7 Deadly Weapons

Chapter 3 - The Darkness

"Mimi, how's the operation going?" Rose inquired, with a commanding tone.

Mimi typed away at the keyboard and pulled up a screen that shows the positions of their members.

"It seems 5 groups are on the move, but all are Student Council members" Mimi answered and looked at her superior.

"Typical, he always was tardy." she scoffed, with a trace of reminiscence on her smooth face.

"Keep checking on them, I'll just be on the rooftop getting some air", the president commanded, quickly disappearing from the room.

"Yes ma'am!" Mimi answered like a soldier would salute their superior.

8:02 pm The Weinstein Manor

"Blake, take the Spider. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it." Red's face tried to hide its true expression.

Blake just nodded in reply. He knows what kind of relationship his best friend has with his old man and he knows that he shouldn't get involved.

*RING RING RING*

Blake's phone rang loudly as he walked closer to the slick, new, black and red sports car they just rode from school.

"Hello?" Blake answered automatically.

"Blake, where are you? You're the only one not in the vicinity!" Anger was evident in the voice of the woman calling.

"I'm coming, don't get your panties in a tangle", Blake replied in a little teasing tone.

A loud bang sounded from his phone and hurt his ear. Then long monotonous beeps were immediately played. The phone was dropped. He got into the car and put the disguise in the back seat, then he revved the car and drove off quickly.

The night was shrouding the city covering it in darkness. Lights from buildings were fairly visible even from where Blake was however, the lack of tall buildings made the city seem undefended from the chill of the night.

Blake shook off his thoughts and focused on the task ahead. He drove into a nearby parking lot and found a place to put on his disguise. When he got a good look at his costume, he was actually amazed at how fit the disguise was, however it didn't impede his movements.

After admiring the exceptional gear he's wearing, he immediately contacted Vice President Mimura to receive his instructions.

8:37 pm 400m away from the school

"I can't believe I'm doing this", Blake said to himself outloud.

"You could just go home. We don't need you anyway", Mimura responded in a cold tone.

"Wait, I can hear something", he said, cutting her off immediately.

Blake moved with utter silence as he approached the corner of the street and peeked where the sound was coming from.

He could see five men were huddled around wearing familiar uniforms and it's not from their school.

"Show us your strongest students!!! Is this all Akumano has to offer??!!" One of the guys shouted while sitting on the chest of their victim and punching him in the face.

"We've been beating your asses for a while now and no one has taken revenge yet. I guess there was never anything to be scared off of. The Academy of Monsters? Hahaha! It's just a name to scare off the real monsters", a tall slender guy with glasses said while stepping on the victim's face.

"Let's go, this is enough for now", one of them commanded with authority in his tone.

Then they left the beat up guy for dead and headed in the opposite direction where Blake was.

Blake rushed to the victim as quickly, but as silently, as possible. The guy was passed out but let out a small grunt. This got the attention of the leaving brutes and made them stop in their tracks and turn around. They found a guy in black costume and mask trying to help the injured individual and their leader's blood was hot for a fight.

Blake paid them no mind and settled the passed out person on the side on the road as the leader of the pack of hungry wolves eyed him intently with burning passion and rage. Blake felt those eyes, the eyes of someone willing to inflict pain without mercy. Something inside him was triggered, he was full of dark emotions but, he simply shrugged it off and was about to walk away when a shoe hit the back of his head.

"Sorry, how clumsy off me! My shoe just flew from my foot and landed on your head. Now will you give it back, please?" The leader of the group spoke mockingly with a grin on his face.

Blake turn around and picked up the shoe. Held it for a few seconds pondering whether he should control his emotions or not. His mind was running wildly with thoughts and questions. Why would they hurt so many innocent students? Did they really just want a fight? If it was a fight they wanted, why didn't they just fight among themselves? He could no longer think straight. To see the victim almost half dead, beaten, and bleeding badly, he couldn't forgive himself that he was so lax when he could have been serious and maybe even have prevented this from happening. He finally had the power to save someone, yet he wasn't there when he was needed the most.

"Ohh mister, are you listening? Can you hear me? I asked if I could have my shoe back, please?", he added mockingly.

That was when Blake snapped.

His head was filled with dark thoughts and rage. He threw the shoes back but missed his target by a hairline. His eyes were suddenly filled with darkness, and not figuratively. His eyes were black. Then he charged at the group with all his killing intent and tackled one of them. They immediately responded with a formation to counter the charging individual however, they were simply ploughed through and sent to the sides with great force.

"Well, well. Looks like we have a bull here ready to fight, what do you want to do to him?", the guy in the center laughed while holding back Blake with one hand.

"Let's show him not to mess with someone stronger", one exclaimed.

A powerful knee to the chin disorientated Blake and a foot to the jaw finally knocked him out. But as he was slowly losing consciousness he heard them say snide remarks and a few comments. Then he fell asleep.

*FLASHBACK*

"Blake~! Blake~! Brother, where are you?", Amii cried out for his brother while sitting at the back of an ambulance.

"I'm here Amii, I'm here.", Blake rushed to her sister and held her hands.

"What happened? What's going on?", she asked with distinct worry in her voice.

"I'll explain later. Just for now, rest and calm down. Okay?", Blake said while comforting her sister.

"What if those bad guys come back?", she croaked.

"Don't worry Amii. Your brother will protect you. I will always be here for you. So don't cry and be strong, okay?", Blake answered and kissed his sister on the forehead.

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A/N: Akumano Academy is from the Japanese word Akuma, meaning Monster. So Akumano can be called The Academy of Monsters.