Some large tent at a secret base in the deep jungles of India;
"Humans are such idiots…" Nephthys walked around a large pool of water in the middle of the room, running her claws over an ancient book.
A few men walked into the room carrying crates, clearly a little unsettled by the mummy woman. The skull masked man sat in a corner, drinking a bottle of whisky.
"But they do one thing very well…."
Two of the men dropped a crate, it fell on the ground and the lid broke off in a shower of splinters, elephant tusks and other ivory tumbling onto the ground.
"Death." She finished, smiling evilly at the tusks.
The masked man raised a brow and looked at the tusks.
"Are you sure that these have enough energy for you to absorb?"
"Well, Hern, why don't you add another soul to the well?"
The man, Hern, seemed to think for a moment, before he got up and pointed at a random worker.
"Hey, you."
The thin worker looked around nervously, hoping the masked man was pointing at somebody else.
"Yeah, you!"
The thin man stepped forward, shaking slightly.
"Y-yes sir?"
"Go get the prisoners." Hern commanded, an utterly wicked smile growing on his face.
BACK AT KOTA SINGA BASE;
"Manny!" Frida's voice snapped.
Manny woke up in a startle "W-what?" he looked around the room frantically.
He realized he was in the mess hall at a table, Marcus and Frida sitting next to him.
"You fell asleep…" Frida stated.
"Oh…what was I talking about?" Manny asked groggily.
"The nightmare you had, you had just run out of your room." The blue haired girl responded.
"Oh, right!"
"and it looked like you activated your belt without touching it." Marcus added, drinking some apple juice.
"Yeah, and I ran outside. I've never felt so…" The curly haired boy paused, he seemed like he was, dare I say, ashamed.
"Scared…"
Before Frida could say anything, Jade walked up to them; she nearly bumped the table, a somewhat terrifying intensity steaming off her.
"We have received word as to where Slayer might be hiding, pack some necessities and prepare to leave in an hour." She instructed sternly and clearly.
And she left to go inform her other teammates before the 3 could say anything.
"Well that was abrupt…" Manny blinked.
"Yeah, but man am I happy we get to go do something!"
"We've only been here for 2 days…" Marcus stated is slight annoyance.
"Yeah, but I'm anxious to kick some butt!" Frida chanted.
"Yeah!" Manny stated and high fived Frida, while Marcus rolled his eyes.
"I'm surrounded by psychopaths." Mark chuckled to himself.
-Back at the Hern's Lair. -
Nephthys was currently placing the ivory into the deep pool of water, while Hern was polishing a gun. Some guards dressed in camo dragged a cuffed man into the tent, the man struggled angrily, growling from behind the gage tied around his mouth. The guards knocked the man to his knees, before removing the gag.
"Y-you b-bastered!" The man coughed.
"You speak with a lot of spunk for being beaten and bloody…" Nephthys smiled evilly.
"L-let me go and I'll show y-you b-bloody!" The man was in pain, clearly. He had a black eye and cuts along his face.
"I doubt it…" Nephthys responded coldly.
Hern got up from his seat and walked over to the man.
"Now tell me agent, what brings you to my humble abode?" Hern smiled in a pompous way.
"Cut t-the crap!" The man snapped.
"Oh?"
"Y-you took me and my men prisoner!"
"That's right, I suppose I did…" The Slayer pretended to look surprised.
"J-jade will come and save us, she'll send your ass b-back to hell!" The man smiled very slightly, almost not at all.
"Well I suppose I'll have to do something about that…" Hern smiled before turning his attention to a guard. "26, you and your team have the order to go kill the prisoners."
"NO!" the man shouted before going into a coughing fit, a bit of blood coming out of his coughs.
"Well, I can't let her find you, now can I?" Hern smiled evilly.
"Y-you murd-"
A gun shot suddenly rang out, startling some of the guards. Hern had shot the man square in the forehead. The man fell to the ground in a cold, lifeless, heap.
"If you were going to say "Murder," then you were right on the money." The Slayer smirked.
-AT KOTA SING BASE;
Jade had taken Frida to the weapons shed to find the girl a weapon. Frida stood carefully, amazed at all the different and unusual types of weapons. Jade opened a box and pulled out a machine gun.
"Will this be a good fit for you?" The strong woman asked.
"I don't really know how to use a gun…" Frida chuckled, a little nervously. She had never used a gun aside from her dad trying to teach her, and a machine gun seemed a bit too…murdery, for her liking.
"Perhaps a sword then?" Jade grabbed a knights sword off the wall and handed it to her, though Frida wouldn't take it.
"I don't really know how to use one of those ether…" Frida stated quietly, a little bit embarrassed.
Jade raised a brow in confusion.
"According to your records, you were once a junior police cadet, what weapon did you use then?" the mint haired girl asked.
Frida's thought about it for a moment, before her face turned red and she started fiddling with her hands.
"A stapler…" She mumbled with embarrassment.
Jade blinked, and then groaned while gripping the brim of her nose.
"Well, can you at least use a taser?" Jade asked in defeat.
"Yeah, I can do that." Frida rubbed the back of her head and smiled sheepishly.
Jade pulled out a taser from a box and handed it over to her.
"It's not the best weapon; many of slayers goons have clothes that are too thick for it to work, and you have to be in close range." Jade explained.
"Got it!"
"Now let's see what else I can give you, I'll get you a satchel bag to carry it in. I will also give you a machete and a large medpack, along with a book on dangerous wildlife. Does that sound good?" Jade raised a brow as she started to gather the supplies.
"Yeah, that will be good." Frida nodded.
A few moments later Jade handed Frida a worn army green bag, that had a tick cross body strap.
"You will be partly in charge of patching wounds; can you do that?" Jade asked with authority n her voice.
The musical girl thought about it for a moment before smiling widely and fist pumping;
"Yeah! I'm on the job, boss lady!"
Jade snorted and smiled a bit at the nickname.
"It's time to head out, let's go get your friends."
"Yeah, time to kick some but!"
