The Beginning of the Legacy

	So... you wanna hear a story 'eh? Hmmmm... what good ones do I have... wanna hear the time I acquired my ship when I stile to from the sentient robot race known as the... no? What about when I did a massive jailbreak on the largest... no? As much as I don't like it when people get picky with me... what about... the beginning of my legacy? I knew that would reel ya in, heh heh heh. Alright... but be warned... you tell this to ANYONE and I'll have to skin ya alive. Now that we agree with each other, let me begin...

	Back... CRAP! I actually forgot how long ago it was... let's just say eons ago and move on... Anyways...  Eons ago, back on my home which was known as Alpha Ermaldi. We were very prosperous but we tended to keep to ourselves in our little part of the galaxy. However we did trade very much with a nearby trading station where every race part of the Distant Universal Affairs League or DUAL for short... whoever came up with that name, I seriously hope got a painful death... back to the story... Every planet part of DUAL would go there to trade, at least in our galaxy. Our choice of resource was usually gems and crystals.... get back to the part about me? I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS BIT FIRST! Fine whatever... but don't interrupt me you little piece of shit...
	On Alpha Ermaldi, even though we grew in civilization, technology and intelligence greatly, we still always held true to our old ways. Not many traditions made it far into the future but one thing did remain the same, how we judged each other. No I don't mean being racist, I mean on how we can predict our futures. For example, if you were left handed you would most likely live long... if you had red fur you were most likely to find true love... stuff like that. I however... had some of the more rarer traits appear on me. The one that mattered the most were my gold and sky blue eyes and sky blue fur along with white underbelly and face. You're probably thinking “gold and sky blue eyes and fur...? But you're eyes and fur are purple!” and my reply to that is “SHUT UP IM GETTING TO IT!” The sky blue fur wasn't as important, I'd live long, whoop de doo... but the eyes... they meant that I would gain fame, respect and great riches to my species. I guess you can say that it's all true. I've been alive for eons, I'm one of the richest beings in the universe and I have a kind of “respect” but... the way everyone treated me back then... disgusted me so much. They would go out of their way to try and please me so that they could get some of my “inevitable wealth.” I could purposely act out to try and get in trouble but they'd just turn the other cheek or give me a slap on the wrists so I wouldn't do it again.	If I was destined for fame, wealth and respect I wanted to earn it, not be given to me because my eyes said so! I hated it. For so long I was spoiled, but there were some people I could truly call friends that didn't care... the ones that actually thought I would be pompous and selfish and would pick on me. Instead I defended them and I helped them see that I wouldn't let some prophecy sway me... and even today even though they're dead I still hold them dear to me... in several ways. I still keep a picture where it was all of us together in my data folders on my ship and on my holo-tablet... but printing out a real picture is just too dangerous now as it tends to just get ripped, torn, burned, shredded, disintegrated... you get the idea. There were three of them: Celious, Zykel and Tyz. Zykel was a bit of a musclehead and tended to act as such most of the time but once ya got to know him he was really cool and down to earth. Tyz was a bit of a doofus. Always trying to make a wise-crack or pun that 90% of his “audience” didn't find funny. Celious... she was a sweetheart though. It still confuses me to this day why she hung out with them... guess it was because they never made any moves on her. She was DEFINTELY eye candy but she was definitely a “look but no touch” girl because she can and WILL kick your ass if you try to touch. I've seen her beat Zykel in arm wrestling somehow, we all laughed so hard when that happened. Something tells me he let her win because he was laughing too that day. Celious would flirt with me in front of both Tyz and Zykel as well. I'm not sure if it was to make them mad or if she was dead serious, but it eventually worked on me. I fell for her the day she decided to make a move and kiss me... and man... was it awesome. No matter how times someone has described their first kiss, none could completely tell me how it would feel like when I had my own first kiss. But this is me we're talking about, not some bullcrap romance fairy tale... so of course it didn't last. I could have lived a lie with her but when I heard that Celious was making plans to marry me... JUST so she could get into the money, that was it. From that day forth I decided to forsake it all... I faked my own death and even attended my own funeral... it was actually both amusing and... to be honest, quite disheartening, but that's helped me become ruthless and uncaring. I refused to show any emotion when I saw my parents cry. The next day is when I started to become the man you know me as: Raze-Ore. I started to do petty crimes like vandalism, theft, blackmail, stuff like that. Eventually I was known on the whole planet and I was enjoying it! People were acknowledging me for what I was doing, not who I am! But people still mourned my “death”... so I did something which had exposed me slightly... destroy any and ALL records of my previous life... eventually my parents and the chief of police for the planet knew my true identity... and it started all over again... the chief would start letting things slide should I get caught... so I had to make sure I DIDN'T get caught anymore. Back then, anytime something went missing but not who did it they knew who to blame... Me. I started getting a lot of money selling things on the black market, pickpocketing or even fulfilling a few contracts, but I never left the planet, I had no means of doing so. Even if the employer offered me trips off world I declined them... I had a mission here, and that mission was to become the greatest thief the planet had ever known! A somewhat impossible dream for sure... but that's why I made it. It was something that would keep me going on for as long as I would live. Eventually I was getting there though... but there was one thing that not a single thief, not even me, could steal... “The Heart of the World.” It was a flawless gem that was the envy of every thief, philanthropist and geologist in the galaxy, and it was found and remained on our planet in the most high tech, high maintenance and most secure place on the planet. You could practically fit an entire army int here and they pretty much did, it was where most of the money was kept, our treasury as it were. However it was also a museum which stored many other valuable objects that many would kill to have. No one had ever been able to steal anything from there and I know, I have tried. I would try again and again but never succeed, but also never get caught... I was the most elusive thief around by the time I was ballsy enough to even attempt to pull off a burglary there. Whenever I wasn't busy with contracts or... even blowing stuff up just for fun... I would try to take anything I could from there. I was starting to get frustrated by constantly failing to break in stealthfully that I tried a more upfront approach several times... but of course those failed just as badly. My greed, my avarice, my envy would grow more and more each day and with each failed attempt. I could still recall one of my best attempts... I had decided to break into the vault and just take a bunch of money... however I was almost cornered. I had to sacrifice some technology I stole, some hard-light tech, to make it run off with the bag of money I had while I went the other way. They took the bait but I also lost my precious side bag... luckily the police confiscated it along with the hard-light tech which I stole back... friggen idiots. By the time I had about a century of being a thief under my belt I STILL wasn't considered the best... all because I couldn't steal from that complex. After that I took a break... I vanished from the underground world for a year (on my planet anyways) to hone my skills a bit and just live a normal life... but at the end of that year... the second most haunting memory I have happened... I was sitting out in a field, just looking out at the city which I almost never left, actually jst enjoying the view... it really was gorgeous... but then it felt like time stood still... I could feel a horrible... unholy chill go up my spine. Whatever was coming, I could've been blind and deaf and STILL know that something that pure evil was coming, more specifically... coming to me. I've been nearly killed several times, ignoring the fear of death but when I felt whatever presence was nearby, I swear I could feel my heart climb into my throat, switch places with my brain and then switch back because everything in  my body was going haywire... legs were trembling, I had a death grip on nothing but the air itself and my tail was going at the speed of light in panic. My vision became a bit dull and my entire body was in a cold sweat... I was in shock for no reason other than the pure evil I could feel behind me. Somehow though I managed to get up, draw my pair of trusty daggers and face whatever was behind me. When I saw... whatever it was though... I felt like my entire body froze. There wasn't a single detail to it's body except its several eyes and ridiculous amount of teeth... it was nothing but a silhouette and yet I could see “lines” so show its teeth, eyes and limbs... I guess a shade would be a better term for what it was but that's not exactly important. I couldn't even say a word to that... thing, I was standing there like an idiot with my mouth open, paralyzed with fear. It just laughed at me, one pair of its arms had crossed as it did so. It's voice just resonated with “I'm evil and I will kill you in a second” kind of tone, it also sounded somewhat like a wisp in the wind... dragged out but not very audible... and yet I was able to hear every word perfectly. It said “Poor Raze-Ore... I thought you were immune to fear by this point... Here I thought 'The Great Raze-Ore, the Master Thief' would  be more impressive in person.” Somehow... being mocked by that thing knocked me out of whatever daze and shock I was in and I, for whatever reason, growled at it. I shouted, “I'll be more impressive when I carve ya open!” If I could go back in time to hit myself I would... what the hell was I thinking!? That... thing! That monster could probably kill me in the blink of an eye... and I have never killed a person once! I refused to kill anyone... wound them to survive yes but never kill. However... it just laughed at my threat, watching how my hands shook in fear still. It shook its head a bit and laughed more before continuing to belittle me with, “How cute... But you wouldn't want to hurt someone who just wants to do business with you wold you?” That last line confused the heck out of me... “What the hell would some monster want with me? It would have whatever it wants if its as evil and powerful as I think it is,” was all I could think at that moment. Due to my confusion though my body relaxed a bit, still tense but not shaking and holding a death grip on my daggers anymore. However I pulled back one of the scarves on my arms and  revealed my hidden crossbow, aiming it at the thing... for some reason I thought I could hurt it... which again I want to hit myself for. It just laughed at me even more before vanishing and in the blink of an eye it appeared beside me, putting one of its... “hands” on my crossbow, making it disappear. When that happened I was paralyzed in fear once again, my entire body freezing up and my eyes wide... I think I actually let out a tear or two in panic and fear. My entire arm that I had extended was shaking hard. “Shhhh... no need to be rash... I'll give you your little toy back later...” it said while it walked back to its original spot. “All I want to do is help you achieve your goal... and you help me achieve mine... a fair trade no?” It had explained to me, once it stopped walking. I gulped hard as I was scared to even know what that thing's goal could be... but I was curious now... why was it interested in helping me...? “Why help you... that is the question almost everyone thinks or asks that. It's all simple but I will explain in due time... after I explain my side of the deal.” was what the thing said with the same, maliciously evil grin. I couldn't tell if it was reading my mind or did it really have that much experience with other people? Whatever the case was was I remained silent, keeping my gaze on it even though it was wavering a bit. “My side of the deal is this... I'll grant you two VERY unique abilities that will aide you in your quest to be the greatest thief ever, not just on this world but entire universe! Surely something like that would catch your interest, yes?” it further explained, speaking coyly as if I was a fish on a hook. However, knowing this monster would want something ridiculous in return I wasn't so easily swayed. “I call bullshit on your offer... what could you possibly offer me that could insure something like that? And better yet, what could I possibly give that you would want?” I asked boldly, trying to build up enough courage to not seem like I was about to shit myself. The being however just laughed and began to slowly circle me. “Oh... but you have all that I want even though you don't actually realize it... but I'm going to cut you a deal. I'll give you one cycle to consider it. How does that sound?” it asked. Now I was really intrigued... it really wanted to make this deal with me... so I just had to know. “No.. how about this... you tell me what you'll give me and what I have to give you in return and THEN I'll consider it. If you're not even going to tell me anything then get getting'.” I said in a slightly snarky tone. The demon just laughed even more, surprised at my tone. “well well, regaining a bit of your backbone are we? Alright then, you convinced me. The two abilities and, perhaps other things since I'm open for negotiations, are the Shadow Gaze ability and God's grip ability. Don't get too excited over God's grip, its not what it sounds like. The Shadow Gaze is probably the best of the two though since you will become almost non-existent to whoever you lock eyes with. Invisible, have no scent, make no sound, it'll be like you're a phantom. However it doesn't last forever, whether it be a time limit or you make physical contact with the target it will wear off. The other one will just allow you to touch, grab and walk on anything, maybe even make a shield out of the air right in front of you if you can master it. And by grab anything, I mean anything, air, water, you name it you can grab it as if it were solid. Does THAT interest you enough?” it eventually asked with a sneer. I could see it's tongue slide across its teeth as if it was getting impatient and hungry. But I ignored that, I took deep consideration into what it had told me. Both things did sounded extremely useful. “Ok... I'm listening... but what do I have to give in return...?” I asked, almost dreading the answer. The being just laughed the same sadistic tone as it decided to lay a... I can't tell if it was a tentacle or an arm but whatever it was it sent chills through my entire body. “What do you have to give? You have to give me permission to reap this entire world of all of its souls and life... nothing big.” It said before chuckling softly. “Seems like a fair price does it not?” it asked just to rub it in. If it wasn't touching me already I would have had a much bigger chill run down my spine and my eyes shoot wide. I almost jumped away and span towards the thing to look at it, instead I just stared out into space, unable to truly comprehend what I just heard. If I wanted those powers... I had to offer this monster the world? That's insane! And yet... a part of me just didn't care and was willing to offer it up. Was that why it chose me? Because it knew that even in the darkest corners of my mind that I was willing to give up the lives of millions of people, animals and plants just to empower myself...? Well.. he was right, but back then I still had attachments to that world. So I just stood there, baffled and too shocked to even answer at the time. Showing that it didn't have much patience the being then tapped its “wrist.” in annoyance. “I can't keep this offer forever you know, so an answer now would be nice.” What would have normally been a fit of rage was filled with fear instead. I shook my head and took a step back. “You're mad... you can't expect me to make that decision! There... there's no way its worth it!” were my words, slightly choked. The being growled a bit before sighing, trying not to seem aggressive so that it could reel me in easier. “Oh but it is... you know it is. You wanted fame and fortune right? You were destined for it! This is your way to guarantee it, doing it YOUR way! Not THEIR way!” it began to say as it pointed out to the city. “I thought you were tired of them trying to groom you for success? Isn't that why you became the master thief of this planet? Or was I wrong? You're just a coward aren't you? That's why you refuse to kill anyone, because you're a COWARD!” the monster continued to say, starting to growl a bit. It knew just what to say to strike a nerve though, and it worked. I growled back and took the step back towards it, glaring at it. “I am no coward! DO YOU HEAR ME!? I AM RAZE-ORE! And I'm not just a master thief, I'm THE grand master thief! And I don't kill because that's not what thieves do, that's what killers and murderers do. They're feared, not respected! And me offering up EVERYTHING on this planet will make me a murderer and I'll be damned to be incarcerated forever before I let myself become one!” After my little speech the being just smirked and laughed, walking over towards the city, walking passed me so that I had to look at the city and it as it held its many arms out and pointed towards the city. “That was quite the speech... But you're not killing them are you? I am... Remember, you have a whole day and night cycle to think this over Raze-Ore... make use of it.” was all it said before it vanished as quickly as it appeared, leaving me all alone again. Time seemed to revert back to normal as the clouds began to roll across the sky once more, a gentle breeze finally rolling by which felt really warm to me after the cold chill I've been feeling the whole time while talking to... whatever it was. To this day I still have no clue what it was, a demon, a deity, a monster... who knows, one thing was sure though... it's still out there, obviously watching me. I had no idea what to do back then. I just stood there for maybe an hour, staring at the skyline along the city, so many thoughts... and yet also no thoughts at all rushing through my mind. It was like being unconscious but I could still feel and see everything... and everything felt so much more important. Every molecule in the air that allowed me to stay alive. Every little plant that I was standing on, every grain of dirt... everything. Finally I shakily reached into my side bag and pulled out a rolled up piece of paper that had some herbs in it, putting it into my mouth before pulling out a lighter and igniting it. Taking a very deep breath and filling myself up with the smoke, the smoke was harmless though, the herbs and the paper itself were all made from medicinal herbs which I normally just suck on and let the saliva and juices from it mix into my body, inhaling it as a smoke or vapor is much more potent though. I only EVER light them should I ever be in shock or trauma and needed to relax as if my life depended on it. Now my thoughts became a bit more clear to me that I could think a bit more rationally as the herbs began to work their magic on me. “A whole cycle huh... to some that maybe a lot of time... for me... its either too much or too little... Before I even bother to think on this... I... should do some things first...” I said to myself in a low tone before walking towards the city. If I was to accept that deal if I decided to be that insane, I knew I had to see and do a few things first. Some of those things that I had to see were my old friends and family. I decided to start with my friends first since my family was too close to law enforcement. Since I really only had two friends and a... not so close friend, I started with Tyz since I could probably use a “good” joke right about now. It took me awhile to find him though, I never really kept track of what my “friends” were up to now-a-days but I did need to keep track of everyone's addresses so I was able to at least find his house. He wasn't there thous so I just let myself in so I could see if I could find anything that would tell me where he might be. Sadly there was nothing so I left, deciding that i'd just come back there later in case he was shopping or something. Next was Zykel. If he would be anywhere it was home or one of the many gyms. Sure enough he was at a gym, and to my surprise Tyz was there too. Those two were inseparable as always. They were all the way in the back so I allowed myself to be close enough to eavesdrop on them but not be seen as I pretended to work out. It was mostly just casual banter and chit-chat but one thing really caught my attention. “So... its his birthday you know.” Was Tyz said which made Zykel completely stop what he was doing. “Yeah... I know... how could I forget? He was our best friend... We should stop by his grave again to leave something tonight.” was his response, Tyz nodding in reply before saying, “I was hoping we could do something unique this time though.” Zykel sort of just turned to him a bit confused, putting down the weights and sitting beside Tyz. “Like what? He was an awesome guy but I don't want to spend a lot of money for a gift on a grave ya know.” Tyz just sighed and started to get lost in thought. “How about we make a dish for him... his favorite thing... I know its dumb but... we did used to leae offerings for those who departed... would it be so wrong to go back to tradition for a bit?” Tyz suggested, making Zykel growl a bit and glare at him. “It's tradition that KILLED him Tyz! Or have you fucking forgotten!?” Zykel snapped, actually yelling loud enough to catch the eyes of a few other people around them but not enough to actually make them pay any mind. Tyz just hung his head and tucked his legs in. “Of course I do... he liked us because he didn't care about tradition that much... but there were things we do believe in Zykel... isn't that enough of a reason for us to do something for him in that nature?” was what Tyz said. I could tell in his voice that he was trying to hold back a sobbing fit. If Tyz was known for one thing, it was easily being hurt. He could take insults and bad remarks about his jokes and whatnot, but when it came to serious things like his friends or his own endeavors, if anyone tried to put him down or hurt his friends he was highly emotional. I can't believe that he still cherished me after what I said and did to each of them before faking my own death. For Tyz I basically trashed his house and wrote so many nasty things about him, calling him worthless, a leech, useless by himself, etc. I guess he truly did understand why I committed “suicide.” Zykel sighed heavily from hearing Tyz's words and put a hand on his shoulder and said, “Yes... yes it is... come on... lets go prepare it then... we should visit before sundown so that way we could put enough time and effort into it and not have to worry about scavenging animals taking it.” Tyz just nodded softly and walked off with him, neither of them noticing me as they left. I couldn't tell from that moment if Zykel had the same feeling as Tyz but it seemed obvious enough that he still cared about me, even though I was “dead.” I just sat there for a bit before finally walking out, going to a rooftop somewhere to let it sink in. Of course they still cared about me... it was Tyz and Zykel after all, they were the two that didn't betray me. After about another hour or so I decided to see if Celious was any different. I went straight to her home first and she was there luckily. Sadly that meant I couldn't look around inside to see what her current life entailed. However from what I saw at that moment I saw her staring at a picture above a fireplace. What the picture was is what made me cringe a bit. It was a picture of me and her kissing. She remembered it was my birthday as well and was probably beyond depressed right now. How could she not feel guilty about “killing” me? I couldn't keep myself there after seeing this and quickly departed. “I shouldn't of bothered to check on them,” I thought to myself, now feeling extremely depressed. “Am I really going to possibly make a deal that'll end their lives...? ...Maybe... it'd be like putting them out of their misery... plus Celius deserves it!” were my next few thoughts as I clenched my fists in anger, punching a nearby wall. “Still... she shouldn't be killed because of it... what the hell am I thinking...?” I muttered softly as I leaned against the wall before eventually slumping down to the ground, pulling my legs in. “There's no way I can go through with it... maybe... maybe i'll just turn myself in... so that way I can't accept the deal.” I thought to myself, a soft smile appeared on my face as I realized that that might actually work. With my mind made up I quickly began to dart towards the nearest police station. Right as I got to the police station through I felt as if I was frozen, as if something was holding me still. I could feel that evil presence once more. Everything around me stood still from what I could see in my peripheral vision. Thick black mist began to envelop the surrounding area and then soon me, I was sweating like crazy, only one thought was running through my mind: “he's going to kill me now because I'm useless to him.” However the mist would soon dissipate and I would be standing back on the hill on the outskirts of town, what was even scarier was that the sun was back up, right in the same position it was at when that thing first came up to me. “No no no... you hardly gave it any thought at all!” the demon would hiss, having several of its arms nearly touching me, two of which by my throat. I could tell through all of the malice it was emitting that he wanted to kill me but it was somehow holding itself back. The monster would eventually back off and make at least one foot of distance between us. “Let's try this again... I'll give you a WEEK to think about it... but this time I'll give you the powers free of charge for that week... try it out... maybe steal that Heart of the World you're so envious of,” it would simply state behind its toothy grin. I was speechless this time though, shocked by not only how persistent that creature was but by its offer this time as well. “And so you don't have to worry about mastering it I'll even start you off at full power... but if you agree you'll have to relearn it all over again... so be warned, you'll subconsciously gain memories of YEARS of training of these powers even though you never did.” it would explain before vanishing for a moment in time before reappearing right in front of me. As it did I felt a huge spike of pain go through my entire body as I realized that it had impaled me with one of its arms. It hurt... it was extreme pain but as that asshole pulled its arm out of me the pain vanished and there was no hole, no blood, nothing. However I felt like I had aged a bit or something. I really didn't know what I felt but there was definitely something. Before I could say anything to that monster it had vanished. I had stood there and stared into space for quite some time. Eventually, what was probably an hour or so, I looked down at my hands and tried to clench them, activating this “God's Grip” thing and my fingers stopped curling... they were REALLY holding onto the air. I then moved my hands up and gripped onto a “bar” and was able to pull myself up. I continued to experiment for probably another two hours with this God's Grip. I don't know how long I was experimenting because when I stopped the sun was gone. I felt like was in a trance the entire time but when I stopped I finally snapped out of it. “whoa... just...” I would look down and realized I was standing on air, which sent me into a slight panic which caused me to stop using the ability and drop to the ground, landing face first. After groaning heavily form both the pain and my stupidity I got up and rubbed my head. “Ow... I'm friggen stupid... but... this power certainly isn't,” I mumbled to myself as I looked back to the city. “I.... Need to plan.” were my next words as I smirked slightly before heading back to my hideout.

	It took me five days of preparing, scouting and bribing until I felt like I was ready to finally take on the, and my, biggest heist ever.