SPECTRE

CHAPTER VI

Sev searched around the nearby area after losing trace of Lion; a name he had given to the twin that wore the lion mask. He had fought her a bit but she managed to escape into an alleyway. When he went through to chase after her, he had lost her in an open plaza. He skulked around the plaza with his sword at the ready. The steel blade reflected his face clearly. He darted his eyes left and right, scouting, looking for the slightest motion.

He felt something from behind and turned around. In the distance fires rose and exploded in the distance. AJ was still fighting his opponent. Unlike him, he wasn’t great at using his hitek abilities. The only thing he can do is flash point, a name coined by some spectre which is now used by most. It’s the power that allows him to move and experience the world at a faster rate than others.

Other than that power, he relied on his physical skill. A master at the sword and hand combat, Sev had been on the longest winning streak in his entire career. He’s killed more spectres than they have killed him; which was zero.

He glanced around the flat area once more. The buildings were raised short and some slumped to the side, leaning against their neighbor. Rusted metal shanties covered the broken glass windows. This town looks better than most, he thought.

The ground underneath his feet began to vibrate. He looked down and tightened on his sword. A pillar, flat on all sides and pointed at the top, bursted from the the ground. At the last moment possible he stepped out of the way. Landing back, another pillar rose from the ground where he stood. He jumped back avoiding that one too. After dodging three more, the pillars stopped rising from the ground.

He looked up and saw a shadowy figure standing on the roof of a building across the plaza from him. He peered through the sun’s light that shined behind the figure and saw it was infact Lion.

This is going to get fun, he thought. He then ran forward. With all his strength, his planted his frontmost foot on the ground and jumped into the air. He felt the air against his face as he came down on top of Lion. With his sword gripped tight he swung down, smashing his sword into the roof of the building.

Lion side stepped out of the way of his devastating attack. She extended out her arm in the direction of her pillars and clenched her hand into a fist. The pillars began to vibrate. In a tugging motion, she pulled her arm in. The pillars bursted from the ground and soared in an arching motion, into the air. Like missiles they came down on top of Sev who saw them coming a mile away.

He dove forward out of the way of the first one. It slammed through the roof leaving a clean cut hole and throwing out dust in its wake. The particles of dry rock choked his lungs but didn’t hinder him greatly. A few coughs and he was ready to keep fighting. As the other five came down, he gritted his teeth and raised his sword up. In one slashing motion going down, he sliced through the first one. He felt his arms trembling along with his blade as it grinded through the pillar, splitting it in half.

He didn’t try to take on the other three. He jumped off the building and rolled once his hit the ground. He stumbled a bit when getting up and then staggered a few feet away from Lion who stood on the edge of the roof. Still having the high ground, Lion was at the advantage.

He soon realized the she want’s running away but instead leading him to this place. An open area where there was just a few piles of junk and abandoned motor vehicles to act as cover. With buildings surrounding him on all directions and no roads going through, he was trapped like a mouse in this arena.

Lion raised her hands into the air and the pillars rose from out of the building. Above her they pointed down at Sev who staggered back slowly. She motioned a throw and the pillars followed. Sev turned around and hightailed it out of there. He ran for a nearby building, the first one he saw that had it’s doors open.