31 City of Ravens 17 (2/2)
”It looked nice.”
”Here is the situation. You are bad at lying, and I know you know Emily Flores and that she asked you to get pictures of that stone tablet because she wants to translate something. I know you want to help her, but she is a terrorist, and what she wants to translate is a message with instructions!”
”What?”
”It's true. She lost her massage key when we raided her place, that why she asked you for help! And what you took a picture of is the base that the terrorist used to make their secret code, and it can be used to translate the message!”
”Is that really true?”
”Yes, and you can help us stop her from doing something terrible!”
”… Ok. I will help you.” I said. I started to walk towards the man and deactivated my soul image. But halfway through he stopped me.
”Wait. Can you first remove that mask?” he said.
”Sure.” I moved my hand closer to the mask, and as I was about to lift it I pushed as hard on the floor lunching myself towards him whit my soul image manifested again! My fist moved fast, but it was only a feint, my leg moved and kicked him in the ankle!
The sound of cracking and cold, like before ice showed up and blocked my attack! I swung my fists like a wild beast with full force, the sound of cracking ice and the ever so slightly more serious expression of the man in black didn't help me calm down.
With one hand blocking all off my punches, ignoring all the kicks as the ice became thicker around his body. He pushed on my chest! Like a log, I fell and rolled on the floor and stopped before the edge. My eyes widened, and with a smirk, I got back up and watched as the man in black walked up to me.
”There is no need for you to persist, I'm stronger. End this and come with me like a good boy.”
”I don't feel like doing that!” I expanded my soul image growing a few centimeters! Shining like a second sun, I attacked with full force!
He blocked, and the ice armor on his body cracked with some pieces fell to the floor. With his shock, another kick arrived sending backward. When he stabilized his stance, he could only see me taking a step back and falling.
I transformed my fingers into claws forcing them into the wall slowing down my decent. With my legs, I pushed myself off the wall reaching the opposite building. I broke through the window landing in someone's apartment. Ignoring the shocked family, I run while I ditched the hoodie and the baseball cap I was wearing.
My backpack was the most obvious thing he could identify me, so I grabbed a plastic bag from the floor and put my stuff there before throwing it away as well.
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”I lost him.”
”Sigh… that's too bad. Write down the route he took, give it to the scrapers division and have them pull all the footage from the area.”
”Yes…”
”… if there is anything that you want to tell me, this is your chance.”
”Yes, sir. It's his power. I never saw anything like that. It looks like a light element, but the defense he can exhibit doesn't fit it. It can only be a very bizarre and powerful mutation. If he grows any stronger…”
”Hmmm… send me the footage of him. I will take a look at him.”
”Yes, sir.”
”I'm leaving the country for a while, so you need to find that person on your own. Fucking Moscow is making trouble again.”
”What about the incident in Hawaii?”
”The Butcher? He got away after torturing five men. He keeps locating our cells around the world, and we still don't know what he wants.”
”…”