Chapter 42: Black Order
*Heart Beats Slowly*
’In the year 1514 in England. April 25th, the first sightings of ghouls were discovered. An expedition to a lost nation was all it took for a dark history to resurface.’
’They live amongst us in hiding, they look like us but they are different from us. Beings said to possess supernatural abilities and worst of all... their taste for human flesh.’
’eting one will most likely be unfortunate for any of us, but am afraid that won’t be the only thing we will be worried about, for an even greater power amongst the ghouls will co to light, I pray what I have discovered will not co to pass, for we will be facing an era of extinction if war erges from both sides.’
’What I have discovered may be the words of a delusional man, but I tell you, the things we think that are not seen are what is closer to us, the discovery of this lost species is only the beginning of a world of ghouls and humans.’
Jonathan Jonas
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New York City
The Year 1809
It was a cold night in New York City. Carriage passing by, the skies having bits of lightning that appeared constantly, the black clouds shifting like it was about to rain, the weather cold, people walking to and fro either walking to their hos or soplace, as they undergo their various activities.
Lucas Carter walks out of a dark alley. He checks his surroundings for any soldiers before walking into the street making sure his hat covers his face from prying eyes, it travels back and forth for any unwanted attention, and he walks the streets until he stops sighting a building a little distance away from him.
Slow upbeat instruntalist songs playing from there. He heads for it.
***
Tavern
Lucas walks through the doors, the bell above it making a ding sound. Inside n were mostly in, so drinking, so drunk, and so wooing the maidens.
Lucas’s eyes scan the tavern for who he ca for. A man quickly pauses laughing as he drank, his eyes landed on Lucas for a second, he resud what he was doing.
Lucas sights a black man at the end, His eyes drifting to Lucas.
Lucas walked towards him and took a seat in front of him.
"Tell , John, what have you found?" Lucas began straight to business.
John looked around making sure no one paid attention to them but they were all busy drinking, or so he thought. He turns back to Lucas.
"A new organization has been ford. Money, power, wits. They have everything".
"A New organization?" Lucas said, puzzled.
"Yes, and they are strictly after the law of wiping ghouls off the face of the earth. But first, they are after you Lucas" John said.
Lucas leans on his wooden chair at the shocking discovery.
"They are the sa people who Charles Brown the politician, bought the weapons that can kill ghouls from" he adds looking around once more.
"They are after you because you’re the black ghoul, you possess a rare Claw that is different from ours. The black Claw. They believe you are the one Jonathan Jones talked about in his journal, the greater power".
"They will be after
and the black lotus since I am the leader," Lucas said with a stern look.
"My family will be in danger, I can’t have that" he adds pissed.
"Which is why we must spread our organization across the world" John reasons.
"No!"
"I can’t handle that, I can’t put other ghouls at risk if I do that. There will only be one station and that’s here in New York" he said finally.
"Lucas".
"You understand why I can’t. Not all ghouls share the sa belief as us".
John nods in agreent, knowing not all ghouls share their ideology of peace with the humans.
"The rebels," John said, swallowing hard, those were by far their greater challenge, and they kept getting in their way of achieving peace with the humans.
"Yes, the rebels, ghouls who are not after peace like us but after the beliefs of one species ruling," Lucas said leaning forward. His arms rest on the table.
"Seems like humans won’t be the only threat we face," John said certainly. The threats and risk kept becoming wider and wider, it was only a matter of ti and they would be fighting with their kind if they decided to resort against them.
"It’s getting harder and harder to keep this up, we have to be vigilant and stick to our course," Lucas said. John sighs looking away as he knew it would be hard to convince him to expand their organization, he knew Lucas already puts himself before others, considering their safety. He had the heart of a leader, that’s why he had to stick with him this far.
"Tell
John," Lucas began.
John’s shaky eyes drift to him.
"What’s the na of this organization that’s after ?".
"The Order". The mont John mouths those words, Lucas senses sothing, in slow motion, he turns his head a bit, his eyes land on a man about bringing out his gun and so did so other n too. Lucas’s eyes widened seeing this. He heard the gun click with his super hearing.
"GET DOWN!" Lucas shouts as guns are fired at them, they duck quickly as Lucas bends the table to block the bullets. It penetrated in making loud noises.
"This was the safest place I could think of," John said in a high pitched voice because of the loud shots.
"Nowhere is safe John," Lucas said as his eyes changed to ghoul’s eyes. So did John’s. The white part of their eyes turning black, the center part beaming bright gold.
"They must be from the Order," John said certainly.
"Then they will regret the day they ca after ," Lucas said pissed as his black Claw slowly unfold out of him, like a long extended thread line it ford a being beside him, not just any being, it was tall and long, skinny, extended arms and legs, bald head, pointy ears, pointy jaw, the sa eyes like the Lucas as it bead dangerously, the being was covered in black bandages that were faded out.
It roars out gaining the attention of the shooters. Black shadows evaporating from it like black flas. The n halted their shoots, they stared at the Claw bewildered, and it was more rampage than any other Claw they had faced.
The others who had no idea what was happening, watching the scene from where they hid.
The Claw growls deeply. Lucas stood up, standing beside his Claw.
"So you guys are from the Order," Lucas said darkly.
"Nice eting ya" he adds smirking as his Claw roars revealing sharp fangs from its hollow mouth, it ca at the n in a deadly massacre. Shots were fired at it until there was none.
***
Few Minute Later
Lucas opened the door with force as he walked out, John following behind. The remaining people inside the tavern ca out of hiding seeing the bloody scene, the won present there were screaming at the bloody remains that were once n.
The thunder strikes, the rain pouring heavily. John tried to keep up with Lucas.
"They will keep coming Lucas, they will," John said. But Lucas didn’t turn, he was pissed.
"The leader of the Order is a descendant of Jonathan Jones" John hissed.
Lucas halts turning, his looks darken. They both stood in the pouring rain.
"We have to fight back!".
"We want peace John, if we fight back then the humans will see us as enemies, just like what happened back there at the tavern, we were only defending ourselves but they will see us as enemies, as the flesh-eaters, we are" Lucas hissed.
John sighs.
"Right now I want my family to be safe, I want my wife and child safe. Rather the black lotus will be a sanctuary for ghouls" Lucas said finally.
John looks away with a frown.
"Let’s pray our children or the other ghouls won’t be crazy enough to go against the Order. Cause it might not end well" he adds.
The thunder striking loudly.
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