Chapter 2 – Lubbock
An hour after they had seen the face of the moon in broken pieces, Akame and Lubbock gathered some pieces of wood for a fire. They still remain on the roof for safety from the creatures on the ground. Akame sits across from Lubbock, one of her hands was over her stomach. Lubbock eats a small energy bar he had in pocket leftover from their trip to the mission point before. Akame sees him eating and starts to hear her stomach growl.
"Can I have that?" Says Akame.
"No way, you lost the right to ask for food from me when you stole mine and Najenda's breakfast." Lubbock says in a slightly angry tone. "Just go kill one of those danger beast down there and cook its meat like you always do."
"I cannot, these things evaporate as soon I slice then in half. We have no idea if there is real food or people for miles. This is all because of that stupid imperial arm." Akame replied in an angrier tone than she normally does not let out. Lubbock takes this claim to mean that she is saying this was his fault.
"You are blaming me for this! Would you have wanted to fight those freaks and possibly see our comrades get hurt, or more likely, die beside us? I took a chance and wanted to try to avoid conflict for everyone. I did not know that I would be sending all us to who knows where! I do not even have that stupid imperial arm anymore because it broke into balls of light, so I guess we're not getting home ever again!" Lubbock yells this at Akame in a venting rage.
The red eyed assassin returns to look back at the fire with her hand still over her stomach. Lubbock realizes his out of tone actions and moves over to Akame. He offers her the energy bar and speaks to her in a sincere tone. "Here, I am sorry for what I said. That was out of line." Akame gives him a small smile and accepts his offering.
"Are you sure?" She says ironically.
"It is fine, I have an extra one for later." Lubbock says.
"Can I have that one too?" Akame says before biting into the energy bar.
"No way, I have to eat something or I'm going to die soon." Lubbock says in sarcastic tone.
Upon making that statement, a loud shriek come from above. The two look over their heads to see a giant black bird, dive-bombing there location. They move to the edge of the roof and jump to an adjacent building. The bird crash into the building they once stood on, turning it into rubble. The monster then looks up at the prey it missed, letting out another shriek. It the flaps its wings to take off again, but was tied up by a several strands of thread. Lubbock's immunization of the enemy as Akame jumps down to rush the monster. As the bird struggles, the red eyed assassin draws her sword and decapitates the beast. The monster's corpse now went limp as it stated to evaporate.
"These things just come out of nowhere. They are not that hard to kill, but sure are a pain." Lubbock says to Akame on the ground level.
"Except when they heavily out number you, then it is better to run." Akame says as she moves to the building to scale back up. However, she pauses to look over her shoulder, sense a presence. Lubbock sees this and readies for another enemy encounter. They both see what looks like a person come into sight from the shadows of the building. They slowly start to smile as they realize who the person was. It was their friend who had the power of king of beasts.
"Hey guys, how you doing?" Their friend says with a smile.
"Leone!" Said Akame and Lubbock simultaneously in joy. Akame runs to her comrade to give her a hug, while Lubbock tries to scale down the building to join them.
"Have you meet any of the others?" Akame asked wondering if of her allies were all here.
"I found Najenda, Susanoo, and Chelsea in the Kingdom. Their taking shelter in an abandoned building. Najenda ordered me to find both of you outside the Kingdom. She sent Chelsea to go and find Mine and Tatsumi, I found there scent and pointed her in that direction." Leone said to Akame. At that moment Lubbock landed on the ground over hearing their conversation. He say upon landing, "Kingdom? You mean there are actually people and a society here?"
"Yes, this is not the Capital however. I could not find out much information, only names from overhearing the citizen's conversation. The Kingdom is called Vale and these wired danger beast are really called Grimm. This is not even our planet, this world is called Remnant and that is all I got." Leone responded to Lubbock's question. She then began to walk off into the street. "Now that I know you guys can handle yourselves out here, I can go steal some supplies for us. Najenda wants us to be spread thin for now to avoid attracting our past enemies or making new ones. After that, I need to find out more about this place and if it is better or worse than the Capital." She says, ready for move out.
"Did you say past enemies, you mean the Jaegers are here too?" Akame asks before Leone could leave. Leone turn around to face them, she says in a straight face, "I could feel their presence radiating inside the Kingdom but could tell where they are exactly, too many new people and not knowing there scent that well does not help. I do still have that same bad feeling from seeing General Esdeath again, I know she is somewhere in there." She then gives a slight smile before she continues talking, "You two do not need to worry about that now, just stay here and kill these Grimm before they get close to you. While I am getting supplies, anything you want specificity?"
"I want a lot of meat?" Said Akame.
"If you could find me a book or two to help me understand this world." Said Lubbock.
"Got it, be back in about a day, just stay here or close to here." Leone says as she activates her imperial arm and bolts off in the distance. Akame and Lubbock watch as she leaves and hope for the safety of their friends.