18 Survival Quests ~ part 03 ~

~ Danny and Claus ~

The whole jeep was vibrating to the beat of the music. Claus was driving away from the neighborhood through the roads to Lumborne city.

"Where we heading?"

Danny asked while the old man stepped on the accelerator. 

"Somewhere we can kill peacefully.." said Claus, focusing on the road. 

"And what are we killing?" 

Danny was ready to kill more players. He looked at his stats, in front of his eyes.

[ Mana : 69/100 ]

[ HP : 95/100 ]

[ Energy : 60/100 ]

"How much more time is left for the Survival Quest to end?" asked Claus, refusing to answer the boy's question. 

Danny opened his quests, closing his eyes.

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[ Survival Quest : Take 3 lives { 0/3 } 3 hours and 47 minutes remaining ]

"About 3 and a half hours.." answered Danny. 

Claus looked at him with an annoyed expression on his face. "And can we hunt down a player and kill them before the clock hits 12?"

Danny was confused. *What is he saying? What are we trying to kill?*

"What are we trying to kill then?" asked Danny.

"We're going for a human.. there are bad people who hit the road at night.. if we can't find something like thugs, the only thing is to kill an innocent person!" said Claus.

Danny was frightened by the thought. "Killing the innocent!! Just like he did!!"

Danny blurted out impatiently. 

"Just like him?? Oh fucking hell! I knew it! Your main target is revenge! Who did the werewolf kill!!" 

Claus figured it out in an instant. He was a hunter for almost 27 years now. He knew what the players did. He knew how the players died.

"He.. He fucking killed Linda!" screamed Danny. 

He couldn't let go of the pain yet. The memories will never fade away. The way his best friend died. 

"Oh shit! Boy! Listen to me!! If you're a hunter then don't think about the people you lose. Because most of them will die.. no matter what you do.. this curse will never let you go.."

Claus advised Danny, because he knew that if someone plays the game for revenge, they die. He needed to help the boy. 

He did not want to see the boy face the same fate as his friend did, 15 years ago.

Danny looked down. *Everyone is trying to forget you Linda..*

A tear ran down his cheeks once again. Claus took a look at the boy from the back mirror.

*Cry it out boy! Don't let the pain get the better of you!* Claus considered looking at the boy.

*drop* drop* drop*

Three or four tears dropped down on the boy's denim jeans. Claus couldn't bear to see a boy cry. 

"Idiot! Wipe off those tears!! Hunters don't cry when people die.. Instead we kill! You have a long way to go boy.. The Witch Hunt will be an awful experience.. At the end of this event, God knows what will happen." 

*Don't worry kid.. this Witch Hunt will amend you whole..* whispered Claus to himself. 

Danny couldn't think of anything. He just sat there as tears ran down his eyes. His whole mind crumbling apart. 

*What should I do? Linda! I can't do anything!! I'm not powerful enough!* thought Danny. 

Claus suddenly slowed up. They were in the middle of the main road to Lumborne. Forest cover spread along, beside the road. 

"We're dropping off here boy!"

Claus called out to Danny as he stopped the car beside the road. There weren't any cars or buildings in sight. 

Danny wiped his tears from the sleeves of his jacket and got out of the car. 

"Get ready boy.. swords out.." said Claus, summoning his shotgun to his hands. 

Then Danny summoned his sword to his hands after Claus. Claus took a look at Danny's sword. 

"You need a claymore boy! It suits you! Let's go to the trader later on.." said the old man. 

Danny was speechless since he started to cry. He finally blurted something out.

"What to we do now.. "

Claus climbed up onto the top of the car. "Get up here boy.. we wait till the prey arrives.." 

Claus was holding on to his shotgun. His shotgun never ran out of bullets. His mana was the thing that created the bullets inside his gun.

But it took him more mana to create a bullet, yet it was the most powerful attack. 

Danny got up to the top of the car and sat there. The jeep was tall and heavy. It was dark green. 

Danny looked up at the sky. It was almost midnight, the sky was filled with stars. He wondered what to do.

"Boy! What are you thinking about! Once or twice you'll cry! You'll get used to it!!" uttered Claus patting the boy on the back. 

Danny just sat there, still wondering. Then he took a deep breath. *You don't want me to die too, right Linda?* he asked himself. 

Danny took his phone from his pocket and looked at it. He went to his gallery. 

Swiping the photos down, he could see the millions and millions of pictures he took with Linda.

He swiped deeper and deeper into the gallery. All his memories came back to him. The hugs, the kisses, the parties they went to, all of them came back to him. 

*If only you were here..*

Then he remembered something Linda said to him. 

It was a rainy day, the day Linda's father died. Linda sat there in the rain after his dad died, tears filled in her eyes. 

Sitting on the steps in front of the door, depressed. She was 14 years old. Danny was with Mrs. Houseman, inside the house.

Danny rushed to Linda's room to check on Linda. But she wasn't there. Then he peeked out of the window and looked down. 

He saw the girl sitting there mournfully. Danny rushed downstairs and went to Linda. 

He sat down close to her.

"That's just how life is Linda.. sometimes, people have to go. One day everyone of us will leave this world behind just like your dad.." 

Danny said to Linda, placing his hand on her shoulder. 

"Your dad was a good man.." 

Linda placed her head on his shoulder and cried more and more. 

All those words that came out of his own mouth came back to him. At this moment, there wasn't much of a difference from back then. 

The only difference was that Linda wasn't there when Danny cried.

Suddenly a car appeared from the far road. It was a wrangler. Two people were in the back of the car. Their screams could be heard by Danny even. 

"I think this one is good!"

Claus said as the car came closer. "Go stop the car before it escapes.."

Danny jumped off the top of the car and walked to the middle of the road. Danny stood in the middle of the road as the car drove towards him, with the sword in his hand.

The headlights flashed upon Danny. 

"Get the fuck out of our way idiot!!!!!"

Someone in the car screamed at him. It was the voice of a teen. And Danny had heard the voice a million times before. 

A guy peeked out from the window of the car. 

"Wait what!!! Danny boy!!! Hahaha!! what the fuck are you doing weirdo!!" 

It was Jimmy Baron from school. The well known bully of the school. 

"Where!! Where!!!" howled the people inside the car. There were about another 4 people inside the car. 

All 5 of them peeked out through the windows. 

"What's that you holding?? Oh shit I get it now!! This is about our dead Linda isn't it??" howled Jimmy looking at the boy. 

"Did you cry????"

Danny was burning inside. The shameless fools always bullied Danny. Always kicked him down and beat him. 

Jimmy opened the door and jumped off the wrangler.

"So!! Wanna get beaten up again fool!! I ain't getting scared of that sword you bought from a comic con nerd!!!"

Jimmy was wearing his tank top and cargo pants as usual. He was a buff guy. 

"Don't cry boy!! Or did you think we fucked up Linda???" Jimmy howled again, hurting Danny's feelings.

Danny wiped his eyes from his sleeves. 

"Shut the fuck up!!!!"

The boy screamed at the bullies bravely. 

"OH HO HO!!! DANNY BOY!!!" howled the boys in the car. "KICK HIS ASS JIMMY!! TEACH HIM A LESSON!!"

Jimmy smiled wittily looking at Danny. Then Jimmy turned and saw Claus. "What are you looking at, old man!!" yelled Jimmy.

"Nothing boy.. just enjoying the show..." said Claus. He got a cigarette from his front pocket and lit it up. 

Jimmy turned to Danny again. 

"Gotta teach you a lesson Danny boy!" 

Danny was gripping on to the sword burning with anger. 

Suddenly Jimmy rushed to Danny and kicked him on the stomach. Danny fell to the ground.

*I can't kill this idiot!! I can't!* 

Danny was still refusing to kill the bullies. 

*THUMP!!*

Jimmy kicked Danny on the head. Now Danny's nose started to bleed. 

[ HP : 90/100 ]

Jimmy kicked once again. Danny was on the ground bearing the pain. But the kicks were nothing to him.

"I'm going to kill you right here Danny boy! I'm going to send you to the place where that bitch went!!" 

Jimmy screamed at Danny as he kicked Danny over and over again.

Danny burned inside. Jimmy's words for Linda were too much. 

*How dare he disgrace the dead girl!* Danny thought to himself. "Fucking hell!!! Die you motherfucker!!!"  

Danny screamed and swung the sword at Jimmy's neck. The sword slashed Jimmy's neck clean off. 

Jimmy fell to the ground, as his head rolled on the road. Danny's eyes lit up with a black fire. 

"Die!!! You insolent little piece of shits!!!!!" 

Danny threw the blazing sword to the hood of the wrangler. The sword sunk into the hood and burned the engine.

*BOOOOOOOM!!!!*

The whole car blew up to pieces, killing everyone inside. 

[ Survival Quest completed ]

The blood of Jimmy's head flowed through the road. Danny fell down to his knees. 

Claus quickly jumped off and ran to Danny. He helped the boy to stand up and dragged him back into the car. 

The boy was speechless. He was just looking at the road mindlessly. 

Claus knew how that felt. Getting the first kill. 

The boom echoed throughout the forest. They could hear the police coming from afar. 

"Don't worry boy.. there's plenty of wolves to rule these woods.." said Claus, starting up the jeep. 

Suddenly he took off the volume button of the vehicle. There was a switch inside it. 

He pressed it.

*ZWOOSH*

The car teleported back to the garage of their new base..