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Chapter One – The Bounty

"When do we get out of this dump!?" A soldier yelled. The soldier, dressed in an Earth Nation uniform, kicked the nearest sack he could find. His beard shaked as he kicked it. "I'm sick of sitting around in this farm waiting for this Bonga man to show up!"

"Listen, this guy has lots of money on his head!" The other one of the two yells back. "We need this money for the Di Lee, so shut your hog monkey snout up!" 'Leaning against the wall, during the night, had its logic,' he thought crazily. He suddenly quieted down. The other soldier opened his mouth, but he closed it as he heard the same thing. A slight rustling in the bushes made them look and mouthed the word 'Bonga!' The bearded one slowly creeped toward them, earth bending the rock into his hand. His hand covered in rock, then the other hand got surrounded too. The other soldier made a huge boulder, as backup for the bearded one. Suddenly a tree fell right next to the bearded soldier. He yelped and ran into the farmhouse. Meanwhile, the soldier with the boulder is about to shoot the rock, when an invisible force pushes the rock so the man fell onto the ground.

The bearded man jumped out of the farmhouse, shooting his rock hands into the attacker. Or so he thought. The attacker was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly the man that had the boulder got thrown up into the air. 'The shadows are lifting him!' The bearded man thought, then was thrown into the other man. Then, two spears formed out of the darkness. The handles got bigger towards the sharp end, and reduced at the other. They plunged and ran through both the men. Blood splattered around, and the two motionless bodies lay on the ground.

Meanwhile, in the farmhouse a small yet strong man reached for a document. He was a bounty hunter, but he was just collecting a very special piece of paper. He wasn't the killing type, so he stuck to this kind of stuff. The man had long hair, but a much tanned body that almost looked green. He was heading towards the door when he saw it. A huge beast was growling right at him. The beast had crushed part of the roof, but only grazed it. As the man stared, he saw it was a huge, dark-grey wolf. But no ordinary one, not at all. Much, much, bigger. The last thing the man saw was the wolf's tongue as it opened its maw and pounced on the man.

Blood was everywhere at the farm. Two piles of dark red blood lay in a spot where the two Earth Benders lay motionless. It was like the two men were swimming in their own blood. In the farmhouse, there were two legs leaning on a wall with blood and an icky black liquid slowly streaming down. Surely, when the farm owners came home in the morning, they would probably move into a different house. The roof was damaged badly, and all the livestock were probably eaten by some dog-clawed monster. So, to the naked eye, it was a spirit's work. But to an experienced eye, you could see the huge tracks leading into the woods. And if you kept following them, sometime you would hear laughter and clanging and drumming and shouting at night. And soon you would come to a tavern, called the Bounty's Resort, right in the middle of the forest. And that's were the tracks led.

In the tavern, there was one huge room. Tables were everywhere, and they could fit about five people. Up some wooden stairs were the bar, and some sleeveless guys leaning on the railing hanging around the room. Down the first level stairs were the rooms. Three beds, a bowl of water and for some extra charge, a little stable that linked outside.

Anyway, on the main level people, mainly guys with only some tough looking girls, laughed, drank beer, and picked fights. But whenever one particular person came, they all hushed and stared. And whenever he came, he always went straight to one table with a small fragile man and another fat bodyguard. And when he sat down, the tavern became cheerful again (if what they were doing before was cheerful) and became normal. Tonight was one of those.

The door opened softly at first, as though an old lady or a child were coming through. Then more forcibly was slammed against the wall. In the door's place was a man dressed in black clothing. He had a hood over his head, so no one could see his face. A very horrid figure, walking slowly to his table. Everyone hushed, stared, and hoped he would not turn around and shove his sword, in a scabbard on his back, into their hearts. When he sat down at his table, everyone became joyful again. Some who had started a fight resumed fighting, and some holding a beer cup over their mouths shouted for more.

"Here's his head," the mysterious, hooded figure said quietly. He shoved Bonga's head on the table, and the fragile man smiled coldly. The figure nodded and started for his room. Right then he felt a hand on his shoulder, petrifying him with fear at the cold yet warm touch, and a voice:

"You a bounty hunter?" A female voice containing authority said. "I got a bounty for you."

A/N: Anyone like it? Probably not but I'll keep updating!!