Chapter 6

(Lars' pov)

We finally made it to Africa as Jake carried the severed head of the bad blood and felt relief that we made it. however I just couldn't help but feel like this is a trap.

"What's wrong, Lars?" Jake asked me.

"Be on your guard. We might be walking into an ambush." I whispered.

Jake nods as we walked off the boat and cautiously walked off the pier. We looked around to see dead human bodies on the ground...recent too.

"Christ...what kind of asshole would do such a thing?" Jake whispered.

"The kind who doesn't like human beings and treat them like prey." I growled.

We walked to the jungle and noticed human bodies being hanged upside-down dead. It sickens me to scumbags stoop to this level. I stopped for second and looked around my surrounding. I grabbed a rock and tossed it at a ground. A net launched at tree and fell to the ground.

"Just as I thought...they're turning this place into a kill zone. Wait here, Jake. I'm going to check for any traps."

"Gotcha. I'll keep on the lookout if any bad blood gets here." He whispered.

"Good call."

I walked cautiously around the jungle cautiously to check for traps and thankfully there was one trap left. I cautiously cut the wire as a spiked pendulum swung near me and I see a dead human female impaled by the spikes. This angered me more. I couldn't take seeing human beings die for no reason at all.

"Okay, Jake. Let's go. We're clear for now."

Jake cautiously walked towards me and we started walking to my camp. I hear rustling and I stopped.

"Did you hear that?" Jake whispered.

"Yeah...be on your guard." I whispered.

I take out my sword as the rustling got louder.

"If you're so brave enough to face me, then I suggest you show yourself and face me like a warrior!" I smirked.

"The fuck are you doing?" Jake whispered.

"Provoking them. They're easily provoked when you taunt about them being a coward." I whispered back.

They didn't show and I chuckled.

"Oh I see...you're cowards! Cowards to show yourselves to face me and would rather pick on the weak. Is that what's this about?! Cause if that's the case I would gladly force you out of hiding." I said as I took out my revolver.

Silence...

"So be it." I growled.

I fired a bullet from my revolver as the bullet ricochet off a tree and hits a bad blood by the shoulder and I hear it roar in pain. I look where the roar was coming from and there he was holding his shoulder covering the wound.

"There you are, coward." I growled.

I unloaded my bullets on him and fired my final bullet through his throat. He starts choking as he's clutching on his throat trying to survive as I walked towards him with my sword at the ready. He tried to plead for mercy as I stab him by the mouth and removed his head from his body. His body slumps down to ground as it's blood poured to the ground.

"Another head for my trophy." I growled.

"Damn...that's brutal." Jake muttered.

"The bad bloods deserve no mercy. Only death awaits them." I said as I walked towards Jake.

"Yeah...I can see why. Having those scumbags around could be genocide." He shook his head in disgust.

"Come. We're almost at the camp. Maribelle and the others are waiting for us." I said as I walked to the camp with Jake.

"What can you tell me about the bad bloods?" Jake asked me.

"The bad bloods are criminals who don't follow the code of honor. Think of them as the criminals we have here on earth but much worse. Thankfully...their numbers are very very low and they die real quickly when attacked by a blooded like me."

"I see..."

We got to the camp and was hugged by Maribelle. I smiled a bit a pat her head a bit.

"Dad. So glad you're here." She smiled.

"Brung Jake as I promised." I smiled as I pat Maribelle on the head.

"Hey, Maribelle." Jake waved at Maribelle.

"Hey, Jake." Maribelle smiled at Jake and let's go of me.

"Show Jake around the camp while put this head to my collection. Oh and Jake. Remember...the Head you have will earn respect of the Yaujtas here. Trust me." I said I went to the ship.

"Um...Okay?" Jake said with confusion.

As I got in the ship, I removed the flesh off of the head carefully with my sword and cleaned off the blood off the skull. I placed the skull on display as Luar-ke entered my room.

"Another bad blood slain?" She asked me.

"Yes."

"Don't you ever take a break of killing them? I mean you don't have to collect their skulls to impress me." She said she approached me.

"I know but it's Paya's words that motivated me to dispose of those disgrace of a Yautja. I know you don't want me to collect the skulls to impress you but it's my way of showing fear to the clans if any try to slander our code of honor." I sighed.

"I know it's that I fear of losing you." She said as she hugged me.

"...I know the feeling. But know this...I do not fear death and will glady be at Paya's side in the afterlife for all eternity as a warrior of the afterlife. Maribelle will take my place as the executioner of justice as long as she has R'ka's support."

"Don't say such things." She growled at me.

"Relax. That's if I were to die. I doubt that will happen cause I'm impossible to die." I chuckled.

Luar-ke growled and suddenly smiled and pulls me into a deep kiss for 5 minutes.

"I hear you brought help. Can he be trusted?" She said with concern.

"He helped me save Maribelle and Thei-de from the company and saved my life from being killed from a bad blood slaver. So yeah...I trust him. He has the slaver's head as proof."

"I see...as long as you trust him, I won't object."

"I'm glad you understand." I smiled.

I hugged her as she purred in delight as we got on my bed.

(Jake's pov)

"Wow...that's a slaver?" Maribelle chirped.

"Yes. I killed it when it tried to kill Lars." I chuckled.

"Wow..."

She looks behind her and looks back at me with a smirk.

"Don't look now but I think Thei-de is looking at you with interest." Maribelle giggled.

"W-what? Why does the Chief's daughter have an interest on me?" I asked with shock.

"Let's just say she like she likes to see a male who carries a bad blood's head as a trophy. Though I will say that she's starting to respect you for killing a bad blood." She giggled.

The fuck did you got me into, Lars!?