《Invasion》 Prologue: Collide "I should''ve been a baker" groaned Ramza. He could be in a bakery right now kneading bread, feeling the warmth of the stone oven and smelling that yeasty delectable aroma. Instead his here in the middle of dartwood forest running in the darkness of the night.His arms terribly bleeding and his ears ringing. He can still hear the clicks and bangs from the magical metal sticks that shoots fast moving steel and giant metal beast''s that has long snouts that spits exploding iron spheres. In 5 years serving as a magician in the army, this is the first time he felt clueless and oblivious of what is happening. He quickly scurries to a nearby boulder holding his bleeding arms. The mix of pain and frustration could be seen in his green emerald eyes. Looking left and right he leaned and sat down. The image of his comrades getting blown off and getting their head pierced was playing over and over inside his head. The smell of burned corpses and blood still lingers from his nostrils. How could this happen? Who are this masked monsters? What kind of weapons are they using? This question keep popping in his mind. He was so ingrossed in his thoughts that the blood coming from his right arm is now dripping on the ground making a small puddle. He lift his arm slowly, wincing from the pain. There was a small hole in his forearm about the size of a small nut.The mere sight of it almost made ramza throw up. The wound was worse than he thought, it went through skin muscle and bones. He took out his staff from his back using his left arm and hover it beside the wound. Chanting the basic spell in healing he knows. "Mend" The bones, skin, and muscles slowly regenerate until the wound completely closes. The pain still lingers but it''s better than getting an infection. He breathes in deep, inhaling the combined smell of burning wood, blood and metal. He could feel his fast beating heart from his neck and his hands was terribly shaking. Pretty normal after having a close encounter with death. If he hadn''t have conjured that barrier fast enough he would have been fertilizers for the grass and trees. He closed his eyes and starts to breath slowly, trying to control his nerves. After a steeling himself he stood up and scans the area if someone followed him. The sudden snap of a nearby twig made ramzas body jolt. Pressing his body closely to the boulder he waited. He can hear footsteps slowly closing in. After that a moment of silence. The only noise he can hear now is his own breath and rapidly beating heart. Suddenly a sillhouete emerges from the trees and thick shrubbery. The figure was holding the dreaded weapon that almost wiped out their entire army. Ramza quickly points his staff and gathers mana on the tip of it. "Fus!". A gust of concentrated wind hits the mysterious figure hurtling it towards a nearby tree. It let out a high pitched groan. It immediately got up and tries to reach out for it''s weapon which has been flown several inches from it. Ramza gripped his staff tightly chanting another spell. He lifts up his left arm and points his open palm on the downed enemy. "Spirits of the forest help me bind my enemies". Ramzas hands glowed green. The nearby vines and tree roots starts shaking. It lashes out at the figure and start wrapping itself around it''s body. It is wearing a helmet that completely covers its face. The more the figure struggled the more the vines and roots wrapped around it. Due to the sheer strength of the vines and roots it made the figure looses it''s balance and fell head first into the ground. After a few minutes of trashing about and shrieking the masked figure finally stopped moving. Ramza released a sigh of relief and then lowered his hand.Casting two consecutive spells made his body feel heavy. He starts walking slowly towards the motionless enemy. As he was about a few inches from the body. The masked figure spoke. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience."Wait! Please don''t kill me. " Ramza was taken aback. "You can speak? " "Well duh" It answered. "Anyways, please don''t kill me, I''m not siding with them anymore." "Hah!, and I''m just gonna believe you? You guys killed hundreds of us and besides you tried to kill me" "You attacked me first!" There was a brief silence. Ramza scratchs his head, the masked figure has a point he thought. The silence was broken by the sound of leather and vines rubbing each other. "It''s no use, Dartwood vines are the most strongest vine in all of Dosgard." "Please just let me out, I don''t want to fight this war no more. " "And why is that? " "I''ll tell you if you let me go" "Not gonna happen monster." "I''m not a monster! If you don''t believe me, just take off my helmet" Ramza was still sceptical but theres no harm in knowing. He walk closer to the downed opponent. Take a hold of the the helmet and slowly took it off. Ramzas face turned from bewilderment to fear . Like if he saw an ogre dancing ballet. "You''re a woman?" "Isn''t it obvious." "Now untie me." Of all the creature in this vast universe why does it have to be a woman ramza thought. The one weaknes of this wizard is a soft aromatic boobed creatures. "uhmm.. Ah" "Hey! I said untie me." "oh right, R-release" With a flick of his hand the vines untangled. "Thank you" The woman gave a sigh of relief and then she immediately stood up and dust herself off. Now that ramza know that the creature was a woman he just now realize that she had the curves. Her long red hair, now free, adds a sense of perkiness to her personality. She has a medium sized breast not too big not to small, But her leathered costume barely contains her plump buttocks. "Hey, What are you staring at?" "N-nothing" The woman moves closer to ramza. Ramza steps back and grips his staff tightly expecting that the woman might attack at any moment. The woman raises her hand and reach for ramza. This made ramza jolt and made him do a defensive stance . "Im Abigail, call me Abby for short" She gave ramza a grin. "Do you not know how to shake hands?" She asks "Shake hands?" The mere tought of it made ramza confused. Whats the point of making me "shake" her hand? Wait. What if its a trap? What if i "shake" her hand and it burns my arm off. What if she has a deadly disease and she wants to contaminate me. Remember last time we trusted a woman a long time ago, She took everything from us and left us for dead. This thoughts swirled on ramzas mind and made his hand shake uncontrollably. "Hey are you alright? You look like you have seen a ghost" "Its just a handshake" "Wha- Whats the purpose of this handshake?" "Its a form of greeting in my world its a sign of trust" Ramza stares at her hand. He is still a bit Skeptical about all this but he realize that theres no harm in trying. He clenches his fist and activates his mana shield incase something bad happens. "Fine, but i still dont trust you" Ramza takes her hand and then shakes it left to right. This made abby snort, giggle and then laugh uncontrollably. Ramza quickly thought that he might have fallen for a trap and he swiftly points his staff on abby. "I knew it, I shouldnt have trusted you. What did you do?" Abby is still laughing so hard that her laugh was echoing in the forest. "Tell me now or ill blast you all the way to Tariv" "Wait.haha.. Ha. Wait. No i didnt do anything to you" Abby said while wiping a tear on her eye. "Then why are you laughing? Is it poison? Some sort of curse?" "What? No. Its just that you dont have to literally shake my hand" Ramza lowered his staff and gave abby a blank stare. "But thats what you said. Shake your hand and thats what i did" "What i mean is, thats not how you do it" "Here, give me your hand" Ramzas hesitantly lifts his hand but then Abby immediately grabs it. His hands are soft Ramza thought to himself. She then gently shakes his hands up and down. "Nice to meet you.. Oops. I forgot to ask for your name.hehe" "R-Ramza" "Nice to meet you Ramza" Chapter 1: Aftermath The pale light of the moon illuminates over grimland plains. Once a deserted place filled with nothing but grass is now filled with tents, tanks and soldiers. The cheers and liveliness of the soldiers fill the entire camp.The type of sounds you hear upon winning your first battle. Some soldiers are boasting on how many they killed while others are just happy there still alive at the end of the day. But still behind this merriment a handful of them felt sickened on killing other humans, this wasnt in the contract. On the middle of the camp lies a big armored truck. The heart of the their operation. It has a dozen of wheels, a large door on the back and a retractable ramp under it. Outside of the truck are two soldiers guarding the door. One clearly doesnt have enough sleep while the other is like a statue. Just a few meters from them is a female officer carrying a tablet pacing back and forth. Her blonde her swaying everytime she turns around. She is clearly waiting for something. "First Lieutenant Tanya Graves, Come in" A Middle age man spoke on the intercom. The female officer immediately stops walking and starts heading towards the door. A muscular old man sitting on front of a long table greeted her. Its obvious that this man had thousands of battles. The scar on left cheek and the white beard says it all. The walls of the truck was covered with computer monitors displaying numbers and codes. The room was well lighted. It was also spacious despite how smaller it is when you look at the truck from the outside. Tanya give the old man a salute. "Good evening Ms. Graves" "Good evening Sir Wick" "Can I get the current status for our army Ms. Graves?" "Sure sir" Tanya fidgets with her tablet and some sort of list pops up. She clears her throat then takes a deep breath. "First off, we lost a tank sir, 2 are heavily damaged and in dire need of repair. While 7 tanks are still fully operational." "All our trucks are still fully operational too" Wick gave a nod and begins to stroke his white beard. "Base on our current ration sir we still can make it in a two months, Or three if our men hunts." "Our fuel will last us about two months too" "How about the casualties?" "uhm.. We lost 50 soldiers.." As tanya said this her heart sank and she is clearly stricken by grief. "Go on" urged Wick "We lost 50 good soldiers sir, 35 are severely injured, 55 has minor injuries, while 7 are MIA" "Any news on the MIA?" "No sir, but i believe most of them are deserters" "Hmmm. Dont bother sending rescue parties on them then." "Y-yes sir" Wick then leans on his chair and signals a soldier beside the door " Can you get me some milk?" The soldier salutes and proceeds to go out. "You want one miss Graves?" "No thanks sir" "It helps you sleep you know, and it gives you strong bones" Tanya just smiles and proceeds to fidget with her tablet. This made her slightly uncomfortable. A few akward minutes later. The soldier comes back with a box of milk and a glass. He then proceeds to the table, puts the glass and fills it with milk. "Thank you" The soldier then goes back to his post. "Any new update on our spies?" "Well besides their wrong info on the firepower of the scout battalion. None so far sir" "Now, now, miss tanya you''re to harsh on them" "Sorry sir, but i think they should have done better" Wick gives Tanya a hearty chuckle. "Haha. Thats what I like about you Ms. Graves" Wick grabs the glass full of milk still laughing a little. He then gulps it all down in one go. Then slams it on the table, the sound of the glass hitting the table echoes through out the room. Thats a tough glass the soldier thought. "Ahh. Nothing beats milk ill tell you" "Thank you Ms Graves, you can go now" Tanya puts down the tablet on the desk and then gave Wick a salute. As Tanya was almost at the door "Oh, Ms. Graves before i forgot please tell the men that they can rest tomorrow. Consider it a reward for our first victory" "Thank you sir." Wick grabs the milk cartoon and then pour some more on the glass. "Now, where was I" He picks up the remote beside him. Then spins his chair and proceeds to face one of the monitor. "Good thing i downloaded all of this anime beforehand" Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.As soon as he pushes the play button a random anime plays on the screen. A smile can be seen on the old mans face as he drowns himself on the moving pictures. This is the only thing that keeps his sanity in check. He was known as the white devil afterall. "Pick Onadera you fool!" His voice echoed throughout the room. *** Somewhere in Dartwood forest a tiny floating ball of light can be seen. The sound of snapping vines and rusling bush breaks the silence of the usually deserted forest. The tiny ball of light can be seen hovering on a blue robed magicians shoulder. "Can you stop following me please" Ramza said as he cut a vine with his knife. "Come on, Let me go with you. I dont have any where else to go" Abby said as she precariously follows him. "I fail to see why that is my problem" Ramza keeps hacking vines and shrubs to pave a way. After a pain stakingly moments of hacking Ramza finally found a clearing with a river. Opposite of this river are more tall trees and thick faunas. If you follow the flow of the river it leads to a huge waterfall below. This is the perfect spot to camp for the rest of the night Ramza thought. He will need lots of energy to traverse to that thick shrubbery tomorrow. He sheats his knife back to his robe and made the ball of light dissapear. "Are we camping here?" Abby said as she stumbles around trying to get to him. Ramza gives out an exasperated sigh. "You''re still here?" "Also, who said about we? IM camping here." "Well I thought we were friends, we shaked hands and everything" Abby said as she brush off a leaf in her shoulder. "Are you just gonna leave a poor defenseless woman all alone in this forest?" "Defenseless?" Ramza answered while eyeing her strange weapon. "What your still think im gonna use this on you? Its on safety so relax" "Its not the weapon. I just hate women" Abby gives Ramza a perplexed look "What are you? Gay?" "Gay? You mean happy?" She giggles " No i mean do you like men?" "What? No" "I just.. I just hate them alright" "They lure you in and then when they know they have your trust thats when they stab you in the back." "Sounds to me that you need to see more women" Ramza felt a sharp pain in his stomach like someone kicked him. She might be right he thought. Ramza walks off. "Where are are you going?" "Firewood" "Let me help you" *Sigh* "Fine" After gathering dried twigs and branches they bunch them up together to form a bonfire. Ramza kneels beside it and stretched out his right hand and opens them. "Ignite" His hands glows with an orange hue and a wave of heat starts spreading around his hand. Then the dried twigs and branches suddenly combusts. *clap* *clap* "Wow! That was cool" said Abby. Ramza just ignores her. He then dust himself off and sits beside a huge boulder. The cool night breeze strokes Ramza face and the smell of burning wood tingles in his nostrils. After a long day he can finally relax. He leans his back on the boulder. All the crazy things happened seems like a dream. All the screams and all the blood. It was like a horrifying nightmare, and it was. He felt powerless, disgusted at himself for running away. The screams of help from his comrades keeps ringing in his ear. Ramza was so lost at his thoughts that he didnt notice a tear falling down his cheeks. He then closes his eyes trying to stop the emotions but his tears keep pouring. Abigail notices him crying but she stops herself from bothering him. She decided to just let him. Sometimes its better to leave someone alone to his emotions. She felt bad for him, Seeing all your friends and comrades die like that. It can really take a toll on a man. The thought about friends made Abby think about her best friend Tanya and all her friends back home. I hope they are doing okay and I hope that the governemnt keeps their promise in giving my family food and shelter, she thought. She reaches out her hands feeling the warm sensation of the bonfire. The trees rustling from the wind and the sounds of the river gives a pleasant hypnotic tune. As night slowly ends so does the howl of the dire wolves and the noise of the insects dissapears. The moon then steadily fades and the sun appears. Replacing the cold emrace of the night to the pleasant warm hug of day. Chapter 2: Morning Mayhem As the sun rises, Ramza wakes up to the sounds of loud snoring. He rubs his eyes and stares blankly at the river. He still feel sluggish. His neck aches a little, probably the akward position after he felt asleep. As he scans around his surroundings a part of him wishes that his still in a dream. That the incident yesterday was all just a figment of his imagination. The bonfire was now burnt out and all the twigs and branches have all become ash. Few metres from the bonfire was Abby she was lying on the ground still fast asleep, her snoring drowns the sound of the river and the waterfall . Its hard to imagine a red haired , fair skined beauty snoring loudly. Surely this must be a dream Ramza thought. He was then interupted by a loud rumbling in his stomach. The sound was almost on par with Abby''s snoring. All the commotion made him forgot about his hunger. Better get some food he thought. He stood up picks up his staff that was right beside him. He scans it thoroughly to see if there was any damage from all the fighting last night. The red jewel that amplifies magic was still there and there seems no damage to the wood. He starts limbiring up dont want to get a sprain early in the morning. Ramza then scans thoroughly to see if there are fruit bearing tree nearby. No luck. Its all just shrubs and grass. As he was looking he then remembers a trick his comrade Joe thought him. The recollection of Joe made him felt a slight pain in his chest. He then give himself a wake up slap as a way to make himself awake and try to control his emotions. "Thank you Joe" A futile call but it makes his heart a little bit better. He grabs his staff and walks toward the river. He then dips the tip of the staff into it. He then gathers magic into his hands. "Shock!" The tip of the staff lights up and a surge of electricity spreads through the area of the river close to his staff. Few moments later dozens of dead fish pops up from the surface of the river. Ramza feels a little bad for doing this but its better that having an empty stomach. As Ramza stood there and was amaze of what he had done the fish starts floating downstream towards the waterfall. "Shit! I didnt think this through" Ramza puts his staff in the ground and hurriedly grabs the fish. He grab some of them but a few of them got washed out towards the bottom of the waterfall. The sudden rush made him forgot where he was and now he was all wet. Water soaks into his robe and made it feel heavy. What a great way to start the day he thought. Hey atleast he doesn''t need to take a bath now. He slowly got out of the river, his boots was wet and it made the dreaded sound everyone hates. His wet clothes and the chilly morning air made him shiver a little so he walks slowly towards Abby and the campfire. He was holding a few fish in both of his hands. Holding them carefully so that it may not fall to the ground. He puts them beside the campfire carefully arranging them. He then starts taking of his boots and his robe. If someone saw him right now they might think he was about to do something to Abby. The pants he was wearing was soaked and his white cotton shirt was wet at the bottom. After setting up the campfire again, he then cleans the fish and skewers them, then puts them upright on the campfire. He then sits beside the campfire and warms himself up. The smell of fish cooking made him salivate and made his stomach rumbles. The appetizing fishy aroma made Abby''s nose twitch. She slowly open her eyes. She is looking around to see where that smell is coming from. She meet eyes with Ramza who was clearly wet. "Good morning" "Morning" Abbys stomach rumbles. Her cheeks immediately reddens. "Sorry" She said Ramza feels a little bit sorry for her, but his trauma always pulls him back. Abby then sees the fish on the campfire. Her mouth starts drooling. "Can i have some?" She pleads She gives Ramza a pouty face and her hazel color eyes seemingly sparkles. The force of those puppy dog eyes could make any man give his entire fortune. But Ramza encountered that fearsome technique before so he built some immunity to it. Big emphasis on some. "N-no go catch your own" Ramza said, feeling a bit guilty. "Just a little bit?" "No" "Fine!" snarled Abby. She immediately stands up and sticks her tongue at Ramza. "Im gonna catch a whole bunch of them. Dont even smell them once their cooking you hear me?" Ramza just ignores her and continue watching his fish. "Hmph" She then storms out towards the river. She then stands up near the edge of it thinking on how can she catch some fish. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Few minutes of staring blanky at the river. She suddenly lits up like she remembers something. When she was a little girl she use to watch this nature show with her grandpa. The guy would use his feet to feel for structures that could harbor a fish and then he would reach out his hand in the crevice of the rock. Then a seconds later he would have a fish in his hand. This should be a piece of cake she thought. She didnt realized that you need a decent amount of luck not to mention that the guy was a professional. It is hard to catch some fish in this leather uniform so she looks around to see if anyones watching. She then looks at Ramza who was busy cooking his fish. "Alright lets do this, how hard can it be?" Abby said as she slowly unzips her leather uniform. The zipper was at the front so it was easy for her to take off. As the zipper was at the bottom you can see her short tank top and her exposed toned midriff. She did not realize Ramza was staring at her now. Few moments later she successfully takes out her uniform and then she puts them on the ground. Her short spats gives her well round butt more allure. Ramza eyes was glued on to Abby her short tank top and spats combo can turn almost any man to lustful beast. Ramza slightly forgot about his hunger and was just ogling at her. Their eyes suddenly meet and Ramza immediately looks away. "Pervert!" shouted Abby Ramza cheeks went red. He felt conflicted and guilty on why he did that. Don''t give into the temptation, they are demons, a very sexy demons Ramza thought. Abby then takes off her boots and goes into the river. As she was on the deeper part of the river she accidentally step on something slimy. Ramza is now about to bite on the fish when suddenly he hears a loud scream. He quickly turns around and see Abby is getting slowly entangled by some tentacles. Dozens of slimy slimy limbs slowly crawling on her body. Then suddenly a 7 feet three eyed octopus emerges from the water. Abby is now trashing trying to get rid of the tentacles. Her screams echoes throught the forest making dozens of birds flee. It is now slowly enveloping her body making her breath heavily. Some tentacles is now slowly crawling into her tank top and through her bra. Her cheeks was beet red and her eyes is now on the verge of tears. "Help me Ramza!" "Dont worry thats just a baby kraken they dont eat you they just-" Ramza then drops his fish and remembers that baby kraken often feeds on sexual juices. "Oh shit. Im coming" Ramza hastily gets his staff and run towards the river. The tentacles are now forcing their way through Abby spats. Abby tries to fight the urge to moan but the way the tentacle wraps around her breast made her feel more aroused. Ramza is now at the river looking at the monster ravaging Abby few meters from him. Think Ramza think what are baby krakens weakness he thought. Ramza then remembered that its third eye hates fire. He then quickly points his staff at the third eye of the kraken. The tentacles were now inside Abby panties and are now rubbing her private part. "Ahnn. Hurry!" Ramza starts casting his spell but Abby''s moaning made it HARD to cast it quickly. A few seconds of moaning and chanting Ramza finaly invokes the spell. "Gatling fireball!" An orange light shines at the tip of his staff and then a ball of fire shoots from it and then another and then another. All hitting the krakens eye. The kraken shrieks in pain and its body crashes towards the river making a huge splash. Its tentacles convulses and shake. The spasm made it throw Abby into the air towards Ramza. Ramza tries to catch Abby but her trajectory was a bit higher and instead her butt hits his face. They both fell down to the ground. "Get off" Ramza said Abby was still recovering from onslaught of pleasure so she was still unresponsive. Her body still tingles. Ramza is now suffocating and he starts flailing around trying to get out of the soft death trap. Abby finally stands up but her knees was still shaking. "T-Thank you" Ramza the dust himself off and stands up opposite of her. "You''re welcome" Abby''s cheeks was still red and she is trying to avoid Ramza''s gaze. Ramza feels bad for her but a little part of him wants to know what happened if he just waited and watched for a few minutes. Few awkward minutes later Ramza decided to make her go back to the campfire and let her have some of his fish. Abby then thanks him, picks up her leather uniform and walks slowly towards the campfire. As she was almost towards the campfire Ramza notices that her nose was wet. Then his cheeks turn red as he realized what it was. Chapter 3: Abduction It is now in the middle of the day. The balmy heat of the sun is now hitting the grimland plains. The warm and windy weather made some soldiers hide inside their tents, while some of them decides to get some tan. A group of soldiers are playing football at the east of the camp they are using flags as a make shift goalie. A few soldiers can be seen frolicking from tent to tent to share stories and a few drinks. No sign of worry can be heard only the sound of merriment. Even though its a free day some of them choose to work. One of those people are the mechanics They are busy repairing and tinkering the tanks and trucks. They are ensuring that these machines dont suddenly break down during a fight. While a few straight edge soldiers are at the armory polishing rifles and helmets. At the south of the camp a sound of water splashing can be heard outside of a make shift wooden room. The room was 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, about the size of a garage. The walls are made of ply woods and the top was only covered by tarpaulins. The entrance is only protected by two large curtains on each side. On the bottom side of the room are waterways that leads to a small pond nearby. Outside of the room is a cardboard sign that says "-Girls Shower Time- anyone caught peeping will be shot two times, in the dick" The first part you will notice once your inside are the hastily set up marble tiles. There are 6 water barrel inside and they are placed beside the wall with spaces between each barrel. In this spaces are the girls showering. They are using buckets to wash themselves. The smell of soap and shampoo lingers in the air. Sounds of water getting dump drowns the constant chatter of the female soldiers inside. One of the woman showering is Tanya, she is deep in thought thinking about her bestfriend Abby. As she was rinsing her hair with shampoo she remembers how Abby sprints towards the forest. She tries to call her but she was already gone. Abby was too soft hearted she thought. It was one of her flaws, if she learned to close her heart she would be a greater soldier than her. While she is cleaning her big mammory glands a girl beside her takes a peek. Tanya notices and she just gives her a glare. "Whats wrong, you dont have one?" The girl looks away and says "Well, not as big as yours." under her breath. Tanya finishes her bath and wipes herself with her towel, ensuring all the crevices and cracks are thoroughly wiped. She then wears her black laced panties and her bra. Then finally her uniform. As she walks outside she is greeted by the warm sunlight beaming into her eyes. This made her raises her left hand to shield herself from the violent rays. She quickly searches into her pockets for her favorite sunglasses. She finds it, wears it and then walks towards the center of the camp. Every soldiers she pass looks at her. Her blonde hair glisten, still wet from the shower. Her busty curves and that tight leather uniform has some kind of gravitational effect on everyone. She has that charismatic allure that makes a man or a woman do everything she says. As she was about to enter her personal tent a loud alarm blares through the entire camp. The light on the main trailer lights up. All the soldiers immediately stops what they are doing. All 5,000 of them, may they be in the shower, at the tent , playing soccer , fixing tanks, and even the ones at the bathroom stops and listens. The once noisy and bustling sounds is now replace by a deafening silence. Few seconds later Captain Wick speaks on the PA system. "Attention all Soldiers, Our sources tell us that an army of Elves have been spotted 50 miles West from here." "It is estimated that they are 10,000 in numbers and as our scouts have gathered. It looks like a royal convoy. " "As you all know we dont have the enough firepower to deal with these massive army yet, as our geeks in labcoats are still busy widening the gap between the two worlds" "So the bigwigs in hq decided that we hide inside Dartwood forest until they pass." "So, get your asses in gear, we are moving out!" As soon as the transmission ended the silence is broken. Few minutes later the camp is now filled with loud yelling and boots stomping the ground. You can see soldiers running around packing the necessary equipment and taking down the temporary facilities like the bathrooms and the shower rooms. Tanya is seen walking towards the main trailer. She is getting passed by soldiers carrying rations, ammunitions, and other items to load them unto the trucks. She also passes by a group of soldiers who are busy taking down a tents and putting them into a pile. She felt amazed of how things changed in a few minutes. Almost all the tents are now gone and a few boxes that were just lying around are now neatly packed. The thought of them going through dartwood forest made her feel elated. Cause she know at the back of her mind that she may find Abby there. When she arrives at the huge trailer truck the guards there were busy packing. "Ms. Graves glad you can join us" Wick said. He was sitting beside the trailer with a retractable chair smoking a ciggar. If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.Wick gives tanya a grin like a teacher seeing his favorite student. Tanya gives Wick a salute and then takes off her sunglasses. She is surpised on how calm Captain Wick is. The soldiers were restless and panicking while his just here enjoying his afternoon smoke. "No disrespect sir but can I ask you a question?" "Sure go ahead" "Why are you so calm, even though an enemy could pop up anytime?" Wick raises his eyebrows takes his cigarette from his mouth and then put it in his hands. The tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife. Tanya felt a sense of regret for question authorities like that, but it doesn''t feel right not to say it. A single mistake can destroy their whole world. Wick then leans forward and then looks at tanya in eye. "Well you see Ms. Graves, from what i learned when i was still just a low ranked soldier." "Panicking kills you. It makes you go faster to your grave." A tinge of sadness and anger can be noticed from Wicks eyes. " I know it''s a defence mechanism and all and its the one thing that we as a species made us survive." "But it can make you do shitty decisions." "Here is an advice Ms. Graves, stop being bothered by the little things. It makes your life easier, take it from an old man." Wick then puts his cigar back in his mouth. He then suck a big mouthful of it then looks upward and blow them towards the sky. He then looks back at her. "Please help them pack those equipment Ms.Graves. As you said, enemies could pop out any moment" "Yes sir" Tanya turns around and walks back towards the two soldiers who are busy packing. She felt a little bit confuse, she keeps thinking about what Wick said. A part of her understands what Wicks trying to say but unpreparedness can get you killed too she thought. Just a rambling of an old man who is just too lazy to do some work. As Tanya is busy packing Wick is still in his chair contemplating about something. His forehead wrinkles and he puts his hand in his chin. Clearly this man is thinking about strategies. "Which should I watch next, To Love Ru or Nisekoi?" "Which has more panty shots again?" As Wick is busy thinking on what to watch tonight a soldier runs towards him. "Sir, we have a problem" "What is it?" The soldier tries to catch his breath. "We were about to head to the shower room sir, to tear it down, but the shower room was empty when we got there." "Whats wrong with that" "Its weird sir, because there was suppose to be three other woman who are still showering as reported by the officer who was guarding the area." "What?" "Luckily sir, one of our guys said they spotted green creatures dragging three unknown woman towards a nearby cave." "Good God" Wick immediately stood up throws his ciggarette on the ground. "Lieutenant Gomez you stay her and ensure that the camp moves to Dartwood forest" "Yes sir" A tall man beside the trailer answered. "Ms. Graves suit up we are going after them" "Also, take 10 best soldier you could find" "Yes sir" Tanya answered. Wick then hastily goes to the trailer. Tanya also runs toward her tent while picking and calling soldiers she know. After 10 minutes of prepping and hastilly gathering soldiers, weapons and ammo. Wick, Tanya and some handful of soldiers were now at the entrance of the cave. They are wearing their leather uniform and their visored helmet. The cave was peculiar cause it''s almost man made, like some intelligent creature made it. The cave''s entrance is embedded in a huge boulder its more like an entrance to a dungeon than a cave. On the entrance of the cave are two skeleton effigies of unknown creature on each side, which add a sense of dread and fear when you loook at it. "You''re sure this is the place you saw them soldier?" Wick asked "Yes sir, im pretty sure this is the place. I remember it cause this is the place i was secretly mast- i mean peeing sir." A chubby looking guy answered. "Ok then" "Sir, im thinking about this for a long time but why the helmet and this space suit like armor?" asked Tanya. "What you dont like it?" "It''s not that i dont like it Sir, but it''s different from what i wore when I was still training" "Well, I specifically requested the higher ups to get this kind of equipment, because firstly this visor covers our face perfectly, and Secondly it looks like the outfit this one anime i watch years ago" Tanya just roll her eyes and sighs. She starts questioning on how this old man became a high ranking official. "Before we go, check your equipment if you have everything you need." Tanya then starts checking her equipment one by one. Pistol and rifle check, Flashlight check, grenades check, ammo check, and her fathers knife check. She then gives Wick a thumbs up then the other soldiers follow suit. "Oh, before i forgot dont worry about getting left behind by our army i have a tracker right here" Wick said as he raises it in the air. He then takes a deep breath and looks at the volunteer soldiers. Wick sees different kind of emotions on their faces. There are fear, excitement, one looks like he''s about to shit himself. Tanya on the other hand is cool and compose like a lioness who is ready to hunt. "Alright, lets rescue some damsels in distress". Chapter 4: Rescue The sound of footsteps whispers throughout the cave. It is dark, cold and humid. The darkness then temporarily gets dispersed by a few beams of light. The light moves all around the area illuminating every nook and cranny. At the end of this light are Wick and his squad. They are walking slowly, on high alert with their guns at the ready. One of the beams of light pointing upward suddenly hits a group of bats sleeping. The bats shrieks, the sudden flash of light made them awake. They start flying towards the group. Leathered wings hits and bumps the soldiers making them flail their arms and swats the incoming bats. One of the soldiers start screaming but immediately gets silenced by Tanya. The force of her hand slapping and shutting his mouth almost made him topple over. "Calm down, they are just bats" She said She then takes out her hand and glares at the soldier. "Im never gonna wash this mouth again" he whispers The soldiers bows his head slightly and apologizes to Tanya. "Keep walking" Wick orders After recovering and composing themselves they start walking again. 5 minutes had pass and all they have seen are rocks. Being on high alert all this time and only seeing rocks have made them feel irritable and on edge. As they approach a fork in the cave they start seeing an orange light at the right side of it, coming closer and closer. Wick immediately signals them to turn off their flashlights and start setting up for an ambush . Which they did. Darkness then envelopes them hiding their presence. As the orange light approaches five small silhouettes can be vaguely seen. As they are almost a few meters from them they finally see what or who it is. It was five tiny human like creatures with green skin, pointy ears and nose. "Goblins" whispers Wick. One of them is carrying a torch, explaining the orange light at the distance. 2 of them appears to be holding a towel, they are busy sniffing them with huge grin on their faces. While the rest of them are carrying iron swords looking around and scanning the area. As the goblins are almost at arms reach Tanya springs from the Darknes, grabs the goblin carrying the torch. She then takes out her knife and plunges it right through the goblins throat. The goblin tries to scream but it is now too late the knife is now lodged deeply inside him. The screams turns into a gurgled yelp. Wick also grabs one of the goblin by its face then slams it on the wall. The force is so great that back of its head cracks and blood splatters on the wall of the cave. The other soldiers follow suit disarming and killing the other goblins. Wick then steps on the torch putting it out. The orange light gradually fades hiding the goblins lifeless bodies in the darkness. "Alright, lets go to the right" As they got closer and closer they start seeing a bright light at a distance. They can also vaguely hear muffled screams and cackled laughter. As they arrive at the chamber they carefully hide at one of the stalagmite near the entrance. They are surprised on how big it was, its like a a huge circular room. There is a huge hole on the ceiling letting in sunlight, illuminating the whole place. The walls of the room are covered with weird symbols and it looks like it is written in blood. On the opposite of then was a massive creature it has only one eye and has a fat humanoid body. It is sitting and leaning on the wall. On his side was a huge spiky club. The mere sight of the monster made the whole squad tremble in fear. On the other side of the room are there comrades. They are being held by dozens of goblins. Few more goblins are closely watching them. There hair is still wet and there clothes are nowhere to be seen. The three girl are trashing and defying the goblins but there are too many of them. The monster looks like its having a conversation with an old goblin. The goblin has a long beard and was thin and lanky. He is wearing a tattered robe and is carrying a staff thats adorned with bones. "Give me the girls now!" demanded the monster Wick and his squad was shocked that a brutish monster is able to speak. "But master, we need them to expand our army, our nursery are running low on woman" The monster roars. It''s voice echoes throughout the room it made all the creatures there paralyzed with fear. "I don''t care! it''s been so long since Ive eaten a proper girl. The old woman you sent me leaved a bad taste in my mouth" "We know master but.." He was stop mid sentence because the giant monster grabs him and put him closer to its face. "Give them to me or you''ll be the one swimming in my stomach" "Yes master." The old goblin lowers his head. The monster then puts the goblin down. Then the old goblin commands the other goblins to bring the prisoners to the monster. "Now!" shouted Wick. As soon as they are about to give the prisoner to the monster Wick throws a flashbang in the middle. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.The monster, the goblins, and the prisoners are temporarily blinded and instinctively cover their eyes from the sudden flash of light. Wick and the squad immediately open fires making sure not to hit the hostages. Few of the goblins quickly falls to the ground while the other goblins scurry including the old goblin to hide. As they are about to reload for another round of barrage the one eyed giant screams and start stumbling around the room hitting foes and allies alike. Tanya tries to shoot the monster down but the bullets can''t peirce deeply enough to inflict fatal wounds. Few moments of killing a few more goblins and shooting the monster. Their eyesight starts coming back. The remaining 30 goblins who are hiding starts charging towards them while the prisoner quickly hides toward the entrance. The monster finally knowing who the mystery attackers are, quickly grabs its club. It is still wounded so it is a bit sluggish , but it can still takes their entire squad down. Knowing this, Wick Tanya and the other soldier immediately split up. Few grenades get thrown causing 5 goblins to explode and the monster to stagger back. The explosion made some stalactites to come crashing down, crushing and killing one soldier and a few goblins. Wick get''s jumped by a goblin but he swiftly kicks it and then finish it off with the quick shot to the head. He, Tanya and another soldier focused their attention on the monster. The monster charges towards them but Tanya and Wick immediately got out of the way. Unfortunately the other soldier got trampled to death. It then tries to swing its club at them but Tanya precisely shoot its hand, this made the monster scream in pain and stagger back. As Wick and Tanya were fighting the monster the other soldiers are busy getting rid of the remaining goblin. One of the soldier get piled up and gets stabbed to death by a few goblins. As the goblin numbers are dwindling a few of them notices this and tries to run away. Their effort was proved to be futile because they get immediately barraged with a hail of bullets from the soldiers. Meanwhile on Tanya and Wicks side, the monster is visibily exhausted and is now breathing hard. "Stay down monster" Tanya said "Hehe, Im coming for you first" the monster said while licking its lips The monster then throws his club towards Wick in a desperate attempt to kill him but he manages to jump out of safety the last second. The sudden attempt to move out of the way made Wick let go of his weapon. While Wick is trying to stand up again the monster quickly charges towards tanya and manages to grab her. "Got you!" The monster starts smelling her, savoring its prey. "Oh, so you''re a girl." It then rips Tanyas helmet right off exposing her blond her. Tanya just gives the monster a cold glare. "I like you, this is gonna be the best meal i have in a long time" As the monster begins to open his mouth The monster fail to see that Tanya is hiding something behind her back. As she was inches inside the monsters mouth he immediately takes out her desert eagle from behind and open fire aiming at his mouth and eyes. The monster was already to late in reacting that the only thing it saw was the barell of the gun and the sudden darkness. Its blood splashes on Tanya but she just continues shooting in point blank. The monster screams in pain, it was so terrible that the old goblin felt pity for its master. As the monster was about to let go of Tanya, she throws a grenade inside its mouth. The grenade exploded stopping the monster from screaming and it immediately topples to the ground as its mouth was smoking. Tanya lands to the ground fixes her hair and walk towards her rifle. Wick also regroups with her and start helping their comrade. "Remind me not to get on your bad side" Wick said Few moments later the sounds of gunshots and screaming slowly dies out and all the goblins is now dead or dying. Wick calls and regroups his 8 remaining soldiers including Tanya. "Wheres the hostages?" he asked "There here sir but there are only two of them" answered one "What? Wheres the other one?" "I think the old goblin took one of the hostage sir." Tanya answered. Wick scratches his chin and tries to think of where could the old goblin be. "Alright, we should first escort the two of them they had enough trauma for the day" " You four escort them back to the camp and also give them some clothes something might stand and attention" Tanya rolls her eyes. "Us five will find the last one, i think they are at the left side of the fork in the road before" The four of the soldiers salutes at Wick and starts covering the hostages. They were terribly shivering and shaking. It must be from the coldness of the cave and the emotional trauma they just witnessed. Wick and the remaining soldiers then count their ammos and equipments surrounded by hundreds of dead goblins. Chapter 5: Closer Ramza and Abby finally crossed the river and are now at the other side. After an akward breakfast they have not utter a single word to each other. They are currently walking at a path that most carriage pass through. Ramza is at the front while abby is following a few step behind. The wind brushing off on the trees and the sound of the bird chirping are the only sound they hear. The smell of leaves and grass envelopes their noses. They are presented by green scenery, the clear blue sky and the sun shining above. In this kind of atmosphere you''re suppose to feel relaxed and at peace, but not this two. Ramza''s trying hard not to look at Abby because his eyes automatically goes to inappropriate places a gentleman should not stare. While Abby is looking at the ground trying to forget the embarrassing thing she experienced. She keeps thinking on how much Ramza saw. This keeps bothering her more and more after each and every step. After a few more minutes of trekking Abby finally speaks up. "Hey Ramza?" Ramza didn''t answer but he turn his head at the side and looks at her. "H-how much did you saw back there?" Ramza quickly face forward and his cheeks turn slighlty red. His brain quicklys runs on overdrive. Should he tell the truth and get branded a pervert for oogling on a girl being molested or tell her a lie and get out of this situation. Lying it is. But there is one problem , lying is not his strong points. When he is still a little kid he is known as the "Wooden tongue". When he and his friend had done something wrong or has caused a problem for there village the grown up turns to him. You can easily know his lying because he looks everywhere except the one person his talking to. His hands shake and he sweats alot. So basically he os an honest person by default. "Come on tell me!" Abby demanded. "W-well i didn''t see much" "I dont believe you, and would you please stop walking and look at me" Abby is now holding her hips and a slight grimace can be seen in her face.. Ramza stops, he is now sweating and his face is flushed. "Come on, turn around." Ramza turn arounds and face her but he is looking at the ground. "How much did you see?" "I definitely did not see any white panties and I did not see your pink nipples either." Abby turns red and anger turns into embarrassment. She grabs him by the shoulders and proceeds to shake him back and forth. "You perv! Please forget about please forget about" After a few seconds of shaking him and wishing he forgets it. She then lets go of him and tries to grab his staff. "Give me this, I''ll cast a forget spell on you" "Theres no such thing" answered Ramza Abby then screams and runs ahead of him leaving only a cloud of dust. "Hey!" Ramza sighs and lowers his shoulders. He felt slightly bad for what happened but its not like it was his fault. It was that damned krakens fault. Well it did give Ramza some alone time materials so his not gonna complain about it too much. After thanking and cursing the kraken he proceeds to follow her. The scenery made him think that it''s been so long since he traveled. This reminded him at the time when he was still a teenager. He was traveling towards the capital Riverglade to join the Kings army. Memories flood back to him from that time he almost got killed by slimes to almost getting dragged by sirens. Also how could he forget the one thing that kept him from loving another woman and the reason why he hates them so much. Esmeralda the black haired necromancer. As ramza was reminiscing and casually walking he heard a loud bang and screaming. He immediately went to where the sound came from. He then saw Abby fighting a few slime. She is gracefully dodging and shooting them with her weapon but it looks like none of her shots are working. A slime jumps at her but he swiftly kicks it and it hits a tree real hard. "Why isnt my rifle killing these guys". She said as she is reloading her weapon. "Aim for the orbs inside them!" Ramza shouted. "Orbs?" Abby concentrates, she carefully inspects the bouncing glob of slime. It''s transparent body glistens in the afternoon sun. She found it, she see''s a faint glowing orb inside the them, it''s barely visible but she can see it. She aims at it then she slowly squeezes the trigger. A light flashes on the tip of the weapon and a fast moving metal wizzes through hitting the slime''s core. The orb shatters and the slime turn into a puddle of plasma. A second and a third one at the back of her creeps closer. She quickly turns around and searches their cores and fires a barrage of bullets. The two slimes struggles for a few seconds then finally collapses into a puddle. Ramza was in awe on how graceful Abby took care of those slimes his heart skipped a few beats. The way her hair waves in the air, to how her eyes focus towards its target it was like art. Abby walks towards Ramza with a grin on her face. "Thanks for the advice" Ramza cheeks turns slighlty red. "You''re welcome" He felt reluctant to tell her but he decided that it was the right time. A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation."Listen, Abby" he said "Yeah" "Im sorry about what happened at the river this morning" Abby cheeks turn red "Its fine, I realized it was not your fault, BUT If you tell anyone about what happened" "Well, let''s just say I will cut something that dangles in your body" Ramza felt terror and swallows a bit of his saliva. "So, whats the plan?" she asked "W-well, theres a village close from here and if we continue walking at our current pace we will get there at noon" "Sounds good" "I think we should parts ways when we get there, I still dont like the idea of taking an enemy and a girl from another world at that, to one of our cities" As Ramza was explaining on how bad it is to take her with him and how he still don''t trust her. A mix of emotion fills Abby. She feels sad and a bit dissapointed on the idea of separating from him. She is still just a girl who is lost in another world and abandoned her superiors because she felt disgusted on the way they fooled them. Ramza is the only person she knows in this world, so she subconsciously cling to him. She was so traumatize from the battle that she didn''t think about what to do next after she runs away, she had no plan whatsoever. "Hey, are you okay?" Ramza asked. "Y-yeah im fine" she said as she wipes a sweat from her brows. "Shall we go" "Yeah lets go" As they were about to depart Ramza hears a rustling on a nearby bush. He and Abby immediately readied their weapons. A few seconds later a white hare with a single huge horn in its forehead pops out. "Whats that?" She asked "Dinner" murmured Ramza "Thats the cutest fucking thing i ever saw in my life" Abby said while covering her mouth. Ramza then swiftly cast an icicle spike spell and he hurled it towards the hare stabbing it right in it''s neck. A tiny shriek echoed throughout the forest and suprised gasp that sounds like a car alarm escaped from Abbys mouth. * Two heavily armored goblins carrying iron sheilds and swords charges at Wick and his 5 men including Tanya. They open fire at them, bullets ricochet, got stuck and hit them, but they continue charging. One goblin knocks one of the soldiers falling hard on the ground. Wick quickly hits the goblin who knocked out the soldier with the butt of his rifle of making it stagger and let go of his sheild. The goblin then swing''s it''s sword on Wick but he jumps back and shoots it right between it''s eyes. The goblin falls down like a sack of potatoes and blood starts gushing out from its forehead. One remaining goblin starts swinging his sword wildy at the soldiers but they immediately welcomed it with a staccato of bullets. It falls down his iron armor riddled with holes. Wick and his men starts reloading and set their sites on a small wooden door in front of them. They strategically stack up on the door. Wick carefully listens and tries to get a clue on whats happening inside. He then hears a faint moan on the other side. Wick carefully pushes the wooden door. The first thing that hit him was the smell of Cum and sweat. He is greeted by small room with straw beds lined up on the floor. There are torches on the wall of the room illuminating it with orange hue. Two of the beds are occupied with naked girls, there breathing slow and there eyes are vacant like a person who has given up all hopes of life. On the corner of the room is the thin and lanky old goblin trying to rape the last hostaged soldier. " If i die now, ill die in the hole of a woman"It said with a evil grin on his face. The girl tries to kick and push the old goblin but he was too strong for her, even though his arms was thin the adrenaline and the thought of death looming made the goblin desperate. "I wouldn''t do that if I were you" Wick said as he enters the room The goblin turns around his face change from happiness to fear. The rest of the soldier comes in aiming at the solitary goblin. It gritted his teeth and swiftly grabs his knife. Wick laughs. "What are you gonna do with that, peel an apple?" The goblin smiles and grabs the hostage and points the knife at her throat. Tension fills the room that even the lifeless girls sits up and looks at the situation. "Who are you people? This is the first time i saw your clothes and weapons" the old goblin said One of the soldiers tries steps forward, but the old goblin inches his knife closer at her throat. "Move closer and I''ll paint this room red" Wick raises his hand signalling them to stand back. The old goblin stares and gives it''s attention on wick and his crew. Tanya then tries to signals one of the girls who was at the back of the goblin to scream. Her vacant eye fails to understand what Tanya''s trying to do. After a few minutes of staring and threatening her, she finally nods. The old goblin too late in realizing what Tanya was signalling for, immediately got startled by a high pitched scream. As he turns around he hears a loud bang and he felt a searing pain at the side of his head. Few seconds later he was at the floor choking on his own blood. Wick then lowers his gun. "Alright let''s get out of here" he said. Chapter 6: Beginnings Dried twigs crackle and pop from the intense heat of the fire. The orange light of the campfire illuminates the faces of a black haired man and a red haired woman. It was Ramza and Abby. There was wooden make shift spit above the campfire. It is cooking a hare meat, it was already skinned and gutted. The smell of the meat enters their noses making them more and more hungry everytime the spit rotates. Abby is staring intensely at the glistening meat already craving for it. "Even if you stare at it like that it wont cook faster" "Oh, and what ever happened to ''Why did you kill it, you monster!'' " Ramza said while mocking and imitating Abby. Abby did not like that one bit and starts to cross her arms and gives him a gold glare. "Shut up" He laughed and continues to add twigs to the fire. She then decides to lay down on the green soft grass. Her long scarlet hair unfurls and the sky reflects on her blue eyes. The dark sky illuminated by stars made her feel like she was not in another world. The pleasant breeze, the scenery and the smell of cooking meat made her feel euphoric. It made her feel like she was at her hometown again. "Hey Ramza" "Yeah" "Do you miss your family?" The sudden question made him divert his attention from the meat to Abby. He was a bit taken aback from Abby''s personal question. "Well, i haven''t seen them in 7 years. So, yeah pretty much" "They send letters from time to time but.." Ramza drifts off Sadness can be seen from his emerald eyes. "I miss my father''s bread and my mothers terrible homecooking" A laugh escapes from Abby and Ramzas mouth. "How about you? You have a family back at your world?" "Yeah, I have a mom and three sibilings" "My father.." A tear starts to fall down her cheek She felt a lump in her throat. After a few second of silence Abby clears her throat. "Well my father died in a war 3 years ago." "War?" Ramza asked as he was spinning the spit "A pointless war really, you see our worlds resources and lands started to dwindle " "So the leaders of two superpowered nation decided to take each others wealth" "One thing lead to another, and then an all out war broke lose" "They tried throwing nukes at each other, to see who surrenders first" "Failing to realize that their war is killing the resources they are fighting for." Abby grips a tuff of grass tightly in her hands. "Millions of people die, and before they even realized it the world itself was dying" "Luckily the remaining surviving nations the one who didn''t want any part of the war decided to unite and tries to stop the two nation" "But, the damage was already done, they were many place that was unhabitable" "Our people was starving and dying from the radiaton, we thought it was the end for humanity" "Thankfully a miracle came, a son of a famous inventor discovered a new world, this world" Abby wipes her tear, gets up and looks at Ramza. "So, thats basically, why we are here" Silence came, the sound of the burning wood and the sizzling of meat was the only thing they hear. "Alright, I think it ready, lets eat" Ramza said. He then takes out the skewered hare cuts it into two with his knife and give the other half to Abby. "Thanks" As Abby takes a bite her tongue is immediately filled with meaty and smoky taste. The taste made her smile and starts to continue gorging the meat with animalistic haste. "It''s so delicious, I havent had proper meat in a long time, all we had was MRE" she said with her cheeks full of hare meat. Ramza just chuckles and starts eating his hare too. "Hey Ramza" "Yeah" "Why, do you hate women" The sudden question almost made Ramza choke. He then starts coughing violently and tries to find his water canteen. He drinks a big gulp and then looks at Abby. " What do you mean? " " I mean the ''not trusting another women again'' thing" "Are you sure you don''t like men?" Ramza gives Abby a cold glare then he takes a big bite of meat. The question made him uncomfortable. It feels like she is trying to peel off a mask he is hiding for years. Maybe I should just tell her, we wont be seeing each other again, so what the hell, he thought. He takes a deep breath inhaling the delectable meaty aroma. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere."No, i dont like men and the reason i hate woman is.. " he suddenly stops mid sentence and looks at her in the eyes. "Are you sure you want to know?" Abby just nods and continue eating her meat. "Alright, let me take you back when i was still 17 years old" " I was traveling Marblewood forest, trying to get to Riverglade for their Army recruitment" "Suddenly I hear this ominous squeal, the squeal was so loud that the birds and tiny monster around me tries to flee." "I ready my staff and look around trying to find the source of the sound" Ramza bites on the meat again, drinks a gulp of water and then continues his story. "All of a sudden a petite black haired girl burst out from the bushes with a giant boar hot on her heels." "She was coming straight towards me" "She then suddenly halts and throws something at the boar''s eyes making it stop and struggles to remove it" "That bitch immediately run for cover on the nearby rocks leaving me and the boar face to face" "After the boar finish shaking of the weird substance it started to glare at me" "Stomping and blowing it''s nose indicating that it is about to charge at me" "Thinking quickly I readied a barrier in front of me and ready to cast a lightning spell" He points the meat infront of him trying to relive the memory. "As soon as his tusk hits my barrier it crackled and break, the impact was so great that the boar shakes his head, it was disoriented " "I fire my lightning spell at it, it squealed and shake but the boar was reselient , so I tried hitting it with a fire spell" "The fire only made it more angry so i run over on a nearby tree" "It starts charging after me the ground shakes more intensily as it goes closer and closer" "Then i suddenly thought of an idea, first I conjured large ice spikes on the tree making them stick outward." "Then i freezed the ground making it slippery" Abby finished her meal, she throws the bones into the fire and then focus her attention to Ramza. "Did it work?" "Ofcourse it did I wouldnt be her if it didnt" he said with a grin "Where was I? Oh yeah, the boar slipped and starts barreling towards the spikes impaling it" "After the boar died the girls starts running towards me and starts complimenting me" "Saying i was so cool, and smart that he finds me very attractive" "I was so naive at that time that I fell for her charm that I completely forgot that it was her fault to begin with" "Who was I to blame she was the first woman who was all clingy to me and gave me attention" "For a teenager filled with lust, I couldnt do anything, she had me at the palm of her hands" "Her crimson eyes, her small yet elegant body and her tender red lips" Abby clears her throat "Uhmm, Ramza your story?" "Oh yeah, yeah" "She was Esmeralda, she was a necromancer" "Necromancer?" "She uses spells that associates with death and decay" "Oh" "From there we traveled for weeks together and in those times I fell inlove with her" Ramza then grips the meat tightly in his hands "Then one day i woke up naked, all my things were gone. My staff, my clothes, my spell books, even my rations, all gone" "All i found was a note saying - Thank you for the stuff R, you are the stupidest person I met xoxo- Esmeralda" Abby burst''s in laughter she starts rolling on the ground, her laugh echoes throughout the meadows. "Thats it?" "What do you mean thats it? I almost died, I almost got eaten, and almost froze to death" "Let me get this straight, you hate women because a pretty necromancer tricked you and then left you for dead?" "Y-yeah" Abby continues to laugh again "She deals with death and decay what did you expect true love?" Ramza just eats his meal and stares angrily at the fire. After a few minutes she stops laughing and wipes the tear on the side of her eyes. "Listen Ramza it''s just one women who tricked you, dont expect all of us to be like that" "Not all of us are like that, are we her? her are we?" Abby then sit''s beside Ramza and give his shoulder a light punch and gives him a grin. "Try opening your heart again, maybe this time you''ll find the right one" Ramza looks at Abby her words slowly mending his wounded heart. It doesn''t hurt to try again right Ramza thought. Chapter 7: To Survive "I can see the village!" Abby shouted She was standing on a boulder waving at Ramza with a huge grin on her face. She was covered in sweat and her zipper was slightly pulled down revealing her cleavage. Ramza is slowly walking towards her, his boots crushing the tall grass underneath him, and his face was slightly burnt from the sun. He is desperately using his left hand to block the intense sunlight. Few second later he joins Abby. The rock gave a good view of Eterna village. Eterna village was small compared to the other villages of Riverglade but it is one of the richest because of it''s crops and animal produce. Thats because their land is rich and the river flows throught it so their crops were very bountiful. The farm animal''s was safe too, monster rarely attack''s this village. You can see a few guards her and there. Smoke is starting to be seen rising up from the chimney''s indicating that the people are now busy cooking lunch. The delicious aroma can be smelled for miles even he and Abby can smell it. Their rumbling stomach urged them to hurry up. As they got closer to the village they cross paths with a wagon carrying barrels of wine, a few fruits and vegetables. A farmer with a long grey beard wearing a straw hat greets Ramza. When he caught sight of Abby a wrinkle form in his forehead. He felt charmed by her beauty and toned body, but admiration turn to fear when he saw Abby carrying an unknown weapon. After a few second of awkward stares the wagon then continue it''s merry way with a confused farmer at the front. "I think you should cover your weapon" Ramza said "Yeah, but i don''t have anything to cover it" Ramza sighs, he then rummage around his robe packets. Few minutes of rummaging he pulls out a roll of bandages. "Woah, how did that fit in your pocket?" "Oh, all of the high mages robes has this kinds of pockets. It distorts space so you can put a lot of stuff in there." "Convenient, too convenient" Abby wraps her weapon and then continue''s walking. At the entrance they were stopped by two guards. They are wearing heavy armor with cross helmet, there armor glistens in the sunlight. "Stop! What''s your business here?" Ramza and Abby complies. The guards then slowly walks toward them. "Here" Ramza said as he gets something from his robe. This gesture made the guard grab their weapon and prepares to draw them. Tension''s rises. "Relax" Ramza said as he show them some kind of badge. The badge was circular and it was the size of his thumb. It was engraved with a sword and shield crossed together with a giant river as its background. The guard relaxes and removes their hand from their weapon. "Sorry about that sir" the guard with a deep voice said "There are alot of weird rumor''s going around about weird individuals with weird weapons" he added "So we were ordered to tighten up the security" the other guard interrupted As the guard get''s a good look at Ramza he start''s getting excited. "Wait, are you Ramza?" the deep voiced guard asked. "Yeah." He suddenly grabs Ramza shoulder and gives him an ecstatic laugh that made him jolt. "Im your biggest fan sir, the way you used smoked and sonicbooms to confuse the Noxin army on the battle of Shako bastion. That was a work of art" "Thanks" Ramza said while laughing nervously. He is not too fond of people who adore him too much so he gets awkward around them and just brushes them off. "We, should get going" he said. "Oh, ok. Hope you have fun with your lady " The guard said. Abby and Ramza cheeks turn red. "Uhm were not really-" Ramza said. The guards ignores him and keep smiling at them. "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say sir" Ramza and Abby looks at each other and decides to continue walking towards the village. The earlier comment made them awkard at each other so the villagers working their field was the only sound they hear. As they got closer and closer to the heart of the village more and more houses and people starts appearing, varrying in sizes. As they reached the center of the village they were welcome with dozens of stalls who were lined up on each side of the road They are selling clothes, trinkets , foods and even weapons. On the end of the road is a large wooden bridge connecting the other side. On this side the road splits in half with a few building beside the road. Below the bridge are dozens of farmer fetching water with wooden buckets for their crops. The aroma of cooking food can be smelled from the inn who is located on the other side of it The village chief''s house was beside the inn, you can tell from the size of it and the few guards outside. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.One of the woman who was selling clothes starts to call at Abby. "Hey! The pretty lady over there, those clothes doesn''t suit you darling, come buy some from me. You won''t regret it" "No thanks" she answered "So, this is where we part ways" Ramza said "Oh" Abby said as a slight frown appears on her face. "Please don''t leave me yet, I dont know where to go and I don''t even have any money" "Oh" Ramza thinks for a few second. Ramza grabs something in his pocket and hands it over to her. "Here" Abby takes it and saw three shiny gold coins. "Are you sure?" "Take it, I may hate women but, my mom thought me to always help someone in need" "That should give you a warm bed and meal for a couple of days." Abby smiles and puts the gold coins in her pocket. "Thank you" She said while swiftly giving Ramza a hug The sudden hug caught him off guard so he was frozen stiff. The bystanders who saw it gave the two of them a grin. Abby''s soft chest made Ramza''s cheeks flush red. Her sweet musky fragrance penetrates his nose making him more embarrassed and entranced. The only thing Ramza could say was "Y-You''re welcome". Just realizes how embarrassing it was Abby let''s go of him. "Im sorry, I probably smell , from all the sweat" "N-no, you''re good" They gave each other an awkward smile. "We should probably go the Inn" Ramza said. "Sure" * Thousand tons of metal passing through made the ground shake. The sound of steel rubbing and striking each other echoes throughout the forest. It''s belted steel wheel running over and crushing rocks in it''s way turning them into rubble. The boots of a hundred of soldier stomping the ground following the large metallic beast almost syncing in rythm. Heavilly stocked trucks follow them adjusting their speed to follow the machines and people ahead. Lieutenant Gomez was at the first tank overseeing the whole army. He was medium in build and height. He was wearing his dark tinted Aviatior sunglasses and was constantly stroking his moustache. Everytime the tank crushes down a tree he let''s go of his moustache and hold''s tightly on the tank. Few minutes later he command''s the convoy to stop.The army halts kicking up dusts and shrubbery. The sun in the distance slowly turning from bright yellow hue to orange signalling the end of the day. Gomez grabs a megaphone inside the tank and points it towards the soldiers. "Alright gang, the sun is almost setting and it will be hard for us to continue" "So I say we stop here, this is a good place to hide. We got huge mountains and thick forest to hide our fat tanks" "No offence tanks" he said while stroking the tank "Uhm, yeah, that is all" The soldiers starts readying and clearing the area. Some of them was chopping and cutting some shruberry to make room. Other''s scouts the area for threats, while a few of them takes and prepares the tents and other necessities. While all of the soldiers are busy, Gomez takes of his sunglasses and started stretching. After a while he starts to climb down out of the tank but was having difficulty in doing so. Finally he decides to jump but his foot got stuck on something and fell down head first in the ground. All of the other soldier snickered and tries to hold back their laughter. Gomez immediately stands up and dust himself off. "You think thats funny, huh?!" "Get back to work!" "Sir!" A soldier calls out to Gomez. "What is it?" "Our scouts have found the two girls who were taken, along with the other three soldiers who were part of the rescue mission" "Good! Send them here inmediately, and also give them food and water they deserved it." "Oh wait, what about the captain?" "They told me there going to be late , they are cleaning some stuff" "Excellent, You can go now." "Thank you Sir" Gomez stars walking around making sure that everything is in order when the Captain arrives. He may be clumsy at times but he makes sure that he is doing a good job. After all this time he still can''t believe that he was here in another world. Gomez was a very religious person, when he was told that they found another world he was the first one to assume that the government had gone crazy. As he was deep in his thought a roar echoes around them and a gust of violent wind blows A shadow covers the camp. All of the soldiers looks up in horror. It''s red leathery wings summons a gale everytime it beats and its mouth filled with razor sharp teeths smokes everytime it breaths. The last thing Gomez saw was it opening it''s mouth and a huge fiery ball coming straight towards them. Chapter 8: Fierce Battle The cold ivory night was replaced by a warm orange hue. A thick smoke rises in the distance. Wick, Tanya and other soldiers were sprinting towards it. The constant beep of the tracker, their heavy breathing and their noisy steps resonates throughout the forest. Tanya was at the front while Wick and the other''s were close behind. Her face was full of sweat and her chest''s bounce on every stride of her feet. They are now getting closer and they can now hear the screams and gunshots. Wick stops to catch his breath. "I should really stop smoking" he said while panting. Tanya just continue running, while the other soldiers stop''s beside Wick but he urges them to follow her. A sudden roar made them flinch and made their hair stand on edge. After the roar there was a consicutive explosion. Whatever or whoever is attacking them, is powerful enough to destroy their tanks and trucks. Tanya can now feel the heat of the burning bush, trees and vehicle. She can hear the beating of wings and the constant roar of a beast. She finally arrive and what she saw is utter chaos. Burning men desperately running and rolling on the ground trying to get rid of the flame. The smell of burning meat hangs in the air. Constant screams and shots echoes throughout the night. Men hiding and cowering from the leathery scaled monster in front of them. It was a dragon, its skin was red as the flames it was spewing. It''s wings cover a whole tank and its teeth were sharp as swords. Tanya quickly hid on a nearby bush, she was desperately thinking of a way to somehow overpower the mighty dragon. She observed that normal rifle bullets just bounce off it''s tough scales. What about the tanks? she thought. One of the tanks was burning and was utterly destroyed and the other one was still alright but it''s not moving. Tanya was disappointed as soon she realised that the tank was abandoned and the drivers were running for their lives. "What the fuck are they doing? Why the hell is Gomez not doing anything?" "Miss Tanya, Whats going on?" The soldier who was with her asked "Get down, it''s a dragon" She whispered. "A dragon? Should''nt we be helping them?" "If you want to be barbecued, go ahead. If we go there now we will just be another burnt corpse." The soldier gulps in fear. While the five of them were in the bush and discussing on what to do next Wick arrives coughing and breathing heavilly. "What did I miss?" he asked "Dragon sir" "A what?" His face was filled with a mix of fear and bewilderment. He walks closer and peeks towards the burning battlefields. He saw the dragons screams in agony as it was hit by an rpg. It immediately retaliates and eats the attacker whole. Wick retracts his head from the bush and looks at Tanya. "Any ideas Ms. Graves?" "Just one." "Let''s hear it." "Alright, everyone come closer. In order to pull this off we have to work together" The rest of the soldier nod''s in agreement and walks closer to Tanya. The dragon was now crushing and mutilating a single truck. Underneath it was soldiers screaming and asking for help. It opens its mouth and unleashes a wave of intense flame on the truck. The steel trucks starts melting and the melted metal''s starts dripping from the ground. Some of the soldier hiding underneath the truck was scalded with the metal, they were screaming in agony. All of a sudden Wick and two of his men burst out from the shrubbery and starts spraying the dragon with lead. Seeing the spectacle and Captain Wick , the soldier who were cowering and hiding starts to get themselves together. They joined in and start showering the dragon with bullets. The staccato of bullets bounces and ricochet from his tough scales but some of it wedges between them and this made it scream in pain. The dragon fights back and swing its mighty tail on a group of soldiers. The soldiers went flying, some of them on the trees while others hit the ground. The dragon start''s flapping it''s wings indicating that its gonna fly, but Wick swiftly uses his grenade launches that was attached to his rifle and fires it on the dragon''s wings. The grenade exploded and it made the dragon discombobulated and stunned. After recovering the dragon roars and set it''s sight on Wick and start crawling towards him. Wick and the other two soldier drop their gun and starts running. "Why is it that im the bait again, does Ms graves hate me?" They sprint towards the nearby bush. The dragon was hot on their heels knocking and killing everything in its way. As soon as dragon got out and destroyed all of the thick shrubbery. It looks around trying to find Wick. But all it found was a single tank with Tanya at the top mounting a heavy machine gun. Wick finally comes out and throws a flashbang in the air. The dragon''s eye widen and then it was blinded. The dragon trashed, roar''s and then tries to fly away. Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings."Fire!" Tanya screams She then released a hail of 12.7 mm bullets barely piercing the dragons scales. It writhed and scream in pain. It then fire it''s flaming breath all around hoping to hit something but it was to no avail. The tank then fires a round hitting it right in it''s face, it fell down on the ground with a loud bang. They ceased fire waiting for the dust to settle. Few seconds of carefully inspecting the dragon. It starts to move again. All of them was surprised that the dragon is still alive, it shakes it''s head and starts screaming loudly. The roar was so loud that all of the soldiers in the vicinity covered their ears. The dragon slowly gets up and slowly open it''s eyes. Its green reptilian eyes focused on Tanya. It then slowly walks towards her using all its energy left, furiously beating its massive wing''s getting ready for a final assault. "Reverse!" The engines revs making the massive vehicle go backwards. While the tank is reversing Tanya is busy shooting the dragon. The bullets engraves and pierced the dragon but its still going after them. "Hurry up! Reload faster morons!" she screams. The dragon was now almost face to face with her. It then slowly open it''s mouth to deliver a powerful flame on her. The inside of its mouth glows orange and a trail of smoke starts coming out of its nostrils. Tanya lifts up her hands and tries to cover herself. Few second later a loud bang. Tanya slowly opens her eyes. The dragon stoppped moving, it''s chest was burnt and has a huge cracked. A trail of blood starts flowing, the dragon flails its head, and it''s eyes slowly losing life. It fell, crushing boulder and trees along the way. Tanya gives a sigh of relief, the soldiers who was driving the tank cheers. Wick who was running towards them jumped up and down and then stopped immediately because he was out of breath. Tanya slump her shoulder and leans on the machine gun smiling and thanking the gods for living another day. * "What do you mean you have only one room left?" Ramza''s voice echoes throughout the Inn. "We are sorry sir, because of the sightings of a flame dragon nearby, many adventurers flocked here" "You''re sure you dont want to share?" The middle age woman on the counter looks at Ramza and then to Abby. "I dont mind, We get two separate bed right?" "No dear, its one big bed" Abby blushes and then thinks for a minute. "Uhmn ok , im fine with it" "Are you out of your mind?" Ramza interrupts. "What? You hate women right?" He drags Abby and whispers in her ear. "Yeah, I might hate them but im still a man. Are you not afraid what i might do to you?" She pushes Ramza "You, do something to me?" Abby laughs. "Fine." Ramza sighs. "We will take the room" "Excellent, that would be one night right?" He nods. " With a free breakfast that would be one gold coin" Ramza hands her the gold coin then proceeds to walk towards a vacant table. The inn was full of adventurers chatting, laughing and drinking. In the corner was a bard singing the adventure of the Mystic. His voice fills the room serenading the whole inn. Ramza founds a table on the corner of the room near a window. He signals Abby to join him. After settling in a bar maid approach them. "What''s it gonna be sir?" a young women asked. "Ill have an eterna special and a glass of bear please". Ramza said "How about you miss?" "Uhmm, do you have a menu?" "Menu?" the perplexed bar maid answered. "Nevermid, ill just have what he have please." "You got it" The bar maid leaves and goes to another room. The sound of the inn drowns the two of them. "Wow, this place is packed" Abby said. "Yeah" "This song is pretty catchy too" "Oh you mean the adventures of the Mystic?" "The mystic?" "Yeah he was the one who almost united all the kinds here in Terra" Abby just gives Ramza a confused look. He sighs and start telling the story. "Long story short an unknown man equipped with a vast weird knowledge of life mysteriously came to existence right as an all out three way war is about to break loose." "He and his party almost united the three factions of Terra 20 years ago" "The Human''s on the North and West, The elves and the dwarfs on the east, the demons and beastkind on the south." The bards then stops singing and was called by a bunch of guys to sit with them. "He traveled all around with only one mission, to stop the fighting." "He was carrying this weird artifact that flashes and captures the moment, I forgot what mother told me." "You mean like a camera?" "Oh yeah it was called the Kamra, wait how did you know this?" "It''s because our world has the same artifact, i mean gadget." "Really? Weird." Ramza said while Rubbing his chin. Their order arrives, Ramza thanks the bar maid and give her a few silver coins. The sound of the inn was silenced when they hear an eerie cry of a dragon in the distance. "What was that?" Chapter 9: Imminent "Could you turn off the light" Abby said. Her cheeks were red and there was a hint of seduction in her voice. Ramza waves his hand on the magic lamp and the whole room turn dark. "Im not very experienced sir so please be gentle" "Could you stop that!" Ramza said. Abby laugh''s, her voice fills the entire room. "What? Im just lightening up the mood make it less awkard" "You''re making it more akward" Ramza interrupted. "Could you turn that way please?" Abby demanded. "What, why?" "Im going to take off my uniform." Ramza cheeks turn red. "I already told you to stop teasing me" "Relax i have my shirt and spats underneath". It was dark but he can still see her silhouette . Without uttering a single word Ramza turns around and faces the wall. The room had a bench, a nightstand right beside the bed,a small bookcase in the corner, and two chair on one side. Abby takes off her uniform and puts them on the nearby wooden bench. She fixes her hair who was a little bit wet because she took a shower after their meal After fixing her hair she jumps to the bed and cover herself with the blanket. Ramza who was at the corner kept thinking about the stares when he and Abby went into the same room. The faces of the innkeeper and the adventurers keeps popping up on his head,they might be thinking that the inn will shake tonight. Ramza suddenly slaps himself for thinking that, he cant believe that his libido is getting the better of his trauma. "I change my mind, im gonna sleep on the bench." "Are you sure? that bench look mighty uncomfortable" Ramza stares at the wooden bench it was pretty small, and if he sleeps in that, his feet would have to be tucked in order for him to fit. "Come on, I trust you" Abby said. Ramza sighs "Why am I such a pushover". He takes of his robes place it on the bench and lay down beside Abby, he purposely give''s some distance from her. Ramza then turns to the side facing the wall. "Hey Ramza" "Yeah?" "Could you continue the story of the mystic?" "It just bothers me that a man with a camera came here before we do" "Yeah, sure" "Where was I ? , oh yeah his sole mission was to stop the imminent war 20 years ago and spread knowledge throughout the continent." "Village to village and kingdom to kingdom he and his merry band of party composing of two female human warriors, a female elf, and a dwarf saves and teaches the people" "The people keep calling them the five holy lights, because every place they visits get saved and prosper" "Eterna village was one of them, the mystic thought them about farming and taking care of livestocks thats why the food is so good here" "Anyways he and his party mysteriously disbanded and they were never seen again" "Some say they had an internal conflict becuase of jealousy or something" "Others think there enemies were too many that they band together and decides to assassinate them." "My mom said that she thinks the mystic hid himself to save all of us" There was a moment of silence. "Thats it" "Yeah, that all I know" "Ok then, thanks for telling me his story" Abby said "No problem" "Good night" "Yeah, good night to you too" Abby fidgets around finding the perfect to sleep in, after a few minutes there was silence, She was now asleep. Meanwhile Ramza was sweating, he can hear Abby''s soft breathing and he can also smell her sweet scent. His eyes were resting but his heart was beating so fast. Meditating and memorizing his spell shoulds help he thought. Hundred of spells and a few hours later Ramza was still awake, but he was now more relaxed. He was now staring at the ceiling thinking about what happened yesterday. If only he was stronger, if only he had the power to protect or even just save some of them He looks at Abby, her red lips and her velvet hair glistening in the moonlight. Ramza pondered on how Abby just leave her comrades just like that, why did she join them in the first place? This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report itWas kind of thing did the bargained from her? He closes his eyes, all this thinking made him sleepy. As he slowly drifts of to sleep a word escapes from his lips. "I want to masturbate so bad" The moon in the sky gradually sinks lower and lower and the lights of the village slowly turns off one by one. The guards taking turn patrolling the vicinity of the village making sure that no monsters or suspicious people gets in. The once bustling and noisy village was now quite. * The whirs of computer fans , the creaks of an office chair and the sound of keyboard tapping occupies the room. There was a solitary silhouette in front of a dozens of computer screens. His fingers deftly tapping on the keyboard. His bloodshot eyes and eyebags is hidden beneath his eyeglasses. Thousand of numbers, charts fills the monitors. His ones clean labcoat was now dirty and filled with food stains and chemicals. On his side was his desk filled with hundreds of paperworks, in the corner of it was a picture frame. On the frame was a photo of a father with his wife and their twins, a boy and a girl. The face of the father in the photo was purposedly ripped. The guy suddenly stops, a few seconds later a single tear runs down from his cheeks. "Finally!" he shouts He quickly opens his drawer and searches for a flashdrive. Few minutes later he finds one and hooks it up on his comouter. As the files were transferring he grabs the picture frame. "Mom, sophie, i can finally avenge you". He said as he slowly strokes the picture frame. His eyes were filled with anger and sorrow. "Ill make him regret abandoning us in the middle of the war, if he was here none of you would.." He was getting choked up by his emotions that it was hard for him to continue his sentence. "Going to his damn fantasy world like some kind of protagonist, leaving his family behind to get ravaged and shot by soldiers." He grabs his glasses and wipes it with his labcoat. A notification alert sounded. He looks at the screen, a popup shows up -transfer complete- His eyes widens, his expression slowly changes from sadness to elation. There was still tears in his eyes but a sinister smile replaces the once shaking lips. He starts cackling, his laugh occupies the entire room masking the sound of the computers. After a few minutes he stops and look at his phone. "Better take this to the general" He sprints toward the door. As soon as he opens it he was immediately blinded by the intense sunlight. It takes almost a minute for his eyes to adjust to the brightness. He was a thin and lanky man, in his twenties and his dark eyes is not compatible with his pale skin tone, he looks like a vampire with a black eye. He ruffles his dark unkept hair and proceeds to walk briskly in the afternoon sun. He was curently living on a abandoned bunker surrounded by thick green trees. One of the few places that was not touched by nuclear fallout. On the side of the entrance was a his run down car. He then gets inside and drives away. An hour later he arrives in a heavily guarded military facility. He stops on a security booth and shows his id. The guard nods and opens the gate. He was awe struck by the sight when he entered the facility. It had hundreds of tanks, planes, state of the art wapons and thousands of soldier jogging and walking about outside. He then drives towards the central bulding, parks his car and went inside. Finds the generals office. "Sir I finally got it" he exclaimed The man in the chair turn around and face him. He was a well built african american in his fourties. "Excellent, Mr. Smith, send it to the research team immediately" "Yes sir" " Also sir,about the thing i requested?" "Oh its ready for you, it was a big cost but from your performance I say its worth it" "Thank you sir" Smith swiftly run out of the office and towards another building. "That kid needs a girlfriend" the general muttered.