Yet another entry for Zetta_Lux's fanfiction contest! This one's meant to capture the action/adventure feel of the Spiral Knights universe.

Here's an excerpt:

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“Alpha Squad is down!”

What?! Impossible! I refused to believe what I heard.

“We were ambushed. It’s Spider! He-”

The signal cut out.

Spider? The Mad Bomber? Though he never made Alpha Squad, many Knights revered Spider as the most skilled bomber out there. Spider was among the best... that is, until he went mad. He abandoned his allies and delved deep into the clockworks. Alone. Nobody has seen him since.

I looked around me. Already, everything was in chaos. Countless Knights were gearing up for battle as rescue squads were being formed.

“You, there! Come with us!” a Knight barked at me. I sprinted onto the elevator to join them. As the elevator rapidly descended, I quickly took note of my squad: a handsome fencer of the Red Rose, a fierce swordsman sporting the hide of a Vog Cub, and a stunningly beautiful gunslinger donning the armor of the Valkyries. I was in the presence of champions.

“The quickest way to Alpha Squad is through a graveyard.” The valkyrie seemed to be their leader. She spoke with an eerie calmness. “If we hurry, we can get through before the clockworks shift.”

The other two simply nodded in agreement. Under his breath, I heard the fencer mumbling: “...I hate graveyards.”

The elevator slammed to a halt. Looking off into the distance, I saw countless Zombies; clearly, a party before us had disturbed their not-so-eternal slumber. Getting through this swarm was going to be rough.
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Full story: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HlRcSs8YdY2JyUbqgEAHsU_ExSpo8POSWIS6...

Miscellany
Word count: 1,629
IGN: Xaak