Dark and Askal pant, horrified as they see the body of the tall, stalky deceased horse-headed man.
"We gotta hide the body..." said Dark. "You still got those bone saws?"
Askal's eyes go sparkly. "YES!!!"
Askal smiles as she dances, stepping left to right, with the biggest smile on her face while she sawed each of the Horseman's limbs off his body. Askal smiles while hacking the horse down. She smiles and dances to "Buwan" while the horse is decapitated and torn into various pieces of meat. The siblings then burn the horse alive, while Dark is traumatized, Askal smiles, laughing and turning to him while warming her hands by the fire.
Dark sighs and just shakes his head dismissively.
Dark and Askal, having the body gone and burned, then hear the Knight Corps' sirens nearby.
Dark's and Askal's eyes widened, and they darted away into the forest.
"I SEE TWO VIGILANTES RUNNING AWAY FROM THE LOCATION OF THE BURNING TIKBALANG!!!"
"OVER THERE!!! PERMISSION TO SHOOT TO KILL?"
Then, gunfire is heard while the pair runs into the forest.
Dark growls. "Fuck! Motherfucker!"
"You alright?" asked Askal.
"I got fucking shot with some kinda pepper-doused bullet! FUCK!!!" yelled Dark.
"Will you keep your voice down!?"
"You keep YOUR voice down, bitch!"
"Oh. Very funny. Now you know it's an insult, you call me one."
"Fuck... Just. Shut up and call Hercules."
"Ughhh!!!"
Hercules picks up the phone. "Who's this?"
"Herc. I need your help!" yelled Dark.
Hercules looks to the left. "Did... Did you clone my phone to get its number!?"
"Just shut up and listen! I killed a Tikbalang! Filipino Horse monster. Now the Knight Corps wants us killed!"
Hercules' eyes widen. "OH, FUCK!!!" Hercules stands back up and puts on his suit, with a huge H at the center of his suit's chest and flies away. He also wore a lion's mane as a cape.
Dark then grabs Askal, and they both climb the trees.
Askal takes out her kris blade but Dark shakes his head. Askal groans and puts it back in its scabbard.
The Knights, all wearing metallic suits, shot at a microsquirrel that simply crawled up to hide.
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"It's dusk," said one Knight, looking at the horizon. "They'll be out here soon."
Dark sighs and shakes his head, only for the soldiers to each have their armors deactivated from some kind of EMP bomb, causing them to fall over to the ground.
Dark and Askal land, while the other troops from a distance shot at the pair. The pair reach the Kagitinganmobile and ride in while Kagitingan, who is on the wheel, smirks at them.
"Hey, guys! So, tough night, huh?" smiled Kagitingan.
"FUCKING STEP ON IT, FATASS!!!" boomed Dark.
"Alright, alright, geez..." Kagitingan steps on the accelerator and leaves the area.
Suddenly, they hear screaming, and in the distance, yet again, another Tikbalang slams his hooves on the ground, talk, stalky, gaining more muscle as he charges forward to kill the group.
The Tikbalang neighs at them as Dark grabbed a handgun and shot at the horse-headed monster.
The creature just kept charging.
"Fuuuuck!" yelled Dark, sitting back. "Um. Um... okay. Shit fuck..." Dark takes out and begins praying the rosary.
Askal facepalms. "What the fuc'king shit are you doing!?"
"Prayers always work, Emi!"
Askal shakes her head only for suddenly, Hercules to dropkick the head of the Tikbalang and crush it.
Hercules flew next to the team's Kagitinganmobil, zooming in the air with his hands forward.
"Hey, Herc!" smiled Dark. "How many extremist conservatives can screw up a light bulb in the Philippines?"
Hercules just stays quiet.
"NONE!!! There ain't no such thing as Philippine political ideologies!" laughed Dark.
"This really is NOT the appropriate time, Dark."
"Wait... I got another one about Americans."
"Dark. You're half Caucasian and half Aswang. You are NOT Filipio," said Hercules.
"How many extreme Conservative and Liberal Americans can screw up a light bulb?"
"I am an American citizen-..."
"NONE!!! Both are SO RACIST that they'd rather beat the color out of the room and complain about the latest box office movie being woke or some shit. Woke isn't even a fucking word!" laughed Dark. "Like, what does that even mean? 'Awake?'"
"It was originally meant to be a word of respect for minorities-..."
"OH SNAP!!! We got a Murrican over here!"
Kagitingan laughs.
"Christ's sake, Kagitingan. Don't encourage this dumbass," said Hercules.
"Just a little comedic fun right here!" smiled Dark.
"Your humor is fucking pissing people off. Just stop it," said Hercules.
"Why? It's how my Dad used to joke," said Dark.
"Yeah. I agree. I agree with that-..." Askal would be cut off by Hercules.
"Yeah? Well, your father is a racist. And you know that," sighed Hercules.
Dark sighs while his eyes darted down. "Right. Sorry."
"And stop culturally appropriating. You're white."
"My mother is an Aswang. Her culture is Filipino. I may not look the part but I damn well deserve to be a part of that culture," said Dark. "So stop... FUCKING calling me out on that. Okay?"
Hercules just sighs and flies forward.
Askal smirks. "Dude. Wanna blow stuff up in the compound later?"
"I'm not in the fucking mood, Askal," said Dark.
"John! I ordered a breakroom! One that YOU specifically WANTED..." she smirked.
"You mean, the one where we actually get to break stuff?" smiled Dark.
Upon reaching the compound where they were taken in, Dark and Askal happily just break various appliances into pieces. From old televisions, to blenders, radios, and boom boxes, the pair just laugh while happily tearing them down.
Hercules just shakes his head, seeing the siblings upon the chaos. "Fucking sociopaths. Don't they realize how big this is? Their next assignment is to visit fucking Shinpinoshima. An island in the very much disputed South Sino Sea."
"West Philippine Sea," said Habagat.
"Sir. With all due respect. I'm only here to pay of my debt. Not work with sociopaths."
"You destroyed a kaiju and caused significant destruction in Davao City. I think it's best that you stay here, Hercules. But if you wanna walk, walk. All I need are those two. Our world needs a terrible person, and these two are all we've got. Tomorrow, we'll be assassinating a Congressman's family before they visit the island. C'mon."
Hercules sighs, closing his eyes.
Dark opens the file and is horrified.
Askal's eyes widen.
"This is a child," said Dark.
"I know," said Habagat. "We all know you don't have a problem killing, right?"
Askal opens her mouth. "We don't kill kids. That's against our code."
"Yeah. I don't give a fuck," said Habagat. "You're killing them or you both die."
Dark's fingers can be seen twitching.
"Well?" asked Habagat.
Dark and Askal stayed silent...