Na-na-na-na boo-boo. Sequel is up!
Good. Six months on the last one. That's a bit worrisome, Shining.
Yes, gang. We don't own CSI: Miami or the elements. We do own the plot, though. No thieving without permission, please!
Interlude: Dark Overture
It was nighttime in the city of Miami, Florida as millions of men and women went inside their houses and slept as peacefully as they could. Darkness had the city in its grip for the past three weeks, and in this war, there was no rest for the weary. No matter how hard people tried to fight off the feeling that demons would show up at any time, they knew it was inevitable. Life was no longer truly that of a simple citizen. Now they had heroes to look for, and already, one of them was dead.
It was originally a nightmare for Horatio Caine of the Miami Crime Scene Investigator. He never would have dreamed, in all of his years as a detective, that he would be on a simple murder case that would turn out to be a battle to save all humanity. He looked down at his hands, streaked with blue stripes all the way up his arms. Horatio had been given the power over the element of water, and he believed it to be a near-miss curse. The man was now constantly blaming himself for the death of one of his own- the wielder of light, Calleigh Duquesne.
He looked out into the distance and closed his eyes. An onlooker might've thought that he was merely trying to fall asleep on the cliff where he sat. In actuality, he was beginning to concentrate on creating a thunderstorm. It wasn't a normal thunderstorm, however- it had anger, despair, and sadness. Horatio's storm was a storm of emotions that would soon rain all over the city of war ground, even if not one battle had really been fought inside its walls. He sighed and rubbed his head.
"What are you doing up here all by yourself?"
The man turned around and smiled wearily. Chief Medical Examiner Alexx Woods sat down next to him as he moved aside for her. Alexx was like a big teddy bear- you just wanted to hug and squeeze her all the time. However, she could be a grizzly bear as well- snapping at you for something you might've done wrong. "You're still blaming yourself, hm?"
He didn't say anything, but she could tell he was bursting to say "yes." The man instead preoccupied himself with looking at her hands. "They're nearly completely covered with streaks," he observed, watching her purpled hands.
She sighed. "If you, Ryan, Eric, and Calleigh all had the elements…" Horatio winced but nodded for her to go on. "…why do Natalia and I not have one yet?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "I say patience, Alexx. You'll learn soon enough, I hope. Something tells me that you've got a special element coming, just for you."
The woman looked out over the ocean of raging waters and thunderclouds. "You've been venting to yourself again, haven't you?"
Horatio nodded, tears welling up in his eyes. "I can't help but recall those last words that Stetler told me. The darkest waters over Miami shall wash over all like the nightmare of a thousand demons. What if it's true, Alexx? What if I do turn out to be one of them?"
Alexx's face was kind, but firm. "I don't know why you're listening to some piece of bullshit from an Internal Affairs agent with nine silver fox tails. That should be the first warning sign to you."
There was a sudden rumble from under them, and thousands of demons rose from the area for as far as the eye could see. Horatio stood up and stared out over the oceans and sand dunes, a look of terror on his face. Alexx blinked. "This is not happening."
"The prophecy is coming soon too quickly," Horatio whispered, summoning his large sword, which was now taking in the shape of a strange blue sword with a heart shape on the end, frills covering every part of it. "This can't be…" He suddenly reeled over in pain, clutching his stomach and moaning.
Alexx put her hand on his back. "Horatio?"
It suddenly appeared. A large silver fox tail came shooting out of him, bushy and smooth. He looked up at her, his eyes becoming strangely silver. "Get out of here," he whispered. "There's nothing you can do now."
Alexx nodded and ran away from him as he clutched his sword. He jumped down into the fray of demons and was lost in combat a few moments later.
Boo! Hiss!
It's a prologue, Shining. I just hope it's a decent one.
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