Chapter 14
Alley met with the family, she appeared to them worn out and finally gave in to their demands. "Very well, if you are able to stay here a week. I will permit you to make a house to your… standards." She explained. "However, if you cannot, you never return, and tell your friends that they are not to come here. Agreed?" she asked.
The family smiled and shook on it.
They moved in that day.
The only rich family Alley would allow anywhere near her association decided to settle in, but it will be at a terrible price. They already complained about the size of the house, they wanted a mansion and a live in hero.
"We agreed, before if you make it the week, you can make whatever house you want in the area!" she protested. "As for a live in hero… let me see what I can do…" she said with a sigh. She got a disposable cell phone just for this annoying family. Still, she didn't want to put anyone in that house with them. They are far too obnoxious to put up with! As she rested her head on the table, someone abruptly cleared their voice behind her.
"Did I hear that right? They want a live in hero? Well then… I volunteer!" Alley turned and smiled.
"You're awesome you know that?"
"Yeah, don't forget it!"
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The family went out on the second morning when Alley insisted a hero will be within the house once they returned.
The family came home, the children were quick to get out of the limo as they rushed to the front door, wondering what hero was living with them. They grew more and more excited by the moment as they hoped it would be Suiryu or someone cool. Yet, once they opened the door, they found getting into the house was all but possible. A massive serpent body blocked half the whole doorway and filled the halls and rooms of the bottom floor! "What on earth…"
"Oh hey! You're back!" Snek called from the kitchen.
"Snek!?" the man demanded.
"Yeah, me, nice place you got. I just made myself at home!"
"Move you fat beast, we can't get in!" protested the mother.
"Huh… well I can't. I've got to spread out… oh, watch your step, I just molted."
There was a look of disgust over the family as they saw the dry and translucent scales all about the room, worst still that they were clinging to the stairs that led to their rooms. "Ugh, you should not be in these walls! GET OUT!"
Snek shrugged. "Okay, I was the only one who volunteered to do this… by the way you are out of coffee…"
"Coffee… that was specially imported!"
"Really? I've had a lot better." With that, Snek slithered out through the back door. However the family refused to step in, there were snake scales everywhere and markings all over the wall! "Disgusting!" the mother said with a shutter.
Then the ground began to shake.
"What was that?!"
Stronger… and more intense the rumbles grew. It got to a point that the glass cabinets shattered! The fine china broke and every window cracked! They ran around the house and saw heroes sparring. Among them were Garou and his sons! "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT! COME ON, COME AT ME!"
"Whoa… GAROU!" the kids cheered. Yet, when they saw him thrown his own son into the ground and make a crater, their smiles vanished.
"STOP THIS EXCESSIVE NOISE!" the mother screamed.
No one stopped. Instead their fighting only intensified! The brothers grew louder as they shouted and roared at each other to do better and fight harder than before.
And it went on for four hours.
The ground continued to shake, what little fragile objects that remained in the house shattered. Even the big screen TV couldn't withstand the constant tremors. Nor could the family deal with the brother's howling of excitement.
"This is unacceptable!" the husband stated. Yet there was no way to complain to Alley, she told them if they decided to live her, they deal with the consequences. They happily accepted, yet never realizing how loud the family could be.
Matters only grew worst.
There were constant power outages, that happened when Lightning Max was out training. Bursts of lightning would come out of nowhere. The crack of light caused thunder to roar right over the house, scaring the children.
The final straw came a day later.
They woke to these odd discards on the ground around their house. No one knew what they were until they saw it. A massive monster lingering in the crater made just the day before, yet… it wasn't doing anything threatening. It merely laid there… chewing it's claws and spitting out the nail! The father called for Alley about the monster and demanded action.
She arrived rather quickly, her focus was on the monster in the crater but then she turned to the family. "Uh, yeah, you do realize that's one of the heroes we got?" she asked.
The man's eyes twitched, so did that of his wife's. "THAT'S IT, WE'RE LEAVING. THIS PLACE IS HELL!"
Alley smirked victorious, however there was still a tongue lashing to endure. "We've barely been here for two days and it's chaos! You didn't say this would occur!" the husband roared.
"You never asked. You also forget, we are monsters in a sense, so… we're going to do what we want to do…" However she paused. The claw tips were everywhere! She turned to the monster lingering in the hole. "DAD!" she protested.
The family went white. "Wait… that's… Garou?"
"Oh come on, you've seen him like this before haven't you?" she demanded.
"Kids, limo now! We're going back to City A!" the mother ordered.
They left in a great hurry, Alley smirked as she saw her father shrink back down. But was laughing it up. "We got to do this more often, tormenting people is fun!"
"Yeah… but seriously dad… clean up your claw bits." She scolded.