The powder bottle hit Alex's stomach.
"Huh?!"
He was startled by the pain and the powder that blew up in his face and body. Before he could shout at Trevor, complaining his bad aim, he suddenly shifted his body to the side. A knife passed through where he was standing.
"You dodged that? No matter, you are still a little brat and I'll kill you for what you did to us today."
Needles was out of commission, he was curled up on the floor, shaking while rocking back and forth.
"Mommy...owwy...hewp me..."
Lanky continued to cut the air with large movements. He seemed to be an beginner or something because his knife skills were...tragic.
Trevor quickly climbed up the shelves like a little squirrel. Alex saw what Trevor was doing and turned his attention to Lanky. He would keep Lanky occupied. Trevor seemed to have found something.
Lanky slashed down with his knife. Alex rolled away then used his arms to push himself up 2 feet in the air, which was possible due to the lightninng coursing through his veins. He then pushed off the counter with his arms and used his body like a projectile and slammed into Lanky's face.
"How do you like that?"
Lanky fell to the ground but did not let go of the knife, Instead he quckly recovered and threw his knife at Alex. Alex saw the knife coming but he could not avoid it. He was still in mid air. The knife buried itself in his back.
"ARGH!"
"ALEX!"
Trevor saw what was going on from the shelf. It broke his concentration and he slipped.
"AAHH"
He grabbed onto the shelf in the nick of time before he fell down. He was so close, he couldn't fail now!
"I'm fine! Just continue! Don't worry about me, we have to finish this quickly!"
Alex shouted at Trevor before turning around, launching off the ground towards Lanky, before using his ass-hand to punch Trevor in the balls. He had already put his hand in a deep dark cave so why not just use it to fight dirty.
"OOOOOOOOOH!"
"Serves you right for burying a knife in my back! HAHAHAH!"
Lanky fell to his knees while his hands held on to his...*ahem ahem*...special place. He raised his head and glared at Alex who had already distanced himself from him. Alex then rushed towards him again to deliver the final blow.
Lanky was not having it. He pulled his arm back and punched towards Alex. Alex also pulled his arm back, while filling it with electricity, giving it a blue glow and changing his skin colour to blue.
[Fist of Thunder]
Their fists met and a powerful gust blew nearby bottles and boxes away from them.
"Wooaahh!"
Trevor almost flew off the shelf as he was reaching for the pill bottle. He quickly grabbed the shelf and held on for dear life, like he seemed to be doing more times than he liked today.
Alex seemed to winning the confrontation. Lanky slowly closed his eyes and lost consciousness due to the overwhelming current running through his body, but he did not fall, and his fist remanined straight till the last moment.
Slowly his fist fell, and Alex also backed away. He looked at the unconscious Lanky who was still on his knees and just seemed to be taking a small rest.
"You were a worthy opponent. I shall remember your name. You have earned my respect, Lanky."
Lanky suddenly coughed up blood and fell to the floor. Alex just looked at him dumbfounded. I do not know what the reason for this was. Was it because Alex thought his name was Lanky? Or was it because Alex thought that he wanted to be remebered by a brat? I guess we will never know.
Trevor jumped down from the shelf holding a pill bottle. Alex strutted towards him and quickly took the pill bottle from his hand.
"Did you get it?"
He looked at the name on the pill bottle. Emaxyphloram. This was it, Trevor had actually gotten the pill bottle.
"Good job! I guess you are not a bag of uselessness after all!"
"Hehe~"
"Lets leave quickly, before anyone comes here and finds us-"
"Too late"
The two boys quickly turned around and froze. The owner of the store had appeared behind them when they were talking. He surveyed the scene and looked at the two workers who were out of order.
"Haaa~ bunch of useless fools, losing to a couple of kids. The saying is true, if you want something done then you got to do it yourself"
"Kids, we have a strict no stealing rule in our store so I must ask you to put back what you have taken"
The greeter had appeared behind the owner at some point and she looked at the two kids with a sweet smile.
"Sometimes just telling them will not work, you have to put some pressure on them, hahaha... Let me show you what I'm talking about"
A deadly chill spread through the air and a horrendous pressure settled on the kids. Trevor started shaking and trembliing, his face pale and his eyes wide, with absolute fear as he gazed upon the towering figure of the store owner.
Alex wasn't much better. He was also shaking and pale but he had bitten down on his lips to snap himself out of it. Blood was running down from his lips as he looked fearlessly at the store owner.
"Oh hoh, what nice eyes you have there. It would be a shame to kill such a courageous boy here, but you did do a number on my store so... I have no choice, hahahahahah"
The store owner reached towards Alex, intending to crush him until he could not look at him like that, until he started to beg for mercy. Once he broke him completely, maybe he could have him work for him as a worker.
Trevor trembled but grit his teeth as he saw Alex about to be captured by the owner. His stance changed as he quickly pulled the piece of string in his hand. They did not see the thin string he held in his hand, busy as they were looking at the fearless Alex.
Bottles upon bottles of powder crashed to the floor creating a puff of smoke that covered everyone. Trevor then let out a very uncharacteristic, high-pitched scream.
"RUN!!!"