Danny's POV_
I don't think it was a coincidence. The dagger he was holding missed my neck by a few inches. I was forced to jump back. The attack felt a bit obvious. Based on how fast he had just moved, if he wanted to, he would have finished me off in an instant.
'Why the hell is this guy trying to kill me?'
I hadn't done anything that could raise suspicion, and he couldn't have possibly known about my mission here.
"Why are you attacking me?"
He didn't even react to my question, but instead threw the dagger straight for my shoulder. The knife barely missed, but grazed my shoulder slightly. But by the time I was turning to face him, his glowing fist was already inches away from my face. Boom!
'Is he supposed to be this fast?'
I crashed into the walls of one of the buildings, and quickly tried to get up. For some reason, though he seemed calm and collected during his attacks, I could feel he was struggling. He was holding back.
'He won't even let me do anything. His attacks might cause some degree of damage, but he isn't trying to kill me. Oh, yeah, he's never killed anyone. But still, I don't have time for this.'
On my ear pod, "Lexie, tell the others to hurry up. After you're done, leave without me. I've got something I have to take care of…"
Caspian suddenly dashed towards me.
'Not this time.'
Immediately he was right in front of me, I caught his arm as he was throwing a punch and smashed him into the ground. After I pinned him down, I realized we were attracting unwanted attention. It was time to leave, before the truly powerful arrived.
"Lexie, are they done?"
"They got the first item. What's going on out there? The guards are closing in on your location."
The guards at the doors of the QP Towers were already before us.
"Get to the island. I'll catch up with you."
Somehow, Caspian freed his hands from my grip. I jumped back and quickly took out a 2nd tier teleportation stone.
"It's time to go."
Just as he was about to land a punch, I crushed the stone on his incoming fist. He instantly disappeared.
"We're at the island. Where are you?"
The others had also used their stones.
"Put that kid I've sent there to sleep. It shouldn't be too difficult for the three of you. I'll be there in a while."
Escaping the island wasn't much of a struggle, especially with my understanding of the island. Plus, Lexie might have tampered a little too much with the CCTV cameras.
'It will take them a while to bring those things back to life. Enough time for me to get out of here.'
After stealing a speed boat, I was off. Little did I know, I had literally brought doom to my squad mates. And that doom went by the name Caspian Flynn.