A Stranger

This is the first time that I post a fanfic on this blog. I'll probably post some more as well. This fanfic is a Shingeki no Kyojin/Star Trek crossover fanfic.

It was a long and exhausting night for Lance Corporal Levi. The rain was pouring down, washing away the disgusting stench of both the Titans and the humans' blood. He knew that he was doing his job perfectly, but he felt that he was tired. He felt worn-out. And this wasn't normal for him. He was labeled as humanity's strongest soldier. Deep down, he still wondered about the world outside the walls. Maybe the world wasn't filled with as much Titans as he thought in first place. He wanted to see the oceans, the mountains and other parts of the world he hadn't explored yet. It seemed that he still had the spirit of an adventurer inside him after all

Levi entered the dimly lit bar. It was quiet and he liked it this way. He had been here before, back when he was known as the most dangerous person to ever existed inside the walls. Slowly walking to a wooden desk in the dark corner of the bar, he sat there and dried himself as much as possible. A woman walked to his desk. She was a clerk of the bar. She smiled at him before asking if he wanted anything to drink. After all, everything's in the bar was free for him.

"A beer would do just fine." said Levi, looking straight at the woman. He smiled at her before she went back to the counter and placed his order for the bartender. And there he was, all alone once more. It was nice to have his own free time like this. With him being the most popular person, it was hard to find himself a peaceful time.

The beer came in just no time. The female clerk also placed a candle and lit it up. What an unusual thing that she just did. "Thought it'd be nice to light up a candle for you." Her smile still stuck in his mind. Levi sighed before he spoke again. "Thanks. And what's your name, anyway. It'd be unfair since you know who I am but I don't know you."

"It's Cassie. Cassie Vanguard."

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Vanguard." Levi put a smile on his face. She smiled back at him and left. Levi stared at his drink, observing it closely. How long has it been since the last time he had drunk an alcoholic drink? He didn't know that for sure. Levi just stopped caring about it and began drinking. The bitterness of the beer filled his mouth. It was a nice flavor he hadn't tasted in such a long time. It brought back some memories from the past.

The beer was now half-filled. Levi placed it beside the candle and watched the light from it shone into the drink. Levi smiled. He liked being treated as a normal person. And in this very moment, he was no one, just another customer of this bar.

Levi turned his head to the front door when he saw that someone entered the bar. The man looked around and headed to where Levi was. He pull out one of the chairs and sat across opposite from him. "I hope you don't mind me sitting here." the man said with a deep and dark tone. The shadow covered him completely. The light from the candle did a little effort to reveal the man's face. "Lance Corporal Levi, isn't it? I have been looking forward to meet you since the day I knew what you really are."

The man paused. "You're not just humanity's strongest soldier." He leaned closer to Levi, whispering to him, "you're also humanity's strongest Titan. To be precise, you are the hive mind. The most intelligent Titan of all."

Levi smirked. This was the first time someone actually knew what he really was. An alpha male Titan. "Well, I'd take that as a compliment. You're the first one to know my deepest secret." Levi paused. "I guess I'll have to thank the evolution process for making me the first Titan to be able to transform into a human being. But I don't really use my original form that often nowadays. Especially when everyone knows me." Levi chuckled and took another sip of the drink.

"And who are you?" asked Levi. He wanted to know more about this man. The first person that actually knew about his true identity.

"I am nothing but the remnants of the past, Levi. I belong to no one and nowhere. It took me a while before finding out about you. You fascinate me in so many ways. I think we could work together." The man paused. "Ruling the universe is even more exciting when I do it with someone who might share the same vision as mine." Levi could heard the man letting out a quiet laugh. A sinister laugh, indeed.

Levi smirked. Ruling the universe sounded like something he could do. He wanted to feel the power of being a king to all life and all things. He could leave this world behind. He didn't have to hide his true identity anymore.

The man moved closer. The light from the candle finally showed the man's face. His skin was white and his eyes were in the dark green color, looking straight into Levi's eyes. "My name is John Harrison. But that's not who I really am."

"My name is Khan." the man replied, revealing his true identity.

"I guess from now on, we're partners. Right?" said Levi. He never felt this happy before. The thought of using his power to destroy and rule rushed through his body. It made him felt his forbidden pleasure.

"Yes, we are. Indeed." Khan offered a handshake and Levi gave it as well. Levi called Cassie and ordered one more beer. "Let's celebrate, Khan. The drink's on me" said Levi.

"Thank you, Levi." Khan smiled at Levi. He never thought it would be this easy to convince Levi to join him. After all, he needed someone to share the power of ruling the universe with him. And there, the most dangerous men in the whole wide universe, drinking their own drinks and celebrating their alliance with each other for the rest of the night. Outside, the rain was still pouring. The world hadn't changed yet. But it will, sooner or later.

THE END

High School Life Diary - Part 1/May 2012

Being a high school student is a big change for the course of my life. Of course, I'm still studying in the same school that I've been studying in since the first grade. I'm studying in one of the class where it mostly focuses on Science and Mathematics, with the other two being Arts and Maths classes and Art and Languages classes. I felt a little bit weird when I woke up on the first day of the school after a short period summer break and realizing that I'm now a 10th grade high school student. The first thing that I thought was "Oh God, I need to have more responsibilities on that thing and the other things too. What is happening? I don't understand". Well, that thought stayed with me for a total of twenty two seconds before I decided to take a shower and get ready for the school. 

There's also a lot of adjustments that I'm going through and it's pretty tough, if you ask me. Everything's changed. The way I study, the way I interact with my friends or even the way I feel about being in a classroom with my friends. My old friends, to be precised. Sometimes, I feel quite isolated. Not because they isolate me, I isolate myself - fearing that if I do something wrong, how are they going to feel or see me. Are they going to see me as their friend? Or will they reject me and let me dry out with the feeling of alienation? There's so many unanswered questions that need to be answered. Some may say that because I'm a teenager, so, I'm easily confused by the circumstances that occur everyday around me. I do agree with the fact that I'm a teenager and sometimes I'm confused by the things that happen and affect me, both in direct and indirect ways. 

After all these ramblings about my high school life, I still need to change and to be changed. Not to only be smarter and gaining more understanding in my life. But also to be able to transform into something else. I think that it does take time to be able to transform into something even greater or maybe even something that I might not be able to understand clearly. 

But I do think that I still have long roads to go. Long, hard and painful roads. But I'm willing to take the journey on them. No matter how they scare me or hurt me, I'll try to get up and continue my journey. 

Once Upon a Time in Raccoon City

Well, it's been a long long time since I was on this site. I do admit that I had a lot of homework, school projects and examinations that made my head spin around for awhile. Even so, I'm still alive and doing well!

Back in the late January or early February, I was surfing the internet as usual - blogging and reblogging on Tumblr, had a few chats on Facebook, watching  a whole lot of videos on YouTube (which most of them concerning video games and their soundtracks) and wrote some Transformers fan fiction. Then, I noticed that there was an official release of the first reveal trailer for Resident Evil 6. I've got to say, it looked pretty epic with all the action sequences and handheld-film esque scenes. But the best thing was that Chris and Leon is in the same game (my inner Resident Evil fan boy was crying the tears of joy) and new creatures as well.

But who could have known that there was also a trailer for "Resident Evil: Retribution" too. The trailer made me thought that there was some kind of Sony commercials before the actual trailer for a moment - but not until it switched from just a commercial showing various people from many countries saying "My name is (their names) and this is my world" to an apocalyptic Washington, D.C. landscape where the trailer zoomed in and slapped me in the face with Alice saying "My name is Alice and this is my world".

As usual, the trailer showed its fast-editing styles, slow-motion scenes while showing some characters, zombies, creatures and Rain OCampo? I was like "Did she die in the first film already? How the heck is she still alive? Oh wait, maybe she's a clone like Alice". So far, I think I may look forward to this fifth installment of the much-loved and much-hated film series.

Personally, I think both the games and the films have gone from being in a survival horror genre to a full-blown science fiction/action genre and I have nothing against them.

But I always feel like there's something missing. Maybe it's the horror element or the feeling that you're vulnerable to the enemies (both in the games and films). I miss the very moment where Leon met Claire in the second game and trying to survive hordes of the undead and mutated creatures and trying to get out of Raccoon City, alive or when Jill wandered throughout the mansion in the first game (not to mention that the first game was super-creepy, especially with the earphones on).

Someday, I hope the developers might switch back the game to its survival horror roots from the earlier releases (which may not happen). I just hope they would, nothing more than that.

That's it for today, I think so. I'll leave you guys with the trailers of Resident Evil 6 and Resident Evil: Retribution, just in case some of you haven't seen them yet.

Ta-ta for now,
Crescent Voulantier

Lost When the Wind Blows...

Another beautiful song from The Killers frontman, Brandon Flowers. Also, this is my first time blogging on this site and I'll probably experiment with it in the next couple of days.