When the fight began, I knew I was in for a battle.
Hitting my right pole arm against one of the demons legs, and he falls to the ground on one knee.
Soryu was battling another demon but I could see he was starting to fall short.
Swinging my pole arm, I break the third guy's arm. He brings his sword up and jabs the blunt end into my stomach with his good arm.
Gah! It hurt like a bitch, but I wasn't about to back down.
I turn suddenly and the broken armed guy sees this as an opening.
I knew from all my time as an apprentice that the back was always an easy target. So I open my hearing better.
Swoosh.
The demon brings his sword down, but I dodge it... barely.
What is wrong with me?
Twisting around our weapons collide, with the resonating of metal hitting metal.
Turning I see Soryu on the ground, not moving. My anger gets the best of me and I jam my foot into the guy's gut, making him collapse to the ground.
I inch forward towards Soryu's motionless figure, softly calling out, "Soryu?"
I push down my hood and take off my mask, that way I could examine him better.
There was a gash on the back of his head, and it was bleeding profusely. Damn, I had no choice.
Taking out my cellphone, I dial 911.
"911 what is your emergency?" the operator says.
I knew that my voice modifier was on at all times when I made emergency calls, so I say calmly, "I found a man at the shipping yard and he is bleeding quite badly. Send help right away." Click.
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I set Soryu down at the entrance to the dock. I stroke his cheek and kiss him softly, before saying, "Please get better Soryu. I still haven't told you my secret yet."
I stand up and slip my mask back on and pull up my hood before I climb the containers to my vantage point.
It was a ring of metal boxes all stacked on top of each other, making a nice little cove of a missing box. It was one place where the fog didn't reach.
I ignore my cove, and opt for watching from afar as the sirens and ambulance sounds grow closer with each passing second.
"Come on, hurry up why don't you." I mutter to myself.
The cop car is naturally the first one there, stopping in a sideways manner, and the medical vehicle is next.
They get Soryu on the stretcher, and close the doors of the ambulance.
Then it was time for them to find the bad guys.
One cop in particular is about to pass by the devil followers, when I catch their attention by jumping to the ground.
"Someone's over here!" I sigh. Cops. Only really care about donuts and coffee. Smirking at my own thoughts, when in fact Mamoru was indeed a detective, I begin to run toward the tied up bunch.
When the cops finally catch up, I am nowhere to be found. But the bad guys were... smack in the middle of the path.
I watch closely as they are taken into custody.
I turn on my heels and quietly leave, not making a single sound despite my racing heartbeat.