Heya, everyone! It's nice to meet you guys again! Alright, here's the next chapter.
Leo never thought Ink would kill a person. He doesn't know why. He could expect it, he shouldn't be surprised. Yet. Still. To him, she is like a happy kid having a great time along with Rust and his friends. Even though, she and her friends were treating Femt's monsters like things to score points in their game of headcount. He thought it was something they were coping when living in Hellsalem's Lot.
So, it made him wonder.
What the hell happened in New Jersey with that serial killer fraction?
Leo can sense the uneasiness in the room after hearing Rust's outburst about that fraction in New Jersey. Seriously...kids running around acting like serial killers and create a game to kill people for fun? It sounded so demented, it made Leo shaken. It scares him.
What kind of horrors did Rust face? By having some of his friends kidnapped? There were questions but first...Rust needed a break. He looked like it was something he was so upset about it.
"Hey Klaus, I wanna go check on Rust if that's alright." Leonardo raised his hand. Rust looks like he needs someone to talk to. Klaus nodded, "Of course, Leonardo. It's fine."
Leo excuses himself from the meeting. Leo searches for Rust downstairs by looking into the training room first and that's where Rust is at, staring out into the balcony, looking into the sky.
"Rust?" Leo called out.
Rust sighed as he glances over his shoulder, "Sorry, man...I didn't mean to yell at anyone."
"It's fine. We didn't know something like that happened to get you worked up. Do you want to talk about it?" Leo asked.
"I don't know...I mean...it isn't something I want to talk about like it's cool or anything." Rust sighed as he doesn't want to say it straight. It's hard to talk about it. "It's not like when we dealing with The Lupins and The Elite Anthem. Those guys...those Horror guys are assholes. No sick assholes." He sighed. "But I kinda glad that it's over."
Leo doesn't know what to say so he said this, "It's fine that you don't want to talk about. We can't force you. If anything, Rust. You went there to save your friends, right? Even if it is dangerous." Leo stated as he came over to the balcony. "It's brave of you guys."
Not to mention, Leo is saved and escorted out of danger thanks to Rust and his friends yesterday. It seemed like they cared even if they are reckless and kind of crazy in their own way. Leo can tell their heart is in the right place.
"Still...we can't imagine that you and friends went to a place like that and came out of there alive. It's..." Leo trails off.
"Crazy, right? People think we're crazy so they ain't wrong." Rust snickered. "They don't know the half of it."
"I'm shocked that you and Ink fought off a Blood Breed to the point that he had almost had to become egg to recover. The way Ink told us is like she is telling us how great it is even though it was scary to think about. Aren't you guys scared of dying?" Leo asked worriedly.
"Uh...nah. It didn't come to mind?" Rust said honestly. Leo blinked at this. Rust never thought he would die?
"I mean I could die but that wasn't somethin I can think about it first," Rust said. "I mean if any of my friends or the people I care bout, get hurt or hell get kidnapped, being afraid to die is the last thing in my mind, to be honest. I mean, I can worry bout that later!"Rust laughed.
"I'm...kinda jealous," Leo commented after hearing that.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
Leo remembers where he has to stop the King of Despair and got Black back to himself, getting of King of Despair out of him. Black right now is working at Dianne's Café so that's something. Still, seeing Klaus suffered serious injuries got him crying though even though he is ensured that what he did is right thanks to the spirit of humanity said by Klaus.
Then Leo remembers back to when his young sister was held unknowingly hostage by Dr. Gamimotz. Despite the risks and the way, he fought to save himself and his sister. It wasn't enough but for some reason, he did buy time where the rest of Libra came to save him.
Even though, if it should have been enough. There were times that Leo felt like a burden because of his eyes. This wouldn't happen if he didn't have a younger sister sacrificed her own eyes to that god. King of Despair wouldn't have to use his eyes to plan something so horrible for Hellsalem's Lot. Dr. Gamimotz wouldn't target Michelle if he didn't have All-Seeing God Eyes in the first place.
"You never thought about dying and you still..." In a way, Rust is like Klaus a bit. He would get seriously hurt and yet, he cares about his friends before his own.
"What the heck are ya bein jelly about me for? I mean yer in Libra! I bet ya got some super cool Blood Art Style on ya." Rust replied.
Huh? Wait for what? Leo stared at him in question. Wait ...has nobody told him yet? Leo thought.
"Uh...yeah about that. I'm not a Blood User." Leo chuckled sheepishly.
"Wait...ya aren't?" Rust asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah...you see...uh...there are members In Libra that aren't all Blood Users. I was told getting into the Blood Arts takes a lot of time." Guess it's time to tell him. "I mean...I'm not strong or smart or anything but the only thing I do have..." Leo takes a short pause as he realized what is he about to tell him, "But first, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone outside of Libra, okay? It's something that no one should know."
"Huh? Uh, sure thing." Rust answered but Leo isn't convinced.
"I'm serious, Rust. You can't tell anyone about this." Leo stated with his arms crossed, giving him a look even with his squinty eyes. Rust stared at him for a moment before giving him a firm nod, "Sure thing! I won't tell anyone including my own friends if it's something super important that nobody should know about. Only Libra knows."
"Heh." Leo smiled, "Alright then, don't freak out, okay?"
"Sure." What should he freak out? Is Leo a Beyonadian or something. Then Rust got a surprise of his life when Leo showed him just by opening his eyes.
"Woah..." Rust stared at the bright vibrant blue of his eyes. They weren't normal. It's... how could Rust described them? It was shiny like marbles and out of this world. Like beyond the Beyond.
"So, what do you think?" Leo asked.
"They looked...so freakin cool, Leo! Are you born with it or what? It's like I seeing an entire world or something inside them." Rust said in awe, can't help but smile in amazement.
Jeez, he really is a kid. Leo smiles sadly, "I got it from someone." Or rather that jerk like Riga for example.
"Really? Like who?"
"UH...it's something for me too hard to talk about. But since you talked about where you get your powers from like that devil, Ironia for example. It's only fair where I get these eyes from." And Leo told him the story on how he acquired the All-Seeing God Eyes from the god named Riga El Menuhyut as he is told that he has to record the incredible occurrence that is Hellsalem's Lot. However, the price was that his little sister, Michelle lost her eyes and is now blinded. Michelle is used as sacrifice. A pawn in this contract. After being told, Leo waited for the reaction.
"That's...messed up!" Rust made a face as he couldn't believe it.
"I know." Leo sighed exasperated, he can't believe how he helpless he felt at that time. The guilt is still there. It hurts.
"What kind of asshole would do to ya?!" Rust groaned. "That guy Riga El or whatever his name should get his ass kicked! Why can't he do this record this event BS himself?! He's a god, isn't he?!" He scowled.
"Huh?" Leo is surprised. Huh? Rust is upset with him, not me? He wasn't mad about me not doing anything as Michelle gave up her eyes to him?
"Do you always want to kick someone's ass because they did something wrong to other people?" Leo asked, recalling how his fraction operates by throwing parties at white-collar criminals' houses because of how they ruined other peoples' lives.
"Yeah! In my fraction, when there's some asshole that needs some ass-kicking. We take names and kick asses!" Rust said proudly.
"Even if he's a god?" Leo asked.
"Hell yeah! I'm a demon, remember?!" Rust retorted without thinking.
For some reason, Leo's cheeks begin to ballooned, "Pffftt..."He burst out laughing, startling Rust, "Sorry! This is the first I heard from someone who say that to me." Leo wiped a tear-off from his eye. "Haha...thanks." For some reason, hearing Rust getting upset on his behalf felt... nice. Most of the members in Libra aren't vocal about it. Maybe they did? Leo hasn't noticed it.
"No prob. That's what friends do." Rust stated.
Wait. Did Rust consider me a friend?
"Me? A friend? But why? Aren't you mad that I'm the one who put you in the hospital and you can't leave because of it?" Leo questioned.
"Huh? Uhm..." Rust didn't think about it, "I was, yeah. But not anymore-wait...what does your eyes got to do with me being put in the hospital?"
Oh, right. He doesn't know what my eyes can do.
"Well, you see. It's hard to tell Blood Breeds from humans, since most of them passed off as human. I mean sure, you can tell, with some camcorder and mirror to find out who's a Blood Breed but it's not enough. So, with my eyes, I can detect and tell Blood Breeds due to to...their auras." He points to his eyes.
"Wait really?!" Rust blinked, "That's cool! Hold on, what's my aura then?" He asked curiously. Leo mentally sighs as he explains, "Yours is different from a Blood Breed. Most Blood Breeds' auras are red and have crimson wings but with yours, you have red horns on top of your head. No wings or anything."
"Shit for real?! Wait...why do I have horns?" Rust asked.
"Maybe because you're a devil and devils are popular for having horns?" Leonardo pointing this out as now he thinks about. Devils and horns. He recalled Ink's horns being blue and rigid in contrast to Rust's who's red and looks fluid. In the battle, he remembers them being rigid during his fight with the Blood Breed at the hospital. The existence of demons is something that Leo is curious about. He wonders how many auras are different.
"Oh, good point!" Rust nodded.
"Yeah...but...since your red is aura, I couldn't tell if you're another Blood Breed or not, so that's why we took you in for custody because of that, just to make sure. So, I hope that explains everything. Sorry about that." Leo sighed, feeling bad for dragging Rust into their business. Not to mention, he got separated from his friends and got hurt by Blood Breeds back then. Not once but twice! All because of his eyes. Again. Leo is so angry at himself for this. Guilt begins to creep on him.
However, Rust's response isn't something that Leo didn't expect.
"Oh..." Rust nodded as he begins to understand now, "Ah...it's fine." He shrugs. "No big deal."
Eh?
"Wait...what do you mean it's fine?! You're not mad or all?" Leo widened his eyes at him as it didn't make sense to him. "I mean it's isn't fine at all. You got hurt because of me. I mean...you saved me twice from getting impaled and getting killed by Blood Breed" He looks down.
"Huh? Hey Leo, c'mon." Rust goes on to explain, "Look, I was mad at ya guys first but ya know, I got over it. I mean, shit happens. If it weren't for ya. I would been of dead or going nuts with my powers. I mean...I couldn't control myself or didn't know I have that kind of power in me. I didn't know there were other Blood Users like myself and I'm kind of glad that Libra is around, you guys helping me out with my blood powers." Rust replied as he stares out at the city. "So yeah, don't worry about it, okay?" Rust grinned.
"Rust..." Leo couldn't believe it. Hold on. It's because of him, Rust is saved? It didn't make sense; Rust should be mad at him even if he was 'saved'. Yet, he is saying that he's glad? It didn't make sense but yet...it felt kind of nice? Leo doesn't know how to feel about that.
"But anyway, what else do your eyes do?" Rust asked curiously.
Huh?
"My eyes?" Leo replied.
"Yeah! I mean they are called All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods, right? So, there's something more to it, right?" Rust replied as he is really curious.
"Well...uh..." How could he explain his powers to Rust? He wasn't sure if he is ready to tell him that he can see Blood Breed's true name. He wasn't sure it was the time yet. But... "I can hack people's eyes?" Leo said after some thought.
"Wait, really?! Ya can?! How?" Rust asked as he is eager to know. "How do ya hack people's eyes. Do you cast a spell or something?"
"Remember how we got surrounded by Femt's monsters on 7th Avenue yesterday with your friends?" Leo tells him. Rust nods as he remembers, "Yeah and then I saw strange symbols all over their eyes and wait! That was you?!" Rust exclaimed. Leo nods with a smile, "That's me!" He pointed to himself.
"Awesome!" Rust grinned. "We're about to fight out no matter what, and-and you did that?! That's pretty cool! Ink wanted to know what was it all night! We all thought it was caster joinin in or somethin! Man...it sucks I can't tell her!" Rust laughed.
"Yeah...but that's all I'm good for..." Leo sighed with a sad smile.
"Huh?!" Rust paused, "What are ya talkin bout?!"
"Despite having these eyes giving me super sight, how fast I can see things, seeing through illusions and making people see things just to trick them or helping them out. That's all I'm good for. I mean...I'm not strong like the others or have any other powers," Leo sighed. "Lame, right?" He chuckled. "Also, ever since I got them, it's weird getting used to them."
Rust is silent for a moment after hearing that until, "Then...about...how you hack my eyes?"
The record scratched.
Wait. Wait. Wait. What did he just say right now?
"The hell are you saying?!" Leo exclaimed.
"I'm serious! I wanna see how you see things." Rust said it.
Huh?! What does that mean?!
"You said you hack people's eyes to help out or trick? Can you do it on me?" Rust asked.
"Why?!" Leo asked.
"Cuz the way ya talked bout them sounds awesome and it doesn't sound lame at all!" Rust argued.
"Okay?! Thanks?" Leo responded, "Why the heck do you want me to hack your eyes! Are you crazy?"
"No! There's nothing lame about being a Support." Rust argued.
"Support?!" Leo questioned. What the heck is Rust talking about?
"Yeah! Now hack my eyes!" Rust yelled.
"What does that mean?!" Leo yelled.
"Hack my eyes and I tell ya!" Rust restored. "JUST Do it!"
Ugh. It looks like Rust isn't giving up so Leo sighed loudly and did it. Vibrant blue sigils appeared over Rust's eyes. Rust blinked as his world was blue before it transitions and adjusted into... colorful. There is some auras of different colors from all walks of life. It was amazing. "So that's how you seeing? It's like everything is in HD! Haha! Looks amazin from here. Woah." Wait. Hold on.
"Happy?" Leo doesn't understand what is Rust is getting at but he's going to hear him out.
"Wait...can your eyes zoom in and out?" Rust asked.
"Really?" Leo made a face.
"I'm serious!" Rust then caught of something. It was white and it was in his sight. Huh? It's a small creature, a squirrel? No, it's a small monkey leaping from one building to the next, then came up right in his face. "Woah!" Rust falls on his behind. "Oof!" What then? What was that?
"Oh hey, Sonic! Where were you been?" It was Leo as he pets the monkey in his hands before it hides in his collar. The monkey called Sonic, pops up and stares at Rust with his
"Huh? Is that a Sonic Speed monkey?" Rust pointed as he didn't get to see one in person before.
"Yep." Leo nodded, "Oh! I forgot to introduce him to you. His name is Sonic. Sonic meets Rust though I think Sonic sees you a couple of times." Leo chuckled. Rust's attention now focuses on Sonic as Sonic jumps down and approaches him slowly.
"Hey little guy." Rust kneels and offers a hand to him with a smile. Sonic then accepts as he climbs up on his arm and nuzzles him on the cheek. "Haha! Cool!" He smiled making Leo smile. Seeing how Rust is cheered up now.
"How did you managed to find him?" Rust pets Sonic with his finger gently, like this little guy.
"I caught him. He tried to stole my camera once when I got here in the city." Leo explained.
"Caught him? Wait, you caught Super Sonic monkey with your eyes?!" Rust said as he is amazed by this. Sonic climbs on top of Rust's blond hair.
"Like I said, my eyes give me super sight and caught how fast things are." Leo smiled as he deactivated the sigils over Rust's eyes as he feels that his eyes might get overheat. Rust's eyes blinked and shakes his head with his eyes closed. He reopens them and grins, "Wow. Yer eye powers are freakin awesome!' Rust knows he's repeating himself but he can't help it, "Also..Leo, it's nothin wrong if ya can't fight and don't have any other superpowers." Leo listened as Rust talks, "In my fraction, some of us can't fight and don't want to fight. We got powers that can help others in a fight. We got an uh...a hacker, a healer, a chef also driver, someone who's good at scouting and a tank!" Rust grinned.
"A tank?" Leo repeated. Healer? A Chef who also a driver. The two people that came to his mind was the girl in glasses who healed him. Ophelia was it? And the driver, Jaron? He's a chef?! Leo is now really curious about his fraction. It filled with interesting and amazing people. Probably crazy.
"Yea! We got Gerald, if anythin. He's stronger than me and Ink combined, heck most of the team but he really doesn't want to hurt people since he's really too strong even if he wants to fight for fun!" Rust smiled.
"Really?" Leo questioned. Someone that is stronger than Ink and Rust? And he doesn't fight?! What?!
"Yep! He can push through anything and smash through anything. Nothing hurts him. You can't cut him, you can't hit, you can't shoot him, the bullets fly off him. Hell, anyone who tries to punch him will get their hands broken. It's cuz he got the toughest skin out of all of us. He's a walking tank!" Rust grinned as he liked talking about his friends' abilities. Like Ink, powers are awesome to him.
That sounds like Brody & Hummer except it's two people in one. Leo thought. Then Leo realized something. "Is Gerald the one with the shaved head and in a green hoodie. The one who says that he likes pie and tells me every kind of pie he likes!" That Gerald?! He's the strongest out of you guys! He thought.
"That's him! You met him yesterday in Jaron's car. Remember? You ate with him in Dianne's' Diner!" Rust grinned.
"How old is he?!" Leo asked.
"Fourteen. He's younger than the rest of us in our fraction." Rust answered.
FOURTEEN?! What the-how?! "No way." Leo is at lost for words.
"Hell yeah!" Rust laughed as he like the look on Leo's face.
"Is he like you guys? What devil did he make a contract with?!" Leo is curious to know.
"The Grendel. The one from Norse mythology or somethin," Rust answers as he thought about it, "The story of Beowulf and all that."
Leo is not familiar with mythology or all that. But he has the feeling that the devil must be super strong to give Gerald something like that. Though, the point still stands. Why do devils want to give kids demonic powers anyway?
"So, like what I'm sayin, Gerald wants to fight but he doesn't want to hurt anymore so...he wants to be the one to protect everyone. Kinda like a bodyguard or a knight like me!" Rust smiled. "So, what I'm sayin, Leo. You shouldn't be too hard on yourself for having one kind of power. Use it in your way to help. Besides...you always have someone backing you up!" Rust said. "That's what support does and has! Making sure you help out the fighters on the frontlines and the fighters got your back or front that your help doesn't go to waste! Yeah! That kind of thing." Rust nods at his own words as it made sense in his mind.
Use it in his own way. In a way, Rust is right. When he was in a tight spot when dealing with Dr. Gammitoz. He had to use his smarts against him. Leo never thought of a being support, he wished that he shouldn't be too hard on himself. Ugh.
"Oh shit! I shouldn't tell ya that about my fraction! That was supposed to be secret!" Rust blinked. "Forget what I said!" He waved his hand. If Rust spills it out to his team about how he talks about his friends' powers and devils, Navarro probably will kill him.
"Hm?" Leo tilted his head and smiles, It's fine! Let's keep this between us." He chuckles, "Also thanks, Rust. That made me feel better about myself. Also, I can't wait to know more about your friends"
"No prob." Rust said. "If ya wanna meet them, I can show you the places we hang out." Rust grinned.
"Seems like you are cheered up, young Rust!"
Both heads turned to see Gilbert standing there holding a tray of three coffee cups, giving them a kind smile.
"Gilbert? What are you doing here?" Leo asked.
"I'm here because Klaus is worried and not to mention, it seems both of you need a cup of milk tea. Especially for you, Rust." Gilbert smiled as he offers cups to them both.
"Thanks, Gilbert." Leo smiled as he takes the cup into his hands. Rust takes the cup slowly and cradles slowly in both his metal and human hands. "Uh...Gilbert. I'm sorry that I shouted at you. I need to apologize to the rest of them properly and own up for it."
"Hm?" Gilbert blinked, "Oh no! No need for that." He shakes his head and gives the teen a kind and assuring smile, "If anything, Klaus is angry on your behalf. Having something so terrible happened to you and your friends made him visibly upset."
"Huh? Whaddya mean?" Rust blinked as he didn't understand why Klaus mad for. "Why is he mad bout?"
"You see. Libra was supposed to go New Jersey once we heard that there's Beyondain activity there like the group you and your friends fought but it was too late as there is a battle and the news about the dismantled of the group hours later." This got Rust blinking, "but there is so much happening in Hellsalem's Lot, it's hard to expand our organization." Gilbert sighed.
"So, um..." Rust looks hesitant, "How did they take it?"
"Well...when it came to learning about them." Gilbert scratches his cheek as he answers what went down in the meeting,
"So, you're telling me that this group went unnoticed about five months because they took hostage of the mayor and bribed a few government officials from here to there? Most of them turned the other way including the mayor?" Klaus asked quietly as his hands folded but his friends can feel it from him.
Klaus is ticked off. And he's not the only one.
"How can they let them go on about four months! What the hell are those government morons doing?!" Zapp said angrily, can't believe that this shit went on for months.
"So their excuse was that they couldn't do anything to them after a few massacres against the police percent's, they didn't have the guts to call in the national guard since most of them are held against their will as well as the threat over the families." Steven reported. "They really felt helpless..."
Klaus sighed. "How horrible. However, there is no excuse for this."
The crimes that Steven listed out to the group made everyone rethink that Blood Breeds are just bad guys compare to them, these guys are truly horrors to deal with. They were truly more monstrous than Blood Breeds. How did Rust and his friends managed to beat them and came out alive? It made them really wonder.
The crimes are listed.
Mass murders. Breaking into Prisons. Kidnapping. Possession of drugs. Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Now that wasn't the worst part. The details of it were.
How they kill.
Mauling. Strangulation. Drowning. Slicing. Pecking. Cutting. Crushed. Clubbed. Death by Air. Hit-&-Run.
Steven had to take a pause for a breather. As he couldn't believe how many these guys kill in a variety of ways. And the part about breaking into prisons? They were just kidnapping potential candidates to be part of their own cult. The prisoners especially young juveniles that were used for experimentation as they are given enhanced drugs to give them strength but also make them loyal to the fraction. Making them part of the army.
What's more, they didn't stop there. They are also recruiting teens and young adults from foster care and programs for at-risk teens. Scared Straight programs, community services, and other things that serve as punishment. Their operations spread and almost took control of an entire state of New Jersey. They were put to a stop by other fractions like DBT and this fraction in Philipedia called Seeker Tribe as the group tried to expand over state lines.
When it came to the victims and their autopoiesis. Most of them were headless, they belong to all humans but there were Beyondians thrown into the pile.
FBI. SWAT. Veterans. Homeless. Teachers. Criminals.
"Why the heads?" K.K asked. She wished she didn't ask. But she had a hunch on why though.
"After the massive battle and their disbandment, the FBI found a warehouse where the shelves were all lined with skulls with each name of the prep craved into it along with the victims."
"Taking count of their kills," Zapp said darkly, he tightens his fists.
"It's hard to think that these demons were once human children," Zed commented. Did the power corrupt them? It made him think of Rust. It made him very worried.
"They said that nothing is crueler than a child," Steven said with a sigh.
"Those aren't fucking kids playing around. They're fucking psychos..." Zapp uttered under his breath.
"We have information on the key players and their leader, Killer Night, real name, Matt Knack. He's killed along with a few others. Another key player is dead. The rest went into the hiding. The low members are either killed or captured."
"Why is he called Killer Night? Is it because he prefers to kill at night every time?" K.K asked with her arms cross, looking grimly at the bounties on the table.
These guys look like demons as their bounties are plastered on the table. None of them look human in their drawings. Two of them look like they were wearing costumes while the rest look truly demonic. Two members were crossed out, declaring them deceased. Here are the names.
Jason The Massacre Wolf. $720,000
Shrika The Crow. $820,000
Charlie The Hanger. 100,000
Sid The Ghost. $900,000
Pete The Beelzebub. 880,000
Cobin The Animatronic Chainsaw Killer. 200,000
Lex The Frilled Lizard. $450,000
Matt The Killer Night. $2, 000, 000
"These are the words of an informant who described his abilities. He's also the one witnessed that Van Ink the Dragon killed Matt. He stated that his special ability was to cover an entire area pitch black about a city block and have his minions killed their victims under it." Steven read the report written by Mr. Henderson, part of the FBI on the taskforce combating this terrible fraction with the help of ally fractions who had fight back against them.
"So, he lets his lackeys doing the killing for him?" Zapp asked. Damn, these bounties are higher than DBT's.
"Yes, but some of the victims he killed, he craved his names into their skulls that are affected by the ability. His kill counts? Over 1,000, if you included the numbers where he instigates the killings for his members." Steven said.
"What a scary bunch they are..." Abrams commented. "Lucky for everyone, that Rust lad and his friends defeated them, correct?" He asked. Steven nods. Abrams hums, "Impressive."
"So how did that kid, Ink beat something like that?!" Zapp scowled, as he couldn't believe it.
"The light..." Klaus said. "The light defeated the darkness." He stated, recalling his fight with her. "If I was there, I would put an end to it, immediately." Klaus narrows his eyes behind his glasses at the bounties while gripping his folded hands tightly.
"I-I didn't know Klaus was that mad." Rust didn't believe that Klaus would feel that way. But Rust shouldn't be surprised, the way those guys, The Lovely Horrors, they did things that were pretty fucked up. By demons' standards. It would make anyone mad.
Do demons even have any standards? Rust thought with a frown. The teen honestly didn't believe that those guys were of the same race as him and his friends. As well existed out there. Everyone he knew from other fractions is disgusted by their actions; the Lovely Horrors are acting like they're the true demons.
But.
Why did he expect? Demons are known for well...being demons.
Ugh. It made his brain hurt just thinking about it.
"Knowing my master, he would of annihilate them if he had the chance." Gilbert spoke, "Regardless, Klaus finds you very admirable that you went to a dangerous place to rescue your friends and put it an end to that during the whole night yet it shocks him that he couldn't believe that adults rely on the help of children to combat such terrors. To him, it wasn't right that youths like yourself should fight monsters." Gilbert informed.
Rust looked down so Leo interjects, "Hey now! Knowing Klaus, he's the type of person who cares about you, Rust. I mean here, you don't have to worry about it. You don't have to worry about fighting those things." Jeez, now Leo hearing that, Rust fight them yet he shouldn't fight them at the same time. It's hard to understand but he gets it. He never thought Lovely Horrors are much worse than Blood Breeds.
"Yeah...I know, it's just..." Rust frowns. The problem is, he didn't mind fighting. So why would Klaus be angry about that? Is it because he cares that much about him? He doesn't know how to feel about that.
"That said. Rest assured." Gilbert continues, "I think everyone understands the way you acted back there after being informed. Even I was in shock yet I understand why. We didn't mean to bring up a sensitive subject and question your actions."
"It's fine...I mean...you guys have a bunch of questions. It's fair that you asked." Rust sighed before taking a sip of his milk tea, "Anyway...is that the only thing that Abrams guy here for?" He asked, wanting to change the conversation.
"Unfortunately, that and wanting to know about your blood powers," Gilbert informs him. "He might find a way to help you. If you're ready to come back, that is." Rust sighs at that, "Okay, that makes sense. I'm... ready to go back now. Let's get going." He wants to get this over with, already. No use staying here and mop around.
"Very well. Let's go back." Rust rolls his shoulder, trying to muster confidence into himself not before drinking down a cup of milk tea in one swing, surprising Gilbert for a moment "Also! Your milk tea is super tasty and made me a lot better! Thanks!" Rust yelled with confidence as Sonic jumps from Rust's head to Leo's hand.
"Hm?" Gilbert blinked before chuckling, "I'm glad that you liked it."
Leo smiled as the three return to the meeting room.
Okay! A bit of Rust's past is shown in bits as well as what kind of monsters that Rust and his team fought on occasions. Not only they deal with white-collar criminals, but they also deal with other demons.
Lovely Horrors is one example of a fierce terrible enemy fraction.
Now, what's next? How could Abrams help Rust?!
Stay tuned for the next chapter.