A little bit later
Running to the house with Summer on his shoulders he slowed just enough for the Faunus children to keep pace next to him as they reached the house they stayed at the forest edge the men in familiar black and red suits walking around the burning building guns in hand, with narrowed eyes Fletcher let Summer down the children behind him catching their breath
"Run, get help if you can but make sure you don't get caught" he ordered but Summer held his pant leg tightly, looking at her he kneeled down to her height and she wrapped her arms around his neck tightly
"don't leave me" she whispered
"I won't little light, I'll come back" he reassured her and letting go looking at the elder children
"run and don't look back, go far away from here, and be safe" he ordered as they nodded their faith in him Ghira grabbed Summer and ran alongside Kali her hand on the hilt of her sword, turning he raised his hood and unleashed his scythe, he ran along the tree line, soon enough he began crouching along the bushes out of sight he saw two men patrolling across the hedges slowly walking
"Where's the boss? He hasn't come out of there yet?" the taller one asked the other man who just looked at the burning house
"don't know maybe he has a fire semblance, y'know immunity?' he replied
"Could be a fetish" those were they're final words, Fletcher swung his scythe hitting each respective neck popping off they're heads, he snuck to the house quietly keeping out of sight when someone got in front of him outside the entrance, he threw a knife cutting into his neck, Fletcher just continued onward opening the door
"ROISIN!" he yelled dropping the Scythe he rushed to the woman on the floor her a large cut in her stomach, the fire raged around them as he pushed his hands on her stomach she reached up with her soaked hand to his cheek caressing it softly
"no, no, no please rosin stay with me, don't leave me please I can't lose you!" he begged trying to keep the blood from spilling out but there was too much he couldn't keep it down when he remembered
"the flask… Roisin the flask I can use it an-"
"n-no…" she croaked in pain grazing his cheek with her warm hand with a small smile
"I-I want… to keep everything...about my little light and arrow" she said taking deep breaths as a small salty tear ran down his silver eye
"I...love you both… remember that… promise me… you'll take care...of her", she asked as her hand began to shake, he took it into his own her hand gripped like a vice turning her knuckles to bone white
"I will Roisin, I promise," he said as she smiled resting her head against him, her breaths slowed as her grip lost its strength before finally she closed her eyes holding perfectly still
His deep breaths were uneven as he's shuddering sobs wracked his body he saw her beautiful still features in a blurry haze...then he heard the heavy boots behind him his head bowed he didn't need to look to know who it was.
"Azraq," Fletcher said No rage, no screaming
"Fletcher, that's your name?" he replied his voice not boastful like before, but he heard the sound of a sword sliding from its sheath
"Yes," Fletcher said giving the loving woman a final squeeze before letting go he lied her body to the ground she looked peaceful, turning to the arc he wore the same attire but his hand was replaced with a metal prosthetic that now carries his shield his other hand carrying his sword
"I thought I told you last night the rules of our agreement, to let you live?" Fletcher said holding his scythe in his hands looking at an approaching figure
"yes you did but we didn't discuss on how you killed my men" Another man said standing at six ft eleven, he wore a white suit white jacket, white pants, white tie and white shoes his pink eyes and black hair that connects to his beard with white gloves a light blue flower on his right collar side with a black mace in his hand, the end of it a sharp spiked ball with a grey body and leather wrapped hilt
"and I want to discuss our new 'agreement'" Azraq said as the new man stepped next to the arc
"I'm the boss around these parts call me senior," he said pointing the mace at the tensed Fletcher as the teen held the scythe in a reverse grip the blade resting against his forearms
"well let's just say, I don't care" he said before throwing a handful of knives at the men Azraq just raised his shield and senior just batted it away, taking his chance Azraq moved up with his shield trying to trample Fletcher but the teen just jumped with both feet on the shield as he swung the blade across the shield but before he could cut Azraq, Senior took a swing forcing Fletcher to retreat making seniors mace hit Azraq's shield
"Watch it!" the knight complained
"You watch it!" the mace wielder replied, taking his chance Fletcher caught his balance and Shot the hook-wire at senior cutting deep into his leg, making the man howl in pain and Fletcher pulled it back ripping flesh off revealing some bone underneath falling to his side clutching his leg, Azraq charged at the teen and swung his sword which Fletcher blocked with his Scythe his hand still low and out waiting for the right moment, more strikes each harder than the last responded with a another blocking it or a quick step back before it could hit the going for an overhead strike Azraq swung down as Fletcher caught it the two in a battle of strengths
"You're the only one standing between me, and my daughter!" Azraq growled gaining ground as Fletcher dug his feet into the floor slowing him down before taking a step
"and I will continue to be, for as long as I live she will be safe from people like you!" Fletcher seethed gaining a foothold pushing back against the arc
"she needs her father, I am her destiny she will love me!" he responded stopping Fletcher in his tracks both glaring at each other Korma With the fiery pits of hell and Fletcher with the harshest cold glare in Helheim
Pushing off his feet he flipped over the arc who stumbled forwards Fletcher threw more knives at Azraq's back but was stopped by a light blue glow surrounding him Azraq just turned around at Fletcher's ice-cold glare with a smirk
"gotcha" all he heard was the sound of glass hitting the floor he turned and saw senior had thrown a glass canister with a red crystal glowing inside looking up he couldn't react till
*boom*
The canister blew up at his feet sending him through the weak door and bouncing down the stone stairs resulting into more cracks and groans of pain when he reached the bottom he was lying on his stomach trying to use his fist to stand up
"FLETCHER!!" a familiar female voice yelled in worry
'oh, no' he thought, groaning he managed to lift himself into a crawl, his entire body on fire his bones aching and he could hardly feel his ribs then a small being slammed into his side hugging him
"Fletcher are you OK?" Summer asked as Kali came up from behind her standing in front of them with her katana
"Where's the backup?" he groaned between breaths
"The police are on the dirt road, in a firefight with those men mom and dad are injured so he helped take them to safety and we were too until Summer ran" she explained looking at her burning family home then an Azraq came back holding senior by the shoulders helping him sit on the stone steps before turning to them
"Summer honey, it's me your father I'm going to make it all better, c'mere give your daddy a hug," he said in a sickly sweet voice holding his arms out but Summer just stayed behind the recovering Fletcher, who could barely stand something in the canister making his legs numb
"stay..away.. from..them" Fletcher growled as Azraq just took steps down the stairs in with a fury
"stay out of My REUNION!" he yelled kicking his steel armoured foot into Fletcher's jaw as Summer and Kali backed up as best they could
"Kali..take..Summer..and..run," he's jaw crunching with pain and she grabbed Summer running into a random direction into the forest and before Azraq could follow them Fletcher shot his hook wire at his leg making the man trip falling to the ground as he stood up in fury
"Why won't you stay down!" he roared Azraq grabbed his shield and decked the bottom of it against Fletcher's head, Fletchers ears began ringing and his eyes growing darker, still hitting him senior pushed Azraq out of the way
"Go get your little bitch, I'm going to have a couple words with him," he said limping around the teen mace in hand as Azraq just nodded kicking Fletcher in the ribs causing a few cracks before running towards where the girls went
"Oh ho ho, I'm going to enjoy this" he said swinging the mace with a roar filled grunt blackening Fletcher's vision as the hit was the first of many, Senior broke Fletchers legs, then slammed the made into Fletchers throat
"It-was-fun-but-it-stops-here," Senior said as Fletcher's ears kept ringing, Senior sent another swing to Fletcher's temple and everything turned to black