Guardian's Existance.

"The guardians are heading here!"

Robert panicked grabbing a knife from the utensils that were arranged in the fabric below.

The guardians that are commanded to raid the hut couldn't help but feel scared of the one living inside.

Their target.

Rose Eberhard is known to the guild as the 'creator' with a bounty of two gold.

"you fight at the back" Frank pushed his child to the side as he walk forward facing the long hall that was connected to the entrance.

His heart was thumping crazy, and beads of sweat formed on his face as the group of guardians get closer.

Frank look in the distance and saw laster chatting with a separate group of guardians, they form a circle as if in a bonfire telling stories.

A guardian holding a sword closed in towards him, frank took a deep breath

"Lay low on the ground!" The guardian yelled at frank pointing his sharp sword toward his neck.

It seems the guardians aren't here to kill them, which made frank relieved, but even so that just solidifies rose's idea.

That they are here for his wife.

The warm air blew as frank took the initiative, he swiftly did a hook, punching the man in the face just to be met with an emotionless expression, as if Frank's punch doesn't even tickle him.

He try to do a jab this time but the guardian kicked him in the stomach, Frank's fist turned limp he put his hands on his stomach as he groaned in pain.

Robert came to the rescue when he saw his father in a weakened state the knife he has in his hands fell right to the floor, he grabbed a chair near him and rush towards the guardian hitting him in the head with the chair.

"Don't touch my dad!" Robert yelled aloud his entire body shaking.

The guardian wobble left to right before regaining his composure and using his sword to stab Robert which he blocked with the chair at hand.

Its blades pushed through and Robert dodged the blade that was about to stab his head.

"You almost killed me" He complained and the guardian argued back

"I will not if you surrender!"

Robert pushed the chair that was up to his head towards the long corridor giving the full weight of the chair to the guardian on the other side.

Robert yelled as he push the guardian that couldn't overpower him towards the door.

The guardian walked backward as he couldn't release himself from the chair that was being pushed to his face as his sword was locked in place, he lost his footing and fall with the wooden chair following him its butt facing his face.

"I manage to get one" Robert wipe the sweat off his face with a smile knowing he put a guardian down.

THUD.

Three guardians closed in towards Robert, one wields a sword, and the other two a spear.

They look at their comrade on the ground beside a chair and swiftly pointed their weapon at Robert.

five other guardians are closing in from behind ready to support the three that were face to face with Robert.

Then the one who he pushed away begin to stand up

"We will not ask again, please surrender"

With no hesitation he said

"I surrender"

Frank that was in Robert's back holding a wooden plank ready to support his son was unable to comprehend what his son just said

His eyes widen as he begins to understand when he saw the group of guardians that they are about to fight.

He lay down his weapon and raise both his arms

"I also surrender"

...

The dining room was ugly, the flowers covering its wall withered or has turned yellow stained by the soup that splattered everywhere, thanks to the wagon that was still hanging down the large hole on the roof.

Rose, remembering that small garden of hers made her work even faster.

She cared for that garden for years watering it every morning yet a single event caused all of them to die and lost their beauty.

That is unacceptable.

The sound of gears being turned and metal clashing was trapped in the room.

Inside the bathroom, the bathtub was flipped upside down revealing a large hole underneath which carried a large collection of tools and gadgets, there was even a pistol lying at the top of the tools.

The whole bathroom was hidden by a thin curtain that was invisible to the other side but visible to where rose is, so even if someone enter the bathroom they wouldn't see rose, just an empty bathtub, and toilet.

The white tiles were covered by grease and small bolt and nuts.

"You turn this, you flip that, spring here...." Rose mutters some words to herself as she continues.

The bathroom isn't soundproof so she could hear the events happening in the dining room.

"Release Robert!, we already surrendered!" She heard Frank's voice.

"Don't fight back, this is just a measure! "An unfamiliar voice must be a guardian.

"No!" Frank roared and a couple of noises followed.

The sound of the vase being dropped and Frank's voice asking for his wife's help

"Darling are you done, your family is in trouble!" Frank called but even when Rose could hear the ruckus and his voice, she remain focused.

"Just a little more" She said to herself fighting the urge to help them right now as it will just put them in more danger

The faster she finished these gadgets the safer they will be, it's not like guardians would try to kill them right?

When the commotion outside the bathroom turned silent she stood up, a weird-looking gun at hand.

"I didn't finish the last item" She said looking at the side where a large unfinished weapon was laying.

Rose estimated that she could finish it in one minute but the silence outside made her scared about her family.

She grabbed the bathtub and flip it using her bare hands, the floor rumbled as it was put back in place.

"Ouch, that hurt my back" She complained.

She checked the gun before going towards the curtain and put it to the side.

She then head to the door and saw it open by itself and on the other side was a young man holding a plate of apple slices, he was even munching on one.

He almost dropped his plate when he saw rose, he backed away

"I found Rose!" He yelled aloud before being shot by the gun in rose's hand.

The man wobbled down into the floor with no sound

"I was saving that for later you idiot" He said to the young man on the ground and he snored in response.

Rose picked one slice of apple off the ground and ate it, she couldn't help but sigh knowing these delicious apples would be wasted.

"I paid three silver for this" She said in pain

She grabbed the tranquilizer that hit the sleeping guardian

"Now where are those two"

Rose head to the door just to be ambushed by six guardians.

They scream announcing their attack, in response rose shoots all of them with no hesitation.

They plan on attacking all at once but only one of them was able to even move closer to rose.

The only one who could still move couldn't help but back away when he saw the others stop on their track.

"Guys?" He called but all of them fall snoring.

"I still haven't lost my touch" She grinned showing the one guardian her handmade gun.

"You demon!"

He charged at rose with his spear just to be hit in the head with her fist making him lose consciousness.

With no more guardians in sight, she stretch her back and looked at the two hostages on the ground.

Robert and frank have their hands tied to their back and their feet entangled on the flowers used as designs on the wall.

"You two lost to this bunch?" Rose asked, her son Robert shyly looked away while Frank smiled at her.

"Darling, we can't move" Frank showed her the tie on his hands.

Rose sighed and came over to the two, she didn't think the two were useless she even loved the way they ask for help,

she felt like she was a hero of a story and her husband and son are the princesses waiting to be rescued.

She freed them from the knot binding their arm before rose proceeded to remove the one on their feet.

Clack.

A spear was pointed at rose's back, her neck was exposed to the blade and one wrong move would make sure that she would have to live the rest of her life with a spear stuck to her throat.

"We were just caught off guard" Said the one pointing the spear to rose's neck

"I guess I did get rusty" Rose said, if she was in her prime she wouldn't make this type of stupid mistake.

"You're supposed to be asleep" She said

"Your bullet didn't work" The guardian replied before pushing the spear into her neck making a small cut.

"Now move away from them"

She could make anything she wants the way she wanted it, not like this gun that is estimated to make the target fall asleep for hours but one guardian was already awake and not even three minutes have passed.

Rose tried to turn around and quickly shoot him but as she was about to shoot with her handmade gun another guardian was able to move and anticipated her intention.

The guardian blocks the gun with his hand and kicks rose in her stomach.

"Really!?, two woke up?" She speaks with anger

The guardian kicked her away making her fall to Robert and frank that still couldn't move thanks to the roots that tangled their legs and foot.

"Thanks" The guardian holding the spear said his gratitude.

The other guardian removed the thing that was sent to his hand.

It was a three inches long needle, with a small handle on one of its ends.

"We could use this kind of bullet in our guns" The Guardian said.

"What makes the guardians want weapons that much?" Rose asked still trying to recover from the kick she received.

"Because, your stupid brother broke the contract" The guardian answered

Rose looked at him with disbelief, why would his brother even break that shitty contact.

"Arthur wouldn't do that"

"Call for the leader say we got the target" He said to the guardian holding the spear who nodded to his words and headed out of the hut.

"Oh yeah I forgot to say this" The guardian showed her the needle.

With no warning, he plunged the needle into Robert's neck making him wail in pain for a few seconds before losing consciousness.

The guardian's hand left Robert's neck with the needle still in hand.

Rose watched processing what just happened.

"What did you do to him!" Rose charged at the guardian punching him in the face.

Rose's large fist hitting his head made his entire body shake.

His cheek turned into jelly from the hit.

"You're a heavy puncher" He said as he punched back.

His fist didn't even make rose nudge from her position.

"I just want to say that poison isn't that effective on us unlike you" He said showing both his hands empty.

He touches his swollen cheeks

"You got a little something here"

Rose touched her face and felt something pointy on her cheek, she removed it and saw that it was the tranquilizer.

Seeing rose's reaction the guardian smiled assured of his victory, he mocked

"Now go to slee-

A thunderous explosion bellowed inside the hut as rose slapped the man on the face sending his body to the far end of the garden wall.

His whole body sunk to the wall and he lost consciousness with a smile.

The other guardians that have woken up from their sleep saw it happen and didn't think of fighting back.

They tried to run away but one of them was grabbed by the collar by rose.

She raises her large hand.

"No, no, no, please!, please don't!" The guardian begged closing his eyes not wanting to see what would happen next.

A guardian who was close to running away looked at her comrade that was caught by rose.

Her body trembling, she wanted to help her fellow guardian but just thinking of being hit by rose made her chicken out.

"Sorry!" She yelled running away from the hut and leaving the poor guardian.

...

"I'm gonna burn here, how much time will we have to wait?" Laster asked.

Under the intense heat of the eyeball sun, three of the guardians in the circle couldn't respond to words anymore.

Laster taps one of them on the shoulder and the guardian falls at his touch.

"See?, even your people can't take it" Laster said to the leader but she didn't respond to his words.

The guardian laster pushed didn't respond either , he was laying on the ground motionless as if he is nothing but a corpse left in the scorching desert

"I guess you're right" The leader of the guardians spoke, she stood up looking down at laster.

"We stayed here for too long" She look in the distance and a smile begin to form on her face.

"Leader!" A guardian yelled holding a spear, he tumbled on the sand as he tell the news.

"Rose!, we captured rose"

Laster burst out laughing upon hearing those words, he faced the man with a teasing look

"Are you serious?" He asked with an annoying smile.

The man holding the spear ignored laster going towards the leader of the mission they are currently in.

"Leader I'm here to report that-

His face loosened up as he smile showing joy as he continue

"We captured rose"

All look at him with disbelief even the guardians that have grown tired cause of the heat couldn't help themselves to react, the guardian that told them the news would tell no lie as a guardian how dare he lie. so no matter how unbelievable his words are they believe him.

As fellow guardians, they have no choice but to believe him.

They couldn't help but smile after hearing the news, not the fake smile they put up to entertain laster, a genuine smile of relief is what they showed.

The guardians all look at each other trying their best not to start jumping and celebrating.

While their leader looks at laster with a smile of victory.

"Would you look at that old leader"

Seeing her face laster laughed so loud that the guardians next to him had to cover their ears.

The leader of the guardians followed laster, she smiled before trembling into laughter as she look at laster with craziness in her eyes.

Her caramel skin glistened under the sun as she looked at the other guardians who all begin to laugh nervously as her gaze met with them.

All laugh except for the guardian that relied the news he was looking at all of them as if confused on what in the world is happening.

Laster stood up and the laughter continues, he was fast enough to grab the messenger without anyone noticing not even the messenger himself was able to see laster as he wrap his arm across his neck

"You really believe this guy's words!?" He voiced out forcing the laughter to stop as the leader's smile slowly faded.

"Of course, a guardian is not able to lie you know it yourself old boss" She said.

Laster let go of the young man and gaze upon the scorching eye ball from above.

"True a guardian is not able to lie" He whispered under his breath before speaking with a grin

"But can you people beat rose?, at best you could make her angry, no! at best you could make her feel annoyed" Laster mocked.

"Right what's your name crazy woman?" He asked and the leader of the guardian smiled

"Anna, don't forget it again old boss"

The hut they were trying to raid made the ground tremble making the guardians and laster lose their footing,

The earthquake resulted in a large fog of dust forming hiding the hut from the guardian's view.

The hut begins to slowly shrink its size as the guardians exit it yelling

"Monster!"

A guardian yelled running away from the hut, a few screams followed and soon almost all of the guardians sent to the hut ran back to Anna's side.

"You idiots!" She yelled and a trembling guardian talked back

"Leader, rose is a monster"

Laster chuckled after hearing those words

"What did I say to You?, You can't catch her with this number of people. what a suicidal crazy woman" He mocked

Anna clicked her tongue

"Well, we still have you old boss"

She pointed at laster and the sand beneath him started to move.

Seeing the sand laster begin to run towards the fog where the hut was hiding

"I already knew of your tricks!" He yelled before tripping on the sand face first.

"And yet you still fall for them" Anna looked at her fellow guardians

"Catch him" She ordered them.

Laster tried to stand up but the sand was already binding his legs in place

"Release me I order you!" Laster commanded and the sand binding his feet loosen making him able to stand up but before he could move a guardian run towards him yelling.

"This is stupid you know you guys can't defeat me!" Laster speak with confidence kicking the guardian that approached him in the crotch making the man fall flat on the ground.

the other guardians hesitated for a moment before rushing towards laster with their sharp weapons.

"I order you to stop!" Laster yelled desperately running towards the fog with the guardians behind his back.

About to reach the fog he smiled, he raise his middle finger towards them taunting the guardians in front of him.

"I order you all to drop your weapon"

Clack.

They all drop their weapon unable to progress any longer scared of laster's power.

Behind laster a giant sand wall suddenly erupted into existence.

A large shadow looms above laster making him hide his middle finger and put his back against the sand wall.

"What are you waiting for!?, I order you to catch him!"

Anna yelled beads of sweat forming on her chin.

Hearing her order the guardians run towards laster not picking up any weapon that was scattered on the ground.

"I order you all to stop!" Laster yelled his voice was met with a lone guardian that was brimming with anger.

His eyes were locked on laster, his skin turned red from anger as he remembered his brother's death.

If only he didn't knock on that door,

"Don't enter, it's a command" If only he knew of laster's power and followed his command.

Then his head wouldn't explode and his body wouldn't be buried in the sand forgotten.

"If only you didn't make that order!" He yelled at laster grabbing a group of sand in his palm and shoving it down laster's throat.

Laster wasn't fast enough to react, he didn't think anyone would be brave enough to move.

"Guck-" Laster tried to speak but his throat was blocked by sand making it hard to breathe.

The brave guardian sat on top of him

"Go!, he can't speak no mo-

his head turns bright red and his nose bleeds before exploding into a mush of meat and blood.

The guardian's blood splattered all across the sand hitting laster's face.

Headless his body lay at top of laster that was unable to fight back as the group of guardians approached him.

Laster tried to stand up but a guardian jumped at him choking him making his eyes roll from the sand being grind to his throat and his inability to breathe at this moment.

"Not so strong now!" The guardian yelled as laster touch his head weakly.

About to lose all his breath the sand wall was hit by a strong force sending everyone even the one at top of Walker flying away.

Anna's body flew towards the carriage they used.

Behind the sand wall that crumbled was a wagon made exactly to look like rose's hut.

What power the wagon was a mechanical horse steam coming out of its mouth

"There, I saw uncle!" Robert pointed at the man that was on all fours vomiting.

"Honey!" Rose yelled and the wagon sped up toward the man.

Rose goes to the door and grabs the man by the hand pulling him inside the carriage.

As his body flew inside the wagon laster immediately head towards the window vomiting all the sand that entered his throat.

"I almost died" Laster chuckled.

The wagon stopped on its track.

"Somethings stopping us!" Frank warned and his wife head to the back of the wagon there she saw a hand made of sand tugging on the wheels of their ride.

"You can't escape rose!" Anna said her hand trembling. "We will follow you"

"Then do your best to follow us" Rose answered kicking the sand that tug on the wheels of the wagon.

The wagon started to move again heading out of Anna and the other guardians' sight as the distance between them and the guardians grew wider Robert asked

"Mom did you do a crime?, is that why the guardians are after us"

He asked making his mom chuckle and his father explains with a hint of nostalgia in his voice.

"You see, your mom and uncle are important people"

"Oh?, why's that"

"They are two of the three people that founded the guild," He said with confidence as if proud of his wife's achievement.

"Without them, guardians wouldn't even exist"