Arc of the Souls Chapter 24: Arc 2, Chapter 7 - Hennafell City

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"My first mission as a Follower... this will be awesome..." Satono was never this excited in her life until now. They were tasked with killing Vincent Sparks, and it was her job to help them find him. "I'm going to enjoy this... it's been so long since I've had a decent battle." Heios and Aria walked behind her. This Testharian girl seemed to be enjoying herself too much, they couldn't stand it. "You think you can just come here and act like you own the place, huh?" Heios said in a low tone, still angry about earlier. He kept his gaze down and stared at her back as they walked. "Don't get your hopes up and try to keep up with us professionals." "Huh, that's the most you've spoken outside of combat, Heios!" Jasper said, finishing off refurnishing his ship. Heios scoffed, returning to being silent and walking into his ship, rocking a HABN-3003 Compact. "You know the drill, everyone. I lead the way since Avu isn't here." Aria said, climbing onto her ship and opening the hatch window. Jasper was the first to board his ship, A C73 Ambru, made a bomber. His ship was relatively fast, having been tinkered with to keep the durable chassis but have the speed of a fighter. Aria's ship operated more as a stealth fighter, hence it's sleek and vented look. It was similar to a supercar like a Pagani or a Ferrari, except it had wings and was capable of flight. Aria would take lift off and exit the hangar, while Jasper and Satono quickly followed. Heios would be the last one to break contact with the ground, following the three of them out of the hangar and a few seconds later, out of the atmosphere. All four Followers would set course to Eukaron - engaging lightspeed. = = = One of the only major cities on the planet, Hennafell City is an incredibly tall and dense city, large truss-shaped sksycrapers going as high as the low-hanging clouds. It has an incredibly large wage gap, with the poor living in extreme poverty and the rich enjoying a variety of luxuries. The centre of the city holds a shield generator that protects the entire planet - although it was deactivated for now. There are a series of small domed districts on the edges of the city that make up the outer parts of Hennafell, which include the Slum Sector, Business Districts, the Medical Sector and Residential District, among many more. Each one of these are quite well-off. You'd expect a shithole like Eukaron to not house an actual functioning city. Atleast, that's what Vincent Sparks thought. "Well, what do we have here?" He said, leaning back on the cockpit chair of the stolen pirate shuttlecraft. After witnessing just how bad of a town Amarill was, he could only expect something of the same out here. He put a hand to his chin and watched as the shuttle approached the domes. A large sign however showed that he may need to pay to use it. So much for tourist attraction. One of the smaller skyscrapers had landing platforms on each of the building's face - giving him a clear and generally a safe place to land. He was smart to take a pirate ship, nobody could out him as a foreigner. It was perfect. However, the ship rocked some gang symbols which were notorious in Eukaron. Hennafell was known as the city of innovation... in a rather undeveloped planet, however. Vincent wasn't a man to care about such a trivial thing, though. He could wipe everyone out in a blink of an eye if he wanted to. He decided to land on the building anyway, noticing that the pad was deserted and relatively well-kept. Humanoid robots of wire and pipeline walked around it, with crates holding naught but rubble and debris. "Is this whole planet... just an absolute shit show?" He grimaced, climbing out of the ship. When Vincent opened the shuttle's door, he could hear a lot of commotion from outside. It sounded like an argument, which soon broke out into a fight. As soon as he stepped out, however, he heard a gunshot, and a body fell to the floor. A group of men, armed with guns and knives, had just shot a man dead