Part 0: Beginning of the End
Arc 1: New Reapers.
(Sam and Able are sitting outside on a bench next to the barbeque. Able has a small bandage wrapped over his right hand, where his middle finger used to be.)
Sam: Sorry again about cutting off your finger. I wasn't properly thinking at the heat of the moment.
Able: (Holding onto his hand.) It's all good, not like it's my entire arm.
Kane: (He comes rushing over to Sam.) Sam!!! Sam!!! (He holds Sam by the shoulders, he has a cigarette in his mouth and right in front of Sam's face.) Did you remember to bury my love letters?! The ones I were gonna send to my... crush?! Before you died?!
Sam: (He looks on in confusing at Kane, before lightly taking the cigarette out of his mouth and stomping it out on the ground.) *Lightly shaking his head* No.
Kane: Oh shit... (He walks away from Sam.) C'mon! We're going there and bury them... RIGHT NOW.
Sam: How?! Not unless that car is a Transformer! I don't even know where we are! We could be in Tahiti or... North Sentinel Island for all that I know!
Kane: (He quickly gets out of the driver's seat.) Oh yeah, you're right!
Sam: *Sigh* Jeez, what's next? Giant man-eating naked people?! Oh wait that would actually make for a good manga... NO! NO! Dracula's next!
(Inside the cave, located underneath Libertate. M. Jäger stands in the middle of a room, filled to brim with mutilated bodies lying at his feet. One of the barely alive victims reach out to him, with his torn hand, revealing the bone and muscle underneath.)
The man: P- please... sir! Mercy!!!
M. Jäger: You're welcome... you slave trading son of a căţea. (He drives his sword straight through the slave trader's skull, and he hears the cough of a woman coming from inside one of the cages, with a blanket thrown over it. He walks over to the cage and removes the blanket. Inside he sees a 18 year old girl with long white hair and black eyes. She is in a weak physical state and she is wearing tattered clothing. She looks up at him confused and a bit frightened. He removes his cowl revealing his long neck-length black hair and his strong facial structure, he looks around the age of 34 physically, true age unknown.) Well... who's this? Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I'm a... "good guy."
(The woman crawls over to him, but passes out in his arms. He holds her as he stands up and walks out of the cave. As M. Jäger walks through the cave, he encounters another woman who is leading all the slaves out of the cave, they aren't human. But they're not monsters either, Demi-humans, Vampires, and sickly mutations "Chimeras." All sold to the highest bitter to those who want to "use" them.)
The woman: (She has long shoulder-length brown hair and hazel eyes, she looks around the age of 25. She is 5'6ft/167cm tall. Her clothing consists of a red leather jacket, over a black turtleneck sweater, dark red jeans, with a white mini-skirt over it, and black leather sneakers. She looks around for M. Jäger and sees him carrying the girl.) Oh no... not another one!
M. Jäger: (He walks straight past her.) Not now, Aaron.
Aaron Jäger: (She chases after M.) Hey! Get back here! (She follows behind him.) Why her?!
M. Jäger: She's not normal, Aaron.
Aaron: Haha! No one here's normal! Me especially... Aaron is not a common name for a girl!
M. Jäger: Yeah well your mother chose it. I had no saying in that department.
Aaron: *Under her breath* I know pretty much everything about you at this point... but what the fuck does "M. and V." even mean?!
M. Jäger: (As he walks off) Markus Viktor Jäger.
(Back to Sam's perspective. He is walking through the "Reaper Training Camp" when suddenly he sees, yet another familiar face. The girl that saved him from the truck, sitting on a bench on her own.)
Sam: *Thinking* Oh... well at this point I'm not even surprised anymore, here goes nothing. (He approaches the girl.) Hey... miss.
The girl: (She is wearing the same outfit as Sam, with a few minor changes, like a closed collar and a necklace hanging from it. She has her head hanging but lifts it up when Sam talks to her.) Wait, aren't you...?
Sam: Yeah... I'm the poor guy you saved from that truck... and it was pretty much in vain. Because another one hit me and I met a chick and she sent me here. Then I met a redhead who I am honestly surprised didn't just straight up murder me in my sleep. And I'm still wondering what in the deep fried hell is going on. Honestly I'm surprised a giant robot hasn't shown up yet, that would be the least strange thing to happen to me this entire week.
The girl: ... You lost me at "truck."
Sam: Yeah, anyway. (He reaches out for a handshake.) Samuel Logan Reyes, everyone calls me "Sam."
Isabella Adachi: (She shakes Sam's hand.) Isabella Adachi, or just... "Isabel."
Sam: Well it's good to finally meet you properly, Isabel.
Kane: (Walking over to Sam and Isabel, someone is following behind him.) Hey, Sam!!! Aquaman here says he kinda knows you!
Sam: (He looks at the man walking behind Kane, his black uncombed hair and hazel> eyes look familiar... the man who tried to save him from the other truck. Where both of them got hit by it.) Son of a gun... who's next? Ocean Man?!
Erik Marina: (He reaches his hand out to Sam.) It's good to finally meet you... the name's Erik Marina.
Sam: (A smile grows on his face.) Ocean Man.
Erik: What?!
Sam: From now on... your name is Ocean Man...
Erik: Excu-...
Sam: DO NOT QUESTION THE FUNNY ONE.
Erik: R- right. I just wanted to know your name...
Sam: (He holds onto his legs.) I am... (He turns around and runs away from Erik.) RUNNING AWAY.
Erik: (Looking at Sam running away.) WHAT?!
Kane: (He walks away from Erik.) He does that a lot, he's still perfecting his jokes. Unlike me... who is a certified court jester.
Sam: (He is still running away from Erik.) I don't know why I'm running!!! But I can't stop!!! (As he runs, he realizes he's going to bump right into someone standing right in front of him, but he can't stop his momentum.) Aww shit. (He knocks both him and the person in front of him down to the ground. He starts slowly getting up, covered in dirt and holding onto his head.) Am I dead, again? (He looks over to the person he knocked down.) Are you dead again? (He stands up and waves his hand in front of the man.) Hello?
The man: (He has short buzzcut hair, with dark brown eyes. He looks around 17 years old and is likely of German heritage. He is around 5'4ft tall, maybe a little taller and is well built. He is wearing the same uniform as Sam, however with a blue casual shirt under the jacket. He opens his eyes and looks at Sam.) Is that you, God?
Sam: Yeah, because he's a 5'2ft dude. Who's 25% Spanish, 75% Japanese, but 100% hot as the sun, baby!
The man: Yeah, I guess you are a solid 8.5.
Sam: (He helps him up.) Name's Sam Reyes.
Peter Trustein: Peter Trustein, I'm guessing you're a Reaper too?
Sam: Yeah, I got hit by a truck and you?
Peter: Kinda... uh got stabbed by my ex for "cheating" as she calls it. I just call it talking to another girl.
Sam: Quite a way to go.
Peter: (He walks past Sam.) Well, Samuel. I gotta go now! Since I'm a monster hunter now, I'm gonna go find myself a Mermaid Girlfriend!!! The future is bright!!!
Sam: (Looking at Peter walking away.) *Thinking* I have a feeling he's a major idiot. So... "Baldie Piss Ant" is a proper name for. Well, since I'm gonna be here for a while, I guess I'm gonna have to get myself acquainted with the rest. What a damn day this has been.
(Inside a room with blackened curtain, letting practically no sunlight in. M. Jäger puts the silver haired girl down on a bed in the corner of the room. Put as he puts her down, a necklace falls out of one of her pockets.)
M. Jäger: (Reading the words inscribed on the necklace.) "Sisters, Forever Bonded - Annah Zitalia." (He puts the necklace around Annah's neck and walks out of the room, closing the door behind him.) Rest well.
(End of Chapter 5)