Join in a day of the life of Keenan, accompanied by his two teammates Xira and Ringou; Elite soilders trained to combat supernatual forces. Keeping civilizations safe from demons and other forces of the dark.
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The sun beams down on the lush forest trees. The heat is rising more and more as the three search through the forest. Keenan, the squad's leader, alongside his team mates Ringou and Xira were searching through the forest for a beast known as a Hellhound. They were assigned to the task after reports of the beast rampaging through property, only leaving ashes behind. The smell of smoke and ash began to fill the air. "We have to be getting closer, the heat is becoming unbearable" Ringou says wiping sweat from his brow. "That's actually hilarious coming from you babe" Xira remarks mocking her love.
As the continue to trudge through the greenery, a vibrant red glow fills the air. "I think we've found it guys.. Just like we planned okay?" Keenan says as he readies his blades. "You sure we'll be able to handle this on our own?" Xira ask cautiously to Keenan. "Of course, I believe in you guys." Without a second more to waste Keenan bolts forth, as fast as a lightning bolt into the wall of flames, darting around until he encounters the beast. A bolt of lightning falls from the sky in their area. "That's our cue" Ringou says as he heads towards the lightning strike. Xira would follow, unleashing a wave of ice in the area around the beast. "Its smaller than I'd thought it be, This should be a piece of cake" Ringou remarks as he reveals throwing knives, laced with holy fire, flinging them at the beast and piercing his hind leg. The beast becomes increasingly irritated, pouncing around erratically. Keenan is the only one physically fast enough to keep the beast busy without being injured. Ringou would assist with his holy fire knives while Xira would tend to the collateral damage done to the forest, with occasional assist to her teammates. With every attack the heat from the beast would raise higher and higher. "Huddle up!" Keenan yells after observing the beast's body. He then throws a knife, laced in electricity, at the beast stabbing it in his from leg. Its wounded leg caused it to stagger. "Xira!" Ringou warned. At that moment a huge heatwave radiates from the beast igniting everything with in the radius of a few feet. Luckily Ringou's warning gave Xira just enough time to create a barrier of ice around the three of them. The burst seems to have weakened the beast significantly. Xira's barrier melts away and is redirected around the beast's legs. She only manages to get a good hold on two of the beasts legs. Ringou assist by closing in a ring of holy fire around the beast's neck. Keenan then goes for the kill, with a harsh warcry, lightning begins to eliminate violently around his body. He throws his hand into the air, sending electricity into the clouds, then violently slamming his hands downward summoning a continuous stream of lightning effectively electrocuting the beast. The lightning dissipates and Keenan collapses to one knee. Xira lets out a sigh of relief before freezing the corpse of the beast. "The fires should begin to die out now, but I can't help but wonder why it started to rampage in the first place."
As night falls all the fires have been extinguished. The three had decided to camp out for the night. Ringou starts a small campfire for the three to enjoy for a while before heading in. "Hey Keen, feeling any better buddy?" Ringou says taking a seat between both him and Xira. "You looked pretty tired after that stunt you pulled earlier. Most of taken alot out of you." "Its no biggie, just used a bit more stamina than I expected is all." Keenan replies. "Its times like these where we can truly reflect and recognize the blessing these powers are, and the good that can come from them. With out us here today the town a few miles over may have been burned to the ground. The livelihoods of all those individuals crushed, gone in an instant" he says focusing in on the palms of his hands. "I'll always regret not being able to help my past loved ones with the power that was given to me." Ringou rests his hand on Keenan's shoulder,"I guess I never really thought about it like that before. We'd like to hear your story if you'd be willing to share it." Xira nods in agreement.
"Its just, I lost my brother a few years back. Well not lost as in he died, but he went berserk, stabbed some students and staff members back in school some years back. We have reason to believe now that he was possessed. He was having a pretty rough time before all that went down and one day he just snapped. I'll never be able to forget the look of anguish on his face before he went completely apathetic. Worse part is knowing I'll probably never see him again." I'm so sorry to hear that, I don't know what I'd do if something like that happened with my little brother. I really do feel for you Keenan" Xira says truly moved by Keenan's story. "Must of bee tough man. I couldn't imagine." Ringou adds. "I've heard the possession thing can be scary, tho I've never seen it myself."
Keenan leans back and looks into the night sky, "It's more common than you'd think. A year or two after that the same thing happened to this girl I was talking to. Thankfully in her case I was able to stop her contract before anything to drastic happened. On the downside I seriously injured her. As far as I know, she's still hospitalized to this day." His silence is stretched for a moment before he say "I'll figure it out one day." "For sure man, It's all a matter of time." Ringou says reassuringly. An idea sparks in Xira's mind "I have a bottle of wine if you guys wanna share it with me!" Ringou's demeanor changes, "wait.. YOU HAD ALCOHOL THIS WHOLE TIME!?" "I was saving it for later, ha ha.." Xira says apologetically. Keenan laughs and graciously accepts Xira's offer.
A bottle of wine later, the three are still enjoying their tipsy night. "That's it for me tonight guys, Yall can stay up all night if you want to, but I'm done" Xira says as she stands and dusts herself off. "B.. But the night is so young! Five more minutes babeee" slurs the more than tipsy Ringou. He is ignored by the Xira already fastening her tent shut yelling out "Goodnight!" "Who needs her ole sleepy ass anyway! Its now officially boys night!" The two continue their tipsy shenanigans in the night air.
The boys enjoy themselves by their campfire and Xira is dosing off to sleep, meanwhile there are other forces at work. "Damn, they were really able to kill my hound. No matter, this may be a more interesting find than the dog anyway." The small, shadowy figure creeps its way into the tent where Xira is currently snoozing. "Wakey wakey my dear! I have an offer for you..."
