2 Arc 1-Chapter 2 (Bounty)

"Whatcha got there?",asks the fairy with a child like voice.

Hooded Man:"A wolf, I brought him from the forest."

Fairy:"Oohh, so that's what the cage was for. But why did you bring him here?", she asks as she's hovering around the cage trying to calm down the pup.

Hooded Man:"I'm going to train him and use him in hunts." He prepares a meal out of squirrels and rabbits.

The fairy stares into the pup's eyes and for a few moments they were as still as statues."We should give him a name."

Hooded Man:"Why, I'll just call him wolf."

The fairy lands on the man's head:"Oh don't be so crude. It'll be nice, you'll finally have someone around except me."

Hooded Man(while he's eating):" You're more than enough. And the only reason you're here and not in this bowl is because you're useful."

Fairy(with a smug face):"Hm! Well with an attitude like that you'll never have friends."

The man slams the bowl in anger and with a menacing tone says:"I DON'T NEED FRIENDS! I tried having friends and it didn't work out!" He calms down a bit and cleans up the mess. The fairy lowers her head and lands on the table:"I'm sorry, I shouldn't of brought it up." "It's fine", he stands up,"just don't bring it up anymore. You know I don-", their conversation was interrupted by crack in the forest. A group of seven men are walking in the woods. They're all wearing leather armour. Six of them have brown clothes and one has black. Three were armed with bows, the rest had swords.

"You dumbass", the man in black quietly yells, "what if he heard us, you do remember who we're up against, don't you?"

"Sorry boss, it was an accide-"

"Shut up, you three", he signals the men with bows,"go to the right side through the woods, rest of you with me". Four men go towards the door, three go through the woods on the left side of the cabin.

The fairy sneaks back in cabin:"Seven men, all leather armour, 6 brown, 1 black, 3 bows on the left in the woods, 4 swords coming towards the door."

"Alright, we don't have to worry about the ones in the woods."

Meanwhile, the bowmen slowly walk between the trees. "Okay, let's take it easy, we'll sneak around and the-", he falls into a hole with spikes. "Shit!", one of them yells,"alright, we'll just go around like this. See? Now all we have to do is go-", a plank with a knife hits him in the forehead, it was held on a tree with a rope, the man triggered the trap when he stepped on that rope."Holy fuck!", screams the last skinny man as he shakes in udder fear. His face twisted and his eyes twitching," I gotta get out of here. If I just go right I'll avoid everything. We weren't even supposed to be here. I'm sorry guys I just can-", he sets off another plank with a knife and he dies.

"What was that?", one of the swordsmen ask.

"Doesn't matter",says the man in the black armour,"you go to the right, you two to the left, I'll bust through the door, got it?". They collectively nod and follow the plan.

The hooded man crouches on the roof. He grabs three arrows and holds them in his left hand along with the bow. Takes one arrow and shoots the man in the black in the head. Takes another and shoots the man on the right in the left  shoulder. Runs to the left side, jumps and in mid-air he shoots one of the men between the eyes and lands on the other one. He brakes his neck with his foot.

The man on the right starts yelling:"HELP! SOMEONE, ANYONE, PLEA-", the hooded man grabs him by the throat and lifts him in the air."No one's coming to save you, you're alone", says the hooded man with a menacing face. The mercenary pulls his hood down, and it's revealed: The man who is thought to be scary doesn't have a face of a maniac. He has really short black hair, short beard and a scar next to his left eye.

"So you're HIM", the mercenary speaks as he chokes,"the PHANTOM".

"I hate that name", he says as he chokes him harder.

"Wait stop", says the fairy, "I can get into his mind remember? I can find out why he's here." She touches the mercenary's head and we see glimpses in form of small cubes with images of different experiences.

"A man with a red badge, a group of mercenaries, tents, one big one, not too far. There are more to the north-west. About 23 more, these were the hunters, the rest are fighters. They're led by a man with a red badge on his chest."

"Thanks Daisy", phantom puts down the mercenary and breaks his neck.

Daisy twitches and gets chills,"I'll never get used to that. Hey where are you going?"

Phantom:"To see the man with the red badge."

Daisy:"Why?"

Phantom:"To see why he's trying to kill me. Watch the wolf."

Daisy:"HE HAS A NAME! I'm just not sure what it is."

The phantom leaves, a cold wind blows over the clearing, the sign above the door creaks. Daisy crosses her arms to warm herself and lowers her face in sadness.

End of chapter 2