Hi guys! Here's the first chapter in the second volume of Rust's story; In Libra, We Have The Bloodhound. This might be short but I swear I made this super interesting I hope.
Ever since Rust Knight joined Libra, it hasn't been a week as he is in the middle of chaos and destruction, thanks to King of Depravity, Femt's experimental monsters. The members of Libra were used or more like annoyed with Femt's antics. But with Rust?
It was another fun day to let loose.
Finally!
If Rust were, to be honest, he felt awkward that he's not fitting in with the rest of the group even most of the members are Blood Users like himself. Sure, Leo gave him a tour around the office and it is a cool office. No, not cool but awesome! He gotta admit that. They have a greenhouse, a tank that Zed lives, and well..everything.
Still, he got a lot of questions but doesn't how to ask or where to start. So, this is a good way to get that awkwardness out.
Femt's monsters were elephant-sized carnivorous hybrids of cat, lizard, and shark being fused. Cat eyes, scales, and sharp maws of a shark ready to snap at anything. To Rust, this is nothing. He and his fraction, DBT treats Femt's monsters like a fun game of who has the most kill counts. A competition between one another while the non-combatant members tended to the civilians or watch till it's over. For his team, it's their favorite pastime even if they hate that Femt's antics mess with their party events.
With that, he jumps over one monster and lands behind it, grabbing its tail and giving the monster a good spin and sending it flying across the street. Have crashing into a store. Then he runs over to another, decking the second monster in a jaw, breaking all of its teeth, and was sent flying to another direction. The toothless monster with a broken jaw almost landed close to a most vulgar foul-mouthed member of Libra.
"OI, NOOBIE SHITTY BRAT!"
And there's this asshole... Rust frowned at the familiar voice and sound of stomping coming in his way. Dressed in white, white jacket and pants with a black turtleneck underneath. He had white hair as his skin is brown. Zapp Renfro came over to the blond with his blood blade,
"We got a job to do! Take this shit seriously!" He yelled.
"What do ya think I'm doin?!" Rust yells back. "I'm beatin the crap out of them!"
"We're protecting the city, not fucking around like what you're doing! ALSO! You almost have me buried under one of those things!" Zapp yelled pointing to the unconscious toothless monster and not before, he sliced an incoming monster into pieces as it tried to charge into them.
Rust wasn't surprised anymore.
"Ugh! Fine, I'm sorry! It won't happen again!" Rust groaned.
"Yeah, uh-huh, I call bullshit! How about you make yourself useful! You damn noob!"
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Rust yelled, "ALSO! Who the hell are ya callin me a noob?!"
"I AM, YOU SHITTY NOOBIE BRAT! AND ALSO!" He pokes or rather...bonking Rust on the head with the butt of his blade repeatedly, "I'M YOUR SENIOR! YOU RESPECT MUH AUTHORITY! YOU GET THAT?!"
Rust pushes his sword to the side, "KNOCK IT OFF, YA GRUMPY ASS OLD MAN!"
"I'M 24 YEARS OLD, YOU LITTLE SHIT!" Zapp shouted.
"Uh-HUH! BULLSHIT!"
"Guys! Come on! We're getting surrounded here!" And here comes the short member of Libra the holder of All-Seeing Eyes of God, wearing his blue baggy clothes with his orange goggles on. Leonardo Watch is trying to break up the argument as a horde of Femt's monsters is now surrounding them.
"Shit..." Zapp lit up his cigar as he starts to twirl his sword.
Rust wrinkled his nose in disgust and mutter, "Seriously..."
"The hell ya say, brat?!"
"Nothing! Can we beat the shit outta them, now?!" He retorted.
Seriously, ever since he met Zapp and joined Libra, this guy is giving him lots of shit like he's hazing him for no reason. Always giving him a side-eye and mutters under his breath. What's more, he didn't know that this guy constantly challenges Klaus like jumping on him but ends up getting his ass kicked. It was so fast; it was in a blink of an eye.
(Thanks to Leo telling him that as he is shocked to see this happen when he first enters the office on his first day.)
This guy got issues! It's like Navarro and Shdwkyz being put into one here!
Only the bad parts!
Like holy shit, that guy gave him a panic attack, telling him that he's late on only to find out that Libra doesn't have a strict attendance policy as Leo told him. He said that everyone comes around 10 am or 11 am, not 8 am like any workplace! And this was on his FIRST FREAKING DAY! And oh! It happened not twice but three times! Rust felt like an idiot! What the hell?!
And oh...how did Zapp got his phone number, you ask? Well, if you're thinking Libra's technology that can hack into peoples' phones in search of information, you're wrong. That just came second!
What happened was Leo followed his fraction, DBT on Instagram and Facebook for updates on their activities. Next, Ink finds out and friends him then asks if they want to exchange hers and Rust's phone numbers. Honestly, he can't blame them because neither side didn't get their phone numbers. BUT! Once Leo got his phone number. For some reason, his phone number is passed on to Klaus, Zed, Steven, and finally that asshat, Zapp!
So that's how it happened!
He didn't even get breakfast on the third day until his stomach growled for everyone to hear. Making the chief, Klaus worried about him. It was embarrassing to which Zapp snickering as if it was nobody's business.
Flashback!
"Wait...you skip breakfast because you thought we start at 8 am?" Klaus asked. "You haven't eaten anything at all this morning?" He asked worriedly.
"Uh...yeah? I mean...it's fine! I ate a lot last night so it's not a big deal. Anyway, isn't that how every place of work does, right?" Rust asked, looking confused and feeling embarrassed, wondering if he got the time wrong.
"Not really, most of us came at 11 am or afternoon," Leo stated. "I mean...I don't think we're strict on attendance."
"Indeed." Gilbert voiced his agreement. "Master Klaus doesn't mind what time you come in as long as you come in." He said, pouring tea for everyone.
Rust blinked. Huh? What did they say? "But I thought..." Rust immediately looks over to Zapp whose is whistling, pretending that he's looking at his smartphone. But then lips curved upwards as he now can't help cracking up. Leo frowns as he starts to realize what was going on. It was a prank!
"Seriously, Zapp?" Leo asked with a frown. "Really?!" He crossed his arms.
"Oh, c'mon! If the kid is going to be a member of this crew then he's gotta take this seriously. Look it's working! I made him come early like three times already!" Zapp said as Rust arriving early which proves his point. As if...he's going to mask that as an excuse to prank the blond teen on his first day and the second day.
"Like telling him that he's late and made him skip breakfast?!" Leo asked incredulously. "ALSO, THREE TIMES?!" He yelled.
"Oh, it's fine! I don't mind." Rust replied.
"Huh...what do you mean you don't mind?! Aren't you mad?" Leo exclaimed.
"Nah. I get that's a test so I don't mind!" Rust said.
"See?" Zapp wraps around Leo's shoulder with his arm, smugly and points, "The rookie ain't bothered by this! He gets it! So, he passed!" He looks to the blond, "I betcha you and your team did the same thing, don't ya?" Zapp laughs.
"Not really!" Rust laughs but the inside?
Wait till I get ya, you fucker.
Flashback end...
And man, he should have got mad the first time around because now Zapp is finding things to haze him with. Even so, he can't just complain in his first week especially if it's close to the weekend. Like c'mon!
But hey! At least karma came to bite him on the ass. That form of karma came in as a woman in a suit. A woman named Chain. She hits him every time she comes in. Invisible werewolf?! That's not something he sees every day! He didn't feel the need to get back at Zapp.
At first, he thought it was an accident until it was done on purpose. Making him wonder if it's acceptable until he realized that Zapp is a kind of asshole whose ego needs to take down a peg or two.
"No! Take the pubehead and get your ass out of here! Your asses are on standby!"
"HUH?!" Both Leo and Rust yelled in unison. Leo didn't like to be called names but it would be good to get out of here. These things are swarming around them like sharks. He looks over to Rust to see his reaction.
"Oh, come on!" Rust yelled, throwing his arms up. He was ready to throw down his hands and kick ass. He doesn't run away from a fight! Plus...they're surrounded. It's better to fight their way out and-
Suddenly strands of blood fell upon several monsters, ensured them.
斗流血法
"Big Dipper Blood Battle Style..."
"Blade Form Two..."
刃身の式·空斬糸
"Sky-Slicing Strands!"
Right away, Zapp Renfro quickly sliced the several monsters into pieces, creating a clear pathway for both boys to flee. That ruins the action of fighting like hell.
"See?! Now get going! Don't argue with me, shitty brat or you telling me that your dumbass ain't good at protecting people like a runt like him?" Zapp points at Leo to make a point.
"Damnit, Fine!" Rust groaned. He grabs Leo by the waist, lifts him, and takes off. "Come on!" He yelled as he dashes out to safely. Not before, punching a monster out of the way.
Leo yells in surprise as Rust makes his way up to the rooftops using his Destroyer. It took one pull of a railing to jump high and land with ease.
Rust looks over to Leo and asks, "You okay?"
"Y-yeah...that was amazing." Leo stammered. Leo can tell the blond is bummed out but seriously...who gets upset by not fighting some monsters that are going to eat you for lunch?!
"Good, let's hope none of those Cat-shark things catch up with us." Rust sighed. Then suddenly, Leo yells as he points frantically something behind, "R-R-RUST! WATCH OUT!"
A huge shadow darts to the air and under the sun, it reveals a huge Cat Shark, diving down on the two with jaws wide open.
"EEEEKKKK!" Leo screams in terror, while Rust cracks his knuckles with a wide grin,
"Shiit~so much for standby!"
Let's go!
Not bad for the first chapter for the second volume! So what's next! Just wait! w