Dominus

Chapter Five

The Chef ninjas were in all-white, polyester chef jackets, hats, and black domino masks. (see even the bad guys wear masks) They also each carried two large kitchen knives. As they charged, I shot the front two in the shoulder to give me a chance with the third.

As I dodged all of his knife attacks I waited for the right moment to strike. Once his left side became exposed in a knife swing, I took everything in me and sucker punched him right in the gut. As he clutched his stomach in pain, I got him with a clean left hook, knocking him to the ground.

I looked to Annabella who had punched both of hers across the room. I forgot she had enhanced-strength. As my last two came in swinging from both sides, I simply ducked and rolled causing them to run into each other. After they were knocked out I looked over to find Annabella dodging knives thrown from The Chef himself.

"I've got him, help the others!" she yelled to me pointing to the people crouched all around the front scared for their lives. I ran to the sides and began waving at people to move outside, assuring them everything was okay. They were hesitant at first but as The Chef's laughs got louder, they gave in and ran for the door. By the time The Chef turned to look, everyone had made it outside to the police.

Knowing that, meant the police would be in here soon, looking for us. I know it's cool to get recognition but in this city it's against the law for kids under eighteen to be out this late, especially kids trying to fight the bad guys. that meant we had to finish this soon.

"Gah! What have you done with my audience!? I was trying to make a point!" The Chef screamed at me. I held my bow in one hand, an arrow in the other. "They weren't yours to do whatever you want with!" I shouted back.

The Chef thought for a moment but before he could say another word he was suddenly sent flying forward into the wall. I turned to see Annabella had kicked him in the back while he was rambling. "He talks too much," she said, almost annoyed.

"That was a great idea! now let's get the hell out of here" I said quickly moving towards the back exit. Annabella was slow to follow when we began to hear the laugh. "AHAHA" the chef began to stand, "you think those were the only bombs?!" he then pulled out the same remote control from before, this time his finger pressed a different button.

Suddenly a low beeping could be heard, followed by dozens more. I looked down to see every knife The Chef and his gang had thrown were all blinking red. They were explosives. I quickly looked over "Annabella?" right below her were dozens of knives, beeping on the verge of destruction.

The Chef began to laugh and in that second I jumped for Annabella and we rolled just inches away from the loudest BOOM! I had ever heard. We both hit the ground pretty hard, I could feel some burns on the back of my legs. I looked at Annabella who surprisingly seemed unscathed, besides some of her shoe did get burned off so I guess that was good?

"The Chef!" she suddenly yelled, as I looked over we could see The Chef escaping out the back of the bank. We immediately got up and chased after him, when I saw on the ground underneath some rubble was my bow. I pulled it out to find a crack in the handle, nothing that can't be fixed. "Mason, come on!" Annabella yelled as I caught up. We made our way out of the back door, the walls still completely destroyed, to find The Chef standing out in the center of the parking lot, facing the forest.

"You're just in time!" He yelled out to the trees. Annabella looked to me puzzled, I just shrugged. "We're over here you annoying excuse for a villain!" Annabella yelled back. The Chef turned around as if he was now interested. I mean, hell, even I was surprised by her boldness.

"I'm sorry you brat but I wasn't talking to you." he said very calmly. This made me very uneasy, and I could tell Annabella felt it too. Something was wrong. then the wind began to blow softly as if on cue, rustling the trees and causing us to be on edge from all sides.

Then out of the forest on each side of The Chef walked two more villains, ones even I recognized. On the left was The BomberMan, who is exactly what you think, some army vet that went crazy and knew a lot about explosives. On the right was The Viper, a woman who has a toxin infused in her saliva. And yes, she wears a snake costume, but it has arms and her hands have razor sharp claws. so she can be a bit terrifying.

As three villains now lined up in front of us, Annabella looked at me with a face of fear, confidence, and anger all at once and I knew exactly how she felt. I'd never faced more than one villain at a time, let alone three. But instead of backing down, she got in a fighting stance, ready for whatever they'd throw at her. I did the same, I had to, this is what I'd trained for.

As we stood ready, there was suddenly a change in the atmosphere. I looked at the villains who seemed to be looking up in the sky at something. They were getting worried. I noticed Annabella looking in the same direction and as I looked up there was a quick flash of beautiful colors that flew overhead.

I quickly followed it and watched in awe as a bright cluster of colors began hovering over us. Within the colors was a woman in a costume that I couldn't quite make out. "No way." Annabella whispered under her breath.

The woman and bright colors then began to float down and landed right in front of Annabella and I, her back faced us. She then turned her head to us. "don't worry guys everything's gonna be alright now," she said smiling. The woman had dark black hair, cut short, and braided. She wore a blue, sleeveless, battle armor top and black pants. She also wore a green cape, purple gloves and a shorter red cape around her waist.

"I can't believe it's actually her," Annabella said in complete awe, "The Dominus Hero!"