Vengeance Incarnate

Alex was running and was short of breath and was wheezing loudly and experiencing tunnel vision and felt like puking his innards out after watching the vile act done by imperial soldiers. Alex running away from the soldiers who had seen him and are most likely pursuing him caused him to be ignorant of the road hence bumping into a few people causing him to do evasive maneuvers but that was cut short when Alex bumped into a man wearing a cloak covering his whole face with more force than necessary causing him to get knocked back while falling on his ass.

"Hey kid watch where you're going," the man said with a gruff deep baritone voice which sent shivers down the spine of Alex.

The man's grey irises took note of Alex frenzied behavior that was akin to a startled prey that was in escape from its predators. The man took note of how much Alex was twitching and making not so subtle glance at anywhere in order to escape what was pursuing him. He could hear the kid mutter constantly 'where to go?' as if he was a broken record in fact he looked so broken that he could make a marionette seem alive. He was taking large gulps of air to stabilize his breathing which brought a question to the man's mind 'what was the kid running from that striked this much of a reaction. He saw the kids mouth twitch as if he is trying to form a coherent sentence without succumbing to what he most likely experienced a few minutes prior to the kid bumping to him.

"I have to hide the soldiers are after me..."He heard Alex say while his eyes were closing and his irregular breathing pattern signifying his losing of consciousness.

The man caught Alex before his head hit the ground. His grey irises wandered around the swarm of people as if trying to decipher a puzzle about the young boy who went slack in his arms. He finally got his answer when he saw two imperial soldiers asking around if they had seen a boy with blue hair and red eyes while showing to various shop owners the crudely drown image of the boy. The man knew he had to act quickly so as to prevent this kid by being taken by the imperial soldiers as he knew of the atrocities they commit regardless of the age of who the considered a criminal due to their twisted sense of 'justice'.

"Void snatcher" The man said while holding out his hand.

A small purple vortex was formed sucking Alex's body into it. At long last the soldiers reached him and questioned him if he had seen a boy who had a mop of blue hair and a pair of red irises while showing him the crudely drawn picture. In his mind he felt like laughing as the picture looked nothing remotely like the kid he had met earlier it was more like doodles from a toddler.

'How have this idiots been able to find their culprits with such poorly drawn wanted posters but i guess that is the reason why many criminals are still free and roam the face of the earth.' The man thought.

"I think i saw him go in that direction," the man said while pointing to a different alley that harbored the most crooked of thieves.

The two imperial soldiers thanked him and followed his advice and went that way.

'Gullible fools those two are most likely recruits from out of town if not they wouldn't have known they are walking straight to their tickets to the afterlife' The man thought while inwardly having a short series of laughter while shaking his head in disappointment at the two soldiers unknowingly marching to their death.

The man in the cloak continued striding toward the adventurer's guild but first he had a couple of detours to take through the city which was Imperium stopping by a few cafes delivering the things the had requested of him he had not realized that time was quickly passing by as he failed to observe the bright sky fade dark. To most people this was a regular occurrence but for the citizen of Imperium they knew they had to close their businesses in fear of some detestable people coming to harass them.

The man in the cloak had finished last round of delivering supplies to the cafe. The cafe owner who was a middle aged man who had wrinkled skin which would make most people confuse his age for being older while sporting a full black beard and head full of black hair. This was Akutagawa Lucci the owner of Akutagawa Wonderland Cafe which brought a homely feeling to people hence it was popular among adventurers and citizens alike. The heard a horde of heavy footprints hence it hit them that night had fallen.

"Akutagawa did you close up the shop?" The man asked his tone signifying the gravity of what was happening.

"I don't think so as I was busy helping you sort out the deliveries," Akutagawa said.

They soon heard the rattling of armor knowing what was about to happen next was inevitable. Akutagawa peeked through a curtain that was hiding the entrance to the back and saw around ten soldiers entering the cafe. All of the soldiers had their face covered except the man who was their leader and was wearing intricately golden plated armor. The leader has an angular face, a mop of blond hair and a pair of slanted eyes that would make him look like a generic handsome boy but Akutagawa knew better as within that handsome facade lies a revolting and sinister sadistic demon that takes pleasure in other peoples misery. 

This revolting person was Hoshinomiya Malik the squad leader of the first troop of the dragon squad of the imperial soldiers. Akutagawa retreated to the supply room to relay the information to the man in the cloak.

"Zein I have seen who they are they are part of the dragon squad and their leader Hoshinomiya is with them," Akutagawa whispered in a tone filled with urgency.

"I see I might need you to hide out in the back incase this scenario escalates," Zein who was the man in the cloak said with a tone that was reassuring.

Zein fiddled with the hood of his cloak causing it to cover his whole face completely ensuring nothing was seen before heading out to meet with the people who commonly interfered with the peaceful night of the city.