Chapter Three: Ignition

[Leo]

Commander Jadyn ran around the corner and as I did as well, I was met with at least 10 men standing in front of him with a smile. I slowed to a trot and then stopped infront of them. I lowered my head and felt something overtaking my thoughts.

"Fools..." whispered in my head...

"I'm going to give you a chance to just get on your knees and take the bullet to the head like a man Leo." he said with a smile. "I'm much smarter than you are, your foolishness allowed me to get you alone in this small alley way...I'm smarter than you are...faster-"

"I doubt that." I interupted.

He went to reach for his pistol and discovered it was missing. He snarled at me, I only returned it with a smile.

"You're going to regret that, death is coming for you...Leo. Men, kill him."

They reached for their weapons but found them missing as well.

"You really think I didn't notice your men in the club as well? You're stupid as you are naive."

"Death is coming-"

"When death smiles on us all..." I said smiling even bigger, "...what can a man do but smile back?"

The first man came at me with quickness, un-human speed. As happened before, my arms reacted naturally, and without thinking. In a few quick jabs, the man who had attacked me was on the ground groaning.

"Impressive..." Jadyn muttered. "Seems we have a little bit of a problem here. You seem to be stronger than they said you were."

"They're known for underestimating their prey."

"Get out of the way." he said shoving the other men aside. "I'll deal with this one myself. His mouth is getting on my nerves."

The men parted ways and he stepped forward.

"You're going to die Leo."

"Funny, I've been told that exact prase so many times, I don't even know if I can stand hearing it anymore."

"Don't worr-"

"I know, I won't have to right?"

"How about we stop talking, and I kill you?"

I smiled. He threw the first punch and I dodged quickly to the left and grabbed his arm, throwing him into the street. Blue haze again, and again the world became colorful. Data analyzed infront of my field of vision. I blinked twice and again the haze intensified. This time I heard sounds clearly everything fell into place. Footsteps, rapid, 5 feet 9 inches per second, approx 2 miles per hour, weight, 190lbs, fat to muscle ratio 5:20.

My body naturally spun around as he came running back, he had another gun in his hand, it immediately illuminated red but quickly both the color code and sound dissappeared as soon as they came and I was met with the full force of Jadyn's fist, his gun fell to the ground, discovering it to be one I replaced as empty. As I fell to the ground, my hand reached out automatically and the weight from my fall naturally spun my body quickly around and knocked the feet out from under him.

I rose back to my feet slowly as he got back up himself.

"Very impressive."

Sirens sounded off in the distance as police appeared at the club and entered through the front door, other came in our direction, Jadyn snarled and looked back at me.

"We will meet again Leo...this isn't over...I'll collect the bounty, or else I'm going to be a very angry man."

"I aim to displease...Jadyn."

He snarled again and him and his men dissappeared. What the hell was I, what was that blue haze, and why was it coming in in intermittent bursts? And only when I was fighting. I needed answers, and I knew who to go to.

"Sarah, this is Leo. I need some info, I need to know about Black Company."

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.
The Banished Legion | Astral