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Back at the girls room, Blaze and Mia weren't experiencing any more kind gestures or kindness and love that the boys lacked. In fact, they both had four of the same men that were in the boy's room currently in their room as well. And just like the boys, these men hadn't knocked nicely and asked that they should be allowed in. They had simply forced their way in by breaking the door quite easily and effectively.
"You know these four?" Blaze asked.
"Know them, you're the crazy one. I was thinking they came over because you invited them. Now I'm kind of wishing you did invite them. Please be you who called them over...". Mia began to chant but that didn't last long as it was put to an abrupt stop by the commanding voice of one of the men. And just like to the others, the two girls were immediately debriefed on what was going on and asked for their cooperation.
" You haven't told us what we have done wrong yet" Blaze said with a straight face. Usually she wasn't one to go out looking for trouble intentionally. No, that role suited Blair the most. But what she truly won't tolerate is somebody trying to oppress her and get their will done over hers. Point blank, she hated being controlled. And right now, there was a room full of people wanting to impose their will on her. It didn't look like things would go smoothly in the near future.
"I urge you to cooperate or you will be forced to". A man who was seemingly acting like their leader went on to say. But just like the others, he had the same gear on with nothing special about his appearance that separated him from the others. And right now the occupants in the room they were in weren't exactly interested in getting to know their visitors as they were more than excited now.
"I have always wanted to spar with someone other than a friend. And look what we have here" Blaze thought. Mia herself wasn't having a thrilling experience by any means. In fact she felt like she was the one caught in the middle of the whole thing. Not that she was scared, far from that as she had faced far scarier enemies than guys with swords and other weapons drawn. Her major fear was keeping blaze who was with her in control as she sometimes got a little bit "hot" headed.
"Look maybe it isn't exactly wise to fight them. I mean we could take them, but who knows what trouble it would cause the boys to get us out when they eventually find out". Mia said in an attempt to convince Blaze as she could feel the heat coming off the other which wasn't exactly a sign that the other was listening. Blaze who wasn't the typical trouble maker just wasn't acting herself right now and this bothered Mia as she knew the damage the Blaze could cause when excited. " we don't know why they have come for us, don't you think it would be a good idea to keep a clean slate till then?" Mia said again.
"Fine.." Blaze said and immediately turned around and got on her knees. Mia shortly followed and with their hands behind their back, they were bounded with a chain and dragged up by the men who began to shove them outside. "Don't you dare touch me, I'll walk myself" Mia said to one them that constantly kept on shoving her from behind to quicken her pace. As they got out of the room, they then realized how bad this could potentially be, as multiple men lined were positioned right outside their doors.
"They are a lot" Mia said as she took the numbers in. What was even more disturbing was how they all had their hands on their swords hilt, while some just outrightly had their weapons drawn. This of course just made the girls wonder the more what they could have done to deserve this much caution and attention.
"Yeah they are a lot and don't you think they are too much for us two?" Blaze asked. And just when she did, the man from earlier on, began to yell out orders to his men."Move... move..to the Dojo now!... Move!!" The man yelled out and immediately some of the men took to their heels running over to the Dojo. This of course left Mia and Blaze confused as they both failed to understand what was happening. Nevertheless, they had their own problem on ground and had no time to start worrying about something else.
Right now they were being escorted out of the female lodge by five men armed with swords and all sorts. And directly in front of the female lodge was the entrance to the male lodge. Although not usually as calm as the females, the energy coming off the place was obviously higher than usual and it didn't take the girls long to figure out why that was. As men rushed out of the female lodge, the opposite was what was happening at the male's. Rows of men went rushing into the area and it didn't take long for the girls to guess the exact reason why this was so as they saw a lightning flash shot up to the sky.
"The boys too?" Mia said under her breathe, but it was audible enough for Blaze to pick and give this reply.."More like Erwin". This didn't come too much as a shock to them as they had a good guess what was going on over there. But the sad reality was there was nothing they could do for now. At least not if they wanted more men on them than there already was. Complying with orders was simply what was best for now, but sadly the boys didn't think that way, now did they?.
Back at the boys room, the armed veteran soldiers had all forced their way in with some still left outside. The fact that they broke down the door was enough reason for the boys to know this wasn't a friendly visit. Someone among them in particular wasn't taking the whole intrusion quite well. This person was none other than Erwin and Eiko feared what harm the other could cause if things weren't properly handled. But the men that came in never gave the chance for things to go the way it should, rather they had done what he tried to avoid by any means necessary, draw their weapons.
"OK, we will follow you but can we at least know what we did, and at least order your men to withdraw their weapons. We are not criminals okay" Eiko said in a bid to negotiate a non-violent way out of the situation. But that didn't seem like the case as the men clearly didn't come to have shake hands with them. The one who seemed to be in charge blatantly ignored Eiko's plea and instead order his men out to go chain them up. This was the breaking point for Erwin as he saw the men approaching with their weapons pointed at him and his friends and a chain in their hands. Almost immediately, sparks began to go off of Erwin's hands and while didn't in any way harm the men approaching them, it certainly was a sign of defiance.
"I always knew you guys were no good" Erwin said as he watched the men approaching him.
Now without wasting any time, the men immediately moved in to subdue the threat. Charging in at Erwin, one of the men swung his sword at Erwin not with enough force to have him killed but enough to incapacitate him as the intention was never to put him down for good. But the target had other plans as he began to charge up his attacks ready to shoot bolts of electricity through his attacker.
Though Erwin was prepared to defend himself, his endeavor wouldn't be needed that much as a wall of ice rose freezing the attackers sword in place. But this counter attack didn't just stop the sword. It spread round the entire floor crawling up to the kneels of all the men in the room. And the next minute Blair who had been perpetuating the act all along looked at Erwin with a sinister look who in turn still had sparks coming off his hands.
Immediately the men trapped knew what was coming to them and they all gazed at each other as they brazed themselves for the literal shock of their lives. Erwin wasting no time released an ample amount of lightning that travelled through the ice breaking through the ice and throwing bits of it in the air it as it went and eventually knocking out all the intended target with none left. Not only the power but the persistent shock proved to be too much for the men.
"What have you guys done!" Eiko asked as he looked at the still twitching bodies laying on the ground. He feared that this would be the exact outcome and by the time he tried to stop them it was too late as they had already gotten into an exchange. This was what he had tried to avoid the most as he had no idea what they could have done to deserve the treatment they were getting. But whatever crime they committed, he knew with this simple action, the trouble heading their way before would have at least doubled.
"He attacked first man!" Blair said in a bid to defend his actions but Eiko was having none of it at the moment. There was very little time for them to finish their squabble as the men from outside had already informed other teams of what had happened and help was already on the way. With that done, the men outside now had one more job to do, and that was making sure Eiko and the others couldn't escape. But what a helluva task this would prove to be.
"The deeds been done. We might as well try to leave this place before backup arrives. But we need to get through this bunch first....without harming anyone" Eiko said as he used his powers to redirect Erwin's hand making the lightning strike he had prepared to miss its target blocking the exit, to head straight to the sky.
"How do you intend to do that?" Johan said as he found it next to impossible leaving this place without harming a single one of them. "Yeah, its not like we can make them drop their weapons, turn around and go home you know" Corey said knowing the suggestion the other was making wasn't too far from being naive and would ultimately get them seriously harmed.
"Or can we?" Eiko said with an evil smile as he began to walk up to the four men who stood blocking the door.
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On the other side of the faction, a similar thing was going on. Only this was a lot more hard to watch than the one that went on in the boys room. The men had all attacked Yang perceiving him to be the bigger threat and truthfully he was. But that choice made was one they would all live to regret as every single one of them that approached him was dealt with by only one strike from Yang. And the whole time, his second hand never left his back.
One would think the scream from the first man that approached him as a kick from Yang had his leg bent into an angle that shouldn't be possible for a man, would be enough to deter them, but that wasn't the case at all. They all saw what happened and at the command of the one who was seemingly in charge, they all rushed in at once. And it didn't take long for it to all come to a halt as bodies were rolling on the floor in pain and groans and cries from men filled the entire room. Rodney who had witnessed all this happened had only one thought in his mind as he saw the absolute show of dominance.
"He....he was holding back all along". Rodney thought as he had flashes of the first time he and Yang had a spar.
The fight was far from over as the commander in charge, seeing his men on the ground, ordered those outside to get in and attack Yang and while all this happened he stayed back. Some of them had seen the outcome of what had happened when the others rushed at Yang. The ten that entered the dojo on the order of their commander weren't exactly keen to receive the same punishment that their colleagues who were now on the ground received at the moment.
Two wisely took a detour heading for the one they assumed to be less threatening, Rodney. While the remaining eight men's destiny had already been sealed, Rodney was left to face his own as the men swung their weapons at him. Without hesitating, he raised his hand in an x shape and blocked the attack which surprisingly packed a lot of power behind it. This was only a confirmation that Yang was a monster as he had made it look too easy when Rodney was watching.
Immediately the attack hit, the braces in his hand lit up and then after some seconds, the glow began to fade and then finally faded away again. The men for a second stopped as they expected something to happen but when nothing did, they both resumed their attacks swing their sword widely at Rodney. But he was just as slippery as ever as he avoided the hits by twisting and bending and jumping backwards.
"This body..its certainly more flexible than before. No, it is better than before as a whole". Rodney said referring to his body as he noticed the usual strains he would feel bending the way he did now was absent. While he was doing an excellent job of avoiding attacks and all sorts, he hadn't gotten a tangible hit in apart from some few jabs, and this was not because he wasn't seeing an opening, he had other plans.
"I've hit them without the braces buff let's see the change it would make when active". And just then he blocked another hit with his forearm covered with the braces and it once again lit up, although this time the light was brighter and didn't look like it was fading. And right away, he received a system notification.
*Bing*
[Gecko bull brace dormant skill activated]
[5 stat points now available]
[Choose an attribute and insert stat point]
Attributes-
Strength-10
Agility- 10
Durability-5
Stamina- 5
Rodney already knew what he needed to do. He knew testing out the durability was quite the risk as in the off chance the stats point failed to work, he might get himself seriously injured. And the stamina was also out of question as he felt the fight would have to be drawn out before he could feel the effects. So without hesitation he had made his choice right then and there as he still had the chance given the men has once again paused their attack as they both expected something to come out from the glowing braces on the boys hands.
"Put three points into strength and two into agility" Rodney said in his mind and immediately the light coming from the braces began to fade and a notification appeared again.
[Strength - 10 +(3)]
[Agility -10 +(2)]
After seeing this, Rodney knew it was his chance to take them by surprise and immediately jumped up delivering a spinning heel kick that connected on one of the men's jaw sending him spinning to the ground instantly. This sudden attack had surprised the other one left standing but nonetheless, he swung his sword at Rodney again and with his forearm he blocked the attack. But this time there was no glow ast the sword hit. This was because the weapon was now in it's cool down mode and would take an hour before the dormant skill can be used again.
But that didn't stop Rodney from delivering a fist to the man's stomach which had seemingly knocked the wind out of him.
Rodney wasn't done as he sent the man packing in the air with an uppercut that lifted the man slightly up and sent him on a trip to the carpet laid on the dojo floor.
The man from earlier that took a kick to the jaw wasn't down yet as he got back up and threw a fist directly at Rodney's face. But this only hit the air as the target was no where to be found. Using the ghost foot, Rodney had appeared at the man's back and gathering all the power he could muster, he delivered a sound blow to the back of the man's neck which dropped him to the ground knocking him out immediately. It was safe to say he never saw what hit him.
Rodney turned to look at Yang and yet again found bodies all lying on the ground either grabbing their legs or arms and groaning in pain. Some of them even laid still as they had simply passed out from the excruciating pain they were feeling.
"Tell who ever sent you, we will come. But not on chains" Yang said to the last of the man still standing who happened to be the commander. With out wasting time, he immediately began to make a call with his communication device similar to the one Eiko had given the legions.
"I'm sorry master, but they have refused to comply with the protocols". The man said to the other on the receiving end. " Oh Yang, ever so prideful. Let me guess he wouldn't be chained right?" The man on the other side asked with a laugh to which the caller affirmed.
"How many men are left standing?" The receiver asked.
"I'm sorry sir, but not a lot. Though back up will soon arrive" the commander said to the receiver.
"That won't be necessary, it will end up being the same result. Call back your men, and tell Yang to tell his minions to stand down. They are causing just as much trouble too. Let him come how he wishes". The receiver commanded.
"But master Damien don't you.." The commander was going to say.
"No but, that's an order!" Damien the receiver on the other end said and that was the end of the call.
"Master asks that you call off your men and that you come over how you please. Mind you, you will be escorted still". The commander said as he tried to hold on to the last of his pride.
"Men?..What are you talking about? ". Yang replied but then a certain someone stepped up and said.
"I think I have an idea of what he is talking about. Tell your men the same thing you have told us. Tell them to tell my men I said they should seize aggression and comply". Rodney said. On hearing this, the older man was more than pissed that he would have to take orders from a boy. But he knew it had to be done and with a defiant look, he made the call and said what needed to be said.
And just as he finished making the call, more men arrived at the dojo and some of them looked different from the others that had come. This was the backup requested for from earlier.
"So these are the back up?. The A squad from the veterans?. Yang said as he searched them up and down with his eye. The men stood looking at the numbers of bodies rolling on the ground and could only pin it on one person, Yang. He is truly a monster, they all thought.
" Actually, they are your escort. Please master Yang shall we?" The commander asked