I apologize for taking so long for this chapter to go up. In fact this was suppose to go up 3 weeks ago, but I had to be smart and walk in the rain. The result of my foolish actions was that I caught a cold. It started with a sore throat that annoyed me for 3 days and it got worse. I won't go into details because I doubt anyone would find it interesting. Aside from catching a cold for a week and a half, I also injured myself on my skateboard, and while I was playing basketball, but the past is the past. Now on with the story.
Chapter XII: Kaos's Secret
Draynor Mansion
"This damn bitch sure put up a fight. Killed our whole squad off." said a man draped in a white cloak that is stained with crimson blood.
"Yeah, we're going to have alot of reports to file when weget back." said another man who had an unconcious Anna locked in a cage.
"Now then, farewell sir, and we hope this did not cause too much damage to your home." said the first man as he casted a teleportation spell and disappeared.
"There is nothing you can do against the men who resurected you." said Carl.
"Yeah I know. I can't beat them anyway. Well it's partially my fault. I'll find a way to get her out of it. Legally." said the man.
Jack's Home
"Ugghhnnn...what time is it?" asked Jack as he got off of Jenny and looked around.
"I thought you were going to sleep until three. Oh well, it's only a few minutes before it actually hits three." said Chrono as he sat in Jack's chair sipping a cup of tea and reading a book.
"There's some left over lunch on the table." said Chrono as he flipped a page, and stopped to drink more tea.
Climbing out of his sleeping garments, Jack quickly pulled his tanktop over his head and pulled up his dark blue combat pants. He walked towards the table and sat down to finish the left overs. There wasn't much, but it was enough to hold his hunger until early dinner. Nodding once to Chrono, Jack opened the door and walked outside into sunny afternoon.
Goblin Village
"In Merlin's Beard, it's been a long time since I visited the Goblin Village. They've changed so much." commented Ken.
"Your right, they did change a lot. Once a poor crappy village built out of only clay and weed, now a bustling village like a normal human settlement. Except, it's full of goblins." said Jet.
"Bah! There's plenty more races in this village than any other. Most of them are outlaws anyway. They only linger here because they were shunned from the human society. Of course, there are plenty of mercenary crews here as well, and when their in the village, there has to be a tough crowd here as well." lectured Kaos.
The trio walked down the bustling goblin village. To their amazement, they even spotted a few dwarves, and a good amount orcs. Of course there were some elves as well. The group walked into the center of town where a platform was setup and there was a small hut behind it. A scrawny goblin dressed in the garments of an experienced merchant stood on the platform talking to an dwarf in black armor. After exchanging a few words, the goblin merchant stepped up to the front of the stage and gave a big yell to catch everyone's attention.
"Arite! Gafher uppp! Fhhhheee auction is aboutt tooo ssstart!" shouted the goblin with an accent.
"Auction?" asked Ace.
"Slave auction." said Jet.
"I thought they were banned." said Kaos.
"They are, but this is the goblin village. Even the white knights don't come here to keep order around anymore. This is one of the core areas for the black market. Slave auctions are held almost every week depending on the amount of slaves that are caught. Most of them are regular farmers and travelers that were crossing at the wrong time." answered Jet as he continued to stare ahead at the auctioneer.
"First up, an elfven femal farmer, 5'8, great body, top notch for physical labor. Starting with a three hundred gold pieces!" shouted the goblin.
To the trio's surprise, the accent in the goblin's voice was gone and it was replaced with a fluent human voice coming from a goblin.
"It's all female slaves right?" asked Ken.
"A majority is. There are still some male slaves, but barely anyone buys them. And the females, well, you get the idea." said Jet as he leaned against the wall and pulled out a slab of chocolate and began to munch on it.
The trio continued to watch the auction until the last slave came up. It was a girl that looked no more than fifthteen. However, she had the look of an traveler and her wrists were chained. On her neck was a dog collar that dispelled all magic. She wore robes of a mage but they were covered with dirt and grease.
"One thousand gold pieces!" shouted an fat man munching on a piece of chicken leg. His mouth was covered with grease and oil.
"One thousand and two hundred!"shouted someone else.
"A thousand five hundred!" shouted a dwarf.
"A thousand eight hundred!" shouted an orc.
"Two thousand!" shouted the man.
"Four thousand!" shouted the dwarf trying to push the fat man out of the bid.
"Eight thousand!" shouted the man and the whole crowd went quiet. It has been a long time ever since anyone offered that much for an slave.
"Eight thousand going once! Going twice! So-" the goblin was about to say sold when he was cut off by Kaos who shouted ten thousand.
"Ten thousand! Do I hear anything higher? NO? Going once! Going twice! Sold!" shouted the goblin as he pointed to Kaos.
"Holy snap man! Do you even have enough?" asked Ken in a whisper.
"Hey Kaos. I don't think you should do this. We should stay out of the market." ushered Jet.
"Shush." said Kaos as he went up to the goblin and wrote him a note and signed his name.
"Sorry kiddo. We don't take notes." said the goblin in a quiet voice.
"Come on man. It's the my first time at this thing. Here I'll make it up to you. Fifthteen thousand. Better?" asked Kaos.
"Now your talking my language. Alright. She's all yours. Now move it wench!" shouted the goblin as he shoved the girl towards Kaos and smacked her on the ass.
Kaos put a hand on her steel chained collar and tugged the girl after him. Ushering her to follow him quickly. She trudged along slowly and reblliously. With no knowledge of what is going to happen to her. After Kaos joined up with his two friends, they quickly left for the entrance of the village and walked not twenty meters out of the perimeter of the village when they stopped at some rocks.
"It's alright. Just sit tight while I get these chains off. Your going to be free." said Kaos as he began to unlock the chains.
"What? I thought I was your slave." asked the girl.
"Forget that. Better being free ain't it? Or would you rather have that obese bastard humping you all night?" asked Kaos as he began to unlock the collar.
"Why did you do it though? Why buy me out of everyone else?" asked the girl.
"Let's just say you reminded me of someone." said Kaos as he took the collar and the chains off.
"Thanks. So am I able to go now?" asked the girl.
"I think it's better if you stick with us until we get to Fally. Cause grease man hasn't given up on you yet." said Jet as he pointed at the gates of the goblin village.
The fatman that bid eight thousand gold pieces for the girl was coming after Kaos and the group at a full trot with a band of thugs following behind him.
"Shit. Only if I had my staff. Come on. Run. Their after me." said the girl as she began to run but after a few feet she turned back and found the trio just standing there smirking.
"Ah, looks like grease boy came out to play." said Jet loud enough for the fat man to hear.
"Watch your mouth Jet. Or he'll eat you." said Ken just as loud.
"Come on now. Is that really a way to treat such a fine slimeball?" asked Kaos as the three of them bursted in to a fit of laughter.
"Cut 'em down boys! And take the girl!" shouted the fat man turning extremely red from the insult. A button on his shirt flew off from the inflation of his belly.
The band of thugs drew their scimitars and ran at a full charge towards the trio. It was an uphill run, so their charge was slow and were met with bolts from their left.
"For the Halls of Fallador!" shouted a dozen dwarfves with crossbows as they fired volley after volley.
After a few repeated shots, the thugs fell back and retreated into the goblin village with their boss.
"God damn slavers. They've been raiding nearby farms and villages like there is no tomorrow. They even started to pick a fight with the barbarians." said a dwarf as he came down the hill to greet the group.
"We could've handled them." replied Kaos as he began to trek towards Fally.
"Ay lad, ye could've handled them. Don't give me that bullshit and be grateful. Come on boys, let's continue patrolling. Those rebels might be out here as well." ordered the dwarf with an wave of his hand.
By the time the group got back to Fally, it was already late noon, and the sun was giving off an orange glow as it begun to set into the horizon.
"Come on, I'll take you to our HQ. You can rest there for tonight, and be on your way tomorrow." said Kaos as he started down on the road to his left.
"Damn, I was hoping for more action today. Ah well, I guess I'll just go hit the bar at the Port. Pick up a girl or two there. Catch ya tomorrow Ken." said Jet as he took the same road Kaos just took.
"Damn, what am I gonna do now? We won't be fighting until eight or nine tonight." said Ken as he plopped down on statue in the center of town and lit a smoke.
As he looked around at the familiar surroundings, he noticed things that no one else would care to look at. On the walls and street signs, there were either little engravings or writings of an clan name here and there. The names probably meant turf.
"Bored?" asked an familiar voice.
"Jenny, I thought you and Jack were still at Remmington." said Ace as he took another puff.
"He left early, and I found him at HQ, he said he wanted to talk to you about tonight, so you better head there. I'll be there by seven to cook dinner." said Jenny as she walked off towards other shops to buy more groceries.
"Damn, wish they had buggies in this world. Would make getting around more easier." said Ace as he finished his smoke.
HQ
"Jack, you mind if my friend stays here for tonight?" asked Kaos as he walked into the storage room.
"Wha- what?" asked Jack as he turned around quickly to hide the bag he was sorting through.
"What you trying to hide man. Come on, let me see." said Kaos as he pushed his way through Jack to find a bag full of emblems.
"You bastard. You plan on leaving us don't you?" accused Kaos.
"God damn it. Learn how to read!" shouted Jack as he sat down on the floor.
Looking at an emblem Kaos read the words, "Fire King Ken, and Black Jack".
"Your shitting me right? Your shitting me right? Your one of the legends! Why didn't you tell me earlier!" shouted Kaos as he went up into an uproar and began to laugh.
"Holy shit! I'm friends with an Night King! A legend!" shouted Kaos as he began to laugh.
"Alright, alright. I get the point. She can stay." said Jack as he got up and patted the dust off of his pants.
"No I'm serious. Your the real deal right?" asked Kaos.
"No. I slipped into the Kings place and stole them." said Jack sarcastically.
"Don't bullshit me. This can't be a coincidence. You guys finally got sick of hiding and wanted to come back into the buisness to shut those brats up didn't you. Your name's Jack, and your friend is Ken. Come on, hook us up with the action. I wanna see the power of the legendary duo." said Kaos as he put his arm around Jack and pulled him into a noggie.
"I'm rusty." said Jack as he shoved Kaos off of him.
"Bullshit again. Your a king. There are eight kings and eight queens. A total of the sixteen most top night life fighters. The duo was said to be second to best. The younger one was third to best, and the older the second. But, no matter what, they shared the same rank. I'm older than you, and I've been living the street life longer than you have Jack. Of course, you also had your rivals, Clover Queen, and Flame Wheels. Trust me Jack, I'm not stupid. Ever since the disappereance of the legendary duo that was said to top all of the kings and queens, all the other kings and queens disappeared. Everyone of them became nothing but a mere legend in a decade. It was phrophosied that upon the return of the legendary duo, the other legends will begin to step forth one by one again." said Kaos
"Whatever, I'm different from back then." said Jack as he took a few emblems and shoved them into his pocket and went out of the storage room and shut the door.
"Whatever you say Black Jack. I know that once the moon shines upon you, you will be a blood thirsty killer you once was. You will rip everything in front of you into shreds!" shouted Kaos through the door.
"Hey Jack! You wanted to talk?" asked Ken.
"Yeah, you still remember our uniforms?" asked Jack.
"Don't worry. I know how to dress, and I defienetly remember how to greet the kids." said Ken. "By the way who is she?"
"That's Kaos's friend. She'll be staying here for tonight." said Jack as he began to boil the water for tonight's dinner.
"I'm back!" shouted Jenny as she kicked the door open, since her hands were laddled with groceries.
As Jenny stepped into the dinning room, she dropped her groceries.
Halls of White Knight Catsle
"Guilty!" shouted the Judge as he banged his hammer on the table.
"What are you going to do now huh? Do it legally my ass. Your a fool!" shouted Carl as he disappeared in a puff of black smoke.
HQ
"So your a mage now." concluded Jenny
"Yeah." said the girl as she finished her wine.
"Alright we're going now." said Jack as he came down the stairs wearing a black blazer and black pants with a white button down shirt under the blazer.
"Jenny you coming or you want to catch up with your cousin?" asked Ken who was dressed in the same attire.
"I'm coming. I can do the dishes later." said Jenny as she pulled her cousin's hand forcing her to follow her.
"Hold up!" shouted Kaos as he slid down the stairs with a dark ripped cape covering his whole body.
Inn
As the group stepped into the Inn, Jack walked towards a wall with the engravings of a pirate clan and stabbed a dagger onto engravings. A moment after this happened, the room grew silent as half of the costumers in the bar stood up from their seats and more people came down from upstairs.
"Ye picked the wrong day to call a fight. Today is our meeting day kid. And your going to wish you never slammed ye dagger into that sign. Since it's our turf, it's our rules. If your team loses, we get those two pretty lasses as our slaves. Or you can just back down and give us those two." said the lead pirate as he pointed towards Jenny and her cousin.
"Get to the fighting rules." said Jack.
"Well since there is only five of you, we'll have you fight five of our men." said the pirate.
"There not with us. It's only me and him. There merely here to observe. So your not getting slaves tonight even if we lose." said Jack.
"Fine with me. Then you'll just have to pay with your head." said the man.
"Hold up. How about this. We do devil's arena." said Jack.
The crowd in the inn gasped at the kid's bravery. Devil's arena was only used in the top battles.
"Your choice. Alright people, starting setting up the tables." said the pirate as customer tables were pulled to the sides and other tables were shifted into a circle and beer bottles were smashed onto the table tops.
Jack calmly stepped into the circle by himself as Ken went ahead and ordered himself a drink.
"What's wrong? Your partner is chickening out?" asked the pirate.
"He doesn't fight low lifes." said Jack giving the pirate a smirk.
Immediately Jack was met with a punch to his face and a series of punches and kicks from the leader before he was knocked down onto the floor. Then all the pirates jumped in and began to pound away on him with their fists and they stopped a about a minute later when they were out of breath.
"Low lifes eh? How did you like that?" asked the pirate as he spit on to Jack's limp body.
Jenny and her cousin had their mouths open gaping in horror as the pirate was tossed his sword.
"Ken help him." whispered Jenny.
"He's good, he's just getting warmed up." said Ken as ordered another drink.
"Come get up Jack! Don't tell me you really changed! You f8king pussy! Your f8cking useless!" shouted Kaos as he pounded on a table.
"Shut up. I'm thirsty." said Jack as he stood back up and turned around to face the pirate who was awed struck. How could anyone stand up after such a beating.
"Give me a towel." growled Jack, and as on cue, Ken threw Jack a white towel.
"So you give up? Ahaahaha! Who's the low life now?" laughed the pirate.
"The towel was not meant for me to surrender, it was meant for me to wipe away the blood. Now that I've gotten thirsty, perhaps we shall began." said Jack as he threw away his towel and ran towards the pirates.
"Get him!" shouted the leader.
Going head on towards the mob of pirates, Jack knocked them all out with two swift round house kicks. As he got to the leader, he pivoted behind the leader and grabbed him by the waist. With a grunt of effort, Jack did a suplex and caused blood to squirt out of the pirate's nose, and mouth.
"Had enough?" asked Ken.
"Barely." answered Jack.
"We'll just take this area for tonight." said Ken as he slapped an emblem ontop of engraving. "This area now belongs to Fire King Ken and Black Jack!" shouted Ken.
As Ken said this, the room went into a bustle of whispers. Soon the bar began to chant their names for the returned legends.
"God damn it. I can't stand it anymore!" shouted Kaos as he put a dagger through the space between Ken's fingers.
"Kaos what are you doing?" asked Jenny.
"Yeah, what are you doing?" asked Jack. "Do you literally want to fight us for the territory? Do you even have an sign?"
"I'm hungry." was Kaos's reply as he took out an emblem with a snake engraved and slammed it on to Jack's emblem.
"I see." said Jack.
"Snake? Oh shit. Jack, you sure you can take him one on one?" asked Ken.
"Yeah." said Jack.
"This is great! Three Kings are here tonight. If we take them all down. We'll be the top!" said the pirate as he ushered his companions to join the fray.
"Small fries, they don't satisfy my appetite." said Kaos.
"How about this. Whoever knocks out the most of them gets this territory." said Jack.
"No. I want to fight you." said Kaos as he swung his legs out in a snakey pattern.
Soon the pirates were dealt with and knocked out and the crowd was chanting for a battle to remember. Snake VS Black Jack. A battle of kings.
Jack started with a round house kick which was caught by Kaos who pulled Jack towards him to deliever an elbow to his face. Jack spun out the way in mid air and landed on his hands as he delievered four kicks to Kaos's stomach and then he pushed himself upright and delievered a round house to Kaos's head. However, those attacks did no more than push Kaos back a bit, he retaliated with an elbow to Jack's chest, and then another elbow to Jack's chin and three quick chops to Jack's stomach again. After that, he followed up with a knee to Jack's chin, and then a upright kick, and an in the air roundhouse.
Jack landed on his hands again and flipped him self upright and threw a jab which missed Kaos, and when Kaos tried to counter attack, Jack took the hit with his left shoulder and countered with a right uppercut, which stunned Kaos for a second. However, that was all the time Jack needed before he delivered his next series of punches, and ended with a five punch combo of right jab, left jab, right cross, left cross, and a right hook. The last punch knocked Kaos down onto the floor, but he flipped himself back up and slashed Jack in the stomach with the side of his hands again. When Jack attempted to punch him again, Kaos pushed the punch away with his right hand and threw a left punch to Jack which he took again with shoulders. The fighting continued with Jack landing a series of powerfull punches which tore Kaos's strength down gradually, and Kaos's fast and speedy attacks which left Jack prone to deadly attacks for a few seconds. The fight continued for ten more minutes before Jack fell from a chop to his neck by Kaos. Jack layed on the floor unconcious.
"This area is yours Kaos." said Ace as he went into the circle to pick Jack up and leave the bar.
Ace went to the well and grabbed a bucket of water and splashed it on Jack's face to wake him up. Shortly afterwards, Kaos came out of the bar with Jenny and her cousin.
"Why didn't you block that?" asked Kaos.
"I didn't see it coming." answered Jack.
"You could have blocked it with your shoulder. Stop bullshitting me. You were going easy." said Kaos.
"Of course, if I was going serious, you would be the one who was sleeping on the floor." said Jack.
"You won the turf, but you did not win against me." said Jack as he began to walk home.
North of Fallador
"God damn it. Where are those bastards? That's it. I'm gonna tele link to Kaos." said Chrono as he ran along with Jet chasing a caravan which held Anna prisoneer.
"Kaos! Can you hear me? Anna was claimed guilty by the judge and right now she is being transported to the monastary before she is about to head into the execution grounds in the wilderness. Even though her execution is not until a month, it's best if we bust her out now!" said Chrono telepathically.
HQ
"Shit!" shouted Kaos as he woke up when he heard Chrono's telepathic voice."Jenny tell Jack and Ken to wake up and head towards the monastary! Anna is being transported there before her execution! We need to bust her out. What's her crime, I don't know, but wake them up!"
After saying that, Kaos ran into the storage room and grabbed his sword and ran out the front doors and went into flight.
North of Fallador
"Crap. My gun!" shouted Jet as he gun was smashed into pieces by the dwarfven captain he had met earlier.
"Acagh!" shouted Chrono as he spitted blood out of his mouth. He had just taken down most of the white knight guards but Sir Valentine was too much for him to fight as a mage. Only if he had his necromancer powers.
"Anyone who disturbs the execution will be cut down." said Sir Valentine.
"F8ck you!" shouted Kaos as he flew down and swiped at the knight with his sword, which he parried with ease.
"I wished it would not have to come to this, but it seems like I have no other choice." said the knight as he invoked his sword's magical powers. "The moment this sword touches you, your demon powers will be sealed. May the gods have blessings upon you."
"Don't give me that bullshit!" shouted Kaos as he flew towards the knight aiming for a stab at the heart.
"Your anger and thirst for blood leads to your defeat my friend." said the knight as he swiped in the blade in a swift motion.
Kaos landed behind the knight as blood spurted out of his left shoulder and his Obsidian sword shattered into a million pieces. On the knight's face a gash of red appeared on his left cheek.
"Even if you three live through this struggle, you would not be able to fight us." said the dwarf as he got back on the caravan and continued on their way to the monastary.