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Chapter 4 - The Bad Guys

Suddenly, loud sirens echoed through the forest.

The Exalted One was taken aback and alerted. He was concerned.

Sabre looked towards the forest.

The brothers were confused. They wondered if the sound was a monster.

Hafen noticed the pair's concern. He inquired what it was.

The Exalted One, serious, looked towards them. He revealed that it was the bad guys. He urged the brothers to hold them off.

The brothers were shocked. They asked what he was going to do.

The Exalted One, in a stern voice, reassured them that they would handle it and asked them to buy him and his brother some time. He turned towards his brother and ordered Sabre to snap out of his state.

Sabre, reluctant, complied.

The Exalted One revealed that the bad guys found them and urged Sabre to follow him inside the house.

Sabre obeyed.

The brothers were surprised as Stark tried to stand up. Stark, determined, was ready.

His brothers supported him. They questioned if he was alright.

Stark replied that he was fine.

The brothers stared at the two strangers, who were about to enter the house. Matteo wondered if Sabre was more powerful than Pepe.

Stark revealed that he felt a strange sensation from Sabre. He harshly coughed and muttered that somehow, he shielded his punch from hitting his arm. It felt like it connected, but it didn't at all. Instead, Stark was the one who ended up with a bloody hand.

Hafen claimed that The Exalted One was even more powerful than both Sabre and Pepe. Stark and Matteo looked at Hafen. 

The sirens grew louder. They stood back up.

Hafen turned around and looked at the source of the sirens.

Matteo asked Stark if he could still fight.

Stark smirked and assured that he was fine. He continued that to think that there were people stronger than them, he was excited.

Matteo replied that he felt the same way.

Hafen pointed and interrupted that they should start by protecting their home and defeating the things.

Matteo and Stark turned around and saw three fast moving vehicles heading towards their home.

All three of them were confounded.

Stark worryingly asked what those things were. He commented that monsters were the bad guys.

Matteo noticed and exclaimed it ate people. He continued that they were trapped inside it.

Hafen asserted that the monsters were fast. He urged Stark and Matteo to brace themselves. He concluded that they had to be more powerful than their guests. 

A while ago, a military squad had chased the two strangers, but they lost them in the forest. Later, a military helicopter flew over the forest and located the strangers' whereabouts as they entered a house.

The girl was hiding behind a tree and looked at the military. She was surprised that the vehicles were heading towards The Fisher Family. She ran towards The Orphanage.

The vehicles were getting closer and closer. They received information on the brothers sparring as the helicopter spied on the house. 

Now, the military vehicles arrived and stopped in front of the house. They were ready to detain the brothers. The doors of the vehicles opened.

The people, trapped inside, stepped out and pulled out weapons. They aimed their weapons at the kids. Simultaneously, they pleaded for the kids to surrender.

Matteo and Hafen were in disbelief. Hafen questioned who the people were.

Stark, annoyed, asked them what they were doing at their home. He asserted that they were trespassing. He ordered them to leave their home at once.

The soldiers refused and ordered the brothers to surrender.

Matteo implied that the monsters and the people it ate were now working together. 

Hafen asked if the bad guys were the people riding the monsters.

A soldier, angry, exclaimed that they were not monsters or bad guys. He continued that the brothers had no idea who they were dealing with.

Matteo questioned why they were after the strangers.

A soldier revealed that the two strangers were responsible for the destruction of many cities.

Another soldier claimed that they were wanted criminals and terrorists.

The brothers were shocked. They refused to believe their claims. They argued that the two strangers could not be villains. Stark paced towards them.

A soldier warned him to stop.

Stark, unfazed, clenched his fists and challenged them.

Matteo exclaimed that they were right. Hafen agreed. Stark stood next to his brothers and stared down at the soldiers. The three brothers stood defiantly and prepared to fight. 

The three of them were convinced. The military and the monsters were working together.

One of the soldiers was taken aback. He questioned the brothers' audacity and urged them to stand down.

Another soldier questioned the brothers' motives. He ordered them to step aside.

As they stood, the trio remembered their guests' warning. They, determined, refused and stood their ground.

The soldier threatened to open fire. A soldier, annoyed, ordered the soldiers to fire. 

In the next moment, Stark rushed towards the soldiers and vehicles. Matteo did the same. However, Hafen stayed behind.

While the soldiers hesitated to shoot, Matteo threw a flying kick through the window of an opened door. The glass shattered. He managed to hit the person behind the door. Then, he landed on the ground.

Suddenly, all of them shot Matteo, repeatedly.

Matteo, injured, yelled in agony and fell to the ground with blood pouring out from every limb in his body.

Stark yelled in fury and launched a punch towards the nearest soldier. He was sent flying, and his gun fell on the ground.

A soldier aimed his gun at Stark. Stark punched the soldier and snatched his gun. He broke it apart.

The other soldiers were shocked. In an instant, the soldier next to him aimed at him and fired.

Stark, however, deflected the bullet with his arm. The bullet left a bruise.

At the same time, Matteo was lying on the ground, breathing heavily and bleeding.

A soldier yelled and ordered him to stand down.

Matteo struggled to get up. He muttered to himself that he could not let them kill his family. He groaned as he got up with multiple holes in his body. Pain had taken control of his body.

The soldier he had kicked earlier laid, face up, on the ground in front of him.

Matteo looked at him. His wounds rapidly healed. He menacingly limped towards the soldier.

The soldier shrieked that he was monster. He demanded him to stay back. He was terrified at the sight of a bloody kid with a dislocated jaw crawling towards him.

Suddenly, another soldier shot Matteo in the back. Matteo fell forward and onto the ground. He, still alive, flipped over and looked at the sky.

A soldier walked towards him. He pointed his gun at him and ordered him to stay down.

Matteo barely replied that the soldiers were the ones working with the monsters. He claimed that they were evil.

The soldier, angry, shot him.

At the same time, Stark screamed. He, fueled with rage, lifted and carried one of the vehicles. As the sun was setting, the shadow of the vehicle completely covered him. He horrifyingly paced towards the soldiers.

One of them pleaded to him to stay back.

Stark yelled. He threw the vehicle over them and into a tree behind them.

The soldiers were in disbelief. A soldier screamed and ran.

Hafen watched. He realized that the weapons that the bad guys carried were dangerous. Furthermore, they were able to aim and shoot out incredibly fast projectiles with these weapons.

All of a sudden, their weapons flew out of their hands. The soldiers were bewildered as their guns floated in the air.

Hafen had used his telekinesis technique to disarm the soldiers.

The soldiers wondered what was going on. The weapons turned around mid-air and aimed at the bad guys.

They were frightened and placed their hands up like they were trying to touch the sky. One of them begged Hafen not to shoot.

Little did they know the invited guest, Pepe, had arrived. He recalled how the girl warned him to be careful. He stood behind a tree and leered at what was happening.

Who were the strangers? Why were they wanted by the military?

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