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Chapter 5 - Chapter 5: Potential or death

Fire burns down a cobalt laid street as bodies line the road and their blood drains between the stones, the flames begin engulfing the bodies as a blood covered figure stands clenching his fist with a sadistic smile. He says something unintelligible to understand before looking back at someone and tell them something as the flames dissipates around them "This isn't over my friend, it never will" He responds with a worried "We failed before we started" He adds before standing next to his friend and stares up at the purply black night sky with a line of stars like a ring, The figure his hair blazing blue looks to him and tells him something profound before looking up at the night sky. "I don't know old friends, but I know it's all we can do"

A flame lands on a pile of corpses, setting ablaze as a Holy Priest holds up a holy cross, he utters a Holy verse in French as 2 Knights dressed in white cloaks stand behind him. Then from the burning pile a huge oversized long arm shoots out from it blood and ash spill over everyone within 20ft around the pile, the Priest falls back still holding up his cross as the two Knights stand in front of him with swords and shields drawn in defence. A second arm shoots from the pile and with the other place grab a corpse and pulls the head and body out causing the knights to feel uneasy, it pulls the rest of it body from the pile it covered blood, ash and other such things all the while the Priest continues his Holy verse with fear in his voice as the creature looks down upon. The creature glares with hunger as he begins walking down the pile towards them naked the flames barely effecting him only burning away the little clothes on him, upon reaching the bottom of the pile the two knights in fear charge without thinking towards the creature and both are killed effortly by him as if he was swatting a fly. The Priest continues his Holy verse even as the Creature reaches him his hands dripping in fresh blood and a sword in his slower admin but it doesn't seem to bother him, The Priest swings saying French "Away foul devil spawn" His words cause the creature to grab the Priest's arm and in a single motion tears it off and for a moment the Priest doesn't even notice before screaming and falling to his knees, A scream of fear echos out causing him to look up to see a woman crying in fear with a group of other civilians. Before anyone can react, he charges at them and rips through the civilians like paper, men, women and children he slaughter all, leaving the area covered in blood and body parts. "Wow, my friend, you know how to make an entrance" A man utters in French to The Creature who looks over holding a dead child in his hand "You, like me" He asked his voice uneasy and full of confusion "Haha, yes I am, old friend" The man tells him unveil his black cloak revealing a sword with a gold and red crossguard and a crimson handle with a red crystal on the end, The Creature is stunned upon seeing it and drops to his knees and begins laughing "You, made it, this world, is ours" He says while continuing to laugh "Sorry my friend, but it's not ours, nor will it" The Swordsman tells The Creature causing him to stop laughing suddenly "What, those being are weak" "No, they are very strong willed" He tells The Creature who tries to argue back but The Swordsman adds "And some, are too powerful even for the strongest of us" The Swordsman words cuts through The Creature causing him to scream out in rage "Nooo" He then slam his fist into the obliterating the remains of the child in his hand leaving a crater in the muddy ground covered with blood and bits of clothing "How, how?" He demands "Simply, they have an incredible will to live"

"Impressive, simply impressive" A voice utters "Yeah, but this kid could simply end up like the rest, in a body bag" A second but familiar voice says "You don't know, he could be one day stronger than you" The first voice utters but the familiar voice just laughs as the sound of a door closes causing Adrian to begin opening his eyes "What, where" He utters full of confusion and a pain in the back of his head as he looks up at a white painted ceiling causing him to be more confused, he looks down to see he is topless and finds himself wired to an IV bag before looking around the room seeing 5 other beds and the room resembling a hospital room. "The fuck" He utters in confusion as he pulls himself up struggling to do so do to a sharp pain in his shoulders "Ahh, christ shoulders" After a moment he places himself against his pillow and tries to relax but the pain persists "Good lord" He grunts as he looks over to see the bed next to him has its illuminate curtains pulled around it, Adrian can see someone laying in it and out of curiosity pulls himself out of the bed and starts to walk over still connected to the IV stand. He walks over unsteady and a little woozy quickly holding onto the bedside tables as he stumbles over to the other bed and upon reaching it he grabs the curtain and begins to pull it back "You" He utters in shock as he sees the person is Emily like him topless but with bandages wrapped around her chest where he had punched her and is mostly covered with a white bedsheet "Did I do this?" He asked himself upon seeing her bandages while remember her strangling him and the image of her face in pain and a scream of pain echo in his head "Fuck, I never mean't to hurt you" He tells her but gets no response causing him to grab her shoulder causing her to turn over revealing the bruising going up between her breasts "Sorry, even if you were going to kill me, I'd never want to hurt you or anyone" The door to the room then slides open and a man in a doctor's coat walks in with a smile brown hair and a light beard resembling Samuel and Ieuan "Oh your up good, don't worry its not the first time Emily has been injured like this before, it's easily treated son" He tells Adrian with a positive smile "So no need to say sorry, plus she has always been a hothead in battle" Adrian looks at him confused as he turns causing him to slip and fall on his legs "Crap, son of ahhh …" He cried out in pain clutching his legs and feeling the tube connecting him to the IV bag almost its stand over but the doctor catches it before it can "Need a hand, idiot" He asked still smiling which made Adrian think of Mindy since they seem to have a similar smile and gentle aura as her, the doctor then picks Adrian up with great ease and gently places him back on his bed as three people enter the room The Boss, Samuel and Mindy "He's up, that's fast" The Boss utters Adrian quickly looking and is shocked upon seeing him remembering him trying to kill him before "I don't blame you being scared, Possessed shit themseles upon seeing him coming at them with his Leviathan" Samuel tells Adrian with a snicker before The Boss annoyed smacked him across the head "How's Emily, she alright" Mindy asked as she walked over to Emily's bed and lightly grabbing her shoulder before seeing the bruising on her chest "Oh, poor Em" She uttered with worry as The doctor comes next to her and grabs her shoulder while giving her an assuring smile "You know she'll recover, this is not new for her" He then places his other hand on Emily's chest while closing his eyes as his aura glows green, Adrian is surprised seeing his aura remembering seeing their aura's back at the cabin and his aura gives off a warm healing feeling throughout the room. "This should help her breathing and stop any infections from occurring" He takes his hand away from her chest and turns to Adrian "Now, how about you, Adrian is that right" He walks up to Adrian as Samuel sits next to him and takes ahold of his shoulders with a positive smile "Don't worry, it feels like a warm bath, mate" He lets go of Adrian's shoulders as The doctor places his hand on Adrian's chest, The doctor gives him a positive smile as his green aura surrounds his hand and a pulse of energy begins to fill Adrian body feeling like warm water. "Wow, Samuel your right" Adrian joyfully utters looking to Samuel who grins "It's feels so refreshing, how are you doing this" He adds as the pain in his shoulders begin to easing up as The doctor smirks "It's all to do, with a positive attitude haha" He laughed with a sense of seriousness all the while placing his other hand near Adrian leg "At least, that's how healing works haha" He adds continuing to laugh as his other hand to begin glowing green, Adrian immediately feels the pain in his legs begin to ease just like his shoulders. "Oh just wow, wow that feels good" Adrian utters with a smile of relief as the pain leaves his body like he's relaxing in a bath after a long day "Yeah, it feels great right" Samuel adds as Adrian see's Mindy walks over to Emily, she takes Emily's left hand and place it against her cheek "I'm sorry sister, and I don't hate you for what you did" She then places Emily's hand against her head while Adrian and Samuel listen "I could never hate you, your the only sister I have, so you can beat, break or even take my life" She utters with a smile which surprised Adrian after what he remembers of them fighting "Because I know it's was for a good reason" "Shut up" A voice responds sharp and full of pain "Stop being so loud" Mindy looks up to see Emily looking back at her with a pain filled expression but with a sense of happiness "Oh Emily" Mindy cries out full of tears and happiness hugging Emily tightly causing her to scream in agony, Samuel quickly grabs Mindy off Emily and carries her off to the side placing her in the corner. "Bad Mindy" He tells her with half seriousness and half childishness before lightly banging the top of her head with the bottom of his fist "I'm sorry, aw, I wasn't thinking, aw, please forgive me, aw aw" She apologised to Samuel and Emily between bangs on her head "Silly girl" Samuel jokes smiling and stops banging her head and starting stroking her head and plays with her light brown hair "Quite down, your emotions are all over the place" He places her head against his while place his hand on her chest feeling her racing heartbeat, a rainbow of different aura's emirate from Mindy's body but upon feeling Samuel's hand upon her face, hair and then her chest it begins to calm into a clear white. "There you go sweetie" Samuel pulls her close gently and embraces her giving her a light kiss on the cheek bringing a smile to her face "All better now" He told her pulling her up with him as he stands up keeping her close before looking to Emily "Feeling better darling" He asked her with a caring smile "Fuck off and let me sleep, then I will be" She responds harshly but everyone but Adrian can sense some warmth under her black grey aura "She must be fun at party's" Adrian utters upon feeling her cold response "Leave her be son, she like that with everyone" The doctor tells him "But once you get to know her" Upon saying this Emily grunts in a mix of pain and disgust which Adrian knew was directed at him "She'll at least stop grunting at you with disgust" Emily added while smiling at Adrian while remembering her kind words towards him and Kera, he looks over to her with a smile full of thankfulness "Thanks, Mindy" She smiles back full of glee at his thanks "For saving me earlier and, for being their for me at Kera's funeral" His words cut through Samuel and Mindy causing both to stop smiling and look at each other in fear and feel sick inside "You too Samuel, and your brother too" Adrian adds not noticing the sudden change in their aura and the looks they give each other "No problem Adri, some of us are still human at least" Samuel utters with a false sense of positive before looking to The Boss with concealed disgust, The Boss then looks away for Adrian and begins to leave the room "Wait" Adrian called out to him causing him to stop and grunt in fustration "Why, did you have to kill me" Adrian asked standing up the bed looking at The Boss's back before he turned with a raged expression "Calm down mate, you can't blame him for asking" The doctor told him as he walks between them "You explain it to him" The Boss utters still enraged before walking up the celler stairs and out of sight "So, explain" Adrian asked stareing at The Doctor, Samuel and Mindy "Well, shit, where do we begin son" The Doctor utters looking to his son and Mindy then to Emily who is on her side "A week?" She utters in a pain filled expression as Samuel comes over to her and gently places her on her back "Shh, you need two more days of bed rest before you can stand properly" He explains to her as he checks her bandages and places a stone on her chest which has carving on it, Samuel places his forefinger on it and closes his eyes causing his body then her body to glow green. "Okay, explain all that first'' Adrian asked The Doctor in shock and amazement the aura emanating from them confusing him the more he sees and feels it "Oh good, you can see it, that will save alot of time" The Doctor told as he checks Adrian's bandages and gives a smile up seeing his bruising are almost healed "Impressive, you heal rather fast, even with my healing rune stone and our healing aura's" He adds before removing the rune stone placed between his bandages "This should of taken at least till tomorrow afternoon to heal, instead" He looks at Adrian and begins analysing his body and aura seeing the remnants of his blazing aura "It healed in an hour, very impressive son" "Umm can you explain, please" Adrian asked again now even more confused causing The Doctor to laugh "Oh yeah right, now, where do we begin son" He uttered to Adrian as he stood with an aura of positivity filling the room affecting everyone's mood "Let's start with the basics my boy"

"Why should I give him the choice" The Boss yells as he stands in the back garden outside the house into his phone "Because we every Hunter we can get" The man on the other end responds "Killing them doesn't" "But we had a dozen like him before, and they all ended up in the ground, in pieces most of them" He utters into the phone with frustration "We're soldiers in a war, it's part of the terms and conditions old friend" The man on the phone responds calm but with a hint of annoyance "Just give him a chance, I'm sure he'll be useful to your unit in some way mate" He adds with a bit more annoyance "Okay fine, but in our next monthly update call, don't be surprised if I'm telling you that kid is dead" The Boss tells him while leaning back against the house wall "I get about 20 of those a month" He responds "but give him a chance, just a chance mate" "I said fine, now piss off and get back to your desk" The Boss yells back before hitting the end call button on his phone with frustration, he crossed his arm and places his head back against the wall "Another moral knock coming soon" He says to himself before looking up at the half moon and clenches in anger "Fuck why, why didn't I just leave this cauldron when I had a chance" Upon saying this he feels a present about 30ft from where he's standing causing him to look up sharply to a house roof, after a moment he could see's someone in a black hoodie standing on the roof with his hands in his hoodie pockets. The Boss stares directly at the hooded figure and begins channelling spiritual energy into his left hand, causing blue veins to appear along them, a blue fire erupts from his hand, starting from a blue spark in the centre of his hand. "Sanctus flamma" He declared under his breath before quickly shooting out his arm and then gritting his teeth bracing himself for the energy flowing through his arm, then a stream of blue flame shoots from his palm through the night sky lighting it up like a meteor screaming through the sky. In milliseconds, the flame reaches the hooded figure, who just smirks without an ounce of fear, or rather he wanted it, the flame scorches through him engulfing the figure until he disappears from sight causing The Boss to smirk and slowly reduces his spiritual energy. The flame emanating from his hand dissipates from sight as if carried away by the wind or rather by the world itself, The Boss places his arm down and begins scanning the night sky as he channels some spiritual energy into eyes. "Visus luna" He declares as his vision changes to a pitch black with white lines depicting buildings and grey for trees, leaves and other foliage, after a few seconds of gazing at the roof of the house the figure stood on he notices something grey slowly emerging from the other side of the roof. Again he swings his arm up and prepares to use the fire attack but as if it wasn't there it disappears from his sight leaving him angry and confused "Another smart one, or worse, it's a D type" He clenches his hand as blue flames escape out both sides of his fist before letting his arm swing back down "Kid, what you brought with you, a simple house Spider or a fucking Tarantulas" He utters to himself with concern and a hint of anger before returning to the house.

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