As the paladins approached us, I looked towards Alice's beautiful but panicked face and all I could think about was her being safe. So I held her hand tight and jumped onto the roof of the building which was overlooking the battleground.

'They always run away from a good fight' Griffin said, even though he was talking to me it seemed that he was referring to someone else as well.

I purposely ignored his question and held Alice in my hands and whispered into her ear 'Whatever happens, stay here and be safe.'

She simply nodded and wiped a tear from her eye. Seeing her cry was heart-breaking, so I promised myself I wouldn't get involved in the fight unless Griffin absolutely needed me; because right now Alice needs me. Though I couldn't let Griffin die when he seemed to know so much of the information I desired most.

I turned my head to look at what was happening down below and if you blinked you would have missed him. Griffin was jumping from one place to another, from one building to another; the paladins had no chance of catching him. They had metal rods in their hands that lit up the colour blue, the paladin in front had a different one, his had a sort of metal rope inside. Which he kept shooting at Griffin but it missed him every time. The metal robe then smashed through a shop front and I could just see the electricity. I'm sure that amount of volts can't be legal, though the paladins don't exactly look like the type of people to abide by rules.

The electricity could be felt in the air and it reminded me of the night in my bedroom when I received an electric shock and it stopped me from jumping. Then I put the two together and it hit me, a paladin had been in my room that night. The realisation sent a chill down my spine.

CRASH. This sound was enough to break my concentration it came from the battle scene below and to my surprise it was Griffin who had slammed a paladin head into the floor at full speed. This guy was a bad-ass fighter as I watched him fly around; I gained a lot of respect for him. Then he jumped just behind his next target and grabbed his shoulders, jumped to the top of the building across mine and dropped him off. He just let the paladin fall from about 20 feet from the ground. The paladin screamed in fear but before he hit the floor, Griffin jumped and caught him with one hand and slammed him to the ground. This way of fighting came effortless to him; he had definitely run into a few paladins in his time.

As if that wasn't enough, he grabbed the paladin again and jumped to the other side of the street and just threw him against the wall, he was left motionless. If the paladins weren't my new found enemies wanting to kill me, I might have felt sorry for him... Might. Griffin feeling smug shouted, 'YEAH!'

Both of us thought the fight was over but then the third forgotten paladin ran up behind Griffin with a long thin metal rod struck his head. Griffin fell straight to the ground. The electric currents waved through him, I could see the pain on his face. The paladin raised his rod again and continued to strike him, I wondered why Griffin couldn't jump away from the attack but then again I couldn't when I got electrocuted. The electricity must effect our jumping which would make electric rods the perfect weapon against us; the paladins are crafty. I realised then that I had joined a war that has lasted years, maybe centuries. Griffin groaned in pain, he kept trying to crawl away but he couldn't escape. I had to help him. I turned towards Alice and she knew what I was planning to do, she stroked my face and slowly whispered, 'Please be careful' I nodded in response and turned to face the ground.

Adrenaline shot through my body and I stood up, took a deep breath and lunged myself of the building screaming, 'GRIF-FIN!' I thought my theatrical approach would distract the paladin long enough for Griffin to get away. Then before I hit the ground I jumped, on top of the paladin's shoulders and tightened my legs around his neck. His neck was tough so I tried to copy one of Griffin's moves and jumped with the paladin to the edge of another building. I could feel the paladin trying to wriggle out of my grip on him; he was fearless and the building was very high; was he not afraid of falling, or maybe he hoped to kill us both. Before I could move the paladin lost his balance and we slipped off the building tumbling to the ground. Though I made sure he broke my fall.

As the impact hit I heard his legs break it was disgusting; revolted by this I jumped off him and with my eyes scanned for Griffin. Though he wasn't there, he must have jumped away when I was busy falling off a building for the second time.

THWACK. Something electric hit my leg and paralysed me to the ground. The electricity was so much; I was shaking and curling myself into a ball. I didn't turn around to see who it was but I guessed it was the paladin who fell with me off the building. Any attempts of jumping were futile, I could hardly think anymore; I just laid there shaking. My body was tensing and my brain felt numb; I would have screamed in pain but I couldn't get anything out of my mouth.

I thought I was going to die but then out of nowhere a car smashed into the paladin, running him over. The car seemed to come out of thin air as if someone jumped with the car.

My assumptions were right Griffin was in the driver's seat of the car, smiling at me. I smiled back at him but my eyes were distracted, admiring his car; it was a shiny black sleek convertible and still intact from the blow. Now staying long to drool over the car, I jumped to the top of the building where Alice was, grabbed her hand and jumped into the car. I placed her at the back of the car and I jumped to the passenger's side. The action was so quick; Alice was in a daze by it all! Or maybe she was just in awe at the car.

'Nice ride' I said looking around the inside of the car.

'Not mine' Griffin laughed, 'I borrowed it from Tokyo.'

I laughed at his comment assuming he was joking but then again it was possible. So I decided to question him:

'You went to Tokyo and back in that short time?' I said sarcastically.

'Yeah and I would have been quicker but I wanted to get a really nice one' he said as he put on these dark sunglasses and reeved the engine sound was smooth but it still roared fiercely.

'Oh, I thought you were going to say you one it in a street race' Alice joked. I laughed at her comment because the car already looked like something out of a fast and furious movie.

'I could have but your boy-friend would have died' Griffin again seemed to struggle over the word boyfriend but neither Alice nor I questioned it. The car glided over the road, even though we were going at 100 miles per hour it felt like we were going at 20 because it was so smooth.

'Where to now then, Griffin?' I wondered.

'To my lai- I mean home… but first we're going on a little trip' Griffin said with a smile gleaming his face. I also wondered why he struggled with the term home and why he almost called it a lair or that's at least what it sounded like. Griffin is very mysterious guy, but nevertheless he seems really fun and dangerous and I am up for it.

'So the adventure begins here!' I said purposely not as a question. I looked behind me at Alice and the corners of her lips turned up and then she bit down on her lip.