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The Incendiary

Sharing the first chapter here as im actually kinda proud of it and would love to get some opinions on it. You can find it here on wattpad: The Incendiary - Crow - Wattpad now enjoy ✨ --------------------- Wet and uncomfortable coughs echoed through the large room, bouncing off the bare walls.

He looked down at the floor- his arms shaking, barely able to hold his torso up. Below him was a large puddle of blood. His blood.

His eyes blinked and shook his head slightly in disappointment- disbelief even as he saw the light shadow of his face in the puddle.

How could this have happened?

Before he could even conjure up another thought, he felt his dreadlocks being harshly pulled backwards. The pain was agonizing, but he couldn't scream- As he fell on his back, he could feel blood pooling up in the back of his throat, and when he tried to scream out in pain, only gurgles came out.

He used the little strength he still had to pull him up on his side, letting the blood in his mouth seep out onto the cold cement floor instead of down his lungs and airways.

"I will now ask you this again, Uji"

A deeply smooth voice spoke out,along with a sudden sound of heels slowly walking across the floor, towards the beaten and bloodied blue yautja.

"Will you-"

The voice said as they stopped and crouched down behind the injured yautja, their hands reaching over to lightly caress the yautjas crest.

"Accept my proposal?"

Uji was quiet, his breathing becoming faster as he began feeling like his heart was about to break out like a chestburster.

He opened his mouth as if to speak, but nothing came out- his throat stinging as he tried to say something. Anything.

In the end he gave up and nodded his head- his eyes closing in defeat.

"Excellent" the voice said, the person behind them quickly standing up and walking off, the clicking of the heels slowly fading the further they walked away.

Uji coughed, his hand gripping the side of the sink as he tried keeping himself upright. It all hurt so bad. He looked up at the dusty old mirror, seeing his own bruised and defeated face in the reflection. He could barely recognize himself.

Uji used his tongue to lightly feel the dent where a tooth once was, using his other hand to slowly poke and prod at it to assess the damage.

"Seems i have to get a new tooth too-..." He mumbled to himself, staring himself in the eyes as he now leaned forwards on the sink, both hands supporting him as he watched the once grey metallic sink now stained green.

His dreadlocks stung, and he felt his eyes burning. He took a quick sharp breath and rubbed his eyes, turning on the sink faucet on and leaning down as if to take a sip.

"I need you to call Kah'Nagi" Uji huffed as he walked around the room, aggressively rummaging around for something, growing increasingly more agitated as time went on. A small device on the nightstand by his bed beeped, a small red light blinking as it processed Ujis words.

"Calling Kah'Nagi" a robotic voice spoke up from the device, followed by a long silence and then sudden but soft ringing beat.

Uji sighed, sitting on his knees surrounded by the mess he had created in his search as he burrowed his face in his hands. It felt like forever before the device blinked and beeped again, the same robotic voice speaking up again "Could not reach "Kah'Nagi" please try again later or leave a voice note."

Uji let out a low, rumbly growl before pushing himself back up on his feet, picking up a cone shaped, pointed hat with a wide brim as he did so.

He put the hat on his head, leaving the upper part of his face covered in shadow. He clicked lightly to himself as the adornments randomly hanging off the sides of the hat clinked together as he moved over to grab the device sitting on his nightstand.

He stared at the blinking light for a moment, before pressing a button on the device's side, suddenly stopping the blinking light. "I'll have to deal with them later-" He huffed to himself as he shoved the device in his pants pockets and bent down to grab a strangely shaped knife, only to put it in a holster right by his armpit. He turned around and picked up an old cloak and put it on in one swift move before taking the backpack the cloak was previously covering on his bed and threw it over his shoulder.

He quickly stormed towards the front door, pulling the red bandana he had around his neck up to his upper mandibles, fully covering his face before suddenly stopping right before reaching the door handle. He growled slightly to himself before turning around and going back for the one thing he had forgotten: a tiny charm of a fish carved out from bone, dangling off a handmade string.He quickly grabbed it off his pillow and shoved it in his other pocket before finally heading out, leaving the place a complete mess.

- The air was thick with the scent of rot, salt and fried fish as Ujis old leather boots pressed against the slippery, wooden walkway. Uji was quite surprised the walkway hadn't collapsed yet, with its poor construction and even worse state. The surrounding village, although quite modern in its construction, carries the weight of hardship in every chipped storefront and rusting streetlamp. The neon glow of a half-working sign flickers overhead, advertising cheap bait and cold beer, though no one pays it much mind.

Uji quickly moves through the crowd, unnoticed, just another body in the sea of people with places to be and not much care for those around. Vendors bark their prices, their voices rising over the chatting voices and sputtering electrical generators. Dock workers haul crates of fresh catch over to their buyers, their boots leaving slick tracks on the oil-stained wood. Uji passess a group of youngbloods loitering near an abandoned shop, the glow of their cigarettes illuminating their bored and saddened expressions. Uji clicked to himself- he remembered when that was once him, having nothing and no one by your side, with no purpose in this depressing and disgusting world. He shook his head and kept moving, trying not to let the past get to him.

A weird feline creature slinks between wooden crates, scavenging for scraps of food while the owner of the crates pays it no mind, focusing more on untangling their fishing lines than a creature they probably know well. As the sun begins to set behind the haze covering the entire area, Uji finally reaches his destination, entering a wooden shack slowly being overtaken by algae, with a broken sign above its door that it probably once used to advertise its purpose before the owner stopped caring."We're closed!" A grumpy and rough voice barked out, making Uji scoff. "I know. You've been closed for 2 years." He barked back, looking around the front of the shop- its walls covered in nets, fishing equipment and weapons of all kinds, spread between shelves and display cases.

A few trophies of previous successful hunts hung on the wall above the stores checkout, where a skinny yautja leaned on the counter next to the register, their dreadlocks held up in a bun with a bone hairpin and scales as green as the local seaweed, which was pretty dull. They had a cigarette in their mouth as they read a magazine open in front of them. The yautja seemed to only chuckle, but did not check to see who was there, their attention still fixed on the magazine. "Uji, welcome back," The yautja spoke as Uji made his way closer to the counter, browsing the goods being sold as he passed them. "What brings you here?" The yautja asked, taking a puff of their cigarette and finally looking up at Uji, making eye contact. The yautja clicked slightly as their face shifted from one of content and leisure, to worry and confusion. "W-..Are you okay?" They asked, straightening up a bit as they examined Uji. "I'm fine, it's nothing you need to worry about." Uji said dismissively, lightly throwing the backpack he had on his shoulder onto the counter.

The yautja said nothing and simply shrugged, grabbing the backpack and opening it up to examine its contents. Once done examining, they closed up the bag and picked it up, motioning for Uji to follow him to the back. Uji didn't hesitate and followed the yautja to the back.The backroom was a medium sized room, not much larger than the store front. In there was the door to the shack's only bathroom, an old broken down fridge, a table, two chairs and three giant crates filled to the brim with weapons.

The yautja put the bag gently under the table, before walking up to one of the crates, picking up a small case and putting it on the table, where Uji had taken a seat. The yautja opened the case, revealing four metallic items. "A new concealable Sniper Rifle," They said, taking a puff of their cigarette before continuing, "It's a compact, highly modular sniper weapon system. It can be assembled in under one minute for rapid deployment, with perfect zero retention. Just as quickly, it can be disassembled down to four major components all shorter than 16.5 inches in length." Uji nodded and lightly nudged his hat , leading it to slide down to his back, where it stayed from the string around his neck. He then took down his bandana to get a better look at the weapon in front of him. The yautja coughed and averted their gaze from Uji, quickly going back to the crate to find something else. Uji wasnt really impressed with the weapon. It was compact, yes, but it just wasnt for him. "Here we go- I think you're gonna like this one." The yautja said as they pulled out a fully intact sniper with a blue stripe running across its entire length. "The lightning. Made by the Kizengis up in the desert. They're known for their accuracy and range- superior precision and power. These things are really sought after across all of Nithya, even other places across the galaxy. Maybe not by the rich pauks at prime and those places, but what is?" The yautja laughed and put the rifle down on the table, taking a seat across Uji. "They're way more technologically advanced than us." Uji cocked his head to the side and picked up the intact sniper, inspecting it closely and how it felt.

"How much would I owe if I picked this one over the compact one, Goya?" Uji finally spoke up.Goya shrugged and took a puff, thinking deeply. "Nothing." He finally responded. Uji looked confused, he hadn't expected that. "I still owe you a lot, so let's just call it even after this, okay?" Uji thought about it for a bit before nodding. The two shook hands and Uji stood up, getting ready to leave. "Besides-" Goya clicked, snuffing out the cigarette on the table. "You need the few coins you still got for a new-" He tapped his own tooth, where Uji was missing one. "you know."Uji shook his head and put his bandana back up, quickly leaving with his new weapon in hand.

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