A being, standing at six feet, could be seen standing at a crossroads. His face was hidden by a black masquerade mask. The mask had thick silver details across the top of it, with small silver detailed lines going around the eyeholes. But from what parts of his face and head that could be seen, he was probably a cat of some sort with cyan fur, and even darker cyan hair. He appeared to wear a white dress shirt with a black vest over it. His name, Orion.
With his vest and dress shirt, he wore black dress pants and black dress shoes to match. He seemed to carry a sword. The handle was black and dark grey, with three spikes on each side of the handle guard. The blade itself was long, and had seem lines going down it like stripes, suggesting the blade itself is made up of segments. Each segment seemed to extend out the blades near the top, before quickly going back to normal width as it reached the next segment. This meant the sword was somewhat saw-like, so it would cause more damage and pain too whoever was cut by it.
As he stood, he pulled out a pocket watch and looked at it, as he waited for a mercenary sent out to kill him. He had heard rumors of this mercenary, hearing that he was a master of guns. It was also said that this mercenary might be his equal in terms of killing, if not better. This is why Orion decided to take the battle out of his home town, not wanting to cause to much commotion or distraction, just in case the rumors were true.
Suddenly, his ears perked before he jumped away, as a bullet whizzed by his cheek and left a small scratch. He narrowed his eyes, as he looked to see a male human standing about five yards away. He was about five feet and eight inches, with a slight, hardy noticeable tan. His eyes were a light blue, going well with his black, spiky hair. He wore an open black dress coat for men, a white t-shirt underneath.
On his legs were black jeans, with black sneakers to match. In the human's grasp was a modified desert eagle, having an extended barrel, extended ammo clip, with the barrel made wider to accommodate larger, custom rounds as well. To top it off, it had a black and silver paint job with the mercenary's name imprinted on the side of it, 'Aiden'.
Aiden had a look of carelessness on his face, with eyes that didn't fear death, and had nothing to lose. Orion put his left hand in his pocket as he held his sword out too the side with his right hand. Both stared at one another intensely, waiting for the right moment to attack. As they waited, a bird flew by, a feather falling off. The feather slowly floated too the ground, when it finally landed.
Suddenly, right as it landed, the two attacked. Aiden instantly pulled the trigger and fired his gun, as Orion pressed a trigger on the sword handle and swung the blade forward. Aiden watched as the sword extended forward and separated at the seam lines into segments, the segments attached by a metallic, elastic wire. The bullet of Aiden's gun was stopped by the sword extending, but the force behind it stopped the momentum of the bladed whip's thrust.
Orion pulled the handle back, making the bladed whip fly back too him. Aiden expected this move to hurt Orion in the processed, but his eyes widened a millimeter when he found his guess wrong. Instead the whip sword appeared as if it was floating around Orion, showing Orion had control of it like it was an extension of his arm. Aiden aimed his gun once more and fired a third time.
The bullet was stopped as the bladed segments floating around Orion blocked it. Orion then swung the handle forward, making the blade segments shoot at him. Aiden caught Orion off guard though, as he did a sideways flip and landed upside-down on his left hand, aiming his gun at Orion with his right and and firing before flipping back onto his feet. Orion attempted to dodge while swing the handle sideways in Aiden's direction, but still felt the bullet graze his side.
Aiden ducked as the bladed whip left a scratch on the tip of his nose. Orion pulled the handle back and swung at Aiden again, as Aiden fired twice at Orion. Orion dodged one bullet, but the second one hit him in the shoulder. Aiden then felt the bladed whip hit his side and leave a deep gash, spraying blood across the ground. Orion then began twirling the handle upwards, making the bladed whip spin in the air. Aiden narrowed his eyes, before aiming at Orion's head and firing.
Right as Aiden fired, Orion swung the handle down and stopped the bullet, as Aiden jumped back. He wasn't fast enough, though, as the sword whip shredded where his chest met his left shoulder. He grunted as blood shot from the strike and stained the ground. He clenched his grip on his gun before firing three times at Orion.
Orion dashed sideways, but was still hit on the arm by one and had his neck grazed by another. He then swung diagonally upwards at Aiden. Aiden felt the tip segment leave a long scratch along his chest. He then did something Orion did expect, and grabbed the bladed whip with his bare left hand,. Orion saw Aiden's hand bleed heavily as he held tightly onto the whip sword's blades, before seeing Aiden aim his gun at him.
Orion grunted, before yanking his handle. Aiden fired as the blades blew back too Orion and left deep cuts in his hand, bleeding large amounts of blood. Aiden then began running at Orion, aiming his gun forward and firing. Orion knew his sword couldn't move fast enough to block it, and was forced to use the handle of it to block the bullet. He held his hand out and opened it, exposing the handle. The bullet was stopped by the handle, before Orion saw Aiden was now right in front of him.
Aiden held the gun too Orion's head, as Orion's eyes widened. He clenched his eyes as Aiden pulled the trigger, only to hear an empty click. This caused Aiden to widen his eyes, before he heard Orion press the trigger on his sword again. The bladed segments quickly shot back together and collapsed into a sword once more, Aiden still to stunned by the fact he had forgotten to reload and had used up his twelve bullets.
Orion then thrust his sword forward, impaling Aiden with his blade. Aiden coughed up blood, as Orion pulled the sword out and pushed Aiden too the ground. Aiden laid there, to weak to stand up now with his adrenaline gone and having been impaled. Aiden's breathing was weak, as Orion walked up too him and raised his sword. Aiden's breathing stopped, as Orion swung down and sliced Aiden's head clean off.
Orion then turned and walked away, heading home for medical treatment. Aiden's body, head, and gun were left there, the type of wounds on him proof, that Orion had bested this man. Orion had put the rumors to rest, and moved on to continued his job as a warrior and killer, with the title Orion, the Flying Blades of the Night.