Chapter 9: Rotten apples don't fall far

Present: City of Vale

"Alright so let's start with these missions." Said Oscar as he addressed the group. "Shade, Cerise, Marcus, and Myself will go on a Village Defense; while Richard, Kole, Katherine and Addy will go on Search and Destroy. Agreed?"

"Wait. It's been way too quiet. Where's Addy?" asked a concerned Cerise

"Come to think of it, Kole can't still be in the bathroom. It's been like an hour and a half. What did he do fall in?" noted Oscar

"Oh god!" sighed Shade as she pinched the bridge of her nose. Don't tell me that jackass bailed on us again." She said pulling out her scroll and looking through her contact list for Kole's number marked 'Dumbass'. She placed the scroll to her ear and waited for an answer, but didn't get one. "I can't reach him."

"Let me try." Said Cerise as she dialed Adeline's scroll "I got an answer. Addy? Addy! Can you hear me? I can hardly hear you! I'll put you on speaker."

"Hey Cerise what's up?" came a voice over the scroll. As the sound of breaking glass echoed over the scroll

"Addy, where are you? And what's that in the background?"

"Yeah. I'm at The Broken Wheel bar and grill. Kole and I just got done with a bounty mission so we decided to celebrate."

"That doesn't sound like celebrating in the background." Said Richard

"Kole's with you? Put him on!" demanded Shade as she heard something breaking presumably over Kole's head.

"He's a little busy right now! Can I take a message?"

"Tell him to pick up the fucking phone now or so help me I will kick his and your ass!"

"One second. Old man, look out behind you." She said before the sounds of gunshots erupted.

"Addy! Addy! Are you okay?" yelled Richard

"Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Worry about these other guys. Yo Kole, that's the one that called me a bitch! Tag-team! Tag-team!" she screamed as the phone went silent for a minute.

"Addy! Kole! Anybody? Talk to us damn it!" demanded Shade

"Hello. Hello. You are going to have to speak up. I can't hear you!" came a second voice over the scroll.

"Kole? Is that you?" asked Shade

"Oh hey sis."

"Hi Kole!" screamed Katherine as she leaned close to the scroll

"Hey babe. How are you?"

"Kole! What's going on?" asked Oscar

"Hey can I call you back. Shut the fuck up, assholes!" he screamed with the sounds of three distinct gunshots coming from Kole's pistol "Can't you see I am on the phone!"

"Don't you think about it. What is going on dumbass. I can't bail your ass out of jail a second time! So help me if you-" warned Shade

"Shade. It's going to sound like I'm hanging up, but-" he said as the call ended.

"Mother fucker!" screamed Shade as she slammed her fist on the kitchen table. Marcus, Kate get your shit. We're going after those sons of bitches."

"Yeah. Field trip!" cheered Katherine as she belted on her scabbard

"We are going to!" Said Cerise as she put her scroll back into her pocket. Ill be damned if Addy got into another of those damn bar fights"

"Fine, just don't slow us down."

The group of Huntsmen left their apartment building and began to run downtown to the Broken Wheel bar. Outside the bar was a line of about nine chopper motorcycles. Instantly their minds went to the thought that the two neer-do-wells managed to piss-off the biggest bikers in all of Remnant. When they approached the bar they saw a man be thrown out the front window and land in a pile of glass.

"Well I think we found them." Said Cerise as she grabbed her rifle tightly

"Get ready for anything." Shade said transforming her shotgun to axe mode.

The rest of the group prepared their weapons as they walked into the bar and found seven men in black leather jackets laying on the ground groaning in pain. Close to the bar was Adeline jumping on the back of the last biker standing as she beat the man over his bald head with the grip of her sawed-off shotgun. The biker fell to the ground with such force that the team could have sworn that they were bounced off the ground.

"Now who's the bitch, bitch!" she said spitting on the man and adjusted a strange grey hat she was wearing.

"Adeline Elizabeth Blake!" Shouted Oscar as he sheathed his hybrid revolver daggers.

A look of shame fell on Adeline's face as she hung her head low. "Hey guys." She squeaked, taking off the hat.

"Ha. Your middle name is Elizabeth? That's so lame." Laughed Kole as he tossed Adeline her scroll. Across the room he was sitting in a chair with his feet propped up on a biker's stomach with a glass of whiskey in his hand.

"What the fuck is going on here!" yelled Shade

"Yeah. Adeline I am very disappointed in you. Your better than this. I mean starting a bar fight. That's not like you."

"Well starting one isn't, but fighting in one is totally like her." chuckled Richard.

"What do you have to say for yourself?" Said Cerise as she crossed her arms

"Check it out." She replied tossing her scroll to her team to show them the footage of the fight. "See Oscar. I told you team SMKK knew how to party."

"Oh snap!" he said watching Kole and some stranger fight off the bikers "Geeze…. Okay I'm sure no one deserves that." He said wincing at the fight "Remind me not to get on Kole's dark side."

"Okay that has to be the best bar fight I have seen." Said Richard as he squinted to see the stranger use the stock of his rifle as a club.

"Totally, best fight ever. Of all time." Laughed Marcus

"Kole. What the fuck did you do?" Screamed Shade when seeing her brother across the room

"Sorry sis, but you know what happens when I get bored. So I went out for a little walk, one thing lead to another. And here we are."

"Adeline said you went on a mission without my approval. You can't just go rogue like that!"

"That reminds me. Here's your cut from the bounty" he said tossing the Lein to Shade's feet.

"That's it. Come here you, idiot. I'm going to kick your fucking ass." She screamed swinging her axe over her right shoulder

"Bring it bitch." He said reloading his pistol.

"Now kids. Don't fight." Said a man with his grey hat lowered to hide his face. He leaned down lighting a match off an unconscious biker's beard stubble.

"You! I should have known you were here." Shouted Shade. "After Im done with him you're next."

"Greyson!" Screamed Katherine as she ran to hug the stranger "I'm so glad to see you again."

"Hey Grey. Long time no see." waved Marcus

"Hey, kiddos. Shade why don't you ease up on the prick. After all, they were the ones that started it. You can check miss Adeline's video. You can clearly see that asshole over there threw the first punch."

"Oh shit that reminds me." Adeline said putting her scroll in her pocket. "Guys this is Greyson Reeves. Kole and Shade's father.

"What?" Said an overly excited Oscar. "Sir, it is an absolute honor to meet the father of such a great woman like Shade."

"Hey how it going." He answered not paying much attention to the praise "Well Kole, it's been fun. But I gotta head out. A Huntsman's job is never over. This was just like old times, right?"

"Yeah. Only mom's not here to bail us out of trouble." Laughed the Huntsman as he holstered his pistol

"Bye." Katherine said giving the man a hug goodbye

"Later kiddos" he said tapping the ashes out of his pipe with the bottom of his boot. He walked outside to the man still lying in the glass and looted through his pockets. "I'm taking your bike. Consider it payment for you bitches starting shit."

"Take it." Groaned the man as he rolled on his side

"Thanks partner."

As the patriarch drove off into the distance all of Team OKRA looked back to Kole who was also looting the defeated bikers of their wallets and a handful of intimidating biker jewelry. "What?"

"And suddenly your recklessness makes sense." Answered Cerise as she stuck her nose up at the human.

"Whatever." He said counting out the stolen Lein from the bikers "Hey Ambrose. This should cover the damages." He said setting a stack of Lein on the bar counter "And the spoils of war go to the victor." He added pocketing the rest of the loot.

"Correction. The spoils of war go to the one who is going to kick your ass if you don't fork over that cash." Declared Shade as she grabbed the Huntsman by the collar.

"Man, if their dad is like this I really don't want to meet their grandma or something." Cerise said to her team

"Can you imagine sparing with the two of them?" whispered Richard. "They must be unstoppable."

"Ooh that gives me a crazy idea." Said Adeline "Yo Shade a hundred Lein says that you and dipshit can't beat all four of us in a match

"You're on!" Shade yelled pointing at the gambler.

"Not in my bar you're not!" yelled the bartender.

"Chill Ambrose. Its gonna be on our turf." Kole said ripping himself free from his sister's clutches

"Oscar. Three weeks from now. All you bitches versus me and dipshit!"

"Deal!" Adeline said with a smile

"Addy! What the fuck?" shouted Cerise

"What? Oscar you always wanted to fight with Shade."

"Yeah, with her. Not against her! I really don't want my arm broken like that one guy from the video."

"Hey Addy, what about us?" asked Katherine who was pointing to herself and Marcus

"Yeah, do you expect me to just sit on the sidelines with my dick in my hand?" asked Marcus

"That seems like a natural thing for you, Marcus" retorted Shade