Chapter 7: Adam Shorts

Chapter 7: Adam Shorts

~Albus POV~

*BANG*

*BANG*

What?

Gunshots?

Who the hell would shoot at who for in the middle of here?

My curiosity getting the better of me where there are gunshots there have to be intelligent people around.

Getting closer to where the gunshots becoming louder, I began to peek out from the corners of the trees keeping my eyesight seen at the chaos shown.

Viewing everything I immediately knew what was happening.

Of course, through the safety of me using Cursed Energy to enhance my sights and ears to see what the situation was going on.

Looking as the driver a White Fang member in its newly adopted uniform leaps out, a masked Ilia Amitola, Sienna Khan, and Adam, now with markings on his mask, all frown as they're pinned under heavy fire.

Hoping to negotiate a ceasefire, High Leader Ghira Belladonna breaks out of the cover of the convoy to try and speak to the supremacist gunmen, "Please! We're just trying to pass through!"

He suddenly finds his answer when a bullet narrowly misses him and instead breaks through one of the trucks' windshields, forcing him back into cover.

The gunman in question kept on firing his revolver, dressed in a blue jacket yelled, "Well you animals passed through the wrong town!"

Ghira tries to be reasonable to the supremacist as he spoke, "There's no need for violence!"

*Bang*

Unfortunately, the angry supremacist refuses to listen and aims his revolver at Ghira again, landing a hit on Ghira's right wrist and depleting the latter's Aura, shocking the rest of the crew but also me.

I mean I learned in Earth about how the South was related to actions of racism.

Hmm…

Maybe I can get on their good side if I help out.

Looking around I see some nearby rocks I grab hold of them as I began to reinforce myself with Cursed Energy preparing to throw rocks and helping them out.

Just in case to see if that's possible or not.

Furious, Adam turns to Sienna, who nods yes and allows Adam to engage.

Leaping from the roof of the truck, Adam lands on the ground and charges at the first supremacist, striking him down with his chokuto Wilt and Blush before the latter has any chance to use his machete.

Jumping between the trees, he deflects rifle rounds from the next two opponents before slamming one of them into a tree with his sheath.

Proceeding onto his next target, he knocks her over with a swipe of his sheath, and sends her flying into the air by ramming the sheath up her gut, before knocking her out by leaping upwards to kick her back down to the ground.

Meanwhile, Ghira, now recovering with Sienna's assistance, can only watch in shock and he ain't the only one.

Is that how fights are going to be in the future?

Can I even reach that level?

Seeing from the show of fights I always thought it wasn't much but seeing it here like this….

I have so much to learn.

Adam easily deflects and dodges a salvo fired from a fourth man's dual-wielded revolvers as the latter is neutralized with an ax kick. Charging into the fire of a fifth enemy, he fires the blade of Wilt, which smashes her into a tree from the impact and knocks her out.

The sixth man's fire proves to be just as useless as he blocks the bullets and sends him flying with a push kick.

Hiding behind a tree from Adam's carnage, Ghira's assailant sees an opportunity to try and take the High Leader out as he began to yell, "AHHH!!!!"

Just as I was about to throw the reinforced pebble what I saw made me stop as my blood turned cold.

I froze.

Maybe it was shock setting in but this was much bloodier than I remember in the show with guts showing and burnt up the man's stomach.

God…

I think I'm going to hurl…

Argh…

However, now burning red with rage, Adam tries to release the stored energy in his sword, unleashing a slash that cuts through the gunman's chest, slamming him against the side of a truck, killing him instantly like in the show…

*Swoosh*

"Ahhh!"

*Crack*

Shocked, Ghira and some of the Fang members walk out of cover, only to find the gunman killed while Adam getting himself together as the gunman with his six-shooter unloaded, and blood splattered against the ground and the truck walls, a puddle of red blood from his corpse.

As the remaining assailants sneak between the trees, they see the damage, and proceed to retreat, leaving Adam seething with rage with their words, "You're all freaks!"

Seeing the damage and escalation was down I sigh a breath of relief as Ghira began to talk to Adam down, "That wasn't necessary. This is the very reason they think they can treat—"

Sienna being the voice of reason for a change began to talk, "Ghira! He saved your life! He's a hero!"

"Amazing!"

Adam is then vindicated by the cries of by the White Fang's rank-and-file members as they and Ilia walk away, leaving only Sienna and Ghira to glare at each other as they sigh of Adams's actions.

*Thud*

Stopping my reinforcement of Cursed Energy I stopped processing everything that happened in less than a span of a few seconds.

Who the hell was I fucking kidding myself of ever thinking of helping them out?

They were completely fine on their own no need for me to interfere at all.

But what struck me was how I froze seeing another life end like that.

Slash and cut.

Blood and guts all over…

Feels like I'm watching the death battle of Homelander and Omniman kind of chills at the end of the fight.

Brutal and terrifying at the same time.

Usually seeing it through a monitor or show with characters going all out like this would make a person happy or such at the idea but…

Reality hits hard here.

I was very lucky to not have helped as I did.

While helping the White Fang out would be good here I don't think it was even needed for me to intervene and for safety reasons.

Why?

Adam.

That guy has a real hate crush on humans wanting nothing more to see us as slaves to the Faunus that kind of mentality is what brought fucking Hitler to power except here, he succeeded only to fail hard.

Also, add the fact that I see one man literally cut up another man did also make me afraid of being on the receiving end of the blade from Adam.

And even if I did what would I do then?

At best Ghira would try to be reasonable but it could also happen if the other members wanted an excuse to attack me if I step out of line or be in a Rem situation with Adam killing me no matter the cause or justification for doing so.

Yeah…

I would very much like to live a very happy and peaceful life if I could thank you very much.

Observing from the distance I see that the White Fang members started to leave the area already I couldn't help but sigh out a breath of relief seeing them leave making me feel relatively safer.

Oh…

My hands are shaking…

Fear.

The situation of how much shit I'm in is really starting to set in right now huh?

Holding my shaking hand with the other one I began to move forward to the dead man as I began to loot his revolver and Lien he had on his person.

Looting a dead body felt so wrong but…

*Grumble*

My hunger just wins out because of what I need right now…

In this world, I'm only by myself and only then do I realize how truly lonely this is now.

However, though the White Fang did leave me some bodies I have with me around and are completely alive with me…

….

First loot for whatever they have on them, especially the Lien…

Then take the bodies away from here as soon as I can from the scene.

Ensure I tie them up so they won't struggle too much before the whole process is done.

How many will I use them?

Maybe all of them to see how it would work first.

One by one would be too much of a hassle.

Whatever happens next just happens.

But one thing is for sure though…

I won't die.

I WILL NOT DIE!

Nothing but anger is coursing through me keeping these thoughts together.

Tightening the grip of my hands I began to tie the bodies for what I had in store as I drag them somewhere isolated enough.

Use anything I can to become strong enough no matter what I have to do.