"So Percy, can you explain more about that cave, everything was so confusing. We had ghosts tailing our ass at the very beginning and then that ghost looked like you!" said John confused. "The thing is my family was part of group of settlers from a viking tribe many generations ago, they used to the best hunters and were good with their bows and axes. The ghost that you saw earlier should be my ancestor and the reason he looks so similar to me is because I have his bloodline. You've asked many times how my face is so similar to my father, that's because of this bloodline I have! My ancestor was blessed by the great goddess Freya for being the best hunter of the tribe and gifted him with a royal bloodline known as the Beastking blood. Obviously this tale have been passed down for generation to generation when we were kids. That cave that we saw is an ancestral tomb, it has a trial inside which activates their bloodline. It is also a sanctuary where the goddess Freya either blesses those that passes the trial or curse the people that do not" said Percy proud of his family's heritage.
John and Percy had returned to town! The atmosphere was very eerie, they went to the town's entrance and there was nobody there, there was no longer any guards. They walked to the streets and there was nobody close either, with the a lot of the houses in ruins you would at least see people walking outside. "There is something going on in this Town" said John with a convinced tone. "Yeah, the town is too quiet right" said Percy and kept his guard up, he was attentive of everything that was going on.
As they go deeper and deeper in town, Percy stops. "Do you hear that? John?" asked Percy. "Do I heard what? What are you talking about!" said Percy doubtfully. John suddenly heard it too when he got closer to Percy, the noise was very faint. They kept walking toward the sound to see what was going, it was leading them into the town square. The noise started to become louder and louder. The sound was echoing through the street, it had a monotonous repetition to it.
Soon they saw crowds of people gathered, they were packed together at the town's square! "We want our basic necessities, it is our right" this phrase yelled by the people at the square. They were so angry, and it seem that a riot might occur at any minute now. People suddenly calmed down, as the Major went to the stand, his enormous frame didn't seem to help him at all and was standing at a podium waiting while sweat was pouring over his face to start delivering a message! There were a lot of guards around him at the moment as well as many bodyguards guarding him at the moment with guns.
He took a moment to breath in some air, hold it in and began speech: "Well hello there people of Willowvine! I know that many of you are currently anxious as we used to live in a modern world, and our current lifestyle is far below that! Some of my friends and colleagues are currently working on many thing, such as trying to reestablish contact with other government officers! We have lost complete contact with them even satellite and radio frequency. The level of interference is too huge and we're not sure how to get around this at the moment! But we are working on reestablishing water service very soon somewhere between and tomorrow" He said all of that in a very dramatic way as to try to get a hold of the people. John felt completely disgusted by the Major's act in front of the people and his superficial facade was seen very quickly, but he understood that it was made others feel safer than it was at the moment.
At that very moment, a flock of about sixty birds were going into the direction of the people. They started attacking the people and they began running away at all direction. The birds were eagles which usually live in the mountains, and usually never in flocks like this. This time they began to terrorize the citizens, their sharp claws were stronger than usual and cut flesh like butter. The guards began shooting at them and the birds began falling to the floor and stood back as soon as they hit the guard. The shook a little bit and the bullet slid off their feathers. Then the warriors stood up and began running toward the flock and they began to engage in a formation. The skirmish lasted about thirty minutes until the last bird was finally dead.
The Mayor was at in the podium with a smile, as he looked at the outcome. Seeing the opportunity, he seized the moment to give an additional speech. "Everyone! As you have seen we have finally had casualties, some of the people among you already knew about these beast that have attacked, some ignorant people did not to believe them, specially when they were told that these beast exist! The truth was buried by mockery and this is the result. Now that you know for reals and seeing real casualties will I be able to speak freely! Let me tell you that you all don't have an option than cooperate with me and work together. We are currently shorthanded and have a lot of work to do. Our security is tight and we have need more people, young blood specially. Our guards will start doing sessions for our younglings" said the Mayor.
Mr. Stainton walk forward "Mayor Thompson, I am knowledgeable in the way of hunting. If it's possible I can teach some people the way of the bow as an additional. I believe it's a good idea that to teach our kids to be prepared and defend themselves!
The Mayor was frowning before and then began to smile again "It will be a pleasure working with you! We will reach up to you when the preparations will be completed. Oh great! you're here Sheriff Jones perfect timing!" said Mayor Thompson as he waved toward the town's sheriff and called out to him. The mayor, Percy's dad and the sheriff was talking together and they were exchanging ideas.
Mr. Stainton finished talking with both the Mayor and the sheriff. They continued talking secretly. The mayor and sheriff were laughing sinisterly "Hey Jeff, thanks for luring those birds to town was the best idea I have had in a long time, hahahahaha. Now I even have the people's back!" The sheriff's eyes were glowing red and said "No need to thank me! My destiny is serve under you! When are you going to give me a better host master?" said Sheriff Jeff Jones. The Mayor turned around and said "you know I can't do that... after all I need that body of yours for many of my plans!"