NIGHTBLADE

Chapter 14

KA-BOOM!! BAAM!! Explosions roared around the parking lot like the man in the leather jacket sent flaming skulls crashing everywhere trashing the place.

NightBlade, on the other hand, switched to his "Aqua Variant" armor and tried to minimize the damage dealt by the skulls.

"If I don't do something soon, he could blow up the entire area and cause major damage." he thought to himself as he deflected a flaming skull and it exploded near the man in the leather jacket.

"Let's turn up the heat, boys!" The man said

The flaming skulls cackled in agreement and surrounded the man transforming into some sort of armor with blades attached to the side of his arms, a skull-shaped helmet. To top it all off, the helmet had two holes on the side that reveal green flames that formed into horns.

"Boy, he loves his skulls a little too much," NightBlade muttered to himself

"I agree," Neon said in his head.

"You might as well call me the Skull King!" The man said,

"How 'bout I call you "The Thick-Headed One"?" NightBlade replied, "Coz you too stubborn and a total punk."

The flames on the man's helmet grew violently. He then shouted and charged straight at NightBlade.

NightBlade just yawned, stepped to the side and the man just tripped on the trident and fell face-first to the ground. THUD!!

"At least your thick head saved you when you fall," NightBlade commented

The man was so furious, he got up and started flailing his arms throwing explosives everywhere. KA-BOOM!!!

"Time for you to cool off, punk," NightBlade said as he raised his spear and slammed the end pole on the ground.

Suddenly, clouds started to form above them. Then, the rain started to pour down heavily extinguishing the flames of not only from the debris but the flames around the man's bone armor.

NightBlade slammed the end pole of his spear on the ground again and the rain stopped. He then looked at the man whose armor is now steaming and looked like they were about to crumble.

The man steadily stood up, his eyes continue to burn in green flames as he is angry. He then snapped his fingers, and out of the smoke, Samantha appeared out of nowhere. She was then held by the grip of the man's left arm while his other arm pointed a dagger near her throat.

Quick on his feet, NightBlade was about to move until-

"Make one more step and this weak girl will pay the price!" The man told him,

NightBlade didn't seem to be affected by the warning, "You sure about that, punk?"

The man was confused, "What do you mean by tha-" But before he could finish his sentence, Samantha pushed the dagger away and stepped on his foot.

As the man hopped on one foot in pain, Samantha kicked him in the groin and he dropped to the floor squealing in pain.

"Who's weak now?" she taunted him before running back to her classmates

On the other hand, NightBlade was utterly shocked by what he just saw. "Remind me to never be on her bad side," he muttered to himself.

"Noted." Neon replied in his head.

Meanwhile, the man in the leather jacket continued to groan in pain. NightBlade approached him and asked, "What do you mean when you said 'to catch a big fish.'?"

But before the man could reply, his armor vanished, green smoke got out of him and was unconscious. As for the green smoke, it disappeared before NightBlade could react.

As he breathed heavily, NightBlade picked up the man in the leather jacket and placed him near the school building. After that, he disappeared into thin air just before the cops came to the man's aid.

Little did he know that the cloaked figure was watching him from afar. "Is that all you can do?" he muttered silently before disappearing into the shadows.