Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 5

Chapter 35: The Times That Changed Us All…, Part 2

(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)

I was back in my hospital room as Dean never left my side not one bit. After hearing the unsettling news about Lentulus and his daughter being abducted by the Executive Division's forces under the helm of Julilla Paxton herself, I wanted to help them as I felt concerned about the news that I heard about earlier. Still, I was both helpless and powerless as I did nothing but lay in my bed after being carted out of the hall. Basically, I was still a mess as I had no other choice but to stay in bed until I recovered from what I was suffering from. By the time I had the blankets covering me, I simply stared at the ceiling as there was nothing better to do than just do that during my mode of recovery.

"Well, I'm here again," I said as I continued to stare at the ceiling.

"C'mon, Sammy, it can't be that bad," said Dean as he was ready to adjust the bed I was in.

"Don't even try to mess with that thing!"

"What? And have a bad back by the time you get up? Not a chance!"

"Why can't you mess with a bed with Magic Fingers on it or something? I'd rather be stuck staring at the ceiling instead of being bombarded by so much noise."

"You're still pissed because you couldn't do anything to help in the situation on Claudius, aren't you?"

"If you were me and still incapacitated in a hospital bed, would you of all people do something? Lentulus and Penelope might be dead by now if we don't do anything about it."

"We're not the only ones that are worried, Sam. Minara just used the travelling portal room in this house in order to get back to Claudius in which he's concerned about the situation over there. As soon as Ryosuke hears word about their whereabouts, we'll head over there as soon as possible. It's a win-win situation that'll rule in our-"

"WHY?!"

The sound of despair filled the room as I got up from my hospital bed and ran out of the room. To my shock, I saw Minara on his knees as he was saddened by failure that stunted him gravely. I sensed that something was wrong as I had to know more about it soon enough. Normally, I always saw him to be calm and collected in the Medical Corps, but this time, he was distraught as I saw tears in his eyes the moment he came back here.

"They're gone, Sam!" he cried. "That evil demented harlot! She took them away from me the moment I saw them there being executed by hanging in front of a public crowd who opposed their deaths!"

"Calm down, Minara," I said. "What happened there back on Claudius?"

"That malignant whore! That wicked, wicked cunt! She took them away from me! She killed my wife! She killed my father-in-law! All I want is vengeance for what she's done! She even killed them in front of her siblings and my own two children that I had!"

"I should've done something… If only-"

"No, don't even try to go to Claudius because if you did, then you'll end up being Julilla's personal sex toy by the time that General Wetzel arrives to collect you!"

"And your two children? Are they safe?"

"Penelope's older brother, Janus, has the children, along with his wife, Philara. They told me about it when they saw that deplorable execution by hanging. I loved my wife and I respected Lentulus, only to have them taken away from me by that bitch!

"Get a hold of yourself, Minara," said Kazuo as he was standing right behind him. "You need to be calm and collective at this time, is that understood? I know that you're distraught about the deaths of Lentulus and your wife, but there will be a reckoning for the one who instigated that public execution on Claudian soil."

"Does Ryosuke know about this matter?"

"He got word of it from Meg earlier and he's more than just pissed off. He wants to find and kill Julilla for her actions. On all member planets in the Order, the taking of an Elder's life is a serious offense that can lead one towards the death penalty for their actions. For the leader of the outer part of the Ashizoka System's chapter in the Order of Letters, he isn't laying down because of the fact that his anger is the worst that can bring one to his or her knees." Kazuo looks at me briefly as he was most likely to be ushering me back to bed soon enough. "You know that you're not supposed to be out of bed, Sam. You still haven't recovered up to full after you stopped the Executive Division's forces from tearing up Lillium, but you should leave the legwork to the rest of us, is that clear? We're all here to protect you from those bastards who are hell-bent on using you as their weapon for their own lust and greed for power. Now, if I were you, I suggest that you get back into bed, you got that?"

I reluctantly agreed as I went back to my hospital room. By the time I covered myself up in the blankets, I continued to stare at the ceiling as the guilt for not being able to save Lentulus and Penelope weighed heavily on me. I even felt pity and concern for Minara as the sight of him breaking down from such tragedy made me feel more depressed than normal. I should've done something in order to prevent this from happening, but I was powerless to do so as I was left with nothing to do other than to stare at the ceiling. Even Dean noticed me feel more depressed as he had a gut feeling that the guilt that I had was setting in hardcore. The sound of Minara's anguish was more than enough for me to bear as I also swore revenge against the Executive Division for what they had done so far, for this wasn't over yet.

"I should've done something, Dean," I said as my voice choked out a sad sob. "I should've went there to prevent it."

"What the hell happened out there?" he asked.

"Lentulus is dead and so is Penelope. Julilla executed them in which Minara vowed revenge against her for her crimes."

"Ryosuke's gonna love that…, but he'll be so pissed off that he'll even have the gall to bust heads 'cause the killing of an Elder of the Order is one hell of a serious offense."

"We should've protected them first instead of me. We could've gotten them out of harm's way first or else-"

"And what about you in particular? You've been a primal target since you came out swinging the moment that the First Galvanic Uprising ended. I looked it up in the record books about it and I even came in there to see you in swaddling clothes while in Mom's arms on that day. Also, you were the cutest baby that everyone laid their eyes on and it shows. Still, we can't let you slip away 'cause you are more than just what you say to be."

I sat up as I was wiping the tears from my face. When I stared at Dean, he was concerned about my mental state as he didn't want me to fall even further. He was eager to protect me from those who would want to abuse my raw power as he would stop at nothing to keep me safe, even if it meant by shielding me from such dangers in this ongoing war. It was our burden to bear as we even lost casualties that were dear to us, including our loved ones. It was also the price we paid for not being on top of things, but we had no other choice but to pull through and figure things out like we always did…

Many years ago…

Mom was busy planting some fresh seeds in the garden as she was soaking in the warm spring air and weather here all over Kanto Village. Even though she was still carrying the future in her womb, she was ready to call it a day as she spotted Dean playing with his toys out in the front yard. Both of them were waiting for Dad to come home as he was most likely to be greeted by them sooner or later. By the time she saw the gate opening up, she saw several members of the Garrison Corps approaching as they were most likely to be taking her to an undisclosed location against Dad's wishes. She never wanted to leave as she had so much to do before the planting season, for she was also wanting the future she carried to thrive here so far.

"Mary Winchester," said one of the members of the Garrison Corps. "We're here to escort you to the underground bunkers near this town."

"What's going on?" she asked. "Is there something wrong?"

"Yesterday, there had been a blast in an unknown area that just spewed out a black ooze and it has spread like wildfire. The blast itself came from Sol-1 in which a fraction of the core power had been used."

"Does John know about this?"

"He's out there with his squad in the Hunter Corps combing through survivors. As for your safety and your toddler son's, I suggest that the two of you should come with us, please."

Without hesitation, Mom and Dean went with the members of the Garrison Corps as they were being escorted to an undisclosed location right now. Even though they were ready to leave, they were leaving the castle as they were on their way towards the station. By the time they noticed the train arriving, they got onto it as they were on their way out of Kanto Village for safety reasons. They never expected to leave the castle like that as they were further away from home and going towards a massive clearing where a huge dome stood. It was a place that they had never been to before as they were on their way over there. Along the way over there, they heard many passengers talking about the black ooze climbing from the crater that the blast came from. It was hell as the presence of the black ooze itself was a deathtrap to those who were caught in its wake.

By the time that the train stopped, Mom and Dean entered into the sterile dome as they were being settled into their rooms until the worst was over. The place itself was a safety net for those who were fleeing the warzones as it was also a place where the future will commence. For Mom, she was aching for Dad to come here with her and Dean as she felt at the swollen baby bump in her womb. Even though yesterday was the first day of May and a time for gardening, she was most likely to be settling here for a while until she began to feel a sharp pain from below. She never expected to feel this before as she had a feeling that the future was coming early on this day. It wasn't long until she felt a wetness dribble down her legs in which her water began to break due to her factor of going into labor. Even Dean noticed that Mom wasn't doing too well until he ran down the hall and was yelling for help.

"Hey!" he yelled. "My mommy's not doing too well! Please, help her! She's in pain and she might not last long!"

It wasn't long until Kazuo stepped in as he had a team from the Medical Corps by his side the moment he spotted Mom squatting on the floor. He wasn't taking any chances as he helped her up and steered her towards a sterile room in which she was getting ready to give birth at any time. With the rest of the Medical Corps team coming into the sterile room, they were on hand into preparing Mom as she was laid down on an operating table due to her labor. It was a daunting task, but she was due to give birth to the future as she was most likely to be pushing with all of her might in this crucial time right now.

"Patient is dilating in which the birth canal is starting to open up," said Kazuo as he looked between Mom's legs. "Very soon, our future will come forth."

"What kind of future?! Tell me!" cried Mom as she was pushing with all her might. "I can feel his head coming!"

"You have to push, Mary. John will be here soon and he's on his way to this dome by now."

At that moment, Mom screamed in pain as a surge of strange energy emerged from between her legs in full force. It was like nothing that the Medical Corps had seen before as it was a sign of a possible future in the making. By the time Kazuo saw a head with brown hair coming from beneath Mom's legs, he gently pulled it out of there as he saw the future in motion while crying with a full set of lungs that were the strongest. The rest of the Medical Corps even spotted a jeweled sigil on the baby's forehead as it was a sign of raw power that changed the galaxy forever. With the baby cleaned up while having its cord cut and tied, it was wrapped in a towel as Kazuo gave him to Mom in which she saw it to be a godsend for the future.

"It's a boy, Mary," he said. "The little one will make John happy that he's out."

"He's beautiful," said Mom as she was staring at the baby in her arms.

"He wouldn't wait, but he's here to stay after all."

It was a miracle that came forth as Mom held the baby close in her arms in solidarity. When she touched at the jeweled sigil on its forehead, it was real as it was also a blessing that the new arrival was there for a reason. The time for a possible future was already in full swing as it was also a time of danger as well, for it was the beginning of what was yet to come so far…

Dad rushed into the domed bunker as he was searching frantically for Mom and Dean. He was aware that they were here as he also got word that the new arrival was born without warning. By the time he got towards the hospital area, he spotted Dean as he was running towards him with a smile on his face, for he got what he wanted after all in his role of being the big brother in the Winchester family.

"Daddy, Mommy had a baby!" he yelled.

"I know all about it because of the fact that everyone all over the place is standing outside the dome waiting to see him," said Dad.

"Mommy had a baby boy just like I wanted! I have a baby brother now and I wanna protect him just as much as you do!"

When Dad followed Dean into the hospital room where Mom was, she was resting as she was holding the newborn in her arms. They were astonished to see the new arrival as they were alive and safe for the time being. Dad never expected to see a jeweled sigil on the newborn's forehead before as he was getting more than he bargained for, for this was the beginning of a possible fate that was foretold in an ancient prophecy so far.

"He wouldn't wait, John," said Mom.

"He has your eye color, but he's got my facial features and he'll be a hit for the ladies when he grows up."

"He's still a baby, Daddy," said Dean. "Besides, he doesn't have any teeth yet and he isn't even walking or using the potty right now."

"Welcome to the world, Sam…" Dad touches at the newborn's tiny hand as he grasped at his big finger. "You gave us a huge reason to be a family and I will always protect you with my life."

"I wanna protect him first! I'm the big brother now and I wanna look after the baby brother!"

"Dean, he's a newborn and he's also very delicate, but he's also a new addition to our family, so I suggest that you be very careful with him."

Dean continued to stare at the newborn that was in a swaddling blanket as he saw him to be a very odd one indeed. As for his vow to protect it, he was also making sure that no harm would come to it as he was most likely to do so in the future…

Meanwhile, back in the present…

Ryosuke was in the Claudian city of Meros as he saw dozens of mourners laying flowers and stuffed animals to where the public execution took place not too long ago. Anger filled him as he vowed to bring Julilla to justice for her actions as he wasn't about to sink to the whim of the Executive Division altogether. When he spotted Minara approaching from a travelling portal room in an alleyway, he was dressed in black as he was ready to pay his last respects to his wife and father-in-law who were wrongly hanged by the one who instigated it. The somber day itself was a reminder of what the Executive Division had done all to get what they wanted as several onlookers paid their final respects to both Lentulus and Penelope respectively. By the time Minara laid a wreath to where his loved ones were killed mercilessly for no reason, he saw two men arriving as they were doing the same. One of them had the same brown hair like Lentulus as he was the older brother of Penelope. As for the other man, he had the same blond hair and blue eyes as he had a similar curly hair that was a godsend to his family, but he and his brother were in mourning right now.

"I see that you've come to pay your final respects to our sister, Minara," said the older brother.

"Are the children safe?" he asked.

"Kunio and Poppea are with Philara and our own two children, but our youngest brother, Nerva, is beside himself with grief right now."

"Julilla did this to what we stood for, Janus. I swear that I'll go and get my revenge for what she's done."

"Julilla Paxton may have done away with our father and Penelope, but you can't just rely on vengeance, but there will be justice for our loved ones," said the other man. "Still, this war is madness and it hurts."

"If only that this war never started up in the first place, Hector… If they weren't pursuing Sam right now..."

"Our father and Old Man Ippei would be cross if they saw you like that. As for the legendary savior that Father talked about, he told us something in which he would rather die than see Sam Winchester become a puppet for the Executive Division."

"He's right, Minara," said Ryosuke as he laid down a wreath to the makeshift memorial. "Even though your father-in-law had his reasons to keep Sam away from all this danger, there will be justice being served to put Julilla in her place after what she had done. Taking a life of an Elder is a serious offense and the former general of the Alecrian Army will pay for her crimes. As for the new Elder of the Order in the running, it will be Hector that will succeed his father's position due to Janus being a soldier for the Garrison Corps. This isn't the first time that an Elder from the Order had been killed and it won't be the last one, either. Sooner or later, Julilla will suffer for her wrongdoing and will be hunted down in this life or the next. In the end of all of this, there will be both vengeance and justice in our hands in which we won't submit to the whim of those who abuse their positions for their personal lust and greed. As for Lentulus' death and Penelope's, this war against the Executive Division has gotten more personal than it seems because I won't hold back nor bow down and kiss their asses, either. If General Wetzel and his cronies wanted their war to spread, then we'll be the ones to literally end it."

Everyone was staring at Ryosuke as he meant what he said. After hearing of the tragic news of the heinous execution of both Lentulus and Penelope, it was the last straw as even Minara vowed to avenge their deaths. The rallying call to stop the Executive Division has reached mainstream as the time to step up to the plate was just the beginning of what was yet to come in this ongoing war…

I remained in my bed as I continued to stare at the ceiling. I was still feeling depressed about what happened as I couldn't do anything to help Minara at this tragic time. The deaths of Lentulus and Penelope were a stern reminder of the Executive Division's dangerous scare tactics that they used as I felt the weight of the guilt pulling me down like chains linked to hollow bricks. Even though I was still sulking in my hospital room with the rain pouring from outside, I felt a cold spot chilling me to the bone as I was up and on my feet. I had a feeling that a ghost would be in here as I noticed the familiar figure appearing in person. It was Lentulus as he was there to give me a warning in which I had no other choice but to listen to what he had to say, for it was important to do so.

"It's been a long time, Sam," he said to me as he had a glowing aura all over him. "The last time we met, you and Reiko prevented a drought from gripping all over Claudius, but it seems that I can no longer be there due to what happened to me..."

"I heard Minara breaking down when I saw him distraught over your death. Even Penelope never made it after what happened over there," I said. "It's a taste of what the Executive Division has doled out and they won't stop until they get what they want in the end. All they want is the ultimate prize just to be their weapon in order to operate Project Apollo."

"Sam, listen to what I have to tell you. During the assault of Lillium on Essos, my daughter and I were taken by soldiers against our wishes. Hours into the morning, we were taken towards the scaffold in front of outraged bystanders who had nothing but disdain for the Executive Division. My words for that whore, Julilla, were that I would rather die than see you become their puppet. I may be on the verge of being reaped, but Penelope and I will always be looking from above the heavens, I swear of it."

"Julilla will pay for your death and there will be vengeance against her for her actions. I will make sure that she is put through the same way that you and Penelope were. No one should go through losing you, not even Minara, and I will see to it that Julilla will die for her crimes."

"If you did that, then you'll be digging your own grave for your own actions, Sam. Even though the one who causes this crime will pay for her actions, you cannot play judge, jury, and executioner all at once. There are others who will have her head other than us in which she'll pay the piper for what she's done. Sooner or later, you of all people will realize your true potential into something more. Even God Himself is eager to see someone who is even greater than Him. You're slowly becoming a god yourself and you have a much bigger kingdom in the heavens to oversee in the future, for this is the one true purpose for the Destiny of Worlds. You are enough already, for it will forever bring you to what you were truly born to be with that raw power within you."

"I'm no John Lennon, but most people call me what they want to do: a hero, a servant, a family man, and even a savior, but I'm no replacement for God. All I am is just a simple Man of Letters."

"You can't fight your destiny, Sam. You and Lady Reiko have something more in mind because the both of you are becoming the new deities of our galaxy. Even though most foes fear you and want you to be used as a weapon, but you are your own person, for you will surpass what is put in front of you. For centuries when humans inhabited the Ashizoka System, there were those who prophesized your birth and purpose that have been painted on many walls and caves. It is what you were truly made to be, for this is what you were brought into in our darkest hour. In the end of what is truthful, only kindness, compassion, and mercy will prevail and all forms of malice will fall, for it is your true purpose as both a savior and a god in your own right."

I saw Lentulus leave as I was left with a moment of both concern and questioning. Still, my notions about what could happen next unnerved me as I was stuck in a quandary of troubling proportions. I didn't want to become a god. I didn't want to be known by just being a savior. All I wanted was to live a humble life with a family and friends, but I was put into a much bigger position than what I perceived myself to be. In a crucial turn of events, I had to process this notion of information forward as I had no other choice but to fully accept this position that was put in front of me one slow step at a time. This was something that I wasn't useful at as I also had to slowly accept what was put at my feet, for this destiny was more complex than I thought…

Many years ago…

It was a calm October night as Mom was busy putting up decorations for the upcoming Halloween party, which was only a week away. The festivities were a godsend to those who wanted their children to play while getting candy as Dean was dressed up in a homemade Batman costume that was found in the auditorium not too long ago. Mom was joyous to see him happy as she finished up with the decorations and went upstairs to check up on the future that was sleeping in the nursery. The future itself was me the whole time as I opened my eyes to see Mom standing in front of the crib I slept in and picked me up in her arms. Just as she was about to dress me in a Halloween costume that was tailor-made for babies, she heard yelling from downstairs as she left the nursery with me in her arms and onwards to the elevator going down. At that moment, she saw Sawney standing in the main hall once again as he was not about to give up on his lust for her body. More than likely, he hated the fact that she bore Dad's children as she was also the target for his attacks, for he wouldn't stop until he stole her away from the castle here in Kanto Village.

"What the hell are you doing here?" said Mom.

"I see that you have the future all decked out in his swaddling clothes by now," said Sawney as he was busy rubbing at his crotch. "In the end, my dear Mary, nothing can keep you from me; not even your husband or those brats you bore for him."

"I want nothing to do with you, Sawney! If John finds you here, he'll press his knuckles to your face, so I suggest that you leave immediately!"

"You can't take no for an answer, Mary! Ever since you married that Winchester scum and took a position in his castle, you've been arrogant towards me for not accepting my advantages! Sooner or later, I will take you away from John and I will make sure that you bear pure children from our union instead of the brats that you keep all over! They have John's blood in their veins! They have John's genes! Very soon, they won't have their daddy around because I'll cause a massive scandal that will tarnish his reputation to the masses! We all know that he doesn't do much when it comes to his 'family' the moment he comes forth briefly and later leaves you again…, alone!"

"John's done a lot more than you have, Sawney! He may come and go briefly, but his position as a member of the Hunter Corps has also kept us safe and put food on the table! As for your passions towards me, they will cease before-"

"Mommy, what's going on?" asked Dean as he appeared in his Batman costume.

"Dean, take your little brother and go up to the nursery, alright?" said Mom as she handed me in his arms. "Don't leave the nursery until your father comes home, is that clear? Now, get going, quickly!"

Dean obeyed as he carted me off upstairs. As for Mom's predicament, she was going up against Sawney as she didn't want him to cause any trouble. Even though she was grateful that we were safe from harm, she wasn't safe from Sawney's wrath as he wasn't about to leave quietly. He was itching to attack her as he was ready to cause harm towards her for all the past rejections in the past, for it was going to be hell in the castle without warning.

"I want you to leave!" yelled Mom. "You know that John will kick your ass everywhere if he finds you here!"

"John's long gone, Mary," said Sawney as he punched her in the face the moment she fell to the floor. "And yet, you still cling to him like a courtesan who is waiting for her wayward lover to collect her from her surroundings in a brothel. Well, I'll be the one who will literally force you to beg and I won't be merciful with you the moment you feel my cock inside of you."

"I will never let you take me! The only man that I will love for the rest of my days is John Winchester himself, not you!" Mom was up on her feet as she was standing her ground to protect both us and her honor. "I won't let you tarnish my reputation, nor can I let you do the same to my husband's, either. You know that I'll always love John till the bitter end, for it is what I will yearn for in my golden years. As for my sons, they need me just as much as I need them and that will never change."

"WHORE!"

Without warning, Sawney snapped as he pushed Mom to the ground. Anger flooded him as he was battering her with his fists for rejecting him for too long. He was teaching her a lesson in pain as he was busy punching her all over until she had bruises all over her. His fury and wrath became a terrible fury as he was ready to do more harm towards her for all the times that she rejected him for Dad.

"You putrid whore!" he shrieked as he got up on his feet and threw Mom against the wall. "You malignant, arrogant whore! You've rejected me for the last time and I swear that I will subjugate you to pain for your devotion to your 'husband!' I will make you suffer for having John taking your virginity on that fateful wedding night and I will make damn sure that you accept my seed properly!"

"You will do no such thing!" yelled Dad as he threw Sawney onto the ground. "Is this what a bastard son of Emperor Sarno XII literally does to people besides resorting to blackmail?! How dare you barge in like that and try to beat an innocent woman up, especially the mother of two adorable boys that I love and cherish more than anything?! You're nothing but scum and everyone knows it!"

"I am a man of honor, John! I have high standards than that of the Order of Letters itself!"

"And you beat up on women who did no harm to you?! You're not worthy of being a man of high standards because of your tactics that you pulled earlier! And you call yourself a man of honor?! You make me sick! As for your crap, I want you gone before I send your sorry ass packing in a body cast, is that clear?!"

"You'll regret this, John Winchester! One day, I'll make you pay for stealing what was mine! You'll pay dearly for this, mark my words!"

Sawney left in a venting rage as he was outside of the castle the moment he went towards the gates and fled further away. As for Dad, however, he saw Mom all battered and bruised as he was angry at what the resident pest had done to her. For years, the Order of Letters had upholded a code of conduct as men were forbidden to harm a woman due to the Chivalry Pledge that was put in front of them. Dad respected that clearly as he had his own code of honor to protect his family from harm, along with those who were in the way of monsters that harmed the innocent.

"That son-of-a-bitch…," he said as he carried Mom in his arms. "He had no right to barge in here to terrorize you like this."

"He wouldn't go away, John," she said as she had tears in her eyes. "He even tried to violate me while he insulted you."

"Nothing can break me, Mary. As for what he's done, he'll end up in a body bag if he tries to harm you or the boys again."

"I forgot about them… Dean went into the nursery with Sam because I didn't want them to see me getting hurt, not at that delicate age."

"At least that they are out of harm's way for now. As for Sawney, he's not allowed here anymore because of what he did. No one should ever go through what occurred earlier and those who harm a woman to the point of violence literally turns my stomach thinking about it."

It wasn't long until Kazuo arrived with his team from the Medical Corps in which he stared at Dad briefly, but he had a gut feeling that Sawney caused this towards Mom with all that was all over her body. Like most honorable people in the Order, he loathed the harrowing violence towards women as he followed Dad into the infirmary wing where he went into one of the hospital rooms and placed Mom on a bed. The Medical Corps were shocked to see the bruises all over Mom as Kazuo ripped the gown to expose the damage that was done to her. Even Dad was appalled to see her partially naked body covered in bruises as he was itching to give Sawney a well-reserved beatdown the next time he saw him, for this was the most unforgivable of all grievances that came here in the castle.

"We need bandages and gauze pads," said Kazuo as his staff were on it with their first-aid kits full of what was needed. "This is atrocious to the extreme and no one beats up on a woman like that, especially one who is already a mother."

"Sawney will end up having his pretty face beaten to a pulp for what he pulled," said Dad as he was disgusted by what he saw earlier. "No one does this to Mary and I will go and clean the bastard's clock for what he did to her."

"Sawney Masbath has diplomatic immunity, John. If you attack him in any way, then our ties with the Kai Emperor will end up being strained, is that clear?"

"I hope that he goes home before he ends up with scars on his face. Attacking Mary like that is a new low for someone who blackmails people with unsavory affairs that were swept under the rug. The bastard will get it coming from someone other than me the next time he attacks another woman and he'll even have his nose shoved in his own piss as well."

"And what about the future savior? Is he safe?"

"He's in the nursery, Kazuo," said Mom as she was being bandaged up. "I told Dean to wait in there with him in which I couldn't let them see me get attacked like this..." Tears streamed down her cheeks as she was in pain from such a brutal attack from Sawney in person. "Oh, John…, he was insulting you for not being here too much..."

"Don't try to talk much," said Dad as he clasped her hand. "I'm here until the Veteran's Day recess is over, so we can have fun with the boys after you recover, alright? I'm always here with you and I'll always keep fighting for what is put in front of me. I'll keep an eye on the boys until you rest up and that's a promise that will hang heavily on my head for as long as I live."

At that moment, Dad saw some of the Medical Corps staff bring Dean and me into the infirmary wing as we were being taken into a lab. When he followed us, he noticed one of the staff gently setting me in a bassinet as I stared at him with a smile on his face. I never knew about the rest of the world in front of me as I was safe for the time being, even with Dad and Dean by my side.

"I'm so glad that you're safe, Sam…," he said.

"Where's Mommy?" asked Dean.

"She was attacked by Sawney again, but this time, he hurt her really badly."

"You chased him off, didn't you?"

"I told him not to come back here anymore in which the huge reprieve will give me more time to spend with you and Sam while your mom recovers. In the near future, us men and boys follow a code of chivalry in which we honor and protect women from harm, including your mom.

"And I wanna protect all of you! Mommy shouldn't be hurt from that mean man and I hope that you clean his clock, Daddy!"

Dad smiled at Dean's remark as he was happy that he was there to protect us on the week before Halloween. As for what was about to occur, it would end in tragedy as our lives would soon be changed forever in the near future…

Meanwhile, back in the present…, again!

I was up the next morning as I saw the rain pouring all over Lillium since the fall of the invading troops of the Executive Division. Even though I was still recovering, I was up and alert as I was ready to get up out of bed until I was stopped by Dean once again. As usual, he wasn't about to let me get up as I was incapacitated, only to be put in there just in case I felt unwell from the exhaustion that I went through.

"You can't just keep me in bed forever," I said as I was getting testy. "You know that I don't like being in bed for too long and it shows. Besides, I'm able enough to leave back to my normal quarters at any time now."

"Is that so?" said Dean as he felt my forehead. "If you think that you are able enough to leave your hospital room, then how come you're still burning hot in the triple digits?"

"And what about the relief effort to rebuild Lillium? Have they got clearance into cleaning up the mess that the Executive Division did?"

"As soon as the rain stops, we'll go and clean it up. As for you, on the other hand, you're staying in bed for another day, you got that? I know that you wanna help out in the relief effort into rebuilding the town, but we can handle it just as much as you could."

"For starters, I really hate being in a hospital room for far too long..."

"And I thought Mom was bad in the infirmary wing after Dad gave Sawney the heave-ho… Anyway, both you and Mom hated being confined in hospital rooms for too long, but her predicament was a lot worse. It was a week before Halloween and I was trying out my Batman costume for the first time, only to have that blackmailing asshat come in here and beat up Mom for no reason. Dad told me everything about it before and after Mom died in which if he ever caught either one of us attacking a woman for no reason, he would kick our asses in real time for it."

"Dad also went by the Chivalry Pledge in which he is there to respect all women and not put further harm to those who were vulnerable, including those who were even mothers. In our personal struggles, we had our reasons to show dignity and respect for the opposite gender in which they are not only the most vulnerable, but they are also the mothers of our children as well."

"Yeah, and Sawney Masbath's busy sprouting mold in Belbe Citadel on Gehenna by now. Who knows? He might be sprouting mushrooms out of his ass by now."

I snickered at Dean's words as I couldn't contain myself after that. As for what was going on so far, we all had to reflect on what was put in front of us as I had to tell my older brother about my further destiny at hand, for this was just the beginning of what was yet to come in this ongoing war for no reason at all…

To be continued...