8 pm in the evening.
A knocking came from the door and Maria went to get the door only to see a tall pale man standing in front of the entrance.
"Good evening, is Abel in" asked Mr. McCray.
"Yes and you are" reply Maria asking her own question.
"I'm his history teacher" said Mr. McCray.
"Oh, why don't you come in while I go get him" asked Maria.
"That won't be a problem" reply Mr. McCray with a nod before going in.
After going inside, Maria went to get Abel while their mother came to entertain the guest before asking what business the teacher had with her son which Mr. McCray answered without a question.
While they were interacting, Abel suddenly came and they begin to make their way for the door when his mother spoke up.
"please Abel do come home on time".
"You can rest assured that I will send him on his way after we are done with our little assignment" reply Mr. McCray with a smile before walking out.
After they have left his residence, Abel waited for them to get to a place that is devoid of people before speaking up.
"my mom told me a pretty lady came looking for me and I bet it's her".
"if she is the one that came in search of you, then your family are no longer safe which gives us more reasons why we should get rid of her before she continues to grow" reply Mr. McCray.
"There is no way that I am going to let her harm my family" said Abel with his fist clenched together.
"That's the spirit boy. Now listen up because I don't think I will have the time to tell you this so pay close attention to what I am about to say" reply Mr. McCray with a serious look on his face as he begins to speak to Jason telepathy.
"When we encounter the Arachne later on in a battle, make sure to protect your heart and head from being pierced by her and always aim to hit her in the head since it is the only way we can kill her".
"Got it sir" reply Abel with a nod and at the same time amazed about how Mr. McCray was able to speak to his mind directly instead of speaking out loud.
"One more thing, don't hold back your strength like you did the other time else you will only up slowing me down and causing your death" said Mr. McCray.
Abel nodded before leading the way towards the old building which didn't them much time only to see that the door was wide open like she has been expecting him. This time around, Mr. McCray took the lead and went inside with Abel following from behind.
After getting inside, they begin to search around in hope of finding the old lady but to their surprise the building was empty and Mr. McCray couldn't help but turn to Abel as he asked.
"Are you sure that we are in the right building"?
"This is the building sir, there is no way I will be able to get it" reply Abel.
And just then a laugh came from above them and they had to raise their head to take a look at what it was only for them to see a spider-like creature crawling in a cobweb.
"I thought that you are going to bring me more people for me to feed on but who would have thought that you just came with just him. And it seems like your wound has already healed up" said the old lady as he continue to move on the cobweb.
She was just about to say something when she noticed that Mr. McCray is just like him, filled with life force or better still be had more life force in him compared to the boy.
"Were you the one who came looking for me?" asked Abel.
"yes I did and your mother seems to like me a lot" reply the old lady before dropping down from the cobweb.
"you should have lay low while you are in this town because you are not the only strange creature seeking shelter here" said Mr. McCray before taking a step forward.
"This is your next training phase Abel instead of fighting someone who has no intentions of harming you, you will be fighting with your life at risk so use all that you have learned" added Mr. McCray before dashing forward.
"I have thought that the boy feels strange for him to have that much life force in him but seeing you too, I have come to conclude that the reason why you are able to gain that much life force in you is because you two are immortal" said the old lady with a chuckle.
"don't you think is a little bit late for you to know about our identity" reply Mr. McCray swinging his hand down like a claw on the old lady.
"What difference does it make if you are a vampire or human when I'm still going to feed on your life force" she said before spitting a silk out of her mouth in hope of sealing his legs in place.
Mr. McCray was able to avoid the silk easily all thanks to his super-speed before throwing his fist at the old lady who quickly left two of her spider legs to shield herself from getting hit before pushing Mr. McCray with the sheer strength of her legs.
"This fight is not going to be an easy one" muttered Mr. McCray to himself.
"Have you noticed the difference in our strength, you may be fast but I am stronger" said the old lady.
"I'm just getting started Arachne" reply Mr. McCray before pushing off once more as he went in a circle before delivering a slash and just as the old lady was about to fight back, Abel was already coming from the other side which give her no choice than to focus on defending against the two of them.