Enforcers

"Hero!" Irene screamed out in horror and in pure panic. As she watched Hero get ripped apart she suddenly found herself back to the incident where Snow was almost killed. She had failed that day, and now here she was failing again.

The monster bit down as hard as it could causing Hero to scream out in pain as the teeth grinded his side to pieces ripping into him. "Ahh!" Hero screamed out as he gasped out. The monster responded by simply slamming its head down slamming Hero straight into the ground as it placed a paw on his back and began to pull back with its head ripping his side out.

Then suddenly in a flash of blue light, the monster"s head was suddenly ripped from the top of its shoulders as the entire monster exploded in a hail of blue light. Jackson reached out catching the boy as he sat him on the ground gently.

Sparks of electricity were quite literally exploding off of the man as he glared out at the horde of monsters with pure malice, and regret.

"Training over..." He stated simply. Then in a ma.s.sive crack, he dispersed. A blue blur crossed the battlefield in seconds as every Bestia Macht was instantly ripped apart spraying a hail of blood and gore down on the battlefield.

"Whoa..." Kitsune said as all the creatures. .h.i.t the floor, now all very, very dead. "That was fast." He muttered out.

"What just happened!" Ken questioned in shock as she blinked.

"That speed was incredible..." Cloud said. "It was like lightning... I could fill the wind pressure exploding off of him..."

"Hero!" Irene yelled out in a panic as she fell down to the boy"s side rolling him over. "Please be okay!" She cried out as she begged him to not bleed anymore.

"I have a part of my side missing! Do I look okay?" Hero said speaking slowly as he coughed up blood. "I hurt!" He gasped out. His right side was gone having been chewed off. He was huddled in a ball clutching his side as blood-soaked through the snow beneath him. He didn"t look like he was in very good condition...

"I"m so sorry Hero!" Irene gasped out.

"You should be!" Hero cried out gasping for air. "I think I"m dying!"

Irene placed her hands on the wound applying pressure to it as hard as she could. "Please... Please don"t die!"

"You cry like a girl..." Hero gasped out mocking them with what might have been his final breath.

"Hero!" Ken yelled running over to the boy"s side when she noticed him. "Oh my G.o.d, what happened? North what happened?" She questioned.

"d.a.m.n that looks bad..." Kitsune said hissing slightly when he saw the wound. "North? You saw what happened right? Tell us?"

"I- I don"t... I didn"t! I mean it was my.... But the thing about it..." Irene"s eyes widened slightly as she stepped away from the group. "It was an accident- And-" She stuttered out in a panic. She got more flashbacks to that day as she almost slipped back.

"You did this!" Ken said in shock as she stared at her fellow recruit.

"No. A Bestia Macht did." Jackson said letting out a sigh as he walked towards the group. He bent down inspecting Hero"s wounds. "Everyone stay calm." He stated. "Hero I need to get you inside and away from the cold. Just grit your teeth this is only going to hurt for a few seconds..." He stated as he placed one arm under Hero"s back, and another under the kid"s leg. "1.2.3..."

"Ahh!" Hero hissed out as Jackson stood up, lifting the boy. "...f.u.c.k...Me..." He gasped out as white-hot pain soared through him.

"Let"s go. We need to get you inside now." Jackson said turning to the village. "d.a.m.n it... That attack left him in a bad shape. He definitely has some internal organ damage..." He thought quietly in slight horror and ma.s.sive regret. "But he has a healing factor right? The question is how good of a healing factor..." Jackson let out a quiet curse. "I knew I shouldn"t have let you kids do this..." He sighed out. "d.a.m.n it..."

The group marched back to the village at a quick pace. They didn"t even bother going to the gates as Ken just punched a hole straight in the wall forcing their way in.

"Hero..." Irene said in a panic as she followed closely to Jackson. "Please don"t die!" She said again. The girl actually looked worse off than Hero.

"Man up North," Kitsune said rolling his eyes. "Hero will be fine... I hope..."

"He"s right." Hero said coughing slightly. "My body is already repairing itself as we speak..." He said before suddenly breaking into a coughing fit. "I- I just need to rest for a little while... I"ll be all better than..." He said as his eyes fluttered closed. "Well unless I fall asleep then I"m-" Hero began to quietly snore as Irene panicked.

"Relax," Ken said sighing. "He was just kidding. He heals while asleep."

"How do you know?" Cloud asked.

"Because he told me..." Ken said shrugging. "He talks to me more than you guys."

"Aww..." Kitsune said quietly. "I thought Hero and I had a special friendship..."

"Shut up!"Jackson barked out. The man quickened his pace as he entered the small village as fast as he could. "We need to get him inside now!" Jackson said urgently as he marched through the village looking for anywhere to place the boy in.

"I"ll be d.a.m.ned..." Kitsune said raising an eyebrow.

"What?" Ken questioned curiously.

The fox frowned slightly as he pointed across the village and over to a small patch of dirt that had several vegetables growing from it... Despite the freezing cold weather they all looked perfectly healthy... "They really do have a way to control Vegetables... I would say they are using their Attributes but the Bright are against that... How the h.e.l.l is-"

"Ahh, brave Enforcers!" The man who had driven them here, announced when he saw them enter the village. "Perfect! Father Darvin wishes to speak to you. It is-"

"I don"t care!" Jackson spat out. "I need to get my student inside now."

"I"m afraid that will have to wait-"

"What the h.e.l.l did you just say to me!" Jackson snapped. He stared the man down as electricity began to crackle off of him. "My student is hurt. I don"t care what your leader has to say. I need to get him inside now!"

"No one is allowed to refuse Father Darvin..." The man said. His cheerful nature now seemed to be gone as his eyes narrowed in on Jackson. "Much like how no one is allowed to use their Attributes in this village. If your student dies than that was his fate-"

"Move out of our way!" Ken yelled out bringing her weapon up intending to slap this a.s.shole away from them.

"That is enough Hoshi!" A stern voice announced. Everyone froze in place as the frozen air seemed to turn colder... A man slowly walked up... He kept his hands behind his back and he was dressed in what looked like a priest outfit. "Please led these Enforcers to our nearest inn and get them medical aid immediately..." The man said slowly.

"But Father Darvin! We barely have any supplies-"

"Do as you are told..."

"Yes, sir..." The man bowed before turning to the group. "Please right, this way! I will lead you to our spare house..." The man said simply as he turned and began to march away.

Jackson stood still for a moment, as his brain processed everything that happened. He shook his head quickly as he began to follow after the man. His recruits followed quickly after him. Behind them, the priest-dressed man slowly followed.

"This was Mr. Chi"s house but he, unfortunately, pa.s.sed away..." The man said opening the doors to an old rickety shake. It is one room but it has a fireplace..." He stated slowly.

Jackson ignored the man as he entered the building kicking the door down. He marched in as he sat Hero down softly as he took off his jacket covering the boy up with it and using it as a makeshift blanket. "Kitsune start a fire." He said simply. "Hero"s wounds are pretty bad... I doubt there is anything we can do without proper equipment... Especially with a wound this big... The best we can do is just hope he was right about his healing being able to save him from this..."

"I"ll go get some supplies..." The other man said turning and leaving the room.

A few seconds later the door opened up as the priest walked in. Ken glared at the man with narrow eyes. She didn"t trust him... She had seen plenty of people like him in her days. The kind that think they are right at all times...

Now that he was up close everyone was able to get a better look at him. He was an old man. Maybe in his eighties or even nineties. Despite that though there was this... Almost aura about him? The kind that said you should respect him, and above all else fear him. He looked as if he had a holier than thou att.i.tude. The kind where he would always know best and if you questioned him you were in the wrong.

"Can I help you?" Jackson questioned the man.

"Are you the leader?" The man questioned.

"Yes..."

"Good. Can I speak with you privately about some matters? It"s in regards to the mission." The man stated as he turned walking outside.

Jackson let out a sigh as he stood up. "Alright stay here. Come get me if you think Hero gets any worse..." Jackson said slowly. And with that, he was out the door.

The priest seemed to wait for him as he gestured for Jackson to follow. "Perhaps some introductions are in order... I"m Father Darvin. I run this village. Have been for the past forty years..." The man said.

"Yeah... I already figured who you were..." Jackson said crossing his arms. "Listen Father. We completed your mission. We just need to stay for a day or two to let Hero recover."

"You are welcome to stay as long as you want." The man said smiling. "But the thing is... You haven"t completed your mission yet."

"What are you talking about..." Jackson said narrowing his eyes. "We beat the Bestia Macht that were terrorizing your village, which by the way you lied about. In the mission briefing, you made listed that there were only twelve Bestia Macht in the area! That was a lot more than twelve."
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"Please Brave Enforcer. Calm down."

"Calm down! Calm down! Because of you one of my students almost got killed!"

"Oh? Is that my fault? Am I the one who told them to go fight the Bestia Macht horde? Am I the one who watched them fight instead of helping? It looked like you had the power to destroy that horde in mere moments but instead waited until after one of your teammates were injured? Tell me how is any of that my fault?"

"Well... Umm..." Jackson went silent as he realized the man was right. "We... We have to train them... If I jumped in right away they would never get anything done... But that"s not the point! You lied to us!"

The old man let out a light sigh as he stopped in front of an old bench. He tried to sit down but his knees shook the entire time. Finally, after a pain stacking minute, he managed to sit down. At that moment he looked just so? So weak and pathetic? Like a frail old man... "I am sorry that we lied... However, we didn"t lie at the time..." The old man stated.

"What do you mean?" Jackson asked crossing his arms.

"At the time when we sent the request we had only seen twelve Bestia Macht in the area... It wasn"t until later that we found out just how many there were... Do you wonder why we don"t have any guards around? Well, what little we did have unfortunately died in an attempt to force the monsters back... Mr. Chi was our finest warrior... He fought bravely until the end..."

"That mission had been out for a while though?" Jackson pointed out. "Surely you could have changed it then?"

"You are correct... However, look around. What little my village has is being used to lay for this C-Cla.s.s mission... If we told the truth then we wouldn"t have been able to hire you... We would have been wiped out for sure." The old man let out a sigh as he stared down at the snow. "I am sorry for lying..."

Jackson sighed as he reached out placing a hand in the old man"s shoulder. "Don"t be. You did what you thought was right at the time. I won"t tell anyone about the actual ranking of the mission. You won"t have to pay any extra..."

"You are too kind..." The old man said smiling slightly as he nodded his head. "Thank you." The man said smiling.

"Besides. We dealt with that horde. Mission over!" Jackson said shrugging.

"Not quite..."

"What do you mean?"

"As I said earlier... The mission isn"t over."

"As I said earlier... What do you mean?"

The old man looked down on the ground for a few moments. "We... We have reason to believe that there is a Nest nearby..."