It was behind the blue train, three fierce opponents stood opposite each other, two allies and their opponent from the past with whom they had unsettled accounts and today everything was supposed to end, the black-haired Chidi in a white suit calmly and slowly threw the gun, firing the last bullet into the blue derailed train, shaking a dark gray wolf looking out of the hole and his shocked red eyes, a woman in black, a brunette, Ares pulled out two guns and threw them aside, knowing full well that currently the exchange of fire between him and John was completely ineffective, because the assassin in black standing on the other side, black-haired John Wick can do much more than the average person, with his power to bend to bullets as well as the ability to stop bullets he was able to prevail in such a duel, one could say that thanks to his powers he was downright unfair.
Ares and Chidi looked at each other out of the corner of their eyes and nodded, their current determination had finally brought them to this place, to a large clearing in front of the tracks with a derailed train standing on the way to Mount Fuji, a large volcano and another prison and another exile resting there, great traitors, finally Chidi and Ares clenched their fists tightly and rushed at their adversary, hitting him with quick blows from both sides, that was the moment when everything started to thunder, everything, even the entire derailed train trembled.
Two assassins working together, doing quick footwork, moved left and right, their fists and punches with quick straight and full swings at such a speed that few people would be able to stop such a fast and powerful storm of blows, but their opponent in black made quick turns to the left. and right, he guided his hands blocking each of their blows, for a moment it was a fight of exhaustion, because so far no one had been able to prevail in the current exchange of blows, but Chidi and Ares were striking with increasing speed, John was shaking his hands left and right and, pulling down the enemies' fists in vain, stopped their crazy barrage of blows, there was also a moment when two opponents, gaining more and more speed, seemed to be pushing their hated enemy back, but as John turned out, by quickly turning around and jumping back this allowed the two opponents pressing against him to punch their own clenched fists centrally, a strange thunder sounded, and Chidi and Ares, clutching their right fists, squealed for a moment, shaking their sore fists.
Two opponents, changing strategies, stood next to each other and, rushing at their opponent, they started attacking once and then again, after the first quick sequence of blows, when Arez hit her right hand, John, making a quick turn, stood back, allowing Chidi to perform a few quick blows, jumping out of hiding from behind her back, Chidi landed the first accurate blow, turning John's head and his entire body, but only so that John could gain more speed and hit the opponent with a powerful roundhouse kick, Chidi, hit straight in the head, also went into full rotation and also kicked with all his strength in the John's belly, causing his opponent to stumble and launch a quick counter, then Chidi was pushed aside by Ares replacing him, the woman in black made a quick spin and collided her right leg with the opponent's leg with a thunderous effect before spinning again and hit her with a left hook, hitting her head, John made a quick turn, hitting his right leg, and with the second rushing kick, Arez hit her head with such force that the assassin did a flip in the air and landed upside down, and when John moved at her, Ares took advantage of the situation and did a few turns, punching his right and left legs, John, hit a few times in the stomach, moved back again, his slight grimace on his face and brown eyes said a lot, but that wasn't the end, Chidi took advantage of the situation and started punching his fists for sure and right at the end, jumping forward and tapping John's ankles.
John hit the ground and, turning quickly, he saw only one more series of blows, Ares and Chidi began to attack mercilessly with quick hooks and straights, their blows became almost rhythmic, when one finished, the other one took its place, and John defended himself with every blow. he landed on his right and left knee from time to time, overwhelmed by great strength and speed, and his opponents' fists were hitting so fast that you could barely see the blows, suddenly everything stopped in place and the two cooperating opponents made a joint turn, their legs twisted crosswise together and collided in front of him when John made a quick turn, John slid forward and with a cutting blow he hit both opponents' legs, knocking them to the ground with a loud bang.
Chidi and Ares fell loudly to the ground and made a quick turn, turning in a circle, and when they stood up, carried by the speed and the force of the momentum, they spun in a circle again, striking together with powerful straight ones, and their combined strength caused two clenched fists to cause the killer's left hand to in black until she jumped out to the other side, knocked behind her back, John made a half-turn, unable to stop his movement, and when John pulled his left hand to the next block, the two killers working together struck a powerful kick to the head and stomach, and the force and power of the blow was so fierce that John it flew a few meters and crashed into the blue wall of the carriage, and hiding on the other side of Vortex, a large gray and dark hound in a jacket, black T-shirt and gray trousers, was pushed off and hit his head on a black armchair broken into two parts, Vortex lazily followed he opened his confused eyes and saw in front of him, a pink succubus with white hair sticking out in shock, Verosika in a black and white dress with stars, and a cherub standing next to her in an orange jumpsuit and those huge, trembling purple eyes, this is how Cletus reacted to what happened on the other side, he finally found the courage to look through the torn hole.
- it doesn't look too good. said Cletus, everyone, including Octavia the owl in a red blouse and black feather cloak, along with a black-haired scientist in brown clothing and trembling green eyes, walked up to Cletus and Verosika, looking at the ongoing battle between the two resurrected assassins and their enemy from the past.
John, clenching his hands tightly on the steel wall, pushed himself out of the place imprinted by his own body and stood firmly on his feet again, not saying anything, not a single word, but a certain trembling was already visible, as was the fatigue, his hands were trembling and his legs, like his whole body, seemed to be shaking. be sore, but a similar, albeit smaller, condition was shared by his two opponents, but this did not change their common motivation, their greatest strength was the desire for revenge and it so happened that they were the first to attack again, repeating the old known strategy. The first to attack was Chidi, he attacked with quick blows, leading John into another trap, his blows were fast, violent and aggressive, Chidi, entering a new level of his blows, performed every third storm of blows with quick spins, ending with a powerful roundhouse horse, but this time John too he did the same, but there were many blows, and on each side, he himself found a place to attack, leading a quick punch, and so that the two opponents' kicks collided with each other only for Chidi to retreat, giving room to Ares, and she immediately, making a few quick turns, hit both with fists and kicks, leading his legs low, hitting two ankles twice, John, feeling the subsequent blows, rolled on the ground and when he stood on his feet, he was again crushed to the ground by quick blows from both sides, both Ares and Chidi started hitting with fast, straight, sweeping hooks , but what happened surprised even them, because John entered the collision path, his caresses, his hands began to strike with such great speed that every time the enemies made two blows, he made three, but his blows collided with the blows opponents, the fists clenched in this way from both sides collided in a loud and noisy way, everything started to tremble and despite the pain and suffering on both sides, no one stopped fighting, each subsequent blow and each other's fists only made the exchange of blows more intense. more fierce, the two assassins working together hit with increasing speed, but eventually a certain balance began to break between them, because John didn't even take a step back, and the pain and everything was ignored by him as well as their joint efforts.
Finally the balance was broken, the rage in the hearts of the two resurrected people won, both Ares and Chidi, striking even faster, tightened their grip and began to strike even weaker, using a sudden and fast charge to attack, until suddenly everything in front of him disappeared, all resistance, everything, John doing a quick turn, he threw himself on the ground and made a few turns, mowing down two opponents who, completely losing their balance, made a few turns in the air, this moment allowed John to launch a quick counterattack, John rushed forward, making a few turns from one foot to the other, and Chidi, flying in the air, hit from each side, she fell loudly to the ground with a bang, and Ares, when she landed on the ground, quickly asked, ready to continue fighting, and now she was standing alone in a large square between the blue wagons and a mountain with a white peak visible on the horizon and killers in black walking towards her.
John landed a few quick punches, striking a quick kick straight at Ares's feet, his opponent kicked out each of his punches, but now, under the pressure of new hurricane punches, she began to retreat, John started punching again and already hit Ares in the head, making her spin, Ares made a quick circle pirouette and hit the head with even greater speed, John leaned back, spinning on the right side, leading a triple spin from right to left foot, pulling a double kick, the first hit the spinning Ares in her head and the second stopped the counter-punch and her kick with half a turn, suddenly John took off forward and with a powerful series of blows, pushing Ares under the blue wagons, the blows hit from the right and left, Ares was surprised by such a great storm of blows, she was not able to even launch a counterattack, when she was hit in the head, her left leg started to turn she was already deflected with a quick right straight and John was doing a quick flip, he was right in front of the nose of the assassin in black with auburn hair, hitting her in the head, Ares moved back again and John, jumping high, made a quick turn to the right, throwing a powerful kick.
Ares made a neck turn, avoiding a half-turn, and her right leg passed her face by inches, but that's not what happened next, John, leading a quick turn, hit Ares in the stomach and when the assassin in black lowered her head from the force of the blow, John unloaded on both knees by hitting with a right hook, Ares, grabbing her nose, made almost a full turn again, standing with her back to the opponent and John delivered a thunderous kick to her ass, if she could have said anything, Ares would certainly have screamed or expressed herself in a vulgar way, but instead Ares stuck with a bang into the blue wall of the train between the surprised couple, landing on the brown ground of the carriage, Cletus and Verosika with wide eyes stared at what they saw, at the bruised face and confused brown eyes of the mute assassin, until Ares looked at Cletus and she winked at him.
- Where are you looking, you scumbag?. She said Verosika, standing on the road between Cletus and Ares, and the assassin in black became gloomy; if she could with her eyes alone, she could kill with her gaze, and Verosika, knowing this determination and fierceness, stuttered, but never left the road between her and Cletus.
Meanwhile, Chidi, getting up from the ground, brushed off his white jacket and looked with a look full of anger, then threw himself with a powerful series of punches, changing his stance and fighting style every now and then, it could be said that Chidi currently had no strength because all his blows were mixed up, once Chidi he struck with a fist clenched in fury and then, turning into a circle, he performed a roundhouse kick, his leg and hand again collided with the opponent's fists, who countered each of his blows by deflecting his blows with their own, so his fists and legs began to collide with each other, subsequent blows caused everything around it trembled, and the two opponents, with grimaces on their faces, struck with increasing speed and force.
Chidi, seeing that this strategy would not bring any effect, changed his strategy, doing something that was unpredictable even for him, opening up for a blow, jumping to the side and delivering a cutting blow to the legs, John, mowed down by a quick blow, fell to the ground, but before he hit the ground Chidi, grabbing the ground with his own hands, made a quick turn, hitting the killer in black twice, his legs spun and John, hit twice, rolled on the ground, Chidi quickly took advantage of the situation by making a pirouette, stood on his feet and began to charge, then rushed forward with his legs, striking for the second time at the rolling John, Chidi spun in the air again, his punches full of speed and grace struck again, but this time they thundered and hit only the ground, his fists and knees even dug deep between John and him, making quick turns on the ground he dodged each of his blows, stopping on his right knee, it was a moment when two fierce opponents looked into each other's eyes and exchanged one killer look, after a while the two opponents again rushed at each other, striking from each side, Chidi again using the mixed style strategy fights, he carried out a mixed attack, always ending with a quick push with his left leg when he hit the right knee. John, seeing the new speed and punches, made quick turns between powerful thrusts, and Chidi, making quick pirouettes, led a series of sweeping punches, each time ending with half-turn kicks, and this time it was John who stood still, waiting for the enemy, and when the enemy came, Chidi hit the the opponent's head, John gaining speed and strength after the enemy's punch, hit the ground making a few quick turns and when he was in position, he jumped forward making a quick turn and his speeding fist, flying at such a great speed, hit Chidi with such great force that the killer in white did a full turn and hit the ground loudly, making a small crater on impact.
Chidi, full of new fury, but also very sore and having his jaw set, launched another series of blows, and John, making quick turns on his feet like a professional boxer, retreated from each blow himself, making such quick feints that even Chidi, gifted with extraordinary reflexes, was unable to hit him with not a single punch, but Chidi quickly changed his strategy, entering a new style, doing a quick flip and throwing a powerful kick, his leg was rushing towards the target and John, accepting the challenge, rushed at the enemy's rushing punch, catching the opponent's leg between his right armpit, Chidi making wide eyes and whisper something, he looked at the face full of determination, bigger than the one he had seen a year ago, and John pulled his right leg and hit it twice on the ground, creating larger and larger craters, and when he picked him up from the ground again, John let go of his opponent and made a quick circle. he turned, hitting him with a powerful kick, and Chidi, hit in the stomach, flew a few meters and hit the wagon with great impact, throwing Octavia aside against Tom, and Tom, a scientist in a brown jacket, gritted his teeth and kicked Chidi in his butt stuck in the steel, just like she did. it was Verosika hitting the face of the surprised Ares with a leaf.
The two assassins fell out of the wagon, slightly confused, but their consciousness quickly returned when they saw their hated enemy coming at them, they both rolled over each other and clenched their hands tightly, getting up for another duel between them and John, so Chidi and Ares stood together and began to rush, their muscles they tensed to the limit and their hands, clenched just as tightly, moved forward.
- you think you will escape your fate today, you really believe it. Chidi asked, clenching his fists tightly.
- what are you really fighting for, Helen is your enemy, she told us to defeat you and even destroy you if there was no other option. Ares waved her fingers, preparing for another strike.
- I'm not fighting for her. Jonn Wick said and landed a quick right hook.
The first blow that John dealt was addressed to Chidi, and the killer in the white suit, making a feint, threw his own quick punch with his left hand and then with his right, but each time his blows bounced off his rival's fist, John suddenly took off, striking first with his right shoulder, then with his own. head, and the shocked Chidi staggered on his own feet, and each such blow literally stripped him of layers of black and white power.
Ares, who saw the turn of events, immediately rushed into the fight, fell on her left knee into the great whirlwind of the fight, made a few turns, leading her right foot from the front, but her blows to the ankles were thrown into vain, John, pirouetting backwards, avoided each of her blows and launched his own combination. alternating blows, first the right fist hit the rushing foot, then the right foot shot out to the main target which was the assassin's head, hit Ares stood up until she made a few turns and, even though she gained speed, wanted to counter, leading a roundhouse punch ending with a quick swing of her right hook the blows were easily stopped on her left hand, before Ares could pull her hand John grabbed her hand and spun it around, knocking her to the ground and hitting the assassin with great force, Ares hit the ground with a bang and John, making a quick spin, landed on her, hitting her fists with such force and speed and ruthlessness that even Cletus, who was observing everything from the curtain of the monk wall, chattered with his teeth, unable to believe and understand this ruthless effectiveness.
- the wounds are too cruel, I didn't know him from that side. Cletus said, biting his hands nervously.
It must be said that now John stopped playing with anyone, and now he was constantly attacking Ares with a ruthless attack, this did not change even when Chidi got up and charged with one difference, when Chidi turned, leading his leg in a wide kick, John grabbed his leg and he hit the knee twice, then pulled the white killer's leg and hit him twice on the ground, finishing with another powerful kick, so that Chidi, even covering himself with his bulletproof jacket, felt the ruthless and cruel blows.
- it looks like this, it shouldn't be like this, what could it mean?. Tom Clark asked with Octavia looking at the developments and the new side of their friend.
Meanwhile, Ares, gasping for air, jumped up, striking with a few series of quick kicks, and John, landing on the ground, kicked with all his strength at the assassin's right leg. Ares, grabbing her leg, took a step back and John, without wasting any time, struck the first, second and third with powerful hooks. his fists shattered on the road half, beads of sweat, everything, and after being hit three times, Ares spun around her own axis, shaking her head, before she regained consciousness and control John jumped into the air, making a quick turn, and his powerful kick made Ares hit her knees, sweeping her head away right to left, and when she stopped, she looked in disbelief at the ruthless killer who, now grabbing her by the collar, hit her on the head three times, the clenched fist struck with great force so that the nose turned right and left, and when John released the confused killer, he made a quick turn, shouting at the top of her voice, and the leg shining with power shone when the blow landed, Ares with a twisted nose fell to the ground with a bang, shocking everyone, but it was not the end yet, because John began to hit the opponent uncontrollably, finally hitting her with her leg so that her his head hit the ground.
- it's terrifying, look at his face, it's so cold and focused. She said Octavia terrified, cracking her black beak.
- that's it, show how much you care, how you can fight for someone else, not yourself. Chidi said, leading with his right hand, but before he could strike, John overtook him, hitting him right in the neck with such force that Chidi coughed.
Chidi, undeterred by the pain and subsequent failures, attacked again, leading a quick punch with a half-turn, but again John outran him by making a pirouette, hitting the surprised killer's head with two strong kicks, Chidi staggered back again, shaking his head, and John, without waiting for anything else, rushed forward sliding on his knees and his first powerful left hook cut deep into the white assassin's stomach so that even Vortex, staring at the fight, closed his red eyes in pain.
- it really hurts, man, if the blow was a little lower, it would probably hurt me too. Said Vortex, look out from behind the broken wall.
Chidi took a few steps back and John, making a quick turn, hit his opponent on the right and left knee with such force that Chidi fell to her knees and John took advantage of the situation and started hitting him from the right and left, and each blow caused black and white power to flow from the killer's nose. in white, nose, eyes, mouth, and Chidi spun around with greater and greater swing only to be knocked to the ground with a strong spinning punch, the crashing blow entered Chidi's chest and drove him into the ground, and John again started punching his opponent with such with such speed and force that Chidi's head stuck deep into the ground.
- should it look like this?. Octavia asked, unable to tear her eyes away from what he saw.
- remember, they would have no mercy for him, so fight them with your own weapons. Verosika said, but her words were dictated so that no one would come up with the idea to suddenly go out and stand in the way of their ally and friend.
After all, when the thunder stopped, John raised the trembling Chidi high and, hitting him with his fist, he dropped the killer on the rising Ares, they both hit the ground again and their rival, the hated killer, continued to walk at them without emotion, with great determination and will to fight, because John was fighting not for himself, I guess he never fought for himself, but for someone or to remember.
Ares and Chidi barely managed to get up and start fighting, they both swung their fists and again John easily blocked each of their blows, landing a left and a right himself and clenching his fists and quick right and left hooks, again the heads of the two assassins collided, hitting with such force that they both made a single turn to the left and then to the right, both of them staggered again and fell back.
Ares, holding her nose, looked with surprise at the assassin attacking almost like a machine, then hit a quick hook and Chidi, changing positions, fired with a few quick straights, but John made a full turn, going to the other side between punches, and hit with all his strength a right uppercut, hitting the jaw. Ares made a few turns in the air and Chidi only had time to look and right at the leg rushing towards him, a powerful kick almost tore the jaw from the body and Chidi, doing a similar turn, stopped in place just like time when John punched two fists at the same time, knocking down two opponents almost to the blue compartment, and to the surprise, almost terrified observers, he began to run at an increasing speed, Chidi, getting up, raised his hand to hit with all his strength and when he hit, he swung John stretched both hands in front of him, creating a powerful shock wave that cut the train across Half a black and white energy spread around, turning into dust and nothing else.
Everyone from the impression and shaking of the carriage landed on the broken seats, staring at the beginning of the end, because after Chidi there was not even a speck of dust left, only black and white power flying away, and the rising Ares dropped her jaw when John jumped straight at her, hitting her with a powerful straight right, the killer's hand came out all the way to the other side, and another shock wave knocked down everything, including crystalline parts in black and white format, small pebbles, crystals scattered on the ground, scattering in the strong wind, and silence reigned for a moment in the empty clearing in front of everyone.
- you, you, you did it. Cletus said trembling.
- he did what he had to do. She said Verosika, but when she looked at the face of the killer in black, she also shuddered, hugging the little cherub in the orange jumpsuit, but the fear of both contradictory beings quickly disappeared when John, at first, showed only focused sadness, then fell to the ground, taking deep breaths of air.
- John. Octavia said and together with Tom she ran to him, checking his health condition. Tom, although he didn't know first aid, especially someone like John, nevertheless quickly concluded after checking his blood pressure and reaction that everything was fine with their friend, in fact Very.
- aaah, it's me, you don't recognize me. said Tom as he was quickly grabbed by the right hand while leading, and John, taking deep breaths, looked at everyone, covering his eyes as if in shame.
- I'm sorry it had to look like this, but sometimes I have to do something I don't want to do, but I have to do it to save those who are important to me, I know, it looked a bit scary. John said.
- a little?, it was scary, but one thing is always comforting here, is that you are our friend. Vortex probably said, but still, a residual fear ran down his spine when John looked at him, suddenly someone screamed, someone screamed, Cletus, knowing this voice, immediately jumped in front of Verosik, watching as two luminous spirits of both destroyed killers rose from the ground and two holes. and today, knowing the face of their errors, they looked at their conqueror.
- they are ghosts, but why, I thought they would come to us immediately. How. Verosika asked, looking at the two luminous spirits who knew their mistakes and crimes and wanted to do everything to correct their mistakes.
- John, listen, we've seen everything today, you have to stop them, we're not talking about Helen, your wife, it's about Zero and Cassian, they gave us the news, they caught the others, Loona, Blitzo, Keenie, Millie and Moxxie, they are here today their prisoners, forgive us, we were so blinded, blinded, now I see, the lie, the fear, our mutual consent, but you did it because you had to, because someone else took away your choice now you can decide, you have a chance, decide if you want to stop Helen or save friends. Said Chidi as his spirit became brighter and brighter with the power of seeing his mistakes today, he didn't ask for mercy, he only asked for one thing, that John could save his friends just like Ares, free from the shadow, did and told John by moving her fingers with sign language. the most important information he needed.
- Zero and Cassian are nearby, right under Mount Fuji, behind the makeshift airport of the transport companies, do everything to save your friends, do everything for them, fight for them and everything like you did today, and forgive us that you had to fight like this way, we. Ares said in sign language and together with Chidi she rose into the sky, leaving the world and her past mistakes, finding light, although she did not want it, because she felt that it was too great a grace.
- wait, Keenie!, Blitzo!, them, John!. Shouted the terrified Cletus, looking with great fear and hope at the heavily breathing killer until his eskers trembled because John stood up calmly with the same determination and looked to the east where he could see the image of a small airport outside the city at the foot of Mount Fuji and at the same time a place so far away that it was impossible to imagine was to reconcile everything.
- what to do, we have to stop them somehow, but. Vortex said, completely confused, feeling something he didn't expect.
- John, you are the only one who can stop two killers, only you can do it, but what about Helen. Octavia asked.
- it's not important, and it's also not important how they got here to Japan so quickly, and I asked them why. John said, clenching his fists tightly.
- they did it because they are your friends, understand that, a friend will do a lot for his friend. Tom Clark said.
- we will do the same because we want to, we need to go east as soon as possible, we need to stop them. She said Verosika hurriedly, ready to go, but she stopped when John lowered his hands and suddenly shot into the sky, rushing east, doing something that was already engraved in the ground of everyone.
- wow, how did he do it, how. Cletus asked in surprise, falling to the ground because at that moment he had lost the strength to fly.
- you're surprised because I'm not, because how was John able to get here so quickly, he flew here, he was the one who blew two wagons off the tracks, it's obvious, John is constantly discovering new abilities in himself, I wonder what else he will surprise us with, well what . Octavia asked, her pink eyes staring at the sky until her hand tightened on the man's.
- what we are doing, are we going to stand here or are we going. Vortex asked, stepping forward.
- sure, quickly, maybe John will need our help, come on, quickly. She said Octavia, agreeing to the tall hound idea.
- we're going and no matter what we find there, friends stay close. Cletus said, jumping up and down before he was caught and hugged by Verosik.
- friends and not only you, my sweet meatball. Verosika said and Vortex instinctively grabbed his stomach, even more so when the first kiss was omitted by Verosika and Cletus was exchanged.
- you I?. said the shocked cherub until he realized what and how much he had been missing for so long.
- Was there really a need for such a big fire for me to see the truth, Verosika?. Said Cletus, they kiss the pink succubus and Vortex, staring at it, fell out of his shoes, while Tom and Octavia smiled at the two lovers and then looked into each other's eyes, and another shiver ran down their spines when the sound of thunder could be heard in the distance, which made everyone dirty. they turned and looked east past the clearing, a small forest and an airfield with six hangars on a high ground where another duel had just taken place.
- whatever, quickly. Said Tom Clark, leading everyone, and the sound of another fight meant so much, because everything could have ended in the worst way possible, because despite his powers, John was only a human, a bleeding and torturing human being.
Everything was possible, including the worst possible nightmare, but there were many nightmares and they were just starting to come true.
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I must say that when I wrote this chapter I was sweating, as for Chidi and Ares, whether they really deserved salvation, judge for yourself.