky. It was enough.I welcomed the silence,and the chill in the air.The knife was…

[unganseylike]

now i just need to force what do it mean to fit greywaren.

[gerrymike]

shrieking and F*KING holering

[the-fiction-witch]

Spooky Times 21st : RUN!

REAL LIFE: COUPLE: IHW (WEREWOLF) X READER RATING: SWEET

I smiled as I walked thought the park the woods surrounding the place the clouded sky hiding a bright full moon as I walked my converses in the grass and slight mud where it has been raining earlier, my leggings tight to my legs and my little dress fluttering in the string breeze. I had isaacs jacket around my shoulders as he worried about me being cold, he had been on quiet a few dates now and I really liked spending time with him gently holding his hand as we walked thought the fallen autumn leaves. I looked to him as he walked with me his black and white converses covered in dirt and mud, his black skinny jeans tight to him body he had a long leave blue shirt on as well as a light red jumper over the top, his glasses perched on his nose and his thick dark hair a little messy from the wind and from him messing with it his pale skin almost glimmering in the dark twilight. He saw me looking and smiled looking away again, he spotted a small picnic bench and tugged us over sitting beside me on the bench "I uhh I'm having a really good time with you tonight y/n" he smiled "Aww I am too Isaac" I smiled "That's great, look y/n... I kinda wanted to talk to you about something" he began "What is it?" I asked "I've really enjoyed time together and I uhh I was wondering if maybe you'd wanna... Like be my girlfriend?" He blushed "Aww Isaac I'd love to" I smiled kissing his cheek "Really?" "Of course" "Okay, so your my girlfriend, did you maybe wanna come over tomorrow night and we could watch a movie?" "If love to" I smiled as I noticed out the corner of my eye the clouds begin to clear and I heard a howel "what was that?" I asked "Y/n... I need you to very calmly and very quickly take my keys and lock yourself in my car" he says handing me his keys his eyes wide, a fear on his face I looked to try and see if he saw something but he was looking at the slowly clearing full moon "Isaac what are you talking about?" I asked scared by his sudden change of tone "Please y/n, I really like you I do but I just... I don't want you to see this yet just please go to the car and lock the door" he says sounding in pain "Isaac why?" I asked as he took his hand from mine "Please just go!" He yelled his eyes changing colour and his skin starting to change "RUN!" He yelled I did as he asked running thought the open grass field of the park towards the car park as fast as my feet could carry me as I heard wolves howling and yelling in pain in the dark I forogt what car was his so I clicked the button on the key as I rang making the lights flash I ran to the car but as I got closer I saw something there waiting for me. It was a large threatening silver wolf stood by the car growling at me I didn't know what to do, I couldn't think I saw the back door handle and as quickly as I could ran for it opening the door and just shutting it with the wolf behind me locking the door the moment I got inside the wolf was barking, howling scratching at the car relentlessly trying to break intothe car I screamed trying so hard not to let it in.

I heard another loud howl I looked as the silver wolf had stopped there was another darker wolf stood threating the silver one, they howled and barked at each other the silver wolf attacked the other the two fighting and growling until the silver wolf backed down, I was a little scared as the darker wolf came to my door but the the paw gently patted the window and the wolf squezed and whined I as unsure put I unlocked the car and opened the door it cralwed into the footwell tenderly like a dog and rested his head on my leg I smiled gently getting the soft cosy fur locking the door again.

I remember falling asleep at some point I felt safe and comfortable in the bac of the car with this dark wolf sat protecting me I moved a little and felt something different I didn't feel the soft fur of that wolf but the skin of a person. I looked and saw Isaac laid on me his clothes slightly torn and broken I smiled seeing him nuzzled up to me so closely

"Good morning" I smiled petting his soft hair

"Uuuummm... Good morning" He smiled before he noticed what we where doing "Ohh I uhhh I'm so sorry" he blushed sitting up

"It's alright Isaac, what happened last night?" I asked

"what do you mean?"

"where did you go?" I asked "and where id that nice wolf go?" I asked

"Y/n.... that was me" he says

"what?" I asked

"Y/n, the dark wolf was me, I couldn't watch him hurt you so I protected you and stayed with you so I knew you'd be safe" He says "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner about me but... I didn't know how to, I forgot about the full moon last night, I didn't want you to get hurt" he says

"Ohh Isaac" I smiled kissing his lips very gently "Thank you for protecting me"

"Your uhh your welcome" He blushed

[se-dicion]

The pain is stronger than ever. I’ve seen bits oflost Paradises and I know I’ll be hopelessly trying toreturn, even if it hurts. The deeper I swing into theregions of nothingness, the further I’m thrown backinto myself, each time more and more frighteningdepths below me, until my very being becomes dizzy.There are brief glimpses of clear sky, like falling outof a tree, so I have some idea where I am going,but there is still too much clarity and straight orderof things, I am getting always the same numbersomehow. So I vomit out broken bits of wordsand syntaxes of the countries I’ve passed through,broken limbs, slaughtered houses, geographies. Myheart is poisoned, my brain left in shreds of horrorand sadness. I’ve never let you down, world, butyou did lousy things to me. This feeling of goingnowhere, of being stuck, the feeling of Dante’s firststrophe, as if afraid of the next step, next stage. Aslong as I don’t sum up myself, stay on the surface, Idon’t have to move forwards, I don’t have to makepainful and terrible decisions, choices, where to goand how. Because deeper there are terrible decisionsto make, terrible steps to take. It’s at forty that wedie, those who did not die at twenty. It is at fortythat we betray ourselves, our bodies, our souls, byeither staying on the surface or by going further butthrough the easiest decisions, retarding, throwingour souls back by thousands of incarnations. ButI have come close to the end now, it’s the questionwill I make it or will I not. My life has become toopainful and I keep asking myself, what I am doingto get out of where I am, what am I doing withmy life. It took me long to realize that it’s love thatdistinguishes man from stones, trees, rain, and thatwe can lose our love and that love grows throughloving. Yes, I’ve been so completely lost, so truly lost.There were times I wanted to change the world, Iwanted to take a gun and shoot my way through theWestern Civilization. Now I want to leave othersalone, they have their terrible fates to go. Now Iwant to shoot my own way through myself, intothe thick night of myself. Thus I change my course,going inwards. Thus I am jumping into my owndarkness. There must be something, somehow, I feel,very soon, something that should give me some signto move one or another direction. I must be veryopen and watchful now, completely open. I know it’scoming. I am walking like a somnambulist waitingfor a secret signal, ready to go one or another way,listening into this huge white silence for the weakestsign or call. And I sit here alone and far from you.And it’s night and I’m reflecting on everything allaround me, and I am thinking of you. I saw it inyour eyes, in your love, you too are swinging towardsthe depths of your own being in longer and longercircles. I saw happiness and pain in your eyesandreflections of the Paradises lost and regained and lostagain, that terrible loneliness and happiness. Yes,and I reflect upon this and I think about you, liketwo lonely space pilots in outer cold space, as I sithere this late night alone and I think about all this.

[babyawacs]

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[quoteoftheweekblog]

QUOTATIONS - JOSEPH CONRAD’S ‘THE HEART OF DARKNESS‘ (FIRST PUBLISHED 1899)

First sentence

‘The “Nellie”, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.’ (Conrad, 2007, p.4).

On colonialism:

‘They were conquerors, and for that you only want brute force - nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. They grabbed what they could get and for the sake of what was to be got. it was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale ...  The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.‘ (Conrad, 2007, p.7).

On the Continent:

‘ “ ... I have a lot of relations living on the Continent, because it’s cheap and not so nasty as it looks, they say.” ‘ (Conrad, 2007, p.9).

On Brussels:

‘ ... a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulchre.’ (Conrad, 2007, p.11).

On the ‘Heart of Darkness’:

‘There was a vast amount of red - good to see at any time, because one knows that some real work is done in there, a deuce of a lot of blue, a little green, smears of orange, and, on the East Coast, a purple patch, to show where the jolly pioneers of progress drink the jolly lager-beer. However, I wasn’t going into any of these. I was going into the yellow. Dead in the centre.’ (Conrad, 2007, p.11).

‘We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.’ (Conrad, 2007, p.43).

‘The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the utmost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky - seemed to lead intothe heart of an immense darkness.’ (Conrad, 2007, p.96).

On life:

‘Droll thing life is - that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose.’ (Conrad, 2007, p.87).

REFERENCE

Conrad, J. (2007 [1899] ) ‘Heart of darkness’. London: Penguin Classics.

[silly-storm-chaser]

The Vastayan Blade - Part 1

The ringing of steel on steel rung out across the opening, easily able to be traced back to the forge that stood next to a wood cabin. A man uses the back of his hand to wipe the sweat of his brow, lowering his tools to admire his handiwork. It was a simple tanto. Nothing that special, but it could easily fulfil its purpose as a weapon. As long as it could, then the craftsman could call it a success. Taking a pair of tongs, he lifted the red hot metal, quenching it in a bath to cool it down. It instantly hissed as it broke the waters surface, but it calmed to a mere simmer, steam rising from the tub. The man held the blade in place, counting in his head before he could remove it from the water. It was almost time to remove it...but something else caught his attention. A loud scream....followed by a blood curdling howl. 'Damn wolves...' Removing the blade as quickly as he could, he rested it on his anvil before he move towards the door, removing his gloves and apron in the process. Before leaving the room, his hand reached towards a stand which held a worn blade, one that was presumably his own. It was clear it was no stranger to combat, and nor was it's owner. Running out into the open, the man followed the sound across the opening, diving intothe treeline. He could still hear the panicked noises of its prey, a good sign that he was not too late. His pace never slowed until he reached another clearing, only then stopping when she saw the situation before him. Two black wolves had cornered it's prey...a man...or at least that's what he thought. No matter who they were, it was clear they couldn't deal with the situation. Removing the blade from it's sheath, he got into position, pointing the weapon at the beasts. 'HEY! OVER HERE!' Originally stalking the other man, their heads soon turned to the blacksmith, snarling at him as a means of a threat. Luckily, the craftsman didn't even flinch, having dealt with many fiends before. His eyes merely narrowed, as if taunting them to come closer...which worked. Forgetting about the victim, one of the beasts ran towards him, gnashing teeth ready to kill the man on sight. Seeing this, the man dodged the main attack, only to return one of his own. Swinging his blade, the tip pierced the flesh of the wolf, leaving it wish a nasty gash. It howled in pain, whimpering as it stopped behind him. It's partner growled at both men before it ran to the other's side, inspecting the wound. Flicking the blood off his blade, his eyes looked down at the creatures, to which the other wolf met his stare. They remained like this for a few moments before the beast broke the contact, whining as it pushed it's snout against the other, prompting it to move back towards the undergrowth. The Smith gave a small chuckle before sheathing his weapon, shaking his head. He mumbled something under his breath before turning back to the other man on the ground...only to find he wasn't quite what he seemed. His face and torso was that of a man...but he bore features to which he had never seen. Long ears pointed up towards the sky, while a scaled tail rested behind him, shaking in fear. He had no idea what to make of it, but he disregarded it, instead offering his hand towards the stranger. 'Hey...are you alright?'

[lookingglasssoul]

Is it better to be a part of the light or the dark?

All of us our aliens, gazing down in despair upon the inky bowels of our universe. Sweat dripping, eyes glistening, time is tipping, yet the question remains: - To devour or be devoured? - To give light and love like tearing chunks from your own heart, all you’ve ever known is blood? - Or, to feed off the dark like a vampire, bask under the moon waxing fat and blue, revel in the mire?

How can we know they are not one and the same?

We all stride under the same stars, howl into the same screaming silence, and walk dead through our world of corrupted dreams. But slowly, we are coming back to life. Shake off the dust, reach up to the sky with sweat stained hands. One day we will find the midnight sun. One day we will start to see.

@intothe-labyrinth @eqeus

[timpaxew]

Guardian Angel AU 

"Wait! Come back!"

  Poofless 

Rob was sitting in the crook of a tree, listening to leaves rustling in the branches above him. He looked around his cloud covered backyard, he was going to miss this place, it's where he normally goes when he's worried. Sighing to himself, rob jumped down from his perch, he had an appointment to get to. 

Turning to walk down the sidewalk, rob looked at his feet, his wings curled around himself. As Rob walked alone, he kicked a pebble along the sidewalk. His vision started blurring with tears, trying not to cry the angle flapped his wings slightly, trying to distract himself from his troubles.

 Rob was twenty now, he has to report to the office, he knew what it meant, he would be sent to earth as a guardian angel. He would have to stay on earth and watch some human, he had to keep them safe. 

Everyone said being a guardian was an honorable thing, something he should be proud of. Tears started to stain trails down his cheeks as he thought about abandoning the world he had lived in. "Why did I have to have guardian's wings?" He asked himself. 

Looking at his white wings, the angle scowled at the gold flecks that littered them, the mark of a guardian. Rob sobbed bitterly, his parents used to call him "their little guardian" he was proud of it then, but then he found out what it meant. He could remember the moment in history class when they learned about guardians, everyone in class starring at him in awe. That was the day he found out his fate. After that he knew this day would come, the day he would learn to live with mortals. 

His eyes stung as he looked at the ground, he wasn't bitter persay... he knew he was important, or that's what everyone told him. "Your gonna protect a mortal!" "You'll be able to see the earth!" "You'll be able to see the world!" His family and friends words echoed in his mind. 

Before rob knew it he looked up to see the door to "the office" Rob opened the door to his new life.

 ********

 An older woman sat at the desk infront of him, she had a pen in her ear and glasses on her face. "She seems nice" rob thought to himself as he smiled sheepishly at the woman.

 "Robert lasky?" The woman asked, looking up at him.

 "Latsky?" Rob corrected, hoping he didn't sound like he had been crying.

 "Excited to become a guardian?" The woman asked cheerfully. 

No "Yes ma'am" rob said, nodding curtly. The woman smiled softly before clicking her pen

 *****

 Falling.

 Rob felt like he was falling.

 Trying to use his wings to gain his balance in the air, rob discovered he had no air resistance.

 Rob flapped his wings wildly, but he just kept falling. 

Everything was black, he couldn't see anything, at first he thought it was the night sky but there were no stars in sight, just darkness. 

Rob hit the ground and the air was knocked out of his chest. 

************** 

Preston woke up to a loud bang "what the fudge was that" he thought to himself, slowly getting up from his bed. Looking out his window Preston saw someone face down in his backyard, and he seemed to be wearing white and gold robes?

 "Ok...?" He thought, watching the man, who didn't seem like he was getting up any time soon. "Well I have to help him..?" Preston said as he walked towards his door. 

Walking intothe yard he walked up to the man, and he was definitely wearing robes? Who did he think he was a Greek god? An angle? What is this? 

Preston stared down at the man for a second before shaking his shoulder slightly, "umph I don't wanna fly right now" the man mumbled to himself. 

Preston was in the middle of debating whether or not to call an ambulance when the man shot up from the ground, dirt still smudging his face.

 Preston let out a laugh as he watched the man look around bewildered, as if he didn't know where he was. "Hey man you ok?" Preston asked, the man almost immediately turning his head towards him, looking him in the eye for a second before turning and trying to run away. 

"Wait! Come back!" Preston screamed at the man, he seriously needed medical attention. 

The man looked at him for a second before looking him over, he seemed to be deep in thought. 

All of a sudden the man looked up at him with what seemed to be a forced smile "greetings! My name is rob!" The man said, awkwardly waving his hand as if he didn't know how. 

Prestons looked at the man in confusion "who the hell says greetings?" He thought to himself, before returning the man’s smile "names Preston" He said, still confused out of his mind.

 *******

 "Greetings! My name is rob!" Rob said to the human, hoping he was greeting him right. The human looked at him in confusion and he realized he probably didn't. 

"How am I supposed to guard this guy if he already thinks I'm some weirdo" rob thought to himself, running his fingers through his hair. 

"Names Preston" rob let out a sigh of relief, at least he wasn't scared of him. Rob looked at the ground and started nervously running his hand over his hair again.

 "You ok dude?" rob jumped when the human spoke. 

"Yes.. yes!" Rob said, hoping the human believed him.

 "Do you need me to drive you to the hospital? You seemed to have had a pretty bad fall?" The human asked him. 

"What's a hospital? Rob asked blankly.

 ***********

 "What's a hospital" the mystery man responded.

 "This dude must have a concussion!" Preston thought, trying not to let the worry show in his face. 

"I've got to get this man to a hospital" Preston decided as he reached out to grab the man’s hand.

 He just looked back at him blankly, maybe this is worse than he thought.

 ******** 

Rob looked at the human, this is the one he's supposed to protect, he knew it.

 At the briefing, the people told him to become his friend, that that was the best way to protect a human. 

Now they told him the best way to do that was to talk to them, they said it was the same as befriending an angle... just they didn't have wings. Rob looked at the ground, he already embarrassed himself once in front of the human and he wasn't gonna do it again. 

The human looked about his age so maybe he could befriend it by talking to it like he does his friends... yah maybe that's why he was so confused by my first greeting? 

Rob decided on it "hey man-" rob cut off, what the hell was he supposed to say next what do humans like to do? The human was looking at him expectantly, shit he had to finish his sentence. 

"D-do you like walking?" rob mentally facepalmed as soon as he said it, this is gonna be a long day.

 ****** 

Preston looked up at the man, he had started talking but then just stopped? 

Now he was just standing there, this confused look on his face. "Do you like walking?"

 Preston almost laughed, was this dude ok? Like seriously. 

He decided to go with it 

"Yah of course dude? Who doesn't."

 **********

 "Who doesn't" the human stated nonchalantly. 

"Me." Rob though bitterly, he decided against saying that aloud, so instead he just hummed. 

***** 

Thunder cracked above them and Preston felt the first raindrops fall, and before he could process what was happing it was pouring out.

  Meanwhile the stranger was looking around like doomsday was upon them.

 "I need to take him to the hospital" Preston thought with finality.

 The man was just sitting there, cowering in fear from fudging raindrops.

 His hoodie was already soaked and Preston just wanted to go inside.

 "Follow me rob!" He called to the man as he ran to the house. He looked back to see him tripping over his own two feet. 

He opened the door and motioned rob inside.

 "Sorry it's messy dude I haven't clea-" Preston was interrupted by the realization that the other wasn't listening. 

He was looking around in total awe again, as if he was seeing everything for the first time.

 *********** 

"Follow me!" Rob heard the human scream, rob looked at him sadly, he wanted to keep watching the rain.

 Rob had only heard of this in books, the weather in heaven was always perfect.

 Looking up, Preston was already running at astonishing speeds towards the house. 

Rob Struggled after him, how was he running so fast? He doesn't even have wings so he can't be flying! 

********* 

Preston watched as the stranger walked around the house, he seriously didn't know what anything was, the poor guy must of like had his entire memory erased.

 Rob pointed at the tv, Preston mentally prepared himself, he can't possibly not know what a tv is??" 

"What's this?" The man asked, one hundred percent sincere confusion covered his face. 

"That's a tv.." Preston replied, he had to test something. 

"Hey rob?" He asked, trying to sound as gentle as he could.

 "Yes?" Rob looked at him happily. 

"Can you remember where your from?" The smile on the stranger's face fell. 

***********

 "Can you remember where your from?" 

Rob froze, what was he supposed to answer to that. "I'm new here.." rob forced out the words, hoping the human believed him, after all it was kinda true.

 The human nodded slowly before looking back up at him. "Do you remember where you live." Preston asked. When rob didn't answer Preston continued. 

"Like where's your home." 

"I... I don't have one." Robs eyes were starting to tear up again. 

He couldn't cry in front of the human but he missed heaven so much. 

The human looked at him softly. "What happened to your home?" Robs breath caught in his throat, and he decided to at least tell him a half truth. 

"I was different than the others... so they threw me out.." rob thought over his words carefully as he said them.

 Preston nodded in understanding, which was weird because there's no way he should be able to understand. 

"Your welcome to stay with me if you like" Preston spoke up, looking to the ground. 

"Th-thanks.." rob said more to himself than anything.

[madediter-blog]

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Genre: Racing, Sports Car Auto Racing

Developer: Electronic Arts

Publisher: Electronic Arts

ESRB Rating: Teen

Release Date: November 22, 2005

Hints

Accelerate Faster

Press A + Right Analog-stick Forward to accelerateeven faster than normal.

Easy Bounty

Get some cops after you then go to the bus stop.Go on top of the buses. Make sure that the frontof the car is at the edge of the last bus so thatthe cops can see you and do not lose you. Keeplooking behind you because the cops will sometimesfind a way on top of the buses. When they do that,just reverse as soon as you see them coming andpush them off. Only one cop car will come on topof the bus. Do this for as long as desired. Whenyou want to lose them, just reverse, park in themiddle of the buses, and wait until your cool downbar fills. The cops will also drive crazy andcrash into themselves, giving you extra bounty andbring up your rap sheet rankings on policevehicles immobilized and police vehicles involved.

Keep Your Cars Strike Free

Instead of wasting your get-out-of-jail-free cards, or wasting your hard earned money, try this: whenever you are about to get caught by the po-po, just pause and restart your 360, and when you get to your car. Tada! No strikes, and as long as you have autosave on, you will not lose any progress either. p . s . This will not mess up your system, I’ve been doing this for as long as I’ve had the game (about a year) and nothing bad has happened.

Avoiding SUVs

Have a good car and a good Nitro booster. Wheneveryou see an SUV coming at you, hit your nitrous andram him head on. He should fly backward andexplode, giving you $10,000.

Respawning

If you crash your car do not force it to respawn.Instead, let the game reset your car. You willthen be invulnerable and able to get away from thecops if you are in a very tight spot.

Regaining Control

When approaching a corner at top speed, quicklyassess whether or not you can get through itcleanly as fast as possible and without touchingthe inside or outside barriers. If you findyourself drifting (or worse, careening out ofcontrol) toward a barrier, turn on yourSpeedbreaker in order to regain control viaincreased handling and traction. During thisperiod of slowed time, straighten out your car andput it back into an ideal racing line. Once youare straight and driving in the correct direction,quickly turn off Speedbreaker and hit the Nitroushard to rip out of the remainder of the corner.

Better Car Performance

After getting your car upgraded with engines,suspension, brakes, etc., press Start and go to”Performance Tuning”. For better handling for theLamborghini, Porsche, Corvette, and Viper, set the”Height” of you car to “-1”. If you need moregripping power either take the “Height” to “-2” orset the “Aerodynamics” to “+1”. If you gooverboard with the performance tuning options(anything past “+3” or “-3”), the car willactually handle worse.Go to “My Cars”. Choose one of your cars and go to”Performance”. Set “Ultimate Parts” on. If you wonthe Extra Race, put in Junkman Parts.

Car Test

If you are unsure which car is the best to usewhen upgraded, you can upgrade all the cars thatare unlocked for free in the main menu.-Go to “MyCars”, choose a car that is available, and upgradeit with the parts that are available. By doingthis, you will not waste all your money in careermode.

Blacklist Cars

If you win the pinkslips to a Blacklist car, youmay want to use the Blacklist car as your own andmake the necessary upgrades to performance, asmost of the upgrades will have been already madeby the Blacklist owner. You do not need to spendtoo much money to increase the performance,handling, etc. Sometimes these cars will haveupgrades that have not been unlocked yet, but mostof these are usually visual. Only do this if thevehicle you have won has better attributes thanthe one you are currently driving in its standardmode. You can check this out in the car shop. Keepabout three to five good quick cars in your safehouse.

Get Strikes Off Your Car

If you get busted in a pursuit, turn off the gamebefore saving it. When the game is played againthe strike will be gone. Note: This will not workif you can only get one more strike.

Avoid And Remove Strikes

After getting busted and taking a strike, turn offthe system the next time you get pulled over.Resume the game and you will have no strikes again.

Avoid Police

When completing a race, if the police radio inyour car you are driving and you do not want torun from them, press Down and choose another race.Alternately, you may also jump to your safe house(must be done before you are seen or pursuitbegins). If not, you must drive to it yourself incool down mode. To jump to the safe house pressStart and press Right until seen.

Blacklist Milestones

Blacklist milestones are things you need to do torack up your bounty so you can challenge the nextperson on the Blacklist. Check out these so youknow what you need to do to rack up the points.Once the milestones are completed, you must workon racking up the points. The best way to do thisis to cause as much major damage as possible bytaking out police cars, traffic, and crashingthrough shops (for example the donut shop andothers you will notice in the later levels). Tryto rack up as much bounty and escape before yourstatus has reached level 4. If your status isalready level 4, then choose a different car forawhile until the status goes down before returningto your favorite car. Once your status hits level4, it is harder to get into cool down mode to findsomewhere to hide. Avoid getting caught, as youwill lose the bounty you have racked up during thechase.

Razor’s Races

Once you reach Razor in the Blacklist (the verylast person), you must do five races. On thecircuit, take as many shortcuts as you can to win.If you do not do this, he will win by a minute.Also, it is recommended that you have the bestparts in your car (Junkman). Once you win thosefive races, you will get your BMW back. However,in order to keep it you must evade a very longpursuit. You will start with a wanted level of 6.You will have large SUVs, very fast black C5s, andeven helicopters after you. Once you start thepursuit, swerve off to the left to hit thebridge-like object, and get most of the cops offyour tail. After hitting that, keep to the right.You will go through a construction site. Keep tothe right to hit yet another bridge-like object,and lose most of your pursuers. Ahead you willsoon see a gas station. Try to hit the gas tanks.Keep hitting things until about five minutes intothe pursuit. Then, Mia will call and tell youwhere to go. Get there as fast as possible.

Challenge Series

After completing career mode there will still besome cars that are locked. In order to unlock themyou must go to the main menu and select the”Challenge Series” option. After winning all thechallenges, those cars will be unlocked. Note: Atfirst there will be two or three challengesunlocked from 69 challenge. In order to access thelocked challenges you must win the availablechallenges.

Nitrous And Grip

Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, givingthe rear tires immensely more weight under the newacceleration. The end effect is that you will gostraight. If you find your tail sliding out or areabout to spin out of control, hit your nitrous.You will be surprised at how fast you will getstraight again. This is a great trick incombination with Speedbreaker. With the correcttiming, there is no corner you cannot take at anyspeed.

Nitrous Boosting

It is critical when you get past Blacklist Member#6 to use your nitrous wisely and strategically.Instead of just holding Nitrous in desperation toget ahead, press and release it when thetachometer is about to shift to the next gear.Upon the next gear shift, continue pressingNitrous until the next upcoming gear shift. Thisis the way precious milliseconds are spared.

Longer Lasting Nitrous

When you are racing and want to use boost ornitrous, press it as fast as you can to have moreor have it last longer.

Timebreaker

The Timebreaker can be used to improve handling atdifficult turns. It can also be used to blast carsfrom a roadblock. The Timebreaker adds mass to thevehicle, thus blasting cop cars easier. Hit copcars like this, and if you are lucky you can sendthem spinning in the air; often hitting the levelboundary in the sky.

Pursuit Breakers

If you are driving toward a Pursuit Breaker andthere is a spike strip immediately after it, donot hit the Pursuit Breaker. During theintermission sequence, the CPU will take controlof your car and will drive through the spikestrip, ending the pursuit.

Sharp Turns

When there is a sharp turn coming up, use yourSpeed Breaker when you are a little farther awayfrom the turn. Turn your wheel to the directionthat you are turning, then turn your wheel to theopposite side. Try to use Speed Breaker only halfof while you are taking the turn. If you use itfor the entire turn, you will likely turn around.Once you have turned, quickly use nitrous. If donecorrectly, you will turn three times faster thanthe CPU cars.

Easy Money

If you are low on cash, just defeat one of theopponents on the black-list. You will get twomarks to use on several different things. Do notuse them on the Uniques early in the game.Instead, use them on the middle or the left”Random” choices. They should always come out toeither be a big cash bonus or the opponent’s pinkslip.

Getting The Most Money From Selling Your Car

When in your safe house and you sell a car, youwill only get half of its list value. However,there is a loophole that works well for pink slipsthat you have won and no longer want. Take yourcar to the shop. Go to the parts area. Go into thebody kit, spoiler, hood, rims, and roof air areasand set everything to stock. When you check out,you will see anywhere from $1,000 to $18,000,depending on what pink slip car you are stripping.Do not try this with performance parts. The shopcharges you money for downgrading. Once you havestripped your car of all accessories, leave. PressStart, then go to your safe house. Sell the car,and you will have made a lot of money on the side.Do this every time you intend to sell any car.

Free Maxed Out Car In Career Mode

Enable the “Burger King challenge” and “One StopShop marker” codes. Win the Burger King challenge.Buy the Fiat as your first car. Defeat the Bossesand win their cars. Each time, sell their car tomake a large amount of money. When you get theLamborghini Gallardo, go to the One Stop partsshop. You should have a lot of Junkman Markers anda few Boss Markers (optional) by now. Put theJunkman parts on the Lamborghini. IT should havealmost maxed out acceleration and top speed withover maximum handling.

Easy Wins

Pay attention to the destructible objects such asthe donut stands, movie screens, or anything elsethat you can use to distract or total a cop.During a race, you can hit those objects and theywill they fall and scatter all over the ground.This causes all the other racers behind you tocrash or slow down, giving you more breathing roomand make it easier to win the race. It worksbetter if they are not on your rear end.Use a car that is low powered, such as a Cobalt orGolf, and only use nitrous power-ups. Do the racesas they come. You will see that the CPU cars areonly as tuned as your car, making it easier to win.When on a race and are desperate to be first, useSpeedbreaker until the meter goes halfway. Nothingmay happen at first, but you will learn thatSpeedbreaker makes the CPU cars go slower, thusmaking you advance.

Easy Upgrades

Before you can do anything, you must win theBurger King Challenge. When you win it, you willunlock all unique parts (also called Junkmanparts). Get any car and put all the parts exceptperformance. Once you have your car the way youdesire, go to the performance shop. Max out yourcar by pressing X. Then, put the Junkman parts on.Max out your car again. Then put on the Junkmanparts again. Your car should be fully upgraded.

Lowering Heat Levels

To lower the Heat from your car, go to a Stop Shop and enter. Then, change the color of your car, leave and do not move. Press Up to go back in and change the car back to its original color. Your Heat will now be lower by 1. Do this multiple times to reach condition 1 again.

Blacklist Cars

Defeat the following Blacklist Boss to win the corresponding car:

Ashton Martin DB9: Blicklist Boss 7Audi A3 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro: Blacklist Boss 14Audi TT 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15BMW GTR (Race Version): Blacklist Boss 1Cadillac CTS: Blacklist Boss 12Corvette C6: Blacklist Boss 5Corvette C6.R: Complaete 100% of the gameDodge Viper SRT 10: Blacklist Boss 6Ford GT: Blacklist Boss 4Lamborghini Gallardo: Blacklist Boss 6Lamborghini Murcielago: Blacklist Boss 4Lotus Elise: Blacklist Boss 8Mazda RX-7: Blacklist Boss 9Mazda RX-8: Blacklist Boss 12Mercedes-Benz CLK 500: Blacklist Boss 8Mercedes-Benz SL 500: Blacklist Boss 11Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: Blacklist Boss 3Mitsubibhi Eclipse: Blacklist Boss 14Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8: Blacklist Boss 11Mustang GT: Blacklist Boss 12Pontiac GTO: Blacklist Boss 10Porsche 911 Carrera S: Blacklist Boss 7Porsche 911 Turbo S: Blacklist Boss 5Porsche Carrera GT: Blacklist Boss 3Porsche Cayman S: Blacklist Boss 10Renault Clio V6: Blacklist Boss 13Subaru Impreza WRX STi: Blacklist Boss 9Toyota Supra: Blacklist Boss 13Vauxhall Monaro VXR: Blacklist Boss 10

Cheats

Castrol Syntec Ford GT

Press Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down, Up, Down.

Cross Police Car

At the start menu, Press (RB), (X), (X), (B), then down. You should her a police car noise, And go to Career Mode and enter the Car Lot and you should see the police car first. (All speed and handling etc. Are fully upgraded).

One Stop Shop Marker

At the Press Start screen, press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Up, Down to unlock a special marker for the Junkman Engine part in the back room of the One Stop Shop in career mode. Note: This code can only be enabled once per career.

Junkman Engine

Press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Up, Down.

Porche Cayman

Press LT, RT(3), Right, Left, Right, Down.

Burger King Challenge

Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right.

Unlockables

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Easter eggs

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Guides

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