After getting back to the cabin Quinton wanted to head to sleep, knowing that she would be tired in the morning. She made her way over to the sink and washed her hands of the blood and tossed the knife she used earlier, she still couldn't believe that she had taken soul's, what exactly was she meant to do with them anyway?, with a sigh, Quinton made her way over to the couch and sat down, opening her system again, she opened up the Quest tab and looked at the two quests.
Collect 5 Souls. [2 of 5 collected]
Reward
30Xp
Upgrade each stat once.
Reward
30Xp
Since she had collected two souls already she could try upgrading her stats now. with that idea in mind, Quinton closed out the Quest tab and pulled up her stats, currently, they were all the same. "How many souls would I need to upgrade my stats?" Quinton asked as she pressed the upgrade button underneath the strength stat and a message popped up.
Would you like to upgrade strength for 1 soul?
Yes no
Quinton smiled, giving up one soul for strength wasn't that bad of a bargain, but at the same time, was a stat really worth it. Quinton sighed and shook her head, she knew that it was a Quest, so she had to do it to get Xp. "Welp, here goes nothing.", Quinton said, pressing the yes button, a new message appeared.
Strength has been upgraded, you have 1 soul left.
Quinton sighed, knowing she needed to use the second soul, she opened up her stats again and decided on speed. "My Agility isn't half bad right now, besides i can upgrade it later.", Quinton thought as she pressed the upgrade button for speed, once she upgraded her stats Quinton decided to head to sleep, she still needed to collect a few more souls in the morning to complete her Quest.
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Daniels arrival at the Mansion was a little late, him and those he called over got there late. hey didn't expect to see the mansion nearly unrecognizable, "what the hell happened here...?", Daniel said in shock, his eyes scanning the place, with how dark it was out at the moment, only Daniel could see well. when Daniel made it into the mansion he saw Barron on the ground, he was holding his side as he tried to stand up straight. Barron looked up at Daniel and his eyes widened. originally, Barron had called for backup hoping they could turn the tide, but after fighting the man with the green eye, Barron realized how unpredictable he was, and how powerful he was. "Daniel, you all need to get out of here!", Barron said to Daniel, but Daniel couldn't hear him well. and instead sent over someone to go heal Barron.
Once Barron was healed up enough to stand, he walked over to Daniel, "Daniel, you need to get out of here, i underestimated our opponent by a lot!", Barron explained, and Daniel looked a little confused, that was when he noticed Reyes and Derek were on the floor not moving, they we're dead. "What the...", Daniel said in shock. "look, your sister was here but left, i think she would need you in a moment like this Daniel.", Barron explained. Daniel understood, but he had always been there when she needed him, at least, when he could be there, being the oldest in the family he of course had to get a job and what not, so he couldn't always be there.
even so, he knew that Quinton was smart and could do without him if she had to, if anything he would only get in her way more, "Barron, you probably know where my sister went, she's always hanging out with your sister, so there is a good chance they are together, i don't know what is going on here, but you should go, we will deal with this mess.", Daniel said. Barron wanted to object but before he even had the chance Daniel touched his shoulder activating his ability and he teleported Barron out of the area. even if they didn't know what they we're up against, they wouldn't make it easy.
Daniel walked over to Derek and Reyes and touched them gaining both of their abilities, "nice, these will come in handy.", Daniel said, stepping away from the bodies and he gave a sigh. "rest well Reyes and Derek, you did good.", he said, before the sound of lightning was heard again. "ugh, how many of you are there?! this fight should of been over!", the man with the green eye scowled, he was irritated more now, mainly from the pain in his green eye. the more power he used up the worse the pain got, he knew if he didn't stop now he could possibly die, but he wasn't one to back down either. "don't make me kill you the same way i killed them now." the man said, looking at Daniel and his team of 5.
"i think your all talk and no bite, prove me wrong!", Daniel said, heading straight in at lightning speed, using the lighting ability he copied from Barron, his speed was so fast it couldn't be seen through the naked eye, but the man with the green eye just stood still and sighed, "annoying little varmint", the man snapped as he closed his eyes sensing exactly where Daniel was at what time, and when Daniel went in to hit the man with the green eye, the man grabbed Daniels fist and lifted him off the ground throwing him across the room. Daniel flew right into his team members, knocking them down like bowling balls. since they hadn't moved from their places in sheer fear, they we're easy targets. none of them, not even Daniel, knew this was what they were going to be up against.
Daniel coughed as he got up off the floor, dusting himself off and looking up at the man from across the room, "W-what the heck....are you.", Daniel coughed up, as he stood to his feet, he was always the one to run into a battle head first, he never had a challenge where he needed to think before acting, he could admit that he was a little cocky, but now, up against this man, he didn't feel so big anymore.
the man with the green eye looked at his hand and chuckled, "is it my turn now?", he asked, his eyes began to glow a bright green and the goo from his green eye began to spill over more than it was before, his veins began to turn green and bulge. the green goo that had be scattered around the room began to move across the room and merge together, creating a giant blob, then the blob began to seep into the floor, the man with the green eye smiled wickedly, and the men beside Daniel dropped like flies when the goo rose from the ground at random, striking them one by one, luckily, Daniel was able to dodge any incoming attacks using the lightning and ice ability, Daniel jumped up on top of one of the goo spikes that he froze and quickly jumped up grabbing the side of the banister and lifting himself up. he looked down over the banister where his group was down, some of them weren't struck anywhere they couldn't heal from, but others were less fortunate.
"shit Barron, what did you bring me into!", Daniel said under his breath. he decided it would be best to take this fight outside,there would be more space for him to be more free with his abilities, the only issue was, how would he lure the man with the green eye outside?
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Barron cursed under his breath, he couldn't go back to the mansion, Daniel was probably already fighting that man right now, and him going in would just distract Daniel more, right now Barron needed to find the others, but first he needed to know where he was. Barron aimlessly walked around in what he could only guess was a forest. he began to slow his walk when he saw something ahead. he walked forward and through the trees and his eyes widened. covering his mouth he saw two dead bodies. "Two void officers, who could of killed them.", Barron said as he looked around the area, his eyes landing on a blood trail that ended right at this very spot. he began to follow the trail, but found himself getting tired so he decided to rest in a nearby cave. it wasn't anywhere near his usual spot but it would have to do for now.
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the next morning, Dashi was the first to wake up, and he was also the second to notice that the two hostages had ran away, " They ran away?!", Candice said in fear, "what if they tell Void where we are and we get caught?!, Amelia panicked. "Relax everyone, if they we're going to tell anyone they would have",Quinton said calmly, " that and we would probably have been found last night, but we weren't, so chances are they are already dead", Quinton added. "Well should we head on out then? we don't want them to know we were here, right?", Amelia asked, and Alexandra nodded. "it would be a good idea if we head out now", Alexandra agreed.
the group began packing up and getting ready to head out, when someone knocked on the door. Candice went to the door to open it and her eyes widened when she saw who was at the door, quickly opening the door, Candice hugged Barron. "Brother your alive!!", Candice said, tears filling her eyes, Barron winced a little when she hugged him, the wound still a little painful. "where's mom and dad?!", Candice asked, looking outside past him, and Barron looked away with a saddened expression. Candice's smile faded, " w-what...", Candice said as her eyes filled more with tears.
Barron sighed, "we did our best, but that green eyed man, he was to strong, i'm afraid that even my friend Daniel wouldn't be able to beat him.", Barron sighed, and Dashi's eyes widened, "you fought the green eyed man?!", Dashi said, Quickly stepping in front of the others and pulling Candice away from Barron. "what are you doing Dashi!", Candice said in shock, and Dashi glared at Barron, "do you have any cuts or scars, are you hurt?", Dashi asked, and Barron paused for a moment, " i do... so?", Barron said more annoyed than confused, and Dashi looked at Wendy, "hand me that bottle of purple liquid Wendy", Dashi said, and Wendy took the liquid out and gave it to Dashi.
Dashi opened the bottle and Dashi handed it to him, "drink it, it will heal your wound", Dashi said. Wendy was about to say something but Dashi stopped her as Barron drank the liquid. the moment he finished it, he started coughing and he leaned over and coughed more until a blob of green goo came out of his mouth. Barron's eyes widened at the goo, and he looked so confused. "what...what is that thing..", Barron said in disgust, "that is something that the green eyed man uses to kill his opponents and victims easily, if he gets one hit on you and is able to cut you, then he can infect you, it stops you from healing completely and kills you slowly, and once you are dead, he can use it to take control of your body like a zombie under his control.", Dashi explained, "how do you know all of this?", Candice asked Dashi, and Dashi sighed. " i had a friend once, he tried to fight the green eyed man to save me and our other friends from getting captured by void, but the man infected him. at the time we didn't know that was what it was, but one day it took over his body and he tried to attack us. we were lucky enough to survive, one of our other friends killed him to save us.", Dashi said, and he looked up, looking around at the others, "um guys...where is Quinton?", he said in shock.
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Quinton ran out the back door of the cabin, she didn't think about her actions or anything, all she knew was that her brother was in danger. she ran around to the other side of the cabin and ran through the forest heading towards the Mansion, it wasn't hard to find with how big it was, not to mention that the land surrounding it was clear of trees. when Quinton got to the mansion, her eyes widened at how unrecognizable it was. she ran inside first and looked around and she noticed that some of Daniels friends we're there, but they had bad injuries, she ran over to them and knelled down. some of them we're already long gone, and others we're close to it, even the ones who we're able to heal themselves couldn't come back from this. Quinton took a deep breath, this here would be the only thing she could do for them. placing her hands on two of the guys chest, she remembered what the voice told her to do, once she took the two souls, she could only take one more. she stood up and looked at the other's who were currently nearing death, even if she wanted to take their souls she couldn't, they had long passed fifty percent health, it probably wouldn't work if she tried.
so instead, she got up and decided to walk around the mansion again, she was looking for her brother now, surely he had to be here somewhere. "Daniel!?", She called his name, then suddenly, she heard coughing coming from outside, she made her way outside and looked around until she noticed someone laying against the wall of the mansion outside. "Daniel!", Quinton ran over to him and knelled down. "Daniel...Daniel it's me! your sister!", Quinton said desperately and smiled, your going to be okay, see i-i can get you healed!", she said, and tried to help him up. when she tried Daniel groaned in pain, "Q-Quinton stop...., stop just- put me down.", Daniel said, and Quinton stopped.
Quinton looked at him, he was slowly losing blood and she didn't know how to help him, if only she had better abilities, like healing or the ability to bring the dead back to life, but no. all she could do was take his life away from him for good. "this- this isn't fair Daniel!", Quinton cried. Daniel closed his eyes and smiled softly, "it's alright sis, i think ill be fine, i copied a healing ability so i can just-", he tried moving but the pain was to much. "maybe- maybe not-", he coughed. "ah, just go on without me. Quinton you are strong and brave, a very smart girl. you are my sister, i believe it's time you learn to make the biggest decisions of your life by yourself, i believe in you.", Daniel said, but Quinton didn't want to hear it, she wanted him alive. suddenly she heard the voice again in her head, "there is a way you can save him, but sadly i don't know what will happen to his powers.", the voice said and Quinton's eyes widened. if she could save her brother she would do it, it didn't matter what it was.
"how?!", Quinton asked the voice, and the voice began explaining to her. she placed her hand on Daniels chest and closed her eyes, she then took his soul from his body, storing it in her soul storage. suddenly three messages appeared.
Quest complete!
collect 5 souls.
30 Xp earned
you are now level 2.