I just got a bit of inspiration; so sorry if this chapter sucks...
Chapter three: Infection, Corruption, and Disease
Jin's P.O.V./
Unknown Guild/
I watched, fascinated as Zeratual rose from the shadows, it was really my first time seeing him too. He had a tattered, black cape, a demonic, black helm, with demonic, black, spiked plate armor.
"Welcome, young one." Zeratual said, waving a hand around. "Tell me, what's your name?" He asked.
"Call me Secret." She said, unsurprisingly stalwart under his piercing glare.
"Your real name." Zeratual said, an edge of annoyance in his voice. Secret hesitated.
"A-Alexandria..." She said, hanging her head down. Zeratual walked around, and lifted Alexandria's chin to look into his eyes.
"There's no reason to be ashamed of your name. I actually like that name, quite a bit." Alexandria seemed to gain confidence in this.
"Thank you." Was all she had to say.
"Well, there's nothing more for you. And Jin will get you for your guard duty. Dismissed." He said, walking back around to his desk. I led Alexandria up the long corridor, and finally up to the top.
We walked outside, to the much too bright, sun.
"Jin, what's that guild? Why do we have guard duty?" Alexandria asked.
"Okay, Alexandria, let's see if I can put this simply. We are the Mercenary's Guild. The reason we have guard duty is because we are grunts, and because it keeps the police out." I said, looking around, and wondering where I would go next. I had two hours left to kill, and I doubt Alexandria would want to walk around with me for two hours. I thought only Smoke would enjoy that...
"J-just Alex. Please. I get the Guild, but I need to know the hours. If I'm gone for too long my... guardian will get worried, and punish me..."
"Well, I can probably convince your guardian of the hours. They're not bad. Let's go." I said, about to start walking, when I realized that I didn't know where Alex lived.
"Well, where I live... You won't believe me."
"Try me. There's more than meets the eye. Especially so in my case."
"I live at the... House of Secrets..." She said, again, hanging her head. I shuddered, violently. She looked surprised that I knew what she was talking about.
"You know it...?"
"Not personally, but I hate going in there," I said. She looked, again, surprised by my knowledge of the hell-house. "It's older than both of us. About 1500 years old. I should know, my... former self, set it up, gave It life." I shuddered again. My communicator beeped after that. Robin's face appeared, and he appeared haggard.
"Did you hear that?" He asked, anxiously.
"Hear what? Nothing happened." I said, confused. Robin now appeared confused as well.
"We all saw a green shockwave of pure, radiation. That had to have made some noise. We can't have all been hallucinating." I could really tell Robin was serious.
"Maybe it didn't hit us. We'll be there to check it out." I said, about to click my communicator off, when Robin replied.
"We? Us? Who else is with you?" Robin asked, again, confused.
"A girl I met, her name is Alexandria. She seems nice enough, and I think she's pretty much homeless, so... yeah-"But I was cut short by a blast in a nearby alley. It sounded just like Sergeant Jackson's Hellfire cannon. I ran into the alleyway, and gasped. It was Sergeant Jackson, and he did have his Hellfire Cannon, but he seemed, different. He seemed, well, corrupted. Infected. Diseased. And I could tell he was venting his rage on someone. Someone who just happened to be our leader, Zeratual.
As I rushed to help Zeratual, I stopped to wonder if I had just made a huge mistake. Sarge had many of the weapons I had developed, and I knew they could kick the shit out of someone, with only one shot. As Sarge turned to face me, and, Alex as she ran up, I suddenly regretted running in. I regretted facing that evil, corrupted smile. But it didn't mean I couldn't give Sarge hell before he took me down.
End chapter/