*Hey guys. How are you all doing during the summer? Good? So-so? Meh? Well, the good news is that this is the final part of the episode. Phew! I did notice that I didn't include Goat, Michael, Jean, Vicky, and E.B's adventure. Don't worry...they will be in the next episode. In fact, the next episode will revolve around them along with Guy and the others. I might be able to publish a new episode this weekend or the next since I'm going to be really busy with life. LOL! This last part is published on June 30, 2020. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this part and this episode. If you like this part, please vote and/or comment. That would be much appreciated. Have a blessed day! Enjoy! Warning: This is a short part.*

Ted, Gluntz's father, peeked through the curtains to see a group of heavy black trucks outside of the cabin in the woods.

"We're surrounded," Ted uttered the news to his wife, Nancy.

Gluntz and Louis spied through the back windows and noticed a group of trucks out there too.

"Dad's right. What are we going to do?" Gluntz muttered her question to Louis, who's pondering about what to do himself.

Louis turned to Ted and Nancy. "Do you guys happen to have a secret passage?"

Ted arched a brow. "Yes, but we're not going to leave our house. This is our land and they won't take that away from us."

"Rejoice! Your end will be spared if you cooperate with us!" A voice shouted from outside.

Nancy covered her mouth with her hands. "Ted...they had their guns ready."

Ted shifted his glance over at Louis. "We have to protect what we valued most, even if it's with our lives."

Ted quickly headed over by his wife while taking out his shotgun to fight those cultists outside.

Louis took in what Ted said. He shifted his gaze at Gluntz, who's staring out of the window and gripping tightly on the rifle leaning up against the wall next to her. He stared at her for a moment, pondering about what to do. He knew that there's only four of them against a whole army of cultists out there. Gluntz and her parents don't have enough weapons to fight back against them.

An idea popped into Louis's head. He knew that it's going to be risky for him and for Gluntz...as well as her parents. But he knew...he had to protect what he valued most.

Louis exhaled deeply and faced the opening to the secret library Gluntz's parents had. "Time to get to work."

He immediately strode into the library, putting his goggles up into his eyes that he kept hidden underneath his jacket collar. He pulled up a blue bandana to cover his mouth and nose as well as throwing his hood on over his head.

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Meanwhile, Gluntz waited anxiously for the cultists to make their first move from the back of the cabin. Her heart pounded hard against her chest while she gripped tightly on the rifle that had been leaning next to her for some time. She heard footsteps walking away from her.

"Where did Louis go?" She heard her father questioned. Gluntz quickly turned her head and noticed that her partner disappeared. Ted and Nancy were staring at her with concern gazes at their daughter.

Gluntz shrugged her shoulders. "He's probably looking for a weapon and--"

As Gluntz trailed off into where Louis could've gone, there's a fight going on behind her from outside that showed a dark hooded figure taking down a group of men. Ted and Nancy had their eyes broadened when they noticed a hooded figure taking out the men.

"--I mean, Louis couldn't have gone too far--"

"Sweetie, I don't mean to interrupt but...I think he's outside," Nancy pointed behind her daughter and guessed the hooded figure's identity.

Gluntz turned around and noticed a few dead bodies of the men who were in the backyard. The bodies appeared to be recently slaughtered and left behind quickly. Before Gluntz could question further about the bodies, she heard the guns cocking from the front yard of the cabin.

"We have you completely surrounded!" The voice continued to echo from the house. "Hand over your daughter and her halfling boyfriend!"

"They're not in a relationship!" Ted yelled while pointing his shotgun out the window. But then, he turned his head to look at Gluntz. "Are you guys sure that you're not in a relationship?"

"Ted, this is not the time to ask that," Nancy whispered harshly to her husband.

Gluntz noticed a shadow figure skulking behind the army of cultists. Before she could point out the figure, a grenade was tossed under one of the vehicles. The vehicle exploded into bits with the driver and the man who manned the machine gun inside of it. When the other groups turned around with their guns pointed at somewhere else, the hooded figure revealed himself in the light of the fire.

The figure kicked the first man that had his gun up to him. The men pursued him with their battle cries but all that did was make them easier for him to take down one by one without even trying. He used one of the men as a shield for the other men to fire their machine guns at him. He charged towards the vehicle with the human shield and slid underneath the vehicle and slammed a small bomb in it. As soon as he got out from underneath the vehicle and ran a bit far from it, the vehicle blew up and tossed in the air. It crashed into the other vehicle, instantly burning it and killing off the men in the vehicles. The figure turned to face the priest, who held up a handgun at his face.

The figure gave a little chuckle as he immediately took the handgun by the hand and switched the aim on the priest. The priest had no weapons to defend himself with. The priest raised his hands up a little bit.

"Who are you?" The figure growled, glaring at the priest darkly. "What do you want from us?"

"We know who you are--"

"I didn't come here and fight all of your men just for a self-reflection," The figure interrupted with a snarl. "Who are you people and what do you want from us?"

There's a distant pause as the priest sighed deeply.

"We are mere men who listened to what the whispers told us to do. The whispers tell us everything about everyone. You are the one who murdered one of our kind. And he wants you."

"Who's he? Who do you work for?"

"He didn't give us his name. But he wants the Outsider with supernatural powers as well as his friends and family. You and the woman are one of them," The priest answered while groaning a bit in pain.

"G-Guy?"

The priest nodded his head.

"What does 'he' want from Guy?" The figure interrogated the priest.

The priest's body shook with a wry smile. "He-he has a much greater purpose in our conquest if we can persuade him."

"If?"

"Oh, what am I saying...? We-We will persuade him...one way or the other."

Before the figure could inquire further from the priest, the priest collapsed on the ground. Blood trickled down from his nose and his mouth while his eyes were left wide open. Life faded from his eyes and his body became pale like his soul left his body immediately. The priest could no longer breathe and his body was laid still on the dirt road.

The figure lowered the handgun and put it away in his jacket for safekeeping. He gazed down at the priest and knelt down on the ground to feel his pulse. He couldn't feel the priest's pulse as he sighed heavily. He hovered his hand above the dead priest's open eyes and gently close them for him.

"Hands up!" Someone familiar shouted from behind him. He slowly stood up on his feet while raising his gloved hands up. "Turn around!"

The figure slowly turned around to face Ted, Nancy, and Gluntz, who walked out of the cabin to approach him. Gluntz seemed convinced that the figure was on her side while her parents were a bit suspicious about who's underneath the hood.

Ted set his stare at the figure with his rifle pointing at him. "Show yourself." 

Ted said it in a calm manner, maybe he must have figured out who the figure was but still wanted to be sure just in case.

The figure nodded his head in obedience. He pulled down his bandana and goggles, hiding his face for a moment until he threw off the hood. Gluntz had her jaw dropped with Nancy covering her mouth in shock. But Ted didn't seem shocked.

Louis appeared to be timid about revealing himself to Gluntz's family...even to Gluntz herself. "I'm only protecting what I valued most, sir."

There's a brief pause between them with Ted smirking.

"I like him," Ted uttered as he turned to Nancy and Gluntz. "We better get the fire extinguisher before there's going to be a forest fire."

"Right," Nancy replied and headed straight into the cabin to get the fire extinguisher.

Ted lowered his gun and walked past his daughter, who seemed completely shocked and just stood there idly.

Louis slowly approached her while rubbing his arm nervously. "I-um-can explain--"

"I--I knew it!" Gluntz blurted out excitedly and unexpectedly. "I knew you're an assassin!"

"W-What?" Louis gasped, shocked that she knew about him being an assassin.

"I knew it! Man, you had no idea how many times I second-guessed myself," Gluntz replied with a laugh.

Louis arched a brow. "How in the world did you even know?"

"Oh! I kind of figure with all the advanced technology and fighting skills that you're not exactly a detective. Most detectives would be stuck behind desks and wouldn't even get out of town to solve a 'case'. However, I did learn from BADGUY college that there's some kind of facility where they trained the assassins to take down criminals and kill people if absolutely necessary. Fun fact: Most assassins who worked beside a group of people would lie about being a detective. So, when you said you're a 'detective' and you take down a lot of people, I figured that you're an assassin." She ended her sentence with a cute toothy smile.

"When did you figure it out?"

"Three months ago...but I had to second guess myself so many times because you're so good at acting. If I had to be honest, you have better acting skills than Sam," Gluntz whispered the last part with a wink and strolled back into the cabin.

Louis's cheeks burned up instantly after she walked away. His heart soared for some reason. It's almost like he couldn't stop smiling every time he looked at her. What was that feeling that's burning in his heart? It couldn't be love...could it? Maybe that's the right word to use. Louis groaned to himself for getting his head in the clouds and strode towards the cabin after Gluntz. 

To Be Continued...