Suspect

One typical Morning when the eye sun showers the world with light making the cold desert city's temperature rise and all the walking trees scatter away from a certain hill running from the intense heat.

a bountiful dinner was placed outside of johna's house, smoke coming from the warm meal and the smell of grease coming from the foods on the table was something that Johna could not resist and believed was real

A week ago they were eating scraps from a corpse that was thrown in the forest and fish caught in the river which can only cover their breakfast.

having food to eat in the afternoon, was something based on luck and a miracle

He took one chicken roasted drumstick from the table and savor every bite before going deep into the forest with a metal barrel supported by his back and a shovel in his hand.

His baggy shorts have a pocket containing thirteen gold coins, they hit each other creating a metallic sound that was like a melody for johna's ear.

It was money enough to feed a family three times a day in 2 years.

Arriving at an open field with a large tree its bark chopped off to look like the word 'Senna' Johna walked straight with that tree as his guide before arriving at the field where he could get the herb blood.

The ground was so soft that stepping on it made Johna's feet dig centimeters into the soil.

Near the soil that changed were eight veins oozing with green liquid that smelled like mint attracting the nearby walking trees.

"Move away!"

Johna smacks one with his shovel making the other walking trees flee away.

He raised his shovel before speaking with confidence

"see this?, I'll split you all in half using this if you don't leave the herb blood alone"

Of course, no one replied to his words but it seemed that the walking tree's understood him cause they all begin to left the area

With no one to disturb him anymore Johna begin collecting the herb blood that would make the new lifestyle of his family which is to eat three times a day, buy anything they want, and have some free time, this dream lifestyle that johna wanted to last forever.

and for that to happen he needs money a large amount of it.

"I'm gonna dry these roots"

Johna mumbled with his metal barrel already half full.

"Where's johna?" Walker asked his plate half empty, he looked to Johny by his side who was pouting for some reason.

"and him?, what's wrong with him?" He added Hans who his question is directed to gulped the food inside his mouth before answering

"Johna left early and for johny.....why don't you ask him yourself?" Hans replied before continuing his meal

"This is good" Hans whispered as he took a spoonful of the food, he ate in silence watching Johny that was pouting and isn't touching the food on his side of the table.

Walker pretended to cough to get johny's attention and seeing the young lad's eyes looking at him Walker decided to ask

"Hey, Johny, what's wrong?"

Johny looked at his plate which was full of vegetables and fish.

He opened his mouth but before a word could come out a loud voice can be heard from afar.

"Walker, you coming!!"

Hearing Johna, Walker eyed the meal on his plate, he gulped his saliva before going toward the direction where johna's voice was heard

"I'll see you two later"

He said goodbye when he was at the fences but before leaving he saw a small flask being thrown in his direction.

Catching it with both hands

Walker looked at its content and it was herb blood,

"Thanks Hans!"

Walker yelled going towards johna that has a huge barrel on his back.

"He left" Johny stated.

His gloomy expression came back and he stared at his plate not touching anything.

Noticing johny's behavior, Hans took all the meat from his plate and place it on johny's.

Before johny could react, Hans patted the kid on the head and said

"Johna took all the meat didn't he?, if you want more you could just ask"

Hans said with a smile but Johny didn't seem satisfied with it.

He push his plate away and said in a low tone.

"Its not this, I...just don't like vegetables"

After saying those words the atmosphere at the dining table turns tense.

Johny looked at his brother and what he saw was a demon.

'Did...did Hans get possessed!!' Was what was on johny's mind.

He tried to get out of his chair but Hans was fast,

Hans gripped a fork and stab a slimy vegetable found on johny's plate.

"Eat. Your. Vegetable"

*gulp*

"Its yucky!"

"Don't say that your a fourteen years old act like one!!"

Johny tried to resist but Hans wasn't having it, he shoved it on johny's mouth before asking

"Did it hurt?"

"n-no"

"Good, then chew swallow, and take another one"

"but it doesn't taste good" Johny talked back but he was met with a devilish look in Hans eyes.

"If you don't eat every vegetable on your plate, I'll sell you to the fat vendor back in the city"

"eeekk!"

At a house out in the open of the desert city

its walls looked like it was made of sand and the door was an automatic one that would open when one get near its range.

A combination of a desert theme structure and a modern one.

That was how mech's clinic looked like on the outside.

Seeing his blonde hair and his young face on the mirror attach to the door Walker pinch it, feeling the pain he let go of his cheeks and said to himself

"Its hard to get used to this young face "

Walker discovered it days ago but he couldn't make himself act surprised that it happened, experiencing bizarre things almost every day made him immune to this nonsense.

He took a deep breath and the door to mech's place opened.

He felt his heart about to leave his chest but he burst forward going to the waiting room and seeing johna on the couch a large sack at hand

he was trembling holding the sack as if his life depended on it.

Seconds later johna springs up and goes towards walker with the biggest smile he saw the guy make.

"Walker!, look, look at this"

He showed the shining coins that filled the sack and put it on his baggy shorts.

"This will last us a lifetime" He heard Johna mumble

"Walker I'm gonna buy dinner and ummm, I guess furnitures wanna come?" He asked but walker kindly decline.

He looked at the operating room of the place and said to johna

"Yea, you go do that I'll need to apologize to mech"

Remembering the time when he entered the place and saw the two acts suspicious, johna patted Walker on the shoulder and said with a grin

"oooh!, Good luck with it"

'Good luck with what?' Walker pondered

At the door before leaving johna added

"I'll get you some flowers" He winked after saying those words, leaving Walker confused.

He waited on the couch for minutes before finally the door to the operating room opened, the first to exit was a young lady and behind her was mech.

When the young lady left the room Walker stood up from the couch and approached mech walking stiffly as he do so.

"Um, sorry for what happened yesterday, I don't know what happen-

"It is fine sir Tan Walker, I was happy getting to drink tea with someone"

Mech answered before Walker could even finish, she smiled at him innocently with blood on her face and white cloak.

Hearing mech's words, Walker took a deep breath as if he was freed from a heavy burden.

"Is that so, I'm happy as well, yes I'm happy that I drank the tea you made"

The atmosphere was turning warm when suddenly the door opened signaling the two that someone was about to enter.

Walker rushes to the couch while mech slowly goes to the door to greet the person but when she opened her mouth to greet the person.

A picture of a headless girl was shown in front of her.

"Sorry to disturb the healers of this place but do you know this girl?"

A man asked, he was bigger than the door itself so he need to duck down just so he could enter, his arms were broad and muscular his caramel like skin was full of scars.

He's like a real life Hercules.

"No I do not, I have no customers that have the same face."

"Um, then how about these people, recognized them?" The guy then showed pictures, twenty or so each mech answered with the same robotic voice

"I do not recognize any of them"

The man sighed and looked at the robot with a sense of duty.

"Look, I'm gonna be blunt with you but we tracked blood stain on one of the murder places and it doesn't belong to the victims and we'll.... it leads us here"

"So you mind?" He tried to enter but mech blocked his way.

"Yes, I do mind" She answered calmly.

"You're not suppose to answer that" The man spoke in a low tone clearly stunned by the reply he received,

He look at the robots eye and was met with a cold gaze making the man back away from the door

"Sigh, Lonnet you deal with her"

The man exited and the door automatically closed on his way out.

Seeing the guy leave, Walker took a deep breath

"Finally he left" he whispered.

Hearing the word murder sent a shiver down walker's skin, the buff man didn't look his way or show interest in Walker when he entered but walker's instincts are telling him that he was a big part of this investigation.

And the fact that he experienced an actual murder attempt just yesterday made his instincts more believable.

Walker tried calming down but the door opened once more revealing a man in his thirties.

He was wearing glasses and a garment covering his hair.

"Good day, I'm sorry for taking your time but may we talk for a moment?" The man politely asked.

Mech nodded and the man begin explaining.

"My partner said you won't let us in, now that would hinder our work so how about this" He took out a bag of coins from his pocket and continued.

"Your customers inside the building, let them all come out, with that we won't need to enter and we wouldn't need to force ourselves in either, it's a win for both"

The man said putting the bag of coins in mech's view

"Only one customer is in the clinic." Mech stated

Hearing her voice Walker felt like he became the center of attention.

He catch glimpse of the man in glasses staring at him making him want to puke on the spot.

The waiting room was silent until the man in glasses spoke

"The young man over there, can you follow me outside"

He asked politely but walker wasn't moving from his position, so as a push the man said

"Or are you scared of being alone with us"

Those words were like a trigger, Walker sprung up from the couch and tried to walk towards the door but he tripped on the carpet.

Mech showed an intention of helping him but the man with glasses blocked her with his arm, he then whispered

"Let me, miss healer"

"Take my hand, we can't make my partner wait"

The man's voice woke Walker up from his daydream

, not moving would make him more suspicious, and knowing that he swallowed his emotion and Walker stood up and followed the man as they exit the clinic

Regret.

It was the first thing that walker felt,

A bulldog was growling at him the dog's sharp teeth looked like they were made from metal.

A chain was put against the dog's neck and at the end of the chain was the buff man pulling the bulldog away as it tried to attack Walker.

Walker was confused about what was going on but an explanation came making him regret ever following the two outside.

"Looks like we found the bloods owner"