"Wake up sleepy head" on instinct Fletcher reached for his belt and raised the deadly scythe to the voice who just looked at him unflinching
"oh Roisin sorry I uh thought you were an intruder" he tried to explain collapsing the scythe
"well if your done napping me and Summer were about to have dinner" she said patting his shoulder as she walked to the table wearing a stained apron over her clothes rubbing his eyes he remembered he let Summer sleep on him standing up he let down his hood and walked to the table taking a seat across Summer and Roisin
"I had enough time to make some roasted chicken with mash potatoes and steamed vegetables and some fresh milk to wash it down with chocolate covered strawberries for dessert" Roisin said putting a large serving on her and Fletcher's plates and a smaller one on Summers plate
"smells delicious and strawberries I'm sensing a theme" Fletcher noted taking a bite from the chicken with his fork
"mommy always pickes the best strawberries!" Summer said placing a big grin on the mother's face
"you pick the strawberries too Summer now dig in, and Summer eat it all or no cookies" Roisin ordered gaining a whine from the girl in response as she began chewing the chicken
A couple minutes of comfortable silence later Roisin spoke up
"So anything happened today before I found you two on the couch?" finishing off the potatoes Fletcher just shook his head no which Summer had to ruin
"but you made the man fly through the roof?" she said drinking her milk as Fletcher felt Roisin glare holes into his head
"care to explain?" she asked in a sweet voice but Fletcher could hear her teeth grind in her mouth which he couldn't face
"well um at the bar I uh was talking to ah a guy about something I forgot and um I noticed that Summer was gone and he called me a freak and I might have lost it and slammed him into the roof and uh beat him around for a bit" he slowly explained poking his food unable to face her withering gaze he could stare anything down but an angry mother was out of his league
"Summer care to join?" she said her voice of embers making the usually cheerful girl shiver
"they uh said they thought he was an Az-aq Arc" the moment she said that Roisin lost all colour in her face as her facial features turned into one of horror
"Fletcher grab Summer now!" she ordered before running into their rooms as the other two just looked at each other shrugging doing as ordered he picked her up holding her close
"care to explain what's going on?" he yelled out as Roisin came back with two red bags filled to the brim with what he could only assume were clothes and essentials
"we have to go stay with a friend of mine, I was afraid to contact him again, but he's in town" she explained vaguely as she grabbed her purse and checked the front window cursing when she saw a car parked out front
"we have to go now," she said grabbing Fletcher's hand to get him to move but he stayed still
"why?" he asked as she tried to tug him further but he refused to budge as Summers eyes began to water
"we have no time I'll explain it when we get there," she said until he grabbed her shoulder to face him
"look at Summer you can't just panic and not tell us anything" when she saw her daughter, her heart broke Summer was curled up against Fletcher's side her face stuck in his shoulder afraid of whatever's happening with her mother
"Summer honey I'm sorry I'll make it better but first we have to go" she soothed seeing Summer slightly nod she turned to Fletcher
"I promise I'll explain it all but we have to go" she begged after a couple of moments he nodded as well right as Roisin took his hand again they heard three powerful knocks on the door
"ROISIN MY LOVE, IT'S YOUR PRINCE CHARMING!" a sadistic voice yelled gleefully through the door slamming his fist against the door again
"Roisin go," Fletcher said passing Summer to her but she didn't move frozen on the spot
"but we ca-" she tried but he grabbed her shoulders and gently pushed her towards the kitchen door ignoring Summers bawling
"GO NOW!" he yelled pushing her outside but she couldn't move frozen she quickly pecked his cheek as she and Summer embraced him
"I love you my little arrow" she whispered into his ear fighting off the tears, she let go ripping Summers desperate hands from Fletcher's cloak before she sobbed in her mother's shoulder while she ran to her friends house knowing Azraq would never go there Roisin had to wipe the tears out of her stinging eyes, having to leave another loved one for Summers safety with her daughter doing the same
"ROISIN HONEY, OPEN THE DOOR!" the same voice yelling through the door, having enough of the man's rambling Fletcher opened the door coming face to face with a six ft four-man with disheveled dark blonde hair intimidating clear blue eyes and light tanned skin, wearing a blue shirt with square shoulders and armour plating all over his body except for his ribs, he had a long glowing broadsword and shield on his back
"Now who are you?" he asked his voice deep and intimidating trying to stare the teen down but he held his ground with his steely ice cold glare back at the man
"No-one important, so I suggest you leave" Fletcher responded the two men in a silent glaring contest until the taller man blinked with a growl he snapped his fingers and eight men came up behind him all wearing matching black suits and shoes with red shirts and ties different sorts of silenced guns in their hands
"I am an Ark boy you should cower before me" Azraq seethed his anger only surpassed by Fletcher's own
"I don't back down to weaklings like yourself" Fletcher snarked with a grin as the taller man's eyes began to twitch and pull out his sword pointing it at the boy's neck Fletcher unflinchingly kept his gaze on the man
"move" he ordered
"Gladly" kicking the man in the stomach with a flip Fletcher escaped to behind the side of the door as the men opened fire, Fletcher snuck deeper into the house until he bolted back jumping through front window, Expanding his scythe fully he swung the weapon at a goon severing the man's torso letting it fall onto the ground blood spurting from both sides the men aimed back at him Fletcher got behind another man who took most of the bullets before he kicked him towards the other men, he mentally struck off two from the original nine, reaching with the blade he cut it into the goons shoulder and jumped over him using the leverage to slam him into the ground, his arm ripped from his body made him scream bloody murder, fast enough to weave around the slow moving bullets he swung in a large reach at their feet some jumped some didn't as three men lost their legs screaming in pain using the scythe as a vault pole he landed onto a man's shoulders and aimed the sharp end of the blade underneath the man's chin before pulling up slicing half his face from his body, stepping off the men tried to fire but their guns had run out of bullets so they grabbed their expanding swords shaking in fear of the carnage around them, rushing them Fletcher used both sides of the staff to block both men's sword swings then he swung upwards at one that got cut in half and turned trying to stab the bottom of the staff into the man's chest but he managed to swing the sword into the staff sending it off target thrusting and stabbing Fletcher hit a couple of non lethal shots on his arms and shoulders before stabbing the middle of his glasses the blade going through his face
"I guess that leaves us?" Azraq said his sword and shield in his hand a light blue glow covering his entire body in a protective glow taking a fighting stance trained on Fletcher who just pushed the scythe forwards snapping the already dead goons mech before ripping out the blade, letting it rest next to him
"I guess so" he responded knowing this is going to be a tough battle dashing forwards his head low Fletcher jumped his momentum keeping him forwards slamming the scythe in an overhead cut but Azraq blocked it with his shield and responded by thrusting his sword into Fletcher's chest who just caught it in his gauntlet hand pushing him back before Azraq kicked the smaller man's chest flying him into the black car they came in destroying the back door
Catching his breath and standing up with a few cracks in his back Fletcher went back for it running at a steady pace he reached into his cloaks coat pocket and grabbed three throwing knives and sending them into Azraq's shield not harming him in the slightest, with Azraq's shield still raised Fletcher landed on top of it grabbing the shield on one side he swung around his feet smacking into the larger man's back pushing him forwards as Fletcher quickly swing a left hook into the man's rib breaking a few bones, Fletcher narrowly ducked under the man's wide swings trying to behead him but as Fletcher leaned back so low Azraq slammed kicked foot into the teens throat but Fletcher nearly choked on his own spit but forcefully sucked in the air through his teeth he swing the scythe down one-handed being caught by the shield he forced it down and punched it directly pushing Azraq into a kneel, Fletcher punched again causing a shockwave and Azraq falling to his back but he just kicked both legs into Fletchers stomach sending him flying into the house with the shield ripped from his arm still ok Fletchers scythe
Fletcher landed in summers room paper fluttering everywhere, he held his stomach standing slowly as Azraq walked in grabbing a picture
"so you must be her big hero, huh thinking you can replace me!?" Azraq said angrily throwing the paper to the floor letting Fletcher see it it was a picture of a stick figure Summer and white cloaked Fletcher hugging in front of the house smiling as butterflies and birds flew in the air suddenly Fletcher felt Azraq grab his throat dragging him upwards trying to choke him out as Fletcher calmly tried to breathe not letting Azraq have the pleasure of seeing him beg for air
"when I find that little snot-nosed brat and her whore of a mother I'm going to painfully teach them how to be beautiful Arcs and they will love me for it!" he roared using both of his hands to choke the fading Fletcher his eyes getting heavier his vision getting covered by darkness gripping the larger hands trying to pry them off his eyes closing reluctantly but before his vision faded to full-on black he opened his eyes with a snarl his eyes turning into a glowing silver the thought of Summer and Roisin in his mind as the eyes glowed brighter startling the arc
Grabbing his hands Fletcher forced them off of him with ease dropping to the ground he applied pressure to his vice grip forcing arc to his knees before shoving his knee to the Arcs chin a giant crack filled the air, the blow sent the arc outside into the car Fletcher walked up to him breaking the shield in two along the way, standing the Dazed Arc tried to throw a swing but Fletcher just dodged it then he tried to throw another one but Fletcher threw his own swing hard enough to break Azuls arm backwards resulting in another bloodcurdling scream
"YOU." But Fletcher wasn't done; he kicked Azul's knee sideways , breaking it, then using the same leg kick Kormac Through the car door with him inside "WILL." Fletcher pulled Kormacout by the leg and smacked him against the cars rooftop then throwing him sideways on the dirt
"NOT." Fletcher walked towards the man grabbing his scythe he dragged it behind him in the dirt as Azraq tried to use his good leg to gain distance between them
"please, please mercy" he begged his cocky attitude gone at the first sign of trouble
"COME." Fletcher dug the blade into Azraq's good arm and used his leg to pin his chest down, his silver eyes still glowing with a mist surrounding them,
"back" Fletcher whispered lifting the blade He severed Azraq's arm from his body the blood sinking into the ground, as Azraq groaned lying still
Fletcher retrieved his scythe and turned around seeing the goon who's arm he took
"hey bitch remember me?" the goon said he's wound now had a small neon green glow covering it, he held a rifle in one hand aimed at him but before he could open fire in the span of a millisecond Fletcher pointed he left fist towards the man and pressed the button underneath his middle finger ejecting a spear like hook connected to a wire that shot into the goons skull, retracting it back into his sleeve he turned back to Azraq but all he saw was a heavy blood track leading into the forest
"tch hope he takes my advice" he whispered to himself before taking a deep breath and letting himself relax his eyes dimming into his usual brown and silver walking back to where he left the girls he tried to figure out where they went but had no clue not familiar with the area well enough, deep in thought about what happened he almost didn't notice the armoured soldiers in formation run along the dirt road towards where the corpses are, he hid in the shadows along the tree tops, which is difficult with a white cloak he tried to get within earshot of the only soldiers that could speak without vomiting
"what monster could do this?" one of the men sounding younger than the other one next to him said in disgust trying not to get to close to the blood because of his wolf Faunus traits made it hard not to smell it the moment he came within a mile but unlike his partner the older tiger Faunus, he began examining the bodies personally
"not a monster man, take notes rookie only two kinds of things can make a wound like this," he said looking over the man who Fletcher had killed
"either a blade possibly curved or smart Grimm who don't just hack wildly and since we're not fighting for our lives I'm guessing the first," he said guessing the first
"like a fish hook kind of curved?" the younger man asked getting a shake of the head
"Not exactly but your not far off, I'm not all for blades I wouldn't know," he said letting the body rest closing his eyes
"maybe a Scythe?" the rookie tried getting the older man's attention
"yeah maybe, it kinda looks like it except for that one something shot through his mouth then pulled out more of him" he deducted noticing how the edges of the wound were pulled out rather than pushed in
"Either way it's a fucking shit show" the older man said
"Did that women, who came to the chieftains house say if the boy who stayed behind have a weapon of any sort?" he asked not noticing a young teen amongst the bodies like the older man
"I don't think so let's head back and question her maybe we missed something she did look like she was having a panic attack," the older man said walking towards the car letting the other men thru but grabbed one of the cops' shoulders
"If you see a human fifteen-to-twenty year old male with black hair, sole silver eye, wearing a white cloak call it in his mother will want to hear about this" he ordered and got a 'yes sir' in response before he got in a black police car driving off to the house not noticing the white cloaked figure clinging underneath, careful not to give away his position