As I promised a lot of people, here's the next chapter of Scarlet Wind. As you can probably tell by reading this, I'm planning on updating Scarlet Wind a lot more frequently than other stories (except One Piece one-shots) because
1: I'm splitting the chapters into short parts (such as why this is only Act 1 of 4)
2: Search The Wind takes a lot of time watching One Piece episodes and writing a really, really long chapter each time I decide to work on it
3: I'm really stuck on writing Do you believe in magic so I might postpone it for a while until I can get out of this writer's block I'm having with it.
And 4: A lot of this chapter had already been written before I uploaded the prologue
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 1: Predators Act 1
"Luffy, wake up" I moan and shuffle around in my bed
"Luffy, c'mon get up" I grunt a "no" and slump back into my pillow. I hear a loud sigh and the sound of retreating footsteps. Finally, my plan's worked.
"Luffy…Ace is eating your pancakes…" I shoot up like a rocket and run out of the door, promptly trying to shove Makino out of the way.
"Luffy…" she says with as a laugh as I manage to get around her. I quickly bound down the steps and slide into the kitchen, glaring at the black haired man with freckles at the table. Ace looks up at me and gives me a sly smile. He's eating waffles. My pancakes remain untouched to the side.
"Darn Makino" I mutter, knowing how much she hates swearing in the house. Ace just laughs at me and after swallowing the mouthful of waffles he's eating, he comments.
"Nice boxers" Nervously, I look down to reveal that I'm standing in the kitchen in nothing but my underwear.
Oh, Makino, how I hate you on a Monday morning.
I grunt angrily and run backup stairs. A few minutes later, I'm back down again in my school uniform. I'm wearing a white shirt and black trousers with school shoes on my feet that were neatly polished the night before. I slide once more into the kitchen and take a seat at the table. I take a large bite out of one of my pancakes and then I look up at Ace. The black haired man was watching me with a cocky smirk on his face. Looking down, I notice he's in a dark blue shirt with jeans.
"Shouldn't you be in work by now?" I ask with a mouthful of food
"Shouldn't you be in school by now?" he replies confidently.
"Shouldn't you answer my question first?" I retort
"Shouldn't you stop talking whilst eating?" Reluctantly, I accept defeat and swallow the large amount of food in my mouth. After I've done that, Ace stretches out on the chair
"It's my day off" he explained "I'm going on a date with Nojiko today and Marco's covering for me"
"You know, Old man Newgate is gonna be mad when you're not at the station today" I say with a knowing grin. I've only met Ace's boss once. What I learned from that encounter was that not only did Newgate once used to be a fire-fighter himself but he was now the fire chief of the local station and he didn't like anyone taking time off that wasn't needed. Ace, however, didn't seem bothered by this comment.
"You know, Mr. Beckman is gonna be mad when you're not at his lesson today" Ace replied calmly.
"I've still got time" I say in response "What is the time by the way?" Ace gestures towards the clock. It's ten minutes past eight. I'm so glad I'm not drinking anything as if I was, it would now be sprayed all over Ace's shirt.
"NO! I'M LATE FOR MEETING UP WITH USOPP" I yell almost leaping out of my chair. Ace gave me an odd look.
"Why are you meeting up with Usopp today?" he asks quite confused.
"He's done his science homework and I NEED to copy it before I get to class" I explained, quickly grabbing my bag off the counter.
"Don't you usually copy Nami's homework? Why aren't you walking with her?" Ace asked with a knowing grin. What was it with him? He looked like he knew something I didn't.
"Nami was over at Nojiko's last night because her mum had a 'big date' with her new boyfriend, so I organised to meet up with Usopp so I can copy off him instead" I explained once more.
"LUFFY! What's this I hear about you copying your homework off of other people?" I quickly stood up and dashed out of the door, hearing Makino's yell.
"See ya later Makino" I yell up the stairs, sprinting out of the door. Quickly, I start to dash down the street. It was at least twenty minutes to the bus stop where I promised to meet Usopp. Let's see if I can break that record…
I feel tired as hell by the time I get to our meeting place. I stop beside a street lamp and pant like crazy. I hear someone clapping in a mock applause nearby. I look up to see a tanned man in a school uniform similar to mine. A dark red bandana is wrapped around his head and a long pointy nose stuck out from under his pair of goggles. That's Usopp for ya, always around when you need him.
"You're late" Usopp says as I walk closer.
"Why how perceptive of you Sherlock" I joke, taking a seat beside him "So…you got the homework?" Usopp sighs and passes me a sheet of paper. I laugh like a maniac and quickly begin to copy the answers onto my own answer sheet. Usopp shakes his head at me and then continues
"You know, I really don't understand you sometimes Luffy. One day, you're so tired you can barely move and the next, you're almost bouncing off the walls" As I finish copying question 3, I glance up at Usopp with a nervous gaze "What's up with you Luffy?" I feel the sweat dripping down my neck as I reply.
"I…er…I've not been getting much sleep recently" I lie as I bite my lip. Luckily, Usopp nods understandably and looks away, most likely trying to see the bus. Oh god, I really hate lying to my friends about my secret identity. It's why I don't have time for homework. I basically spend all of my free-time being a hero, so I have to copy someone else's homework…
It really isn't easy being a super-hero…
Quickly, I focus on scribbling down the rest of the answers, trying to finish the sheet before the bus arrives.
Luckily, I and Usopp arrive at school just in time. It really helped that the bus was almost full and because of that, we didn't have to stop too much to take on new passengers. As the doors opened, I leap out of the bus and take a deep breathe.
"Finally, freedom!" I yell loudly, getting odd looks from the bus driver and pedestrians walking past. Usopp sighs and grabs hold of my collar, dragging me towards the school grounds. I laugh as he pulls me along but I'm silenced by a fist making contact with my face.
"Hey Nami" I mumble from behind the orange haired woman's knuckles. Nami sighs loudly at my reply and helps Usopp drag me along.
"Do you ever stop messing around?" she asks, hiding her anger behind a sly smile. I smile in return and shake my head.
"Admit it Nami, I make life here a lot more fun!" She and Usopp both sigh loudly, but I know I've made my point as they drag me through the school doors. Finally, I feel their grasp on my collar loosen and I squeeze out of their combined grip.
"Guys, I need to go get something from my locker" I explain as I start to walk in the opposite direction. Nami nods at this.
"Okay then, I'll see you in class…try not to be late again…" she taunts with a wink.
"Come on" I reply with a wide grin "When have you ever known me to be late?"
"Well, there's yesterday, the day before that, the day before that, the day before that, the day before that, the day before…" she starts to list before I interrupt her.
"Okay, I understand that I'm not Mr. Punctual here but I'll get better, I promise" I argue. Nami sighs at me and then walks off with Usopp to class. I watch her retreating back for a moment before walking down the corridor towards my locker.
My locker isn't that far from the main entrance, so luckily, I only have to walk for a few seconds before I'm standing in front of a familiar large vertical grey box. I reach forward and grab a hold of the dial, imputing the locker combination with precision.
2-13-6 and…click!
I grab the side of the locker and pull it open. Before I grab my Science text book, I inspect the contents of the metal cabinet, feeling a wave of nostalgia wash over me. On the left hand corner of the inside of the metal box, I can see a rather old photo cello-taped to the wall of the locker. It makes me smile when I see the five figures together on the photo. There are two small raven haired boys standing side by side, grinning ear to ear. The one on the right was me when I was five and the one on the left was a seven year old Ace. In between our younger selves was another person, a boy around the age of fourteen by the looks of things with brown hair and dark eyes. Seeing the face again makes me wipe away the tear that just leaks out. He's Sabo and seeing him again, smiling happily makes me smile as well…but it also makes me cry at the same time…weird right? Anyway, either side of Sabo there are two adults leaning over my and Ace's shoulders with their arms around us. The one with her arms around Ace's shoulder is obviously Makino. She looks a heck of a lot younger than she usually looks but at the same time, the green hair makes it obvious that it's her. The other adult, who has his arms around my shoulders, has red hair and a wide goofy grin on his face. He's Shanks and he's my dad. To tell you the truth, I haven't really seen much of him. It's weird but it seems like almost everyone in our family always tries to help people in some way or another. Sabo was in the police, Ace is a fire-fighter and even Makino runs a bar. Shanks, surprisingly enough, is actually a pilot. Yeah, weird right? That's why I don't really see much of him, because he's always flying off around the world. He calls it an 'adventure' and we all respect his decision…plus, he's coming back home soon for a visit. Awesome right? Yeah, well the problem is that last time Shanks was here, I wasn't the Scarlet Wind, meaning when he comes back, that'll be another problem I can add to my truck load of 'things I need to sort out'
Suddenly, realising I've been daydreaming; I shake my head, grab my science book and shut the locker with a resounding bang. Oddly, I feel kinda happy as I start to walk to class. Who knows? Maybe my luck's finally turning around…
"LUFFY!"
You hear that sound? That's the sound of my good luck coming screeching to a halt. I don't glance up as I here the footsteps beside me. Okay, it's just like how you act with pets when they want something more than they should have. Ignore her for a few and she'll wander away.
"Luffy…" Just empty your mind; you're in your happy place
"Luffy…" You're sitting on a beach; relaxing with food in the sun with a piece of meat in each hand...You're calm…
"Luffy…" …ignore the dark clouds…and the sudden disappearance of meat…AND THE HORRIBLE SNAKE COILING AROUND YOU…
"Luffy…"
"What?" I growl under my breath, ignoring the long and slender arms wrapping around my waist.
"What's wrong honey?" the venomous voice whispers into my ear. I shudder and push my shoulders backwards to force Hancock to let go of me.
"Don't…call…me…honey" I mutter angrily but this only made Hancock giggle.
"Oh Luffy, you're so sexy when you're angry" she says with a blush.
"Explains why you like me then…I'm always angry when I'm around you" I complain before I start to stride down the corridor at a faster pace. Luckily, before Hancock can catch up with me, I slide into the nearby class room that's already bustling with students. I quickly make my way through the small crowds of people and sit down in my seat. The sooner the lesson started, the sooner Hancock could stop following me, trying to get me to go out with her.
If I haven't made it obvious, I absolutely hate Hancock. The first time I met her two years ago, she was nice and I thought she was a good friend. Then, about a week later, I learned that she was a bit of a bully and then, she was trying to threaten my friends into stopping hanging out with me AND THEN…SHE WENT PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN…
I was walking along the street one day when I heard a noise coming from an alley. Of course, curiosity got the better of me and I looked round the corner…only to see Hancock BEATING NAMI UP! Her sisters and some other girls were crowding round, stopping Nami from getting out and whenever Nami tried to fight back, a girl would grab her arm and stop her, allowing Hancock to hit her in the stomach. THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW! You can do anything you want to me. Call me names, spill a drink on me and I'll just laugh it off...but good reason or not, NO-ONE HURTS MY FRIENDS! That moment I decided two things. One: Hancock was a bitch and two: Nami needed me to help her. I hated seeing her like that. Even after I'd made Hancock go away (Nami holding my fist to stop me from hitting her in rage), she still looked in a really bad shape. The black and purple bruises were covered her body like tattoos and there were even scratches here and there that were bleeding. Hancock had done all of that because she had thought Nami and me had something going on and that was what made me royally pissed. Nami's one of my best friends so if anyone messes with her, they mess with me…and if I were going out with her, why should that be any of Hancock's business?...It shouldn't matter if me and Nami started going out…right?
"Hey Luffy, earth to Luffy" Suddenly, I snap out of my daze and turn towards the orange haired girl sitting next to me.
"Sorry Nami…I was just thinking about something else…" I admit, my face suddenly feeling really warm under Nami's gaze. She fakes a shocked expression as I speak and gasps in mock surprise.
"Really? You? Thinking? You really are ill!" Nami taunts. I pout in reply and ignore her giggling. As I'm about to respond with a taunt of my own, a loud voice speaks up and silences the whole class.
"Well well Luffy! We're here on time for once are we?" the grey haired teacher comments with a sly smile. The class starts laughing and I glare at Ben.
"Well either that or you're hallucinating" I mutter as I sulk in my seat. Ben shakes his head at me and turns to face the white board with a laugh.
"Anyway class, today we'll be continuing our work on food chains that we began last lesson" he announces. Quickly, everyone pulls out their workbooks out and plops them on top of the desk. I mimic the class' actions and draw out my own scruffy book. It's ripped all over and on the front of it, scrawled in big capital letters of barely legible hand writing, are the words 'Monkey D. Luffy'. I sigh at the sight of the tattered book and shrug. I really don't know why the book's like this. I'm barely ever in for Science.
"Luffy" I jerk my head up at the mention of my name to see Ben smiling at me "seeing as you're here, care to tell me what a food chain actually is?" I glance around wearily, realising all eyes are on me. Silently, I stand up, place my hands around my back and clear my throat with one hand, before returning it to its place behind my back…
"I believe it is a chain…of food…" My confident reply creates laughter in the people around me and even Ben chuckles slightly.
"Luffy…be serious for a second" Ben scolds me with a joking laugh.
"Well…a food chain is that diagram that shows what animal eats what" I seriously reply. Ben nods at me and his lips curl upwards into a smile. It's good to see him smile. It feels like FOREVER since the last time a teacher smiled at me like that…though me being late to every lesson sure isn't going to help my case is it?
"Nice work Luffy" Ben complements happily "but as a matter of fact, you're half right. You see…"
And that's when it happened.
You know that one moment where you have to do something you need to do but you really don't want to it? I was about to have one of those moments. Before Beckman could continue, the sounds of loud sirens echoed from outside, attracting all of our attentions out the window. Six police cars streak quickly past the window, their blue and red lights flashing as they drove past. Seriously? Now of all the times it could have happened? Sighing, I turn to the front, knowing the words I'm about to speak are about to ruin that entire good smile on Ben's face.
"Hey Ben...I need to go to the toilet" I mutter with shame. Immediately, Ben snaps to attention and stares at me as if I've just said my foot tasted good.
"What?" he asks, eyes wide with surprise. Hesitantly, I repeat my request and Ben's eyes widen.
"But…you just got here..." he says with a confused tone. Glancing once more out of the window, I sigh. The police cars are nearly out of sight. I'd kill myself if someone got hurt because of me. I need to get out of here.
"Look, I'll be just a second…I'll be back soon I promise!" I yell as I run to the door. I can hear a large variety of whispers and shouting as I leave but I can't turn back. One look at Ben's distraught face and I won't be able to get out of here. I wish I didn't have to go…but if there's one thing I've learned, it's that police sirens are never a good sign…
I have a really clever hiding place for my costume at school. On the third floor, there's a room where no-body ever goes in. Rumour is that it's haunted but it's most likely that because it is in such a bad state, they never let any lessons go on up here. I hide my costume in a bag, hidden in an air duct at the side of the room. The grating in front of it is easily removed as it only hangs from one screw but it also stays put when you fix it against the opening. Like lightning, I swipe the bag up from my hiding place and sprint for the roof. As I climb up the stairway that leads to the top of the school, I start getting changed. With a single flick of both legs, my pants are off, revealing the red skin tight leggings. I shrug off my school shirt and slip on the top black half of my costume, which has red stripes running down the sides of my chest. The gloves go on next, folding under my shirt easily. After that, I retrieve the domino mask out of my bag and place it across my eyes, tying the cloth behind the mask up like a blindfold. The final touch to the ensemble is the straw-hat. Oh, how I love that hat. Carefully, I retrieve from the bag, placing it on my head and tying the string attached to it firmly around my neck. Suddenly, I'm no longer Luffy. I'm no longer some school kid who's just ditched his lesson. I'm the Scarlet Wind…and there are people who need my help…
With a confident smile, I drop the bag hidden behind a bunch of metal containers and then, I run towards the roof. Normally, if I tried jumping off the roof, I'd drop quickly (and painfully) to the ground. However, as I leap over the edge, I fire off a long stretchy arm that grabs hold of a far away building. It's a good thing I'm not afraid of heights or I'm sure I'd be screaming right now. Using the grip I have on the building, I swing forwards off the school building and into the skies of Dawn city. I loved this feeling. It was almost like flying every time I stretched out my other arm to grab hold of another ledge, I could feel myself rocketing forwards as I continued to swing further into the city. The wind blew through my hair yet the string of my hat still held the straw garment in place. The light from the sun glistened off the glass windows all around me and I could fell the heat radiating from every angle. It was almost soothing…
No, can't get distracted. Focus on finding those police cars again! Quickly, I increase the speed of my swinging and soar around the corners of the city of glass. Looking down at the street below, I spot a lone police car driving down the street, its siren blaring and it's light as bright as a Christmas tree. I think one of the cars…let's just hope it leads me towards the place where the other cars were heading.
After a few minutes, the police car finally stops in the middle of a street. It seems that the whole road has been blocked off by a variety of police cars. All of them are surrounding what looks like a bank. Carefully, I descend and hop onto the roof of a small building. Nervously, I scan the surroundings of the police cars to see exactly who's down there. There are a lot of police walking around down there, guns pointed towards the bank entrance. One of the police in particular makes me smile. With her down there, I know these guys won't try and shoot at me if I hop down. I grip a hold of the edge of the building and, using that, I repel down onto the street below. As I do so, it appears that some cops spot me and straight away, they draw their guns.
"Stand down men" I hear from behind me as I land. Turning around, I can see clearly the woman who I had observed once before. She was wearing the standard police uniform, a white shirt with blue stripes along the arms and neck. Over that, she had a white coat draped around her shoulders. Her dark red head was oddly patterned with a long ponytail at the back of her head whilst parts of her hair were almost shaved off completely. I smile happily.
"Bellemere, what's going on?" I ask, cautiously approaching the police captain with a smile. Bellemere grins in response.
"Look here Scarlet boy, we can handle this…don't you need to be somewhere?" she asks. I laugh at her reply.
"Sorta, that's why I need you to hurry up and tell me what I can do to help. That way I can get in, sort out what's wrong and be on my way. Care to help?" I question. Bellemere sighs but nods.
"I guess we do need your help…there's been a robbery. A group of criminals, we believe them to be part of the Tiger gang, are in the bank right now. They're stuck there after their getaway turned bad and now, they're hold up in there with hostages" she explains as she looks over towards the bank. I grin widely and walk closer to her.
"So I've got to drop in there and take those guys out without any of the hostages getting hurt?" Bellemere nods with a sigh and looks at me once more.
"If you can" she comments with a sad glance towards me "Look kid, are you okay? You don't look like you've had a lot of sleep lately?" Suddenly, I realise she's looking towards my mask, noticing the large black bags of sleep under them.
"It's nothing…" I say, turning away to hide my face "How'd you notice that anyway?" Bellemere chuckles at my reply.
"When you've been a mother for seventeen years, you notice a few things" she explains. I can't help but laugh in return…but not for the reason you think…
You see, I've mentioned Bellemere before. She's Nami's mum. Yeah, strange right? The super-hero life does that to you.
I look over at the bank one last time and then I turn back to Bellemere with a smile.
"I'll get in there and help…but just in case anything goes wrong, make sure you've got some backup ready" Bellemere nods at my request but before I leave she grabs my arm.
"After this, take a break for a while" she says with a motherly smile "You look like you've been up for two weeks straight. Have a good night sleep tonight Scarlet. The world isn't going to fall apart if you take one night off"
"You never do know these things…" I reply bluntly. Bellemere sighs, letting go of my arm.
"Well…I can't force you can I? But at least I can point you in the right direction" she says, her lips falling into a small frown "I'd say you hurry up and get in there. Garp told me he's on his way and you know how much he wants you in jail" I laugh once more and nod.
"I know…I'll see around then Captain" and with that, I shoot off an elastic arm towards a building near the bank and rocket upwards, towards the roof. Landing there carefully, I sneak carefully over one rooftop to the next towards the bank. At the top of the bank, I notice a large open air-vent leading down into the building. Oh, air vents, friend to hero and heroine alike, how did we ever live without thee?
"Hey Arlong? This stupid kid won't stop crying!"
"Then if he won't shut up, then put him out of his misery!"
"…Well that sure shut the brat up"
I could hear the voices echoing from below me as I crawled slowly and quietly through the air vent. I could already tell who the crooks were I was dealing with, but getting down there…would be problematic. Finally, I manage to crawl into a position so that I can see one of the goons directly below me. There's no doubt about it, they're definitely part of the Tiger gang. I can see the brightly tattooed sun on one of the gang member's arms. Through the grating, I can see the hostages almost directly below me. It was really unwise for them to only have one person on guard though. Carefully, I get into a crouching position above the grating (and the guard below). Come on rubber powers, give me some strength here. I take a deep breathe and in one foul swoop, I push downwards with both of my feet. The resulting added pressure applied to the grating causes it to go flying to the ground, colliding with the thug and knocking him unconscious at the same time. I hear gasps from both the hostages and the gang members as I drop into the room, landing with both of my feet on the ground.
"Hey, mind if I drop in?" I call loudly as I look up at the goons. All of the crooks immediately start to freak out. The one to the far left with really large lips growls at me when he realises I'm there.
"He just took out Jones!" he yells angrily, noticing that the fat guy who was hit with the grating is now unconscious on the floor. Angrily, the man pulls out an Uzi and points it straight at me. The man in the middle of the three gang members with extremely pale skin and a long nose turns to the man on the left and his eyes widen.
"No Chew! DON'T DO IT!" he yells. Unfortunately, his cries fall on deaf ears as Chew starts firing the machine gun at me. The barrage of bullets fly out of Uzi at lightning speed and all of the bullets impact me in my lower abdomen. Whilst the hostages scream, I smile happily.
"What part of rubber man…DON'T YOU GET!" I yell loudly as I bounce back all of the bullets towards Chew. Chew manages to dodge the bullets but doesn't avoid the rubber fist I fire towards his right, causing it to impact him painfully in the head. Chew falls to the floor, whilst the other two men quickly take the opportunity to run for it.
"Arlong!" I can hear the one to the right cry as he puts a phone to his ear "They say the car's just come round the back of the bank, let's book it" The pale skinned man nods at this and smiles.
"Excellent, detonate the explosives at the back of the vault" Arlong commands "We'll make our own exit" For a moment, I ignore the two men sprinting into the vault and instead, I turn around to check on the hostages. I kneel down beside one of them, a man with a blonde short beard with sideburns, and start to untie him.
"Is anyone hurt?" I ask him. The man nods, pointing with his now untied hand towards two security guards on the floor. After I've finished untying him, I run to check on the men, placing two fingers on each of their necks to check their pulse. I sighed with relief. Unconscious, not dead.
"Hey" I say, turning to the man who I've just untied "can you help everyone else out? I've got to get those guys who are getting away…" The man looks up from untying an old lady and nods.
"Already on it" he says "Now go get those creeps!" I smile happily at his request and start to pursue the fleeing crooks.
As I had expected, a wall in the vault had been blown open and there was a large amount of rubble littering the floor. As fast as a lightning bolt, I shot out my arm and it grabbed hold of a street lamp at the other end of the road. Allowing my elastic arm to pull me along, I turn to my left to see a car quickly driving away down the street. It had to be Arlong and his goons. No question about it. I launch another rubber arm forwards to gain a grip on a building ledge and I begin swinging after the escaping car. My speed slowly built up until; finally, I was almost directly above the getaway vehicle. Unfortunately, one of the men in the car spots me and soon, a group of bullets streak past my head.
"Decken, focus better on your aim! He's gaining!" I can hear Arlong shout.
"Okay Arlong, I can do that…I think…" Vander Decken replies as more bullets wiz up from the car. Using a grip I have on another building, I rocket in the other direction, dodging the bullets, but still following the car along the street from the sky.
"I GOT HIM ARLONG...I think…"
"Decken, to your right! He's almost over us!" Decken's gaze shifts and he fires another bullet in my direction. I dodge once more, dropping in altitude so that I'm just slightly above the car.
(? p.o.v)
"You see him yet?"
"Yeah" I reply in a monotone expression, looking at the young teenager swinging down the street "You didn't tell me he was so small"
"Don't be fooled! He's tough. That rubber freak has been foiled most of our heists for weeks"
"That's what you made me take the operation for" I respond, glaring at my target as he grows steadily nearer.
"Just be careful" I hear the voice crackle in my ear "Mr Zero wants that punk dead so do remember the job at hand and you'll be paid handsomely"
"I should be paying you for what you've done to me" I argue with a soft smile as I examine the fruits of Dr. Vegapunk's labour.
"Interesting…we'll talk more about that…AFTER you kill the pest…"
(Luffy's p.o.v)
After dodging another set of bullets, I swing down more until I'm almost level with the rear window of the car.
"Take this freak!" the loud yell alerts me before the shattering of glass and I quickly pull myself up higher as a bullet flies out of the rear window and ricochets into the sky.
"Great shot Decken!" I hear the driver comment as I ascend higher.
"It was?...I mean of course it was! I AM VANDER DECKEN OF COURSE, THE KING OF SHOOTING!" That Decken guy is really starting to get on my nerves. Swinging to a higher spot, I look down at the car below. Maybe if I come in from the high right and swoop down, I'll be able to get the drop on them…
Before I could react, however, a loud roar bellows out from my left. I turn to look at what made the sound but as I do so, something large and heavy hits me and I am send hurtling to the right. As I fall, I collide with a water tower, shattering it (and probably some bones) to pieces. I hit the roof of the building with a groan. Suddenly, my head is really badly aching. As I pull myself to my feet, the large thing hits me again and I'm sent flying backwards, colliding with some wooden storage boxes. Gasping for air, I stagger to my feet. What the heck was that? I feel like I've just been hit by a wrecking ball!
"D-did anyone get the license plate of that truck?" I ask no-one in particular as I finally get steady.
"Oh, I'm a truck am i?" the sudden voice causes me to freeze. I look up in shock at the person who had answered me. Standing a few steps in front of me was a man with a small dark beard. His long and bushy hair flowed down behind his shoulders, hidden behind his dark tuxedo. A top hat was perched on his head, mirroring my own straw-hat that was now barely hanging onto my skull. A white tie was around the man's neck and a similar white bird was standing on his shoulders.
"W-who…who are you?" I ask, glaring at the man. The man laughs at my question.
"It doesn't matter who I am…" the man taunts me with a sly grin "but when I'm done with you, you'll be WISHING you HAD been hit by a truck…"
Somehow, I found that I didn't doubt this man's threat…
To be continued in Chapter 1: Predators Act 2
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