CHAPTER 5 - ITS HUNTING TIME

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

REVELATION 6:8 ESV

WRITER'S POV:

THIS EVENT HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER NINE GETS KICK OUT BY SA-YA'S WORDS

Nine received a special letter from Zero (Your 69th mission from the God of the underworld is waiting). Nine wears a luxurious white tuxedo and wearing a white hat as well. He rode a motorcycle going downhill. The road doesn't look fine, it was so dark and frightening road. After a few minutes, Nine passes a bridge where the river turns into fire. He then passes a tunnel where his motorcycle only the source of lightness.

After a few minutes of the drive, He then arrives in the realm of the underworld or also known as the fiery pit of Hell. A big dark Gate opens and a lot of skeletons welcome him, on the right side you can see CERBERUS. Often called the "hound of Hades"; is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving the place. It's barking towards Nine. A Familiar visitor arrives indeed.

"Hey! Nine, long time no see" One of the Skeleton says. He looks like Brook from one piece; the famous anime series written by ODA.

"Hey! Skelly, is he here? "He gets off on the motorcycle with so much Charisma. Female Skeletons mesmerized by his ardent appearance.

"Waaahhhh" Jaw-dropping reactions.

"He's actually been waiting for you since yesterday though. Mucho drama" Skelly replied while he makes a 180-degree bow.

"He misses me so much" Nine answers with a wide smile.

"Waaaaaahhhh" another Jaw-dropping reaction from the female skeletons.

A dark Palace surprisingly occurred. Nine enters it with Skelly.

"Your majesty, Nine has finally arrived" Skelly once again makes a 180-degree bow. They continue walking along the red carpet straightly. As they get closer to the end of the palace. A Big chair with a terrifying Man seated on it suddenly shows up.

"Nine, Nine, and Nine..." The frightening Man Said. He has a long beard and long dark hair. He's wearing a dark-cloaked and winged. Skelly looks frightened, but Nine does not. His face was one of utmost confidence, whatever game this man played he wasn't accustomed to losing.

"Hey, old man! How are yah~ did you miss me?" However, instead of a response Nine suddenly surrounded by chains in his body.

Nine gasps. "Aghhh"

"I truly miss you. Among all the Grimreapers, you're my Favorite!"

"Oh, Dear. Poor boy" Skelly mutters.

"Zero mentioned to me you met the Girl but you let her escape!" The old man shouted.

"Oh No, Nine is getting on his Majesty's nerves" Skelly mutters again.

"Oh crap! That's fake news Old man! She annoyingly manages to get away from me and I can't even get closer towards her" Nine Gasps. "Aghhh" He looks like going to collapse from not having enough air to breathe because of the chains on his neck and body.

"When did you become so weak? Nine, Nine, and Nine..." The old man giggles.

"Bring that Human to me! It's my child" The old man utters.

"Oh My God" Skelly mutters for the last time.

Nine Gasps but finally able to remove the Chain, it took him a while though.

"Hades, Are you kidding me?!"Nine shouted at him.

"She's your Child?! Are you making fun of me? How? When? And how again?!" He furiously added.

"Nine, Nine, and Nine..." Hade's giggles. "This will be your final mission. If you fail, you'll get cease to exist my dear friend"

Skelly's Jaw drops as he heard the shocking news. He can't close his mouth.

Since declining the king of the underworld would be totally a wrong moved. Nine stifled as he carefully thinks first before commenting.

"Don't worry. I will!" He timidly smirks. "Since it's a mission that I am no longer allowed to reject, I'll do all my best to fulfill it. No matter what it takes. I'll fetch that Girl's Soul and transport it to you, Old man!" He seriously utters.

(FYI: Hades is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld)

PATRICK'S POV:

July 2, 2020,

Around 7:20 am I'm in a hurry because I woke up late and it's actually my first day today in my new school. I just got transferred from states last week, here in Manila. It may sound rude or arrogant but I am good looking, tall, sharp-featured, well built, and of course intelligent. Well, I used to have the kind of face that stopped you in your tracks.

My Full Name is John Patrick May. My friends call me Patrick, much comfortable than John. I've just turned 18 yrs. old last week. I have to live alone in Manila as my surprised birthday gift from Mom. I'm not rich though, neither not poor kiddo too. She just wanted me to be safe.

I run like hell while getting inside the train. Bumped some guy while getting closer with the train his coffee spilled on the floor btw, I feel so apologetic for it. I guess his a Grimreaper from the way he looks. Oh yeah, I can see them. FYI, I can see things that not everyone can see. I have those things called Third Eye. I can talk to them, touch them, and even be a medium for them. Amazing?

Hell, No, it's a curse.

When I entered the train, another bumped incident occurred. It's a lady this time and a human. She's wearing a uniform in the school that I'm going to. Oh yeah, I'm wearing the same uniform she's wearing. I'm still not used to it though. Americans don't prefer uniforms. American schools not making school uniforms compulsory is to restrict conformity and grant students more 'freedom' to express themselves. However, bullies are everywhere. Well, yeah, I got bullied. I experienced it a lot.

"I'm really sorry Miss." She just stared at me nervously for about a minute. She has blonde long wavy hair and an updated Anello backpack, she's rich but why riding a subway. If she got mad at me because I bumped her I'm just going to slap her the truth that subway is for people who's not a brat like her even though she looks really charming. Is she a celebrity?

"NO!" She shouted like a crazy woman suddenly. Okay then, this beautiful lady is acting totally nuts.

"I said sorry. I apologized" I said seriously. But tears were beginning to blur her vision

"Hey! Is it hurt? Did I hurt you? Why are you crying?" I continue, she unexpectedly takes my shoulder with care.

"What time is it?" then she furiously grabs my watch to check the time. 7:25 am. "5-Mins," She whispered.

"Hey! I'm asking~"

"I'm fine." she interrupts "But we are all going to die. I need your help. You need to scream like a crazy man saying get off now the train!" she added while looking at me seriously.

"Hmm... Seriously?" I ask with pondering on my face. She just glared at me.

"We are going to die! Get off the train now!" She screams at the top of her lungs. Then she ran like hell to the door, take the exit and look for the guard. Of course, she just shouted at me that we are going to die so I just follow her, unknowingly. The same goes for the others inside the train who've just heard her. Dude, calm down. People start panicking like you.

"Security! You need to stop the train now! The next station, a man there will enter the train, with a bomb he's going to blast that train!" but instead of listening he gave the go signal to the train and it leaves after. The Girl looks devastated.

"What?! I said you need to stop the train! Why did you still let it leave?" She shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Hey! Kiddo, If you don't want to go to school today much better to go home now instead of doing a prank here in a public area" he said seriously while pointing his baton at her.

I want to help her. The way she warned us. The way her eyes look at us. It might sound like crazy pieces of stuff but, we don't know what really happens in the future right?

I'm about to get closer to her when the blast happened promptly. The fire, the smoke, and the noise from different people who are screaming for help.

"What the hell!" the security guard and all the people who listened to her and take their exits exclaimed

they suddenly stare at her.

"Who are you? How~" The Security Guard murmurs.

Menace, madness, and confusion. Here I am, standing frozen in the situation I couldn't even imagine.

She ran away all of a sudden. I couldn't even dare to follow her.

Sadly, I never see her again afterward.

It was a nice fine day. Yet, we don't know what comes after every 5 minutes of our life. That's why a lot of people enjoy their life to the fullest cause you only live once. I never thought that I almost got died that day. No wonder why I see a lot of Grimreapers that day. They are about to fetch us.

Luckily, I have met that peculiar beautiful lady. My savior Rather. I hope I can meet her again, thanking her for saving our lives from that day's incident. Hopefully got a chance though.

My mom now wanted me to go back to States. Sounds Crazy, right? Just because of that incident, she suddenly changes her mind. A parent is always going to be a parent. I declined of course. I love how Manila looks simpler even it's dangerous. Besides, the roaming spirits here are not clingy unlike in the States.

After two days from the bomb explosion, School resumes. It was in the news that some students from our school got involved in the said incident.

My first day of school turns into a nightmare then.

NINE'S POV:

Hades is our king, our direct superior followed by the Creator. Sometimes he gave a special mission to us directly. If you fail him, you will cease to exist. There are a total of 107 Grimreapers, suffer from that punishment already. We actually have no memories from our past, a chance to be human is the only reason for us to stay in this miserable life. Hades gave me a lot of mission already, Of course, I passed all of it. But this time, I have to admit. This one is freaking hard. Saya has unique capabilities that she's not aware of. And one of it was to make me vanishes by words.

I drove away from the underworld. Return to my barracks, take a shower, cook dinner then, make some plans of how I'm going to fetch that Girl's soul while strategizing I fell asleep on my couch. My cognitive domain surprisingly remembers something from the subway incident last week.

The male student who bumped me. He saw me and even apologize afterward. I look closely at his outfit that day, oh yeah it's a school uniform same with Saya.

Okay, flashback again. He bumped me, I dropped my coffee he apologized quickly though and then, STOP. Okay. Zoom-in. Close up. Closer. Closer.

Manila High School. Written clearly in his uniform. He has no nametag, its fine though. His name written clearly on the top of his head. JOHN PATRICK MAY.

I immediately contacted Four using our one of a kind Underworld Cellphone. It can contact you anywhere with or without a signal. No need for Facebook or Viber to have video calls. It has advanced technologies that humans will never able to copy with. MAGIC.

Smiling devilish. "Hey Four, You want to hunt? I have a delicious human for yah"