Hour X
Alexander twisted silencers to both of his guns and re-holstered one of them to make it easier as he stealthy made his way through the thick and dark forest, taking out each and everyone of these bastards.
He switched between the blade, guns and bow before stopping to rest at a campsite to try to get a hold of Jonah but all he got was static.
'Damn! I should have gone with them!'
Taking the fruit out of his backpack he was going to eat it but now there all bruised so Alexander threw them away and had to hunt again, luckily a few freshly killed wolves weren't too far away from the camp. Cooking the meat Alexi blew the steam away before taking a bite.
It was bland but having nothing to eat for the last 24 hours it tasted divine.
I was on a crew that was sent into the monastery. We saw a lot of dead soldiers up there.
No shit? You see any Oni?
Yeah I… look, I don't want to talk about it.
Seriously brother what did you see?
Look whatever they are… whatever they're doing up there it's some dark shit alright. I'm not going back even if Father Mathias orders me.
Damn.
'Hmpf, sounds like they're afraid!'
Alexander quietly laughed to himself at the thought of it then killed them just like the others before heading inside the entrance and over a wooden bridge, the sounds of rushing water brought a sense of calmness to the brunette as he moved along.
Going further inside of the cave there was to his surprise eight wolves that were left in cages.
They must be breeding them.
Not wanting to get bit he left them alone; Alexander looked around the room and as well as noticing bones there was also a yellow ladder and a deer carcass with rope wrapped around it's stomach and tied upside down by it's back legs and of course a rock wall that leads even deeper into the cave.
Climbing the ladder to the top Alexander shot a rope arrow then pulled it which triggered a pole to set into place and jumped towards it before hooking onto the wall then climbed up. Cracking open a crate of salvage he pocketed them and lit a torch to find his way through the darkness but lost his footing and slid down a slop and he almost went over the edge!
Regaining his grip, he moved to the right a couple times before pulling himself up into a crouched position when the ceiling became low.
Following the sounds of the waters the brunette found an opening that led outside and fresh air. Discarding the torch in his hand along the way he let the strong morning sun shine down on his face and breathed in the air.
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Sliding down a rope bridge he was finally able to talk to Jonah.
"We just got to the beach, there's a boat that we can use but it's in pretty bad shape. Without the right tools I might have trouble getting it up and running."
"See what you can do; I'm on my way down."
Carefully moving along another bridge made of rope Alexi can see the raiments of the ShantyTown and gondolas that can transport him down faster and going down he did.
Once the fog cleared an old large ship came into his view.
Landing on another tower Alexander picked up ammo for his guns but hated the quiet because the Solarii would have attacked him regardless. Using another rope bridge he landed on the ship and just as he suspected they were going to attack him.
Taking aim at a red bomb, it took out some of them but more kept on coming so he picked them off one by one then reloaded his guns when they were still sliding towards him then switched for his bow to take out more but what Alexander was expecting was for one of them to take control of a turret gun and start shooting it at him!
Alex quickly fell on his stomach while the bastard took out the cables holding the entire thing together while the brunette held onto it as it went on it's side however he lost his grip just as fast and landed on the railing then held onto that when another member fall onto it; fucking bastard is crazy!
He sprinted down a walk-way, jumped and grabbed onto a bar while more cables were shot so he let go this time and tried to reach a safer place.
Spotting a series of ropes Alexander kept on sliding down onto them until he landed into water where the waterfall guided him to a pool that finally cleaned up the blood, scoot, dirt and gore.
And dare he say fun?
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Gasping for air Alex popped his head out of the water and stood on beige-colored sand then just made it through a small crevice and smiled a little bit when he finally made it at the beach. Making his way down he followed the sounds of the boat trying to start and opened his arms when Izumi ran over to him in a hug that even Jonah joined in.
"It's good to see you Little Crow,"
"You to Jonah, oh, Izumi I have something for you but it's just petals now."
Her eyes opened wide all the same at the gift that he gave her and it made him happy in this dark situation that they were all in at the moment, she smiled so big and jumped up and down then showed it to Jonah who already saw but pretended that he didn't. "Thank you Onii-san! They're beautiful!"
"I'm happy that you like them."
Once the mushy stuff was over Alexander helped both of them to try to pull the hoist but it wouldn't budge so they had to think of another way.
A block and tackle might work.
"There might be some on that rigging we can use. I'll check it out."
Stepping out of the boat the brunette went to the large abandoned Portuguese ship that reminded him of Davy Jones from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
Hooking onto a wall he climbed to the right, jumped and grabbed onto part of the ship before going inside with Solarii members as well.
Lovely.
Who the fuck are they? Sounds like they got guns!
I don't know… let me think.
Radio's been dead for hours, we're cut off, brother what… what the hell are we gonna do?
Goddamn it, shut up for a second! Let me think! Something's going on, you saw the smoke coming from the mountain.
Yeah but that could mean anything.
We'll go in at nightfall.
Wait, you think that's a good idea? Maybe we should just wait here for the next shift.
We'll be waiting a long goddamned time. Something's wrong brother. Get your shit ready. We leave at sundown.
Taking out an arrow, he killed one of them then the other one before they had a chance to find out what's happening and then jumped to the other side of the ship. Moving silently, Alexander took out one gun then pointed it at the thugs head before pulling the trigger and heard his lifeless body crash into the sea where no doubt he'll become fish food.
Shooting down the pulley he grabbed the items that he needed and placed them inside of his backpack then rode down a rope bridge that took him towards safer waters and made his way to shore to give them to Jonah who worked on the boat right away while Izumi and Alexander sat next to each other over a warm fire.
"Onii-san?"
"Hmm?"
She asked him a question that shocked him so much he couldn't answer it right away. "Are you happy?"
"Of course I'm happy… well… I'm happy that you and Jonah are safe and sound but I miss Roth too."
She leaned her head onto him when he wrapped an arm around her and closed her eyes as they both listened to the calming crackling of the fire. "I miss Roth too but I know that he's watching over us in the sky."
He smiled sincerely at those words.
'What would I ever do without a little sister like you?'
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L-O-V-E Y-O-U!