6 Silver Davis and Colin Smith

"A-ah! not again, what the hell happened to me this. I was captured by those bloody vampires. The gave me some kind of drugs —I am still feeling dizzy" Silver sighed. "A—ah! why the hell is everything moving?" he shouted aggressively.

"Because it's moving you idiot, look 'round" col replied.

They were being transported in some kind of cell like wagon as prisoners. It was dark outside clouds were hovering above covering entire sky. All they could hear was soldiers footsteps and rustling wheels of the wagons. There were two guards beside the wagon walking with the same phase as the wagon.

"And who the hell are you again?" Silver asked.

"Can you be any ruder ?'mColin..., Colin Smith. What 'bout you?"

"It's Silver Davis —How long have I been out for any way?So, what's your story? Why are you in this cell? —andwhat's up with this cuffs?"(he yelled with annoyed voice. Both Silver's and Colin's hands were cuffed behind their back. "And...."

"Stop right there and calm the hell down —what's up with all those questions? —You were out for three days by the way —'nd these are bloody Mana dampeners" he pointed at cuffs with his eyes.

"Mana.....?"

"You serious? —you know the mystical energy that allows us to use magic...."

"You mean Qi."

"Mana, Qi they are the same thing —You're clueless aren't you, which planet are u from anyway?" wondered Col.

"I know what you are trying to do —you are avoiding the question about your tragic life. Aaw..." Silver bumped his head on the wagon. And he looked around.

They had arrived near a cliff. Thousand of men were marching at the front and few hundred men followed after, with three huge wagons carrying something eerie, inside some kind of transparent vessel. Uneasy feeling passed through Silver's gut just by looking at it.

"It's kind of a long story" Said Colin

"And we don't have any time to hear your story —after all we are prisoners who being taken to god knows where."

"Humm ! where should I began. Aaa.... It was twenty days ago. It was like....."

"That's really classy beginning. It already sounds boring"

"Shut up and listen, will you ?"

It was like every other normal day. Living in my small village with just a hundred people or may be more. It was next to River where I went for fishing all the time. I just love fishing and my powers are great for fishing. Unlike me the villagers loved farming and animal raring. Except me all the villagers were humans. By the way I'm a Punisher.

I was abandoned by my actual parents with a note just because they thought I was some kind of monster. I remember ever single word of the Note;

The thing you see before you is a monster responsible for destroying everything near him. And we are the ones who brought this abomination to this world. No matter how hard we tried we couldn't bring ourself to kill this.... this thing. Do whatever you desire to it. You may kill him if you so desire.

I mean, what kind of evil parent address their own child like that. But I'm not angry. I'm kinda glad that they abandoned me. I got to meet such an amazing people who were kind enough to take care of me as one of their own. I was so happy to live my life with them. How wrong I was to think someone like me could live a happy life.

The villagers were doomed the day they took me in. I was helping the villagers like every other day. Fifty people approached our village at first we thought they were travellers. But they were here with a goal in their mind.

"My name is Ser Vlad and we have no intention of harming you. That is if you comply with us" Said Ser Vlad.

Our chief replied, " What is that you want from us?"

"We want nothing much just give us the boy beside you without causing any trouble and no one will get hurt —It would be a tragedy of kill such fine specimens like yourselves, don't you think?" he kind of pointed at me.

Villagers were to loyal to give up one of their own so easily. "We will do no such thing."

"Hmmm! I was hoping that it wouldn't come to this —but what can we do right?"

The vampires released their fangs. There were two sorcerers too. Including Vlad and the one beside him ready to work their magic. Vampires wouldn't not have been any trouble for me but fighting vampires and two sorcerers at the same time was hopeless.

"No wait, I'll come with you but promisedon't to hurt them" I said.

"What you mean if you go with them. No one is taking you today" chief reacted to me.

"Will you shut up and let do what I want just this once, old man. This is my fault that you're all in this mess. I have to make this right."

Chief didn't listed to me. But I was too stubborn. In the end I compelled them to listen to me.

"Hum ! How noble of you. You have my word we won't kill any of them" he replied.

I was too stupid to think that they would let them go. They captured every single one of them though they didn't kill anyone. If by some miracle I escaped from them first thing I am going to do is save my family.

"So that's what happened to you" he said with sad voice "So why did they want you?"

"I was born with way too much Mana. And from what I know they want to siphon off Mana from me to create magic items."

"That does make sense."

"Hahahaha.... " Ser Vlad laughed with amusement. "You kids are hilarious —It's not possible to siphon magic from any of the races let alone from a punisher —except from a sorcerer that is."

"Then why bother capturing him?"

"It's simple, he's a payment for the organization who gave us this army."

"What idiot gives an army of this size for one person."

"You've got it all wrong —he's for army of thirty thousand sorcerers and seventy thousand vampires —and he's not the only payment. They want Firestone and Waterstone.

Silver : So you attacked our village just to get your hands on the Firestone.

Ser Vlad : Yup ! That is one of the reasons but not the only one.

"Why you?..... " he looked at Vlad with vengeful eye. "You wouldn't be so cocky if my hand wasn't cuffed by this damn thing —I would've killed you instantly."

"Can it kid ! Even if you weren't cuffed in that thing you still wouldn't be able to lay a single scratch on me, that's how powerful I'm" he bragged.

"Tsh ! I don't have to..." he muttered. "What's this... ? —hey col, I can call you col right?"

"What is it?"

"I'm going to get both of us out of this cell."

"Hahahaha..... Good luck with that. That was best joke ever." said Ser Vlad

"What? How?" Col whispered.

"Just take my hand and trust me, will you?" Said Silver. Col faced opposite of silver)

"Hey you ! What are they carrying in those wagons?" he jerked his head towards Ser Vlad

"You ask a lot of questions for someone in your position —you don't wanna know what it is anyway."

"Just tell me all already...." Silver yelled furiously.

"Watch your temper kid" he shouted back. "That's all the blood we collected from your villagers."

"Why would you want to collect all that blood?"

"I my self don't know why? It was also their demand."

"Then why didn't you collected blood from royal families?"

"Because it's so much fun to watch all high royal families head being ripped off. Huhaha..." he said with an ugly laugh. "I wanted to rip off your mother's head myself. But Ser Jo.... Our commander killed her before I could do so."

"You make me sick."

"Is that all kid?"

"Nope. Do you remember what you just said? —Well you should've have thought twice before saying that."

Both Silver and Col stood up. Both of their hands were freed from cuffs.

"How did you get loose?" asked Ser Vlad.

"It's kind of your fault, you messed up —You cuffed me with ordinary metal —I wasn't able to realize before because effect of drugs still hadn't lifted —After realizing it simple water magic was enough to saw it off.

"How is that possible? I double checked every single cuffs we had myself and there wasn't single defective one. " sweat flowed through his forehead.

Silver forwarded his both hand towards Ser Vlad and the man beside him then slightly swirled his palms opposite of each other. Both Ser Vlad and the one beside him fell on the ground before they could even realize what had happened.

"What did you do to them ? I don't understand.... what's happening here?" col jumped around.

"Isn't it obvious...I killed them both."