I reach the lane, where we usually start our hunting.
Jung and Florida have already reached. Both of us parked our beasts behind the pole and checked our gears.I noticed that a silver pistol gleaming in the night was attached to Florida's belt.
"This is not your usual pistol; whose armor are you carrying?" I asked silently.
"This belongs to my brother now that I have finally recovered my power, more specifically both my powers.I think it is the right time to use his pistol to avenge him, and I am sure he could have been anything but more proud."
Before I could say anything, Jung replied, "I believe in you."
Then he turned at us and said, "Let's not break into two today because you have joined the hunt after a long time. Stick together for this week; if things turn out to be better and your combat skills also show some improvement, and after your powers, I think it should be that way. Eventually we can break into 3 and start individual hunting."
Both of us nodded and started taking cautious steps forward.For the first three hours there was not a sign of a single soul.
I spoke up, "What is wrong! The sun is about to rise any moment—did all the ghouls return home after seeing we have Florida with us today?"
Trouble glared at me. I smirked and raised both of my hands.
"Really, we don't have anything else to wait for; let's head back then. Maybe today is our lucky day." Jung muttered.
We were just about to head towards where our bikes were kept hidden when suddenly Florida's voice made us turn.
"Don't you think that it is very strange that after a few weeks I turn up and not a single ghoul can be seen? I won't call this lucky; rather, I find this entire situation very sketchy. What about you, Hoong? Did you check something about tonight when you touched your brother?"
"I surely did, but I don't want to talk about it." I quietly responded.
"Then why didn't you tell me anything or us, for that matter?" Trouble glared.
"Because I am not answerable to you, Trouble," I mocked.
Before I got to say anything, she suddenly did something that took all the nerve out of both of us.
Florida barked, "Boys, prepare your weapons as fast as you can because we do not have any time left."
She swiftly took out the dagger she was hiding in the back of her jeans, and without batting an eyelash, she made a slit right across her palm and let the red drop into the road. Immediately the smell of iron spread like a forest fire, and the next thing that happened left us bewildered. Even for us trained hunters to get shocked; in the situation that ruled one after the other.
A strange freaking noise roared follwed by a screeching siren in the air, and suddenly we could see red eyes swarming around us which had been there all this while. The ghouls were hiding in the dark, or rather camouflaged in the dark, and which our, especially my brothers', expert eyes wouldn't foresee. Florida realized it without even batting an eye, and dropped the blood and acted as a scapegoat to bring out the ghouls from the dark.
She immediately, without wasting another moment, started shooting the ghouls one after the other.
I knew that I would have to deal with this girl sooner or later. Her new self is driving us mad. Not only has she become desperate and challenging. She has the nerve of ignoring Lee every now and then and now this freaking behaviour!
She needs to be brought down, she has really become disobedient.Her newly received power is turning her crazy and reckless; she will not only bring us into danger but also put her life in danger as well.
We quickly exchanged glances, and I took my whip, and my brother started forming fireballs.Three of us were close enough to form the circle also known as Ring, hunters form this to increase their combat strength and defeat any unearthly creaturs. This combat technique has been passed down to hunters since ages.
The sound of Florida's gun, my whip and fireballs burned into the nigh.
The ghouls screaming like mad men, and the noise from the weapons was wreaking blood in my ears—I was slowly getting tired, but I was amazed to see how much energy Florida had. She was not feeling tired but rather firing out the bullets, very swiftly and killing ghouls one after the other, as if she had been doing it since she was born. This is the power that was boiling inside her, one of the most powerful hunters in the line.
I was feeling tired, but I have to focus. I need to save this girl; I need to save my brother. I cannot today, not tonight. I have already put her in danger; once, not again not tonight!
If something happens to this girl, to my brother or my family then I won't be able to live with the guilt—family; yes, she is family.
This woman is no longer someone whom I dislike,because now I want to make her mine. Not after what I have heard about her, not after what I have done to her all these years.
Turning her away constantly and now trying to get close to her now after my ex, could be something that goes against my rules of life, but I can no longer hate her, I can no longer not make her part of my life, I simply can't and I need to figure out something soon....