Fan Fiction ❯ Bounty Iso 1 ❯ Origins ( Chapter 4 )

Bounty Iso I:

Origins

 

Iso sliced at the beast with his sword. The creature kept coming at him. “Lime! I need help!” Lime quickly took out his dagger and stabbed it in the back of the beast. He pushed a button on his dagger and the front and back slid apart. Now he had three blades.

 

The beast screamed in pain. “You will pay for your crimes!” The creature's claws dug deep into Iso's flesh. He had no choice. He reached for his right pants leg and pulled it up. A silver dagger was strapped to his leg.

 

He quickly used both blades to slice the abomination into three separate pieces. Iso put both his blades into there sheathes. He pulled his pant leg down, covering the dagger. “That guy was pretty tough.” He said. Lime nodded. “For a leprechaun.”

 

Iso turned his attention towards a boy hiding in a bush. “Davis! I told you not to steal his gold. And what did you do?” The boy crept out. “I-“ “That was a rhetorical question!”

 

Davis was wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. He looked around 10. His hair was in a mess and he had very tan skin.

 

“We might as well camp here.” Iso said. Lime nodded. When Iso wasn't looking he said to Davis: “Don't worry. He's like that to everyone.”

 

 

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“What's his problem?” Asked Davis. Lime smiled. “Iso's just a little nervous. When you started following us a week ago he realized he has another person to protect. And you can barely use those weapons you made!”

 

Davis had to agree with that. His `Davispheres', as he called them, were pretty heavy. “But how can he see things we can't? And why can he breathe underwater?”

 

Lime took out a marshmallow and put it on a stick. “Since he's in bed I'll tell you. It was many, many years ago. Although I remember it like it was many, many, many years ago.” He then threw away the marshmallow and began to eat the stick.

 

 

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Lime sat with his father in a hospital waiting room. This man wasn't really his father; Lime was just a young clone. The doctor ran out, looking like he was about to puke. The nurse ran after him. “Sir, it's twins remember? You're still not done.” The doctor frowned. “I need a new job.” He said.

 

Lime was only five years old at the time. Yet he knew about childbirth from every book he ever read. The only problem was his naiveté.

 

The doctor came out with two twins. His face was pale white and he was sweating. “I'm going to start refusing service to merpeople.”

 

 

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One year later, the twins began to grow hair. Iso, the oldest one, had hair the color of the ocean. His brother, Ido, also had hair the color of an ocean. His ocean was just full of mud.

 

Their father was a big strong soldier with weapons made of pure silver. He fought in the war against the were-beasts. His arms were as big as watermelons. His hair was a light shade of brown.

 

No one saw their mother much. That's because no one could swim down to Oceanus. She was a mermaid with tan skin and blonde hair. Iso got his powers from her side of the family.

 

Lime was always caring for the twins. It was either their father was at an army reunion, or his dad had gotten drunk and fell asleep in the sewer. When the twins turned 5, he began to make friends with Iso and Ido.

 

When they started practicing with weapons, Iso got some unwanted attention. His skills were good and he could see things for what they truly were. He could also listen to telepathic communications.

 

One day he had decided to go into a nearby forest. The were-beasts that lived there attacked him. They wanted to use him to regain control over the kingdom.

 

A month later he was brought back by a were-rat, were-shark, and were-komodo. He had two scars running down his eye. The creatures apologized for what their brethren had done.

 

When the twins turned 15 they found an abandoned cave. A stone alter said “He who drinks from this pool in the quest for immortality will know eternal life. He who drinks from this pool with dark thoughts will only know eternal torture.”

 

Ido drank from the pool to live forever. However his tiniest dark desire activated a curse. Rocks began to fall on Iso. When he opened his eyes he was outside. But the cave and Ido were both gone.

 

Iso began his job to get money. His first bounty was on a punk named Joe Hurts. Lime decided to go with him when he started going after mystical monsters. During one fight, an enemy threw him into the water. Iso then discovered he could breathe underwater! He inherited that skill from his merman blood.

 

 

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“And that's Iso's story. Pretty cool huh?” Lime looked down and saw Davis sleeping. Lime frowned. “Hello? Did you just hear a thing I said?” He sniffed the air. “Sleeping gas. That's not natural.” He fell asleep on the spot. No one noticed the figures emerging from the dark.