The Legend of Lady Sierra.

Chapter 7: Monty or Blaze. Scarlett's Wonders?

Meanwhile, Monty is currently at his house, preparing to get dressed for his dinner date with Scarlett, finishing his shower.

Then he gets a call from Scarlett.

“Hey Monty, sorry. I.. I might have to cancel tonight.”

“Alright, you got SAC work?”

“Yeah, a lot of stuff just came up. Really. Really sorry.”

“Hey it’s fine.” To which Reiner hears as he sits by the couch watching a drama, Scarlett hangs up, to which Monty sighs.

“She has work to attend to, she’s busy as hell anyway. So it’s alright.” Monty says as he puts on his pair of boxers and just dries off his towel.

“Not the first time, she bailed on you has she?”

“A for effort.” Monty tells as he takes a cigarette to his lips, as he snaps his fingers to light it, igniting it as he takes a whiff. Letting the smoke out with ease, as he sighs.

“Work can’t always be her excuse, she finds you interesting and says she wants to know you better, yet she just keeps pulling this s**t on. She should really keep it together, or she won’t even be able to know you before you leave.”

“She’s just busy.” Reiner looks at Monty with his eyebrows raised and a blank expression yet his eyes show that he is disappointed with that answer.

“If she really wants to know you, she could at least offer to reschedule. Sometimes I think this girl can be clueless.” Reiner tells Monty who is loading a Mossberg M590A1 tactical, executing a quad four load with his right hand, with four shells lined up to his palm. He lines his right hand’s palm to the loading gate of the shotgun, pushing the four shells in his thumb quickly. With the second set of quad four reload, the shotgun is already at full capacity, as he pushes the last shell into it.

“Where are you going?”

“On patrol, I need to clear my head.” Monty answers, then seeing Reiner nodding to him.

“Go on, Command says we got Vampires by Archibald’s Hotel.” Monty nods as he has the shotgun slung to his back.

“Got it,I’m bringing incendiary shells and slugs blessed by the Moonlight Servantes.” Reiner also throws Monty a revolver, black grips with grooves, night sights.

“Vampires are a lot tougher than werewolves, you might need to use a bigger gun to keep them off. That’s a Taurus Raging Bull revolver, fires the .44 magnum. Point blank shots to keep them at bay,then just light them up with Aries’s flames if you want.” Monty nods as he swings the chamber to the side, loading 6 rounds of .44 into it. He holsters it to his chest, while his thigh keeps his Heine 10MM pistol. Monty sighs as he puts the machete by the back of his hip.

“Command, this is Sierra 1. On Call.” Monty says as he jumps out of the window, landing on the next rooftop which was 10 storeys below his apartment with ease and silence.

“Sierra 1. Archibald Hotel is 30 blocks away, double time.” Monty runs ahead, making his way to the hotel with the shotgun in hand as he jumps to the building. The beautifully constructed Archibald Hotel with amazing Roman influenced designs on the walls and the pillars. Monty runs in with the Ghost Cam active, rushing to the Banquet hall. Seeing a large family celebrating what seems to be a wedding. Though, Monty could feel a familiar presence. Someone he knows really well, looking at the front. He could see Scarlett Grayson, wearing a red dress which hugs her body yet not tight enough to show her curves. It is elegant and to Monty, it showed Scarlett in a much different way, she is a woman but this dress makes her look like a lady.

Monty looks at the 12 Vampires that turn to him, showing their sharp fangs with their talons covered in blood. Seems like they’ve been toying with a few people and so they jump to Monty for an all out attack.

“Aries.” Monty whispers, setting loose the ram skull demon in a suit to stand in front of him. The black flames send the vampires back. Aries’s red eyes glow out like sparkling rubies, his fingers burning with black and white flames.

“You called, Master?” Aries asks as he snaps his fingers again, turning the two flames into black and white kukris.

“Red.” To which they see a red cloaked being wielding a scythe appear before them, with arms looking like bones for a minute, then looking like a pair of muscular arms built for combat. The face is obstructed by the cloak.

“Your orders, my Pactmaker?” the two of them ask Monty who is pumping the shotgun.

“Keep the innocent safe.”

“As you command.” The two demons make their way to stand in front of Scarlett and her family.

“Don’t worry, we will protect you.” A vampire jumps to him, Monty turns firing his shotgun. Unleashing an incendiary shot followed by the two slugs which send the vampire flying to the wall. Monty quickly reloads then points the shotgun forward again, preparing to shoot more of them. Three of them rush to him, whereby Monty dodges to the side. Pointing his shotgun forward firing 5 shots into one of them, blowing the vampire’s arm off. Followed by running close with the machete. Monty throws him down, then hacking the vampire’s head off to decapitate it.

Monty puts the shotgun aside, then drawing the Raging Bull revolver with his machete in hand. Two of them rush to him, Monty points the revolver to the Vampire’s head, firing the shot. Sending the vampire taking a few steps back, followed by a shot into the heart. The second Vampire tries to strike Monty from behind, to which it is left with Monty slashing its head off in an instant. To which the dead vampires turns to dust.

‘Just kill them. Just keep going.’ Monty thinks as he rushes forward to the remaining few, then a cloak covers him, with a scythe in hand. Red stands by as he watches the cloak fade away from Monty, revealing a man in a wine red tailcoat wielding the scythe wearing a bird skull mask,rushing at one Vampire slicing him in half, followed by the flames.

“Red, Aries!” Red makes his move, like the grim Reaper in a moment’s notice, he was behind the other Vampire, decapitating it with ease followed by Aries who has his legs wrapped on the Vampire’s shoulders, then decapitating it which is followed by him executing back flips. The kukris spin in Aries’s hands.

The remaining vampires look at them with fear, unsure of what to react. As the sight of their fellow vampires to be eliminated with such ease is a scary sight to behold.

“How dare you, Human! Why would you demons follow him!? Join us! We will rule this earth under the leadership of Lord Srinxall!” Aries and Red just scoff at the vampire’s words. Then they disappeared from sight.

“Srinxall. That’s a name that has… Not been heard for aeons.” Red looks at Monty, whose appearance reverts back to his previous Sierra 1 combat outfit. Aries looks concerned as well, to which Aries is suddenly quiet, his hands burn with bright flames.

“Master, I sense my brethren.” Aries’s eyes are focusing on the wall. Seeing a lion made of flames jumping into the building, then burning a red flame which changes its form to be a human standing up. Silver hair, white skin, a he is thin but not skinny as his muscle are seen. The silver haired man wearing a tank top, with his long hair adjusted with the sleek back hair style. A youthful appearance, a smile,

“You are exposing yourself too much.” Aries says that with a fierce tone, which is meant to remind his younger brother Leo, to be careful as he is too flashy with his entrance.

“Right, I forgot. No grand entrances, but look. We got a situation. A lot of the high ranking demons are on the prowl. Someone opened the door.” Monty’s sigh, which was noticed by the demons is raising concern among them.

“It just had to be that door. No matter, the demons will not foolishly attack civilians, we will just have to make due with whatever it is. Leo, you do not have a pactmaker yet correct?”

“Yeah, I don’t.” Aries turns to Monty then giving him a nod.

“My name is Leo of the Zodiacs. I burn the bright red flames of anger.I challenge you, Pactmaker!” Monty nods as a scythe forms next to him, clearly it is made of bones with demonic engravings.

“I accept your challenge..” To which the crowd of humans, as well as Scarlett who stands to observe. Aries and Red stand before the crowd on both ends. Leo draws out a pair of short swords holding them with a reverse hand. The swords lack the hand guard that is common with other swords, but they make up for it with sharpness.

Leo dashes to Monty as he holds the blades forward, Monty dodges to the side swinging the scythe to cover the distance, Leo rolls to the side attempting to strike Monty’s right hip, which Monty blocks with the rod of the scythe as he pushes Leo back, Leo executes a back flip, then looking at Monty with caution.

“Tch.” Leo rushes towards Monty, whereby Monty puts his hand forward and unfolding his fingers from his fist. Monty blows through the mask, creating a strong surge of wind that keeps Leo at bay.

“My pact name is Blaze Ashworth.” To which Scarlett looks at the one before her, a face that is similar to Monty yet much more refined, distinct cheekbones and jawline, crimson red eyes wearing a red tailcoat with a pair of sickles by his hips and the revolver by his thigh. Leo charges again, only to see Monty right in front of him, wielding a pair of sickles unleashing a flurry of strikes.

Leo ducks as he barely dodges the first strike, then rolling to the side, only to see Monty combines the two sickles to form a scythe. Monty’s might swing is close to hit Leo’s head as Leo immediately falls then rolling to the side as he stands back on his feet.

“For a human.. You’re skilled.” Leo compliments Monty before he rushes to Monty with the short swords, Monty takes a step to the side. Then following it up with a kick to Leo’s chest, sending him flying to the wall. Leo rushes to Monty in his lion form, only to see Monty giving Leo a glare, which stops him in his tracks.

“I concede.” To which the crowd sees Leo turning into a human being once more, kneeling before Monty.

“From this day onward, I. Leo shall serve Pactmaker Blaze Ashworth. I will ignite the flames upon your foes, my master.” Leo says to Monty.

“Red. Can we fix the room?” Red nods as he raises his hand, his skeletal hands being seen by the world and he snaps his bony fingers. The damaged walls, the damaged plates all revert to what it is before. The ashes of the fallen vampires are blown away by the wind, Aries and Leo looks at the crowd.

“We apologize for what has happened, we hope you will continue to have a great night.” The two of them bow after saying that, turning to Monty as they wait approval from their master to leave.

“Have a good night.” Red, Leo and Aries have disappeared while Monty stands to attention, then he reverts back to his Sierra 1 uniform, picking up the shotgun that had fallen in front of Scarlett.

“Um… Thank you.” Monty looks at her briefly, nodding before disappearing from sight. Scarlett looks at Blaze(she doesn’t know it’s Monty) and keeps thinking about how familiar he looks as well as how he is quite handsome.

Though, Scarlett is thinking back, about how Monty is. His mysterious demeanour, a handsome beauty with the long hair and those earrings. Scarlett could not help but wonder what kind of person is he. Monty smiles weakly, but that smile does not seem right, it seems so twisted yet it is the smile he chooses to show people. It’s a smile that looks so painful to make.

The way Scarlett thought of it, is like a Black Knight who is brutal but, his behaviour shows he is a white knight. A kind person who helps others, just as how he had helped Scarlett with the students and on other matters.

Scarlett could feel her heart racing whenever she thought of him, whenever she kept thinking of him. Monty, why are you such a mystery?

‘Is it his eyes?’

‘Is it the way he looks at me?’

‘What does he think of me?’