The Webb clan chapter 4
#4 of The Webb clan
The Webb clan chapter 4
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-this is chapter four, in case you didn't know how to spell
-i am enjoying this story so much. My fingers move in a flurry and i cant stop writing it.
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-second section, for very important notes
-this chapter is still in a flashback, as the one from the previous chapter never actually ended
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I was led inside by Meryl's mom, the inside of the house was nice, but nothing too fancy or over the top. She led me into the living room and sat me down on the couch, offered to get something for me and sat down in an armchair. Then the real reason i was afraid, her father walked in and sat down in another armchair, but he was holding a gun, classic father hates the daughters boyfriend scenario. He spent an awkward five minutes looking me over, trying to gauge my worthiness. After a while he spoke
"I want to make something clear to you boy... I dont like you" he told me, and somehow that response seemed a bit too cliche. Now it was my turn. I spent a long minute inspecting him, and eventually reached my verdict.
"I don't like you either" i said to him. He looked at me for a second, then he burst out laughing. Then he said something about that being the response he wanted. Im not sure why, but that was the right answer apparently.
"You are certainly funny, and humor is good for morale, but are you intelligent." He went on if thats all he has to test me on, then ill be fine.
"Whats the tensile strength of medium carbon steel?" He asked me. Thats a question that anyone with half a braincell could answer
"Yield tensile strength of 45000 psi. Ultimate tensile strength 81900 psi" i stated effortlessly. He gaped a bit, then reeled himself back in. He asked a few more simple questions before he gave up.
"You are way smarter than i had expected, i like that. But i still don't like you" he said. Its a start i guess. An hour of pointless tests later, he gae up all together. I had won the game, but i never lose. But i celebrated too early, he had one more test. Trial by combat, this guy had no idea what he was asking, but i accepted. He grabbed a crossbow and we walked out back. There we took up our places and began.
"Begin" he said as he pulled the trigger. Meryl watched with rapt attention as i dodged an arrow and approached him. He fired another arrow, this one i wasnt expecting and barely avoided. How had he fired a second arrow without reloading. Then i noticed the arrow itself. It wasn't so much an arrow as it was a spike with a notch in the back. Then i looked at the bow itself, and was impressed. It pulled its own string through some hidden mechanism, all he had to do was drop them from his hand. Then he could fire.
"Thats a nice crossbow, but it wont help" i taunted as i moved. I became a blur and was behind him, then i tripped him and grabbed his bow.
"I win" i said and walked over to Meryl, then we all went back inside. This is definitely a strange family, but mine isn't so normal either.
"You can date my daughter, but i still don't like you" the father said. I have no idea what I'm gonna do with myself now that i have his approval, because that means sooooooo much to me (sarcasm). Doesn't change anything really, but let them believe what they want. Meryl kissed me on the cheek while her dad grumbled unhappily, and her mom celebrated, none of them finding the combt trial weird.
-time skip a month
Todays mission was simple. Find the target, and kill him. He's a convicted murderer on the run, so its my job to remove him. I had been moving from building to building, searching the streets below, and eventually i spotted someone who looked like him. I twisted the dial on my eyepiece and it inspected him. With a check mark it confirmed him.
"Hey Cole, whatcha doin?" Meryl asked, showing up at random again. Honestly I'm used to it by now, but it still concerns me that she seems to have no respect for my work.
"Working, I'm targeting someone" i told her and hopped into a cart full of hay. I popped out and rolled behind a wall, now i was almost within range to use my knife. He turned towards an approaching bystander and he pulled a gun. Dammit, he's at it again. I rushed forward an jumped on his back, my knife aimed through the back of his skull. It went through and we went to the ground with a thud. Everyone stopped and stared at me as i pulled out my assassin emblem. They all went about their business as usual.
"That was cool, but couldn't you have just zapped him with your lightning?" Meryl asked. Honestly I'm not so hood with it yet, its too unreliable, and when it does work its not high enough voltage, and i told her as much.
"Thats too bad. But you'll get the hang of it eventually" she told me, her voice was so soothing sometimes, and she was always supporting me. *sighs* Meryl is awesome. I stood up and cleaned my knife, then i left a paper on his back with all the necessary information, such as time of death, assassin who killed him, etc.
"Now that you're done with work, how about we go do something fun" Meryl said and dragged me off to do something, its kind of annoying sometimes, but she means well. Normally we only go around exploring places we haven't been before, but this time she just wanted to sit back and relax on top of the clock tower, so we did. We spent the night telling jokes and dropping pebbles on passerby's heads, just good fun.
-time skip two years
We had been dating for a long time, and while by now she had abandoned her cloak and mask, i still used mine, but not around her. My mask has actually come to be my insignia of sorts. My greatsword is made of iron and my mask is of a wolf, so i was called the iron wolf. A member of one of the families in the town once called me ferrelupus, which as he said is a combination of the latin words ferrus and lupus, meaning iron and wolf. I eventually stuck with that nickname, and it became the last thing my victims heard before they died. And in the case where we just had to steal back goods from thieves, i left a calling card in the shape of my mask.
I climbed up to the top of the clock tower and met her there like i told her to be. Now was the time to do what I've been planning to do for the past week.
"Marry me" i asked her. I had by then finally reached marrying age, and so had she, now it was time. She cried and fell into my arms, sobbing yes over and over again. Perfect is how i would describe the way my life was going. But from that day i never wore my mask again
-flashback over
Four years after that, we had Turok. Her mother was the happiest mom alive that day, and her dad managed to smile at me for once, so it was a wonderful day. Then, six more years later, it happened. We were in a house in the woods training Turok to be like me, an assassin, when they came. The Roja clan, they burst into the backyard and before i even knew what was happening, Meryl was dead.
-this is the last flashback for a while, i swear, and this one is short
"TUROK, GET DOWN!" I shouted and he hit the deck. I glanced over to see Meryl's body, and it registered in my head that she was dead. Lightning struck the ground as my emotions went rampant.
"YOU BASTARDS!" I screamed at them as i was surrounded by a miniature hurricane. The fence was ripped from the ground and its posts flew down and skewered a bunch of them. I rose into the air and lightning of a blinding voltage leapt from man to man and they were roasted black in an instant. An arrow struck my shoulder but it didn't even phase me. Then i used an ability i choose not to use very often, I used my mastery of water to make their blood boil. They screamed and then they died, as the survivors fled. I came back down to earth, and i sobbed. I never found her body, i assumed they took it with them when they ran. I wanted to chase them but i couldnt take Turok with me for that. At her funeral, i wore my mask again for the first time in ten years, and i didnt take it off again for weeks.
-end flashback, they are done now
"Thinking about her again, huh Cole?" He asked. I wasnt sure when he showed up but he was sitting next to me.
"Yeah, i was. Its been a long time since I've seen you" i said to him
"Its been so long since then i doubt you even remember my name Cole"
"Of course i remember your name"
"Then what is it"
"Austin"
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-boo yah, i finished three chapters in one day. Thats a new record for me.
-Austin is back in the picture, its been six years since their last meeting each other
-cart full of hay. Assassins creed referance FTW