NIGHTBLADE

Chapter 42

All of a sudden, a green vine sprouted from the ground and grabbed NightBlade's legs. It then lifted him up and kept slamming him on the ground. THUD!! THUD!! THUD!! THUD!!

Then, the green vine spun him around twice and threw him face flat to the ground. THUD!!

'I can't even move my body.' NightBlade thought to himself,

The cloaked figure tapped his foot on the ground impatiently. "Oh c'mon. Don't tell me you've given up already." he said, "The party isn't over yet."

He snapped his fingers and green vines sprouted from the ground wrapping itself around NightBlade and lifted him up into the air.

The cloaked figure approached him and looked disappointed. "I guess I'll have to switch things up a notch." he then said as he approached the two cages.

NightBlade looked and wondered what the cloaked figure was about to do.

"Here's the deal, hero." The cloaked figure said, "Choose one of the girls to live and let the other be offered as a sacrifice."

After hearing that, NightBlade tried to break free from the vines but he couldn't. "Leave them out of this!" he shouted,

"Tick tock, hero. Who do you choose to save?" the cloaked figure asked,

He approached the left cage where Maria is being held. "Enny, meeny," he said as he made a vine put a small cut on her arm.

"Stop that!" NightBlade demanded

The cloaked figure didn't listen as he went to the next cage where Justine was being held. "Miny, moe." he continued as the green vine scratched Justine's leg

"Cut it out!"

"Let's raise the bar, shall we?" The cloaked figure said as he went to a nearby lever and pulled it down.

Then the cages began to move downwards and the girls were scared and screamed for help. The cloaked figure pulled the lever back up and the cages stopped moving.

"Better choose now or else" he warned NightBlade

On the other hand, NightBlade's anger grew. He's so frustrated, he couldn't help but yell, "LEAVE. THEM. ALONE!!!!"

"Calm yourself." Neon told him but there was no response.

Suddenly, the medallion reacted to NightBlade's anger and released black energy and it surged around him. He finally broke free from the vines but the energy was so strong, it caused the wind to blow violently around the area.

When the wind died down, the cloaked figure looked and was surprised by what he just saw. NightBlade is now covered in black armor, wearing a helmet with horns twisting in opposite sides. His eyes revealed to be pitch black and his skin is pale.

Then, NightBlade focused his gaze on the cloaked figure who was a little intimidated by the sight of the armor.

"Hey, y' know we just playing around, right?" The cloaked figure nervously said,

But there was no response from NightBlade. He raised his hand and a black wide sword appeared.

"Now die," he said in a distorted voice.