Chapter 4

Guest- Yes, I am fine. Just been updating other stories over this one because the drive to write for them is stronger than this one. Fortunately, I've finally finished this chapter.

Ryder residence

Kitchen

"Today is the big day." Said Karla as she began to comb her hair for work. "Let's hope that today isn't as busy as before. I don't want to go to the store in short notice."

"It'll be fine, Karla." Said the Ashen one as he prepared two cups of coffee. "I already reserved some of the food at the restaurant for the dinner. More than enough if any of them want second helpings of anything on the menu. Or even thirds."

"Good idea." Said Karla as she finished, going over to her husband and taking her coffee. "Now we just need to make sure we do our part right. You won't embarrass our son, correct?"

"Yes." Said the Ashen one as he sipped his coffee. "Do you want me to help with the restaurant? I can cook."

"Not as well as me." Said Karla. "Just handle the orders and the paperwork. I'll send someone to ask for your help should the need arise." The Ashen one nodded and finished his coffee. He then brought out his phone and called Eygon. A few seconds later, Eygon picked up.

"What is it, you bastard?" Asked Eygon as he sat in front of a fire that he made. "If my wife is about to deliver the baby, say it. And I'll come immediately."

"It's not that." Said the Ashen one. "I'm asking about the mission. Did you find anything?"

"No." Said Eygon as he got up. "Aside from some skeletons and some robbed graves, nothing. Not a single wraith in sight. I don't like this, Ashen one. They're planning something. Or rather, someone is controlling them." The Ashen one nodded at that, agreeing with Eygon. Something was off and it worried him. What were the Dark Wraiths planning?

Sighing, he told Eygon to continue searching before ending the call.

"Just ignore it for now. You have a dinner to get ready." Thought the Ashen one before going back to Karla, who was getting dressed in her work clothes.

Few hours later

Violet

"Okay, you better not mess this up for me, Dash." Said Violet as she looked at her brother as he ate his lunch. Since it was Saturday, the two were either practicing their superpowers or enjoying their life.

"Whatever." Said Dash with a cheeky smile. "I'll be sure no to embarrass you with Tony." Violet just glared at her brother, knowing that he will just to spite her.

"If you do, then I'll tell mom and dad who snuck out and watched the teen-rated movie last month." Threatened Violet with a smirk. That caused Dash to glare at her.

"Hey, it wasn't that grown up and you know it!" Yelled Dash.

"Tell that to mom and dad if you plan to embarrass me with Tony and his parents." Said Violet. The two siblings continued to glare at each other for awhile before Dash pouted.

"Fine." Said Dash as he extended out his hand, which Violet took and they shook. After they've done so, Violet went back to studying for a math test at the end of the week.

"So, have you've heard about anything from that recent gun trafficking?" Asked Dash after a while. Violet just sighed as she thought about it.

Ever since that attempted robbery, both the CIA and FBI have been investigating into recent gun trafficking at the request of Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl. What they got surprised them all. Apparently, a US military base in Europe had their guns stolen and that the weapons taken by the Incredible family were the exact same as those that were stolen. Currently, the government was looking into this along with what Supers had powers that had mindreading powers or anything that can help with the investigations.

Yesterday, the government had given both their parents and Lucius Best, AKA the hero Frozone, orders to look into their city's criminal elements, to find out where they got the weapons and if they had more. Fortunately, Lucius told them to just go on the dinner and that he's more than capable of dealing with some gun-trafficking crooks, having dealt with more menacing things during the golden age of Supers.

It took some convincing, but Helen managed to convince her husband to just let Frozone deal with it alone tonight after one more attempt at investigating the stolen guns, saying they made a promise to Violet to be there for the meetup.

"No, other than that Frozone found a lead that might figure out what is going on, mom and dad haven't been discussing much with me." Said Violet, causing Dash to pout.

"Man, why aren't they telling us?" Complained Dash. "We're heroes too. We helped defeat Syndrome's drone and stop Evelyn. We should be out there, helping to bring these bad guys in." While a part of her knew that their parents were just trying to protect them from the more hideous parts of the world, she also agreed with Dash. They already seen and dealt with guys with guns, giant robots that nearly killed them, and dealt with the trauma of nearly dying. If they can deal with all that, then they can handle a bunch of crooks that were dealing with guns.

"I don't know, Dash." Said Violet. "Maybe there's more to this case than we know. Still, its frustrating."

"Yeah, it is." Said Dash with a pout. After a few minutes, Dash changed the subject. "Anyway, is Tony's parents going to have burgers for the dinner? I'm feeling like eating a hamburger for dinner."

"I'll ask, but I think they'll do steak." Said Violet. "Whatever it is, you better eat it."

"Fine." Said Dash, a bit annoyed. "But I'm not eating any vegetables or some other healthy foods."

"You'll ate it and like it! Besides, that stuff is good for you." Said Violet. The two then started arguing with each other. Something that caused Edna to shake her head and take Jak-Jak upstairs.

"Siblings." Said Edna with an unamused look as she went upstairs. "Always fighting with each other." Jak-Jak just laughed at that.

Meanwhile

Bob

"Go long!" Yelled Mr. Incredible as he threw a wooden crate at four thugs that were trying to escape with a truck full of counterfeit money. The crate hit two of the criminals and send them crashing into the ground, unconscious. Before the others could do anything, Frozone came out of nowhere and blasted them with his powers, freezing them into place.

"That out to keep you guys still until the cops arrive." Said Frozone, looking at the thugs with a smirk. Looking at Bob, Frozone asked where Helen was. Just in the nick of time, Elastigirl came towards them with a criminal in her hands.

"This guy is the ringleader." Said Elastigirl as she dropped him in front of his fellow criminals. "Tried to take off in a hidden car on the other side of the warehouse."

The three had found a lead that the stolen guns a few days ago originated from a warehouse in the docks of their city. Upon investigating, they found five crooks inside, loading cargo into the truck that some of them were trying to escape in, some of which was counterfeit money. Needless to say, they'll be spending a long time in prison. They already contacted the police and they should be here any moment now.

Looking at the crooks in disdain, Bob looked at Frozone.

"Check the truck for any contraband." Said Bob. "We'll deal with these guys." Frozone nodded before going over to the truck. Once Frozone was gone, Bob and Elastigirl looked at the leader, a man of Asian descent.

"Alright, punk, you're going to tell us everything." Said Bob as he glared at the leader, who just gulped in fear. "Where did you get the guns?"

"What guns?" Asked the thug, lying through his teeth. Helen rolled her eyes.

"Look, don't play dumb with us." Said Elastigirl. "A great deal of military weapons were stolen from a base in Europe. We know for a fact that they came from this warehouse. The same one where we saw you guys offload counterfeit money. So, how about you save us some time and tell us where did you get those guns." After seeing the thug not answering, Helen sighed. "Alright, let me give you two options you have. The first option is where you tell us everything you know and we'll do whatever we can to protect you and your fellow criminals from any retribution from your bosses." She said this as gently as possible, so as to entice them to give them this option. "The other option is where we beat it out of your." She said this as threatening as possible while Bob cracked his knuckles. "Which one are you going to choose." The thug just gulped, looking at both heroes, before speaking.

"Look, our boss isn't your typical crime boss." Said the thug, clearly scared for his life. "She doesn't deal well with those that betray her in any shape or form. If I tell you, she'll do things to me that you can't imagine in your wildest dreams!' Seeing the sheer terror in his eyes, cause both Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible to look at each other in surprise.

Clearly this crime boss was something to be feared. Enough to make this guy more intimidated at her and not at them.

"Is she a super?" Asked Elastigirl, glaring at the thug so to keep him scared.

"I can't say." Said the thug. "She'll kill me." Frowning at that, Mr. Incredible was about to grab the man and shake him up a bit when Frozone yelled out.

"Uh guys! These crooks got more than counterfeit money and stolen guns in here." Said Frozone as he came out, struggling to bring out something from the truck. After a few minutes, the thing came out and Bob and Helen were shocked to see it.

The thing was a massive sword, easily eclipsing Helen in height. It's handle was golden and intricate. The blade itself, however was black as if charred on the lower half end of it, but was red as blood on the front half of the blade. It also had two slight curves that formed a spike on the middle of both of the sword's edges.

"My god." Said Elastigirl in astonishment, walking over to Frozone, eyes wide in shock. Looking at the sword, Helen could see that Frozone was struggling to hold it, even with it being on the pavement, indicating its weight. As the two heroes examined it, the thug began to panic.

"Oh crap. Oh crap. She's going to kill us!" Yelled the thug in panic. He was about to run for it, but Mr. Incredible grabbed him.

"And why is that?" Asked Mr. Incredible, wondering why this man was panicking over the discovery of a simple large sword. Making swords that looked ancient and sell them for profit wasn't unheard of, though they usually were swords that were of already known designs and not new ones, not to mention able to be carried by most people, but this guy was panicking too much over a simple sword.

"You don't know my boss!" Yelled the man as he struggled to get out of Mr. Incredible's grip. "She's going to kill me and my family for this! And then she's going to come after all of you!" Before Mr. Incredible could question the man further, several police officers arrived with a SWAT team, guns at the ready. Upon seeing the heroes, however, they stood down and walked up to them.

"We got your call. We'll take them all into custody." Said the officer in charge before ordering his men to round up the crooks.

"There's counterfeit money and military weaponry in that truck." Said Elastigirl as both her and Frozone stepped away from the truck with Frozone letting go of the sword, letting it smack into the ground with an audible thud. "We also found that." Elastigirl pointed at the giant sword. "For whatever reason, it caused him to panic. Might want to get forensics to figure out what it is."

"Understood." Said the officer as his men took the crooks into custody. As they did, the leader of the criminals began to ramble.

"You've all just signed your death warrants!" Yelled the man as he was being taken away. "You think that mech you fought or Syndrome was bad!? You haven't nothing! Nothing!" Despite the man clearly going mad, the heroes couldn't help but shudder at his words. Whoever his boss is, she doesn't fool around and will eliminate threats to her business.

"Whoever his boss is, she must be one scary lady." Said Frozone as the police did their work.

"Yeah." Said Mr. Incredible, getting a bad feeling about this assignment. "Well, I made a promise. This will be our last mission until Violet's little dinner party is over. You can handle yourself alone Frozone."

"Bob." Said Frozone, making sure the police didn't hear the name. "I got this. I've been a solo hero for a long time. I can handle myself. Besides, that guy was probably over exaggerating about his boss. She's probably just some super with a good superpower. Nothing that we couldn't handle before." He then looked at both husband and wife, smiling at them. "Have fun at the dinner." With that, Frozone left, using his powers to create a bridge of ice of which he skated across. Smiling at the departing Frozone, Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible left for their car. Once they were away from the police and in their car, they spoke.

"We should be thankful that Lucius is such a nice friend." Said Helen as Bob drove the car back home. "If it weren't for him, we wouldn't be attending this dinner with Violet."

"Yeah." Said Bob, still a bit unsure of doing this. On one hand he wanted to be there for his little girl and he wanted to see Tony's father. Having already seen his mother, he could tell they were good folk and that they raised their boy right. But on the other hand, this recent gun trafficking situation could be more dangerous than they think it was. The way that man reacted. The giant heavy sword. It all left him wondering how the heck is in charge and if they're even more dangerous than Syndrome ever was. "I still feel like there's stuff we don't know yet though, honey. Its obvious there's more going on than just gun trafficking. That sword hints at it."

"Yeah." Said Helen as she placed a hand on her chin. "I looked at the blade. It definitely ancient. It wasn't made recently. It doesn't have the typically signs of a recently created blade. If anything, it shows some signs of rust and authentic marking of being burned." Helen then frowned. "You're right in thinking something deeper is going on, Bob, but we can figure it out, tomorrow. For now, we got a dinner to prepare for."

"Yeah." Said Bob. "Okay. But after this, we're right back on the job." Helen rolled her eyes at that, but nodded. They then drove back home in relatively peace.

Meanwhile

Few hours later

In a dark and dreary room, a woman was being told what had transpired in the warehouse. She wasn't happy.

"You mean to tell me that the supers found that cache!?" Yelled a woman in the mourning dress, glaring at the police officer that had told her this. "And that the police are currently raiding my warehouse!?" The police officer gulped at the woman's rage. Though she wore a mask that concealed her face, the man could still feel her rage as she marched up to him.

"Y-yes." Said the man. "I tried to warn the men there, but it was too late. Officers have ransacked the warehouse for anything it had. Money. Weaponry. Even some of your artifacts."

"I paid you to be my eyes and ears within the police department in this city, to warn me if anyone was in the process of hampering my operations." Said the woman, glaring at the officer, who took a step back in fright as the woman placed a hand on the sword hilt on her waist. "But instead of doing what you're paid to do, you laze around, wasting the money my people bring in. You fail to do regular checkup. And the one time I need you to do your job, you fail it utterly." She then got right up to the man's face, silently thankful they were about the same height. "So, tell me, give me one reason to let you live. And it better not because you have dirt on us. You think I haven't prepared for such a thing."

The man opened his mouth to speak, thinking of something, anything to keep him alive. But when he couldn't say even a single word, for a straight three minutes, the woman brought out her sword, a katana, take a step back and slit the man's throat. Not even caring as the man bled out in her floor, the woman placed her sword back in its scabbard and sighed.

"Good help is so hard to find in the living." Said the woman before two men in white church garb walked in. They wore golden masks that smiled and masked their expressions. "Get this body out of my sight and make good excuse why he's dead." The two men did as the woman ordered and dragged the body out of the room she was in, leaving her alone to ponder how to fix this recent hiccup in her operations. A few minutes later, a man arrived, wearing the same clothing as the two men from before. The man walked right up to the woman and whispered into her ear. Upon hearing the news, she scoffed.

"Hmph, that foolish knight from Carim is trying to find us? Pathetic. That knight can't think his way out of anything without wanting to bash something in first. He's of no danger to us. Let him play with the scraps of our work. By the time he figures out what we are and what we're doing, it'll be too late." Said the woman. She then turned towards the man. "Are the men ready to finally kill the Ashen one and his family?" The man nodded. "Good. The time has come for us to finally rid of the one that killed Yuria and Elfriede. For robbing us the one chance we had to achieve the great serpent Kaathe's wish. The time has come for the Sable church of Londor to have their vengeance." With that, the woman brought out her sword again and looked at it. It was sweet to take the blood of a incompetent, fool with it, but it would be even sweeter to kill the man responsible for killing her two older sisters.

"I will have my vengeance." Thought the woman as she held her sword.

Later

Night (Around 7:30 PM)

Happy Platter

"Okay kids, here we are." Said Helen as Bob parked their car near the Happy platter entrance. Once he did, she looked at their kids, all dressed up in their best casual clothing. Dash wore a yellow shirt with blue trunks. Violet wore a pink shirt with white khakis. And Jak-Jak just wore a blue baby onesie. She herself just wore brown khakis and black shirt while Bob wore a white dress shirt and khakis. Not exactly formal wear, but she doubted that the Ryders' would care too much.

"Okay, we're here. Now let's just be a normal family." Said Violet, glaring at Dash in particular, who rolled his eyes. She then turned towards her parents, jittery. "No superpowers. No embarrassing jokes or remarks. Let's just have a normal dinner and conversations."

"Honey." Said Helen with a smile, looking at her daughter, who looked back. "It's going to be alright. The Ryders are good people. Just stay calm and relax. Everything will be alright on our part. I promise."

"Yeah." Said Bob as he looked back at his daughter and gave her a reassuring smile. "Just take a deep breath. It'll help." Violet did as she was told and took a deep breath. Once she did, her nerves finally calmed down.

"Sorry, guys." Said Violet, looking apologetic. "Its just that this dinner is getting me so nervous. I just want to give Tony's parents a good impression on us. So that they won't object to him dating me."

"They won't reject you honey." Said Helen, stretching an arm to pat Violet's head. "They're wonderful people. This dinner will go great. Just trust us." Gulping, Violet nodded. With that, everyone got out of the car and went inside. Upon entering they saw Tony and Karla sitting in a large booth along with an unidentified woman and man.

The man must be Tony's father, having the same brown hair and eyes as his son. The woman was an oddity, however. With blond eye and milky white eyes, the Parrs couldn't identify her or her relations to the Ryders. Nevertheless, the Parrs walked in and greeted the everyone.

"Hello, its nice to see you all." Said the man as he got up along with Karla and the woman and shook the hand of Bob. "My name is Alex Ryder. As you can guess, I'm the father of Tony. And this is my lovely wife, Karla." Karla just smiled and shook Helen's hand. "And this is Tony's aunt. Irina Carim. She's staying with us until she gives birth to her child."

"A pleasure it is to meet you all." Said Irina, bowing in respect. "It's so good to see the family whose daughter will marry my dear nephew." Both Tony and Violet blushed at that, causing Dash to snicker.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all as well." Said Bob as he let go of the Ashen one's hand. "Especially you, sir. It's good to finally meet the father of this family."

"Same to you." Said the Ashen one with a slight bow. "Its good to finally meet you all. My son has told me a lot about you all. How much of a good family you all are to your daughter."

"How nice of him to say." Said Helen with a smile. "I hope we can do the same for you."

"And us to you." Said Karla before motioning for everyone to take a seat in the table. Once everyone was seated. Karla spoke again. "What do you all want for food? We've got enough food in the kitchen for everyone to have seconds. Even thirds of everything we have on the menu."

"Steak for me." Said Bob with the Ashen one nodding in agreement.

"Something light and healthy for me." Said Irina, patting her pregnant belly.

"Spaghetti for me and Violet." Said Tony with Violet nodding her head in agreement.

"I'll take spaghetti too." Said Helen with a smile. "And, if you can, some baby food for Jak-Jak.:

"A hamburger for me." Said Dash.

"Alright then." Said Karla, memorizing everyone's orders. "I'll get cooking right away. It won't take too long, I promise." With that Karla went into the kitchen to get everyone's meals ready.

"I'll help her out." Said the Ashen one, getting up. "It'll be quicker that way."

"Do hurry." Said Irina. "I do feel rather hungry." The Ashen one nodded and quickly left to help Karla with the food. Once they were gone, Irina looked at the Parrs and smiled. "So, any of up for discussions on Violet and Tony?"

Meanwhile

Thirty minutes later

Eygon

"*Growls* Something is fishy." Said Eygon as he searched another forgotten cemetery. "This if the fifth tomb I looked and still nothing. No Darkwraiths. Just skeletons. What is going on?"

Breaking down a door that led to another crypt, Eygon could hear the sounds of a Darkwraith feasting. "Tch, about time." Walking in, Eygon could see a Darkwraith sucking what humanity left was in a corpse in a coffin. It, however, stopped upon sensing Eygon. Turning around, it growled at him as it brought out its sword. Huffing, Eygon brought out his giant hammer and readied for a fight.

Making the first move, the Darkwraith charged at Eygon, one hand glowing bright red. Having seen this tactic before, Eygon simply rolled deeper into the crypt, something that should be impossible for a man in full metal armor, yet Eygon did it without pause. Because of this roll, the Darkwraith missed its attack and stumbled out of the crypt. When it turned around, Eygon back at it with his giant hammer.

Aiming it horizontally, Eygon hit the Darkwraith with the top part of his hammer and pushed it away from the crypt, where he could use his hammer and shield freely. Yelling out, Eygon kept pushing the Darkwraith further until he pushed it into the ground. Growling, the Darkwraith attempted to get up, but Eygon simply hammered it into the ground. And kept hammering it until it's chest caved in and black blood spilled everywhere. Groaning, the Darkwraith gave its last breath and died. Tapping his foot on the Darkwraith to make sure it was dead, Eygon then began a search of the Darkwraith.

"Perhaps there is something on this thing that can give me a clue on to their recent behavior." Thought Eygon as he rummaged the Darkwraith for anything that can help in his investigation. After a few minutes of searching, Eygon couldn't find anything useful. "Argh. Okay, so there's nothing on them that indicates they're being controlled. Perhaps its just the graves are running low on humanity? Its possible, we've been here hundreds of years. Possibly enough time for the Darkwraiths to run out of crypts to find and are forced to go to the cities for humanity. But if that was the case, why just this city? No…, someone is controlling them. It has to be. What how?"

As Eygon thought these things, he suddenly heard some strange sounds. They sounded like the winds but darker and louder. To some, it was a strange noise. But to Eygon, he knew them all to well. Turning around, Eygon could see several men, three of them, coming out from the ground in glowing white circles. Knowing that he needed to hide, he hide behind another crypt and stayed behind it as the men began to get their bearings. As soon as they did, they saw the dead Darkwraith.

"What is this?" Asked one man as they approached the Darkwraith. "How did this one die?"

"Obviously one of the Darkmoon knights killed him." Said a 2nd man as he approached the Darkwraith and examined the body. "Must be one of their strongest ones. This one was beaten to beaten to death by a rather large hammer. Perhaps it's one of their Carim knights?"

"It matters not." Said the 3rd man. "The death of one wraith does not matter. We already have enough Darkwraths to enact our revenge against the Ashen one."

"Are you sure?" Asked the 2nd man. "The Ashen one has proven time and time again to be able to overcome even the most impossible of odds. We may not succeed in killing him."

"Even if we don't succeed in killing him, we can still hurt him." Said the first man. "While he may survive against the Darkwraiths and our assassins, his family, particularly his son, won't. That witch may be skilled in the dark, but focusing on her child, will allow us to end her life."

"And of the other family?" Asked the 2nd man.

"Its their fault for their daughter falling in love with the son of our most hated enemy. Though we should be grateful for them for giving us an opportunity to eliminate the man in a moment of weakness." Said the 3rd man. "However, for us to be there when he dies, we must accomplish our mission and find more Darkwraiths." With that the 2nd man got up and nodded. The three were about to leave when they heard a voice.

"I don't think so." Said Eygon as he revealed himself, brandishing his shield and hammer. "You're talk of killing my friend got me full of rage. And I think I'll expel it my killing all three of you." With that Eygon charged at the surprised men.

Five minutes later

"Tch…you fools didn't provide much of a fight." Said Eygon as he looked around him, seeing the bloody and mutilated bodies of his adversaries. Despite him having the upper hand and killing one by hitting him in the head so hard that his head flew away, when they recovered and fought back, they couldn't even land a single effective hit on him. "Pathetic. And you men think you can kill the Ashen one? Pah. If you couldn't even land a good hit on me, you won't stand a chance against him."

"*Coughs out blood* Perhaps." Said one of the men, the only one still alive. The 2nd one, Eygon believed. "But we don't need to kill him this day. We just need to end the lives of his family." Eygon glared at the man, though it was hidden by his helmet. Putting away his hammer and shield, Eygon grabbed the man by the throat and lifted him up, not caring how much the man is in danger because of this.

"And you plan to do so during his little dinner?" Asked Eygon, enraged more than ever. He hadn't felt his enraged since those fools that tried to have some 'fun' with his wife. "With innocents like the Parrs? Not only that, but you want to kill his only child. You people are scum. Just like the ones' back in our old world."

"You should know." Said the man, looking at Eygon with his broken mask, revealing a brown eye. "You used to work with such people before, right?" Upon hearing that, Eygon roared out in anger and snapped the man's neck before tossing him away. Roaring out again, Eygon brought out his hammer and slammed it into the man's body, causing blood to spill everywhere, including his own armor. He didn't stop there, though. He kept hammering and hammering the body until it was nothing more than a bloody stain on the ground. Panting, Eygon finally regained control and placed his hammer on his back.

"These men are part of a group that want to hurt the Ashen one because he did to them. Well he made a lot of enemies, but most of them are dead. And the majority of them can't control the Darkwraiths. Except…no it can't be. We exterminated them all. How could they still be around?" Thought Eygon in disbelief, knowing of only one group of people that can control the Darkwraiths somewhat. "Need to warn the Ashen one. He's in danger. Along with his family, Irina, and the Parrs." With that Eygon brought out his phone and began to dial the Ashen One's number, praying that he wasn't too late.

Meanwhile

"And here's a gift from us to you." Said the Ashen one as Karla brought out a large cookie pie filled with ice cream. "As a token of our appreciation for your daughter having interest in our son."

"Mr. Ryder, you shouldn't have." Said Helen, a bit shocked, at the gift as Karla placed it on the table. The dinner went extremely well. Aside from Irina making the odd comment here and there due to her pregnancy, everyone got along well. Bob and the Ashen one, in particular, found that they had a lot in common. A want to protect their family and give them a good life. A good sense of justice. And a love for protecting the weak.

Karla and Helen got along well as well. Mostly the same things as their husbands', but also the addition of loving literature, though they have differences of taste. Karla loved dark and mysterious type of books, like Cthulhu books, while Helen prefer books with happy endings or had poetry in them. Overall, everyone liked each other and that made Violet and Tony happy. Now that they're parents were happy with each other, that meant they'll allow them to continue dating each other. And now it was time for desert.

"Please, it's our treat. For making you wait sometime for your food." Said the Ashen one. "And as a way to say that we approve of Tony dating your daughter. She's certainly a keeper."

"As is your son." Said Bob as Dash began to dine in on the dessert, completely happy with the desert. Everything the Ryders' cook was excellent and tasty and so was their dessert! "I think it's all in agreement that we should allow our children to continue dating. Right?" Karla and Helen nodded in agreement. That caused Violet and Tony to smile and look at each other in happiness. That was it. It's over. They got the approval of their parents. Now all that was left was for them to continue dating and see if they're compatible enough to marry. This was a good day. Now nothing can ruin it.

"Oh, this a good day!" Yelled Irina, clapping her hands rapidly with a big smile on her face. "A very good day!" After she stopped clapping, she got up and said she needed to use the rest room. After telling everyone to eat the desert with care, she left for the restroom. Once she did, the Ashen one got a phone call. He was about to deny the call when he saw that it was Eygon. Thinking it was serious, he got up.

"Sorry everyone, but I need to take this call." Said the Ashen one in an apologetic tone. "Try to save me sone desert, okay?" With that, the Ashen one quickly left the dinner. Karla threw him a glance, but one glance from him told her that it was urgent. Sighing, she nodded and let him go.

Going to the kitchen, the Ashen one placed into a storage room and answered the call.

"Eygon, you just had to call now?" Asked the Ashen one, not exactly mad with his friend. If he was calling, it must be something urgent.

"Yes, I had to because you're in danger along your entire family and the Parrs!" Yelled Eygon as he rushed towards the nearest bonfire he knew of. Before the Ashen one could comprehend what Eygon said, the knight of Carim continued. "Some enemies of your past is coming to interrupt your dinner! To kill you, your family, and the Parrs! Get out of your shit restaurant and get to safety! I'll contact Yorshka and explain everything. Maybe get some backup to. Just get everyone to safety!" Still shocked, the Ashen shook his head and replayed everything that Eygon said. After making sure he got everything, he spoke.

"Okay, I'll get everyone out. Hopefully they haven't…" The Ashen one couldn't say anymore before the shattering of glass was heard and several yelps of surprise came from outside. One of them was his son. "Damnit, its too late! Get some backup and come to the Happy Platter! As quick as you can." With that, the Ashen one ended the call and went to the meat locker. He needed to suit up.

Meanwhile

"Ow!" Yelled Dash as he was manhandled to the ground by a large man in some metal armor, wearing a mask with the imprint of a skull on it. Looking around, Dash could see that similar men are holding his family plus Karla and Tony in place to the ground.

"Take your hands off my wife and kids!" Yelled Bob as he was being held to the ground by three men, one for his hands, another for his legs, and another for his body.

"What do you guys want!?" Demanded Helen. One moment, they were all enjoying themselves. The next the door to the Happy platter was broken down and a dozen men in old armor came and manhandled them to the ground. They acted so quick that none of them could react before they were upon them.

"What we want is vengeance." Said a woman's voice as a woman made her way towards the Parrs and Ryders, escorted by two men in white church garb and golden masks. Crushing glass as she made her to them, the woman revealed herself to be a woman of average height and wore a black mourning dress. She also wore a grey, metal, billed mask that concealed her face. The mask opened out the back of her head, revealing her long silver hair. Looking at Karla, who widened her eyes a bit at seeing the woman, she then looked at the Parrs. "And you all gave us that opportunity. Not only did we catch the Ashen one in the moment of weakness, we'll also kill off his entire family. For that, I'll make your deaths…" She then brought out a katana. "A quick one."