The Black Stars of Melanin

(BOOM! BOOM! BANG!) Explosions rained down from the sky like hellfire! The sky, dyed a crimson blood red, as if it were bleeding from the heavy violence. The screams of the people piercing the eardrums like a melancholic melody of the massacre unfolding before his eyes. The sky grew dark, covered by thousands upon thousands of soldiers descending upon their prey. Gunfire exploded upon the people below. Guns, specially modified to kill the Melanin race. A people who possessed strong bodies and special abilities, adequately dubbed as Qudra!

The ground began to rumble, as he saw in the distance, armoured tanks. More than he could count! The airborne assault in the shape of countless men, landed, laying waste to his people. That's when he noticed it. They weren't killing all of them. No, some would be spared the sweet release of death. Rather, they were shackled, chained and shipped away to a fate worse than death. In that moment, a despicable sight garnered his glare. He saw one soldier bearing down his filthy boot on a little girl's face, forcing her head into the dirt.

"I don't see any difference between the colour of your face and this here dirt, you fit right in, it's where your kind belongs, under my boot writhing in the mud!" the soldier said smugly. The soldier, then looked up and saw a man about to burst with outrage.

"Ahhh... Jinto." he announced.

Jinto was full of too much fury to question why this soldier knew his name. He only had one thing on his mind "I'll kill them ALL!" he roared! His body was fuelled by a savage temper! Dark- orange flames began to emerge from Jinto's body, a manifestation of his wrath!

"This is one of the reasons why your kind can't be left to live, you're dangerous animals that need to be subdued and put to work. Lest we put you down for the betterment of mankind entirely!" the soldier scoffed, as he pointed his gun at Jinto. Bullets raced towards him, simply melting like hot butter in a frying pan upon contact with Jinto's flames. The infernal warrior dashed forward and in the blink of an eye his hand had engulfed the soldier's face, slamming him into the ground!

The soldier wailed in agony, as a vindictive, vengeful smile laced Jinto's face "Oh? What's wrong? I thought I was a wild animal that needed to be put down?" the vessel of vengeance mocked, slowly increasing the temperature of his hand, scorching the man's face until it was nothing but a singed mess. Jinto abruptly looked at the girl "Get out of here hurry!" he commanded.

"Where are my parents!?" the girl replied.

"Hmmmm." the fiery fighter thought for a second, before saying "I'll help you find your parents if you promise me you'll get to safety?" she nodded in agreement. The tamer of flames made a flame doppelgänger of himself which picked up the girl. She winced in anticipation of getting burnt from the ephemeral flame clone but to her astonishment, it did not burn, but felt warm and comforting.

She buried her face into its chest as it began to dart off, Jinto smiled and headed in the opposite direction. Towards the army who'd come to disgrace, humiliate, eradicate and enslave his people. All of his people were either shipped away or dead. He stood alone. One man. Who was the last bastion between freedom, or an utter erasure from the pages of history. The army charged towards Jinto, the tanks, the soldiers they all galloped towards him like a roaring beast!

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!" he, the courageous symbol of bravery, screamed an Earth shaking battle cry as he tore towards his gruesome destiny.

Destined bullets showered down his path. But he dextrously dodged them! "What!? He's different from the rest!?" one soldier exclaimed as Jinto crashed into the front lines! Now it was his turn! His turn to make them feel fear! His turn to lay waste to his enemy! Within the blink of an eye, he had killed tens of them! Blitzing through the enemy lines, burning all whom were unlucky enough to be in his path. But not all the soldiers were so helpless, some had abilities of their own...

The soldiers, suspiciously started to back off from Jinto, forming a circle around him. Immediately, the ground began to crack like glass, then... (BOOM!!). Five elites (a class of soldiers with Qudra) burst out of the ground, launching a surprise attack on their victim! His instincts kicked into overdrive! He narrowly avoided their ambush by backflipping high into the air and shooting a fire blast at them. Smoke from the impact filled the area, as the tamer of flames stood in absolute shock to see it had no effect. There they stood. The first of them, Aeisar, with water vapour swirling around him, as he bore an arrogant grin on his face.

The second, Easifuh, had a compressed ball of wind revolving in his hand. The third, Saeiqa, raised his hand and a bolt of lightening struck him, invigorating his body with an aggressive azure glow. The fourth, Alard, demonstrated his dominion over the earth as large rocks encircled him. Finally, the last elite, Alzalam, created dark ominous portals that kept disappearing and reappearing.

"This isn't gonna be easy... Tch, to hell with it, freedom belongs to the victor of today!" the tamer of flames thought to himself.

The elites made their move! Attacking in a synchronised formation! Aeisar unleashed a violent jet of water at the Melanin man, who pounced upwards to avoid it. However, a strange noise crackled above his head. Suddenly, one of the black portals appeared above him and one below him! The water jet went through the bottom portal and came out the one above him!

"Why can't these cowards fight one on one!?" he thought to himself as he quickly raised his flames to max temperature, instantly evaporating the jet of water on contact... (ZZZZZZzzz! CRACK!) "Arghhhh what the heck was that, I thought I blocked it!?" the surprised warrior exclaimed, while his body jolted and spasmed with lightning! "Damn, the water had HIS lightning inside it!" Jinto surmised.

He quickly regained composure. As soon as his foot touched the ground, he pounced forward like a wild animal! Completely catching the elites off-gaurd! Immediately, they gathered in a triangular formation. Jinto threw a punch at Aeisar, who was at the front of the pack. He dodged it, however Jinto shot a blast of fire from that punch, hitting Alzalam before he could react. "Hmph, I'm not done yet!" the blazing battler thought to himself. With Alzalam recoiling from that blow, Jinto morphed the blast into a clone, which darted towards Aiesar! It latched onto him and exploded like a grenade!

He collapsed to the floor. Motionless. The foot-soldiers stood there, frozen in a paralysing combination of awe and fear. Alard, caused the ground to swallow Jinto, up to his shoulders. The restricted freedom fighter spat a single ember onto the ground. "Hahahaha what's wrong boy? Has fear finally seized your sanity!?" Alard taunted. Capitalising on the opening, Easifuh compressed the air into highly pressurised bullets and fired them at Jinto! (POW-POW -POW!!!) They all hit their mark, tearing straight through him! Seemingly defeated, he smiled. Instantly, his body turned into fire, as he re-emerged from the ember he spat onto the floor prior.

"It's time to get serious now!" Alzalam barked. Simultaneously, the remaining elites assailed Jinto, hurling their every exertion at him! The headstrong hero fought them head on! Dodging, blocking and countering blow for blow against all four elites in this heated skirmish! "Keep attacking him and do not relent! I shall take care of the rest!" Alzalam ordered, as he jumped back from the fray. His body, abruptly began to display a strange dark-purplish hue.

"Now what!?" Jinto thought to himself. The other three elites pressed on, the freedom fighter caught one of their punches and went to bestow upon him a blow of his own. Suddenly, a portal appeared, sending Jinto's fist right back at him! "WHAT!?" he yelled, as Alard shot a volley of small boulders at him! The tamer of flames jumped backwards, but... yet again the portals appeared, sending him back into the firing-line! Each boulder hit him with tremendous force, shattering some of his ribs!

"D-damn it! Such a cowardly strategyyyy!" Jinto bellowed as blood fell from his mouth!

"Hahahahahha!" the elites laughed mockingly as they pressed on. Saeiqa leapt upwards, whilst the recoiling Jinto was falling from the air and went to strike him with a fist doused in bolts from the blue. Jinto prepared to block, however...

(POW!!) He was struck from behind, due to the portals. Jinto cascaded into the ground like an eagle with a broken wing. As he stood up, numerous portals eclipsed his sight. It was as though he was surrounded by a hundred snipers, as the attacks came from every direction! (BAM, CRACK, POW!) he was being beaten left, right and center...

The flame clone he had left with the little girl became translucent, before ceasing in it's tracks. "What's wrong?" she asked worryingly, as the clone faded like a dying candle and turned into a small spark that attached itself onto her top, riddling her heart with anxiety for her saviour.

"Haven't you had enough yet, you dumb monkey?" Alzalam said, as Jinto began to collapse to the ground.

"No....n-no... NO, HELL NO! I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!!!" the defiant defender bellowed! Mustering up his remaining strength, he planted his feet firmly into the ground!

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!" the tamer of flames erupted with a brilliant, bright red fire! (BOOM!!!) Blazing forth, he unleashed a decimating explosion, eradicating the portals and scorching the elites! Except for one... Jinto stood there panting, desperately pulling air into his lungs.

"NOW!" a commander barked and the foot-soldiers unleash a lead assault! The tamer of flames shot a forlorn blast at them, killing hundreds!

Like a haunting ghost, Aeisar appeared behind Jinto and arrested him in a vicious vice of a choke hold! Before he could counter attack, Aeisar created a globe of water over his head, drowning him.

At that moment, a helicopter arrived on the scene, ominously descending. A strange woman jumped out, followed by a platoon of masked royal guards and the king of the army whom were attacking the Melanins. "Release him!" the woman demanded! Immediately, Aeisar released Jinto, who was seconds away from passing out. The foot-soldiers surrounded the defeated man and aimed their guns at him.

Jinto looked up, as the mysterious woman let out a laugh that resembled woeful wailing...

"That voice? Those eyes? Why does she seem so familiar?" he uttered.

"Incapacitate and bind him!" she ordered. Time held it's breath, as their eyes met in a fateful gaze... He saw sorrow, dwelling within her eyes. "What..? Is she... crying? What's.. going on?" Jinto murmured. However, his revelation was cut short, with a swift boot to his face!