Hello everyone, sorry that I took so long. I had delays during the previous weeks. Onto the chapter.

Chapter 13: Dark Secrets

Prophet's P.O.V.

Dream...

Pain, that's all I could remember. I woke up, a shock of pain surged through my body. I slowly got up from the ground. As I was about to hold my forehead, but I noticed my arms were covered in blood.

I shuddered a bit before looking at the scene in front of me. Bodies...they were everywhere...or what's left of them. Each body torn limb from limb, scattered everywhere. What disgusted me the most of all. Their bodies were viciously torn to a pulp, as if some animal far greater than the rest attacked.

All of the bodies were so viciously mutilated that they didn't even look like bodies anymore. However, when inspecting further, I was shocked that the blood still streamed from the bodies. If I didn't know any better, these victims were only murdered recently.

Before I could hurl in utter disgust, I heard a faint sound. I looked around and saw a bandit under a runner. I slowly walked over to him, but he started scream and hide. "What happened here, and why are you hiding from me", I exclaimed. "Y-you...m-murdered...everyone", he replied sacredly. "What do you mean, I don't remember anything at all", I answered. "LIES, YOU MURDERED THEM YOU BEAST", he said before slowly pulling a gun out. "Wait, STOP", I said, but was too late when he pulled the trigger to his head.

Reality...

I woke up with a fright, sitting up right. I breathed heavily before looking around. No bodies were viciously mauled, no bandit, just home. "It was just a nightmare, just a nightmare", I said before getting up. I saw a faint stream of light fall over me, meaning the sun had risen a while ago. I then heard someone shifting in their bed before yawning. Gaige is now awake; at least I can tell her what I dreamed of. She got up from her bed before standing next to me. "Morning gaige", I said. "Morning prophie", she replied.

I looked at the ground, unsure whether to tell her or not. Gaige, noticing that I seemed troubled, asked me," Hey, you alright". "No, not really, just had a nightmare", I replied. "If you don't mind, would you tell me what it was about", she asked. "Not at all", I answered. She sat beside me on the hammock, waiting for me to explain my nightmare.

"In the nightmare, pain was I could remember. I got up from the ground and I was about to rub my head before I noticed there was blood on my arms", I explained," I looked around and saw mutilated bodies everywhere, as if some animal came". I looked at her, noticing the look of shock on her face. "That wasn't the worst part, when I looked closer, the blood was still flowing out of them, meaning they were attacked recently", I continued, noticing a look of disgust from her.

"I then saw a bandit trapped under a runner, so I walked over to him, but he started to hide. I asked him why he was hiding, he said that I killed everyone", explaining it in a calm and yet, depressed voice," I didn't know what he was talking out before he shot himself". I look at gaige with a scared look within her eyes. "Well...at least it's a nightmare, it's not real", she reassured me. "You're right, but something itched in my head, as if trying to remember something", I told her. Before she could say anything, Vlad came running in the room. "Prophet, there's a group of bandit trucks heading this way", he warned us before running somewhere else. "Alright, let's head to the vultures, it'll be more useful", I said before making my way towards the hangar.

Gaige's P.O.V.

As we made our way to the hangar, we kept on walking before stopping in front of my vulture. "Come on, get in, it's your buzzard", he exclaimed before getting in the right turret seat. "Wait, you're letting me drive", I asked in disbelief. "Of course, as I said, it's your vulture is it not", he asked. Without hesitation, I got in the driver's seat before flying it out of the hangar and towards our enemies.

"Today, we shall bring the fight to them", he said with glory before pointing the machine gun at the trucks. "Commence firing in 3...2...1...NOW", I said before he fired at will. I started to circle around trucks as they tried to shoot us down with RPG's. "Fools, they stand no chance against us", he said before detaching the machine gun with an oversized RPG. "Where did you get that", I asked confusingly. "I got it from Salvador for Christmas", he replied before firing multiple shot at the trucks. "Okay, the trucks should blow up right about...now", as if on cue, each truck exploded in a fiery glory.

"Huh, that was easier than expected", I said. "We should probably head back to the...boom", he was about to say before one of the RPG's managed to destroy one of the engines. "Holy s***, we're going down", I exclaimed as I held onto the controls for dear life. "You'll be fine, as long as they don't...DUCK", he yelled before tackling me down. I don't know why he did that, but I knew why before the side of the buzzard was blown off.

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I started to open my eyes slowly due to the grogginess. I looked around and saw that pieces of the buzzard scattered everywhere and on fire. "Great, at least were alive, right prophet...PROPHET", I said before realizing that he wasn't next to me. I looked around in a panicked way before I heard deranged laughter. "What do you know, it's one of the hunters", a bandit exclaimed as more stood beside him.

"Yeah, she's sure is pretty", another said. "Let's see how much she's worth if we gave her to Hyperion", a bandit said, possibly the leader. I tried to get up, but I felt something heavy on my waist. I looked behind and saw that the main part of the buzzard was on me. "She's stuck, I wonder how much she's worth if we bring half of her back", the leader announced before he lifted an axe in the air. My eyes went wide in fear before I closed them, awaiting the blow. Before he could strike down, a deep, booming roar sounded not too far.

I opened my eyes slowly, trying to figure out where the roar came from. The bandit slowly turned around to face where the noise came from. "Wait...what the hell is that", the leader exclaimed as he and the rest raised their guns. "It's coming our way, we're all going to die", a midget said. "You better obey me before I...swish", he turned to the midget, but was later impaled by a metal shrapnel. Before they all could react; two bandits were grabbed before being tossed away. I looked up and gasped at what was in front of me.

In front of me was a beast of chaos, a beast that no one has seen before. It was the size of a full-grown bullymong, but lacked the muscle. Its skin was black, along with the eyes. Both of its arms consisted of multiple spikes along the forearm with a blade like spike emerging from its elbows. Both of its legs were that of a dog, but were more reptilian like due to the scales surrounding them. As I looked closer, its head was similar to an iguana, but had rows of curved spikes that seemed to be raised up from head to torso.

"Shoot it, shoot it in the face", a bandit cried while shooting it, but surprisingly failed as the creature crushed him in a step. Most of the bandits were running away now, but catches up to them before tearing them to pieces. Gaige couldn't stop watching the onslaught of the bandits as it continued to tear them to a pulp, already dead. It bit down onto the corpse before tossing it away.

I tried to lift the wreckage off me, but only managed to get a cut and an "Ow". I was frozen in fear as it turned its head towards me. It gave a growl before it walked towards me. I tried desperately to push the wreckage off me, but didn't even budge. Before I could continue, I heard a deep growl. I slowly looked up as the creature looked down at me, eyes full of darkness. It growled once more before opening its jaw.

I simply stopped my struggle and remained motionless, awaiting my death. "Well, I tried my best, I hope to be praised in glory of my death", I said before a tear trickled down my cheek. "I'm going to miss you...prophie", I said before closing my eyes. However, my death never came. I looked up to see that it just stared at me, as if it was looking for something. It then extended its arms towards me, lifting the wreckage off of me before running away. I picked myself up the ground, trying to figure out what just happened. However, before I could even do anything, I started getting dizzy before collapsing onto the ground; I lay still on the ground as I heard faint yelling from a distance before passing out.

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Tina's P.O.V.

"Hey, zero, zero, you home", I said as I knocked on his helmet. He looked at me before showing a " :("."Sheesh, don't have to be that way Mr. Grumpy pants" I said before sitting down. I was so far, really, really, bored. Never in my life have I been so bored, I just want to blow something up. 'If I don't blow something up soon, I'm taking sanctuary with me', I thought before fiddling with my dynamite.

"So, where are your children, I want to see them, you finally got the girl of your dreams", I asked with a smirk. "What are you talking about...oh, you gotten it wrong", zero said, "Then explain to me what happened haiku ninja, or I will eat your babies", I threatened. "1, they're my adopted children and 2, they're at prophet's home", he replied. "Whaaaat, no fair, you know how far that is, I can't walk over there Fu", I complained.

Before he could say anything, the door was thrown open as vlad and Vera carried an unconscious gaige in the room. "What the hay happened to her", I asked before getting closer to gaige. "Some bandits managed to fire an RPG at the buzzard that gaige and prophet fell from", vlad explained as he lowered gaige on the couch. "Vera, get zed here immediately", zero asked before she rushed out the door. "Wait...where's prophet", I exclaimed with worry. "I don't know, after the bandits shot the buzzard, a strange beast killed them. We quickly went down to get gaige, but we didn't see him anywhere", vlad explained.

However, as they continued to talk, they were unaware that the door opened. "Hey, who's at the door", I asked before raising the dynamite threateningly. But I slowly let it drop as I recognized the person; it was none other than prophet. However, he was holding a cane in one hand as he limped towards me. "Prophet, what happened to you", I asked in worry as I hugged him. "I can't remember, the only thing I remembered was falling from the buzzard as I protected gaige", he explained. He looked towards the unconscious gaige before looking at me. "Go on, go check on her, she's going to need you when she wakes up", I suggested. He gave a nod before walking over to her.

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Prophet's P.O.V

It was a while before gaige woke up from consciousness. "Hey gaige, you feeling alright", I asked in a worried tone. "Yeah", she answered before looking at my leg. "Prophie, what happened to your leg", she asked as she kneeled down to examine the injury, but I coached her back on the couch. "Hey, you don't need to worry about me, you need your rest", I stated.

"Fine, but it's so boring in here", she said. "I know, but at least we're alone, the rest left to look for more money or whatever", I stated. "So, what do you want to do while we're here", she asked. "We could make out", I suggested jokingly, making her blush. "I'm just kidding, what's on your mind", I asked. She examined her robot arm before coming up with a smile. "Hey, remember the time at New year's eve", she recalled. "Oh yes...I didn't like that", I said as she giggled.

Flashback...

Gaige's P.O.V.

During New Year's Eve, prophet managed to set up a radio so that they could hear when the time was near. It took a while before he managed to find the signal. "Welcome everyone, the ball is about to drop meaning a near year", the announcer said. "Okay, let's start our countdown right about...now", he announced as we began to countdown from 10 to 0.

However, what he didn't notice that I was right behind him, waiting for the perfect time. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0", we shouted before cheering happily. "A new year has finally begun for our time, we'll see you next year", the broadcaster said before he turned the radio off. As he turned around, I gave him a quick kiss to the lips before dumping a bucket of glitter n his head. "Happy New year prophet", I said before giggling crazily

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"That wasn't funny gaige", he said. "But you were covered in glitter, you were almost like a fairy", I said before laughing. "How did I even look like a fair...actually it is funny", he said before chuckling. "So...what now", I asked. "It's getting dark, we should probably sleep", he suggested. He walked over here before sitting beside me. "Why are you sitting beside me", I asked curiously with a sweet tone. "Uh...n-no reason", he said.

"Come on, tell me the truth", I demanded playfully. "Fine...1, so that I can keep you safe and 2...um..." he tried explaining his second reason, which he has no idea. "What's the 2nd reason for sitting beside me, hmm", I asked. However, he fell asleep when I asked him. "Huh, he fell asleep", I said before letting out a yawn. I gave him a quick peck on the lip before snuggling against his chest. I gave a thought about his second reason before falling asleep.

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