Once I opened my eyes I felt the cold paved ground of the main square of the Valley, the sky was still as dark and cloudy as always, and my head hurt like hell, but I managed to fight through the pain, I cleaned some blood from my nose, I guess this is what happens when I use my gift too much, I ran to my friends to see what has happened, the Thunderbird is still standing, motionless but it's still there, Anre has several cuts and is bleeding from a lot of places, Parker has bruises and his glasses are gone from his face traces of glass are still in his face “Guys!” Anre sniffs, trying his hardest to remain as tough as he always is, “Lass…” but I can tell in his voice his heart is broken, “Yunnie… Yunnie is… he-” The chest of the Thunderbird contracts and expands violently. I′m not afraid anymore. I quickly pick a pipe from the ground next to a Knight that has been fried.
After a moment of us holding our weapons, a hand covered in tar and iron pierced through the stomach of the beast, then Yun′s head appeared, gasping for air. “A…nre… Par…Parker” With those words Anre′s eyes immediately watered he grasped Yun′s hand and pulled as if his life depended on it “Yun, are you really alive?” Anre pulled harder but he barely moved an inch, “Come on, come back Yun please!” with tears in his eyes Parker joined Anre and pulled with all of his might, I dropped the pipe and helped them pull “Yun!” we all yelled as we managed to get him out of that monster “I heard… you…” Anre held Yun close to him as if he was afraid that if he let go of him, he would banish again.
“I do remember what you told me back when I first met you… I can punch you if I want, cry if I need to, and…” “I will always be there for you, Yunnie.” “Anre, I can′t breathe, can you let go now?” We all stood up and cleaned our eyes as we were all together again. “So, guys, what did we… Fu-” “HEY!” Yun covered my mouth before I could finish my sentence. We were all back at the Valley, the place was chaos, knights and Moonlight beasts were all engaged in a fight, and people were dead or injured under debris. “Not the best, but it could be-” “Vullter!” Lucas interrupted Yun before he could finish a few Avians were keeping him away from us but the moment he laid eyes on Yun he broke one of the bird's necks in a single hit “Worst? I don't see how-” the ground shook a few of the Moonlight beastes were sucked into the gaping hole of the Thunderbird it started to move again using the magnetism to fly through the sky “you two had to speak, you couldn't just accept the bad situation we were already in?” Parker asked.
Yun laughed, “Well, it wouldn't be something we are involved in if it were just a few troubles, right?” Anre wrapped Yun in his arm “I like the new attitude, so what's the plan?” we ducked and dodged a few attacks as Parker created a dome of paper to cover us “We need to take down the Knights of Twilight, Lucas, the Thunderbird and his new flock” Yun started Anre took his hammer “I′ll smash some of the guards as we know Hammer beats Armor, especially when they go kaboom” Parker thought for a moment “I′ll keep the birds and the Thunderbird busy” “here you go”
I pulled a new set of glasses from my bag. “Awwww, you knew?” “I thought something like this could happen.” He took them and placed them above the bridge of his nose. “Ah, I don′t have to squint anymore, you are a lifesaver!” I blushed and scratched my head “Stop it Parker… but tell me more” Yun coughed and continued “Then… I′ll have a one-on-one talk with Lucas, I′ll try to make him come to his senses but there are things I must know” we all nodded “... I′ll find a place to hide while you guys work” Yun placed his hand on my shoulder “actually Karolin I have an idea you could try” I was intrigued by his comment “you prove you can handle more danger now, and innocent people need help, try to direct them to safe places in times like this, people need help from anyone, especially during a wild hunt”
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I nodded and stood next to Parker. “Alright, I′m going to drop the dome. Does anyone have anything else to say before we roll?” “I do,” Yun said and hugged Anre from behind. “Even if you think you are bad…” Anre tensed up at the sound of his voice the cracks on his heart mended “You will always be good to me, Dont die” Parker dropped the dome and reclaimed his papers, Yun and Anre yelled and ran into the fight, as for Parker and me, he asked me to follow him to one of the businesses near the town square “what are we doing here?” he smiled and adjusted his glasses, “this Karolin is the most wonderful places in any part of the world!” the worlds Lummen′s Books were engraved in a piece of wood I covered my mouth “Parker? are you going to-” he smiled and smashed the window, jumping inside I watched in amazement as he fused all of the paper inside to fight the Thunderbird
“This is the end of the world, beasts, the knights aren't doing anything to help, the black claw is nowhere to be seen, and an uncategorized monstrosity is shooting thunder and lightning… am I missing anything?” “Boss, I do believe you are missing the accursed vulture, the big bore man, and the skinny glasses guy that accompanies him,” a few people were complaining in their heads, “Parker, I think people are going to be scared with whatever you are doing.” “They should!” Parker surrounded himself with paper and just like the time he made a paper plane he shot himself out of the store with all the paper from all of the books there, in the air he formed a dragon made of paper as big as a building and flapping its wings it started to fly and take down some of the birds, I have never seen him act this way let me take a look at what he is thinking “HAHAHAHAHA I AM THE JABBERWOCKY AND I WILL-” I cut the connection you know what he is just harming the enemies and I am choosing to believe we will not need the vorpal blade to make him stop.
“Here, hold my hand!” I pulled a kid from under some debris he had some bruises and cuts but he would survive, “Th… Thank you sis” he hugged me “That building has people in it, in the basement, get there quick!” he nodded and ran, this is the fifth person I save my head hurts I took a breath in a hallway as to keep myself hidden from the knights, they are acting weird too, they are not fighting the beastes as they should I wonder what is going on with them, “Please… help me…” Someone is near the end of the hallway. I′ll check it out and guide them to safety. “Hey! I′m over here, where are yo-” A familiar tan and cold hand grasped my throat as Morgan pinned me to the wall.
“Salutation, Lady Karolin!” He said in his jovial tone, “Didn′t your motherboard tell you not to treat girls like this?” his eye twitched a little, and he tightened his grip. “You know I′m keeping you alive for a reason, right?” He held his conductor's baton near my neck to let me know he could kill me easily. I nodded, “Good, good, what are you playing at?” “Excuse me? I′m trying to help people, you know, like my friends are doing?” he looked genuinely confused at my declaration. “No, no, no, you have to be working some angle here, are you thinking this will erase all of your crimes?” “What crimes? I′m sixteen! At best, my crimes involve not paying for gum, or controversial opinions online!” he placed his finger near his ear and started to talk, “I am currently at the heart of the wild hunt, Da… Sir!” Oh no, he is talking to the general. I try to squirm my way out of his grip, but it is useless. “No… I, Sir, with all due respect, I believe I should hel-” He closed his mouth and nodded slowly “Understood, retreating immediately, I beg for your forgiveness as I recalibrate my actions”.
“wait… You shouldn't be here?” he didn't look at me; he just opened his hand and let me fall to the ground, “I… I was intrigued when I heard the report from the drones and testimonies, when they mentioned a gang of ex-convicts and their pet, helping. I needed to confirm why” “Excuse you, pet? at least I'm not a toasterhead!” “Yeah? Well, l... You don't even know how to hit a punch!” “Oh yeah? Well, I don't have to answer to the man… well, I do have to answer to Yun, but that's beside the point!” “Oh yeah? Well, at least I'm not about to be eaten by an Avian!”
