It is after dinner and Adam's appearance so now Hanes is discussing with him since it's their first meeting.
Hanes:" So you were executor for Francesca even before Stefan?"
Adam:"Well for Francesca's father to be precise. We both started while he was still in seat."
Hanes:"Oh yeah right , I forgot about that." He must be pretty amazing if he worked as executor for longer but still is alive. I guess Anastasia family has 2 beasts one should be afraid of. No wonder he is Archer's master. But wait didn't he say...
Hanes:"You said you were first bay seniority but second by fighting ability. Does that mean...?"
Adam:"Yep boss definitely eclipses me there."
Hanes: He keeps calling him boss even tho he is senior, I guess he must look up to him due to fighting ability. Tho it feels like the fact Stefan calls Francesca boss and Adam calls Stefan boss will make things confusing. But still I wonder how big of gap is there between them if Adam looks up to him that much.
Fiore:"That is no surprise. I doubt there are many people he doesn't surpass." Fiore jumps into conversation.
Adam:"True boss is amazing isn't he. I doubt he'd even lose to many servants."
This whole conversation is happening in dining room and while Stefan isn't there he is in room next to it, and he is currently getting red from the praise.
Fiore:"True tho it depends. If he stopped handicapping himself by not using a weapon he'd probably be almost unbeatable, but that happening is probably impossible."
Adam:"Yeah he really likes fighting with his hands. Just to keep up I have to use all the weaponry I can get my hands on."
Fiore:"Oh you use weapons, how great! Stefan's technique is something to behold but I am expert with weapons at the end of the day and he is barehanded fighter."
Adam:"You could say I am something of a weapons expert myself as well."
Fiore:"Fantastic! I can't wait to have a spar with you!" I was so bummed out due to getting embarrassed by Stefan but I feel much better now that I have met a fellow weapon user!
Hanes: Well these two seem to be really hitting it off I better not distract them then.
Francesca:"You'll have to get that done some other time it seems like I have a mission that will probably require all 3 of you." Francesca cuts in right when Hanes wanted to leave.
With that Stefan and Nightingale walk in realizing this includes them as well.
Hanes:"All 3? You don't mean..."
Francesca:"Yes you as well. Or do you think a mission I am about to hand out to you would be too much for you?"
Hanes:"I don't think It would be too much it's just we were only partners in Holy Grail War so I didn't expect i'd get sent on these missions as well." He answers bewildered.
Francesca:"Oh don't worry about that. It's probably work of our opponents so it's probably still HGW related."
Hanes:"How can you be certain of that?"
Francesca:"It's pretty big event and they were behind last mission I sent Stefan on as well. Tho I doubt they will attack us this time. They probably realized it won't work and now are just trying to draw you out to kill you."
Adam:"Ah so the reason you want to send all 3 of us despite usually me and Stefan working solo is to make it too many people for whatever trap they are preparing."
Francesca:"Sharp as always Adam."
Hanes:Amazing. Simply amazing. They easily recognized enemies trap but instead of avoiding it they are simply gonna sabotage the trap and catch them by surprise. And all that without almost any planning. I am really lucky I am fighting with Anastasia family instead of against it.
Stefan:"So what is it that is happening?"
Francesca:"It's a in a village in south Serbia. Our men in government are telling me that for some reason it seems to have been overrun by some mysterious creatures and is now being quarantined by military. Your job is then simple enough, get in there trough military and then if creatures can't be reasoned with eliminate them. Simple as."
Stefan and Adam:"Oh a group of monsters. Nice finally something fun."
Hanes:"You call that simple but how do we get trough military."
Francesca:"Oh don't worry about that. Stefan and Adam are experts at evading them. Once you get inside you won't have to worry about military until you get the operation over with. Either way i'm naming this operation "Hunter's Dream"!
Any objections to the plan?
If not then let the operation "Hunter's Dream" commence!"
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In a small mountain village named ****** lives around 150 people now.
Village is as you would say it stuck in a past and most people in it are senior citizens,average age being around 60.
Houses are pretty spread apart separated by fields that are used for growing corn and similar.
Street lights are present along main roads tho some side ones aren't as lucky.
Still all homes have minimum of electricity and some have even access to internet tho those are rare.
In this village is a 13 year old girl named Petra.
She is here with her parents to see her grandparents both around 80 who still live in this village.
It is nearing the end of summer and it's close enough so sitting outside in nature is quite pleasing.
Milena:"Petra stop playing with cats and wash your hands it's dinner time!" says Petra's grandma.
Petra is playing with her grandparents 3 cats Riksi, Diksi and Piksi,
Riksi is a gray cat with black spots and black snout, Diksi is orange with brown stripes and Piksi is pure black.
Dragan:"Oh bah let her play a bit more look at how cute they look." Rebukes Petra's grandpa.
Anja:"She can play with cats later as well dad now is the time for dinner. "
Anja:"Matija can you bring cat food so cats eat as well?" Anja shouts to her husband who is still in house due to business phone call he received.
Matija:"Yes sure just let me finish the call!" he shouts back.
House is small with merely 4 rooms. Kitchen, living room and two sleeping rooms. Nature's call is addressed in outside toilet.
The table they were gonna eat at was in yard in shadow of walnut tree.
Milena had already prepared table cloth and plates and has brought stuffed peppers.
After another 5 minutes of swinging around a rope that cats would chase around Petra just like everyone else washes her hands and sits at a table to eat. Nothing special happens except forDragan cutting his finger while he was cutting finished like any normal dinner would silently... silently except for faint screams no one in family seems to hear.
After the uneventful dinner it quickly started to get get dark and so the family started to prepare to sleep. In one room slept Petra's grandparents while in other slept Petra and her parents. All 3 of them slept on an old bed stuffed with hay. Since all 3 of them slept on the same bed it was a bit cramped but Petra didn't mind as it just meant she was snug between her parents. *TAP TAP TAP* outside the house. She gets in the bed under the sheets and buries her face in her mother's arm. *TAP TAP TAP* next to the front door. She grins feeling invincible with her dad behind her back, his arm petting her head, and her mum in the front. *TAP TAP TAP* in the hallway. And so 3 of them sink into silent sleep. *RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLE CHOMP CRACK* from grandparent's sleeping room.
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Matija:Warm morning sun slowly creeps up my face. The dream I had which was just yesterdays day with Petra, Anja and Anja's parents slowly becomes bright as the sun reaches my eyes and wakes me up.I look to my left there I see a scene any father would love to see, a scene of his wife and child sleeping peacefully. After taking in that moment I really that I , for the lack of better way to express myself, need to piss. I stand up as slowly as possible as to not wake up the sleeping angels and sneak out of the house. I guessed Anja's parents would already be up but it seems like they are still asleep as their rooms door is closed. I go out and go to toilet to do my business. It's basically a small rectengular wooden box with enough space to stand and a toilet bowl. After I finish I go outside and wash my hands at sink which is merely a hose with valve that is held upright by stick it's tied to. After that I look at the still weak morning sun. It's still early enough that you can watch sun without any issues. I take in the atmosphere by breathing in fresh cool air, while getting slightly warmed by that early sun and just stand there. I stand there when.
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Matija:A screech of young girl is heard from the house. Of course that can only mean one thing. I sprint to the house and come inside. I see Petra standing screaming in the hallway in front of her grandparents room. I get to her and hug her. "What is it honey? Look it's daddy calm down." While I try to calm Petra I take a look inside the room and see the horror my poor child saw. There are mangled bodies of what seem to be her grandparents. I take back Petra to Anja who is still confused about the situation. I tell her she best just calm Petra for now before she comes to see it herself. I walk back to the sight of massacre and barely stop myself from vomiting. Their throats are slit and have sprayed blood all around them but that is the least of horror. Their torsos and bellies are wide open like their flesh was peeled like you would peel skin of orange. But I didn't come here just to gross myself out I came here to make sure I really saw what I saw before I call the police, and now seeing this scenery again I do so. But no one picks up I tried every emergency number and nobody picks up. I tried calling friends and family and none are available either. In that moment comes in Anja because Petra seems to have calmed down a bit. Oh how I wish she didn't. She fell on her knees and cried but didn't allow herself to make a sound as to not disturb Petra again. It took a while of me hugging her but she calmed down in the end. I explained to her the situation with the phones not working we both agree the best solution is to first see the neighbor and then leave if necessary since it doesn't seem to be safe here.
Anja:"Oh god. Petra saw this. We'll have to get her therapist definitely."
Matija:"Dear don't think too far ahead. First what could possibly do this? And thank god we weren't but why weren't we touched? Actually no I am getting ahead of myself now. First go to neighbors and see if their phones work. " After I said that me and Anja took Petra with us so she wouldn't walk in on that again and we went to closest neighbors. Because this is a village most people have big yards and many even fields between houses so it takes us a few minutes. When we arrive to our closest neighbors and knock on the door nobody seemed to open. At first we feared the worst but we noticed their car wasn't there so we concluded they must have left. Then we went to second neighbors. Their car was there so I went inside when they didn't open and... It's a similar scene except Mister Đorđević seems to have tried to fight back with an axe. He lied next to his bed where his wife is. Axe and his arm were both on the other side of the bed however. I walk out and tell to my wife. "No luck. Their phone doesn't work and …. the same happened to them."
Anja:"What are we gonna do? I'm scared it might be not safe here."
Matija:"You are right let's go back to our car and leave quickly i'm getting too bad of feeling here."
So we quickly go back to to our car and head away. It's old and frequent to malfunction Yugo but it seemed to have decided to work this time. We go over old dirt roads and quickly get to main road, we drive for a few minutes when we see the road is blocked by 5 cars parked horizontally over it.
Anja: "What now?!" she starts to shout but controls herself as to not scare Petra.
Matija:"It's fine i'll just go out and ask them to let us trough."
And so as I say that I go out with and shout at cars. "Please we need to just get trough can you move for us?"... A moment passes. No answer. Second mom- A loud Bang cuts off my thought. Crows fly away from powerlines due to sound and I am stunned from hearing the sound. Then I start to feel it. Sharp pain in my lungs. I struggle to breath but every attempt at breath hurts like I am being stabbed. I am about to cough but then another BANG , and BANG;BANG,BANG. I feel pain of bullets ripping trough my whole torso. Now both lungs hurt like knives are in them whenever I try to breathe, and I can feel my abdominal muscles scream out when I try to curl up in a ball. It seems two shots landed in each of my lungs while the rest hit my belly and ripped apart my abdominal muscles as they tore trough. I completely lose strength in my legs and fall to the ground. Whenever I try to breath every one of my wounds starts taunting me again and all I can let out is a wheeze, even as I try to scream at Anja to run away with Petra all that comes out is a wheeze and a mocking sound of deflated tire coming from holes in my lungs. My eyes start to close. Abyss calls to me gently to ease my suffering and as I can hear tires screeching and car driving away I happily let it take me.
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Anja:"Shit shit shit shit. Petra listen lay low and don't look back, don't dare look back." What the hell is going on? First my parents got slaughtered in our sleep then my husband gets gunned down as we try to leave. What the hell do I do, where do I go. I guess back to the house but I can't let her see that. I guess i'll lock her in the room and i'll patrol around with Dad's shotgun. Goddamn how do you even fire that thing.
We quickly return back to house. I lock Petra in our sleeping room and tell her to behave while I dispose of remains of... of my parents. I can't believe they went out like this. I wrap their bedsheets around their bodies and put them in the corner of the room. I can't just chuck them outside but this is best I can do to make sure Petra doesn't see them. Time passes like trough mud. Petra cries while petting the cats while I prepare shotgun. Slowly the Night approaches I lock Petra in living room and hid her in a hole beneath floor boards."You must stay here, no matter what just stay here."
Petra:"Mommy are you gonna hide somewhere as well? Please hide as well."
Anja:She wriggled so much while saying that she hit her head and has a small cut on it. I stopped the bleeding which was terrible. I wish I could hide but there is no more place to hide. I'll have to wait in front of living room with a shotgun and hope for the best. In the meantime I think I figured out how to shoot this gun. It's a double barrel shotgun so I only have two shots for one. When I want to shoot I need to cock one of the two barrels before pulling one of the two triggers to shoot it. That should be it.
Night finally comes, in the beginning it's slow but quickly I hear a tap tap tap while straining my ears as much as possible. The front door quickly starts making sounds as the door handle starts wiggling. I locked the door but will that keep whatever this is at bay? I think that when the door warps as it slams open. *BAM* Before I even think I shoot from the shotgun. I hear a scream that sounds like a cross between some animal and a human drowning in it's own blood, however I don't have time to look at creature as it quickly calms and charges at me. I shoot my second shot and hit it's head dead on. Now I can see. It's a giant lanky bipedal deer(?). I say deer but I can see rows of sharp teeth and sharp claws on both it's front and hind legs. I however quickly realize I have been doomed. The thing is shaken but still alive and I can't run out because it's blocking my way. The only thing I can still do is. SLASH it's claws enter my stomach, but I still push on. I reload the shotgun and quickly point it at it's head. If it helps save Petra at all I must do it. So I cock both barrels quickly and shoot both shots in the things face. SLASH as it gets blasted it slashes my neck and my consciousness quickly starts fading. DAMNIT it's still alive. I have to manage one more before I die. I break open my shotgun and empty cases fly out I quickly put in two more shells, cock the gun and let out a final BANG before my consciousness fades...
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Petra:I can hear gun shots from hallway. That must be mum but what is she shooting. Still no matter what I must stay calm like I promised i'll do to mum... But how did it come to this? First I find my grandparents slaughtered, then my father got shot down and now mum is fighting with something! I can still control myself and stop myself from crying but barely.
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A moment passes. Hallway is silent. Did mum manage to kill that thing?
My question gets answered quickly by a sound of living room door being slammed open. That is definitely not mummy. I barely hold back tears as I hear something inhuman walk on top of me while it scrapes with it's claws. And then...* CREAK* wooden boards make a sound as the thing lifts them from on top of me and picks me up. Now I truly scream. I scream so loudly my throat hurts. It looks at me with what seems to be a closest thing it can make to a smile. It slowly opens it's mouth, brings me to it as I scream I fling my limbs around. It starts to close it's jaws when*CRASH* SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH A window crashes and 5 slashes are heard. I and creature fall to the ground, only, difference being creature is in pieces. 10 pieces to be exact. In front of me stands a man in a biker jacket, with ear piercings , gray-pinkish hair and two swords. As I look in amazement he speaks.
Adam:"Hey kiddo, don't worry anymore help has come!"
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