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I was stirred from my sleep by my alarm clock the next morning. I hit a button on it that shut it off, got up, got dressed and went to work. Half an hour later I was sitting in my bosses office being chewed out for being late.
"Mr. Yokomori, you believe that you are special, that some how the rules do not apply to you. Obviously you are mistaken. You see, I pay you to go out and catch the scum of this city. If you are late, you may miss out on some good leads. From now on, you must be here, on time, and prepared to work. Otherwise, you will be looking for another job. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes sir. Sorry sir."
"You will be if you don't get your act together, Mr. Yokomori. Now go see what Janice has for you and get to work."
"Yes sir."
I left his office and went to the front of the lobby where Janice, the secretary, sat behind a somewhat chaotic desk which was covered with many miscellaneous items as well as items necessary for her to do her job.
"Anything new today, Janice?"
"No not much. Just this."
She handed me a manila folder, which contained some basic information on a man known only as Brown.
"Oh and also, there is a package waiting for you in your office."
"Thanks Janice" I said as I went through the file's contents on the way to my office. The file was so thin that I had finished reading everything in it by the time I got to my office.
I walked in, set the file down on my desk, and sat down. It was then that I had noticed the envelope sitting on my desk that Janice had mentioned. I picked it up, tore it open, and emptied its contents into my hands. It was a cell phone, a very stylish one at that. As I pondered over who would send me something like that the phone rang. I pressed a button and the mouthpiece slid down.
"They're coming for you Raven."
"Who?"
"Look out your office door and see for yourself."
At that moment I looked out my office door and saw a man in a suit asking Janice where I was.
"Why? What do they want from me?"
"That's not important. What is important is that you survive. I can guide you but you must do exactly as I say. Understand?"
"Yes."
"Good. When I tell you to, go to the stairwell at the end of the hallway."
I started moving as soon as he said so but then suddenly I heard his voice again.
"Wait, hide in the office next to you."
I did what he said as soon as he said it.
"Ok. Wait here a moment."
The agent looked in on my office then moved down the hallway past the office I was in and on to the end of the hall and around the corner.
"Ok now follow the agent to the end of the hall but stay low and out of sight. When you get to the end of the hall move in the opposite direction he moves down the hallway."
Once again I did as he instructed and made my way down the hallway to the stairwell. As I entered the stairwell I could hear foot steps and the sound of guns being cocked.
"They have already found you. Move down the stairs…quickly."
"Damn it they're fast" I said more to myself then the voice on the phone who didn't respond. The bullets whizzed past me as I moved down the stairwell until I reached the first floor.
I walked out the door locking it behind me and stepped into what appeared to be a park of some kind with apartment complexes on either side. I had already gotten rid of the phone at that point. No more guidance. It was a decision I would soon regret.
"Mr. Yokomori, going somewhere?"
"What do you want from me? Wait a minuet…you're that guy who was in that file. This is a bold move, attacking the bounty hunter whose tracking you down."
He spoke as he came closer to me until he was within arms reach.
"You see, Mr. Yokomori, you have something I want."
Immediately after he said that he plunged his hand into my chest. A liquid began to spread slowly from where his hand was. But I was able to fight it. I forced it back then went on the offensive, throwing a combination of punches at him all of which he easily dodged.
He caught my last punch then countered with a couple attacks to my face, then a back hand to my head, then a punch to my body before launching me back and into a wall with a reverse side kick.
I slammed against the wall hard. This was no ordinary human being. I began to wonder if he was a demon. But I could not sense any demonic aura coming from him.
Suddenly, a man with well kept brown hair wearing darkly tinted sunglasses and a suit with what appeared to be a trench coat-like jacket landed on the ground in front of Agent Brown. The resulting shock wave knocked the agent off his feet.
Agent Brown stood up and attacked him. He sent countless punches at him but the man in the suit blocked or dodged every attack before countering with a series of lightning fast punches to his body finishing with one bone crushing punch to the face.
I saw the opening and drew my sword. I defeated the agent before he could stand up with my Fire Slash. I was surprised to see that the defeated agent flashed in a green light and was now the corpse of a police officer.
"Come Raven. We must go now."
"Go where?"
"Your house. Let's go."