(Fiction) "Rise of the Black Circle"

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Within the walls of the mighty Knight Borg factory, aptly named Camelot, a debate ensued. There on his throne was the Imperial Knight and ruler of the Knight Borgs, Abekk and by his side were his two guards the Ruby and Sapphire knight. All three of the highly exalted knights seemed disgruntled with the pleading Vlad in front of them.

"My liege, this is quite simple! The Musha Borgs are mobilizing their troops from the research center on the south side of the city. Think, all we must do is hire a regular band of mercenaries to cripple the compound while the bulk of their forces are gone. I did not have spies watch them for five months just so you can shoot down my suggestions!!" Vlad hissed, several of his vampire knight bretheren behind him, whispering.

"Watch thine temper vampire, or must I exile thou and thine ilk as I should have long ago?" Abekk bellowed, straightening in his thrown to meet the glare of Vlad. "This endeavor of which thou speaks is a petty one, one of old bad blood and a grasp for power which I deem not worth seeking at this time. For we are at the mercy of greater dark forces."

The room got quieter and Vlad started to appear a tad more nervous. "But, Lord Abekk, I implore you. Once this war is won with this Galactic Emperor, would it not be wise to prepare for our own rise to power?"

"THROUGH TRICKERY AND DISHONORABLY FACING OUR ALLIES AT THEIR WEAKEST!?" Abekk's voice boomed. "Thou hath no sense of honor or the way of the Knight Borg. Leave my presence at once. There shall be no more talk of this."

Dejected and humiliated, Vlad bowed and walked out of the throne room to his quarters, a small portion of the lab within the area mostly inhabited by vampire knights that he presided over. The devious vampire looked out his window, his chin resting on his woven fingers as he plotted and looked at the visible city. A shadow then crossed over the moon and suddenly before him was the ghastly visage of Death Wing.

"Oooweeheehee! *Snort* Zo, ziz iz ze great count of ze vampire knightz!? Ooweehee!" The giant skull cackled, drawing close to Vlad who was now drawing his weapons. "It is. Now leave before I have my vampires drain every last ounce of energy out of your crazed head." Vlad replied, keeping an extended blade out in order to maintain a distance between him and the demon. "Ve're friendz of you Vlad, ve all are! I can take you to a place vhere your vordz mean zomething!" Death wing began floating circles around the vampire knights, his scythe clutched in both hands out of insane habit. "Is that so? And where would that be?" Right after Vlad asked this, Death Wing's scythe immediately swatted the blades out of his hands and the mad demon borg swooped him up, carrying Vlad off into the night, away from Camelot.

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In the old world slums of the city, Death Wing and Vlad came upon an old warehouse. Death Wing flew in through the window and passed through a maze of crates and junk until coming to a grate in the floor. The demon borg opened the grate with his scythe and flew into a cavernous, abandoned laboratory with a round table in the middle which was occupied by several different borgs. "Ziz iz your ztop, leetle vampire!" Death Wing snorted and finally placed the disgruntled Vlad down.

Vlad dusted himself off and looked around, instantly recognizing some of the faces at the round table. The leader of the Ninja Borgs himself, Kaji the flame ninja was there. The brother to the esteemed shogun of the Musha Borgs, the Chrono Samurai Dai Musha was in attendance as well, even sitting peacefully beside Kaji. A little bit away from everyone else was the Killer Girl Akumi, lead assassin and assassin coordinator of the syndicate. "What is going on here!? What is this place? I demand an answer!" Vlad shouted, approaching the table.

In mid stride, he bumped into a being of pitch black shadow. There was no reflective surface on it but it felt of metal, the creature's very image appeared to absorb light itself like a void in reality and probably most disturbing for Vlad was that it was shaped like Neo G red. "Welcome to the Black Circle, Vlad." It's voice sounded like numerous echoes of Neo G red's. "I am Umbral."

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"We have been watching you Vlad. We know of your struggles and we agree that you have the will to rise to power with us when the time comes." Umbral said, sitting down at the table and inviting Vlad to sit. "So, this is a covert force of sorts?" Vlad inquired as he sat a chair from Umbral. "Not exactly a force. More like... A board of directors for the resistance against Galactic Emperor. Intrigued investors, coming together to make sure things are going according to plan. I believe you're well aware of our other members and wondering exactly how I fit into this. Well, I am the replacement assistant for Galactic Emperor. A sort of G red two point oh."

"Not very good at making loyal assistants is he?" Vlad smirked as he snobbishly spoke. "Let's just say I want a promotion. Even if we are unable to over throw him, it should be possible to make him respect us as commanders in our own right. By playing both sides of the field until they're raw and gathering strength unnoticed, we will be able to at least carve out our own place of power, even with Galactic Emperor standing as a threat."

"Hate to break this to you, Umbral but it'll take more than some assassins and ninjas to face down an entire army." Said Vlad, rolling his eyes. "That is why you're here tonight specifically, not only to give us your support as an initiate but to witness my new improvement in the war effort." The shadow Neo G red stood and walked to an old monitor. "Lady and gentlemen I would like to have your attention." With this said, the talking stopped between the other three members. "Over the past months I have been testing the technology that Galactic Emperor uses to impose control on the enslaved Dragon Borgs. I have been strategically placing transmitters in various Death Borgs. My friends... One fourth of the Death Borg army can now be under my control at the flip of a switch."

As he spoke, the monitor displayed blue prints of the transmitters and how it was effective against simple Death Borg AI. There was a silence in the circle. Dai Musha finally spoke. "How are we to trust your personal control? How do we know that you will not turn against us with this power?" The Chrono Samurai asked, Kaji nodded in agreement. "Don't question this development, would you rather have them in control of Galactic Emperor? No. Our alliance stands, so far as we have a common enemy. I will not break it unless you break it first. Or annoy me, which you are doing now, Dai." Umbral's voice was stern as he addressed the Chrono Samurai, who now hung his head and nodded.

"Why don't we just attack now and get this over with?" Vlad shrugged, thinking this was a reasonable question. "And expend OUR resources? Are you an imbecile Vlad? We can't deal our full hand until the Gotcha Borgs and Galactic Emperor is at eachother's throats." Umbral tilted his head at the vampire. "Well what are we supposed to do until then, sit on our hands?" Vlad seemed fairly disgruntled but as usual in no position to complain.

With that there was a pause until Umbral finally answered. "No, we make sure that the conflict is as evenly matched as possible, so they beat each other into the ground."

[thadudette]

Nice! I never thought about a lot of these ideas It's interesting seeing the borgs given different personalities, I always imagined Death Wing more as an emo-ish IM COOL FEAR ME kind of dude.
One thing- it's hard to tell who's talking sometimes without the new-paragraph-for-new-speaker thing :3

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Death Wing's features are just so exaggerated, the INSANITY HOMICIDAL VORG. The giant skull for a body? The giant scythe? He doesn't seem subtle enough to be emo.

As for the thing about people talking? I have an intense fear of typing. Blank said, so and so mumbled and Alan Smithee jeered repeatedly. It is a problem and it's why I'm better with narratives and monologues.

Any questions about it? I'd love to discuss.