Thorned Rose

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In a dimly lit room that looked like a vault, it could be seen that two people were tag teaming someone.

The room was a mess, there were also 4 people that could be seen scattered in the ground, unconscious.

The red alarm light vaguely revealed their features. The two people who were working together were a man and a woman.

The man had white hair and golden eyes which were showing fatigue while the woman had a head full of pink hair who was also showing a hint of exhaustion, both of them were wearing black military clothes that seemed to be made from special materials.

On the other hand, the person they were fighting seemed to be a woman wearing a skin-tight body suit which revealed her lithe figure.

Her black hair swayed in the air as she calmly dodged the punches and kicks of the two people.

"Is this the famous Twilight Task Force? Is this really all you people could amount to?" The woman's ruby-red eyes glanced at the two people in disdain as she jumped in the air to avoid their joint attack.

Not paying any attention to her words, the man's golden eyes gleamed as he rushed towards her.

The pink-haired woman followed behind him as they skillfully alternated between their attacks, not allowing the black-haired woman to have any time to think.

"Oho~ What's this? Is this what they call the power of friendship?" The black-haired woman mocked further as she effortlessly deflected their attacks.

At this moment, behind the black-haired woman, one of the four unconscious people woke up.

A bulky, 2-meter tall man silently got up before charging towards the black-haired woman.

The black-haired woman rolled her ruby-red eyes at them with disdain before turning around and running towards the 2-meter tall man.

This move of hers shocked the now three people who were working against her.

"Heh, you stupid bitch!" The pink-haired woman shouted as he rushed towards the opponent.

The 2-meter tall man was also shocked but still continued charging.

The man with the golden eyes, on the other hand, tried to figure out their opponent's intentions.

Just as the black-haired woman and 2-meter tall man neared each other, the woman jumped slightly.

Using the man's body as the floor, she walked vertically before kicking him in the chin with a power enough to knock him out while using the force to propel herself in the air.

"Hassan!" The white-haired man called out as his golden eyes shone with worry.

However, before he could react any further, the black-haired woman gracefully flew in the air and successfully landed on the back of the pink-haired woman's head, also knocking her unconscious.

"Margareth!"

'What the…' The white-haired man was shocked and could only call their names. He looked at his unconscious teammates as if he couldn't believe what happened.

The black-haired woman walked towards the white-haired man with a teasing smile.

The man slowly walked backwards. He kept looking around at his unconscious teammates as he did so.

"Hehehe~"

The woman's giggle sounded as she asked, "What? Is this your first time losing to someone?"

The woman held the man by his neck and said, "You seem quite intelligent."

As the dim red light shone on the man's face, revealing his wounded face that seemed to have a strange charm, the woman smiled and said, "Your looks are quite good too… You're just my type!"

"W-what?" The man was flabbergasted. After all, weren't they killing each other just a few moments ago?

The man laughed wryly and asked, "Just what are you?"

Plop!

The woman didn't answer and dropped the man on the ground.

She walked towards the glass container that was at the center of the room before cutting it with special equipment.

The glass container had 2 glowing rocks that seemed to emit an unknown energy inside it.

The man just watched all of this happen silently, as if he didn't care at all. Instead, he kept looking at his unconscious allies, it was obvious that they were more important to him than the glowing pieces of rocks they were guarding.

Grabbing one of the pieces of glowing rock, the woman smiled at the man and said, "I'll be taking this, bye~"

However, the woman stopped and turned to look at the white-haired man who was sitting on the ground while breathing heavily.

"Hey, what's your name?" She asked.

"Huh?" The man felt confused.

The woman walked towards the man and slapped him on the face. "I said tell me your name!"

Dazed, the man replied, "Garren. I'm Garren."

'What the hell!? Is this woman a psycho?'

"How about your surname?"

"I don't have one."

"So Ren it is!"

"Hey, don't just give me a nickname like we're close!"

"Hehe, I have something to ask before I go."

"Do you really have that much time?"

"Yup. The emp bomb we used to disable the technology on your base was quite high level. Wait. Oh my, are you worrying about me~?"

The man, Garren, didn't react and just looked at the woman's ruby-red eyes, waiting for her question.

The woman giggled before asking, "What do you think of this war?"

Garren was surprised, but still replied, "It's pointless. We just want this shit to end."

Hearing him curse, the woman's ruby eyes shone with interest. "Is this the reason why you didn't use weapons to fight me?"

Garren nodded and said, "We wanted to give you the piece of meteorite after fighting for a bit. However, we didn't expect that we won't be able to take you on. Besides, the same thing could be said about you. You could've killed us, but didn't. Just what is your goal?"

The woman just smiled and didn't answer. Instead, she asked playfully, "How about coming with me~?"

Garren looked at his teammates before shaking his head, "I can't leave them behind."

"Awww~" The woman made a dramatic gesture as if she was very touched by their camaraderie. However, one could see some unknown emotions in her eyes.

Then, she placed her lips beside Garren's ear and whispered something.

Afterwards, she stood up with a serious expression. "Let's meet up at the address that I told you if you want to end this pointless war with me. Also, you can bring your team along if you want."

"By the way, my name is Sabrina. I also don't have a surname. Everyone calls me Thorned Rose so you can just call me that too."

Garren smirked playfully and said, "Take care then, Rina."

Suddenly feeling danger, he titled his head.

Swoosh!

A knife produced some sparks beside Garren's ear as it collided with the wall.

He thought with a shocked expression, 'That was close.'

When he looked ahead, he noticed that the woman called Sabrina wasn't there anymore.

***

"Dad?"

"Dad!"

Ren snapped out of his daze as he heard his children call him. He looked beside him and saw Rina, who had a worried look in her eyes.

"Well, your mother is just that good. She defeated our entire team by herself."

He looked at his wife again and couldn't help but think in his heart, 'Though, I have no idea how I managed to tame her…'