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MONSTER HUNTING Dreams and Implications
"ATHENA!!" Dane's scream was so loud that it woke up everyone in the building. Makio Chen was awake and right outside the room, she burst inside with vigor just to see the sweating man on top of the mattress. Athena was gone outside, but her mind link with him was powerful enough to sense his perturbed soul. The lady rushed back to her room.'It was a dream...huh?''It was a divine message for you, Brat. I've seen it too. You now know whom to keep safe from an upcoming war.' The force replied.'How do you know that it's a war that's coming?' Dane questioned back.'The universe is giving you signs more than enough to convey the same. You should stop being ignorant anymore. Life is way more than just Athena and saving humanity for you now.' When the force speaks and goes back to sleep in his heart, his wide eyes meet Makio's and Athena's. "Athena, your life—" Suddenly, Dane stopped himself. When she tried reading his mind, he blocked her resonance out with all he had in him. "What ab
MONSTER HUNTING Trust no one from now on
Charlize stared at the six bodies in front of them. They were aligned in a line, heads down and naked. "What the hell are they doing?" She asked out loud."No. Wait. I sense something from them. It's nasty." At Dane's words, everyone grows alerted. He was able to sense it, thanks to his black force which has great insight on problems like this. "Don't tell me..." Athena watched in horror, as well as everyone else on the roof.Six bodies began melting, like hot molten lava. Five men and one woman were liquifying within each other. They were closing in, a sight so horrible to even look at that Joule couldn't help but start heaving, gagging out air. "What the fuck is happening?" "They're fusing together...like chimera.""What are they...?" Opposite to the feverish red message on the sky, the chimera formation of a huge monster like, glowing white creature was alerting Radge Hawkers on both sides. "Prepare yourself for a surprise. They won't back down without a fight. An apology with
MONSTER HUNTING Dane is also a divergent
"What do you think of Dane leading this mission? It could be a versatile guess, even a wrong one, but I get the feeling that we will fail this one too." Makio, Charlize and Athena all sat in the room while the other one - initially assigned for Charlize and Makio was being cleaned up. Who knows what kind of treasure of trash of the chimera might greet them at that point?"Charlize, stop bothering him. He's already in a state where he can't take a joke anymore. You know how he's blaming himself for the failures lately, right?" At Athena's words, Charlize rolls her eyes. She leans back softly,"It's his problem that he takes everything to his soft heart.""And you're right." Charlize jolted up from her position. The male's voice was booming out of nowhere as it made her hold her chest. "I do take everything to my soft heart." Dane came out of the steaming sauna like bathroom while being dressed. His hair was wet as his footsteps echoed through the room. "I'm just kidding. Well, I'll g
MONSTER HUNTING Practice with fire!
"How careless of them. They can't leave us anticipating things like this! Why haven't they sent their collector - or whoever that might be!?" Charlize threw a fit in anger while rolling her eyes to the sky. "Calm down now, Liz. They don't want to accept our alliance yet. Taking their sweet time to rule out if we're bad guys or not I think." Dane answered while wrapping a bandage around his palms as if he would go boxing than training. Lifting her legs up against the wall, Dane judged her childishness a bit. She was throwing a tantrum as if she was a child!Well, he hasn't forgiven her for what she spoke about him last night. He is still mad at his best friend, but there's a saying that goes along the lines of, 'Friends can't stay angry at each other for a long period of time.' Dane was starting to believe it."Anyways, I'm off to train with Athena." Saying, he got up with a sigh like an old man."By the way, Dane." Summer stopped in his tracks, turning around to look at Charlize ove
MONSTER HUNTING Honing to perfection
"Ha...ha...haaaa!" Dane was panting worse than a dog which went on a world marathon. Sloppily, he leaned against the pole and slid down to the floor whilst cursing the exhaustion within him."Why do I feel like I've lost a hundred pounds?" He says out of the blue."It's an illusion, Dane. Get up. You're not this weak. Your mind is making you weak." "Says the one who looks like a newborn lamb standing." Joule bursts out laughing at Dane's description of Athena. A newborn lamb! "Lord," slumping down with both men as well, Athena let go of her hard demeanor at last. The barrier made of shadows was slowly depleting from above, allowing light to pass through. The sky's freshness and blue hue calms him down. Dane threw himself on his shoulder and slithered himself on the grass to lay on his back."I'm never underestimating darkness ever again. Who would've imagined I - out of all - would start missing how the sky looks! Our mind is one ridiculous thing." Dane's exclamation was agreeable.
MONSTER HUNTING Surprise confession of Joule
Dane followed Johan Jade towards a much humid place, deep towards the Mediterranean. Athena, Joule and Charlize tagged along as well. They shall stay here for the next two nights. Or they may go back to London upon receiving any disturbance in the atmosphere because of Contraguild. "May I please seek your permission to do the rest myself, Lady Athena?" Athena tilted her head to the side."I'm not your leader anymore, Johan. Do what you must. You're the master of water.""But the tricks are what I've learned from you." Athena and Johan smile at each other. Athena recollected her memories of the young lad and herself, training at ground B32-D. He was a champ, a blessed soul who loved water and it's powers more than anything. "Right. Let's prepare ourselves for training. First, I want you to imagine how water feels like. Close your eyes, Artemas." Cracking his knuckles, Johan Jade spoke. Dane does as told and whatever comes to his head is visually out forth behind his closed eyelids.
MONSTER HUNTING Dylan Dian: An officer of Contraguild
"What is this...energy?""I smell flowers and shit."Two very different responses from Charlize and Dane were heard. The message in the sky disappears, pretty sure whole of Mediterranean population have seen that huge message like a display against the atmosphere."This energy is...pleasant." Dane whipped his head towards Athena who said that. Suddenly, he didn't want to meet this pleasant energy fellow who was a member of the Contraguild. "I hope you're ready with the gadget, Dane.""I am. Thanks for bringing it last night.""No worries. Don't give it away in any manner when you speak to them. I'll infuse it in your back now." "I- Infuse? Okay." He wasn't told the details of how it would attach to his body. The device she's modeled and invented. "Okay." Tapping his back softly, they moved away from each other. Makio, Charlize and Athena were the women on the shore. The four men had a similar expression on their face upon seeing the guy named Dylan Dian. "Is he gay?""Don't say t
MONSTER HUNTING Brutal force at base power
A drag Queen? She didn't know what that meant.Athena tilted her head to the side while Makio did the same. A drag Queen was a earth slang...which they didn't know. On the other hand, Charlize and Joule snickers behind their hands while Luke Crysalis remained calm and composed."Man...this is bogus. Why did the Contraguild want me here if your leader isn't even here to talk!? How long will he been gone for?" Dane spoke with anger."A day or two, sometimes even a week." Dane sighed. He pretended to be disappointed, but he was slightly satisfied and assured that their leader took his sweet time. While he would take his sweet time here as he let his Radge Hawker team track the loop in their locations jumps - if it exists.If he was honest with himself, extraterrestrial residence of Contraguild was better than them staying somewhere in another realm. A realm is similar to an alternate universe.How difficult would portal making be if that was the case? "Do I have a place to stay for now
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Old Man was murdered!
Seems like the Eliminator had noticed them! Upon seeing Alex and Dane rush up towards him, the monster shapeshifted into human skin bites its bottom lip. 'Why aren't we allowed to use our powers here again?' Asked Dane to Athena.'Because we don't want to cause panic within the audience. Besides, did i just hear that right? Old Man was murdered and was left to rot?''Yeah. That's the base of what Alex said. Besides, we're chasing it now. It's walking towards some little hallway. We hope we can catch up.''Right. Chadwick is coming your way too. Don't let the monster escape again. Even if we have to tear this place down with a fight, we will. That monster needs to be taken down at all costs.' Said Athena in their joint resonance.'Understood.' Replying to her instructions in unison, the group dispersed to corner the monster. To catch it and enquire a lot, lot things about it's species.'It's gone into the hallway. Dane has eyes on it.''You know it's going to disappear in a flash, rig
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Old Man
"Might as well begin searching for him in the crowd if that's the case. If it can shapeshift...so should we. It's main target, is me." Dane concludes. Athena sighs as she tries to explain the situation to Dane."How do I know what is the real monster if I can't even sense it? This is a ridiculous job.""That's weird coming from you, Athena." Dane furrowed his eyebrows."Lady Athena seems different today. What happened to you, Lady Athena?" "Shouldn't I feel bothered that this monster is slowly becoming much untraceable and powerful than us? It's uncanny. It shouldn't be this way. Hunting is supposed to just...happen. All of this doesn't happen in Monster Hunting." Alex clicks his tongue at Athena's words."Well, welcome to the world of brains then. We use it to hunt, too." Dane wanted to laugh at how witty Alex had sounded. But he knew his own lover would be disappointed with him. Sulking in a corner and all."Whatever. Just let me know what are we doing to hunt this monster down."
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Downgrading to trace
Dane was about to walk away when Athena quickly reached out for his arm. Looking over his shoulder, he spoke."I'm going to go there alone, Athena. No one can stop me. Not you either." "I know I can't stop you. He's got on our nerves for sure. But what you can do is let us on this mission as well. You, me, Charlize, Makio and Joule. Maybe Johan and Luke Crysalis too." "What about Chadwick?" Dane immediately enquired."Him too. Because we need to travel at the speed of light, to chase that monster down. Now, I know this monster looks like it likes to play games, but isn't that too much for a mere monster? I feel as if we're trying to hunt nothing.""You think it'll be an easy task because it's a bloody, low grade monster, Athena?" Turning around, Dane looked into her eyes. She nods softly."But weren't you the one who's told me 'never underestimate your opponents'?" "Right...thank you for humbling me." The woman was clearly annoyed. She walked past him while Dane lifts his head to l
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Untraceable
"We've lost it! I can't believe we lost it!" Dane held himself back from punching or even stomping the ground for he could demolish the whole building, taking down the residents of it with himself. "You need to calm down, Dane.""The fuck I cannot, Dane. It's an important asset! A new kind that has become such a menace! You know how menacing lightspeed is yourself. And it's punches, it's fight is at least Athena's level."'Liz, I hope you're keeping track of where this monster goes, right?' 'You mean by seeing who it kills next? I'm keeping the face match on.''Okay. The moment you know it's killed someone...and drank their blood. Let me know. At this point, if it keeps killing monster hunters with powers, it'll grow undefeatable. I'm afraid even I—''What are you talking about? That's not the prophecy I know about you! Stop yapping like a child and come back here so we can send you back to where it'll attack next.''Yes.'"You heard her, right Chad?""Yeah. At times of dilemma, yo
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A new Kind of monster
Furrowing his eyebrows, Dane didn't really get the signal from Dylan. Why would he need to a build a new counter attack in the robots if monster hunters were more than enough to end monsters?"It's simple logic, thick-skull. My warriors don't have resonances. Chimera do, not my warriors." Dane felt like the most stupid imp ever. Sitting down on the chair again, he questioned Dylan, yet again. "So what do you plan on doing with these?""Create stability. Some monsters could evolve to hide their resonances from us. But my warriors will distinguish them by their attitude. It's easier to find a monster in a crowd full of people than find a human in a crowd full of monsters." Dane jumped his eyebrows at Dylan Dian."That's very much true. And oddly...philosophical. Well, I give you permission to upgrade every single one of them and send them across the globe. Or do you test the prototype first?" "The latter, then the first suggestion. I'd send them without your permission or grant anyway.
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Someone is fooling us
Around three weeks after the incident, the monster hunting headquarters was stable with minimal case reports recorded ever. There were barely any monsters emerging from the dead and deed. It felt...blissful."How many cases today?" To the beeping sounds of machines, Charlize asks as she sits over the cushion of a chair opposite to it. Munching on a small snack she could afford from a vending machine, she placed her legs on the desk and waited for the numbers to show up."45 since morning, huh? Well, it's evening already." Charlize then looked down at her lap."Or is this a sign that something big is coming, again? Like the calm before a storm?" "What are you mumbling to yourself there, love?" Dylan Dian speaks after hearing her from the distance. "Thank you for the tea, Dylan." The man chuckles at how she dismisses him. "It's not the calm before the storm. Trust me. This is...peace." Charlize stares into his grey eyes as he nods."Believe it or not. With the power we now have, mons
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Everyday is a war
"Did you...hear her?" Holding the glass of champagne in his hand, Dane turned to the sound of her. She looked normal, but her heart was thudding out of her chest. Walking into his embrace as they view the ocean, breathing its mist, Athena waits for his response."I did. I am not shaken. This doesn't feel like new information for me. That power...it seemed alien in many ways." Explained he."I see. Even I couldn't...""Don't think about it, Athena. It's going to keep killing you until you finally realize how worthless you are.""You are forcing me to think about the same, Dane. Thank you for the word, too. Worthless." Athena scoffed. "But...don't you think we should start investigating?" "How would we do that if we can't even track where it has come from? The monster wouldn't open it's mouth even by a bit. It's...resisting every torture method, healing at the speed of light. No drugs work on it either because it isn't from earth. There are several earth element users who kept it locke
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There are more tiers
'So that is what you meant...alright.'He breathes calmly and runs his finger along the blade which glows black. The slash he made through the monster's chest defeated it, but it was kept alive. "I believe you are made of water as well. Let me manipulate your molecules to follow my command..." Dane's Force-Human form brought darkness to the clouds. His powers were...increasing. "I feel a nasty amount of Force oozing out of him. What did he do...?" Joule asked Makio Chen. The woman shook her head, having no idea of what she saw either. "I don't know what is going on, but it looks like Dane just won." Keeping his eye on the monster, Dane slowly turned his gaze to look at Athena. She just stood, recovered from her injuries as she stared at him. He flew towards her, slowly getting his human self back."Hi..." he slowly uttered to greet her yet again. They've been apart for a few days, but it felt like an eternity. "See. Like I said...it's just the beginning. This thing inside me...it
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Revelations
The monster turned around, having had a layer of its back blasted off by Dane. It smirked, looking at his levitating figure with amusement like no other."So you are finally here...""Yes. I am. You called me here. You summoned me here...by hurting the people I love the most.""Oh? Her? You're talking about this...wimp?" Dane glared at the monster who picked up Athena again. The poor woman was already in pain, her muscles and bones shifting to recover. The monster crushes her again, almost bursting her head off. Dane couldn't tolerate her blood curdling scream. He went straight into the monster's face!However, the monster's speed was such a menace...even for him! 'This is bad...I can't risk getting you to take my form either. You don't have enough energy yourself.''You're a fool if you think I can't grow stronger. Did you forget I am literally a part of the universe? Let me stay still for a while, I will absorb some force for you.''You...can do that?''When I'm in shape myself,
