Heroes: The story of Harlow and Annora

This is a collaboration between Nkurle and Akurle.

Credit to BlackDragonKid for the idea of the phantoms.

This story will contain some gore.

Prologue
Written by Akurle.

A phantom hurried through the huge building known as the phantom factory. He slipped into a room with large tubes of green liquid lined on the far wall. Inside were vague shapes of animals.

"Bolt!" Someone shouted. The phantom turned around just as a large, bulky phantom burst in. "Have they reported yet?" The bulky phantom asked.

"Yes. They have found two that would be perfect for the job," the phantom, Bolt, answered.

"Only two? What about the third?"

"Would't be needed. Plus, we already have the three beasts that are in the making. If everything goes well, they will be almost as powerful as the two that have been chosen."

"There should be a third. It's what the kings requested," the bulky phantom said gruffly.

Bolt sighed. "They said that they could only find two. Plus, I gave them orders to bring them here, that there is no need for a third."

"Then tell them to find a third."

"I can't. If we continue to communicate so often, they will be found."

The bulky phantom pressed one of his stubby tentacles to his head. "Arrrgh, fine. The kings won't be pleased."

"Well, tell the kings to deal with it. The others have their orders, and the two will be arriving soon. We can't risk going back to change their orders yet again."

The bulky phantom grumbled something and floated out of the room, leaving Bolt with the animals in the test tubes. He turned around and looked at the three tubes in the middle, which were the largest. The shapes inside wiggled and flinched every now and then.

But the vague shapes inside the test tubes were all but animals.