Fortunately, neither of them were hurt just disoriented, from the black SUV came out six men carrying M4 carbines, atleast six of them were, Noel and Charlize did not waste anytime and headed for the woods, bullets following behind them. They ran further into the woods at full speed while using the trees as cover from the bullets.
When they no longer heard anything behind them, they looked at each other and without saying a word, went in seperate directions, they climbed trees and use the foliage as cover. While all of this was happening, a crow was silently watching everything on top of a tall tree.Anele was cooking when her eyes turn pitch black with not a single spot of white.
She disappeared in her shadows and appeared in her room, going into the secret room she quickly changed into her battle attire before disappearing Into her shadows again. Amongst the six men, one of them was walking on the back, there was no gun or any weapon on his body, his hands clasped behind his back, he looked relax as if he taking a stroll and from the way he walked, it appeared that the darkness did nothing to impede his sight.
His name was John, 67 years old, though it was hard to tell based on his looks since he looked like a man in his early 40's. He had been an awakened for over 30 years and still stuck at rank 1 early stage warrior, even he admitted how much untalented he was, he saw no hope of ever reaching late stage let alone rank 2. Perhaps that is why the mission to capture an unawakened kid was given to him even though he thinks it beneath him.
Spread out, he said, but sir, one the man tried to argue. What? are you afraid of a bunch of kids?? He asked with a cold look in his eyes. No sir, the man replied and they went in different directions. In one part of the forest, hidden in a tree was Charlize, she watched as a man slowly approached the tree and when he was directly below her she jumped on him, before he could react she already held his head in her arm, twisting it with terrifying strength one would not expect from her delicate arms she broke his neck, that man died right then and there, not knowing what even happened. She took his Army knife and went in another direction. The tiny crimson in her irises had grown to cover the entire iris causing her eyes to glow red in the darkness of the night.
Noel had done the same thing but unlike Charlize he had failed to take down his opponent quickly, he fell of top of the man, disarming him before he got punched in the face. Although he had sparred with Anele,this was the first real battle he had and it was a life and death battle, pretty heavy start. The man took out his knife and rushed towards him.
Adrenaline rushed into Noels head, his breathing subconsciously adjusted, his eyes glowed blue and his perception increased, but this time he was aware of it happening, he was surprised because his perception had increased to insane levels, he did not even think it was possible for a human eye to reach such levels of sight,he could see the movement of muscles in the mans arm and could predict the trajectory of his attack, the darkness of the night nolonger effected him.Instinctively he grabbed the mans arm and bent it stabbing the man in the throat, the man dropped dead and without thinking about it, he took the knife and went in another direction.
30 metres away from him was another man searching for them, Noel hid behind a tree, picked up a stick and threw it around 10 metres away in another direction. The man turned around and went to check, he sneaked up behind him, the man heard a sound of a twig breaking behind him, he turned around and before he could point his gun, Noel stabbed him in the eye, he died instantly.
He held the man and placed him down softly,then he heard a gunshot north of his direction, Lize, he said with worry. He ran towards that direction at full speed.
A few seconds before, Charlize was standing 15 metres away from three guys, she heard them talking. Didn't boss say to split up? Asked one of them. I can't get in contact with 3 and 5, replied another, neither can I, said the last one. She was still thinking how she is going to attack them when a fluttering of wings was heard, the three men turned around to check in panick only to see a shadow of a bird flying between the trees.
Without wasting a second she ran towards them, before they could turn around she sliced one of them on the throat before using his body as a shield, the other two opened fire without question, she ran towards a tree still using the guy as a shield and took cover, although she managed to dodge most bullets, one of them still hit her on the arm.
As the two guys were slowly approaching her from both sides trying to pincer her, they heard a sound of something running towards them, they turned around and there was a boy with glowing blue eyes rushing towards them at full speed, before they could open fire, he threw a knife at one them, hitting them In the eye. Before the other could react, Charlize came out behind him stabbing his neck and killing him.
The two knew one of them was still alive, they searched for him and they found him. He was standing 30 metres away from them, hands clasped behind his back. Impressive, he said, to think two kids could kill five armed men, truly impressive. Although he looked calm both of thm felt like a beast was standing infront of them. Every fibre of their being telling them to run but they stood their ground. An awakened Charlize said softly with a shaky voice, a what asked Noel confused by what she said. She didn't answer his question but raised her guard against the man infront of them.
John was surprised, he didn't expect all of his subordinates to die by the hands of two kids, now he understood why they sent him, these two were dangerous. Standing infront him, one of they with eyes that glow blue another with crimson shining eyes. For a second he felt like he was infront of two divine beast before coming back to his senses.
The two kids ran towards him, covering the distance in mere seconds, the girl jumped up spinning in the air before delivering a kick, before he could grab her the boy was already stabbing at him from his right side, he tried to grab the knife but the boy pulled it back at the last second causing him to miss, the girl used his arm as a foothold, doing a backflip they both retreated 5 metres away from him.
The boy rushed at him, delivering a kick to his cheek, he blocked with his right arm. And felt an impact that surprised him, that kick was very strong for a dormant boy, he thought. The girl was already infront of him trying to stab him in the eye, he raised his hand to grab the knife but before he could she dropped it, holding his arm with her right hand she grabbed the falling knife with her left hand before stabbing him in the heart or atleast tried to.
Noel and Charlize were surprised, the knife only went two centimetres in, he paused for a second, seemingly dumbfounded, Noel did not miss that opportunity and kicked him in the face, he took two steps back which surprised Noel again, he knew more than anybody how powerful his kicks were after sparring with Anele for so long yet this guy only took two steps back.He does wish he could've stabbed him in the face but he knew his legs were longer and faster and had a higher chance of landing than a knife. The guy seemed pissed, he kicked Charlize in the gut sending her flying for over 10 metres before hitting a tree and falling down coughing blood.
Lize, Noel screamed, a punch came straight to his face, he raised his arm to block but the impact was powerful enough to send him flying backwards and his arm broke. He stood up wobbling, his mind clouded and almost blacking out but he stood infront of Charlize unwavering as if to protect her. I was told to bring you in alive but nothing was said about the girl, the man said with a twisted smile.
John was really angry, although nothing the kids did was dangerous to him, the fact that two dormant brat had caused him to bleed and take a step back pissed him off. Although he was weak amongst the awakened and a coward that submit to those stronger than him, he was a very proud person and looked down on the dormant as he considered himself a higher lifeform,seeing the brat defiant look infront of a being stronger than him made him angry as it reminded him of his owncowardice, as if to mock him for it.
Why doesn't he submit, why does he stand up to me, he has no chance of winning so why does he try?? John was becoming hysterical. Yes, if I kill the girl, will he despair, will he cry and beg then?? Ohhhh I can't wait, I can't wait!! John released a maniacal laugh, his skin turned grayish, his claws became longer and sharper, becoming black as if they had poison in them, he wobbled a bit before disappearing, he appeared almost instantly behind Noel, all Noel felt was a gust of wind hitting his face.
He turned around slowly, the mans claws were only a few centimetres away from Charlize face, he felt shiver in his spine but the gray skinned man had stopped moving, ropes of darkness rising from the shadows were tied around his legs, arms and neck, he could not move an inch. The man looked terrified, Noel followed his eyes and 10 metres away from him he could see a lean figure in black with pick black eyes and ribbons of darkness flowing from it body, a sense of familiarity and relief took over him, his eyes went back to normal and the last thing he heard was the man saying Reaper in a shaky voice, his body quivering, Noel fainted.