Chapter 40:

Vengeance and Execution (Meadow's Return)

Assassins Who Cleanse Sins Away


Narrator: "This world is surrounded by crime, greed, and many other sins. When people gave up hope for peace there are a group of assassins that would cleanse the world. If you're truly tormented by anyone and want vengeance, then you must call upon The Sweepers and they will take vengeance for you."

It's morning at Sulphur Town and Meadow is staring at a field thinking about Christiana. Then Dean walks up behind him.

Dean: "You miss her, don't you?"

Meadow: "How did you know I was here?"

Dean: "I've known you since we were seven years old you always go somewhere where there isn't anyone around to think."

Meadow: "Oh...."

Dean hands Meadow his mobile.

Dean: "Call her."

Meadow: "Hm?"

Dean: "I told you many times to call her, but you didn't."

He grabs his phone and calls Christiana.

Christiana: "Hello."

Meadow: "Christiana."

Christiana: "Meadow!"

Meadow: "Hey."

Christiana: "Hey."

Meadow: "What time is it back home?"

Christiana: "About four in the afternoon."

Meadow: "Oh it's like six in the morning where I'm at."

Christiana: "Ah."

Dean: "Man this is painful to watch."

He grabs the phone out of Meadow's hand.

Meadow: "Wait?! What are you doing?!"

Dean: "Hey Christiana!"

Christiana: "Hi Dean."

Dean: "So how many months are you?"

Christiana: "Six months."

Dean: "Six months huh so that means the baby bump came already?"

Christiana: "Yes it did I had to wear Meadow's robes lately."

Dean: "Ah wearing your husband's clothes huh?" Meadow pictures her in just his shirt and has a nosebleed. "When I tell you he misses you he misses you because he got a nosebleed from imagining you in his clothes."

Christiana: "Really now."

Meadow blushes out of embarrassment and grunts out of irritation.

Dean: "He's been dreaming about you too. From what I can tell it's dirty because every morning he has been taking cold showers."

Meadow: "Espèce de merde, je vais te déchirer la tête!*"

*Translation: "You piece of shit I'm gonna rip you're head off!"

Dean: "Uh-Oh he's mad! He only speaks in French if I'm irritating him."

Christiana: "Really?" (Thinking: "Oh God he sounds so sexy when he speaks in French.")

Dean: "Absolutely! I tell you he's like a horny teenager when it comes to you."

Meadow: "Je vais te tuer Dean!!*"

*Translation: "I'm going to kill you, Dean!!"

Dean: "If only you were here to control him because he's threatening to kill me."

Christiana: "It's because you're embarrassing him."

Dean: "I've known him since we were kids, and he would never react the way he does now. You must be quite a unique woman for him to be like this."

Christiana: "Is that so?"

Dean: "Yes and by the way, if you and Meadow decide to have another wedding invite me to it this time."

Christiana: "Noted."

Dean: "I'll definitely be the best man for sure this time."

She chuckles.

Christiana: "Oh by the way why did you leave a clone of yourself here anyway?"

Dean: "No particular reason really Meadow just wanted you and the baby to be safe that's all."

She hears them fighting and struggling over the phone.

Christiana: "Hm?"

They stop fighting and Meadow has his sword pointing on Dean's neck.

Meadow: "Sorry about that."

Christiana: "What is it you wanted to protect us from anyway?"

Meadow: "Nothing just you know you don't overdo anything with the baby."

Christiana: "I see I should get going anyways."

Meadow: "How come?"

Christiana: "I have an appointment to check up on the baby."

Meadow: "I wish I was there."

Christiana: "I love you."

Meadow: "I love you too."

Christiana: "Bye."

Meadow: "Bye. *kisses*"

They both hung up and were so surprised that their faces turned almost completely red.

Christiana: "Oh God! I never thought he knew that."

Meadow: "Oh God! Why did I do that?!"

Dean: "Now I know what Meadow's like with a woman."

Meadow: "Shut up!"

Back in Rhinestone City Christiana is in her room getting ready to go to the doctor and is blushing from Meadow giving her a kiss on the phone. Zachary walks in to see how she is doing and is surprised to see her blushing.

Zachary: "To think you can blush."

Christiana: "Shut up!"

She gets up.

Zachary: "Heading out?"

Christiana: "Yes."

Zachary: "Meadow must've said something to make you blush."

Christiana: "F**k off!"

Zachary: "I know that's just the mood swings talking."

Christiana: "Even if I wasn't pregnant, I would still tell you off."

She walks out back at Sulphur Town Meadow still embarrassed.

Dean: "Look at that my Meadow actually has emotions if only anyone we knew when we were kids were still alive."

Meadow: "Je t'emmerde.*"

*Translation: "F**k you."

Dean: "Telling me off in French you must really be embarrassed."

Meadow grunts and then blushes out of embarrassment. Nearby a demonic bat is watching them and is informing Adam telepathically where Christiana is at.

Adam: "That human bitch is in Rhinestone City." He turned to his two commanders. "Have any of you been there before?"

Harold: "I have Master Adam."

He handed him the transport key and he used it as the portal door appeared the clan went into the portal to Rhinestone City. While they search for Christiana in the city, she is at a private clinic to check on her baby.

Delia: "Your baby is doing just fine."

Christiana: "Good to hear…"

Delia: "I even checked on you too you're doing just fine other than missing your beau of course. Anyways I did some research, and it turns out that you are the first human to have a vampire's child."

Christiana: "Really?"

Delia: "Yes there have been half-vampire halfhumans before but that's mainly because the mother is the vampire, and the father is the human. There hasn't been a human woman to give birth to a vampire's child. So, there is the possibility that you may not survive the birth of your child."

Christiana: "I'm sure that I'll survive giving birth to my child."

Meanwhile in Sulphur Town Meadow and Dean were heading back to their hotel until they sensed that they were being stalked. Then Meadow used his strengthened enhanced power to catch what was following them and it was the demonic bat.

Meadow: "Figures a bat."

Dean: "It must've been invisible when we got here."

Bat: "Let me go!"

Meadow: "Why are you following us?"

Bat: "To pass information to Master Adam."

Dean: "What information?"

Bat: "The location of that woman I was able to hear your conversation with her. I was able to figure out her location and it's your home Rhinestone City. Maybe I should tell him that you married her."

He snaps the bat's neck with one hand like it was nothing.

Dean: "Don't tell me."

Meadow: "He knows where she is we need to go now!"

Dean hands Meadow his transport key and he uses it to go back home. As she is heading home with Dean's clone, they both notice right away they are being followed.

Christiana: "We're being followed."

The vampires came out and surrounded them. One of them used a dagger attacked the clone and vanished.

Vampire: "Figures Meadow would get Dean to have his clone here."

She tries to grab her sword the way she always grabs it, but the sword harms her hand once it's off her hand heals fast.

Christiana: (Thinking) "Shit I forgot I can get harmed by my own sword."

She is about to attack the vampires until one of them puts their dagger down.

Vampire: "I don't think so huntress." She stops. "You wouldn't want anything to happen to your friends."

Christiana: "What do you mean?"

Vampire: "Master Adam has vampires surrounding your friends at your base and a couple of vampires following the psychic boy."

Christiana: "Tsk!" (Thinking: "F**king shit! Looks like I have no other choice.")

She puts her sword back and surrenders.

Vampire: "Good human we're taking you to Master Adam."

Christiana: (Thinking) "Adam? Why does that name sound familiar?"

Meanwhile, the group found themselves surrounded by vampires.

Violet: "What the hell?!"

Tom: "We're surrounded!"

Just as the vampires are about to attack and kill them the group heard multiple gunshots.

Zachary: "What the hell?"

The bullets hit all the vampires in the heart, and they all turned into ashes.

Henry: "It's been a long time since I killed vampires."

Angel: "Henry?"

Henry: "You guys said that something was off when she didn't come back right."

Shadow: "Yes."

Henry: "Something tells me that it has something to do with demonic hunting. Though I didn't think it was vampires." He puts on his mask. "We need to find her and fast."

The rest of them put on their masks and went to find Christiana.

Elsewhere the vampires took Christiana to Adam's hideout.

Vampire: "We found her Master Adam."

Christiana: (Thinking) "Why does that man look so familiar?"

Adam: "Hm? Why are you looking at me like that human? Unless you don't remember me."

Christiana: "You look familiar, but this is the first time we ever met."

Adam: "That proves it you don't remember! Typical of Meadow he manipulated you into not meeting me. It was about eight years ago in Diamond City you saw me as a threat and tried to fight me but instead, I slashed you in the neck hoping you bleed to death."

Then the memory suddenly came back to her in a flash.

Christiana: "What the?"

Adam: "It came back didn't it."

Christiana: "Any reason why you tried to kill me?"

Adam: "I figured Meadow would drop the hunting business if you died but I was wrong. Though I found out why he would want you as a hunting partner."

He takes out a vial bottle of her blood.

Christiana: "What the hell?"

Adam: "This right here is why he is friends with you because of your blood he wants it all to himself. I used your blood to track you down since you're a rare type it didn't take my clan long to find you. You know for vampires it's like a drug one taste and you're hooked for life just like pure blood types."

Christiana: "What do you want with me?"

Adam: "To finish what I started. Killing you."

Meanwhile, at York Time City Seven is being chased by two women vampires trying to get his hunting weapon.

Seven: "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I can't reach my arrows!"

The two vampires trap him at a dead end.

Sister Vampire 1: "How about we take our time killing this boy?"

Sister Vampire 2: "Sis why not turn him instead? He could be our new toy."

Sister Vampire 1: "That's even better he'll be a much better toy than the last guy we turned."

Sister Vampire 2: "This time I'll have him first. He has a sweet scent he has to be a pure blood."

As they are about to attack it is revealed that it is his astral projection they were chasing.

Sister Vampire 1: "What the hell?!"

Seven: "Hey you bitches!" They turned around and saw him with his bow and arrow. "Sorry, but I'm not going to be a vampire, not any time soon.

He uses his arrows twice and hits the vampires in the heart turning them into ashes.

Both Sisters: "AAAAHHH!!!!!!"

Seven: "That was a close one... Something must be off." He pulled out his phone to call Christiana but there was no answer. "Something is definitely wrong! She always answers the phone!"

He runs off to a friend of his house to see if he can help.

Matt: "Hey."

Seven: "Please tell me that you have a transport key!"

Matt: "I just have a temporary one."

Seven: "Temporary?"

Matt: "Yeah, it'll only work for a one-way trip there and back. Sorry man but I don't get the real key until I'm twenty-one."

Seven: "Fine I'll borrow it anyway."

Matt: "Why do you need it?"

Seven: "Let's just say I need to get somewhere fast."

Matt: "Listen man my parents told me to use it for emergencies only."

Seven: "This is an emergency!" He grabs the key and uses it, and the portal door appears. "So, if I don't make it back by eleven tell my mom I'm staying the night at your house."

Matt: "What if my parents come back early and see you're not here?"

Seven: "Just tell them that there was an emergency and I had to go see my uncle."

Matt: "Fine. Fine."

He went into the portal to Rhinestone City and made it there.

Seven: "Huh?!"

He found himself with the assassin group.

Henry: "Oh it's just the kid."

Seven: (Thinking) "Holy shit! So, this is what they look like with their assassin clothes and masks?! No wonder they wear something like that when they go on the job. They want people to fear them."

Violet: "What are you doing here kid?"

Seven: "I had a feeling that I needed to come back."

Zachary: "How did you get here so fast?"

Seven: "A friend of mine let me use his transport key."

Shadow: "Transport key? Oh yeah, the boss has one remember."

Zachary: "Oh I forgot."

He shows them the transport key.

Macy: "It's different from the one the boss has."

Seven: "It's a temporary one it's only for one-way uses you know if been to a place already you can use it to get there then back home. Where is Christiana?"

Tom: "Don't know."

Angel: "That's why we're out here to find the boss."

Henry: "I know for a fact that it's a vampire clan who got her."

Seven: "Were you guys jumped by vampires by any chance?"

Macy: "How'd you know?"

Seven: "The same thing happened to me."

Violet: "What I don't understand is why would they come after us and the kid?"

Zachary: "It's because the leader of the clan must've had information on her. If she fought, we would've been killed."

Seven: (Thinking: "That would've meant she had no other choice but to surrender. But that also means she really cares about us even if she doesn't want to admit it.") "How long have you been looking for her?"

Tom: "About an hour."

Macy: "As much as we have been looking, she could be anywhere by now."

Shadow: "Possibly somewhere out of the city limits."

Zachary: "Then we better keep going."

Seven: "Wait! Let me help you guys find her! I have to help as many times she protected me I have to do the same for her! I have to save my friend!"

The group looked at each other thinking that it wasn't a good idea for Seven to tag along.

Henry: "Fine just don't slow us down."

As they are searching for Christiana, she is tied up on an execution cross.

Adam: "In a few hours you'll be dead."

Christiana: "I hate to break this to you, but my husband won't like that."

Adam: "Husband?"

Christiana: "Meadow is my husband why else would I be wearing his robe."

Adam: "You lie!"

Christiana: "Well there is another reason why because I don't exactly have maternity clothes. Since I am carrying his child."

Adam: "You're lying! Amy see if she is lying!"

Amy: "Yes Master Adam."

She covers her right eye with her hand and takes her hand off of it and it changes to a violet-like color. She sees Christiana's baby in her womb which causes Amy to be shocked.

Adam: "Well, is she?"

Amy: "She's not lying! She's carrying a half-human half-vampire child. That means she really is Meadow's wife."

Adam is shocked and angry to hear the truth about Christiana and Meadow's relationship.

Adam: "The sooner I kill you the better."

Christiana: "Jealous? That's it isn't it you can't stand the fact that my husband chose me instead of you." He gets angry. "He's quite a wild wolf beast in bed I just can't help myself but have more of him, especially his big, long-"

He points a sword at her face.

Adam: "Oh please I'm not jealous. I just can't stand the fact that he chose a filthy human he could have any vampire he wanted and yet he chose a human."

Christiana: (Thinking) "Liar."

He cuts the cheek on her face with the sword, and it burns her cheek for a few seconds before her cheek heals on its own.

Christiana: "Tsk..."

Adam: "How is that possible? That makes sense you're carrying that child you'll also have its weakness to silver."

Adam leaves the room to pick a weapon to kill her with. Harold walks in and stares at her like a creep walks up to her and tilts her head up to get a better look at her.

Harold: "My. My. You got quite a beautiful face no wonder Meadow wanted to be with you."

Christiana: "Looks got nothing to do with it."

Harold: "I bet under that robe you got a sexy body don't you."

Christiana: "Keep your hands off creep!"

Harold: "Don't be like that." He lifted her robe up and got a good look at her figure. "Damn! Even with the pregnancy stomach, you have a hot body. I see why Meadow couldn't keep it in his pants it's a shame that you're carrying his kid though."

Christiana: "Disgusting pig. How dare you put moves onto a married woman?"

Harold: "It's not like Meadow will ever know since you'll die soon. I noticed that mark you were one of the victims, weren't you? You must've been some man's sex toy, weren't you?" She angrily glares at him. "You were! Can't say I can't blame the man, after all, you're one foxy woman. You know if you weren't pregnant, we would have a really fun time before you die after all I figure you would want some pleasure before your execution."

Christiana: "F**k off!!"

Harold: "Feisty. I like that in a woman." He lets go of the robe and lifts her chin up again. "How about you give me a kiss huh? Don't worry I won't tell Meadow."

Christiana: "Bastard!"

She kicks him below the belt so hard that he drops down to his knees.

Harold: "Argh!! Shit!!!!"

Amy: "Hm? What's wrong with you?"

Harold: "She kicked me in the balls!!! It f**king hurts!!! Who knew a human woman like her could kick that hard?!?!"

Christiana: "Pig."

Harold: "Is that kid giving her more strength?!"

Amy: "No that's her own strength dumbass."

Harold: "She's one of the victims."

Amy: "What?!"

Harold: "The Black Market victims she's one of them. I bet she had to be some man's sex toy I wish I would have bought her."

Amy: "She's right you are a pig."

As they left Adam returned to the room and looked for her assassination mask after finding the mask, he put it on her face.

Adam: "I figure you won't want the country to know your true identity when you're executed."

Christiana: "It doesn't matter because I'm not going to die today."

Adam: "We'll see about that."

Christiana: "Hm?"

He sets up the holograph projector and turns it on. The holograph screens appeared in every location in the country showing the entire country, her soon-to-be execution. Everyone in the country is confused to wonder why the screens appeared.

Man: "What going on?!"

Woman: "Is it a news report?!"

Adam: "Citizens of United Bridgeknight! You all must be wondering why I'm broadcasting well I want you all to witness this punishment!"

Teenager 1: "Punishment?!"

Teenager 2: "What is that guy talking about?!"

Adam reveals Christiana in her mask to the country.

Adam: "Today I will make history! I will be the man who will kill the assassin queen herself."

Meadow and Dean are finishing fighting vampires when they see the hologram screen.

Meadow: "I know where he is we're not that far from where he is."

Dean: "That's good to hear."

Meadow: "As soon as we get there, I'm gonna rip his head off."

They ran to where Christiana and Adam were. Elsewhere the group and Seven saw the hologram screen and were shocked.

Seven: "Oh God! No!!"

Macy: "Anyone knows where she is located?!"

Zachary: "I know where she is let's just hope we'll get there in time."

They went to a different route but to the same place Meadow and Dean were heading to. Meadow and Dean made it first and went inside to look for Christiana but found Harold instead.

Harold: "Well. Well. Meadow how long has it been?"

Meadow: "Not long enough."

Harold: "You sure got good taste in women. That wife of yours got a really sexy body I got a good look under that robe she's wearing. I wished she wasn't pregnant 'cause I would've given her a good time before she's killed."

Without hesitation, Meadow uses his sword and slashes Harold in the heart stabs him, and turns to ash.

Meadow: "How dare he talk about Christiana like a sex doll? That just makes my skin crawl."

Dean: "She must be somewhere upstairs."

Meadow: "Let's hurry."

They ran upstairs to search and rescue Christiana. As they search for her, they run into Amy.

Dean: "Amy."

Amy: "Dean it's been such a long time since we saw each other."

Meadow: "Where are they, Amy?"

Amy: "Like I'm going to tell you and break the master's trust."

Dean: "Why would you follow someone like Adam anyway? He's nothing without his followers around I betcha he can't fight without at least two followers."

Amy: "Take that back!"

She tries to attack Dean, but he stops her by using his sword to stab her in the heart and she turns to ash.

Dean: "I always knew you were so pathetic."

They kept going upstairs and then heard Adam's voice more clearly finding where they were at. Once they make it to the door, they separate so they can get Christiana back.

Adam: "This woman has committed countless murders and for that, she will be punished! That punishment is death by decapitation!"

The citizens of the entire country couldn't believe what was about to happen.

Christiana: "I hate to break this to you but I'm not going to die today! My death is not going to happen today you pathetic piece of shit!"

Adam: "How dare you woman?! You know what, I think it would be best if the country knew your true face. They are better off knowing the face of the woman who's been killing countless people for four years."

Just as he walked up to her and was about to rip her mask off, the holograph projector was sliced in half and all the holograph screens in the country disappeared. The group made it to where she was and noticed the screen disappear.

Shadow: "What the hell..."

Tom: "Let's just pray that the boss is still alive when we get there."

They all nod and go inside while they are inside Adam nearly rips her mask off and turns around to see his projector in half.

Adam: "What the hell?!?!"

Christiana: "Like I already told you my husband won't like the idea of me dying today."

Meadow: "Adam!" He gives him a cold death stare. "You are gonna let go of my wife then I'm gonna rip your head off."

Adam: "Like hell, I will. Well, this is better you get to see me kill your wife."

Dean manages to slip in and get to Christiana.

Dean: "Yo."

Christiana: "It's good to see you, Dean."

Dean: "I'll get you down in a second. Huh?!"

Just as he is about to untie her Adam stabs him in the back into his heart.

Christiana: "Dean!"

As he turns to ash Meadow's memories of Dean flash before his eyes.

Adam: "You really thought I wouldn't notice you, Dean."

Christiana: "Bastard! Attacking from the back is a cheap and weak move!"

Meadow becomes fueled with anger and looks at Adam with a cold death stare.

Meadow: "You bastard! You threatened my wife and my unborn child and even killed my friend... I am going to make you pay for that!" Meadow charges in rage at Adam and grabs him by the throat and rips his head off. "I told you I was going to rip your head off."

He stabs him in the heart and Adam turns to ash. He goes up to Christiana and cuts her down with his nails.

Christiana: "Meadow..."

Meadow: "Are you okay?"

Christiana: "I'm fine."

He touches her stomach.

Meadow: "What about the baby?"

Christiana: "Our baby is just fine."

Meadow: "That's good to hear..."

Christiana: "Meadow..."

Meadow: "Hm?"

She strokes his hair.

Christiana: "I know you're hurting losing Dean like that." He stood in silence. "I've been told this before that it's okay to cry, Meadow." He tries to hold his tears in, but he bursts into tears at the loss of his best friend. As he cries, she hugs him tight. "It's okay Meadow... It'll be okay..."

The group made it, and they realized it was a victory but at the same time a loss.

Tom: "Thank God she's alive but..."

Zachary: "A fellow comrade has been killed."

Seven: "Dean..."

Afterward, they all went back home to have a proper funeral for Dean. Meadow sits Dean's urn on his gravestone, and everyone prays to his grave one at a time. Meadow starts to remember his time with Dean. The memory of them when they were kids Meadow is sitting on the ground at the grass fields and Dean is hanging upside from a tree hanging on the tree branch by his feet.

Young Dean: "What do you want to do when you grow up?"

Young Meadow: "I don't know."

Young Dean: "I know what I want to do. I want to travel. I want to see the world with my own eyes."

His memory continued when they were older. Dean is at home in his bed with an incurable illness.

Dean: "I'm not going to make it am I?"

Meadow: "The doctor said there is no cure."

Dean put his arm over his eyes, not wanting Meadow to see him cry.

Dean: "It's not fair... I don't want to die yet... I haven't got to achieve my dream... I haven't seen the world yet..."

His memory continues to the day Dean almost died but didn't. Meadow went to Dean's house to see him and as he went into his room, he found out how Dean's brother survived.

Meadow: "He's a vampire?!"

Dean's brother drinks his blood and bites his hand hard enough that he bleeds to let Dean drink his blood to turn him into a vampire. Dean screams after his transition from human to vampire. His eyes changed from grey to blue as his fangs came in.

Dean: "What the hell..."

Meadow: "Dean."

Dean's Brother: "I guess the cat's out of the bag. Sorry Meadow but I had to save Dean he's my only family."

Meadow: "Are you okay Dean?"

Dean: "I feel great! It's as if I never had the illness in the first place!"

Meadow: "Dean..."

He got out of bed to see himself in the mirror and screamed when he saw that he couldn't see himself in the mirror.

Dean: "What the hell?!?!?! Why can't I see myself?!?!?!"

His brother handed him the elixir lotion.

Dean's Brother: "Here put this lotion on your face."

He uses the lotion on his face and jumps out of surprise to see his eyes are a different color and he has fangs.

Dean: "Oh my God... Why are my eyes blue?!?! They're supposed to be grey! Why do I have fangs?!?!?!"

Meadow: "You're a vampire..."

His memory ends when they reunited a couple of years after Meadow was turned into a vampire.

Dean: "I see you joined the club."

Meadow: "It's not like I asked to be a vampire."

Dean: "No fair you got taller well that's what happens you get turned when you are eighteen huh?"

Meadow: "Singe*"

*Translation: "Monkey."

Dean: "Did you call me a monkey?"

Meadow: "When did you learn French?"

Dean: "I only know a little bit."

Meadow: "Whatever..."

Dean: "Hey at least we'll literally be friends for eternity."

After the funeral Meadow takes the urn off the gravestone. Meadow and Christiana went to their special spot to spread Dean's ashes into the city. He opens the urn and spreads the ashes in the city.

Meadow: "Now you're the world, Dean..."

As the ashes spread throughout the city Meadow sheds one last tear to his best friend.

To Be Continued...

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