When I crash landed on the marwolaeth I was terrified and wanted nothing more than to just disappear. No one ever made it out alive on this dark, dismal,terrible planet. Hellish monsters, restless spirits, and scary creatures were the inhabitants of this god forsaken nightmare of a place. The scariest thing on the planet was the 22 empresses of darkness who are guardians of the planet. Each one unique and more terrifying then the next. I knew any moment me and my crew would have to face them. Safe to say I wasn't looking forward to it.

Iceni looked up at me smirking. She knew what was to come and danger had always excited her. I always wish I knew her better than I did. Her ivory pale skin was always glistening and she wore sunglasses never showing her eyes. I always wondered why. She always wore a black hoodie that was the exact same color as her short black hair. Her crop top cut off just where you could see at the bottom of her tattoo that had ancient lettering poking out. I'd never seen that type of writing before her and never had the guts to ask her what it said. ballsy and bold since the day I met her and her sister back on the planet of ploymistís. While Iceni was brave and ballsy her sister Fatima was far more collected and calm.

She also had that dark raven hair much like Iceni hers fell casually and she never bothered to hide her sparkling blue eyes that seemed to have more depth then the deepest oceans. A little tanner than her sister and bright peach lips along with snake bite piercing protruding from it. Her leather jacket a little tattered from many adventures hung from her. She looked outside preparing for the first empress. Skinner whom never has spoke a word in all my years of knowing him grabbed his blade. It was sharper than the intelligence of the one who created the universe. His perfect silver and green armor shown perfectly and his perpetually wet brown hair stuck out from the green hood. They were prepared and here I was stunned. Iceni looked at me dripping with annoyance at my fear.

"You dont think we can take the 22 empresses like me and you together didn't take down 52 knights at the castle of sanguis porelium."
"it's not that I don't think we can I'm just afraid-"
she cut me off"afraid of goddamn what?! Oh no woman with evil power big deal!There just legends. I'm sure people have made it out of alive or we wouldn't know about it. Grow a pair."

Iceni had a way of yelling at you that was somehow largely comforting. Her aggressive care was unmatched and made me feel safer like a big warm blanket.

"you think they know we are here?"Fatima questioned delicately while staring out side. "Probaly, now Zeke put on your fucking purple cloak so you cover those rippling pectorals." whined Iceni and it occured to me that I was just in my pants I had been so dostracted. "I don't know the empresses might like it." laughed Fatima. Then the whole ship began to shake The metal groaned and things began to fall and move. It felt like forever as it shook. It felt like a earthquake and we felt in danger. Fatima looked a little scared as Iceni had grabbed onto my red bolted down lightly rusted captain's chair. Skinner's orange eyes looked at me and it felt like he was boring holes into me as he carefully distributed his weight and grabbed on to a nearby compartment. I secretly hoped it wouldn't break while I was left bumping around. Some captain I was.

When the quaking of our old ship finally stopped skinner was the first to go outside to find here in the middle of this dark wood were the weirdest creatures I'd ever seen. Next out the door was Iceni was fatima in foot. I prayed to the gods my magic would save my weak self. There many creatures stood razor sharp elongated shark teeth protruding from the jaw of a blue skull like face  there were no eyes on these creature. They had long tentacle like tongues and big long claws that looked as if one long claw could skewer all of us.There blew skin looked stretched along bone. There blood vesicles seem to pop out of there skinny bodies and you could see there hearts pumping in there chest. Drool fell from all there mouths they wanted to eat us. There was at least 15 of them. "there called blue dolches." hummed Iceni. "how do you know that" I said trying to conjure my magic from the forces of the energy around us but it was so terribly dark. I was having issues feeling as if the darkness would consume me. Plus my anxiety weakened me greatly.

"read about them." She sighed as they all began to circle us no longer focusing on our ship. "Don't kill them yet!" boomed a feminine voice. There she was in front of us in the woods under canopy of the trees she seemed as she floated. She wore a white crown over her grey veil her dress matched it wonderful gown that flowed gorgeously. The gown ripples like drops on a pond. The legend always said she is the kindest most beautiful one but dont be fooled. But I wanted to be fooled, she was gorgeous. Her bright green eyes that reminded me of a glorious summer in my childhood back on my long gone burning home planet called to me. Her black thin delicate lips looked like they needed to be kissed gently. Empress illicio was something to behold. Even skinner looked entranced by her.

Iceni looked at me disbelief. "Your kidding me right now I know that look." I felt her shame in me and look down at my black baggy pants and dusty brown boots. "Don't be shy handsome look at me I dare you." she called to me in the most Angelic tone. It made my heart flutter like a soaring eagle. It felt as if she needed me greatly. I looked up at her to find she floated up in front of me she was so close. Inches from my face, I was tree tempted to lean in and kiss her lips. Legends say if you do his icillio's black lips you turn to dust just like another empress did to her lover. Skinner stuck his knife out in an attempt to strike her and it went straight through her. She started laughing cackled hard and her eyes went black and her skin turned grey. I no longer yearned to kiss her. She was a monster.

"I'm empress of the spirits you though you could kill me I'm already dead!" her voice boomed and seem to echo as she laughed. A black mist swirled us all the sudden. I tried to fight it but I couldn't I felt weak. Suddenly I was alone in a pitch black room. Great, I'm the only person who can't handle themselves. The only person that's captain for no good reason and I'm alone. My curly brown hair fell into my face as a light began to eminate from what appeared to be the end of a hall. May the games of marwolaeth began.