An unknown specified amount of time later
'beep'
'beep'
'beep'
'beep'
The smell in the air was just clean Fresh air the kind you'd smell at a doctors office sterilised probably, Fletcher couldn't feel anything
Opening his tired eyes a crack the white room blinded him first, forcing him to close his eyes and blink away the moisture he felt the tubes up his nose and saw a needle in his arm when his eyes cleared, he could finally see his surroundings clearly
It was a clear white hospital room with light blue marble floor, and a window, he had a heart monitor on his left and a machine to help him breathe on his right, and three quarters of the belladonna family in the room violet was sitting in a white blocky chair her head resting on the bed his hand in hers wearing a long black flowing dress with a silver necklace and golden accents on the sides with a white crop top undershirt, her eyes were red and wet from hours of crying nonstop
Ghira and Kali were sitting next to each other Ghira wore a brownish black muscle shirt and brown vest with black pants and black shoes as he sat up holding Kali in his arms his head resting on hers as she wore a black undershirt and black shorts with brown shoes, both of their eyes red and wet like their mothers from hours of non-stop crying, all of them tired and asleep
Blinking his eyes trying to remember what happened it slowly came back but he couldn't feel any reaction to it, grabbing the cords in his nose he pulled it out with a choke before they came out and he could breathe on his own, then he grabbed the wires on his chest and pulled them off making the device flat line and the three other occupants in the room wake up with start, then they saw Fletcher
"Fletcher!" the youngest two of the room yelled rushing over
"Fletcher!" violet said grabbing him in a tear-filled hug which the kids took the other side squeezing in as well
"Oh my oum, we thought you were dead!" violet said squeezing him as he tried to breathe normally
"You scared us!" Ghira added his claws digging in Fletcher almost making him scream
"I'm sorry" Kali screamed, freezing the other two as they knew this would happen but not now, backing away a little. Ghira kept his hand in hers as she kept her eyes to the ground unable to face Fletcher
"what do you mean?" he asked as he finally saw her full face, she had a large bandage wrapped over her left cheek and around her forehead under her hair, which covered it
"I..I failed, he caught us and I tried to protect her, but he just knocked me around until I hit a tree, and when I woke up they were...gone" she sobbed the tears running freshly now she expected him to tear at her, to jump from the hospital bed and strangle her and she would let him
"it's not your fault," he said making her look up at him with a snoffle
"it's..not?" she said questioningly expecting him to jump at any moment
"no it's not, If I couldn't protect either of you, then how could I expect you too?" he explained as she took his reasoning with a snoffle
"You're not mad?" she asked as he just sat up slowly
"no I'm not mad" he answered and she just barreled into his arms and he saw the look and spread his arms
"c'mon get in here," he said as the other two joined in the tight hug with small smiles
"that was really nice of you, Fletcher" violet whispered in his ear
"Oh I would usually be absolutely seething right now but I don't feel a thing" he answered chuckling as they held it for a few seconds until he heard weird noises
"is there a cat in here?, I hear purring?" he asked as they all backed up immediately with red faces
"it was Kali!" Ghira yelled all their faces like a tomato
"Nope, definitely mom" she accused at their offended mother
"I gave birth to you for seven gruelling hours and this is the thanks I get just blame your brother," Violet said as Kali turned to her with apologetic eyes
"I'm sorry mom it was a ghira...and mom," she said before the door slammed open with Kormac Standing in the doorway with doctors standing behind him with medical equipment
"Oh thank oum, your heart monitor said there was a flatline!" Kormac Said as the doctors went to put the equipment back while two grabbed a pen and paper on a clipboard the woman had Graying blonde in a ponytail with blue eyes standing at five ft ten wearing the blue nurse uniform and a doctor's coat over it with black shoes and a metal stethoscope over her neck
The man had bright brown hair with green eyes and a pair of glasses over his eyes standing at five ft six with the same uniform and stethoscope
"okay trainee, we just ask a couple of questions and that's it got it?" she said as they walked up to them clicking the pen as he kept up following her actions
"hello Mr rose I'm Dr Beverly and this is Dr viceroy, we just need to know if you have any abnormal pains, maybe a headache," she asked Fletcher just made a confused look he at Korma Who just shrugged
"uh no..I'm fine" he answered as the doctor wrote it in while the younger doctor just watched until she elbowed his ribs and he came to life
"uh yes sorry first day… uh do you have any past injuries as the..uhem new ones took place?" he asked his pen on the paper his nervousness clear
"uh no I was fine at the time" he replied as the new doctor wrote it down as doctor Beverly looked it over before taking the paper
"trainee this is for the deceased, this is supposed to be in the basement how did you get this?" she asked as he hid behind his clipboard slightly hearing his mistake
"I may have gotten lost..along the way here and thought I needed some paper so," he said nervously as she facepalmed
"you followed me here-no never mind just go use mine..and I swear to oum trainee if he comes up dead in our database" she warned passing him the paper as he grabbed it hesitantly
"what if he actually dies?" he asked nervously until she burst
"GO!" she screamed making him rush out the door
"going, going, sorry, sorry!" he yelled running out the door past Korma Who just chuckled in amusement like the kids
"Sorry about him he's supposed to be a prodigy, but like most prodigy's there not very social...and they don't know when to shut up," she said walking to the door holding the doorknob
"If anything happens, press the red button on your right, the nurses will get here fast," she said before closing the door as the rest took a seat next to Fletcher
"when do I get out?" he asked compliant
"hopefully today by night you've been here for five days now, the doctors say it's a miracle you healed this much in so little time" Kormacreplied making Fletcher stoffen
"and where's Summer?" he asked causing a cold dread to wash over the room
"we don't know, but we found his partner in crime, senior he's at the sailors rest he's going to leave tomorrow morning so I sent the authorities after him," he said as Fletcher's eyes drew to the darkness outside
"can we go now?" he asked his eyes drooping slowly the drugs strengthening
"yeah we just have to sign you out try to sleep some more we'll be back in a hour" Kormacsaid ushering them all out the door
"be good Fletcher"
"bye Fletcher"
"see you later Fletcher" the three of them said as Kormac Closes the door as Fletcher just sat in the bed finally noticed he was wearing the blue patient robe
"this thing looks...stupid" he said looking over to his right he saw a table next to him with a plastic bag with his bloody clothes inside
"hey… that's mine" he said his eyes drooping faster grabbing the needle in his arm he pulled it out
"where's my scythe?" he said his body waking as he sat up, he's eyes glowing brighter
"where. Is. My. SCYTHE!!" he roared the the windows shaking on the entire floor
"oh no" the entire belladonna family said as they sat at the reception the adults were signing off the paperwork when they windows around them rattled after his furious scream, running to his room a crowd was already forming with security outside the door trying to keep the door closed
"what is happening?!" Kormacasked a guard as one of them tried to hold the family back
"sir please step back we have a riling patient in the room, he has attacked and beat seven others when they tried to sedate him" he said keeping them back, then a gloved hand broke through the door window and grabbed one of the guards neck, pulling him inside the room as he screamed
"what is going on here?" doctor Beverly said her arms crossed staring the guard down with the trainee behind her his eyes nervously switching to the door and the guard
"we believe the patient has pulled out his sedation and snapped, he's screaming about wanting his weapons and when we tried to pacify him he has knocked out ei-" *crash* 'my, leg!' "-nine others out of commission" he finished as more crashing and guards were taken into the room followed by screams and thudding
"let him out, Now!" she yelled as he just nodded hesitantly ordering men to make a semi-circle around the door in a tight formation
"Let go of the door!" he ordered and the men obliged, letting go of the door they joined the circle as the door opened slowly, the faunus family watching tensed worried Fletcher might attack everyone in his rage. Then the door handle creaked a panicked silence the guards stiffened the family looked ready to bolt and the female doctor readied her pen while the male one tried to hide behind her, the door opened slowly and the familiar white cloaked figure walked out slowly
"WHERE THE FUCK IS MY SCYTHE?!"
The belladonna home
At the sailors rest
Senior thought a couple of drinks to finish the night would do him some good for his hurting leg, he sat at the round poker table, five men sitting with him some tall and some short wearing all different colours, one in a green trench coat another in a raincoat, one wearing a plain white shirt with the sleeves tucked up, the third had a bald head with small glasses, another in a red Fedora with a large cigar and and another in a red scarf with a black muscle shirt, senior wore a white shirt and red jacket with matching pants and shoes, his leg covered in a metal cast from the underground his aura healing it as the whisky numbed the pain
"-so there I was, it's jaws reaching and wide, the smell of its breathe was horrible and disgusting like rotten decaying flesh and spoiled milk for blood, it's red beady eyes looking right at him, with rage and hate as I held my breath it opened its jaws breaking through the steel bars and...snap!" the one in the raincoat said clapping his hands for dramatic effect, grabbing his smoke which the white plume floated in the air like the others covering the roof of the dark room, a glass of whisky in his hand like the others as the Fedora smoking man tapped his cigar in the ashtray
"terrifying, truly a work of a master storyteller" he said taking a sip from his whisky the only light in the barren room being the spotlight above them, as they were the only ones there
"hell yeah it was better than jade's scary ghost story" he replied taking a deep breath from the smoke as the one in the muscle shirt looked offended
"fuck off Max, like the whole giant Huntsman, who could kill a thousand Grimm with their eyes is any better" jade mocked as Max held his heart in horror
"no-no were you listening, the silver eyed warriors was Lucky's story, mine was when I was in the Grimm prison" Max complained downing his drink as the green trench coat wearing man flicked his used cigarette to the ashtray
"I'm sure that we have spoken enough about fairy tales-" "hey!" "-, how about we talk about seniors leg" he said their eyes flicking to the man who just downed his drink before addressing them
"you hear of the chieftains house burning down?" he said as they turned to him with wide eyes jades cigarette dropping from his mouth
"you didn't" the man in the white shirt said
"I didn't know, why I followed his order all I can say is that man's a monster" he said shamefully as the man in the pulled sleeves jumped to him and grabbed his collar pulling him up with fury
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF WAR CRIME SHIT WE COULD GET INTO FOR BEING ASSOCIATED WITH HIM?!" he shouted shaking the man slightly, as the man refuses to meet his enraged gaze
"well I'm sorry cole but I WASN'T GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!" he screamed back as the man pushed him back to the mirror before going back to his chair to grab his jacket
"where are you going?" the Fedora wearing man said as cole rushed out of their
"I'm leaving before the cops show up with grenade launchers, or worse Arc wants to tie up any loose ends" he said pulling his jacket on before opening the door to the pelting rain, closing the wooden door behind him as the other men watched him leave turning to senior when the door closed
"I can't believe this hei, how could you do this?" jade asked setting his cup down disappointedly
"I don't know, I needed to kill the boy to show my men that we're still a fierce force to be reckoned with, and that dust he gave me, he said it can disable all his motor functions for one price" he explained as the sound of a glass being crushed, looking over they saw Max with a destroyed cup in his hand
"What did it cost, what could be worth to kill a kid" Max seethed in fury as senior just rubbed his face in frustration
"One for another" he said until they heard a knock at the door
"it's probably just cole, I'll get it" jade said walking to the door opening it
"hey co-" small whooshing sounds and the sound of choking they looked at jade, till he fell backwards a white hooded figure with his arms at his sides, a glowing silver under his hood
"ohhhh shit!!" Max yelled as all the men reached for their guns he just raised his hands his left arm shooting the Hook-Wire and his right hand with throwing knives causing their heads to crack backwards and they fell to the ground, except for senior who's handgun was pulled away by the Hook-Wire cutting him
"ahh, you bastard!" he screamed as the figure seemingly teleported from how fast he was taking Seniors throat in a iron grip, Senior saw the silver fury in his eyes as he struggled
"WHERE. IS. SHE!?" he roared with unyielding fury as senior just sat in his face
"I'm...not… afraid" senior gasped choking as he tightened his grip
"Is that right?" He said as the lights glowed brighter
"NO, NO PLEASE NO!!!" Hei screamed
A few minutes later
"so, what happened?" Kormac Said in a heavy buttoned up leather jacket over a brown muscle shirt with thick armour plating and long gray pants and black steel-capped boots, watching the teen walk past through the rain following behind
"he last saw her at a house, down the road from...roisin's" he said quietly walking briskly down the road his cloak preventing the rain from falling onto his coat
"Fletcher, are you feeling okay?" Kormacasked trying to keep up with the teen
"I'm fine" he answered curtly
"are you sure?, you know can talk to me or-"
"I'm fine" Fletcher repeated speeding up as they reached roisin's old street, clenching Fletcher's heart but he just continued to a old brown painted house with a wooden porch out front a flickering light out front, with narrowed eyes he walked faster as Kormactried to slow him down
"remember Fletcher, I'm still a chieftain, anything you do can come back to me so we have to be calm, collected an-"
Ignoring his words Fletcher slammed his elbow into the door breaking it off its hinges, the room was simple a white couch on a red rug, in front of the flat-screen TV with a large painting of a blue dragon, the window showing outside behind the couch and a doorway on the far right with a small table, there was a man sitting on the couch standing from the shock he tried to run but Fletcher was faster and ran for him.
"STAY, WHERE YOU STAND, OR DIE!" he roared, as Kormac Stood outside before walking in with a sigh
"WHERE IS SHE!?" Fletcher screamed holding the a fair skinned, black haired man in the classic black and red suit like the others by the throat, his glasses falling off revealing his terrified green eyes
"I-I d-don't...k-know" he stuttered as Fletcher slammed him into the wall with his free hand denting the wall, before he slammed him again and again repeatedly, before the man broke through the wall leaving a giant hole leading outside before he launched him into the couch, sending it over
"You Liar!" he growled walking up to the terrified man, with thundering footsteps until Kormac Stood in front of him
"Fletcher stop" he commanded the raging teen who just looked up at him with demonic silver eyes
"out of the way Azul" he said his voice changing with rage, but the man remained firm
"no Fletcher, you'll kill him" he said to the teen as he tried to push past him, but the older man just stopped him by putting his hand on his chest
"don't fight me Fletcher, you need to talk this out, it's unhealthy" he said as Fletcher just pushed the hand off him staying still as the man cowered on the floor
"unhealthy?, unhealthy is when I got beaten into a pulp, unhealthy is the man who took MY BABY SISTER!" he growled turning to the man, his eyes brightening like his rage
"SO DON'T TELL ME WHAT IS HEALTHY, WHAT 'CAN' BRING HER BACK, BECAUSE I WILL NOT SETTLE FOR 'CAN', BECAUSE I 'WILL' FUCKING GODDAMN BRING HER BACK AND IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE MY METHODS, LEAVE!" he yelled before grabbing the whimpering man again lifting him up to his feet
"I will say this one more time, WHERE IS SHE!!?" he screamed smashing the man into the dragon painting, snapping it in two revealing a shining safe behind it, throwing the man aside, he reached his fist back and smashed it open, the steel bending to his will as he pulled it out and threw it at the man, who could barely catch it but it still slammed into him knocking him out cold, looking in the safe was a picture of Summer on Fletcher's shoulders with ice-cream in her hand smiling, and a piece of paper in a yellow document with a red rose seal
Ripping it open, Fletcher saw another picture of passed out Summer in a dark room hooked up to a metal chair with wires in her skull
A note next to it
'We took Alpha target with help from the our mutual 'friend', we took her to the beta house and plan to take her to 'metal box' in four days, then the next day at midnight, we plan to take her to a unknown vehicle leading to somewhere in vacuo, where she'll be lost with Client,
Side note; If the chieftain causes any trouble just remind him of our deal, violently if necessary it should be enough'
His gritted teeth and body filled rage multiplied tenfold, before the paper hit the floor Fletchers scythe was already at Azul's neck
"Fletcher..I-"
"DON'T, JUST DON'T..roisin trusted you..Summer trusted you.. I trusted you!" he growled as the man didn't flinch, he just looked down in shame
"Fletcher I've made many mistakes, and betraying your family is the greatest one of them, but you have to understand I had to protect mine" he said as the blade pushing against his neck making him take steps back, it followed until, he's back hit the wall
"at the bar..you didn't grab Summer because you thought she was being kidnapped by Azraq..you grabbed Summer because you wanted to confirm your target, and get your men to follow us home so Azraq could find her, that's why out of all the nights the men could of showed up it was that NIGHT" he seethed as Kormac Looked away in shame as Fletcher pushed further, a small glowing light protecting Kormac From harm
"I-no I thought he already had her I tried to save her without anyone noticing I was there, but we realized you weren't working for him!" he tried to defend himself from not just Fletcher, but also his own gnawing guilt, with a growl Fletcher stabbed the long scythe into a picture bringing it to him, before dropping it into his hand and putting the blade back to Azul's throat forcing the picture into his eyes
"look at this, LOOK AT IT!" he yelled as Kormac refused to look, but at his yell he looked at the picture with horrified eyes at seeing what science experiment Azraq was doing
"you did this, you did this...and..and..you told them" he said lowering the photo
"they went to get the strawberries as a distraction, I was meant to stay so you could all overwhelm me and rosin you planned to kill us, but I left with them and it didn't go to plan did it, I killed the guards l too fast so it was just Azraq and Senior?!" he growled, his anger increasing
"Were-were they in on it, was violet, Kali, ghira in on it?!" he asked afraid of the answer
"no no I never told them..they would never forgive me" he replied wincing at the blade as it felt like it was tearing through his aura like wet paper
Grabbing his collar, he kicked him in the stomach pushing him out through the wall, outside the man looked at the teen in shame
"I will find her, never come near us again" he spoke quietly his voice still changed as he walked back out the door leaving Kormac Behind