[center][h3]Eric[/h3][/center]

    Screams were heard throughout the brewery. Everyone there expected it, for their boss hated when people stole from him. Now, he was punishing the thief's messenger.

  In the poorly lighted, cold room, a young street dressed man sat, chained, to a very bloody chair. He was covered in cuts and bruises. A hulking man in a dress shirt, vest, and pants, with black bulky boots, stood over him. [color=0072bc]"Where is my shipment?"[/color] the man said. The beaten boy spat at him. Blood and spit hit his boots. [color=0072bc]"Wrong answer."[/color] and he punched the kid square in the chest, breaking another rib. The boy mumbled in pain. [color=0072bc]"What was that?"[/color] The boy mumbled again. [color=0072bc]"I can't hear you, speak up."[/color] "Boss moved it...to...the dock-yard." The man smiled. He walked over to a table and picked up an axe.[color=0072bc] "Thank you kindly. But now, your useless."[/color] and he threw the axe into the boy's head. [color=0072bc]"Carter!"[/color] The one door to the room opened. A man in a brown trench coat and slicked-back black hair. "Yes, Master Eric?" Eric turned and gave Carter a hard look. [color=0072bc]"The shipment is at the dock-yard. Get it back in the hour and you'll get a raise. And get someone in here to clean up the mess."[/color]

  An hour later, Eric was walking into his brewery's loading dock. A black truck trailer was in one of the bays. His goons were on both sides. He opened the trailer and went to a solitary crate. He tore off the top and grinned at what he saw. A gold ring with a carved ruby lay inside. He picked it up between two fingers and smiled deviously. Carter came up from behind. "Anything else sir?" [color=0072bc]"Is everything ready?"[/color] Carter shifted. "Yes, but what exactly are doing with all of this sir?" Eric turned, his eyes showing his brutality. [color=0072bc]"To gain the one thing I don't have."[/color] and he walked away with his hands behind his back, laughing.

  In a dark room, a green flame sat in a blazer. Eric stood in front of it mumbling, what, it is unknown. He through the ring into the fire and waited. The flame turned icy blue. Sparks sailed through the air around the flame. The flame took shape, becoming a warrior. Eric grinned. [color=0072bc]"Now we can begin, my servant, to get our wish. He he he hah!"[/color] and the flame disappeared to reveal the Rider.

[@Kaithas]