Kim and Alexander had exited the exquisite restaurant Dongio Ristorante. They had dinner which lasted two hours of them talking and eating, drinking wine and enjoying each other's company. Kim hadn't had anything similar with anyone in a very long time. Even Ron as he'd always take her to Bueno Nacho.
They were walking towards Alexander's flying masterpiece of a science project until they heard something. They looked to their right and saw a tall figure wearing some sort of an Asian mask approach them.
'He was wearing a Tengu mask.' Alexander realized. 'Father's goons.'
"Can we help you?" Kim asked with a sense of confusion. But no response from the masked figure. It lowered its body as if was about to jump at them and it did. In a split second, Alexander pulled Kim away and threw a roundhouse kick only to have it blocked getting him thrown off balance. Just then, Kim faced the figure and as she was trying to reason with the figure, she did a flip getting over the figure it grabbed her leg mid air and threw her back in the direction she jumped from. Alexander at this second threw a right hook in the blind spot as the mask faced Kim's direction and yet the mask redirected the punch and threw Alexander in front of the figure and at that second, Alexander felt a sudden shock to his stomach. He was kneed in the stomach hard.
As Kim landed seeing Alexander hunched on the ground in pain, she was furious. Luckily her dress provided enough freedom to move with ease and so she did another flip towards the figure but this time, as she landed on her hands, she twirled her body weight throwing a powerful kick right at the mask only for the mask to instantly redirect it at Alexander's head knelt down in front to the left of him. She tried to stop it but couldn't and kicked him in the face. As Kim got on Alexander to see if he's okay, the shadow disappeared without a sound.
"Alex, are you ok? I am so sorry!"
"It's not your fault." Alexander reasoned. Whoever this masked person was, he was well trained. Very well trained. Although Alexander was a bit rusty as he hadn't trained in some time. He's gone soft and was now humiliated in front of the girl he likes. Anger stirred inside of him but he kept it at bay in front of Kim. He couldn't blow his cover or reveal that part of himself to her.