Chapter 2
The boy would open his eyes to find himself in his room and slowly look around before sitting up with a jolt in his bed panting heavily as the memories of the recent events came back to him. He would remember everything that had happened and would breathe heavily after remembering it, opening his phone h would check the time and date which showed it was early morning the next day. “Was that all just a dream?” he said aloud to himself before getting out of bed and washing his face before heading downstairs “It probably was after all I doubt those beings, I saw yesterday actually exist let me just eat and try and forget about it” he said to himself more. He would set a cereal packet on the table before looking around “Now where is the milk?” “Here you go’ said a voice handing him the milk carton “Thanks” said the boy as he would start pouring in the milk before realization hit him and he would drop the carton which spilled milk down on the floor before backing up against the wall as in front of him the black figure from yesterday was there hovering in the air “Its you!”. “Yes, it is me what about it? Why are you so freaked out” asked the black figure calmly
“Well because you are a floating uhm I don’t know what! And you are in my kitchen on top of that”
“Calm down now take deep breaths I can explain everything”
The boy would still look a bit wary and unsure but would nevertheless gulp a little and take a few deep breaths until he felt his pulse return to a steady level. “Okay for starters what are you exactly?” he asked “Well I am what you call a supernatural” “So like a ghost?” “Not exactly tell me what fantasy creatures can you think of if I ask you to name some?”
“Umm I guess dragons, fairies, giants, gnomes and many more”
“Correct well human make sure you don’t lose your mind but all of them do exist along with many others you humans probably have never heard of”
The boy would stare back struggling to find words to respond with but none would come out, a small part of him would still be trying to deny this all was happening right now and that all that was being said wasn’t true. However, there was no point in trying to deny it after all the proof was standing right in front of him plus yesterday’s events were there as well. “So” he would slowly finally speak after a moment’s silence “Every time someone claims to see something out of the ordinary, strange unexplained things happen, unusual people appearing and disappearing all that is due to a what did you say a supernatural?” “Correct” said the black figure.
“Okay I can buy that with all the proof I have seen so next question how did you find me and what do you want with me exactly?” “After you got knocked out yesterday, I would look around for a bit before I found your bag and your address scrawled inside it so I would bring you back here and heal your injuries. I must say though you had quite a lot of them besides the ones you got yesterday you should take better care of yourself”.
The black figure noticed a strange look come across the boy’s face at the mention of the injuries but it would pass quickly and he would continue to speak “As for what I want with you I think you can help me out”. “Me? Help you out? How can I even do that?” “You impressed me yesterday when we were dealing with that winged supernatural not to mention you could see us clearly in the first place as well. “See you? What do you mean?” “While we can make ourselves visible, we usually make ourselves invisible or take a form that helps us blend in while we are in the human world. However, there are a few exceptions amongst the population who can see us even if we make ourselves invisible like you, for instance most other people if they replaced you yesterday would only see the impact of the battle on the surroundings”.
“What was that thing you were fighting yesterday?”
“That was a supernatural who had strayed here my job here is to send every supernatural who comes into the human world without any business back home” “Home?” “Yes, to the realm of the supernatural where all of us reside”.
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The boy would clutch his forehead a little his headband that he normally wore around it feeling a little tight at the moment as he tried to take in all this information “This all still doesn’t explain what exactly you want from me and how I can help you” he said “Like I said before you can see us and I could use some help besides for some reason there is something weird going on around here which I am trying to investigate so I could do with some help.”
“What do you mean weird?”
“For some reason I have been getting large readings here and I seem to be having to deal with more and more stray supernatural’s than what is commonly expected so I am trying to find out the cause of these large readings but so far, no luck. Not to mention with the increasing number of supernatural’s having an extra hand would really help”. The boy would pause for a moment contemplating all this on one hand joining this being might prove to be fun but it also sounded very very dangerous and life threatening. The black figure as if reading his thoughts said “I think this is an important decision which you can’t take properly right now so how about we do a small demo?” “What do you mean by a demo?” “A few minutes before you woke up, I received another case nearby here involving another stray supernatural how about you tag along with me and see how things are done. If you like it, you can continue helping me in the future if not, I will wipe your memories and never bother you again so what do you say human you just might have a talent for this”. The boy thought about what was being offered to him part of him still wanted to deny it but for the remaining majority he already knew what the answer was going to be after all it couldn’t hurt to try. Thus, he would sigh and say “Fine but just one case, ok?” “Okay now then eat and freshen up quickly and meet me outside in around 20 minutes” saying so the figure would float outside. The boy quickly ate his breakfast and would change his clothes before heading out to meet the black figure “Okay I am ready but before we head off, please explain me in detail how exactly this is going to work?”
“Very well so my job is officially designated as an Enforcer since my main job is sending stray supernatural’s back home but the main duty of an Enforcer is to work alongside Hunters” “What are Hunters?” “That is something only humans who are in contact with the supernatural’s and sometimes have to fight them in battle should such a huge situation arise are referred to as. They all possess different types of power that helps them in their tasks I believe you have the potential to become a Hunter yourself”. “I already told you that I am just helping out with this once case so I am not interested besides if such people exist why not call one of them?”
“Because there aren’t any in this town and the process of having to send one over from somewhere else takes time which is why I was handling everything by myself anyways this isn’t relevant right now what is relevant is this”. Saying so he would pull out the strange device the boy recognised from yesterday, it looked like a remote with a screen on it which was currently beeping softly “This device is called a Para-detector it is currently showing me the location of the target as well as how dangerous it can be which fortunately doesn’t seem like much so let us get a move on human”. “Can we do introductions first you can’t keep calling me human forever after all?” asked the boy and the black figure would pause and say “That is true very well refer to me as Mr Black” the boy would nod before saying “Cool my name is Manten Mikin”. Mr Black who was starting to float off again would pause in his tracks “Manten...Mikin?” he repeated slowly “Yes is something the matter?” asked Manten “Nothing let’s go we are wasting time” said Mr Black as he floated off as Manten followed him.
A few minutes later the two of them would stop in front of what seemed to be an abandoned old house “So is this the place?” asked Manten to which Mr Black would check his device and nod “Yes and according to the readings it should just be a simple ghost remaining here even long after its death”. “So do we go in and find it?” to which Mr Black would look up and say “Correction, you are going in not both of us” “What?! Why me?!” “I could easily handle it but since this is supposed to be the reason behind you deciding to become a Hunter or not you need to experience it firsthand”
“But what if it attacks me?!”
“If you find it shout my name and I will be there in an instant now its best you head in every mission always carries a certain degree of risk to it”. Manten would gulp and take a deep breath steadying his nerves before saying a shaky sounding “Okay” as he walked to the door and opening it would walk inside as the door shit behind him with a clang.