Another Side Of The Universe

Chapter 24 : Secret

Axion walks out from the Flare nightclub and goes towards her spaceship. The road is dark and gloomy. Although the flare nightclub was merry, the alley is very silent. The wind howls through the empty old buildings around her as if she's tracing the path of a ghost city. Rustling sound follows her movement. Axion glanced around under her mask, noticing unusual presence.

A group of aliens stand ahead. Axion acts indifferent but stays alert as she gets closer. The aliens watched her as she walked past them.

"Hey!" called an alien.

Axion stopped her step.

"You should say 'excuse me' when you're passing through people. Don't your parents teach you manners?" said an alien.

"You're the one who stands in the middle of the road. Don't your parents told you not to block public spaces?" said Axion.

"How daring," said another alien.

They slowly circled Axion. Axion let out a bored sigh. The group of thugs smirks.

"We know who you are. You're Noche right?"

"If you know who I am, then I suppose you know what I can do," said Axion with confidence.

"Yea. But we ain't scared of a lone wolf," said an Alien.

"Your expertise is assassination. I bet you've never brawled with this many people."

Axion laughs. "What a simpleton."

One of the thugs lunges at Axion. She leisurely stepped aside. Avoiding the first attack. Two other thugs jump at the same time, aiming for her head.

Axion ducked, making the two hit each other's head.

Axion swiftly hits their crotch while they protest about their head. She stretched her leg and spun. Sweeping both of their feet. Two thugs fall. Another thug runs at her. She pulls her sword and swiftly cuts his leg. The thug groans in pain as he squirm.

Seeing three of their friends fall, the remaining thugs begin to hesitate. But one of the thugs convince them to keep attacking. Metal pipe on their hands. They all come at her at the same time. Axion jumped high, doing a backflip and landed gracefully behind them. Slightly startled, they immediately turned back and chased Axion again.

Axion put a stance. She waits until they get closer before she charges at them. She swiftly cuts each of them, one by one. Some thugs are lucky to only get scars. Others get their fingers cutted.

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Kaizo silently watches the fight. He's focusing on Axion's fighting style.

"So that's her real skill," Kaizo mumbled.

The Axion who fights the thugs right now is different from the Axion who spar with Kaizo. She doesn't make excessive movement. She doesn't make any unnecessary steps. Full control over her body makes her look gracefully perfect. Even though Axion fights with leisure, Kaizo can somewhat feel a strange sense of passion. Or perhaps, desire.

Kaizo keeps watching Axion fight. Until something caught the corner of his eyes. A gunner, in a building. Aiming at Axion and ready to shoot. Kaizo looked at Axion. She hasn't realized it yet. Kaizo runs at her. Before a bullet pierced through Axion's head, Kaizo stood with his energy shield. Axion glanced at him.

The gunner startled.

"There!" said a voice.

Axion and Kaizo looked at the source of the voice.

More thugs are coming.

"So, they managed to call for backups," Axion mumbled.

They begin to charge towards Axion.