Hey guys! I'm sorry for not uploading in a long time but personal stuff got in the way. And I'm sorry that this chapter is so short. I promise the next one will be bigger.
"Phoebe, it's just a grade," said Max as the twins entered the living room.
"It's not just a grade Max! It's my GPA! I need to have a perfect for my dream University!"
"Phoebe it's just one bad mark. Your GPA would still be perfect," said Max calmly.
"How do you know that? You don't even care about your own GPA! Maybe I can find a way to get another substitute teacher," said Phoebe hysterically.
Max shook his head. He knew that Phoebe was a perfectionist, but this is crazy. He never understood her needed to be perfect.
"Phoebe, your grades may show your intelligence, but they don't defy you. Your actions do. And at the end of the day you'll have to live with your choices," he said and left. There is no point in pursuing this conversation anymore. He truly believes that, despite her flaws, Phoebe was a good person.
Going down to his lair he prepared for patrol. Since he beat up the Elemental Gang he had to patrol Hiddenville to keep the city safe from villains and also search for Dark Mayhem. Patroling his hometown usually takes him an hour, as such he pretends to go to sleep early and sneaks out while Colosso covers for him. As he patrolled he found a short dark-haired woman in a green jumpsuit sitting on a bench in the empty park. He approached her cautiously.
"I've been watching for you, White Knight," she said as she got up from the bench. "My name is Ash and I have been hired to kill you."
"Who hired you?"
"I will not say since it goes against my code, however, should you defeat me I will reveal what I know."
"Sounds good to me," he said before dropping in a stance.
"I see that you don't have a weapon. In that case, I will not use mine," she said and stabbed her katana on the ground before going into her stance.
White Knight aimed a round kick to her head, but Ash ducked. The vigilante immediately followed it up with a kick to her gut, but she blocked it, the force behind the kick sent her back a few steps. White Knight closed the distance between them and let out a flurry of attacks, but Ash managed to block or dodge all of them. Seeing an opening the assassin punched him in the stomach, stunning him and quickly followed up with a summersault that sent him flying. White Knight got up and feeling pain in his gut and his head.
She is strong. While she didn't damage the armor her strikes are strong enough to make me feel them.
Ash stood there, waiting for the vigilante to get up. She had yet to be impressed by the vigilante. White Knight charged and when he was so close he dropped and aimed a kick to her legs, but she jumped over him. He sent a kick in her direction, but she managed to grab his leg and swipe the other one. Just as she was about to break his leg he managed to kick one of her legs, making her let go. The vigilante got up, only to be knocked down again by a kick in the stomach.
"I thought you were stronger than this," Ash said as he pinned White Knight down with a kick on his throat.
As she was about to crush his throat, the vigilante grabbed her foot and pushed her off him with all his might.
I can't beat her, not in a fair fight. I could incapacitate her, and then what? She won't tell me who hired her unless I beat her fair and square. And she doesn't look like the type that will spill her guts under interrogation. I'll have to retreat for now and train harder.
He got up and threw one of his flash grenades blinding the assassin and made his escape. Ash prepared for an all-out assault, but no attack came.
At least he has honor, she thought. The assassin started to meditate until the effects of the flash grenade wore off. She came to realize that White Knight is someone who learns from his mistakes and can improve a lot. If he's not dealt with quickly he would become a very big and dangerous threat to all villains out there. A smile formed on her lips. She would let him be for a while in order for him to grow and challenge him again later for a better challenge.
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