Fenrir was with his friends, at the clubhouse, with his feet on a wooden table.
"I was told that Gartham is going to send a henchman" Billy said "with a request for peace!"
"Peace request?" Arthur growled "after what they did?"
"That's what I was just told" Billy said as if apologizing.
"Let's see what they have for us" Fenrir said "I'm not too excited about this request either, they provoked us into a battle. Hope it's really good."
"That be good?!" Emma asked irritably. She was with another member of her club, a boy named Eric "for me it can be a chest of gold, they'll get back what they did to my brother!"
"Okay if it was a chest of gold I would take it well" Arthur said and everyone looked at him. "What is it? I would really accept it now!"
"Let's see what they have," Ethan said with his arms crossed, "and then we'll think about it."
They left the clubhouse and waited in the woods. About twenty boys showed up, and among them was Jaden, Gartham's right-hand man, according to rumors. They stayed a good distance away, and then made way for two boys, taking two more people with their faces hidden under sacks of potatoes that covered their heads. The two of them brutally tossed the face-covered ones to the ground, and then the members of Iron Fist began hissing and cursing Fenrir and his friends.
"What is happening?" Jack asked.
"That's our apology to you suckers!" shouted Jaden making an obscene gesture.
"Bunch of weaklings, don't mess with those you shouldn't!" shouted some other members. Fenrir was beginning to understand everything. It had been more of a tease, and now, he feared what he might find in those two people who lay on the ground.
"Bunch of suckers! I hope they give up!" The Iron Fist boys yelled as they held up the middle finger and did rough dancing. They spent some time teasing, before asking;
"So, will you bow to us? Come here, kneel before our power!"
"I have a bad feeling about this," Jack said.
Fenrir and the others walked towards the fallen bodies, and on the ground there was a large person, and a smaller one. Arthur removed the fabric that covered the faces of the two people. It was as Fenrir had predicted, yet the thud was no less. Victoria and Stanis were gagged, and their hands were tied behind their backs. The girl had few injuries, but the boy was badly injured. His lips were bleeding, his eyes were purple, and several parts of his face were swollen. Fenrir removed the gag from both of them, but Stanis was unconscious.
"They surrounded us on the field" Victoria said "this after Stanis offered me a bandanna with the symbol of that Phantom Lord. Stanis was a hero... he didn't react and still got in front of me to take most of the blows . He is a true Guardian."
Fenrir frowned.
"So" he said "it's all my fault."
"It's Gartham's fault" Ethan said "you're such a victim…"
"Ethan" the dark one cut in, "this could all have been avoided. Besides, Victoria and Stanis suffered from it, all because of my club."
"Fenrir" Jack said seriously, looking at Jaden and the Iron Fist members with a certain fire in his eyes, "I don't care what you think. I don't mind you standing there whining and blaming yourself." He then looked Fenrir in the eye "all I know is I'm going to beat these guys. Even if it's the last thing I have to do."
"Hate to admit it, but I'm with Fat-Jack," growled Arthur.
"What do you say, Fenrir?" Ethan asked.
"Gartham wanted this" the dark chosen one replied "we can't run away anymore. It's war."
"So what's the answer, you idiots?" Asked a boy from Iron Fist. Jack stood up crestfallen but looking quite serious. He walked over to the boy.
"Tell your sucker boss..." Jack growled "that's our answer…!" Jack clenched his fist and punched the boy in the face, who was thrown back, being held by his colleagues.
"Oh, you son of a b***h… you're going to pay for this, you pudgy!" The boy wanted to step forward, but Jaden stopped him.
"Let it be," Jaden said, "you will bitterly regret it, fools."
"In the woods" Fenrir said "at ten o'clock. Come on, we'll show you that iron is adept at rusting."
"As you wish" Jaden smiled, before turning on his heel and heading back to his clubhouse, with his cronies following him.
"Well, finally decided to throw the party, huh Fenrir?" The boy listened.
"Katy?"The girl had her arms crossed, leaning against a tree.
"You weren't going to call me?"
"I don't want anyone else to get hurt from this."
"Do I get hurt?" The girl smiled. "You are underestimating me, Black Wolf."
"It's okay" he smiled "if you want to participate, I can't stop you."
"Fine, you really can't." She replied smiling.
"I'll summon the Boarders," the guy named Eric said, "I'll get some other stuff too. Potions and some first aid items."
"Okay, any help is welcome."
"It's amazing that, as you guys got into this because of the Boarders and you're just a starting club, but Iron Fist's attention is completely on you guys, I mean, we've been left out a little bit and I don't know if that's good or Bad" Eric smiled, "but that proves one thing, you guys from Phantom Lord are really interesting."
The battle was close, and it would be very, very dangerous.