Stench of the Bonnacon's Tale (Author 2)

Rumours of the destruction caused by Pilgrim and his army had spread throughout the Badlands. Bajie finally knew that his call from the tower had been heard. Though, he was slightly confused by how homicidal these religious 'bringers of peace' were. Sunny had gone to bathe Henry in the river and wash his diapers. Bajie thought about waiting for Sunny to come back, but when Pilgrim enter the refugee camp, he took the opportunity and went to meet Pilgrim immediately.

..

Henry was rolling in the grass and cooing. Sunny was happy to see his child in good humour. Henry however, moved a little too far to a thorny hedge and cut himself. His eyes instantly turned black and he growled. Sunny jumped out of the water and ran towards his demonic child. Sunny had recently discovered that placing his fingers on Henry's forehead, right between his eyebrows, it made the darkness leave immediately. He picked Henry up. It was decision time. Deep down he knew he could not trust Bajie. That Pilgrim guy was insane. He did not want Henry to be a killing machine obeying a psychotic master like that He promised Veil… That was it. He knew where he had to go.

..

'Baroness Chau! Widow's butterflies approach from the south. There are vampires coming from the north! WTF?' a nervous clipper informed Chau.

'Why the fuck does Widow keep trying to prove herself to me? Honestly…'

'Prove herself, Baroness?'

'Ya. You see, everyone thinks she's trying to destroy me and take over. But ya'll got it wrong. I made that bitch what she is.'

'Em?'

'Minerva was my best sex slave back in the day. I kept her to myself. She was amazing. I mean come on. Everyone knows what 'a butterfly' really means.'

'eh?' the clipper fidgeted uncomfortably.

'Oh ya, I thought her that move personally. Things were going great until she ran off with that pedo husband of hers and convinced herself she wasn't a lesbian. Like, hello? Surrounding yourself with pretty young girls all the time? Ha!'

'So, eh? What are your orders, baron?'

'Send her a bunch of roses and a box of chocolates.'

'And the vampires?'

'Arrange a meeting with Seagul.'

...

Sunny approached the monastery. He was terrified. He desperately hoped he was making the right decision. A young novice, one of the few remaining, opened the door.

'Hey bro, what you want?' the novice asked.

'Can I see the Master?'

'Eh? No.'

'Please! Its my baby. He's sick!'

'She ain't a doctor!'

'He has the gift!'

'Dafuq. He's like 3 days old!'

'Look!' Sunny cut Henry.

'Holy shit! Come in, come in!'

The novice led Sunny directly to the Master's chamber. He slammed the door leaving Sunny and Henry alone. Henry screamed and growled. A tear came down Sunny's face. He wanted to run away.

'You boy has the gift,' the Master emerged from the shadows. She startled Sunny.

'Can you help him? Can you take it away? Please!'

'Direct. Straight to the point. I like that,' she leaned in to examine Henry. She placed her fingers on his forehead and the child quietened.

'Will you help us?'

'Why? Most people would kill a thousand men to have a child like this.'

'That it what I'm afraid of. I don't want him to be someone's killing machine. I can't protect him from the entire world. I'm already a wanted man!'

'I'll see what I can do. Sit,' she took Henry and placed him in a basket. It was as though she knew they were coming. There were no chairs so Sunny sat on the floor. The Master sat in front of him.

'So tell me, what is your name? How do you know about this place?' the Master asked.

'I'm... I'm Frank... I know about this place because eh….' Sunny was unsure if mentioning Bajie and M.K. would be a good idea. The Master grabbed his hand it cut it, 'HEY!'

'Hmmm. Just checking… You don't have the gift,' the Master grinned.

'No, I, what?'

'It is the boy's mother then?'

'No.'

'So? He's adopted?'

'No, no. I think its from me. I don't know. I think someone took it when I was a kid. I don't know.'

'You remember having the gift then?'

'No. I don't remember anything about my childhood. First 7 years or so are a blank. I think I had a brother. I think I killed him... And Azra. The compass and necklace. That's all I got. Why am I telling you this?'

'I have that effect on people. A brother you say? Twin? Do you have the compass?'

'I don't know. Ya, here it is,' Sunny took the compass out of his pocket. The Master examined it. Then glared at Sunny. He was a little freaked out. The Master stood up and went to a large chest. A few moments later she returned with incense.

'Sunny. I want you to think of that earliest memory. I want you to concentrate on it. Close your eyes.' She blew smoke into his face. He coughed and collapsed into a dream state.

'What do you see, boy?' the Master asked firmly.

'Blood. Dead bodies… sand…'

'Who is there?'

'Me, people. A man in fine robes… a crown on his head… Fùqīn?'

'Dad?' terror struck the Master. She blew more smoke in Sunny's face.

'The boy! My brother. He's there. Alive. His eyes are black. He's killing people! STOP! He's killing everyone! NOOOO! Wait… Someone else… killing too… UGH!'

The Master watched as Sunny rolled on the floor in anguish. Then he froze. He gasped and his eyes turned a brilliant shining white.

'Well, shit!' the Master whispered and stepped back a hit.

'STOP!' Sunny roared before he closed his eyes once more and went to sleep. The Master stared in disbelief. Surely this wasn't happening… 'shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit… FUUUUUCK!'

Sunny eventually woke. The Master instantly handed him a drink. He was unsure at first. He did not want to be drugged again. 'Well?' she asked, 'What did you see?'

'Azra. On fire…' Sunny lowered his eyes, 'My brother killed so many people. Then out of nowhere this giant guy killed him! All these years I thought I kill my own brother…'

'Hmmm. Sunny. You mentioned the name Bajie in your sleep.'

'I did? Wait. You know my name?'

'Does he know about Henry?' she ignored his question.

'Ya, we were supposed to go find Pilgrim but, I came here instead.'

'Does he know you came here?!'

'No!'

'Sunny. Neither Pilgrim or Bajie can know who you truly are!'

'I'm not sure I know who I am… so…'

'Sunny!' The Master grabbed his arms, 'you are of the Royal house of Azra. You don't have the darkness. You have the light… You heal people and yourself. Just like me... eh... Your brother was your twin. Dark and light. And yes, he had to be stopped. But he did not need to die. It was a dangerous time for us all. Nobody can know this for now… Nobody can know you know the truth. Come though, I will show you basics of your skill. Then, then you must go back to Bajie. Henry will stay with me. Tell Bajie that Henry is dead.'

'NO! You can't keep my son…'

'Sunny, you saw me in your dream didn't you?'

'Ya…'

'Then you know who I am.'

...

Sunny wondered how the hell he was going to convince Bajie Henry was dead. He sat on the ground by the tavern in the refugee camp. He saw Bajie coming and quickly grabbed a bottle of alcohol, poured it on his shirt and drank some.

'Sunny! Where the'ell you been mate?' Bajie asked.

'Away…' Sunny replied trying to appear drunk.

'Where's Henry? Pilgrim wants to meet him as soon as.'

'Fuck Pilgrim.'

'SUNNY! He wants to help. He knows all about Azra and all.'

'To la… late. Fuck Azra... Mate...'

Bajie grabbed Sunny and lifted him up, 'Holy shit, you're drunk. Never seen you drunk. Dafuq happened? Where's Henry?'

'Gone…'

'Where?'

'Ass,' Sunny thought swearing more would make him sound drunk.

'Sunny!'

'Grave.'

'huh?'

'He's dead asshole! He's dead. The darkness killed him. Fuck you.'

'Well…' Bajie dropped Sunny, 'Shit… where's he buried?'

'What?'

'Where's the body?'

'dafuq you want his body for?'

'Pilgrim could try bring him back to life.'

'No!' Sunny panicked a bit. They would find out he's lying, 'its best this way.'

'Well… fuck…' Bajie turned and went to find Pilgrim. There was going to be a serious change of plans.

A short while later Sunny ran into bounty hunters by the entrance to the camp. One by one he killed all five of them. It took about 7 seconds in total. Sunny was proud of himself. He straightened up by a tree. 'You fight well for a man to drunk to stand,' Bajie growled from behind Sunny. Sunny turned to see Pilgrim standing beside Bajie. 'Where's the boy?' Bajie rammed Sunny up against the tree. Bajie's eyes turned black. Sunny peered over Bajie's enormous shoulder. He recognized Pilgrim from his stoner dream. He was the man who had killed his brother. Things were about to get very interesting.