Walking down the street I noticed a shadow following me. Not wanting to take the chance that it was a stalker, I decided to take a detour to my house; instead of crossing at the traffic lights, I decided to turn right. Walking down the street and reaching another set of traffic lights, I turned left and crossed the street. But, in the corner of my left eye I saw the shadow again. Wanting to confirm what it was I quickly turned around but saw nothing.
Looking forward now I decided to keep walking, in between the next two stores I spotted an alleyway. The moment I got right in front of it, I quickly turned and ran into it. Checking my watch; it was already 19:00. The sun was already setting and the moon was beginning to rise. Running left and right in the alleyway, I finally arrived at an opening into a driveway for loading trucks of a store. Sighing and coughing, I caught my breath.
"Hey you!" screamed an unfamiliar voice.
Turning to my right I noticed three men in the shadows leaning on the wall. They were dressed in sleeveless shirts and baggy sweat pants. Judging from their faces, I guess they were about 25 years old.
"Hey you, what do think you're doing here?" one of the men questioned.
"Yeah, this is our territory," the other man stated.
"I'm sorry, I'll leave right away," I replied as I started walking towards the street.
"You think you can just walk away like nothing happened?" one of the men said, getting off the wall and walking towards me.
Seeing what was going to happen, I decided it was best to run from the situation. However, as I got ready to run, the man, who probably ran while I wasn't paying attention, grabbed me by the neck collar. Choking, I saw the other two men start to walk over. The next moment I felt a pain by my stomach; it was a punch. Then I was tossed to the ground next to full trash bags. After that, I started to feel excruciating pain everywhere; the three men were kicking me vigorously. Not even waiting to take turns, they just kept kicking with all they had. Covering my head, which was the most crucial part, I felt pain everywhere on my body constantly.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" shouted an unfamiliar voice coming from the alleyway.
The kicking stopped.
"My, my, what do we have here," one of the men claimed.
Looking up from my position, I saw a figure no bigger than me. It had long, silky silver hair and its eyes glowed crimson. The very next moment it disappeared. Then I heard one of the men screaming right next to me. Turning to look, the figure I saw previously was right next to me. Their hand was stabbed through one of the men's stomach. Stained with dark rose blood, the owner of the stomach had a dumbfounded expression. As the figure took their hand out, the man fell backwards and blood leaked out from his wound staining the cement. I then heard another scream as another one of the men flew through the air and into the wall. Looking closely, I saw the man that was thrown had broken his neck, leaving a giant ruby mark on the wall. Lastly, looking at the last of the three men; he was shaking continuously. Then, like he weighed as much as a feather, he was tossed into the sky. When he fell to a certain height, his mouth tasted leather and he flew towards the shutters - for loading cargo onto the trucks - and smashed right through it.
Sitting up now, I looked forward and saw the figure from before. It had a feminine outline, so I concluded it was a girl. Walking towards me, as our eyes aligned, my head started to hurt. I figured it probably hurt because one of the thugs did kick me in the head before I was able to shield it.
Who is she? The one with bright vermilion eyes and silver long hair? Possessing inhuman supernatural strength and agility? Why am I still here, why do I sit in awe of her abilities? I kept saying to myself.
"We finally meet again," she spoke.
Her voice cut deep into my skin like butter sending shivers up my spine. Finally, I unglued from the ground and I ran as fast as I could from the scene I had witnessed. However, when I had stared into her eyes, why did I sense sadness in them? Who is she? And what did she mean "again"…?
Next Time: Chapter 5; Transfer Student
