unknown hero

Chapter 4

Jake awoke that morning at around six in the morning to a doctor taking his vitals. “ Good morning, Jake.” He greeted the doctor and then they discussed his condition. “ You are able to go home Jake. It’s not recomended but you can. Also we found something on your wrist.” Just then he laid something on the table along with Jake’s clothes. It was his blade gauntlet. “ We figure it’s a family heirloom but we were hoping you can tell us.” Jake knew he had to keep it a secret. “ Yea. It was my great grandfather’s. Just a fashion type accessory. He used to wear it all the time. Then he passed it down to his son, then my dad, and now to me.” “Well that’s a long time. Just be careful on your way home because its a mess out there.” Jake shook his head, shook hands with the doctor and then the doctor got up and left. Jake sat up and started to gather his stuff. He threw on the gauntlet and his clothes. Under his clothes was a slip a paper. It read, “ Heres my number’. Call me when you’re out, Gabby” Attached to it was her phone number. Jake took out his phone and entered the contact. He saved it and gave it a call as he walked out the doors of the hospital. While it rang he looked around the now-desolate wasteland that lay in front of him. A voice on the other line. “ Who is this?” “Gabby it’s Jake. I’m out. Meet me at my house in thirty mins.” “Got it. See you in thirty.” She hung up the phone. Jake’s fists were both balled as he walked past broken houses, scared people, cracked sidewalks, and other terrible sights. He got to his house and the roof had little holes in it. He unlocked the door and entered. He went to his room and saw that his Assassin’s outfit was in the open. He closed his secret door and hid it. There was a knock and Jake walked and closed all the blinds and windows on his way to the door. He opened the door and practically pulled in Gabby and then locked his door. They went to his room to talk. “ Jake we have to start a team. A rebellion. anything to stop Savin. He can’t be in control.” Jake knew he could be the Assassin in the rebellion, but he would be found out if he himself were to also join the rebellion as his absence would be suspicious. “I cant join the rebellion directly. The doctor said I shouldn’t do any physical activity for a couple months. I can maybe get people to join the rebellion but that’s about it.” Gabby sighed of disappointment. “ All right that will be good.” She smiled at him a little. “I’m gonna have to check up on you every once in a little while though.” Jake smiled back at her. “Sounds good to me.” Gabby sat up and hugged him gently, learning from her previous mistake of squeezing him. “ I’ll talk to you later. If you need me for anything you have my number.” Jake sat up with her and showed her out the door. Once she left he knew what he had to do. It was time to train.

The next few weeks for him were busy. He practiced using throwing knives and rope darts first which proved to be a challenge. Jake had no real good sense of accuracy to him so it took him a while to get that skill down. He would also use wooden knives and have Ben come over to help practice knife battling. That was the easy part. Then it was finally down to the final thing and that was firing a gun. Jake had always been scared to use guns. Ben had to coax him into it. Always repeating the monotonous “Just relax” and “Just breathe in and slowly breathe out.” Jake finally mustered up the courage and fired the gun and hit the target. And boy did he have fun with it. But on top of training he had to help get the rebellion Gabby was starting people or warriors. Jake had very little luck the first week, only getting one or two people to join. But then, the next few weeks many more accepted his offer. He also had to hide his training whenever Gabby came over. Luckily she didn’t come over to often. But when ever she did he enjoyed her company as they sat and had a few sodas, and then after she left the brutal training continued. He was also training on using his powers. He learned how to do many things. He learned how to increase the power in his fists so he can throw electric punches. He learned how to make electric balls to toss at enemies. He was growing with each passing day, til he knew it was time. It was time for the Assassin to make his presence known to the world and Savin. Jake had to wait for the right moment to present itself. It took another week until it did. He threw on his suit and grabbed his weapons. He went to the area of the dispute and climbed a building. Jake also learned basic parkour in his weeks of training. He looked down from the top of the building. He saw the event of a bank robbery. Two tall, skinny men were about to leave the bank. Jake quickly climbed down the building and jumped in front of the robbers. This is it he thought. The robbers stopped a couple feet away from him. Jake lifted his head up a little. He stared at the robbers and then drew his sword as the robbers pulled their guns out. There was a staredown. Then Jake knew he had to stop this. He quickly moved and put the sword through the one robber’s shoulder and then drew his gun with his free hand and shot the other robber in the shoulder. He pulled the sword out and the tied the robbers up with rope. There was a loud applause from the tiny group who saw the fiasco. Then Jake thought he would show off a little. He smirked under his bandana and then twirled his sword in his hand then put it back in its seathe. He stood up and started to walk away, but then he heard a slow, steady clap behind him. Jake tensed up a bit. He gripped the handle of his sword and turned around quickly to see a man with long black hair. It had a red streak in the front. He had red eyes that made Jake shudder a little. He had a long scar going down his right arm. He had all black on. “ Well isn’t that impressive?” The man said. “And who may you be?” Jake tensed more. “ I’m the Assassin, and who the hell are you?” The man laughed. “ Who am I? I am many things. I go by the name Cliff. and I would think you would want to be scared of me.” He smiled an evil kind of smile and stared into Jake’s eyes. Jake was getting worried. He drew his sword. “ Why should I be scared of you huh?” Cliff laughed more. “ Never turn your back away, Assassin.” As he said this, he vanished and turned into water. He slipped into the gutter. Jake put his sword away and climbed up a building in a hurry. He got to the top and ran along the roofs. All the while he kept thinking about what he had gotten himself into. He had made his first true enemy as the Assassin, and he knew, it wouldn’t be the last one. The next few weeks he kept up on stopping thieves. Everytime after he stopped them he would turn around and there would be Cliff.  Jake could barely sleep at night. He was scared that Cliff would come for him in the night. He layed in bed one night wondering if he would ever attack him. He had all the opportunities in which to kill him or brutally attack Jake. Just then there was a knock on the door. Jake jumped at the sound. He sat up and looked out the window. It was Gabby with some guy. The man had brown hair and had green eyes. Jake got up and opened the door. Gabby smiled. “Well hey there.” “ Hey. Why are you here so late its like eleven at night.” Just then the guy barged into the house. “Hey! You can’t just barge into my house!” Gabby rushed in and pulled him back. “Sorry! My boyfriend can be in a rush sometimes.” At the words ‘my boyfriend’ Jake’s heart shattered into tiny pieces. He should’ve known that for a girl like her to become his would be impossible. He let them in and they went into the living room. The guy put a flash drive into the tv. Gabby sat down on the couch. “His name is Bill. He’s a nice guy when the timing isn’t like, well, like this.” Bill spoke up. “ The rebellion has gotten information on an attack on our secondary base that they found out about. We need all the reinforcements we can get. They plan to attack in two days.” Jake knew that it was time for the Assassin to join the rebellion. “Wouldn’t doubt if the Assassin will be there. Have you heard about him?” Gabby nodded her head. “Of course. He would be a perfect addition to the rebellion. But first comes first,” she closed her hand into a fist of fire. “ We have to stop those scum who plan to attack our second base.” They discussed more about the attack and then Gabby and Bill left. After about five minutes Jake threw on the Assassin’s outfit. He went out and jumped rooftops till he got to his school’s roof top. He stood on the ledge and looked down to the city. He couldn’t believe that he thought he had a chance with Gabby. That no girl would like him. He was destined to live a lonely life style for the rest of his life. Just then his thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice. “ Can’t sleep, Assassin?” Jake shot to attention and turned around to a battle ready stance. “ Why do you keep following me?” Jake was scared but had to hide it. Cliff laughed. “ Because it’s my direct orders. Well, partially. My direct order is,” He had a brief pause and drew a sword and smiled evilly at jake and glared at him with his evil red eyes. “To kill you.” Jake knew this was coming but he didn’t have weapons except for his blade gauntlet. He knew that was his only option. He drew the blade from hiding and held it in his hand with a tight grip. Cliff charged at him and Jake evaded and cut Cliff’s chest while doing so. A loud scream came from Cliff. Jake turned around to see Cliff charge at him again. He evaded. It went like this for a while. Until Cliff had enough and used his powers to try to drown him. Cliff made a huge water bubble and enclosed it around Jake. Jake was starting to faint. Then he used his powers. He made an electrical explosion that dispersed the water. Cliff’s eyes widened at this sight. He was scared. “ A lightning user?” h\He shouted. “That’s impossible!” Cliff made a quick decision. “ I will be back Assassin! Stronger than ever!” Then he vanished into water. Jake was breathing heavily. He then turned around and ran home. He got out of the outfit and layed on his bed, scared of what Cliff will do to become more powerful. But all he could do is lay there. So many thoughts ran through his head, thoughts about Gabby, Cliff, the rebellion, Bill and many others. But that one question still shouted the loudest in his head, what did he get himself into?