Maximum Carnage
Issue Beta - "Epitaph of Raicaak"

by Justin Anderson



 "....I am Raicaak. The Possessor. Servant of Domientius, the Dark God. The
one who had faith in me, but a human. He was human too at the time..... but
he was always more. They were his shells. But it does not matter. He is
everything. The rightful ruler. And I will risk my very existence to help
him.

 Yes, I was once a man.... but I became more in his service. My magic
skills expanded. The mind was my realm, one I would take from others
and manipulate. My enemies became my tools. There is no need to battle
someone hand-to-hand when you can force them to slay themselves by a mere
thought. I possessed them. 

 It wasn't all that easy. No..... I had to deal with that Sarrius. That
hateful BITCH! She was in charge of creating the Screelak armies. Shame
she had to do it. The ones Domientius created were always of a much
higher quality. Stronger and smarter. If only he was not so busy with
his matters all the time..... he could have destroyed her. Yes, Sarrius.
So beautiful..... but that beauty was a disguise, covering the hateful
monster underneath. You never liked our leader..... just his power. And
you sold him out. Pray we never meet again, Sarrius.

 Oh, pardon me. Yes, my ability. As I lay dying on the field, my spirit
was enchanted with a strange ability. To create my own bodies from
discarded matter. A reward for my services. But that reward was chopped
down when he fell.... I had failed to sniff out the plot Sarrius had
set up to kill him. As a result, I was cursed. My bodies are permanent
until destroyed by an outside force. But it is a price I accept. Even
now.

 You see, the Ancient Order learned of this. And they used it. My
choice of a body at the time was not the greatest, as I later
learned. The molten rock was poured over my body of stone. I was
helpless as I hardened. Then the humiliation. The mound of stone I
had become was carved into a statue. Set in a temple for hundreds of
years, to watch the world change, humans evolve. The fate of our loss.

 But things will begin again. My recent home, in a place for people
to look at me, in a new land, dumped me. I no longer attracted
people. But it is their mistake. As I look down, from my shell,
from the long cable I am held by, I will be glad when they drop me.
The impact will surely shatter me. And so much loose material below.

 My master, I regret not being there when you lost so recently. But I will
be freed. And when I do...... your enemies will be drawn to me. And then....
then, Lord Domientius, I will make up for my failures. And then, all
that has happened will be forgotten....."

THE END


Author's Notes: This takes place before issue 15.



Notes: Basically set in the Marvel Universe, I will be using a lot of my
own continuity for this series, and generally focus on the main characters.
Appearances by Marvel's universe will be special occurrences. Crossovers with
characters/titles from other companies will be treated as "single universe",
not as "2 universes crossing temporarily". I will also try to ignore major
Marvel comic story arcs. Cletus Kasady, Carnage, and other Marvel characters
are copyright Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. Other characters are either
my creation(copyright myself), or copyright their specific owners if non-
Marvel licensed characters. Characters used without permission/not for
profit. These are strictly fan stories. Permission to reprint extends to
placing this text, unaltered, elsewhere online. It may not be altered,
and especially NOT TO BE SOLD, unless Marvel wishes to license this series
from me.