Enforcers 96 The City They Called Chrysanthemum

"-and that was how my family led the great revolution to the Emperor's forefront in an attempt to claim the throne for ourselves!" Sera announced. "Any questions?"

"What I wasn't listening?" Hero said just coming to.

"Wait? So your family tried to steal the throne of Red?" Ken said with wide eyes. "How the hell us your family still able to be trusted?"

"We aren't!" Sera announced. "There's a reason I had to ask to receive a letter!"

"What did I miss exactly?" Hero questioned blinking in confusion.

"As a Noble family of the twenty sacred Branches, it is my duty to try and make a grab for the throne!" Sera announced. "But... Only the strongest of the Twenty Noble Branches are allowed to be the Emperor. Because of that I am honored bound to raise up in power, by becoming an Enforcer. Then and only then will I be able to be Empress Sera!"

"Seriously what did I miss!"

"Shut up Hero!" Both girls said.

Nick let out a sigh as he lowered himself down in his chair. "How did I get stuck with babysitting duty..."

Over on the other side of the train, Dawson stared out the window as it roared down the tracks. There was an awkward silence between the two Reserves as the train made several loud roaring sounds.

"My best friend... His name is Jackson Storm. In a situation like this, he would normally say a joke to break this silence..." Dawson said slowly as his animalistic yellow eyes gave off a predatory glow.

Ren gave a small smile as her cold, and hurt blue eyes seemed to shine for a second. "Your friend sounds nice..."

"Yeah... He is." Dawson muttered. "Jackson is... Well, he is a strange Noble. There is a recruit I am slightly worried about. His name is Kitsune Nine. He's like Jackson. Almost too much like him... Nine seems to be running from something. Himself maybe? He seems to take on the aspects of everyone around him. Him and Hero get along very well."

"Hero... He's that boy over there correct..."

"Yes, Ma'am," Dawson said giving a nod.

"He's the opposite of you... Just me being near him is enough to make him break out into a smile... That boy wants to be happy. Even if he is feeling something else he'll let my power wash over him."

"Hero's a brave boy. He's been through a lot. I think... Honestly, I'm not to focus on Hero."

Ren let out a small laugh as she gave a light smile. It seemed to be a real smile this time as a small giggle escaped her lips. "I'm a bit jealous of you Mr. Blight..."

"Of me?"

"You have so many people around you... You get to do so much... Being a Reserve member on Squad Seven it is actually rare that I get to go on a mission... Squad Seven is the greatest back up, Squad. Because of that fact, it is made up of several different units. Some groups in Squad Seven are more battle orientated. Others are more medical and support. Due to my Attribute, I have a strange outcome in missions so I am rarely given the chance to go on big missions like these..."

"Well... What changed today?" Dawson questioned raising an eyebrow. "Why'd you get a chance today?"

"I'm not sure. Lady Sif is a weird woman."

"You can say that again..."

The two Enforcers let out a small laugh.

There was a massive screeching sound as the entire train began to shake. Dawson peered out the black window seeing the darkness was suddenly broken from the light of the cities, artificial lighting. The train slowly began to come to a stop as the loud screeching got louder.

They had arrived at the city...

A few minutes later...

The group of Enforcers stepped out of the train as the metal gates to the city slowly swung open.

"Whoa... Very different from the other cities!" Hero said with wide eyes.

Chrysanthemums was certainly not like any of the other various cities... For one it was still pretty cold. There was a layer of snow that covered everything. It wasn't a blizzard like the rest of the world, but compared to the other cities this one was freezing cold...The artificial lights were also vastly different from any others... These ones were a bright purple, lighting the entire city in a purple glow and giving it a spooky look. Next was the buildings... They were all small. Not as tiny as the buildings found in a town but still much smaller than any of the ones found in other cities. They were also bunched together. The entire thing felt tight and closed off and several of the buildings actually went over each other stacking up higher and higher. Everything looked to be made from a cold dark metal causing it all to look darker than it actually was. At the back of the city was a massive golden looking building. Like every city, it was owned by a Noble and chances were that the massive golden mansion belonged to the Nobles...

"Yeah... This definitely isn't creepy..." Ken said letting out a sigh as she rolled her eyes.

"One of the lesser cities..." Dawson said letting out a heavy sigh. "It is sad but unfortunately some Nobles barely care about the people in their city. The end results are what you see now. A closed-off dark place. Out of all the cites, Chrysanthemums is the one with the highest rate of crime... It should be easy to find the problem... If we are lucky it'll only take us a month or two."

"Oh boy..." Ken said rolling her eyes once more.

"Our hotel is up ahead..." Sif muttered out quietly.

The group followed the Captain as the walked through the city. They got several strange looks which were completely justified. It was rare to see an Enforcer in a city like this... Much less A Captain, a Vice-Captain, Two Reserves, and Three recruits. They were packing some serious heat right now...
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The group walked for about another five minutes before finally stopping at a tall marble white building. This was the second biggest building in the city second only to the massive golden building. This building stood at nearly 5,794' feet. It was almost half the size of the Squad Zero building in Oleander.

It was a beautiful white color lined with snow. It stood tall and had no windows or anything really to speak of save for a metal door.

Sif slowly pulled a golden badge out with the words 'Enforcer' written on it. The metal door opened immediately.

"In every city, that isn't Oleander we have what we call the Marble pillars. They are basically fancy buildings for Enforcers, and Nobles to stay in, if they aren't in their own city." Dawson stated. "Behave and don't piss off the Automaton's..."

"The what?" Hero questioned.

"The Automatons... They are highly advanced robotics that listens to the current Emperor. When an Automatons reaches its breaking point and can no longer battle they are sent here to work as butlers. Careful as they are highly susceptible to getting pissed off and while they might not be in 100% shape they are still packed with weapons..."

"Why the hell would they have deadly killer robots be the butlers in places like these?" Ken questioned with wide eyes.

"Well... Let's just say that the current Empress is kind of an asshole and leave it at that..." Dawson muttered out. "Just be calm and... Try not to spill anything... Last time I was here Jackson slipped and split some tea and we were fighting off those damn robots for hours..."

"I'm starting to think that the Nation Of Red is screwed up..." Ken said slowly.

"That's an understatement." Sif hissed.

The group of Enforcer entered the building instantly being hit with a wave of heat. All the snow on them evaporated vanishing. The inside of the building was illuminated by a golden light. The inside looked like a scene in every generic Noble mansion. It was massive and filled with several fancy decorations.

Several metallic-looking knights all dressed in butler outfits walked back and forth. They made several loud clicking sounds as they turned to look at the group. Each one of them looked... Well, beat up? They had dents in them, and were missing limbs like arms, legs, fingers? They had holes in them and some had sparks flying out of them.

Others looked better but not by much... They had several pieces of scrap metal sticking out of them and molded into their body.

"Geez... These things do not look safe?" Hero hissed lightly.

One of the Automaton's turned to look at the group. It made a clicking sound. Then its upper half exploded.

"What the hell!"

"Oh yeah sometimes they explode," Dawson said giving a shrug. "It's okay. They mostly do it away from people."

The other Automaton's instantly tackled the more half of the one that blew up and began to rip its lower half into pieces.

"W...What are they doing!" Ken said with wide eyes as she jumped into the arms Of Nick.

"Well... It's dead so too the Automaton's that means it's spare parts." Nick said casually. "It is their circle of life."

Another Automaton walked up to the group as it gave a small bow. A small piece of paper slowly popped out of it as it handed it to Dawson.

Dawson looked it over then looked back up at the group. "Me, Sif, Nick, Ken, Hero, Sera, and Ren... That's seven of us..." He muttered out. "Lady Sif what do you want to do?"

Sif gave a small yawn. "I don't care... Just get three rooms." She said waving her hand.

Dawson gave a shrug. "Three rooms. Each room has two beds..."

Wait... Two beds three rooms... Three times two..." Hero muttered out counting on his fingers.

"Six Hero... It's six."

"Oh... What but there are seven of us?" Hero questioned.

"Not my problem," Sif said rolling her eyes. "There will be two groups of two, and one group of three. I choose Nick as my roommate." She stated. "If anyone else even tries to partner up with us I'll kill you."

Ren turned looking at Dawson for a moment. "I...If you don't mind I'd like to be in the same room as you..."

Dawson froze for a second but gave a nod. "I guess that just leaves the three recruits all sharing a room."

"What!" Hero said glancing back at Ken, and Sera. Both girls stared back at him. "Crap!"

A few minutes later...

Hero stared at the two beds as he glanced back and forth. "Damn it..."

Ken let out a small laugh as she took one of the beds. Sera quickly took the other. "Well. Guess you'll have to sleep on the floor. Unless you wanna sh"

Hero face planted into the ground. "Alright good night!" He called out.

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