Even with the crazed look on his face he knew exactly what he was getting himself into. This wasn't like catching some thugs and beating them up in an alley before bringing them in. He knew, somehow He knew the figure he was rushing to face was a whole different ball game entirely. So why then did he rush in like that?. Well that was the same question he was asking himself at the moment.
"What is wrong with you?" He tried to scold himself. There wasn't a lot he could do now to stop himself. For one, he had blasted off with such pure force that if he did try to stop before leaving the man now, he could potentially do more harm to himself just from only that. Furthermore, he wasn't stupid enough to think that his little show of defiance would be brushed aside just like that. Even if he had any hope of mercy being shown to him, the moment his eyes glanced at the bodies all around, that little hope was seemingly forced into a bottle and sealed.
Well he knew one thing, the person in front of him certainly did extraordinary things. But then looking at the surface level, this person couldn't be any different that he was, he thought. Sure he might be just one of those bots being tested out by the government. He heard a lot of them were being made to replace guys like him on the frontline.
Well if that was the case, there was absolutely no way the government would make something this vastly efficient for murder with out some fail-safe switch. It wasn't the first time he had seen a government's secret weapon malfunction in the open. And just like those, they all had one thing in common. They were still overwhelmingly outclassed by humans.
"That's the mistake they've all been making. You don't turn your back on such a programmed killer neither do you fight it with hopes of beating it. Fight ít to outsmart it and shut it Down!!" Dave let the last part of his thoughts slip through his mind all the way to his mouth as he threw a punch directed at the hooded figures face.
*Bang*
The punch had landed just as he wanted. But that was it, that was all that could be celebrated. It felt like he had punched a wall as he was the one who went on to even flinch a bit holding holding his knuckles in pain. And the victim of his punch, seemingly unfazed by the entire scenario as he stood watching like a practice dummy as Dave unloaded a wide array of close combat hits.
"Kick"
"Punch"
"Spinning elbow"
*Repeat*
And all the while, Jayden had stayed motionless not moving from the spot. It was almost like he was completely numb to the activities Dave was carrying out on his body. Anyone seeing this unfold would class it as total abuse as Dave didn't hold back from any of the attacks he delivered on Jayden. But what could even be considered as more strange is the fact that not a single blood had leaked out of Jayden. Matter of fact, there was no scratch what so ever on him.
Dave had introduced Jayden to every aspect of tricks he had in his bag of hits. But no, they never seemed to affect the latter even in the slightest. But Dave wasn't going to be deterred now that the figure in his front had yet to make his own move since the beginning of the assault Dave was delivering.
"Why won't you bulge!!?" Dave asked as he drew his head back and then swung it carelessly with as much force as he could muster heading straight for Jayden's face. But then that was it, that was the turning point of all that had been happening. Almost like a switch was flicked, Jayden's eyes shut open even more and the next minute Dave's head was held in place by Jayden.
Jayden had literally stopped the head in motion like it was his own. Outrightly abusing the right of Dave's head as he held it in place and owned it right there on top. Then with one swift move, Dave had lost vertical base and was now on a trip down to the cold harsh unforgiving floor.
And this wasn't a mere description as the moment he had made contact with the floor, he was greeted with pains from everywhere. And this was once again a compliment to Jayden's raw dominating strength against Dave. He could feel something odd in his mouth and when he spat it out, he could see he it was blood just one strike and he was bleeding.
One hit that he had never saw coming was what had left him lying on the floor with a bursted up face. Now that left him wondering, where exactly had the monster in front of him hit him?. Normally he should have been able to pinpoint that fact but right now he felt pain almost every where. But the truth was, Dave had only been smacked on the face.
So basically, a slap had put him in the position he now found himself. But he couldn't remain that way, he knew he had to fight otherwise that would only make him a sitting duck. But even with this new resolve, somewhere in his mind he knew he was just delaying the inevitable. And since his earlier plans of knocking Jayden off had failed, he was back to square one which was what had landed him in the mess that he was in, in the first place.
"Why do I sense a change, do you now fear me?" Jayden asked as he stood there plain disregarding Dave's presence as he knew the latter amounted to zero ounce of threat. Hearing this thing in front of him that wasn't even human embarrass him like that sparked something in his eyes as he yelled again.
"Ahhh!!!" Dave let out a battle cry as he threw yet another punch.
"Gooood" Jayden said with his hoax voice. Before the punch could hit, Jayden caught hold of the hand but that didn't mean Dave was counted out yet as he had three perfectly good limbs that were all more than happy to help. He swung the second free hand carelessly but also conscious enough to put as much force as he could and this one was heading straight for Jayden's jaw. But the next thing that happened was utterly humiliating and disheartening.
Jayden with Dave's one hand still in his possession, dragged Dave towards him and just like before he found himself on the floor. This was a simple judo throw performed by Jayden but with serious power and authority behind it. With his mixed martial arts background, it wasn't exactly surprising to see him pull a stunt like that.
Well, while this move would get rounds of cheers from anybody watching it, the same couldn't be said for the one who took the brunt of the attack. Now he laid still with a scrunched up face which was obviously from the pain he now felt. Jayden looked at him on the floor with a distasteful look.
"Pathetic" Jayden said as he turned around. But Dave wouldn't get his hopes up as he gently turned around to see if the strange guy was actually going and that's when his eyes almost fell out as he saw the direction he was heading towards. The dark aura whips had returned again although this time Jayden had no Dave to toil with this time so there was no point in keeping anyone alive. And that's when it occurred to Dave that Jayden had allowed him hit all his moves in the first place intentionally. But for what reason must he have had though was the question.
"Hayley..Hayley wake up!!" Dave screamed at the top of his voice. But seeing how Hayley laid on the cold floor enjoying her little forced nap only made things worse for him. But that wasn't the problem anymore. It was the maniac approaching her that was the problem. So with every ounce of strength he could muster, he shot up like a canon and ran grabbing hold of Jayden's wear that had bullet holes all through it in the first place. And as he grabbed hold of Jayden's shoulder, he yanked on it and inadvertently ripped part of the clothes off exposing his body.
And now sitting comfortably on his shoulders was a mark that kept on glowing. Seeing this, Dave immediately felt like he had found it , he had found the fail-safe he had been looking for all this while. But wrapping his head around how this would work out now was the big deal as an already mad Jayden was staring right at him. And the next minute unlike any thing he had ever experienced from this fight, Jayden shoved his heels straight in Dave's stomach. Something Dave could testify must have gone straight to his soul as he was thrown back with pure force and his insides feeling like they were tired of it all.
And that's when Jayden withdrew the black whip in one hand and reached down and grabbed hold of Hayley by the neck and lifted her up. Then with the other hand that had a whip still in it, Jayden retracted it as well and then out from his hand something else started forming. And Dave who was sent to vacation at one end laid helplessly thinking of what the maniac in front of him had planned. And his curiosity was met with answers as jayden had finished forming the new toy he planned on using on Hayley.
"You devil!!!" Dave yelled out while still on the floor with his back on the wall unable to stand up.
Jayden turned and a smirk appeared on his face. One that looked even more sadistic before saying....
"Close"
In his hand now, a black aura covered his knuckles. But that wasn't what made Dave scared. No, matter of fact, its the thing things that came out of the aura that wrapped around his knuckles that feared Dave. Right now, six pointed sharp looking black auras came out just at the front of Jayden's knuckle and they extended about three inches in lenght. And it didn't take Dave long to figure out what they were or what Jayden planned to do with it. They resembled brass knuckles and with how Hayley was held up with one hand and the second hand free, Dave had pretty much figured what was going to happen and Jayden confirmed his fears as he drew his hand back.
"No ...no....please....hit me.Hit me instead, not her" Dave begged.
Jayden turned his head to look at Dave and this is what he had to say.
"You... you not only insult me by thinking you can fight me, but now this?. You feel this filthy thing called love in my presence?!!!!. It's time I send you to the nether to meet cowards like you!!". Jayden said with the mark on his shoulder glowing ever so bright and his eye's almost seemingly pouring out black.
"Please just spare her" Dave begged with his head bent.
"This thing you feel is for the weak and its not in my constitution, I'll put an end to you myself and when we meet in the nether, I'll end you yet again!!!" Jayden said as he tossed aside Hayley and the knuckle black aura in his hand elongated going up to his knees. No one needed to tell Dave that he had angered this figure in front of him. But that didn't matter as Jayden made his way to Dave.
And just as he was three steps to Dave, the air around them began to distort and the place grew significantly hotter and before long, a figure appeared right in the middle of Jayden and Dave and this figure was staring directly at Jayden....
"Who is this now?" Dave asked himself as he stared at the strange figure that had seemingly appeared out of no where that was backing him.
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