Chapter 8 - Chapter 8.

(Flashback pauses)

Alice stopped telling the story for a second and looked at Nick seriously."Before i continue,you should know that the mission was assigned to us by the leader/boss of The Dark known as The Black Enigma."Nick looked unimpressed and cheekily said"So then let me guess,The Light's leader is known as The White Enigma?" and Alice nodded at which Nick just shook his head as he said"How stereotypical."

"Anyway let me continue the story.",Alice said with a disamused expression on her face.

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When they opened the door inside they found many scientists inside that were tasting green chemicals on some animals.One of the scientists put the liquid in a lion's mouth and as soon as it gobbled it up,it became completely red. then grew to thrice it's size but when it tried to move it exploded immediately shrinking back to it's regular size and living behind a grey corpse.

"It's just like the report said,they're testing their mutation serum on animals to later give it to The Light's army.",Alice whisoered to Nick."Well then all we have to do is stop them before they make any further progress and complete our mission which is to destroy the mutation serum."One of the scientists looked toward the door and yelled"Somebody stop them,get them before they can take away our precious serum."

Nick and Alice rushed to the scientists but were stopped by a slim man in all black with what looked like a backbone in his hand."GO,HURRY AND TELL DR.STEIN THAT THE ENEMIES HAVE ARRIVEDDDDDD!!!"All of the scientists were running but one who had a yellow chemical liquid in a small glass tube and he walked up to the man and said"Drink this,it will give you a better advantage."The man took it from the scientist's hands and drank it then the scientist ran upstairs to catch up with his colleagues.The man attacked Nick first going with a thrust then a slash all of which Nick dodged almost effortlessly.

The man dropped the backbone on the ground and manifested a skull which he was gripping in his left hand and a femur which he had in his right hand.He rushed to Alice and when he reached her,he hit her with the skull he had in his left hand almost making her lose conciousness and making her dizzy.Nick reached Alice before she could hit the ground and caught her letting her lay in his lap then the man walks towards them and raised his right arm with the femur still in it about to strike them when suddenly he dropped it and stopped moving.

The man's torso started to glow a yellow color implying an explosion and when Nick realised what was happening,he put his hand on his chest and pulled it away from it showing a blue orb and he pushed it into Alice's chest as three seconds later the man exploded destroying a portion of the large room.When the dust and smoke cleared,Nick and Alice were in the same spot without a scratch but the man was nowhere to be found as his body had been disintegrated.

"Hey,Alice,ALICE WAKE UP!",Nick screamed alittle desperate and that's when Alice groaned and said"Why'd you wake me up from my nice dream,meanie?" and Nick smiled out of gladness and responded"Cause i can."A man in a white lab coat,spiky white hair and glasses walked down the stairs of the building then touched the ground and created a throne-like chair out of what looked like green diamond and sat on it with his fisted hand on his cheek and said"So infiltrators,do you think you've won yet cause i'm your only remaining obstacle?"and Nick as he stood up after laying Alice down gently on the ground responded with"I can definitely handle a scoundrel like you,poser."

Nick slowly walked to the scientist and said"I presume you're Dr.Stein."and he nodded and said"And i presume your SoulRipper."When Nick heard what the scientist doctor said,he was shocked and stopped walking."How do you know that?" and he replied"I'll let you take a guess,it rhymes with bator."The Doctor then waved his hand and spears made of green diamond came from the ground at extremely high speeds and were barely dodged by Nick."I have to say,your as powerful as i've heard.",Dr.Stein remarked as he stood up from his throne and manifested a gigantic green diamond fist-like glove on his right hand then hit the ground making it and other objects shake but Nick still didn't waver.

The Scientist manifested a big green diamond shield on his left hand and ran at Nick who punched the shield but to no avail then the doctor tried to punch him with the big fist but he dodged to the side then the doctor backfisted him which almost made him fall but he brought himself back up.The Doctor tried to hook him but using his kalaripayattu techniques,he jumped over it then landed and tried to punch the doctor but he manifested diamond on his cheek and so didn't feel the impact of Nick's punch.

Nick backflipped behind three times then landed perfectly on his feet.The Doctor manifested in mid-air a spike made of green diamond and launched it at sound breaking speeds as it pierced Nick then he launched knife-like projectiles at his body as he finally also punched him breaking the wall behind him and making him fall down then pierced his body which was lying down on the ground with multiple spears made of green diamond.

It appeared as if Nick was already dead."Hahahaha how funny,to think that you thought you would kill me and now i'm gonna finish off your friend too who is already weakened.",Dr.Stein said as he turned away from Nick and faced toward Alice while walking towards her barely concious state.Dr.Stein who was looking away couldn't see it but Alice who already had no doubts could,a figure who looked pissed off rose from the decimated wall and followed Dr.Stein."Well girly,it looks like this is the end of the line for you.",Dr.Stein said as he maniacally smirked then saw Alice's gaze and when he looked to see what she was looking at,he froze in his steps as it was none other than Nick who looked like he could murder someone right now.

"First you experiment on animals who have done nothing to you,then you dispose of your own people and now you want to..

...",Nick said as he took a pause then had a verbal outburst"AND NOW YOU WANT TO HURT MY FRIENDDDDDD?"and as soon as he said that,he walked towards the doctor leaving small foot shaped craters in the ground till he finally reached him as he was shaking with fear and they were inches away.

"H-h-how a-are you st-still al-alive?"and he responded"Cause i've got over 10000 souls."He looked directly into the doctor's eyes filled with fear and disbelief."This wasn't in the report given to us about you.",The Doctor informed."I don't care,suffer vermin.",Nick said as the doctor started screaming"AHHHHHHHHHHH."He could feel as if his whole body waa getting ripped to shreds and burned at the same time."Nick,stop or else we'll get in trouble with the captain for killing someone."Nick had a disappointed look as he rubbed the back of his neck and said"Yeah yeah i know,i wasn't gonna kill him,just save him at the last possible moment."

He stopped tearing apart Doctor Stein's soul and said to him with a smile"Don't worry i won't destroy your soul."This brought happiness to the doctor who sighed out of gladness until he heard Nick say while still wearing that closed eyes smile"I'll eat it instead."The doctor felt a chill go through him as Nick pulled the doctor's soul out of him and ate it.

Nick walked over to Alice and carried her bridal style and when they reached the outside,they found men and women from The Light waiting for them as they could now see and hear the red siren above the building's billboard.Nick looked at Alice and said"Alice i need you to do something,please?"and she replied"If you want me to go back without you then you should know that you can't count on me."Nick looked frustrated then desperate and said"That's an order from your vice-captain,GOOOOO!!!" and Alice shaked her head no and said"There's no way i'm leaving you behind."Nick sighed and said"Well i tried the easy way so now it's the hard way."

"You didn't say anything but i'm sure if your still weak right now you've been poisoned so find help at headquarters."He moved his hand making her stand up then he said"If i get lost or caught,i'm sure you'll find me so see you later Alice."Alice looked like she was trying to fight it but couldn't for some reason,she gave up then looked Nick in the eye and said"I will find you then i'll hit you in the balls for being such an asshole."She smiled at him and he smiled back then he made her teleport.

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"And that's basically all i remember and as you can figure out now,you got caught.",Alice said as she finished telling the story."Oh and also by the way....",Alice said as she kneed him in the balls getting a pained look from him as he fell to the ground and said in a pained voice"Yep,i deserved that but atleast we both kept our solemn words to eachother right?."as she replied"Well i'm not actually sure i found you,you're not exactly the same as i knew you before but let's see if in the future that changes."Alice walked away from him with a smile and left the school probably going to her home.

Nick stood up still gripping his balls and met up with Zhakari and the driver outside who both gave him funny looks till Zhakari gave him an understanding one and whispered in his ear"Let me guess,the wrong pickup line?"and Nick replied"Let's say yes."They got in the car and went home.

The next day,they came to school and it was time for club tryouts and as Nick was walking to the Archery Club he ran into Sabrina and she asked him"Which club are you going to?"and he replied"The Archery Club,you?" and she said"The Swimming Club,we both have two free periods after recess so let's study together then in the main hall."Nick nodded and said"Sure,meet you there."They both then went to opposite directions to eachother going to their picked clubs for tryouts.

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Nick looked frustrated but was still pumped up and ready to fight when a disc-like projectile was shot into his head from mid-air by a boy in The Light.A lady then walked to him,touched him then disappeared with him.The rest were about to go too when a figure wearing a celtics hoodie appeared and started slaughtering them till all but the assailant of Nick were on the ground dead.Nick's assailant shaked in fear and was about to run but the figure appeared infront of him and that's when he saw the figure's red eyes and screamed as the figure killed him too.He went inside and killed all the scientists too then he walked away from the scene and disappeared in the distance.