The Rooftop

Some people would jump at kind opportunities that guarantee them power over other humans. It is human nature. Humans crave power. They want to have dominion over other people and exploit them in the long run.

I do not wish to be Rio's boss. I have never wanted to be. I proposed the deal to be his boss so I could keep him away from my things in the future. If I accept to be his boss and start ordering him around, then I would be just like those that I loathe so much.

Rio was still kneeling in front of me. I was at a loss for words initially, and so did Katie and Jane.

"We didn't bring you here because of the deal you guys made," Jane said "It is for an entirely different purpose and it'll be nice if you listen to us first. You can sort out your issues later."

I was glad that Jane bailed me out of that so I quickly backed her.

"That's true. Let's talk about that later," I said and helped Rio back to his feet.

"Promise us you won't reveal whatever thing that will be said here to anyone" Jane requested.

"I promise" he replied.

"If you ever think of betraying us by saying what you are not meant to say with that mouth of yours, then I promise to ensure that that mouth becomes useless," Katie said fiercely.

We had planned to filter the original information and reveal little things to Rio and other made-up ones. It was Jane that explained everything to him as she was the best person for such a task.

Jane explained to him that we want to form a group of five to seven students that will be training together. We will also receive training from Master Leao specially and at designated times.

She further explained that the school is not aware of both the group and the training. Apart from Master Leao, everything should be kept away from the ears of other teachers and the school.

"We will be going on an excursion soon" said Jane "the students and only a few teachers. The reason for our group is to protect the students during the excursion".

"The school doesn't provide security because they believe we can not be attacked. But that's not the case," Jane continued. "We could be attacked and whether we like it or not, we'll have to defend ourselves with or without the group." Jane said and looked at Rio, expecting an answer.

Rio looked at me. He asked me if he could join the group and I nodded.

"As long as my boss is part, I will join," Rio said.

"As you know, the school hasn't announced that we are going on an excursion, so you have to keep the fact that we are going on an excursion a secret too. We'll let you know if there are other things." Jane concluded.

After letting Rio know all that he needs to know, we all left the martial arts hall and returned to our dorms.

I didn't go to my dorm because I wanted to check something out. I went to the rooftop. It was late in the night already, past lights-out time. Students were already in their dorms sleeping.

I wanted to try to activate that energy again. I can feel that my energy has been restored, so I want to see if it is going to activate.

I sat on the rooftop and closed my eyes. I raised my concentration to the max, to see if the circle can appear again but it didn't. After trying repeatedly and still wasn't able to find the energy, I decided to just practice martial arts.

I practiced for a while but it was not what I wanted to do and my mind wasn't even on the training. I decided to leave the rooftop and return to my dorm.

Just as I was about to leave the rooftop though, I saw a person step out of the door. He was dressed in black, from head to toe, and the lower part of his face was covered with a black cloth.

He blended with the darkness. The person was exuding a murderous aura. He just stood there and after a while began to walk towards me.

"You are Mason Henshaw," the person said in a very thick voice.

I just stood there not answering him. I was expecting him to attack me but he hasn't.

"I got my answer," he said and dashed at me.

The person's speed was far superior to mine and before I knew it, I was already on the floor. He rushed at me again and sent a kick to my stomach sending me skidding across the floor.

He began to walk slowly toward me. I stood up again but I could feel my organs hurting inside. I got into a fighting position and waited for the man to come running at me again.

"Ha..ha..ha...you must think that you can defeat me," the person mocked.

This time around, I was the one who dashed at him and I sent a blow to his face, adding every of my energy and backing it with as much pace as I could muster.

The person dodged my blow quite easily and sent a strong kick to my chest. I was sent flying and couldn't get back up again. I closed my eyes and I could see it again. The white circle.

The circle, like last time, was growing bigger at a very fast pace. My energy was also growing with it. The last time I used the energy, I was asleep for one week, so I have to end this fast.

Unlike last time when my opponent was a student and not too strong, the person in front of me is far stronger and definitely will be more difficult to deal with.

"You're quite an interesting one, but I will just have to finish this quicker" the person said. His expression has become very serious and he didn't laugh when I charged at him.

He charged at me as well. I was planning to gather all the energy in my fist and then smash my fist on his chest. I did exactly that and I moved all the energy to my fist, ready to hit him in the chest.

Just as I was about to hit his chest though, he brought out a short sword and swung it across my chest. My fist connected with his chest perfectly, but I left my chest area vulnerable when I moved all the energy to my fist.

The short sword had cut across my chest perfectly and blood was already gushing out. I fell to my knees clutching my chest and trying to stop the blood from flowing out the more.

The blow had done fatal damage to the man as he was also on his knees. He walked away a little and spit out blood before turning back to me.

"If this is all you've got, then I doubt you'll be able to protect your friends. If you can't defeat just me, how will you defeat multiple undead? They have everything working for them, if you want to survive this, you should run away from it and not get yourself involved. You stay or go, everyone will die." the person said and vanished into the darkness.