Gift of a Theif
Rise of the Dark Flame

Intro

Pheonix was marked at birth by the gods to be the hand of fate. not only for his people but all that give life. At the age of five he went from a life of a peace and joy to seeing his home and his people killed. to make things worse he's accused of doing it. now after nine hundred and ninty three years he is closer to revenge.

captains log
From the start of my hunt of the one who destroyed my life. i can still remember it, as if it was yesterday. My mother and father bursting into flames as my home was blown to bits.
Now i draw closer to vengence by the day.
Who am I? I am known by many names; Killer, Theif, Kidnapper, and even Death Bringer. though flattering as those names may be, my name is truly Dark Phoenix.
welcome to my life.  

Journal Entry:
it started as any other ordinary day. the team and i seemed to be one step behind what we hunted. following the trail of death and distruction, seems all too.... deja vü to me. just like back home, when we played hunter versus hunter. before i could make a plan of attack something strange happened. 
Ch1
just as Phonix was about to call a new place to land, Soul-Cat shouted over the intercom, 
"Sir, We're recieving an S.O.S signal from a run down ship just off the bow. What shall i make of it? i'm only getting one life signal, but the person is soon to perish." he said rather excitably sounding.
with that the team set out to find what was wrong... as they arrived at the wrecked ship, they discovered it was overrun with mutant bugs. 
"Sooo, what's for lunch?" Psy asked with fork and knife in hand and a wicked smile apon her face. 
pheonix grunted as he walked to the main door. 
"wait here..." he commanded gently as he walked off. 
as phonix left, Rose the black cat temptress entered the room. 
"Let me guess, he left you alone again?" she purred silkily.... 
as the team nodded Rose let out a soft sigh "Here we go again...."
Captains Log:
Blood, death, and carnage... it was something i grew to enjoy while watching and guessing what became of the poor bastards whose entrails were smeared along walls and floors. Bodies Bodies everywhere, desks, walls, floor, even stacked apon one another as if they actually tried to save the other.... stupid idiots... save your own selves first. 
the time i didnt enjoy death and carnage as much, is now like a shadow... a glimmer of light in the depths of my heart... i just have to lick lips as the smell of the blood is taking me over. these damn mutant bugs are dead meat when i get to them.... 
phoenix sliced his way through the hall with his Katana striking any bug that came within distance. after quite a few death filled rooms he heard someone shout out 
"Help!" with a fading voice that sounded of the brink of death. 
without a moment to spare, he walked toward the sound. as he glanced into the room, he immediately saw dead bodies thrown about. just then he saw the source of the cry for help, one of the workers still alive. 
"Please help me!" she begged, as she saw his shadow in the door. 
his old temptations started coming back to him as he walked into the room. 
the only reason i will allow you to live for now is to find out what the fuck happened here he mused to himself. as he approched the worker, he saw a bug like creature crawling toward her. 
"Don't move!" he ordered calmly. as he pulled out his gun pointing it at her head. as quickly as she blinked, Phoenix fired off the gun blasting the head and body of the bug back to the hell it came from. 
"Come with me if you wish to live!" he said ignoring the splattering of bug guts on his pants and shoes. then turned and strode out the room with her following indignant and confused. 
Captains Log: 
looking back i guess it was pity that led me to spare her life. being the only survivor of a brutal attack that took loved ones, is something she and i have in common if not the only thing. though in my heart i know she is more like me. on the way back to the ship i thought she would yap up a storm but she stayed silent. either shock or she knows who i am... one or the other kept her mouth shut. 
	As the ship came back into view, Phoenix noticed that the bugs were trying to destroy the ship, the very place he called home. also the only way off the dying ship they stood upon. 
"Damnit Walker get those fucking bugs off my ship!" he shouted just a hint of his temper showing through his usual cold calmness. 
he turns to the worker. in a calm voice as the ship blasted away he said to the worker:
"Good, you're ok. what's your name anyways?"
"Kittie..." she replied. it was the perfect name for her because she was a cat, with the heart of an angel....
"Charmed." phoenix said as he glanced back at the ship. "the names Phoenix." he said as he walked back to the ship. 
kitty had heard of him, she had feared the stories of him being a killer, yet here before her stood a calmer handsome gentleman of a wolf. a hero, certainly her hero... 
	As they walked Kittie couldn't take her eyes off her hero. Phoenix had a stone face free from emotion, showing leadership, a chiseled chest like a fierce warrior yet oddly gentle enough to lay against... arms and legs slender but showed strength.... without realizing what she was doing she run up behind him grabbing him from the back. 
"thank you" she whispered softly in his ear. 
	over the intercom came Walkers voice, "sir they're all dead" he reported.
	Rolling his eyes Phoenix kicked the last remaining bug into the fire. listening with glee as it hissed and screamed. "missed one..." he turned to Kittie with a sly smile. "Wonder where the queen is? with this many of these little fuckers around the queen has to be nearby..." 
	before Phoenix could say another word Kittie busted out:
"The Heart. the heart of this ship is the most protected part... six inch thick steel walls, die-cast chrome plated doors... it has to be there, but you'll need me to get in..."
	with a gentle nod, Phoenix walked beside Kittie, as they started toward the core. 
Captains Log:
 it seemed too planned for a random invasion. it was as if someone had put the bugs on the ship. i know only one person that heartless. after looking her over i knew she didnt know that person. i started to smell the stench of the beast as we drew closer to her lair. but there was more... Him... there was no mistake i knew what i had to do... 
	"i'll open the door for you..." kittie said as she ran over to the keypad. "damnit someone changed the code, i'll try the master override code..." after punching it, it sounded a loud beep as the door opened. "there!" she said turning to phoenix. 
	just then Phoenix sensed something was terribly wrong, a feeling that was unmistakable. but before he could warn Kittie some kind of tentacle reached out and grabbed her pulling her in as the door slammed shut and locks sounded behind it.
	Phoenix pounded at the door shouting no and various other profanities. thoughts and feelings rushed through his mind. why is he so set on saving her? was one of them. there was also. was it pity for what she had seen happen to her crew? or perhaps to make up for past failures? whatever the reason, Phoenix wasn't letting her go. with one last blow from his massive hand the door busted open and he stormed in sword and gun drawn ready for whatever battle laid ahead. as he looked at the repulsive creature a slow smirk came across his face, the one that said he was not only ready to fight, but to thoroughly kick some buggy ass. a sixty foot bug was no big fucking deal to him. his only concern was Kittie being hurt or trapped as he killed the queen bitch of the bugs and her few surrounding minions. but he could work around that. he saw her move Kittie toward her mouth and Phoenix knew he had to act quickly. 
the foul beast stopped and stared at Phoenix, 
"Oh, come to join me for lunch? i was just about to eat your little friend here, stick around and you can be the other half... afraid there isn't much to this one and i'll still be hungry. i am only feeding myself and my two thousand babies..." 
	without wasting words he fought his way up. slaughtering as many minions as he could while fighting his way up to the head of the beast, he'd deal with the rest later. as he fought upwards the beasts minion grabbed his ankle and tried to drag him back down the massive beasts body, in one clean sweep of his katana he killed the beast, and sliced a deep gash into the beast. smirking he stood at her shoulder he waited...
"any last words bitch?" he taunted her. she shrieked and tried to move her massive body.
"you wouldn't kill and expectant mother would you?" 
"seeing as the world would be a lot better without your mutant hell spawn, watch me!" he said and with another clean sweep took her head off and freed Kittie. she did a tucked roll and landed on her feet in the thick of very pissed of minions. she pulled her weapon a hidden daggar. Phoenix stopped to laugh and toss her a welding torch that was within reach, 
"here, you might have better luck with this than that pitiful excuse for a blade you have in your hand." they fought their way through the last of them and torched the place. 
	once done they ran underground to his ship. once safely aboard the ship Phoenix gave the word to go ahead. 
Captains Log:
strange, everytime i look at Kittie or Psy, i feel as if my love is still alive... even when i took a lover it was as if she wasn't even there. am i going mad? no matter how long it takes or how many women, i WILL find her.