Footsteps were getting closer, the shadows were creeping on the walls, panic spread all over. Bullets of sweat drenched his whole body, he was gasping for air as if he was drowning in his perspiration. A quick glance at the back he could see silhouettes of shadowy men. He quickly picked up his pace, skipped over the fence and went deeper onto the alleyway.
He was running out of time, it was as if he was holding a bomb in his arms, he looked down and saw the timer on 37 seconds. The clock ran down to a second and he closed his eyes, the hand that grabbed his shoulder brought him back to reality. He opened his eyes and saw six men in trenchcoats wearing top hats looking at him. The one that grabbed him was a short man of 158 cm height, his hands were full of calluses, he could not even imagine what he had gone through to have such thick skin in his hands.
A punch to the gut made connected from the short man and he almost fainted. The other five men just stood there watching as if nothing was happening. Exhausted as he was, he could not even cry as he was being hammered down to the ground. He tried searching for the reason why he was about to meet with the grim reaper, the short man pulled a knife from his coat and it glimmers in the night sky.
On a rooftop nearby an old man and a young lady were watching what was happening with no care to the life that was about to be lost. "Old Kai, when will that man die?", the woman asked. "Shush, the fun has not yet started.", warned Old Kai as he was getting ready to move in on to the scene.
The man was now bloodied and bruised, he looked up to the sky hoping for a miracle but all he received was a kick to the face as he got knocked back to the ground. "Stop, he's about to die anyway, let's get to business Man Goi".
The short man Man Goi sheathed his knife and pulled a paper with a picture on it. "He is the man we have been looking for, see guys how can I be wrong", he squinted in the moonlight as he pulled the paper closer to the man who was not recognizable anymore.
"This is quite exciting", Old Kai said as he was clapping his hands approaching the five men who were beating the defenseless man lying in a pool of blood. "Kai, you bastard!" the tall man said as he already went into a fighting stance. "My my little Chief Ken you want to fight, Amanda educate these fools."
Following a nod a dull thud was heard as Man Goi was already brought to his knees.
Amanda stood back on attention as if nothing had happened. All the other four men except for Chief Ken were alarmed. Man Goi was seething on the ground unable to stand up. He cursed beneath his teeth.
"Using hidden weapons, you truly are a scumbag Old Kai, is this what you are teaching children.", Ken said as he was cracking his knuckles, he was over 2.2m tall with a bulking physique. He was built like a rock, it was always shocking how he managed to even live a normal life when even his eyelids were as hard as steel.
"Amanda! Clean this up", Old Kai said as he moved back into the shadows as if he was never there. Amanda kicked The Man who was on the ground, he flew into the air hitting the wall, only light groans could be heard as no one actually knew whether he was dead or alive.
" Do you still want to test me, Little Ken?", Old Kai teased as he stepped forward holding his cane, he tapped on the ground and eight shadowy figures surrounded Ken and his men. "Damn Sayul why is your intelligence so off today?", Ken asked as he was assessing his options.
It did not even take a second as the figures rushed into Ken and his men. Ken dodged a fist, grabbed the assailants arm and twisted it to an unnatural degree. He headbutt the lackey and threw him to the wall. He looked up scanned his surroundings to see where more attackers were hiding.
"Don't waste time looking.", Old Kai said as he swung the cane towards Ken's neck. Ken took a step back and charged in like a bull, Old Kai side stepped and tripped Ken. With his fighter instincts Ken rolled to the ground and got up in a flash.
The two were now squaring off, no word was said as the two men started charging in, although slightly slower it was shocking seeing a mountain move quick as a feather. Old Kai used his cane as a spring and executed a high kick aimed at Ken's face. Ken did not dodge but faced it head on, he risked getting closer to the sly old man. Receiving the kick on his shoulder he quickly grabbed Old Kai's leg and smashed him into the ground. What he was imagining did not come to pass as he saw Old Kai standing next to him.
"Stop playing Old Man!", Ken fumed as his muscles bulged and he started exuding a very dangerous aura.
In a distant corner a man was dragging himself away from the loud noise and madness that was happening. 'I need to be alive', he thought to himself. He could not even understand how he got himself into a situation that caused him so much pain than his entire life pieced together. He had been a regular human working a standard nine to five job as a salesperson. He had never been involved in anything that could be described as shady and yet he was faced with death and several figures that seemed to be of the underworld. No thought of revenge popped up into his mind as he could feel his life slipping away.