4 Chapter Two: Bam, You Knock

Bam Bam froze at your seemingly innocent question. You turned to look at him with a confused face. Bam Bam sighed and looked at you with an uncomfortable look. You understood what he meant and patted his shoulder.

"You know she's just there, somewhere," You softly said.

"Waiting for the time we'll meet." He smiled. But he frowned.

"But I've already been everywhere she might be. Every building, park, forest. Hell, even at the squatters!"He exclaimed, falling to his back with his arm spread open, completely forgotten that you have a bruise the size of Russia at your back. The squatters are people like you but they live by begging and not working.

You stretched your arm to reach your tank top. You have done this conversation with him a couple of times so you know it's best if you let him rant it out.

"Maybe she's dead anyway," he whispered, mostly to himself. You paused your hand just an inch away from the top. You glared at him and kicked him. He rolled over as you kicked him right on the side. You grabbed your top and put it on. You stood up and crossed your arms.

"Okay, I don't know anything about what a mate feels and I don't give a fuck but don't think that your mate died." You glared at him. On your past travels, you saw how important mates are to the supernatural creatures. You never thought about having a love-life but even if you don't show it to your foster brother, you still care about his mate. You were brought back to reality when he groaned.

"I know," prolonging the 'o'. You sighed and just sat down beside him.

"It's just, I've been waiting for twenty-five-"

"Almost twenty-six actually-"

"- nope it isn't my birthday yet and I-"

"- but your birthday is just one month away-"

"- I don't care, I'm still twenty-five and back to what I'm saying-" He glared at you before you start your speech. You opened your mouth but closed it again.

" I don't know if she's even alive." He reasoned out. You kept quiet as you thought of reasons as to why he's mate is not yet found.

Maybe she's at a neighboring country.

Nah. You could only find your mate in your area.

Maybe she's a pirate?

There aren't any women pirates.

Maybe she's a-

Your train of thoughts is disturbed when Hyun came back with his hands on his pants. You both stood up and with your hands at your back. Hyun is a high-ranking warrior at your camp. So it's normal for same ranking warriors and lower once to show attention.

Hyun raised his brow at your actions.

"Stop doing that. Your ranking is higher than mine-" he crossed his arms then looked at Bam Bam.

"-and you're the biological son of the chief," he pointed out. You two blinked.

"But we respect the elderly," Bam Bam blurted. Hyun blinked.

"Are you calling me-" he stopped then pinched the middle of his nose. He sighed through his nose then looked back up.

"Chief ordered us to go to his office." He grunted, walking away. You followed his suit and grabbed Bam Bam's wrist.

"Why do you think Chief called for us?" You asked quietly. The Chief was always busy so he would only summon you three if something is wrong. To think of it the last time you saw him was 2 months ago.

"I honestly don't know too. I saw him last week so I don't remember what he was saying." He shrugged. You snorted.

"You never remember anything," you mumbled, remembering the Time he forgot your graduation. In his defense, you didn't even notice that he was nowhere to be seen at that moment. Bam Bam ignored your statement and continued walking.

Soon enough, you reached a cozy - looking house. It's surrounded by flowers and a gardener is watering it. You entered and ran upstairs to head to the door at the far left. You looked behind you and see your brothers behind you. One is looking calm and the other one is wheezing.

"You know I'm not fit," Bam Bam reasoned out. You looked at the eldest and gestured at the door. He narrowed his eyes at you.

"you're right beside it,"

"I'm scared,"

"Why the hell would you be scared,"

"Because,"

"Because what?"

"How 'bout you knock?"

Gulp.

"It's decided. Bam, you knock." Hyun pushed the younger boy towards the door. He looked at the two of you weirdly.

"He adopted you two,"

"But you're his biological son. You have more power." You pushed him lightly. He sighed then raised his knuckles and-

"I can't do it," he whispered-yelled.

"Why are you whispering?" Hyun asked with furrowed brows.

"Because the two of you forgot that shifters also have heightened hearing." A deep voice came from the other side of the door. You three jumped back as the door opened.

A fifty-year-old looking man stood in front of you. He is in a grey polo and some black pants. His glasses are at the nook of his narrow nose. Amusement glittered his hidden eyes as he examined your frightened faces.

"H-hey, dad." Bam Bam cleared his throat. You waved your hand slowly.

"Hi Chief," you laughed nervously. Hyun repeated your words but with a lower and a quiet tone. The old shakes his head and stepped to the side.

"Come in. I need to discuss something." He guessed to the inside of his office. The walls are hidden against massive bookshelves filled with thick and thin books. Two small sodas are in the middle of the room and at the very back is a desk filled with folders and papers.

Bam Bam headed to one of the sodas and Hyun at the other. You seated at the armrest of Hyun's chair and lifted all your attention to your foster father.

"Do you two remember Edison Wang?" He looked at the two of us. Hyun tensed from his spot while you forgot how to go breath.

Vampires don't live in forests. They are all "pirates''. They are exactly what you heard or watched from books or movies. They steal, kill, then ran away. To populate, they kidnap human women and get them pregnant. After the victims gave birth, they rape them again. They repeat the cycle over and over again until the woman dies. All babies who are born female are all killed and all males are trained to be what the society thinks of them now.

Edison Wang is the captain of the biggest ship, globally. You didn't care about what their deals is but five months ago, a human girl, the age of sixteen, was kidnapped. You were furious when those mosquitoes had the balls to kidnap your people. You showed up at their ship, just as the girl is only in her underwear. You sliced the limbs of the pirates that were around her then Edison here charged you with a machete. You threw your dagger at his eye and tied the present crew to every pole. You called the guards of the camp and let them kill the crew one by one. You watched them behead the captain and left to heal the girl up.

"Yes, we remember him." You sprayed through your teeth. Even if he's dead, that doesn't stop your hate for his kind.

"Well, a letter came up yesterday." He held up a white envelope with a brown worn-out looking seal. He gave it to Hyun, who ripped the sides nonchalantly. You looked at him incredulously. He pulled out the paper inside and read it. He murmured the words written and as he reached the bottom, his eyes widen. He looked back at the old man.

"Are you sure this is real?" He asked the old man. The latter nodded. Curious, you grabbed the paper and it aloud for Bam Bam.

"For the camp that killed my father,

On the second Sunday of the next month, we will raid your area. You shall pick your defender and he shall fight me in your arena. When I win-" you rolled your eyes. Pirates are always so sure of themselves.

"-we will have three-fourths of your women and the entire camp.

Signed-" you paused as you read the name. Your eyebrow rose in surprise. You didn't know that the old captain had a son.

"What? Who signed it?" Bam Bam started to fidget.

"His name is Jackson Wang." You slowly looked at him. The moment you said the name, he shivered. You watched his actions. He tapped his foot and his breath is uneven. Your eyes widen suddenly at a thought.

You cleared your throat.

"So do we agree?" You asked quietly. The Chief nodded.

"Y/n, you'll be our defender and be Nyx. Bam, you'll get every female out of our camp. Call our alliances with other camps if they can protect our females, the old and the children." He looked at Hyun.

"Knowing that they will play dirty, Hyun, you and your team take out the pirates at their ship then burn the boat." He instructed.

"Why would we burn the ship?" Bam Bam asked.

"Even before the fight, they would retreat because they didn't know that Nyx is with us," Chief stated. Your brows furrowed.

"But they saw me at their ship," you said. He then looked at you.

"They saw our guards. Not you. It looks like this Jackson was on another ship because if he knew it was you, he wouldn't have the guts to do this fight." He answered.

"Are we clear about the plan?" The three seated nodded. You got your phone out of your pocket and set an alarm clock so you wouldn't be late for training the next day.

"Good," he clapped his hands.

"How about we go to the camp fire together?" Your eyes widen at him. He never goes to the campfire on a normal day. The campfire is- well, a fire where all camp members eat all together. It happens during dinner.

"Sure, dad. You don't have to ask." Bam Bam laughed. The old man wrapped his arm around Bam Bam's shoulder and the other around Hyun then grabbed you hand and pulled all of you out of the door. You shook your head, smiling and following their lead.

-

"Y/n!" Multiple small high-pitched voices called out your name. You looked around until you found five boys running towards you. You dropped to their level and welcomed a hug that almost pushed you down. Four of them are shifters and the last one is human.

"Hey guys," you greeted them quietly.

"Y/n, we learned about sparring yesterday," Taehyun told you happily. You smiled.

"And they told us you were the best fighter in our camp!" Yeonjun, Juny, yelled out. You laughed lightly.

"I don't think I'm the best fighter," you told them.

"No way, You're Nyx! You've been to different battles and came out in one piece!" Beomgyu adjusted his glasses.

You tapped your chin, pretending you're thinking.

"I didn't know I was Nyx." You furrowed your brows, looking at them.

"I want to be just like you Y/n!" Huenning Kai or Kai, the youngest human of the group, exclaimed with stars in his eyes. You ruffled his hair.

"When you're old enough, okay?" He pouted and puffed his chest.

"But I'm already seven!"

"And I'm twenty, sweetheart. Do you know how much our age difference is?" He counted using his fingers.

"Four?" He said, not sure of his answer. You nodded.

"And that a lot of years, right?" He pouted but nodded. Soobin's eyebrows furrowed.

"But it's not fou-" you decided it's best not to explain Taehyun how to do math since you also have problems with it.

"Look! The smores are getting ready," you pointed at the campfire. The boys turned their attention to it and ran away. Soobin stayed and stared at you.

You pinched the side of your mouth and 'zipped' it across. His eyes widen in understanding and run ahead. You stood up and walked towards a log where Hyun is looking at his phone. Once he saw you, he pocketed the phone.

"Took you long enough," Hyun said with two hamburgers on his hands. He handed to you the other one and started unwrapping his burger. You shrugged and peaked of the paper off your burger.

"Kids,"