Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Revenge of the right hand and best friend
PREVIOUSLY
"At last it seems I've reached his limit" John said in his mind as he looked sideways at what was going on seeing how now Raizor raises his hand which starts to emanate an aura of darkness, but he sees how he is panting from exhaustion realizing that Raizor reached his limit.
"Fuck, I reached my limit I guess it's over, but they won't go away leaving Lena with that lie that they are friends" Raizor said in his mind as he lowers his hand and pulls out a flare gun then shoots it towards the sky with a smile leaving Emma and Jack confused who watch as John quickly gets up with a sword in his hand.
John lunges at Raizor who for the first time can't block anything and receives two slashes to his back and then receives a spinning kick that sends him to the ground, but John doesn't assassinate him since he feels Erick, Euphi and Lena approaching at full speed.
"Damn, let's go before-" John doesn't finish speaking since when he looks behind him he sees the figures of the two most dangerous members of the team of the spies of death, team of which he was part since now with the scene in front of the three people who are watching him he confirms that the three traitors were always them and that now Raizor is passed out only makes it clear that he will no longer be able to fight again.
CURRENTLY
"I think they are not going anywhere" Said Erick staring at John totally ignoring Emma and Jack who were in shock to see Lena there with them, and.
"I don't think they are going anywhere" Erick said staring at John totally ignoring Emma and Jack who were in shock to see Lena there with them as they thought the soldiers had taken her away as her mother requested.
Erick disappears from everyone's sight, but instantly they saw how John turned in the direction of Raizor who was lying on the floor bleeding out if not for Erick stopping the bleeding to then grab his best friend's body and quickly carry him towards Lena and Euphi.
Lena seeing Raizor's state is in shock and starts to tear up and then lay him on her lap looking at his face with concern while Erick and Euphi turn around looking at the three traitors.
"Euphi, you take care of those two, I'll take care of John" Erick says as he draws his sword again staring at John who prepares to fight the reaper's right hand.
Euphi nods and looks at Emma and Jack who feels the piercing gaze of the reaper's best friend, who prepares to fight the two of them bare fisted without using his sword that he has buckled around his waist.
"Lena, stay with Raizor and remember he is fine, he is just resting because he reached his limit" Erick tells her looking at her out of the corner of his eye with a smile making Lena wipe her tears and look at Raizor's face with a smile as she caresses his cheek.
Erick smiles seeing Lena calmer and then focuses his gaze on John who gets into a fighting stance pointing his sword at Erick who only sighs and disappears from John's sight in a span of five seconds leaving him confused since he couldn't see him, but then he receives a kick in the side of his abdomen making him fall back.
John grabs the part of his abdomen, but out of nowhere he feels a sharp pain in that area causing him to spit blood and fall down leaning on his sword to keep his gaze on Erick who is slowly approaching.
"What's the matter John, can't you take a simple kick?" Erick tells him with a smile knowing that in reality John can't block physical attacks if they are made at a high speed that he can't see, plus Erick's kick was too strong coming to break some of John's ribs.
"Fuck you Erick" John says as he stands up staring at Erick who sighs to then attack him consecutively with his sword twenty times leaving him with almost no options to block them, but Erick ends up being surprised after seeing that John managed to block around ten attacks staying anyway with serious injuries.
John spits out a large amount of blood after stepping back a bit to recover, but realized that his wounds don't heal as they should giving for a fact that Erick knows that John is not a normal person who only has affinity with the four elements.
"Apparently you trackers, you can't heal your wounds made by darkness attacks" Erick tells him with a smile as he stares at him watching as John tightens his sword hard and rushes towards him attacking him nonstop while Erick dodges all the attacks without problems to then kick him in the ribs and slash him in the abdomen.
"Since when do you know?" John asks him barely getting up because of the wound in his abdomen, but before he can attack Erick this one disappears from his sight and attacks him from behind with a kick that sends him against the floor to John who spits blood.
"Since always John, the way in which you avoided being hurt in a serious way and how you could cast spells without saying them, but what got my doubts out was when we discovered that Jack was one of the traitors" Erick answers looking at John fixedly, seeing how he is surprised to hear him say that since he was always careful in those aspects.
"We were both attacked by them, why does that get your doubts out?" John says looking at Erick from the ground as the pain from the kick mysteriously won't let him get up and he also can't stop spitting blood.
"When they discovered us, you instantly acted so they wouldn't hurt me since the girl who shot the fireball at us only aimed at me, while she completely ignored you, that confirmed to me that they knew you and needed you alive" Erick tells him with a serious tone of voice as he slowly approaches John who doesn't know what to do since he can't get up and knows that Erick will finish him in a few seconds if he doesn't do something.
John manages to stand up just before Erick delivers a slash that ends up impacting against the ground causing a crater in it, then looks to where John is who can't believe that Erick has so much power and yet he is still inferior to Raizor.
"Despite having so much power Erick you are still Raizor's shadow, what a real shame" John tells him with a smile as he recovers from his wounds to then grab his sword again ready to continue fighting.
"Actually I don't mind at all, since I'm not Raizor's shadow as you say John" Erick says looking at him with a smile, seeing how John remains confused at what he said, but then he freezes when he sees how Erick's eyes begin to emanate an aura of darkness identical to Raizor's or more to the reaper's eyes.
"I am the reaper's right hand man, the most dangerous spy in the world" Erick says staring at John who can't move for fear of the aura emanating from Erick's eyes.
Erick swiftly attacks John who barely manages to react to block five consecutive swords leaving him a little stunned by the strong swords, but manages to pull himself together to now attack him consecutively and without stopping.
John's consecutive and fast attacks do not manage to impact against Erick who dodges and blocks without problems leaving John surprised because he did not think it would be so easy for Erick to do all that without getting tired or being afraid of getting hurt.
After consecutive attacks and blocks from both of them the fight continues in a more aggressive way than before, with Erick this time attacking at a great speed that John can barely follow so he receives numerous slashes in the body as he is unable to block some swords.
Erick launches about ten consecutive swords that John manages to block with difficulty leaving Erick surprised who quickly blocks all the swords that John throws at him entering a great fight full of swords from both, but the one who receives more damage is John who can no longer hold more.
The fight continues at a great speed by Erick who already knows that John can not hold more so then he stops a sword of John and then he hits him with a knee in the stomach causing him to spit blood and then kick him in the same area causing him to retreat.
"It's over John" Erick says after putting away his sword and raising his hand in John's direction who smiles drawing Erick's attention who quickly feels a huge growth of power coming from John's body.
"So this is the result of experiments done on German soldiers called trackers" Erick said in his mind as he watched John's body begin to change in a terrifying way, but he doesn't even flinch at the new form and presence of John who is smiling sadistically at him now.
John disappears from Erick's sight who is surprised by the great speed he has now, but he manages to block the four punches with difficulty since he only has one hand because in the other he has his sword, instead John left his sword to fight Erick with his bare fist.
The attacks from John continue without stopping increasing every time he can so that Erick has complications to block them, but he realizes that this does not happen because Erick is dodging everything to avoid having to fight John with his bare fist.
The speed of the attacks increases rapidly leaving Erick very defensive, he blocks and dodges the punches and kicks he receives avoiding at all costs to lose his sword until John gets tired.
"Damn, this is not right" Erick said in his mind after receiving three punches followed by a kick that made him lose his sword and now he is unarmed in front of John who smiled seeing that finally he will be able to fight bare fist against Erick who keeps dodging everything he can.
After so many blocked punches and kicks, for the first time John manages to connect four consecutive punches to Erick who backs off wiping his nose seeing that he bled a little, but then smiles looking at John who lunges against him assaulting him about fifteen punches and ten consecutive kicks that left him in a very bad state by the great force of these.
John smiled in a satisfactory way after seeing that he finished with his target who was on the floor dead and with a face full of blood, he turned around to leave until he felt that something was not right since he felt Erick's presence.
"Where are you going John?" asked Erick placing his hand on John's shoulder who was in shock as he felt his presence and more so when he sees that he doesn't have any scratches from the blows he gave him.
Erick gives him a punch followed by a kick that knocks John back who is still in shock to see that in truth Erick doesn't have a single scratch plus his strength increased out of nowhere as the force of the punch and kick caused John to spit blood.
Both start a fist fight, where John attacks without stopping Erick who dodges most of the attacks without problems leaving John surprised who feels how his body starts to get tired and loses speed including his strength as well.
Erick smiles when he notices that and stops in his tracks a punch from John to then give him about ten punches and then finish with a kick to the chest that sent him to the floor.
"Affinity with the earth element: Sharp spikes" Erick said placing his right hand on the floor from which sharp spikes come out and pierce John causing him immense pain and spitting a large amount of blood, but he manages to barely stand up with the spikes stuck in his body which prevents him from moving.
"Affinity with the wind element: Tornado of hell" Erick says tapping his foot on the ground generating a tornado that goes towards John who can't do anything, he flies upwards receiving cuts and burns made by the tornado that when it disappears drops him from the heights.
"I had told you some time ago John, you trackers will never be the future you are only test subjects for everyone" Erick tells him while he sees how John falls and crashes to the ground spitting a lot of blood, but without the strength to move he just stares at the person who was once his partner.
"Affinity with the fire element: Flames of hell" Erick said raising his right hand from which flames came out and as soon as they came in contact with John's body it caught fire, but he didn't scream in pain he just smiled at Erick who started to walk away to go back to Euphi and Lena since the revenge of the Reaper's right hand was over.
On the other hand, Euphi had Emma and Jack under control since neither of them is a match for her so they try to attack her at the same time, but it is useless Euphi's agility and speed is far superior to theirs more now that she has the suit on.
Euphi blocks five consecutive punches from Emma who quickly receives a punch in the face and another in the abdomen leaving her without air, Jack tries to surprise Euphi from behind, but she with a great speed blocks his punches and kicks to immediately send him to the floor with a spinning kick that impacts on her face.
"Stay there a good time Jack" Euphi tells him after looking at him witheringly to then focus his gaze on Emma who pulls out a sword ready to fight again, Euphi sighs and pulls out his sword for the first time to fight.
Euphi blocks several consecutive swords from Emma who is surprised to see the great speed and ease with which she blocked them, but then she receives a kick in her abdomen that makes her retreat without realizing that Euphi moved quickly behind her and made a slash on her back causing Emma to spit a large amount of blood.
"Wow, so Raizor was right about you two" Euphi tells her after seeing how Emma's blood is green in color and also seeing how the body turns a red color.
"What do you mean?" asks Emma as she rejoins completely ignoring her change in appearance and getting ready to fight again, but now her presence felt a little more overwhelming than before less so for Euphi who just smiled.
"I mean you guys are German army experiments, failed experiments of course" Euphi replies with a smile as he pulls a knife out of his sleeve and throws it at Jack who feels the knife impact his back and hits a scream of pain making his body turn a green color.
"JACK!" shouted Emma who tried to reach him to help him since that knife contains a poison that is hurting him too much, but Euphi intercepts her by slashing her in the back again making Emma fall to the ground feeling a great pain after Euphi put his foot on the wound pressing hard.
Emma's screams of pain made Jack stop complaining about her pain and look at her worried as Euphi kept increasing his force by stepping on her not caring how much the other screamed in pain to the point that she starts crying.
"Euphi...stop...please" Jack says to her barely standing up clutching the area where she has the wound, but then he sees how Euphi smiles mischievously at him and points her sword at him.
"Come and save her Jack" Says Euphi now raising his sword to then pierce Emma's shoulder who screams in pain causing Jack to start losing control as his eyes changed to a black color and his body started to change, showing a monstrous appearance.
"No, not Jack" Emma said in her mind after seeing that her friend stopped being human and also that he is now a failed experiment as they always called the two of them.
"Well, well apparently you already made up your mind Jack" Euphi tells him pulling his sword from Emma's shoulder who is still looking at her friend with tears as she had vowed to never let him lose control and let his true appearance consume him completely.
Euphi gets up and faces Jack who now doesn't think about what he is doing lunging at her like crazy, Euphi dodges without problems all his attacks as if it was no big deal to do so leaving Emma shocked who can't believe her eyes.
Jack keeps on attacking with his bare fist over and over again, but he doesn't manage to do anything to Euphi who smiles when she sees how he keeps on going and continues without stopping knowing that sooner or later he will get tired and lose the fight.
Emma tries to get up, but she can't do it her body doesn't respond because of the wounds she has plus she can't heal no matter how hard she tries realizing that her wounds don't bleed, but they are deep which prevents her from healing.
"Does she want me alive?" wonders Emma looking at the fight that continues the same, but she notices how Euphi avoids attacking Jack who keeps attacking like crazy with consecutive punches and kicks that she blocks without problems.
The fight continues at a higher speed of punches and kicks from Jack who is panting more and more because he doesn't know how to control himself nor control his speed and stamina so he is on the verge of fainting.
"Well I think that was enough" said Euphi stopping a punch in its tracks and then giving him five punches with his left hand and a spinning kick directly to the head that sent him to the ground.
Jack got up quickly and tried to attack her by surprise, but Euphi dodged his attack and pierced his chest with her sword causing him to spit a large amount of blood and fall to the ground returning to his normal state and becoming unconscious.
"Well that's it, end of my mission" Said Euphi putting away his sword and grabbing Jack to immediately throw him near Emma who crawls to the body of her friend who is still alive only unconscious.
"Euphi, I told you not to make such a mess" Erick tells him appearing from the shadows behind Emma who instantly realizes that John has died at his hands.
"There's sorry, but I just had to make him lose control one way or another" Euphi says looking at Jack to then look at Emma who only tries to get in front of her friend's body, but then sees Lena approaching her.
"Emma, I will only ask this once" Lena tells her as she kneels down to look Emma in the eyes straight.
"What did you guys really want?" Lena asks her with a withering look as she grabs Emma's arm and squeezes it tightly to get her to talk.
"If you don't answer, they are going to make you" Erick tells her pointing to an approaching Japanese army helicopter as everyone was alerted by everything that happened.
"They will kill Jack and you know it Emma, answer and they can leave" Euphi says standing next to Lena who keeps staring at Emma who sighs then looks her friend in the eyes.
"Alright, I'll tell you" Emma tells her as she tries to keep her gaze fixed on Lena, but she can't because she feels her gaze penetrating her so she looks down to speak.
Emma tells them the truth leaving Lena surprised by what she said, but then releases her to immediately look in the direction of the helicopter that is approaching at full speed where they are.
"Get out of the city before it's too late" Says Lena after healing Emma's wounds who grabs Jack and leaves the place leaving them together with Raizor who is still unconscious.
"What shall we do now?" asks Lena as she returns with Raizor, but then she hears two cars speeding towards them one was navy blue and the other was a strong purple color.
"Let's get out of here, and take shelter until your boyfriend wakes up" Erick replies as he gets into the blue colored car without first smiling as he sees Lena blushing because of what he said earlier.
"Come Lena, we are leaving" Euphi tells him getting into the purple car while Lena nods and climbs Raizor together, then Euphi and Erick accelerate to leave the place where the helicopter also arrives that only sees John's corpse and the mark that the whole army tried to forget, the mark of the dead woman's spy team.