Location - sixth street

Time - 10:15 PM

Wise sighed with annoyance, pushing the front door to random play open.

He'd been forced to spend the past hour 'negotiating' with Nicole over the price of their latest commission.

And by negotiate, he meant her begging him for a discount. AGAIN.

"Hey bro" belle simply said, she was busy unloading and putting up the newest movies they'd had delivered.

Eous sat next to belle, using its chubby little arms to hand her tape after tape.

"Nicole giving trouble again?" She said with a smirk.

"Yeah.." "it honestly doesn't surprise me anymore" he said with a soft chuckle.

Wise let a small smile cross his lips.

"Well then" wise signed "let me he-" But, before wise could even think of finishing that sentence, a loud crash was heard coming from behind of the store.

The two instinctively flinched in response, while Eous hurriedly jumped inside the box full of tapes to hide, poking only its little head out.

[INSERTING MUSIC TAPE]

[PLAYING... ULTRAKILL CERBERUS]

"What was that?!" Belle said as she quickly stood up.

"I'm.. not sure.." wise's face had already taken on a much more serious expression than before.

Thinking quickly, he grabbed a broom and slowly made his way to the back of the store, Belle right behind him as the made they reached the back door.

"Just wait here" wise said as he slowly opened the door and went outside, the moonlight shining into the store.

"Who's there?" Wise yelled.

No answer.

He turned to the dumpster at the side of building, the top was completely caved in, and the concrete under the dumpster seemed cracked slightly.

"What the hell.." wise whispered as he walked over.

That's when he saw him.

A thiren, chest covered in blood, with a giant wound on his chest that was gushing blood.

"Shit.."

"Belle come help!" He quickly yelled back at the door.

Belle came out from the back door.

"What's-" as she made her way over, she caught a quick glimpse of the man in their stores dumpster.

"What happened?!" She yelled in shock.

"I'm not sure, just help me get him inside the store, he's got quite the significant wound" wise said with a serious face

Wise pulled the man out of the dumpster and motioned for Belle to grab his legs.

Using both of their strength, they lifted up the man, who seemed to be about their age, if not a bit younger and began lifting him into the store.

"We need to bring him to the back" wise said with a grunt

"Wise, are you sure?" Belle gave her brother a concerned look.

"I don't like the idea very much either Belle, but we have nowhere to lay him out here."

Belles faced turned shocked, before turning serious and nodding.

Wise opened the back door and put the man on the couch.

"Alright" wise sighed.

"We need to bandage him up and then call an ambulance"

Eous was already walking into the room, in its little nubs it held the stores on site medkit.

"Thanks little guy" Belle said with a nervous smile as she began to pull up the man's armor revealing his bear chest, which had an obvious giant wound covering it.

"Just who is this guy" wise whispered to himself.

He'd never seen armor like this.

Maybe he was a member of a special force of pubsec?

Or maybe even higher..?

"That wouldn't explain the arm or the ears though.."

"Huh..? did you say something bro..?" Belle said with a look of disgust on her face, she was currently forced to have to try and soak up some of the blood and then slowly bandage the man's chest.

She was into fighting games and had certainly seen quite the fair share of horror movies like mortal attackmatch and screech.

But that was just in games and movies.

Even as Phaethon, she'd never been forced to physically touch the blood she saw.

And it was turning out to not be a pleasant experience.

Shocker.

"Huh? oh, nothing.." wise signed.

"Well alright.. I think that should be good for now.. doesn't look like he had any wounds below his waist.."

'Thank god..' she thought to herself.

"Alright, now to call an ambulance.. Eous, would you mind staying here and watching his condition?" wide asked the bangboo.

Eous's eyes turned determined and it gave a salute.

Wise gave a small smile and walked out of the back, pulling out his phone.

Belle followed suit.

"Bro.. are you really sure you want to do that..?"

Wise turned to Belle, giving her a confused looked.

She looked nervous to speak.

"I get that he's hurt and all, but.. we've already got the guy bandaged up"

"Are we sure we want to bring people of more.. 'official' status here..?"

"What are you trying to say here Belle..?"

"We can't exactly leave him here, we don't have the medical supplies to keep him stable here"

"I know!"

"But.."

"Don't you see ho-"

The two would begin to go back and forth on what to do next.

But inside the room.

Something was happening.

Eous stood in front of the man on the couch.

It detected..

Something odd about him..

It got closer and closer.

Reaching out its nub to touch the man's now bandaged chest.

That's when it felt..

Drained..?

That's how Eous would have described it.

If it had the words to express it, it would've claimed this thiren was strange.

He was strange, even for a bangboo like Eous.

It stared at the nub that was its hand.

And looked up.

And the man stared back.

(BACK WITH THE SIBLINGS)

"Alright.." wise finally sighed.

"We'll keep him here for the time being, and if he doesn't get any better in a few day, we'll... find a way to gethim to a hospital"

"Sounds like.. a somewhat acceptable plan" Belle sweat dropped with a nervous smile and a thumps up.

That's when they heard movement in the back.

"..."

"..."

They both turned to each other, before slowly walking back over to the door.

They slowly opened the door. And what they saw had their eyes widen to an uncomfortable degree.

there sat the man on the couch, the blood on the bandage wrapped around his chest seemingly gone.

and him and Eous were simply just staring at eachother.

At least until the man turned to look at the two siblings.

Both siblings eyes were the size of bowling balls at this point.

And the man simply tilted his head to the side, as if confused.

And this my friends, would be the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

- - - - - - - - - - -

[INSERTING MUSIC TAPE] [PLAYING... MD, THAD IS CHILL]



Swordmachine let out a groan as he forced himself up.

He'd done his best to hide his smile.

"Where's V1?" V2 immediately asked.

Her face, not to swordmachines shock, had genuine worry on it.

"He.. saved me.." Swordmachine said with a faked voice of shock.

"Huh?" Mindflayer said with a look of confusion, her hand on her hip.

"He.. saved me from a fissure that opened under me.. and.. and.."

Swordmachine thought for a moment.

"Fell in trying to pull me out"

V2's expression changed slightly.

From concern, to a blank thought.

As if it was taking her entire minds strength to comprehend what she was just told.

Mindflayers expression was simply one of shock.

She'd always thought that out of all of them who'd die first would be swordmachine.

"We.."

"We need to report back to command" Swordmachine said with a determined look.

- - - - - - - - - - -

Swordmachine appeared in front of the council, speaking of V1's 'sacrifice' during the mission. They all possessed either shocked or judgmental looks. But still, the head of the council spoke up.

"The loss of v1 is.. most disappointing" the council leader said through the microphone.

The place where v1 and swordmachine had made their first debut as combatants had since becomes the councils preferred spot for these "discussions".

After they had the dome repaired of course.

"In the case that he is indeed still alive, we will request assistance from an outside source to help reacquire him" the council member said.

Swordmachine didn't like that.

"But, in the meantime, you will be temporary leader until V1's replacement is secured"

He did like that.

Swordmachine could barely contain his smile at hearing those words.

At least until he heard the word "replacement"

Deciding to take his chance he asked, "Council, if would you please be so kind as to tell me, exactly who will be replacing V1?" Swordmachine asked with a hopeful expression.

"That is classified" the council member simply said.

"Of course.." Swordmachine said under his breath, doing his best to hide his scoff.

"Thank you, council" Swordmachine said with a salute and walked out of the chamber.

His steps down the halls of the facility were ones filled with joy.

He'd done it!

He'd finally gotten rid of V1 and had taken his rightful place as leader!

Sure, it wasn't permanent.

But he'd take what he could get for now.

As he finally made his way past his fellow teammates door, he could see in the door window of V2 room that she simply sat at the front of her bed, staring into nothing.

Seems V1's loss hit her in a way swordmachine had not expected.

He'd honestly expected blind furry.

But, if he was being honest with himself.

He liked her better this way.

Turning to mindflayers door, she was just sitting in front of the big mirror they had given her. Still working on her makeup, seems V1's loss hadn't affected her in the slightest.

'That focus on beauty is going to bite her in the ass one day' swordmachine quickly thought to himself with a frown, finally making his way to him room.

Opening the door and closing it behind him.

He sat himself at the edge of his bed.

Burying his face in his palms.

He'd be lying if he said these recent turn of events hadn't left him overjoyed.

But..

would all of this have consequences..?

That, more than anything, terrified him.

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" - Isaiah

(Hi guys! I hope you enjoyed this latest chapter! it was mostly just me pouring the sweet sweet concrete to create the road for things to come!

also, it added music! so uh, that's pretty cool! It's inspired by another fanfic called "OILSHED AND BLOODSHED" and I would recommend you read it! It's much better than the story you read now 🥲

And Ive considering not doing these little talks at the end anymore, breaks the immersion.

For me personally at least.

So, just tell me if you want me to stop doing these little talks at the end and you won't see em ever again!