Future AU (AiJyul Story)

Fangs Part 4

[Bony's POV]

You and Iyro are both watching TV in the living room. You're finally watching a movie you've been wanting to watch lately. After so much workload in the base, you really needed some time to wind back. You hear the front door open.

"Mom, dad, I'm home~" Aires says, tired.

"Aires? You're home so soon." You pause the movie and stand up from the couch. She sits at the kitchen island, laying her head down. You give her a glass of water.

"Are you okay sweetie? You've been through a tough fight." You notice all the bandages around her. Not to mention some parts of her clothes are torn.

"Mhm" she responded.

"Why don't you change first before you tell us how it went."

She changes to a set of pajamas. And sits back at the kitchen island. She hands you the torn clothes that you might need to give to the tailor to fix tomorrow.

"Mom..."

"Hmm?"

"Have you and dad... fought a shadow squirrel before?" Aires nervously asks.

"Shadow squirrel?" You're confused. "I know a squirrel one but he's not a shadow." You ponder.

"Umm... Does he have two large ahoge, kinda has hair swoops below each ear and a crooked face. Like it's etched in wood or something."

"Umm...I think..." You curl your mouth a little. "Though it's not a face but a mask."

"Mask?"

"Mm." You nod. "His name is Chester and he's...well, a jester. A jester squirrel."

"He's been reported to be making havoc all over the city. Playing in people's stores, causing traffic, and even ruining a theater play."

"How did you encounter him?"

"It was a mission. We chased him down a power plant and we got... separated. He separated all of us so he could...mess us up one by one. His mask can read through anyone's deepest fears."

"Did yours have to do with...a friend of yours?" She carefully asks.

That gave you a chill on your spine "Yeah? How did you know?"

"He umm... He told me."

"Why?"

"Because he recognized you--both of you through me."

"So he remembers us then."

"He remembers all of us," Iyro said. Both of you avert your attention to him, sitting laid-back on the couch as he lowers the volume. "He remembers all of his victims, to use it on the next one."

"He's been lost on some criminal records for a long time. One day he just stopped bugging people. I guess he came back."

Aires runs towards the couch.

"Records? Do you have them?"

"No, but Furr might have some data around him."

You watch both of them talk as you remember back how you first encountered him.

He cornered you in a wide, round, and empty room in the facility, then he baited you with...him. Fynx.

You know it's too good to be true, actually, too terrifying. You can't remember anything else but the fire surrounding you. Feeling nothing but fear and sorrow as Chester's voice and laughter echo throughout the room.

But that all stopped when Iyro found you. And the rest too. You can't remember much after getting unconscious. You wake up outside to see a part of the power plant burning, black smoke covering the sky. You remember their faces after it, the three of them were both silent on the way back to base, avoiding eye contact and just looking at the ground. It made you confused, and concerned.