Shadow Divers Novels & Stories

In its center stood a single, crystalline pillar that glowed with a soft, pulsing violet—the exact same rhythm as the 'Restart' shard. ​"The Shallows is opening," Leo whispered. "Eighty years of silence, and we just rang the doorbell." ​The Descent ​Leaving the Council to secure the surviving Iron-Clad prisoners, Kael, Elara, and a weary Leo stepped onto the titanium platform. As Kael pressed the silver shard against the central pillar, the air around them shimmered. ​The platform didn't drop; the water simply moved away. A localized gravity field pushed the ocean back, creating a dry, transparent cylinder as the lift began its long descent into the dark.

It was not human, not Mimic, and not Overseer. The Abyssal Descent Leo, Meilin, and a specialized team of Remainder "Deep-Divers" descended into the Mariana Trench. The pressure was immense, but the new Phase-Shift Submersibles—a gift from the Sub-Quantum Engine’s leftovers—allowed them to bypass the physical crushing weight by vibrating through the water molecules. "We’re passing 11,000 meters," Meilin reported, her voice steady despite the darkness outside the viewport. "The sonar isn't reflecting. It’s being absorbed."

Skill: Shadow Camouflage Skill Level: 1/3 Rank: A (S) Cost: N/A Skill Creator/Generator: N/A Description: This is a passive skill that allows its user to enter a camouflaged state after stepping into a dark/shadowy area and staying still for 1.5 seconds. The user will be able to move about while in the camouflaged state without it being undone, but it is only when the user is in dark or shadowy areas will the user be able to attack a target without breaking the camouflaged state. The camouflaged state can be undone whenever the user wills it.

We are all way too gossipy to keep a plan like that under wraps. “I can guarantee that those two have Shade on their payroll,” I say. “Yeah, that makes the most sense,” Hades replies. Shade is a witch/vampire hybrid and has been slinking around for close to 1000 years now. She will do whatever for the right price, so I know Vepar and Asmosday have to pay her extremely well to go along with this plan. We all know about Shade and what she does. We have left her alone because she hasn't bothered us. I am not sure what we should do now that she is involved in this shit.

"We have three hours to turn that control tower into our forward outpost. If the Cross Syndicate wants a clean-up operation, we'll give them an absolute graveyard." ​Ten minutes later, the heavy iron launch gate deep in the bunker’s sub-level groaned open. ​The reinforced steel maintenance boat dropped into the churning, black water of the flooded drainage shaft with a heavy, echoing splash. Vivian sat at the helm, her hands locking over the throttle as the twin-diesel engine roared to life with a deep, subterranean rumble that vibrated through the hull. Julian sat in the bow, his rifle resting across his knee, his eyes fixed on the narrow, dark tunnel that led upward toward the surface sea.

Shiloh shot upward toward the surface. Yet, just as hope returned, something unexpected happened. From within the whirlpool, a thick tendril of waterweed shot out, wrapping tightly around Shiloh's leg. Then, with a violent tug that even Andrew could not resist, she was yanked down into the darkness and vanished into the depths of the vortex.

“In the Shade, it is the living who get to reside at the Catacombs.” I shrugged it off and eyed the height of the wall protecting us. “Everything seems alright. I don’t understand why it is necessary that I wake from my sleep.” “Things won’t always be alright, Derek,” Vivienne enthused. “The shadow hunters are more powerful than ever. They’re technologically advanced and have the support of wealthy and influential people. The Blood Shade remains undiscovered and safe, but other covens aren’t. The Shade is no longer a secret in vampire communities and other covens have threatened to attack us or expose us unless we take them in or find them a refuge of their own.”

Odhan agreed. "What is this procedure you talked about? Will it hurt her in any way?" Darius asked Odhan. "This procedure is called shadow cloaking. It can be done with all the shadows. If I cloak myself with another person's shadow, no one can see me cloaked inside that shadow. Only the shadow would be visible. But Melanie is still invisible, no one can see her as well. This procedure needs practice and only a selected few can do it" Odhan explained politely. "Ok, you better bring her unharmed" Darius warned.

It wasn't just a whisper from the fish tanks, but from every direction around them, as if a chilling breath had passed by. Large, mysterious shadows began to appear in every corner of the aquarium. They weren't ordinary shadows, but shadows that seemed to be alive and moved freely. They had the shape of large marine creatures, with long octopus-like tentacles growing from their chins, almost reaching the floor, but they also seemed to have human-like limbs. Their eyes glowed a deep red in the darkness, and they were hunting them. These mysterious shadows had the power to create hallucinations and instill extreme fear.