*Marley and Aiden walk around the Apartment Complex*

Marley: *smiling* What would you like to know first?

Aiden: What's going on right now? What came out of the sky?

Marley: *Marley looks up at the sky with his right hand on his jaw thinking* I hate to give you a bad answer to your first question but, we actually don't know. We currently have a team looking at it. I was sent there to find kids like you and Monika at Emerald Eagle High. We got a lot of reports that kids were awakening their mabiki there and it seems to be correct!

Aiden: Is there an explanation for these powers and creatures?

Marley: *smiles with a sigh* Are you ready?

Aiden: *he nods*

Marley: So, let's start with mabiki! Mabiki is something that enhances the human body with supernatural strength.

Aiden: Supernatural?

Marley: *he chuckles* How do I put this… *he stops walking, Aiden turns and looks at Marley with a confused face* I quite literally mean "super" "natural"! It's natural for us humans to get mabiki!

Aiden: *his pupils shrink* What!?

Marley: *he scratches the top of his head with his left hand* Yeah yeah, I knew I would get that reaction!

Aiden: Why are you so nonchalant about it!? This is bad! What if it gets into the wrong hands!?

Marley: *he puts his left hand on Aiden right shoulder* Aiden, it's alright! That's why we made this group! It's our job to find people who awaken mabiki and help them become their true self! If they use it for the worst… *Marley's glasses slides down his nose, he makes eye contact with Aiden, Marley has bright orange eyes* We will handle them ourselves.

Aiden: Wait, handle? Like, as in kill?

Marley: *sighs* Look Aiden, I know you don't like the thought of killing but you will learn the hard way, we are entering a new era. You will be hurt if you don't fight back.

Aiden: *he looks at Marley with a serious face* There has to be another way. Like to prevent horrible people from getting mabiki.

Marley: It's not the force Aiden. You don't get chosen to have it or have to do some requirement. It's life now, anyone can get it and we must protect those who can't fight back due to their nature. That's the point of our group, serve, save, protect. That's why I need you!

Aiden: Need me?

Marley: *he puts both of his hands on Aiden's shoulders* You have no idea how much potential you have, Aiden! Having you on my team would mean the world to me! Your power is something like no other and once you use it, you would be the strongest!

Aiden: *he stares at Marley with a serious face* Tell me about fiends.

Marley: *smiles and chuckles* You got a good head on your shoulders Aiden! I can't wait to work with you! I will tell you more as you please! *Marley lets go of Aiden's shoulders and they continue walking* Fiends, the embodiment of one's emotions. There are two types of fiends, Trauma and Fear. Type Trauma is when a mabiki user goes through a traumatic experience, it releases a mabiki energy like no other. We call it the eclipse or what I like to call it, the twilight zone. It's the mixture of negative and positive mabiki. Releasing this energy allows fiends to enter our world if it's not with command.

Aiden: Without command?

Marley: Yes! The most common mabiki user can only use either light or dark, not both. Using both together without practice can fry one's brain. And when I mean fry, I mean you will need assistance eating and pooping until you die!

Aiden: But I thought it was positive and negative.

Marley: We have a name for both but it's easier to just call it like anything you can think of that's rivals! Light or Dark, Positive or Negative, Good or Bad, Tomayto or Tomahto!

Aiden: *Aiden gets sweat drops on his head* I don't think the last one works…

Marley: Either way! With enough practice you can wield this power!

Aiden: Why would I want to open this portal for fiends for power?

Marley: Well I wouldn't say "portal". Fiends are born from the eclipse energy but what I mean as in "enter our world" is that, fiends are souls of dead people that merge with the eclipse energy, giving birth to the fiend! Again, If you use eclipse on command it will make it stronger and it will prevent all fiends from feeding off of your energy and being born! The way mabiki works is using your soul to bond with either positive or negative to produce your attacks in the physical world! Using eclipse makes you bond your spirit to both positive and negative, ripping your soul in half over time, making you go delusional! If you keep going, even top dogs can harm themselves!

Aiden: *Aiden gets more sweat drops on his head* This is a lot to take in…

Marley: That was only Type Trauma. Shall I continue?

Aiden: Yes please.

Marley: Type Fear is exactly what it sounds like, the fear of something manifested into a fiend. If there is a fiend near you, they can eat that negative energy that you are giving off and become stronger based on how much you fear it. The strength they get from fear is unbelievably strong to the point that if there are more than one hundred people fearing it in a mile radius, it doesn't have to be nearby, It can feed off it from anywhere on the planet. Which makes it a fiend stronger than five stars.

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Aiden: Can you tell me what the stars mean?

Marley: So have you ever played the game GTA?

Aiden: *confused sweat drops* Y-yeah…?

Marley: There are five levels of stars just like the wanted level in GTA! Each star represents how strong the fiend is just like the wanted level! One star is your standard small fiend! They come in packs though and when they come in packs, they feed off of each other, so if you let them stay together for too long, they can get to ridiculous levels of strength, that goes for all levels so if you let two of them staying near each other and they are five stars, that's bad news! I would say your regular adult can handle the one stars if you are good at dodging like Mike Tyson but that might be a challenge so I would recommend a baseball bat! Two stars are around the strength of firearms! Fiends are living things too! See them like zombies! One shot to the head of any caliber and they are out! Three stars are fiends who can take a lot of gun fire without getting a scratch! This is around the time we need to be called in! These are possible to kill but the way to pull it off is unrealistic! The best way to kill a three star is a lot of explosives but with the amount of explosives you need, you would wipe the city off the map! Four star is almost impossible, we would need a nuke but it might even survive that! *Aiden turns into a deformed chibi*

Aiden: Y-you're telling me I was fighting something that could survive a nuke…?

Marley: *lowers his glasses and looks at him in the eyes* Precisely! That's why I need you Aiden! You are amazing!

Aiden: C-continue please…

Marley: Four star is recommended to call us if you didn't know!

Aiden: *he's still a deformed chibi* Jeez, I didn't know…

Marley: Five stars are off limits for everyone! It's recommended for a master of mabiki to handle them! Nothing less! They are capable of destroying states and if anything, whole countries! Five stars are capable of feeding off of every fiend in a mile radius! Match that up with a fear type and it's over for us! Pretty much when it's formed, it's a ticking time bomb!

Aiden: I'm not going to lie, this is a lot to take in.

Marley: I understand! That's why when I train you I will make sure to explain it again!

Aiden: *exhales* alright.

Marley: *his eyes widen with a big smile, he points both his pointer fingers at him* Alright as in…!?

Aiden: *smiles* I'm in.

Marley: *he runs over to Aiden and hugs him* That's what I'm talking about!! *Gives him a noogie with his right hand* I promise to be the best teacher I can be!

Aiden: *he chuckles as he pulls his head away* I will hold you to it!

Marley: *he holds his right hand out* I'm Marley! Marley Clarke!

Aiden: *smiles* Took me all day to hear that. *He shakes his hand* Let me do it the correct way and not from my dead mom. I'm Aiden! Aiden Sasaki! *They do a firm shake*

Marley: Let's make your mom proud and save the world! *They walk back to the medical building and walk in, everyone is back on their feet, Monika is sitting in a chair with a fan on her face, her face is red, Abraham is healing her* So? How did it go?

Abraham: This young lady is incredible. She got every single one of them back up. Our teams are back in order.

Marley: Well I'll be damned! *He looks at Aiden* Your little girlfriend has something like no other!

Aiden: *growls* Stop calling her that!

Marley: *he walks over to Monika* Will you be joining us too?

Monika: What do you mean?

Marley: Aiden has joined our group to help the world become a better place from these fiends!

Monika: *gets sweat drops on her face* What are fiends?

Marley: Let me explain! *Time skips by*

Monika: I'm not sure. I mean, school isn't a thing anymore. Or at the moment at least. If anything I would love to make sure my mother is okay!

Marley: If you would like, I can send a team to your house to make sure she is here safely!

Monika: Please! I would love that!

Marley: I will have someone come by to get your address! But if that's all, we would like you to help around here! Abraham can use your help to save lives!

Monika: *she thinks to herself before smiling* Yeah! As long as my mom is safely here, I'm in!

Marley: Great! I'm so glad to get both of you on board! Welcome to Humanity's Garrison! Home of the Fiend Exterminators! You can call me master because I will be teaching you two!

Abraham: *Abraham gets an anger vein on his head* Hey! I'm more in the medical field! Shouldn't I teach the girl!?

Marley: *he holds his right hand at him with a smile* Finders keepers! I saved them from the school so these are my students!

Abraham: *growls* You already have a team, four eyes!

Marley: *Marley chuckles* And they will have more teammates! I need Aiden with me and Monika needs to learn how to output more energy to make her healing better! Plus I doubt Aiden wants to be separated from his girlfriend!

Aiden: *Aiden growls* Imma use this strength to hurt you old man!

Marley: *he turns to him* Hey! I'm still young!

Aiden: Look in the mirror and tell yourself that!

Marley: *he crosses his arms and turns away from Aiden* You know what? I will! *The TV in the medical room starts to show the news*

News Reporter: If you or a loved one isn't home, please do so! *Everyone in the medical room turns and looks at the TV* We are getting reports that big glowing monsters are running through the city, killing everyone they see! *Showing fiends killing people on the street, its orange and 8 feet tall, it grabs a girl with its right hand, picks her up and bites her in half before turning and running at the news camera* This is not a drill! Please seek shelter and don't open the door for anything! The monsters are sometimes intelligent enough to knock! Witnesses are saying they heard a loud explosion at Emerald Eagle High before they started showing up. Some even say they saw a huge pod falling from the sky. Aliens or man made? Again, seek shelter now! Schools near Emerald Eagle High, go into lock down!

Marley: *he crosses his arms* That's not good. *He puts his right hand on his jaw as he thinks* I think I might know who released all these fiends…

Aiden: *Aiden is staring at the ground, it looks like he is losing his mind* Isaac… Emma… I forgot… *he quickly runs to Marley* Master, can i get a team for a school search!?

Marley: *he quickly loses his the seriousness, he smiles* Sure thing kid! Maybe it can be your teammates!

Aiden: *confused* Teammates?

Marley: Yeah! I have a squad already but I'm adding you and Monika to it! You will meet them and go on this mission with you!

Aiden: *he nods with a sweat drops* Alright.

Marley: *He looks over his shoulder at Abraham* I will have them enlisted by the end of the day!

Abraham: *Abraham gets closed to Marley and whispers* Your games will catch up to you. I know that boy is something we shouldn't be near. It seems to be something crazy since you are on him like flies on shit. You don't just take in kids like dogs. What the hell is he? What are you up to?

Marley: *slowly smiles, he walks away* You know me too well! I will be back for your friend Monika! Let's go, Aiden! *He walks out of the building with Aiden following him*

(To Be Continued…)