It didn’t take long before Shadow found Rhonda, well to be more specific we could have just followed the noise of Kwehs coming from behind the barn. Once we rounded the corner, there was Kyle, who was standing with his shield raised in defense as Bjornson jump kicked it hard and sent Kyle flying back towards us. I was fast enough to move the girls out of the way and laughed as Kyle made a ditch in the dirt as he slid across the ground.

‘I tried telling big brother to stop but metal guy kept being a jerk.’ Rhonda said as I walked up and patted her on the side, making sure she was fine. This was another stupid Kyle thing so I just watched from the sidelines.

He picked himself back up and wiped off a little blood from where his shield smacked against his forehead before he grunted and ran back towards Bjornson with a yell. His body seemed to have a reddish aura around it as he ran but just before impacting it solidified around his shield like an extra layer? It gave his otherwise iron shield an almost bloody look and when Bjornson was hit he squawked in pain as it seemed like the shield grew small spikes that actually sucked up a small amount of blood that further enhanced the shield.

Kyle smirked as he began to go on the offensive, Bjornson seemed to be a little scared of the shield but his pride as the protector of this farm overcame that and he charged yet again, this time he jumped over Kyle and threw out a kick as he passed over him, Kyle just barely ducked in time to avoid a huge claw insert itself into his skull. Seems like Bjornson isn’t playing anymore and went straight into survival mode… I should probably stop this now right? I mean that’s the moral choice that other people would do right???

As if on cue Stacy and Hailee both screamed out as they saw how dangerously close Kyle got to being killed and ran to get in between the two fighters.

“This has to end! You can’t fight eachother, We are here to help this farm not kill it’s protector!” Hailee said as she turned to scold Kyle. Stacy on the other hand just tried her best to calm Bjornson down, He was a bit riled up since he got injured and I’m guessing that took him back to the Alpha wolf attack… Rhonda walked up to him and nudged his side and that seemed to calm him down some, he huffed and walked away with a slight limp while Kyle stood there smiling.

Just what the hell happened to my Rooster!” Kelly screamed as she ran around the corner and saw Kyle with his shit eating grin. She looked at me with anger. “Explain James Frough, now!” I jumped a little as she used my full name and I quickly explained.

“Ugh, you see Kelly from what Rhonda told me, Kyle kept antagonizing Bjornson so I guess they decided to fight it out but because of Kyle’s ability he was able to hurt Bjornson, but that caused him to go into survival mode and start attacking for real and almost killed Kyle…”

“There was no way that overgrown Chicken could have ever killed me HAHA!” Kyle interrupted and struck a hero pose. But that cause Kelly to glare at him and with a wave of her hand the grass became thick vines that wrapped around Kyle and squeezed.

“You little bastard, I don’t care who your family is, you came onto my farm and hurt one of my animals. If he died you would have been dead next and to hell with your Avatar status whatsoever because you are just a little boy playing a big mans game out here, You haven’t faced hell but boy will you if you keep being a little shit!” She screamed in his face and I started chuckling. I was a bit scared since I never seen that woman this mad before but seeing Kyle get yelled at like that was comedic gold for me.

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“My family will destroy your farm, I promise.” He spat back at her. I drew my axe and even Rhonda and Shadow got ready to attack but that was when a heavy pressure erupted around us and slammed us all except Kelly into the ground.

Rob walked around the corner and straight up to Kyle. “You will be coming with me.” Then without a word he ripped Kyle from the vines and still holding him up in the air walked back around the barn, the moment he left our sight the pressure released us and I was able to breath easily again.

“Dammit I hate when he does that. It would be easier to just talk to us the asshole!”

“Jimmy.” Kelly said as she turned to look at me, her eyes still filled with anger.

“Um, yes ma’am?” I stepped back and muttered.

“You saw this happening to my boy but you just let it happen? Why?”

“Uh, you see… um…”

“Well spit it out!”

I scratched my cheek before sighing. “I don’t like that Kyle prick and figured a good ass whooping by Bjornson would do the pompous prick some good, I didn’t know Kyle’s ability would hurt him like that. I figured just a few hits and a bit of bleeding was in order before I stepped in.”

“Go tend to Bjornson boy, and hurry because I still need you to go check the fences.”

“Yes ma’am.” I said dejectedly but ran to go tend to Bjornson, I really didn’t mean to have him get hurt… Bjornson was laying in his usual spot right inside the door of the coop but before I went over to him I ran to the barn to grab some of the healing mush. He eyed me a little as I walked up to him like he was deciding whether to trust me or not and that hurt a bit… But I guess I deserve that.

“I’m sorry boy, I should have protected you from that guy instead of letting him hurt you. But in my defense, I thought you were going to kick his ass.” I smiled at him, but he only huffed before showing me the bleeding scratch on his leg. I applied the mush and wrapped a gauze around it, then I pulled out some Gyshal Greens that I pulled from the cube and fed it to him which he happily devoured. Rhonda and Shadow kept sending me comforting vibes but otherwise Rhonda said they would stick with Kelly for a little bit. Now whether that meant Kelly had food or not was up for debate but knowing those two, I’m guessing food was a major factor.

After a bit of comforting the ol boy, I got up and walked over to the house where I saw as a line of people were now at. I looked up and judging by the sun in the sky it was around noon, that meant lunchtime. My mouth drooled a little thinking about how delicious Kelly’s cooking was.

“Line up everyone and grab a bowl! We got chili and cornbread today!” Kelly yelled from behind a huge cauldron like pot that she kept stirring. The smell of the chili wafted through the air and if this was a cartoon, I would have already been floating.

I grabbed a bowl and saw as Stacy and Hailee were sitting down on a nearby bench with Rhonda and Hailee sitting down nearby so I walked over and sat down to lean against Rhonda’s body. I fed her some greens and gave Shadow some of the chili which he absolutely loved.

“Is Bjornson, ok?” Stacy asked and I nodded with a mouthful of food. “That’s good, I was worried seeing it get hurt…” She seemed a bit reserved and seemed like she was deep in thought.

“Bjornson is a big boy, he fought Alphas so he isn’t gonna go down that easily, it was only a scratch and with some time and healing mush he will be right as rain pretty soon.”

Hailee smiled at me and nodded while she tried to give Shadow a piece of meat that she scooped out of her chili. “I’m thankful nobody got really hurt, but I just don’t understand why Kyle is like that. His family isn’t the most prominent, but he acts like he is damn near royalty… I’m sorry for the way he acts.”

I just waved her off. “It’s fine, not the first time and the way the world is now, don’t it’s going to be the last, I just need to get stronger till nobody can dare look down on me that’s all.”

I finished eating and got up after talking to them a little bit more, but it was time to go walk the fence and with any luck maybe I could get an a couple hours that I could go check on my farm. I needed to since it has been a while and I didn’t know if things died or wilted if not tended too… Man I hope not…