I threw another knife at a thug, and it nailed his hand to the wall with a sickening crunch. I picked up the pipe he dropped, and threw it vertically into the back of another thug's head. "Blank, behind you!" Riina warned me. I swept my leg low as I turned around, and brought the hilt up into the thug's gut. He wheezed as he collapsed. I stood up, and checked around for anymore thugs. Riina dropped down from her perch as I picked up my knives. I gave them a quick count.
"Darn it, one's missing." I said.
"It's still in that guy's hand." Riina said. The guy whose hand I had pinned to the wall was out cold. I walked over, and pulled my knife out. I cleaned it on his shirt, and then ripped a piece of his shirt off. I tied it over the injury, and stood up.
"Do you want to keep this up, or call it a day?" I asked.
"Let's call it a day." Riina replied.
"Alright. We can change at the rec center. I'll meet you out front." I told her.
"Sure thing." Riina replied. She scaled the wall again, and I walked away. I tucked my knife away, so as not to look suspicious.
I stood out in front of the rec center, waiting for Riina. The doors opened behind me, and Riina stepped out. "So what do we do for an hour and a half?" She asked.
"There are movies, arcades, or we can wander around, looking for something else." I said.
"Why don't we wander for a bit. I need to know my way around town." Riina replied.
"Fine by me." I said, picking my bag up.
"What did you do with your time before I came here?" Riina asked.
"I used it much more productively. I visited my friends, had a part time job, and did work for my parents." I replied.
"Doesn't sound all that productive to me." Riina said.
"Well what would you be doing if you couldn't do this?" I countered.
"Trying to get that web back from you." Riina replied.
"Good luck. I'm going to be keeping that until I can figure out how to replicate it." I said. Something grabbed my left wrist, and yanked me back.
"Brent?" Riina said, turning around. I dropped my bag, and tried prying the red tentacle off my wrist. I grabbed my bag again, and was suddenly yanked backwards and around a corner. Riina followed me. I found myself face to face with a blue male humanoid and a red female one. They had long, thin tongues, and sharp teeth. There were tentacles coming off their backs and arms, and one of the female's was holding my wrist.
"Who, and what, are you?" I asked them, slipping my free hand into my bag.
"We're going to be your death, Blank and Arachnia." The blue one said. I felt the hilt of one of my knives, but I was yanked away by the female.
"Naughty, naughty." Se said, waggling her finger at me. I pulled one of my daggers from its sheath, and sliced her tentacle. She hissed in pain, and the tentacle melded into her body. I ripped the part that still held onto my wrist off, and drew my second dagger.
"What do you want with us?" I asked her.
"I don't know, ask him." She said, pointing at the blue humanoid. In her moment of distraction, I held both daggers in one hand, and grabbed a throwing knife. I threw it at the blue humanoid, but he stepped back and out of the way. A line of webbing clung to the handle as soon as it was in the wall. It retracted, and Riina had the knife in her hand. Another line of webbing grabbed my wrist, and yanked. The female's fist connected with the side of my face, taking me by surprise. I stumbled back, and cut the web with my dagger. I charged forward, one blade behind me and the other in front. The humanoid stepped to the left of my punch, and jumped back from my stab. I grinned, and charged again. This time, I cut low, and she jumped upwards. As she came down, I jabbed my dagger upwards. She shot webbing out of her wrist, and tried to pull herself away, but I stabbed into her shoulder. I cut her web, and brought the dagger about in a slash across her thigh, and then jumped back, pulling my dagger out of her shoulder. She hissed, and slunk away. She climbed the wall, and soon disappeared from site. The male followed her by jumping from building side to building side.
"I wonder what that was about." Riina said. I shrugged, and began searching my bag for a cleaning rag.
"I dunno, but the male's the boss. The girl didn't know why they were attacking us." I told her, cleaning my daggers and putting them away. Riina handed me the throwing knife, and I put it in my bag. "Maybe I should start bringing a gun." I mused.
"Do you really think it's necessary?" Riina asked.
"Better safe than sorry." I replied. "I told you, I won't put my life on the line. Those guys are too much of a risk, in my opinion." I said, standing up.
"But you won't stop doing this, will you?" Riina asked.
"I'll continue doing it, but I will use a pistol. We should probably tell your sister about those two, also." I advised her.
"Do we have to tell her? She might not believe us, and if she does, she might cancel this." Riina said as we left the alley way.
"We won't tell her for now. Possibly later." I said.
"Thanks." Riina said. I nodded as we walked to where we were going to be picked up.
A week later
"Crap!" I muttered, running through the alleyways, trying to lose the red humanoid. I rounded another corner, and came to a dead end. I cursed under my breath. I was panting slightly from the run. The red humanoid dropped down in front of me, approaching me slowly. She was panting also. I tossed my dagger from my right hand to my left hand, and reached inside my trenchcoat with my right hand. "You've put up quite the fight for a normal human." She said, panting. I smiled grimly as she came forward. Suddenly, I went to stab her with my dagger, and pulled my right hand out of my trenchcoat. In my hand was a military pistol. The red humanoid dodged my stab, but I immediately shot several shots into her gut. Her breath wheezed out of her as she collapsed. As she hit the ground, her skin began to peel back. It revealed a human girl beneath. The red skin was sucked into her wounds, and she was breathing heavily. She was still well awake though.
"What are you?" I asked her.
"I'll tell you later. For now, I'd suggest helping your friend." She said, panting. I heard a scream in the distance. I hesitated for a moment, and then ran in the direction of the scream. As I ran, I heard two people fighting. I stopped, and looked above me to see Riina get tackled onto a rooftop. I tucked my dagger away and climbed up the fire escape after them. I came up onto the roof to see Riina struggling in the grip of the blue humanoid. The humanoid's arm began to shape itself into a sharp spear. Riina caught sight of me and tried to say something, but the grip on her throat was too tight. I took quick aim at the humanoid as he cocked his arm back. I shot off three shots into his arm as he went to stab Riina, causing his arm to jerk a bit as he stabbed her. His arm went through her gut up to his elbow. He yanked his arm out of her forcefully, and threw her away as he turned to face me.
"Why aren't you dead yet?" He asked. I didn't reply, I just took aim at his heart. I pulled the trigger, but only heard a click. The blue humanoid slowly began advancing on me as I removed the empty clip. I searched my pockets for a fresh one, grabbed it, and slammed it into place. I raised my gun to the humanoid's heart just as he dashed forward. His spear was poking my neck, and my gun was pointed at his heart. We stood still for a moment, but then he moved his spear arm to knock my gun off aim. I pulled the trigger, but I hit below the heart. He shrieked, and his arm returned to a normal shape. He jumped away as I shot at him again. He then turn, and ran away. As soon as he was gone, I ran over to Riina. She was bleeding badly. I ripped her shirt off, and noticed a long, thin laceration starting from her side and winding it's way up and around to her back. I took my trench coat off, and ripped a chunk off. I stuffed it inside the hole along with her shirt, and then ripped another chunk out of my coat. I tied this around her stomach to keep the padding from falling out. The sirens were getting closer and louder. I dumped my knives out of what remained of my trench coat, and then wripped it into strips. The sirens were at the base of the building now. I tied the strips around her body to cover up and apply pressure to the laceration. I could hear someone climbing up the fire escape as I finished. Two policemen came up onto the roof as I picked Riina up.
"Freeze!" They ordered. I stopped.
"Where's an ambulance?" I asked silently. Neither officer answered. I started walking again, but they moved to cut me off.
"We told you to freeze." One of them said.
"Not until my friend's in an ambulance." I replied. A group of paramedics came up onto the roof, and took Riina from me. As everyone's attention was shifted to Riina, I made my way past the police officers and down the fire escape. I walked to a payphone, and pulled out fifty cents. I picked the phone up, and put my fifty cents in. Then I called the person that I was dreading to speak to. I called Ana.
A/N: Sorry it took so long. The next chapter might be the last, depending on how it comes out and whether or not people want more. The next chapter might be up as early as late December, it all depends on what happens.