Dauntless The New Beginning Episode 2 - Reckless Flames

Intro: "Fatima" by Kanako Ito"

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By Ahdonus Austin

Dauntless: The New Beginning Episode 2 - Reckless Flames

Later that day the crew was drinking booze at a Tavern, in the slayer reign of Ramsgate. The Tavern had no doors and had wooden stools and tables, it was an outdoor but it had a roof above them. The team was sitting at a big round table. Tylex was chugging his alcohol like a thirst man in a desert that finally found water. Emily was reading her book on behemoths, Wilbert sat next to her with his bid cup of alcohol in his hand: “Whatcha got there?” Wilbert asked in curiosity, Emily turned and smiled: “This is my book on behemoths, I’m trying to learn their weaknesses so we can know what we’re in for. It’s kinda my responsibility since I’m second in command.” Wilbert smirks: “Second in command huh, that does sound like a big responsibility,” Sergi rolls his eyes and chugs his beer in annoyance: “How the hell did we get stuck with this foolish prick.” Sergi said mumbling to himself in aggravation: “So Wilbert!” Sergi said sternly: “You seemed like you were intimated by the Gnasher.” Wilbert looked at Sergi: “Well I lost my sword when I flew out of the ship, if I had it I’d take on the Gnash-” “Don’t bullshit it you cocky bastard, if it wasn’t for us you would have been nothing but Behemoth dish!” He replied in an angry tone: “Yes, and I thank you for that. But now I am ready to fight.” Wilbert replies, ensuring Sergi. Sergi groans and continues drinking.

Tylex slams his cup on the table and burps loudly: “Hahaha! Excuse me team!” He sees Owlman leaning against the wall outside of the bar: “Hey Owlman, Why don’t you come and us! We got grape wine over here, your favorite.” Tylex yelled with a joyful tone. Owlman stayed silent as images of a faceless child with an old man were flashing in his head: “Owlman?” Tylex responded again this time a bit confused: “I’m not in the mood. And besides we should get ready for our next hunt.” He responded with a voice that was deep and smooth. Tylex quickly stood up and stretched: “Heh, Thanks for the reminder. Okay team here’s the plan, Emily you’re in charge.” Emily stood up with excitement: “You can count on me captain!” “Good, I have some business to take care of. And go easy on the new kid alright.” Tylex said while walking off. Emily turns to her group: “Okay team let’s go check what we’re fighting next.” Emily walks up to a chart on a poll filled with different behemoths: “Hm here’s one.” She grabs the paper: “An Embermane!” Sergi rubs the back of his head in annoyance: “Ugh, that thing huh.” Wilbert gave a confused look: “Embermane?” “The Embermane is a fire type Behemoth, it has a growling snarl and is really fast, faster than any Behemoth.” Emily stated replying to his curiosity. Wilbert let out a wide smile: “Heh, well then this might be funnier than I thought.” Sergi Walked up to him and grabbed his jacket roughly: “Listen here jackass, this is serious! People die from these things! And you treat it like a sport.” “Maybe you shouldn’t take everything with a great assault.” Wilbert responded calmly. Emily got in between the two as she pressed both of her hands on their chest: “Alright break it up you two. We have to work together, we’re a team. that.” Wilbert smiled and calmly apologized while Sergi huffed and walked away.

Later the team had flown off with the airship. Owlman was in front driving the ship. Wilbert stood near the window staring at the clouds: “Don’t fall out.” Emily said jokingly as she walked up to Wilbert. Wilbert smirked: “Heh, funny.” He looked back at the window: “You know, When I was a kid I’d always wanted to be in these. Then I flew out of one. Of course you knew that already.” Emily giggled: “Well, When I was 6 I’d always ask my Dad to give me a ride, He snuck me in and we got caught. Kat was super pissed. My father had to do boot cleaning duty for a whole 2 months.” The two shared a laugh: “Your dad sounds like a great guy. Is he still around?” Wilbert asked. Emily went silent and then sighed: “No…” Wilbert went wide-eyed. “Oh shit! I’m super sorry.” Emliy smiled teary eyed: “It’s fine, because I know even though he’s gone he’ll always be watching me.” She pulls out a heart shape necklace that was in her armor: “He will always be with me, his ashes are in this heart.” Emily said as she wiped her sorrowful tears. Wilbert warmly smiled at her and nodded.

The sky begins to go dark, as it begins to thunder. Owlman stares blankly forward, He grips on the wheel tightly. He sees a white figure in front of him: “M-Master…?” Suddenly a bolt of lighting strikes in front of the ship. The team ran up to Owlman. Emily walked up to him: “What’s going on.” He didn’t respond, he stood still like a statue: “Owlman?” She said in concern: “Owlman!” She yelled. He still didn’t move: “OWLMAN!” She yelled this time more aggressively. Owlman shook his head as if he just got out of a trans: “My apologies...I-I don’t know what came over me.” He said in confusion. Emily puts her hand on his shoulder: “I’ll take it from here. Take it back till we land.” Owlman looks at her and nods as he walks away.

Emily lands the ship on a stormy desert island, Everyone walks out: “Alright, we’ll split up into two. Wilbert your with me, Sergi your with Owlman.” Emily stated: “Better than being with jackass.” Sergi muttered: “If you find it, make sure you send out a flare. Got it! Alright team let’s move, we have 30 minutes.” the team began to split up into two groups.

Sergi looked around and gave an uncomfortable look: “Man this place looks like hell.” “This was part of the desert before the earth cracked. The climate here is worse than what the desert was.” Owlman said, replying to Sergi’s questioning of the land. Sergi smirked then changed his expression to a concern look: “What happened to you? You were frozen earlier, you almost crashed the ship.” Owlman didn’t respond. Sergi sighs: “Right, mostly silent as always. Only talk when you want to...Look if somethings wrong you can always go to me.” Owlman looks at him. Suddenly a gargling snarl is heard. The two of them turned around and with such a speed they get hit by something. The two get pushed back but laned and saw what was attacking them. As the smoke cleared It was revealed to be the Embermane, it had red skin with white stripes under its stomach, with a black horn and a tail with the end having spiky feathers. It had white sharp teeth and was drooling rapidly as if there was a well tasty steak right in front of it. Before Sergi can throw his flare, The Embermane rams him into the hill. Owlman swings his chain around its tail and pulls it towards him. The beast turned its attention to Owlman and runs at him. Owlman jumps over the beast but the Embermane turns around and bites on his shoulder pad swinging him into a tree. Sergi gets up and swings his axe at it, it bites down on the axe. Owlman holds his head as he slowly gets up. He feels a cool breeze around him. He sees the white figure again: “M-Master!? It can’t be...It’s really you.” The white figure slowly disappears: “No...No don’t leave.” Owlman gripes his hands. “Damn it...Come back...I....I’m sorry. I’m sorry I failed you, I should've never listened to you. I should’ve killed it when I had the chance....” He looks at his hand.

He then notices Sergi is fighting The Embermane alone. The Beast hops on Sergi and presses its paw on his chest. Owlman Swings his chain as it stabs it’s head in. The Embermane shouts in agony, Owlman jumps and spins as he slams the chains down on the beast. It falls back bleeding heavily. Owlman lands and nods at Sergi. Sergi smirks and nods at him. Sergi spins and with enough momentum he stabs the behemoth in the leg. It yelled again more violently this time, Owlman jumps above as he pulls his chains out. The stance he was in represented the shape of an owl as he plunges forward and slices its head off. The Embermane collapsed as its body slowly disintegrated. Owlman stood up, Sergi walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder: “You gonna be okay?” Owlman looked at him and then walked away.

Both Wilbert and Emily were at the opposite side of the island. Wilbert looked around and said with a concerned tone: “You know, it’s kinda been too quiet, I hope they aren't in any trouble.” Emily smirked and smiled: “Heh, I knew these guys for 3 years. If I knew anything Owlman would probably have handled it quicker than Us. He was always trained to hunt and survive, he only talked about it when he would show us how to fight. He wouldn’t tell us where he learned it from. But to be fair that is his business.” Wilbert was intrigued by this, but before he could reflect more on the situation he felt a war heat. Emily began to sweat as did Wilbert, They shook it off as it was just being humid because of the island. Until the ground began to shake, it began to shake violently. They pulled out their weapons and stood against each other's back. They frantickley looked around, trying to prepare for an attack. Wilbert looked down and noticed the ground beneath them was hotter and began to crack. With a quick push by Wilbert, both Him and Emily got out of the way of the miniature volcano. The Volcano broke into pieces of the giant figure that had jumped out of it. It landed in front of them and had towered over them. Wilbert said with a frightened look: “Ah Shit.”

Outro: "My Chemical Romance, Famous Last Words"

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