It was raining that night when we where chased by some men in robes. The rain was pouring hard. The city feels like a ghost town not a single person can be found that night. We just finish training that night when they started chasing us.
We ran all around the city just to shake them off. After an hour of running, I was already exhausted. My father noticed me slowing down and scolded me.
"Blake!!Follow my pace."
"But dad I'm already tired."
"Do you wanna die! There some men that are after our throats and you want to slow down."
We continued running until father suddenly stop.
"Kid, you see that alley over there"
He pointed an alley across the street
"Go through there that the fastest way home. You must protect your mother because she is pregnant".
Hearing those words made me happy.
"But dad what about you?"
"I'm leaving behind and promise me your gonna protect your moth-".
"Guys!!!!!Here there are get them!!!!".
Those guys in robes had already caught up. Father pushed me and I ran as fast as I could towards the alley. When I was about to enter the alley I heard a gunshot. I looked back and saw my father got shot.
Tears roll down from my eyes and my chest tightened as I saw my father fall down and died. I was frozen from sight that I saw. They continued looking for me and one of them saw me standing in front of a building near the alley and shouted.
"Get that kid!!!! His over there kill him!!!".
Hearing what he said, I immediately ran through the alley. They continued chasing after me even in the alley. I continued running until I got out of the alley. I look back and saw nothing but a dark alley. They have already stop chasing although I don't know when. Five blocks away from here is where our house was. I was exhausted from running for one and a half hour so I decided to walk from here towards home. I'm already at the door of our when suddenly I got dizzy. The exhaustion from and running and the cold rainy night made my body ache and grow heavy. I started to lose sight and eventually I fell on floor hit my head at the door. Then someone opened the door. It was my mother. She immediately embrace me. My consciousness was already fading away.
My mother worriedly ask me.
"Blake, What happened where's your father".
Knowing that I'm safe I closed my eyes and mother's sweet worried voice made me calm then suddenly mother sweet voice changed into a loud rough voice.
"BLAKE!!! BLAKE WAKE UP!!!".
I thought that this voice was familiar then something cross oh no I'm still at work and its my boss waking me up. I immediately woke up and saw my boss holding a newspaper SMACK!!: SMACK!!!
"Go back to work and stop lazing around". My boss furiously ordered me.
"OK boss." I replied
I'm Blake Youth. Its been 5 years since my father died. Ever since then I keep on dreaming about that night. I'm currently working at a store in the neighborhood. I better start working or else I would be fired. I'm the cashier in this store and the one and only employee on this store.
"Alright, Time to sit here and wait for a couple of hours for a customer."
In this city, stores like this only have many costumers in the morning and less in the afternoon and none at night.
"Here comes a customer and she's a girl wearing jeans and a black leather jacket
She was still wearing her helmet even though she's already in.
"Miss, please take off your helmet. We do not permit that in here."
She obediently took off her helmet Then I was stunned from what I saw. She was surprisingly stunning. As she took off her helmet, her scarlet hair rolled down against her back and she looked at me and I saw her beautiful face. Her skin was so white plus her eyes were sharp as a knife and with her sexy body, I conclude that she's my type.
"Hey! Can you stop daydreaming." she said.
Looks like while I've been daydreaming she already bought the things that she need.
"Miss, Have anybody told you your beautiful."
"I already know I'm beautiful. Why I do need someone to tell me that, and can you stop what your doing and just do what you've been task to do."
"So cold, I'm going to freeze, although your hot but your words are cold."
"Can you just shut up!."
"If I won't shut up what would you do to me. Are you going to freeze me or are burn me to crisp?"
She suddenly throw a strong punch but luckily I caught it.
"Woah!! That's a strong one."
"How can you block my punch." she curiously ask me.
"Well your a girl, if I was an ordinary person I couldn't block that punch but unfortunately I'm not. Now that I think about it you have scarlet hair and have a very strong punch for girl you must be The Scarlet Hunter.
"You!!!! How did you know."
"Well, I didn't it was just a hunch and you don't have to put that so surprised look in your face"
"Looks like I need to tell you my purpose of coming here."
"What? I thought your came here just to buy some...uhmm... sanitary napkins?"
"Well....just forget about the napkins...
I came here to recruit you Blake Youth.
and Now then, Be my servant Blake Youth or should I call you The hands of Hades...
She knows my secret identity. I haven't told anybody about that but she know. Out of anger I grabbed her leather jacket and I asked her
"How did you know about my identity."
"Hey calm down and put that hand down. I know many things about you but how about you? how did you know about my identity? As you can see I wear a mask when killing someone."She replied while also grabbing my arm.
"You should know that I can kill you easily so hurry up and tell me and how much Intel did you get about me?"
"Ok!! so can put that arm down and I also know your Lieutenant George Youth son."
I tighten my grip and pushed her back. That information was never made public. Father purposely hide our identity in order for us to be safe and now she knows my identity as his son. She isn't called Scarlet hunter for no reason. Then suddenly boss came out office and saw me pushing the customer.
"Blake!!!!! What are you doing!?...uhmm ma'am are OK." He asked her.
"Well I'm ok. Its good that your here I have business to do with you. I want to buy Blake Youth for one million dollars. Hows that isn't that a good price?
" ok!!!! Blake your sold out. ma'am you can get him now."
He accepted the offer without hesitation with a straight face and they didn't even ask me about my thoughts from being sold off.
"Boss Old fatty, You're already rich are you going to buy some tuxedos and change that old white shirt and your slacks."
"You!! shut up and I'm not your boss now." he said and he went back to his office while saying his rich.
"Now what miss Scarlet?
"My name is not scarlet I'm Seraphine and your boss. So remember me well my servant and you can also me Sera for short."
"What about my identity? How did you know it?"
"About that, Give me a pen and paper."
I took a pen and some sticky notes from the counter and handed it over her.
"Go to the red light district and find this shop and don't forget your weapons."
She wrote something in cursive in the paper and she handed it over to me and went out.
I looked at the paper and read it
LOVELY RED LIPS
"So I'm going to a red light district and find this place, Sound good."
Time past by and I didn't realize it was already dark. Well time for me to go home and about this shop...who cares he sold me for just a million dollars. I went out and while I was walking I keep thinking about the day I was called the hand of hades. While I was looking for clues about the death of my father my destroyed tons of triads,syndicates and gangs. They keep saying that I was working for Hades and eventually called hands of Hades because I was doing the dirty work. While I was thinking about something,suddenly something cross in my mind. I almost forgot that I was going to the red light district and find the place lovely red lips but before that I must go and get my things. I hid my weapons at an abandoned building. While I was walking I saw tons of crime, robbery was very common. Since I'm a son of a soldier I must help the citizens of this city. The police of this city are just for show. Their power had already fade when my father died. Now those corrupted official are the one that is running this city from behind. After a while I had arrived at the abandoned building and took my things. Now its time for me to go but before that I must visit home first. I went home and our home was already different from the past. In the we have our own house but now we are just living in two storey apartment because we fear that Father's enemy will come looking for us. While thinking about this things while walking I eventually arrived at home. I knock at the door and then I heard a voice of a little girl shouting that her big brother is already home. I opened the door and saw my 4 year old little sister running towards me with her arms wide open. I hug her and toss her up. Her name was Lily Youth.
"Did you behave when I'm gone?" I asked her
Then she replied with a big smile on her face.
"Yes, I've been behaving while you were gone."
My little sister was so cute that I wanna squeeze her. Her black twin tail hair lightens up her little cute face.
"Where is mom?" I asked her
"Moms on the kitchen." she replied
I put her down and went to the kitchen and saw mom preparing the food for dinner. I approach her and asked her
"Mom, I have something to tell you. it's about the wounds I have when I came back home this past years. Actually I've been looking for clues about the one whose responsible about Father's death and along the way I killed tons of people and made tons of enemy."
"Oh you mean about that, I have already known it."
"What!! since when did you know?"
"About two years ago when you came back covered in your own blood."
"Mom I need to separate from the two of you. When I was working at the store someone hired me to become her servant and she knew about me being Lieutenant George Youth son and I have no choice but to become her servant."
"Its okay, you can separate from us but you should tell your little sister about this."
I went back to the living room. My little sister was happily watching the TV. I called my little sister and told her about my separation from the both of them.
She cried for a couple of minutes and I comforted her and made her understand my purposed for leaving them. After a while she stop crying and told to me to be careful while I'm away and with a kiss on her forehead I went out to find this lovely red lips place. I went to red light district. It was located at the west part of the city and the opposite from my home. it took 20 minutes for me to travel from here to there. I went around and looked for a place called LOVELY RED LIPS. After a while I finally found the place. It was a bar, above the door was a big sign with red neon lights and the word:
LOVELY RED LIPS
"I see, so where meeting up here."
then I went in...
LOVELY RED LIPS bar was so pack at that hour. I looked around and I saw Sera talking with the bartender. I approach her and gently tap her shoulder.
"So Sera, let's get down to business."
She looked back and offered me a sit.
"Why don't you sit down and have a drink first."
I sat down and ordered a cocktail from the bartender. After a while a finished drinking.
"I'm done, so let's get down to business."
She looked at me and smile. She grab my hand and lead me to a room up stairs. The room we just went in was her office. Her desk was messy a hell, paper,pencil and other office materials where scattered around. I looked around and something grab my attention. At a side of the room, There I saw a lot of pictures that are connected by a red marker and everything was connected towards me.
"So you've been investigating me this all time? Look at this pictures, this is all my photos and the places that I went when I was searching for clues about the those men in robes that killed my father."
"Yeah, Well as you can see I have known you already. Haven't you ever wonder who helped you back then when your chase by those men."
"Wait! You were the who stop those men. Actually I've been wondering how did they disappear after chasing me for so long."
"Let's set that aside for now, let's get down to business. So I'll go first, How did you know my identity as the Scarlet Hunter?"
"As the Scarlet Hunter. You hunt someone without leaving a trace and always wear a mask when killing someone. Because of your scarlet hair and the way you kill someone by killing them while there guards are down, you where named as the scarlet hunter. About your me knowing your identity I accidentally caught your face while I was taking a look at the whole city and you where near my drone and that how I saw your face"
She looked at me with a surprised look on her face and then she suddenly burst to laughter.
"I didn't knew that I was so careless that day. OK now I'm your boss, so I'm thinking of making you my partner. no! I have a great idea, I'm making you my personal butler and at the same time your going to be my bodyguard."
"Sounds good but I don't have experience being a butler and a bodyguard." I replied.
"Actually, its easy you just have to guard me all the time and as a butler, you don't have to worry I have an another butler than can teach you."
Then she picked her the telephone and called someone. After a while someone was knocking at the door. To my surprise it was the bartender.
"Blake this is my butler, His name is Sigfred and Sigfred this is Blake."
"Madam what would you like me to do."
"Why don't you train him to become my butler although it just a simply task."
"My pleasure madam" he replied.
He started touching my body and pressing some of the parts of my body.
"You have quite the built body." he said to me
"Of course I been working out everyday."
"Don't get your hopes to high kid because this is just the beginning. First as a the personal butler of lady Sera you must have some fighting skills. Now let's have a match. The rules are easy the first one to be knock out losses."
"Wait!! are we doing it here and now?"
"Yes!! we're doing it here."
Then Sera hit Sigfred head with a ruler.
"Don't just fight here. Why don't you go out and fight till the two of you die." she scolded him.
We went out of the building and started fighting. He was the first one to act. he released a strong right jab but luckily I'm confident with my speed. We continued fighting, We both have the same speed. I can't believe that there is someone who can be on par with me according to speed. Also his punches were so strong. Every time I block his punch, my hands went numb. I'm actually losing in this fight. This is the first time I fought with someone whose stronger than me. Then suddenly he caught my punch and pulled it and slammed me towards the floor. After a fierce fight, I eventually loss conscious and lose the fight. After a while I woke up and I was back at Sera's office lying on the floor. I saw Sera sitting beside me cleaning her pistol.
"I thought you were the " hands of hades"
but you were so weak."
Then suddenly Sigfred went in.
"Ma'am its my lose. Although I got him unconscious but I realize that he did not take the fight seriously. I was once the bodyguard of Hades and no one could block my attack back then but he did not only block my attack his speed is on par with my speed." He said to Sera.
"okay I understand, so that mean Blake Youth is qualified to become my bodyguard." she replied.
After that Sigfred went out of the room.
"You look down on me to much. If I was to fight you in a gun fight, I would put holes in that pretty face of yours."
"Don't be angry Blake even I can't defeat him."
"How did someone like him got be your butler? Didn't he just said he was Hades bodyguard? Who the hell is Hades?"
"About that, 2 years ago I saw him covered in blood lying at the front gate and I helped him after that he pledge loyalty to me. Hades, that name bring fear to anyone. let's talk about Hades when we got to my secret place, where I gather the talents around city."
Then she took a remote with a single button from the drawer and pushed the button.
Then a secret door in the right wall opened.
"No way!you got a secret layer. How cool." I surprisingly said.
"Why don't we get in already..."
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