Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 5
Chapter 2: Let the Fat One In
(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)
It was a busy night as everyone was going to bed in the Kanzaki homestead. At the Blue Iris, the masseurs and masseuses were closing up for the evening after low turnout in the spa altogether. Little did everyone know was that I had returned a few weeks ago as Jun was outside overseeing the cows that were busy bedding down for the night. The sight of the black and white animals were more than enough for her to be content with her dairy as she saw a machine coming towards the cowpiles as they were scooping them up from the grass. It was a calm night as Jun was going home to the main house in her castle. Just as she was about to do so, she heard the sound of a man yelling as she sprinted towards an alley where several buildings were housed at.
When she got there, she saw something in the shadows as it left after being there for a brief moment. In that brief trouble tht she would see afterwards, she saw a man dead in the alley as he was emaciated with nothing but his clothes that became too big for him. It was something that she never expected to see before as she had to report to someone directly soon, for this wasn't the very end of what would happen next. Just as she was about to return, she saw something fly in the distance as it was a ridgeback dragon that was landing next to the castle gates. She feared worst things as she went outside to see the dragon up close, only to find that it was none other than one of Shion's two familiars that came and went so far.
"What the hell are you doing here?" she said to the ridgeback dragon as it stayed firm.
"I had a feeling that a pishtaco would come here without noticing," sid the dragon.
"Wait…, you're Donna, aren't you? Still, you're long away from your home on Westeros, but your timing is bad."
"Even though I can't fit in your castle, but I must warn you that the pishtaco you saw can't be taken lightly."
"I know about what I saw now when I noticed one of the villagers dead and he was getting to be overweight with all the cakes and cookies he's been eating until he became emaciated in an alleyway."
"I'm just giving you the heads-up 'cause I'm no stranger to those things due to the fact that I noticed one at a health spa once during the Elder Days. Believe me, having your fat sucked out of you ain't fun and the monster that's been hiding in plain sight can't hide forever."
"I'll send word to Ginryu about this. As for you, you're gonna have to report to Shion about this very soon..."
"Still, you better watch out for the pishtaco because it's not the type that you can let get away so far."
Jun saw the dragon depart as she returned to her homestead. When she was overseeing the daily duties of the villagers getting ready for bed, she saw another victim dead as it was a woman who became emaciated the same way like the man in the alleyway. It was hell in her homestead as she had to do something very soon, for the threat that Donna told her was hiding in plain sight, but had to be found eventually…
I was up and alert as I was seeing the twins play in the grass. The spring air warmed up as I couldn't get enough of it so far. With the restoration effort going in full swing, we were ready to see Kanto Village rising once again as we weren't about to give up on the dignity that we all had as a whole. When I noticed a courier arriving to give me a letter, I opened it up as it was registered to me eventually. The message came from Jun as she was telling me of the incidents that occurred in the latter parts of her homestead last night. The letter's message proved to be something that needed to be clarified first as I scooped up the twins and went towards the main house where I noticed several more townsfolk returning to their homes with their families in tow. Life was slowly returning to normal as we all were getting the legwork done so far, for we weren't about to fade away just yet.
By the time I entered inside of the main house with the twins, I noticed Reiko and the other children in the kitchen as they were busy making sandwiches for lunch. Even Kanna was happy as she couldn't get enough of being taught by everyone who knew how to cook and prepare meals for everyone, for she always had a streak of hope within her. In that moment, I noticed Carly getting up on a stool as she was wanting to make a sandwich of her own despite her age.
"Carly, no," said Kanna worriedly. "You can't make a sandwich like that..." She notices her getting into the loaf of bread as she brought out a jar of peanut butter and a jar of strawberry jam. "The last time you tried to make a sandwich, you fell down and started crying."
"I wanna make one just like everyone else," she wailed. "I want peanut butter and strawberry jam on my sandwich!"
"Children, please don't fret," said Reiko worriedly. "I'm sure that Carly wants to be brave like the rest of us."
"Speaking of brave…," I said as I showed a letter with the Kanzaki seal on it. "Jun's got a monster problem in her homestead."
"Who's Jun?" asked Kanna.
"Jun Kanzaki is the older sister of Ippei Mitani and the proprietess of her homestead after her husband's passing. Still, the loss of her brother was troubling, but she's not about to give up hope on what she believes in."
In that moment, I saw Reiko take the letter from my hand as she read the news about what was going on in Jun's homestead. The news about a pishtaco hiding in plain sight became a problem as we all had to come to terms and go there to see what was going on. I remembered going to Jun's homestead as I once had to adhere to the social scene after all the pressure coming from Dean and the Review Board at the time. Right now, an emergency was looming as I had to look into what was going on in the making, for it was vitally urgent into doing so.
"Auntie Jun's got a lot on her plate, Sammy," said Reiko. "I hope that the monster that she talked about in the letter didn't hurt her..."
"If Jun's in trouble, then we'll do our best to save her," I said. "While we're at it, we'll probably go for a spa session from the Blue Iris as well."
It was agreed that Reiko and I were most likely to be going over to Jun's homestead as the time to deal with the situation at hand was in much dire need of our attention. The very return to her homestead was a treat for the eyes as I rushed towards my office and dug for the coupons that were distributed from the Blue Iris. In that notion, I saw that the coupons were intact as I picked them up and left my office with such haste. It was my first time to be in the social scene in such a long time as I was about to go with Reiko by my side. Just as I was about to go towards my room, I noticed Dirk standing in my way as he was eager to go along for the ride.
"So, you're going to Jun's homestead, aren't you?" he said.
"It's not just for pleasure, but there's a monster in plain sight that's been hiding there," I said.
"Then I'll come with you..."
"No..., your job is to stay put and help Cynthia and the others first."
"But I turned twelve a week ago..."
"You may be young, but this trip to Jun's homestead is for me and Reiko alone. Ever since the relief effort, we've been busy tending to the twins and other things. And just two days ago, I had to put up with General Arbogast of all people."
"General Arbogast? According to Dean, the guy's a douchebag after what he did to you in the ramen stand 'cause Castiel told me everything."
"Still, you have a responsibility to look after the younger children while I'm gone, alright? Besides, you have to set an example about being a big brother to all of them."
"Let him go, Sam," said Cynthia as she was standing next to Dirk. "The kid's on the cusp of manhood, but he's no stranger to dealing with threats that signal a problem. Hell, he even told me about how he shoved a Thule guard off the railing once."
I was no match for Dirk and his intuitive approach as I decided to make it a family affair after all. With Cynthia watching over the house, she noticed the other three children running after me as they were most likely to be going on a trip with us. In the end, the motive of family trumped my alone time with Reiko as we were all going towards Jun's homestead in one fell swoop. It was a mission and a family outing at the same time as we were all heading out of Kanto Village for a while, but we would soon be back after this...
Shortly after our departure to Jun's homestead, Cynthia was on business as she noticed Gethig arriving here to help out in the relief effort to restore Kanto Village to full. Like the rest of us, he was on board into having his reputation restored as he most likely to be doing repair work in some of the buildings throughout the town. When he was about to get started on the work that was put in front of him, he noticed a newspaper clipping on the ground as he picked it up gingerly. The words, "Ailnoth arrives," in bold black letters raised red flags as Gethig was concerned about what he heard from Gadreel back in the Order's main headquarters earlier.
"I take it that you're interested into looking into what Ailnoth does, don't you?" said Cynthia as she was walking towards Gethig. "From what Reina said, Ailnoth is a Knight of Hell that survived the onslaught from Cain in the Elder Days"
"Is that what Ailnoth is?" he asked.
"According to the higher-ups, Ailnoth was last spotted on the outskirts in which he butchered a vampire nest who lived and partied at an old farmhouse. Still, he's very crafty when it comes to dealing with his enemies, only to have one survive to get the message out to those who are listening."
"As for this Cain he survived from..., is he a Knight of Hell like him?"
"Cain was the first Knight of Hell after he killed his brother, Abel, who was in fact being seduced to go towards Lucifer's side under the guise of the Terran God. Even though Cain did away with his brother, the price he paid was a mark that was a symbol of the Darkness. It was a terrible burden for Cain to bear, but once he tried to abandon his need to keep the Mark on his arm sated, his subordinates retaliated in which his second-in-command, Abaddon, knew about his marriage to Cordelia, only to possess her and forced him to kill her in the end. Rage filled him once again in which he went towards his former subordinates with the First Blade in his hand and killed most of them, but Abaddon was nowhere to be found. As for Ailnoth, he was left alive to give the other demons in Lucifer's service that he wouldn't be tolerated ever again. After that, Cain lived a quiet life in which he even got rid of the First Blade in the process."
"Isn't that a little harsh?"
"From the biblical scholars who read from writings of the Terran God, Cain was known all over the galaxy as the Father of Murder. His presence throughout the ages have brought fear to most angels and demons all over the cosmos, only to see his mark plastered on the ships that Abaddon brings her army of obedient demons."
"And what happened to this Abaddon?"
"Abaddon went into hiding after the fall of Severin last year. As for Ailnoth, on the other hand, he's not the type of person that can be taken lightly, for his presence is the most dangerous one indeed."
Gethig was stunned to hear such talk from Cynthia as he was fearing the worst about what he heard about the Knights of Hell. As for the presence of Ailnoth, however, the survivor of Cain's massacre wasn't about to be going down until he up and went to reclaim his throne in the end...
Later on in the day, we were riding on a train as we were going towards Jun's homestead as planned in this outing. With the twins dressed up in bigger clothes that fit them, they were staring out the window as they were in good hands with Dirk and the other children. The train ride was a breeze as we were all enjoying this moment of fun since the exile to Shiganshina nine months ago. It was also a great way to visit friends and family as we stopped at a train station that was near the Kanzaki homestead. By the time we all got out, we saw Jun standing in front of us as she couldn't wait to see us in such a long time.
"Auntie Jun!" cried Reiko as she hugged her warmly. "It's been a long time since we last saw you!"
"Reiko..., you've changed since you had those two little stinkers in tow," she said as she saw the twins stare at her. "Oh, aren't you two the most precious little things that ever came on the planet! You two have gotten so big, but you have a long way to go before you reach school."
"Careful, the blond-haired one's a hair puller," said Kanna. "He mainly grabs at Sam's hair all the time every time he picks him up."
"You're quite the curious one, I take it."
"Jun, these children here are my wards for the time being," I said as I was seeing the other three standing in line. ""The two Draaza children are Gyatso and Kanna. You already know Carly with her ball of energy there."
"And she's quite the baby there among the older kids... It's a godsend that the Terran God gave you His blessing to look after those kids, especially little Carly after what she went through when she lost her parents last year. Still, let's go towards the homestead. I've got ice cream for the kids."
"Alright!" cried Carly as she sprinted further away from us.
We followed the young Cat Sidhe girl as we were in familiar territory. The atmosphere of the Kanzaki homestead didn't change as we saw the scattered dairy cows munching on grass and wild alfalfa. The children never expected to see so many cows all over the place as they decided to look at them for a little bit. As for me and Reiko, however, we had the twins and Carly in tow as we followed Jun to a very unsettling sight in which we noticed Shisui standing next to something under a blanket, but the clothes next to it were too big for what was under there.
"What's under that blanket?" asked Carly.
"Not another one...," said Jun as she sprinted towards the victim on the ground.
"Reiko, take Carly and the twins to Jun's main house," I said. "This crime scene is no place for small children."
"Come on now, little one," she said as she held onto Carly's hand. "We need to go somewhere else while Sammy and Auntie Jun look into this case a little further."
I saw Reiko and the younger children leave to the main house as Jun and I were staring at the victim who was the third one from a string of attacks that occurred here since last night. When we got there, we noticed an Orcress with white hair and green eyes dressed up in traditional clothing seeing this as she never expected something like this come to light before until now.
"That's the third one down who used to be like a blob, but now he's like an emaciated supermodel," she said. "Whoever's been attacking fat folk need to be stopped before something else happens on the spot. It's like what that dragon who flew all over the place when she told tales about how she once went to a health spa to lose a few inches, only to have some fat sucked out of her in intervals."
"This isn't the first time this has happened," I said as I saw the victim's body being carted away.
"That's the third victim so far...," said Jun. "I'm sorry that I invited you to come at a bad time, Sam..."
"Don't worry about it..." I notice a brochure with the Blue Iris logo on it as I picked it up. "Jun..., our perpetrator who has been draining the fat from the victims could be one of the workers from a familiar establishment here."
"We need to go and see what's in the Blue Iris anyway. Still, the last time you were there, it was calm, but this time, there's something not quite right about what's been going on here."
"No way...," said Shisui as he saw me in person in quite a long time. "Sam's back?!"
"He is, but he's here to find a monster here in the castle."
"Is it the one who kept draining overweight Terrans who live here?" Jun nods. "Then you better go find it before another overweight victim dies from such horror."
And so, we were on a monster hunt as we were most likely to be hunting down the monster who has been draining the fat off from the overweight population that came and went so far. As for the Orcress who found the victim, however, she was harboring an agenda of her own as she was on the hunt for the same thing, for the monster that was lurking all over the homestead was still at large and still hungry...
Jun and I were at the Blue Iris as we entered inside of the establishment that was there since my last visit. The place was different as we saw the same masseurs and masseuses doing their work to alleviate the stressors of those who were wanting a nice spa treatment. Still, everything was the same so far in this place as we noticed a woman dressed in a blue kimono black apron emerging from one of the spa rooms. She was quiet, but kind as she was most likely to be doing her work like the rest of the employees here.
"I take it that you're Sam Winchester," she said. "Nearly two years ago, you decided to come here during your convalescence just to abide by the wishes of the higher-ups of the Order, didn't you?"
"And the reputation of the Blue Iris is spot on," I said. "As for what happened early this morning, another victim was found the same way as the other two from last night."
"I'm so sorry about this..."
"You better do an inspection so far if you come up to any leads because the victim had a brochure of the Blue Iris on it when he died," said Jun. "So far, we're dealing with a pishtaco that's been draining the fat from its victims. If any further overweight person decides to come here, I suggest that you send him or her away for their protection."
"I'll see to it whenever I get done with my work, Lady Jun."
And so, we left the Blue Iris as we were on our way to the main house all over the Kanzaki homestead. Little did we know was that Dirk was hiding in the distance as he was curious about what goes on in the Blue Iris so far. When he decided to hide in the vents without detection, he was looking at the clientele being massaged and pampered in this establishment as they were in full contented bliss in this place. By the time he crawled to another room, he noticed the same woman from earlier as she was ready to see to a client, who was complaining about her weight fluctuating from time to time. This was something that he never expected to see before as he noticed the woman that Jun and I saw earlier place glass cups on her back. It was the usual thing for a spa center until Dirk noticed the woman's mouth opening up to reveal an unsettling sight coming out of it in which she used it on the client's back to suck the fat from the cupped spots.
Dirk had never seen anything like it before as he saw the extending lamprey return into the woman's mouth before exiting through the roof. Just as he was about to tell me about it, he was dragged away from the Blue Iris as he was spotting the Orcress who witnessed the death of the third victim earlier, for her agenda was against what was lurking in plain sight and passed as a normal person. The very appearance of her made him feel afraid as she was filled with the most possible weapons that were used for hunting monsters who attack the innocent without warning.
"You've seen the pishtaco in action, haven't you, boy?" she said to Dirk as she drew out her sword that was forged with ethereal metal and silver. "Everyone knows that no overweight folk aren't safe from one of them."
"You're talking about that woman at the Blue Iris, aren't you?" he said. "From the looks of it, you're a hunter with all the trimmings to hunt down the big bads who prey on the innocent..."
"My name is Zevayya Orguz and my clan from Maugrim are known for what you call 'saving people, hunting things, and the family business.' All I want is to track down the monster who did away with some of the Terran tourists who came and went from Orguz lands only to end up dead from such a menace like the one you saw in the Blue Iris."
"I saw her cupping one lady's back while sucking some of the fat off of her body. The thingy from her mouth is what sucks it out in intervals."
"A pishtaco has super strength, but one weakness and that's silver just like what happens to lowerlings and werewolves when they touch at the metal in question. Sooner or later, your guardian will come there again the second time with Jun just for inspection of the workers involved. By the time they get to the last one, they'll lead me to the one who's been chewing the fat around here."
Without warning, Dirk and Zevayya heard a sound of a woman screaming as they left the Blue Iris and ran towards an alleyway in which they spotted a man who had the same lamprey from his mouth after draining the fat from his victim who was dead on the scene. At that moment, they got the jump on the man who passed as human as he was pinned by a net that was thrown to keep him from escaping. Both of them were facing the man who drained his victim of her fat as he was cornered due to the net that kept him against the wall.
"So, you're the one who's been chewing the fat, haven't you?" said Dirk. "It's a shame that you had the gall to come here to Alecrast just to feed on the obese folk just to pig out on a daily basis."
"You got nothing on me, gato," said the man as he was struggling to get free. "There are more of us present every time we smell the scent of fat in the air."
"And what about your girlfriend who works at the Blue Iris? She's like you, a menacing pishtaco like yourself," said Zevayya as she drew out her knife towards the man that was pinned. "I've been looking for those like you for feasting on not only on the locals with weighty dilemmas, but some of the Terrans who ended up dead in your peckish crusade."
"We feed on fat just to survive just like the Leviathans who feast on everything else."
Without warning, the captured man in the net opened up his mouth to reveal the lamprey from it as Zevayya used her knife to cut it off with. By the time she stabbed him in the chest, he was dead as she untangled the net the moment he slumped onto the ground. Dirk had never seen anything like it before as he had to get me right away, for this incident had literally took the cake so far.
"That was totally brutal...," he said as he slumped to his knees.
"You're a hunter now, boy," said Zevayya. "In this mode of profession, we're not supposed to have a normal life so far."
"But I'm not a hunter. I'm just a kid who's about to be on the cusp of manhood, but I'm also a member of the Order of Letters as well."
"There you are!"
Gyatso and Kanna caught up to Dirk as they weren't too happy with him for leaving earlier. When they noticed the dead pishtaco on the ground earlier, they were worried as they never seen anything like it before in their innocent lives. Still, all three with Zevayya were most likely to be going up against the pishtaco in the Blue Iris as they had to expose it in front of me and Jun before it was too late.
"What's that on the ground and why is that guy dead for no reason?" asked Gyatso.
"That guy was a pishtaco," said Dirk. "Zevayya knows all about them because of the fact that they have a way of sucking the fat out of Jabba the Hutt for just their peckish problem."
"Does Sam know about this?" asked Kanna. "From what I heard, he's been looking for you after he sensed you at the Blue Iris earlier."
"It's true," said Gyatso. "He said for you to go to the main house of Miss Jun's house before anything else happens."
"And what about that pishtaco in there?" said Dirk. "We all know that she's still crawling around in the Blue Iris sucking the fat off of her unsuspecting clients."
"I'll handle the one in the Blue Iris," said Zevayya. "Besides, this hunt is not for small children like yourselves. You are all still children so far, for you have so much to connect to before you grow up into such a dangerous environment like that."
"Be careful in there..."
And so, Dirk and the others left towards the main house of the Kanzaki homestead as Zevayya was on her way to the Blue Iris as planned. Her grudge against the infamous pishtacos were far to the extreme as she wanted them to be gone from Jun's homestead as soon as possible. This was her job as a hunter to find and track any monster down as the pishtaco's days were numbered so far...
Reiko was waiting for us to return as she was in the main house with Carly and the twins. The news about a pishtaco running around in the streets was troubling enough as there would soon be a relief in the form of those who were coming after them. Just as she was about to put the twins down for a nap in the playroom with Carly drawing in a coloring book, she noticed a strange man dressed in odd clothes as he was someone who was reborn from the Elder Days. The very appearance of him worried her as she was protecting the twins from further harm in which he was someone who could be menacing at times. The man who had long hair to his shoulders and a matching beard also had a cybernetic arm on his right side as it took over the lost limb that was taken from him long ago. He was here to give my wife a warning as he was looking for the new threat that showed up in the outskirts two days ago.
"I mean you no harm, Lady Reiko," he said to her. "All I'm here for is to give a message to your husband."
"Who are you?" she asked as she was still in protective mode to Carly and the twins.
"I'm what the higher-ups of the Order of Letters call the Father of Murder and I'm here to silence the one that got away."
"'Father of Murder...?' You're the one known as Cain..."
"Yes and I'm also the first Knight of Hell who was betrayed by my own subordinates, only to have them killed at my own hand with the First Blade in it. You know of Abaddon who was resurrected a hundred years ago? Well, you now know me because of the fact that I'm looking for the one named Ailnoth, who I left alive to give the higher-ups in Hell a message not to come looking for me."
"You're looking for Ailnoth to do away with him, aren't you? From what I heard from Reina, he was last seen killing a nest of vampires on the outskirts two days ago."
"Ailnoth was the bastard that told Abaddon about my marriage to the one who saved me, only to have her taken away from me. I should've let him die like the others, but I chose to let him live to send a message to Hell's finest. Now, that he's out and about once again, he'll use his tricks to destroy the Destiny of Worlds that stand in the way of everyone who fears it coming. In the end, Ailnoth never cared for the sympathy of others in which he delivers results in his methods. He already did away with that nest of vampires, only for the last one to get killed by a pair of hunters from who were on business all the way from Gale Canyon. As for my message to give to you, Lady Reiko, you must be prepared to tell your husband that I will be coming for Ailnoth and chop his head off. As for Abaddon and her consort, Hideyono Kuronaga, I'll surely come for them in which I'll take back the First Blade that was stolen from me. Be warned, for the most malevolent danger will be coming soon enough,"
Reiko saw Cain disappear without a trace as she turned around to see Carly and the twins safe from harm. The very fear of him worried her as he was a fearsome man who was hell-bent on revenge against the threat who came here two days ago. Still, she had to warn me about Cain's involvement in his thirst for vengeance as this matter wasn't about to be closed yet...
Jun and I were back at the Blue Iris as we were doing an inspection with the workers. With a silver spoon in her hand, Jun wasn't about to mess around as she was ready to single out the pishtaco that passed as human while in hiding. She had to find the true culprit in a stack of masseurs and masseuses in this establishment before more innocent people end up dead from the menace that came here in the streets earlier.
"Last night and this afternoon, there had been three victims at the hands of the pishtaco in which we just got word that a fourth one died at the hands of the one who works here in this well-known establishment," she said as she was holding out the silver spoon in her hand. "This spoon is made of silver just like the tips of my pointy ears, not the typical fake ones that didn't phase a lowerling from the Elder Days. When I give you this spoon and you touch it, then the truth will be revealed because pishtacos can't stomach the silver that is used to kill them with."
And so, the inspection began as Jun was letting the staff at the Blue Iris touch at the silver spoon she put out on display. One by one, every staff member touched the silver spoon as they were in the clear so far. By the time Jun reached the end, she saw the woman from earlier as she was ready to touch at the silver spoon, only to feel it burn in her hands. The sting of the silver caused the woman to open up her mouth and reveal the ugly truth out in the open as I noticed Zevayya burst into the place with her knife in her hand. With a slice that cut off the lamprey that the pishtaco had, it was writhing onto the ground as she was dead in front of the staff of the Blue Iris.
"You've got some explaining to do, Zevayya Orguz," said Jun.
"I had to eliminate a threat to your villagers in your homestead," she said. "It's a miracle that I came here to finish off both of them."
"Are you telling me that there were two pishtacos here?"
"The first one killed a fourth one in an alleyway, but his death is swift. As for the woman, she's as good as dead after what she and her cohort did on my clan's lands."
"Orguz?" I said. "I know who your clan is because of the fact that you hunt whatever is targeting the innocent. Still, the life of a hunter will always be a lonely one for one who lets in that lifestyle."
"You're keeping tabs on the same thing who appeared on the outskirts, aren't you, Sam Winchester? I know of this because the demon known as Ailnoth is stopping at nothing to unseat the current King of Hell after Crowley's ouster. As for my own battles, the hunt for other things continue in which I will see that the innocent are protected from harm."
"I heard from Reina about Ailnoth and his lethal methods, for this won't be the last that we hear of the Knight of Hell that appeared to cause havoc."
"Sammy!"
I went out of the Blue Iris as I noticed Reiko sprinting with the twins and Carly in tow. She was worried to the extreme as she stopped in front of me, for she had a message for me. I sensed dread within her as she was also concerned about the safety of the younger children who were with her. When Zevayya emerged out of the Blue Iris, she sensed an ominous feeling in the air as the incident with the pishtacos she was hunting wasn't the only thing that occurred so far.
"Reiko, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"Sammy, I saw a man appear with a cybernetic right arm on him," she said as she was panting for breath. "He said that he was the Father of Murder in which he would go after the threat that Reina talked about."
"'Father of Murder?' You saw him, didn't you? It's a godsend that he didn't kill you or the younger children, but his intentions aren't for the faint of heart so far."
"I knew it...," said Zevayya as she put away her weapons. "You saw Cain, didn't you?" Reiko nods as she was shaking with fear. "The last time he was seen, he killed the prisoners in Dol-Guldur Prison with his bare hands, but one of them is cybernetic in which it replaced the limb he lost during the Elder Days before he died long ago. Even though he was reborn long ago, he's still dangerous in which he'll never spare his victims the second time he comes around."
"I heard about the biblical lore about Cain killing his brother, Abel, in which he was consumed by jealousy, but the truth was that Lucifer toyed with the further latter to believing that it was God calling to him. It may have been a judgment call for him to pull it off, but he paid the most terrible price by bearing the mark on his arm."
"That mark that Cain once had was a prison for the Terran God's sister, the Darkness. Her malignance and cruelty were the embodiment that was in that mark that was passed down to Cain by Lucifer, only to be transferred to the Dean Winchester of old in the Elder Days. By the time the mark was removed, the Darkness was unleashed once again, but her wrath and tyranny was just the beginning of what was yet to come. With Yukiwa combing the cosmos on the information and literature about the Darkness' wrath in the form of the Supernatural books from long ago, he's snagged a few more to add to his library on Essos. As for the presence of Cain, however, he's there to put an end to the ones who betrayed him in which no one is safe, so I suggest that you be careful on both sides."
Zevayya's warning was a grim reminder of what was yet to come as I had to stand firm into realizing my role in the Destiny of Worlds so far. As for the battle against Ailnoth, however, it was yet a prelude of further malice in the making as this wasn't the end of what was yet to come so far...
Dirk and the other children returned to the main house as they saw me returning with the rest of the family with Jun and Zevayya following us. He had a feeling that this wasn't the very end of the trouble with Ailnoth as the news he was about to hear was most likely to be the worst. Still, I didn't want anyone else to worry too much as the incident with the pishtacos was over for the time being.
"Did you get it?" asked Dirk.
"It's gone, but we've got bigger problems," said Jun.
"What kind of problems?"
"Cain was there, but he wasn't there to kill Reiko or the other children with her."
"Is it the Father of Murder?" asked Kanna.
"He spared Reiko and the rest us before he left," said Carly. "He kind of looked like Santa Claus, but his metal arm was creepy."
"Let me guess, Cain crawled around as Evil Santa, didn't he?" said Dirk.
"Cain isn't the type to be taken lightly," I said. "As for the battle against Ailnoth, he has a score to settle with him... a very old one..."
"I hope that he doesn't hurt us, Sam," said Gyatso as he was worried. "I also hope that you're safe with us as well because if you weren't there, I would've been in stasis for a long time."
"Gyatso..., I'll be fine for now. As for the family we have, it won't end with blood because of the fact that we have our fair share with trouble..., even me of all people. Cain will never harm us because his opponent will be Ailnoth because of his treachery in the making."
My words about Cain facing off against Ailnoth worried the children as they didn't want either me or Reiko to be put towards further harm. It was something that wasn't about to be taken lightly as the battle against Ailnoth himself was a prelude of the worst in the making. As for the rest of our stay in Jun's homestead, we were making the best of it as we didn't have to worry about any more monsters for the time being, for we were staring at the dairy cows being ushered into the grasslands to graze all the live long...
Later on in the evening, Reiko and I were seeing the children digging into the ice cream that was on display after their dinner earlier. After all that trouble dealing with a pishtaco earlier, we put it off as we noticed Zevayya standing next to us. Even though her mission to stop the monster from sucking the fat from its victims, she was still onwards to her next job as a freelance hunter in which she was prepared to go for those who harmed the innocent.
"I see that you're leaving," said Jun as she was coming into the dining hall with us. "Looks like you'll be reporting to Shion so far."
"Even though I'm a freelance hunter and a member of the Order of Letters, there will always be further monsters that harm the innocent in plain sight," said Zevayya.
"I see what you mean, but still, evil lurks not only in the monsters and higher beings, but in those who delve in it without pity."
"I heard about Darbus' factory on my homeworld being destroyed, but his followers are still churning out his Master Race in secret. As for the fight against Ailnoth, Sam's going to have to get to bigger lengths in order to challenge him, but he needs more than just his weapons and smarts just to stay in the game."
"Perhaps a trip to Sybil's house will do him good, but her methods into delving into the spirit realm are very strict. As for the matter about Darbus' remaining factories, there will be others who will tear them down at the behest of Ryosuke and Akio respectively. It's a tough job, but we're here for a reason to keep the peace and protect the innocent every step of the way."
Zevayya was ready to go as she left the homestead with dignity and courage. As for the future hunting that would soon follow, there will also be another time that we would meet her once again, for the battle against Ailnoth was there to stay after all. By the time Reiko and I were ready to get a taste of the ice cream on display, we had no problem with it so far as we had fun for the first time in a while. Still, we had a brief moment of happiness, but we also had to be fully prepared for what is yet to come as the factor of dealing with the newest threat would soon be in front of us if we weren't fully prepared in time...
To be continued...