Dragon's curse

chapter sixty seven

I have a feeling that these guys are bad news but I won’t make any judgments yet but I am not dropping my guard until I get to know them a little better. I only have two more names to check off my list and I am running out of time to save Ahs, I am going to worry myself to death at this rate.

His blue pants were torn up and had holes in them, there was dirt that surrounded his pants filled with grime.

Jaff asked “What happened to the man that brought me here?”

The young man clicked his tongue against his mouth as he said “What, that tractor? My brother should be showing up with his handy work, that man will not be hurting anyone ever again.”
 
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps in the distance that filled the alleyway and came behind Jaff, there was the sudden feeling of dread filled Jaff as he stood silently as he waited for what was going to happen next.

After a few minutes of silence, the sound footsteps stopped and a voice asked, “Who's this Gray?”

“That is a good question Black, I have no idea who this is. He just showed up when I was on a supply run.” Gray replied as he watched him throwed two severed hands past Jaff from behind on the ground.

Blood covered the severed hands that laid on the ground and for a moment, Jaff felt like he was going to be sick and tried to hold the bile down in his throat. 

Jaff quickly asked in a nervous voice, “My name is Jaff, I am here to meet with you guys to see if you are a threat to me or my friends…So far.”

“Jaff is it?” Gray asked with an unknown look.

Black instantly said “Wait, I’ve heard that name before but where?”

Gray sighed as he asked “Wait, I think I remember him now, are you friends with Ash by any chance?”

Jaff said in surprise, “Yea but how…”

Suddenly, a little boy with orange hair came running over to them. Jaff noticed that the boy was wearing overalls as he ran up to Gray and looked at Jaff as he tilted his head with curiosity. The young boy then ran over to Jaff and hugged his leg tightly with a smile as he looked up at him.

The young boy said “You are Jaff right, then I will call you uncle Jaff then. I am glad to have met you.”

Jaff squatted to the ground so that he was at the little boy's level and couldn’t help but smile at the boy. In an instant, the little boy smiled back at Jaff as he showed his teeth while hugging his leg even tighter with delight.

“I am confused, how do you know about me and Ash?” Jaff asked in a surprise. 

Gray sighed as he said “Ash used to send us letters all the time but she stopped sending them out of the blue. She would tell us about you and who she met in her letters. I met Ash when she was a gladiator and she was just a child at that time.”

Black sighed as he said “How is Ash doing? She hasn’t sent us any letters for a few weeks now and I am a little worried about her.”

Jaff broke eye contact from Black as he said “Ash’s mother used a spell to take over Ash’s body. Hold on a second, that makes you three parts of Ash’s family.”

Black said calmly, “Fox, stop hugging his leg and go back over to Gray.

Fox said “Alright brother.”

He quickly ran back over to Gray and watched as Jaff slowly stood back up from squatting while sitting in silence.

Gray corrected Jaff and said “ Five.”