Chapter 2 - Mission in the Arklay Mountains
The smoke and fumes rose high into the air from the explosion that had just occurred. To the left of the bomb site were two young men in their early twenties. One of them turned to the other and said;
"May I suggest we leave this sight, I don't fancy being here when locals arrive. I mean there's no need to kill innocents… yet, unless the situation calls for it"
The other sat there with a blank expression on his face, slowly rose and walked past his acquaintance, shooting him a frosty glare.
"I believe our mission here is complete so now we move out, I know the perfect place…"
"Does this certain place give me the opportunity to show off my skills of telekinesis?"
"No! We are going to lay low for the time being until the current situation has blown over. We are heading towards a mansion in the mountains, last reports from Madara say that's its abandoned"
"Do we really need to lay low? I mean who can stop us if we are drawn into a fight, we once again proved that no one can compare to us by causing the train line explosion. Plus if need be you have the ability to destroy the nearby city and a chunk of the surrounding landscape with little effort."
"That may be true but only if the situation requires me to take such a drastic measure, only you and I know the draw backs of my power, a normal burst of power has a 3 second recharge rate while a city size can take up to 3 minutes. But enough of this we move out… Now!"
With this said both men started to walk in a steady but quick pace deeper into the forest. The leader of the two in front of the other with his cloak starting to blow in the wind, signs of a storm were starting to show as the clouds turned gray and the light turned dark, the wind starting to get stronger turning into a powerful gust.
Eventually they came to a clearing and in sight was a rather large structure that dominated the surrounding landscape; this was the mansion that they were looking for. They sped up and walked towards there safe refuge, with a loud creek the doors opened and into an almost majestic main hall with a grand staircase in the centre which led in two different directions on the buildings second floor. Now within the mansion the leader of the two turned to the other.
"Now that we're here we lay low"
"What does that mean?" the other said
"It means that we stay here until we get word to leave, until it's safe"
His tone of voice deepened and grew more hostile.
"I don't like the idea of sitting around waiting for that usurper to tell us to leave, we both know he wouldn't beat you in a fight, and yet he's the one giving you orders"
"That's beside the point, we have our orders and we follow them. Now we stay here until called for"
"Fine but I'm looking around, I'm not one to just sit here and wait until something happens" The man started walking towards the closest door to him, the first on the left and slightly turned his head back to the other "Pein, you might think Madara is planning the same as you, but he's got other plans for all of us, to him we're all expendable."
As the younger of the two men entered the dining room there was an unexplainable noise coming from in the corridor. He had decided to go and investigate. Once inside the corridor he closed the squeaky door behind himself and went down the corridor into the strange noise. There was a horrific looking creature with rotted flesh. But it was the smell that caught his attention the most…
The young man doubled back upon himself as the creature made a grab for him. Paralysed with fear, the man fell back through the door to the main hall as the monster caught up with him and fell on top of him with an odd look of hunger and rage in its decaying eyes. The elder of the two looked up, breaking his concentration from his meditation. His head turned ever so slightly and he fixated his gaze upon the inhuman cannibal and sent it flying across the main hall just before the thing took a chunk out of his partner.
"Thank you for that"
Pein didn't bother with a reply. Instead his eyes closed and quiet descended on the main hallway once more. Noticing his partners concentration had returned the youngest male decided to step out into the open to think about what had just happened. He noticed some rustling and the voice of a young woman growing ever closer.
"Sir there is a mansion. Shall I go in over?"
"Yes but maybe I should come with you. Just to be on the safe side. Over"
"That's a negative sir! I'll do it alone. Over"
"Okay Officer. Radio in if there is trouble. Over"
"Affirmative sir. Over"
"Be careful. I Love You. Over"
"Love you too sir. Over"
The youngest male went back in to his partner and told him about his findings as the young girl outside continued her conversation with her boss.
"Pein. We have an intruder in our midst."
End of Chapter 2