Chapter 2: Aisha's turn
It was a very sunny, hot day. Aisha stood out in the outskirts of the city, waiting for the man. She stood there, watching for anything that might resemble him, although she never saw what he looked like.
"So you actually went ahead with coming to find me. I'm touched," a voice came from afar.
Aisha turned to face the voice but no one was there, "Show yourself coward!"
"Why? It's more fun seeing your kind try and find me."
"You've hunted more of my kind?"
"Of course. You guys piss everyone off and I have to clean up the mess. Now I'll add you to my 'Dead Cat' list."
Aisha heard him and charged at him. There he was, standing with that trench coat of his. His body was as steady as a rock. She continued to charge but he didn't move. When Aisha was within an inch from him, he vanished. She stood there in a sort of shock. She turned and saw him a few feet away from her.
"What kind of a freak are you?"
"The deadliest kind."
He vanished again. Aisha looked all around but didn't find him. She heard him ruffle through his coat. By the time she turned, his gun was in her face, dead between the eyes. A trickle of sweat ran down her face.
"Funny, this was too easy," he said.
"Yea, me too," she glanced up at him and back at the gun barrel. "So are you going to shoot me?"
"No."
"WHAT?!" she said in a surprised voice.
"You were too easy to get. I want a challenge. Go train or something."
"Fine! I'll show you what I can do."
"So you want to be killed now rather than later? You are fascinating."
She flipped backwards and landed on all fours. Her muscles grew and eyes seemed to get wider. The man put away his gun and watched this.
"Before I attack you, what's your name?"
"To tell you the truth...It's Blind Man."
Then she turned into a white wolf. Although she couldn't see it, the Blind Man smiled under his cloth mask. She lunged at him. This time he didn't vanish, he dodged. She swung her mighty claws at him but he kept stepping back. Finally, she lunged and struck him. His fedora came off in the clash. Aisha looked at him and saw the cloth mask covered his entire head stretching down under his neck. He turned to her and removed his coat. He tossed it aside. The Blind Man wasn't at all muscular. He seemed rather normal. The cloth could now be seen running down to his arms and wrists. He wore a black vest and under it was the same silver cloth covering his chest. To Aisha, it was a shirt. His gun was in his holster but there was another holster on his other side. But it looked like a Caster Gun.
"So you thought that was funny, kitty? Let's see how you like a Caster Shell."
He grabbed the Caster Gun and locked a shell into it. The Gun looked like Gene's gun, only newer-looking. Aisha tried to rush him before he could fire but it was too late. The blast from the Caster Shell blasted her across the area. She was burnt and bones were broken. Aisha returned to normal and looked up at the Blind Man standing above her. His coat was back on and he was putting on his fedora.
"You're the first person to knock off my hat. Tell Gene that if he's not next, Melfina is. And I won't hold back on anything with her, whether she's worth selling on the black market."
The Blind Man walked off, leaving Aisha's burnt, broken body to be scorched by the sun. Gene later found her and took her to the hospital. She told him everything she remembered. She was put into a stasis till her wounds could be taken care of.
Gene leaned against a rail opposite the side of the Starwind & Hawking building, staring out at the sun. "I have no choice but to face him or I let him take Mel," he said out loud.
"Was that a challenge?" the Blind Man said.
Gene didn't turn to face him but responded, "Tomorrow. Noon. The Outskirts."
"Accepted," the Blind Man dashed off.
"And you'll get your own," Gene said under his breath.
It was a very sunny, hot day. Aisha stood out in the outskirts of the city, waiting for the man. She stood there, watching for anything that might resemble him, although she never saw what he looked like.
"So you actually went ahead with coming to find me. I'm touched," a voice came from afar.
Aisha turned to face the voice but no one was there, "Show yourself coward!"
"Why? It's more fun seeing your kind try and find me."
"You've hunted more of my kind?"
"Of course. You guys piss everyone off and I have to clean up the mess. Now I'll add you to my 'Dead Cat' list."
Aisha heard him and charged at him. There he was, standing with that trench coat of his. His body was as steady as a rock. She continued to charge but he didn't move. When Aisha was within an inch from him, he vanished. She stood there in a sort of shock. She turned and saw him a few feet away from her.
"What kind of a freak are you?"
"The deadliest kind."
He vanished again. Aisha looked all around but didn't find him. She heard him ruffle through his coat. By the time she turned, his gun was in her face, dead between the eyes. A trickle of sweat ran down her face.
"Funny, this was too easy," he said.
"Yea, me too," she glanced up at him and back at the gun barrel. "So are you going to shoot me?"
"No."
"WHAT?!" she said in a surprised voice.
"You were too easy to get. I want a challenge. Go train or something."
"Fine! I'll show you what I can do."
"So you want to be killed now rather than later? You are fascinating."
She flipped backwards and landed on all fours. Her muscles grew and eyes seemed to get wider. The man put away his gun and watched this.
"Before I attack you, what's your name?"
"To tell you the truth...It's Blind Man."
Then she turned into a white wolf. Although she couldn't see it, the Blind Man smiled under his cloth mask. She lunged at him. This time he didn't vanish, he dodged. She swung her mighty claws at him but he kept stepping back. Finally, she lunged and struck him. His fedora came off in the clash. Aisha looked at him and saw the cloth mask covered his entire head stretching down under his neck. He turned to her and removed his coat. He tossed it aside. The Blind Man wasn't at all muscular. He seemed rather normal. The cloth could now be seen running down to his arms and wrists. He wore a black vest and under it was the same silver cloth covering his chest. To Aisha, it was a shirt. His gun was in his holster but there was another holster on his other side. But it looked like a Caster Gun.
"So you thought that was funny, kitty? Let's see how you like a Caster Shell."
He grabbed the Caster Gun and locked a shell into it. The Gun looked like Gene's gun, only newer-looking. Aisha tried to rush him before he could fire but it was too late. The blast from the Caster Shell blasted her across the area. She was burnt and bones were broken. Aisha returned to normal and looked up at the Blind Man standing above her. His coat was back on and he was putting on his fedora.
"You're the first person to knock off my hat. Tell Gene that if he's not next, Melfina is. And I won't hold back on anything with her, whether she's worth selling on the black market."
The Blind Man walked off, leaving Aisha's burnt, broken body to be scorched by the sun. Gene later found her and took her to the hospital. She told him everything she remembered. She was put into a stasis till her wounds could be taken care of.
Gene leaned against a rail opposite the side of the Starwind & Hawking building, staring out at the sun. "I have no choice but to face him or I let him take Mel," he said out loud.
"Was that a challenge?" the Blind Man said.
Gene didn't turn to face him but responded, "Tomorrow. Noon. The Outskirts."
"Accepted," the Blind Man dashed off.
"And you'll get your own," Gene said under his breath.