CH 13: Guests

Jason arrived home to find the house empty. His mother was busy with work while his siblings had their club activities that day. Jason had at least an hour and a half before anyone arrived. Jason had an important question he had asked himself.

"Why the hell did I rush back home then?"

Jason sent Lorna a text asking if she wanted to come over to hang out. He remembered that his mother never said anything about inviting friends over when she grounded him. Within 20 minutes, his friend had arrived and excited.

Lorna loved coming over to Jason's place. Not only was it much bigger than hers, but his mom and siblings did not mind her being a mutant. She always felt welcomed there.

Lorna grabbed Jason's arm the moment she arrived and dragged him into the underground gym. She wanted to meet Jason's summons and test out how strong they were ASAP. Jason went along with her whims.

'I can just summon 3 and have 2 ready in case of emergency.'

When the pair arrived in the basement, Jason had already brought out 3 cards in his hands He decided to bring out Shielder, Alter Ego, and Rider. Jason crushed the 3 cards before allowing the Servants to take form.

Shielder appeared to be a great hero just from his appearance, one who would be admired by any man or woman, young or old. While his face was pleasing to the eyes, it is not like the knights of old whose courteousness softened the hearts of noble ladies. He had the eyes of a raptor, a strong and firm build, and the lack of any appearance of crudeness.

Shielder had spiky green hair that stands up except for a single bang that hangs over the left side of his face. The chest piece of his golden armor also features a bird. An orange cloth is wrapped loosely around his body.

"Hello, my Master. Achilles. Greatest and fastest warrior of the Greeks. Pleased to meet you."

Alter Ego appeared as a young teenage girl with long white hair, tied back at either side with red tassels. She wore a red and black dress bearing similarity to a short kimono and long, black European style coat, complete with high collar held closed by a rope tassel. She appears to wear long stockings with metal boots. The girl was carrying an odachi that was larger than herself.

"Hello, Master. Okita, waiting for your command."

Rider was a gigantic man standing over two meters in height. He had large muscles that gave the impression of being able to kill a bear with his bare hands. He had sternly chiseled features with eyes that give off a dazzling glow, able to overtake someone's soul in an instant with their sharpness, and burning red hair and beard. He wore bronze armor, with cuffs and greaves with white-furred fringes, that left his arms and thighs unprotected. He wore a thick red mantle with a fluffy white fur collar. It was luxuriously decorated, and looked like a curtain wrapping the stage of a theater.

Rider however did something none of the other Servants had done before. He ignored Jason.

"Achilles. A man of great legend. I have read the Illiad and found your exploits to me astounding. You would have made an excellent commander under me."

Achilles looked at the large man with a questioning looking his eyes.

"Who might you be, big guy?"

Rider started laughing out loud instead of directly answering Achilles.

"Haha. It has been so long since I have met someone who did not recognize me. I am the great Iskandar or as some call me, Alexander. I created the largest empire to ever exist in this world."

Achilles, Jason, and Lorna were shocked. The first because it was his first time hearing of someone so mighty. The other two, because they had clearly heard of the might figure before them. Alexander the great, known as one of the mightiest rulers to ever exist. He created a large empire without worrying about infighting.

Jason decided to let the pair talk for a bit while he and Lorna got to know Okita better. The girl seemed to be much more reserved and quiet. The pair approached her while the two heroes began to have an arm-wrestling contest.

The girl turned out to be almost emotionless. When asked about herself, she would only respond to answer exactly what Jason had asked and did not offer any additional information. Jason was getting frustrated with her but Lorna could tell the girl was not being difficult, it was simply her personality.

Okita did seem to look at Jason differently than she looked at Lorna. There was a slight trace of worship in her eyes when looking at Jason. When Jason asked about, she said,

"Because you have granted me life. For that, I will always be thankful."

Jason nodded at her words and found appreciation for the girl. The trio spoke for a while longer before they were joined by the others. The Rider and Shielder Servants had apparently become friends quite fast despite their opposing personalities and Achilles dislike of rulers and kings.

Jason was able to get an understanding of the pair's personalities as well as their acceptance to be their master in the time they had before he had to de-summon them. Iskandar was a person who seemed to always smile and want to be on friendly terms with as many people as possible. He also seemed to want to conquer the world but not in the traditional villain sense.

'It is more like he just wants friends or followers from all over the world.'

Achilles was more difficult for Jason to understand. The man seemed to be decent in his eyes. He was definitely stubborn and Jason knew he would most likely be wasted the majority of his command seals on the pair, but he felt that Achilles was even more unrestrained than Iskandar due to his dislike of rules.

When Jason asked Lorna if she still wanted to fight one of them, Rider and Alter Ego pulled out their weapons, ready for a fight. It was only Achilles who did not look willing to fight the girl.

Lorna glared at Jason before turning down his offer. She knew her powers were only good enough to bully normal people. She still could not even stop arrows being shot at her, not to mention these beings with magical powers.

Seeing that his family was going to return soon, Jason released the summons before heading upstairs with Lorna. He did not want to deal with explaining his powers to his family and demonstrating them.

The duo sat on the couch in the living room to watch a movie. Dick and Tim walked into the pair in the middle of [Easy A]. They decided to join the duo. Jason left them to cook dinner after a while and was joined by Lorna in the kitchen.

It was 6 pm when Hyun-Hwa finally arrived home but she brought guests with her. They were the famous Reed Richards and Sue Storm, Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, as well as Tony Stark.

Jason looked at the group and frowned. He then turned to his mother.

"Next time, tell me when there will be guests. I would have cooked more."

His mother gave him an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, Jay. How about I order you guys a pizza and we eat your delicious dinner."

Jason was about to say that pizza could not compare with a home-cooked meal that was made by him but he found his mouth covered by Lorna from behind.

"That sounds great, Aunty. We will go to the basement living room so you guys can talk business in peace."

Hyun-Hwa gave Lorna a grateful smile and passed her 50 dollars so they could order whatever they wanted to eat. The group of teens went downstairs under the gaze of the adults.