Corruption

Prologue
Days on Quadalus Magna were hot and dry, so hot some foreigners even fainted. But the inhabitants were used to it, and the heat never affected them. This is the place Tablor had stopped by, seeking a dangerous acid Melunosian by the name of Ballmalln. He had been chasing him for days, finally catching up to him. Knowing Melunosains' love for beer, he went to search for him in the nearest pub. Upon entering the pub, Tablor learned that these lowlifes were not very friendly, for most were either hacking at each other with long, curved energy swords, or pulling out guns and shooting one another. Most of the people either Identities or Melunosians, the rest were a variety of species. Upon his arrival, most of them stopped what they were doing to stare at him, othes took the advantage and killed most of those who stared at him. A few of the Melunosians grabbed their weapons, watching Tablor's every move, while the rest went back to what they were doing before, mainly killing each other. Walking up to the bar-tender, Tablor asked, "Have you seen a Melunosian,by the name of Ballmalln around here?"

"Nope, never seen 'im," said the bar-tender.

After handing him 100 credits, Tablor said, "You sure?"

"Well, actually, now that you mention it, he did come by today, and he never left. So I believe he's around here somewhere," said the bar-tender.

Walking around, Tablor noticed a large group of Melunosians, eyeing him suspiciously. Walking over to them, he said, "Have you seen a Melunosian by the name of Ballmalln?"

An Earth Melunosian answered, "Never heard of him, now go before I punch a hole in your head!"

Walking away, Tablor went over to a group of Fortonus, and asked, "You guys up for another round?"

Looking at him oddly, some of the Fortonus got out their weapons, the others just kept on staring. One of them, a tall black one asked, "What would you want in return?"

"Just some information.... On a criminal I was chasing, by the name of Ballmalln," said Tablor.

The Fortonus instantly started whispering among themselves, finally, the tall black one, apparently called Gauntro, said, "Two rounds!"

Smiling, Tablor said, "We have a deal then."

1 hour later.....

"So, you wanted to know about Ballmalln, eh?" said Gauntro.

"Yes, that is correct," said Tablor.

"Well, *hiccup* I saw him about two hou*hiccup* hours ago. He was wi*hiccup* with a nasty looking Gountu*hiccup* Gountulona, an ass*hiccup* acid Gountulona to be exact. They walked in*hiccup* into that room, yonder." and after those words, Gauntro slammed his head onto the table, drunk and asleep.

Walking over to the door, Tablor slowly opened it. Peeking inside, he saw what he was looking for: Ballmalln, and the Gountulona Gauntro was talking about. Slamming the door open, Tablor took out a long-sword, proclaiming, "In the name of the Galactic Law of Gardula, I hereby arrest you for the murder of a Lord of Light and his son! Do not struggle, it will only bring you more harm!"

Turning around, Ballmalln said, "Do you even know what you are up against, Toa?" With a sharp whistle from Ballmalln, the group of Malunosians he had talked to earlier got up, got their weapons out, and came running towards Tablor. "Kill him, damn it! Kill him!" screamed Ballmalln.

As Tablor hacked his way through the onslaught of Malunosians, he caught a glimps of Ballmalln turning on a computer, and setting in some kind of coordinance. After killing the last Malunosian, Tablor raced at Ballmalln, but was easily knocked off of his feet by the Gountulona. It easily picked him up, and then spat a huge spitwad on Tablor's body. It instantly dried, becoming like diamond, impossible to break. Suddenly, there was a shudder, and a huge water like substance surrounded a ring, evidently a portal.

"I was waiting for you this whole time! Now, where was I? Oh yes, THROWING YOU INTO ENDLESS MISERY!! HAHAHAHA, HAHAHAHAHA!!!!" and with a final laugh, Ballmalln kicked Tablor into the portal, which instantly shut off whe he was all the way through.