Chapter 2: Auburn Stendahl

Three large men stood in front of a freckle-faced boy with shoulder length fiery red-orange wavy hair. He had a fit medium build, taller than most yet still shorter than the men facing him. He wore a black leather vest over a red flannel with torn sleeves showing off his scarred muscular arms, worn-out blue jeans and combat boots. Despite having to crane his head to look at the larger men Auburn didn't look intimidated at all, he was always itching for an excuse to reach for his two custom shotgun war-axes on his back.

"What's this about?" Auburn asked, clenching and unclenching his fists repeatedly.

"Chief says you're out Aub, too much of a risk," one of the men answered.

"What? That's crazy! Just 'cause I wanted to raid the Vale docks?" Auburn asked incredulously.

"No, because you also wanted to raid the other three kingdoms' ports, the huge Atlas shipments, also the Branwen tribe as well as some of the other large tribes. You're too ambitious kid, you're gonna get the Huntsmen after us and then we're screwed."

"So we're leaving you here in Vale," Added another.

"And you three are all they sent to try and force me to stay?" Auburn raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah kid, this is it, chief didn't think you were worth more than this."

"Shame." Auburn reached for his axes and swung towards the first bandit who blocked the strike with his small round shield. When the bandit tried to counter with his sword Auburn blocked it with his second axe, and kicked his enemy square in the stomach. The bandit backed up grabbing at his stomach from the unexpected strike, meanwhile Auburn continued fending off the other two bandits' attacks. One successfully kept Auburn at a distance with a halberd while the other he had to avoid because his battle axe overpowered his smaller war axes.

When the first bandit rejoined the fight, Auburn backed away so all three approached from his front. The first charged forward swinging his sword downward. Auburn simply sidestepped and fired the shotgun into the man's face, using the force to spin and fire his second shotgun at the halberd wielding man. Both men were knocked off their feet and Auburn charged the Battleaxe bandit, who swung his axe in a chopping motion. Auburn blocked by crossing his axes above his head.

The bandit pulled his axe back and tried again by swinging wide from the right, however Auburn simply rolled forward and under the swing, closing the distance between man attempted to back up but Auburn chopped at one leg and tripped the man and then stomped on his face knocking him unconscious. He quickly dispatched the other two in a similar manner.

Walking away, Auburn smiled wildly, his view on the distant figure of Beacon academy as he said aloud, "If they are worried about Huntsmen, then I'll give em a Huntsman."

AN: Thank you so much for reading our story and apologies for the short chapter, but Auburn wouldn't want his solo chapter to go any other way. We hope you stay tuned for next chapter where we will introduce the last two members of Team AMST.

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