Chapter 16: Entering the Frey part 4
The hooded man slowly entered the house, it was a nice house for sure, up to the standard of a person like LeBron James. He looked at the Arrow pieces again, they led him to an office. "This is where the piece must be," he muttered, he began to rummage through the drawers, eventually finding what he was looking for. The man picked up the Arrow piece from the drawer, "perfect," he said, "this is perfect." He noticed some caked over blood on the piece, "this has been used recently," he muttered, "but by who?" The man heard a noise behind him, he quickly turned, only to see the wife of LeBron James. The hooded man starred daggers into Mrs. James, he licked his lips as he put the piece away in his jacket. "Please," Mrs. James said, "take whatever you want, just please, don't hurt me." The man tilted his head and moved towards her, "I was instructed to not leave any witnesses, poor you." The hooded man pulled a gun out and pulled the trigger.
LeBron's eyes shot open. He heard a loud bang echo throughout the house, he quickly got up and moved downstairs. "Hello?" LeBron said, "who's there?" As he moved down the steps, he could see something on the floor. His eyes widened, blood, there was blood on the floor, and lots of it. "What the hell?" He muttered, he summoned his Space Jam and slowly began to move to the floor, "if there's anyone in here, you better leave before I bust you up!" LeBron got to the floor, he looked to his left, the blood had come from that direction. "No…" LeBron muttered, a hand laid on the floor, he knew who the hand belonged to. He rushed to the hand, his wife's body lay motionless, a hole in the middle of her head leaked blood. "No!" LeBron yelled, he ran up to his wife's body, tears began to form in his eyes, "no, no! Please baby, this can't be real!"
LeBron could hear footsteps behind him. The hooded man paced behind LeBron, "a wise man once said that bonds are a weakness, that they hold us back from becoming who we really are," the man said, "I consider that weakness to be a sin, a sin that must be cleansed by my hand." LeBron slowly turned to the man, "why would you do this?" LeBron muttered, "what did we ever do to you?" "You're a sinner, and sinners deserve to be purged from this world," the man said, "I have a mission, and I must succeed." The hooded man lifted his hand up, ready to strike LeBron. LeBron looked at his now dead wife, a feeling of rage swelled inside of him. Just as the hooded man began to strike, LeBron turned and slammed his fist into the man's stomach. The man stumbled backwards, "Space Jam!" LeBron yelled. Space Jam emerged and swung at the man, who dodged and disappeared behind one of the walls. "Come back here bastard!" LeBron yelled, he gave chase to the man, but when he turned the corner, the man wasn't there.
LeBron looked around the house, he couldn't find the man. "Where the hell are you!" LeBron yelled, he continued to pace around the house, but to no avail. Suddenly, LeBron was shot in the shoulder, he fell to his knees, clutching the wound. The hooded man came from out his hiding and aimed the gun at LeBron, LeBron saw this and knocked the gun out of the man's hand with his Space Jam. Space Jam went to strike the man, but its arm was suddenly grabbed by two blue hands. "Too predictable," the man said, a blue energy formed around LeBron's arm, his began to morph, becoming almost greyish. "T-this ability…" LeBron muttered, before he knew it, his arm was violently ripped off. Blood spewed from the stump and he crumpled to the ground, clutching his arm.
The hooded man walked over LeBron; a gross pool of blood began to form around him. "You," began LeBron, "you won't get away with this!" The hooded man knelt to LeBron, he took his hood off and smiled at LeBron. "That's where you are wrong," the man said, "I will get away with this, I always get away, no one will ever stop me and my mission, those who do, always end up the same way." The hooded man stood up and summoned his Stand, "they end up dead."
"A Stand?" Jolyne asked, "how can you be so sure?" "It occurred a little while ago, I had a flashback," Joshua said, "despite it targeting my family, they could never see it, except for me, only Stand users can see Stands, there must be a link between the two." Bronny scratched his head, "maybe, but that's a bit of a stretch," he said, "even if it is a Stand, it would have to have a Stand user, who would the user be?" Before Joshua could answer, a buzzing noise could be heard, Bronny felt it in his pants, it was his phone. Bronny picked up his phone, it was a number that he didn't recognize. "Who is it?" Jolyne asked, Bronny shrugged, "I don't know." Bronny accepted the phone call, "hello?" "Bronny, are you ok?" Bronny raised an eyebrow, "I'm sorry, who is this?" "Giorno, you know, the blonde one, are you ok?" "Uh, yeah, why?" "There was an accident, I needed to make sure you were ok." Bronny began to get nervous, "I'm fine, w-what do you mean by accident?" He said. He could hear Giorno sigh on the phone, "there was an accident with your parents," Giorno said, "and it's not good."
To Be Continued