Maniacal Mission 4

Cave 1, Daniel Fash, Hiro Kiota, and Victoria Laura

The final group to fight before advancing to the next room. William, a nickname he took from his victim. He's an assassin whom had been hired by Shujin. A Mid-Rank grade 3 Core-User. Six feet tall black man, built like a body builder. He carries a broad axe over his shoulder with one hand and he wore a skull hard mask. The mask was custom made, ingrained with titanium steel. Making it bullet proof.

"Making me kill kids, huh?" He muttered

He then slams his axe down and stuck it to the ground. He cracks his neck and has his right hand reach behind his back. He quickly pulls out a G43 pistol and pointed at Hiro.

Dan casts "Black Envelope: Arm Gauntlets" and covers Hiro's chest with his hand. William pulls back the hammer and pulls the trigger and hits Dan's hand.

"You're quick." William noticed

William then reverts his aim to Vic and shoots twice and quickly goes back to Hiro and shoots once. Dan pulls Hiro behind him and kicks Vic's arm, moving her out of the way.

"I'm not your mother, fight on your own!" Dan yelled aloud

William shoots at Dan three times, he blocks it both his arms up to his face. Dan casts "Shadow Hold" and runs toward William. He sweeps his legs, bringing him to the floor. He dispelled "Shadow Hold" and held William's arms down with his two knees. William tries to point the gun to Dan and shoots aimlessly twice.

Dan started punching William in the face. He got two hits in before William counter-locks Dan with his two legs. Bringing his legs further than Dan, then crossed his legs over Dan's chest and neck and push down, slamming him to the ground. William then sits up right and as William was aiming with his gun, Dan completely disappeared.

William was confused.

BLACK ROOM

"What the hell did you do?" Dan asks, panic-striken

"Shadow Dive. You just dived into your own shadow and now you're gonna pop out of his shadow." Jon replied

"How'd you do that?" Dan asks

"Not even a thanks? You would've died, brat." Jon felt unappreciated

"Fine, thanks. Just warn me next time."

As Jon said, Dan popped out of William's shadow, behind him. Dan then hits the back of William's head with his knee. Knocking him out.

"Alright, we're done here." Dan said confidently

"Just like that?!" Hiro stressing out

"What? You wanted a prolonged fight with him?" Dan asks rhetorically

Dan then dragged him all the way to the wall and sat him down in front of the wall. Dan had Hiro keep an eye on William. He was figuring out how to escape. There was no way to get out of the room.

"How the hell do we get out of here?" Dan asks the two

"I can try to destroy the wall?" Vic replied

"Yeah sure, go ahead."

She then constructs an GM-94—a grenade launcher from fire. She aims to the empty wall and shoots a grenade at it. The grenade hits the wall and blows up. The wall seemed unaffected.

"Behind you." Jon said

Dan looked back to see a fist coming right for him, he couldn't evade and took the full brunt of the hit. He was thrown far across the room. Vic then was kicked from behind, following Dan's trajectory.

William dashed back to Hiro—in front of him—and initiated close quarter combat with him. William throws a right jab at Hiro. He evades by shifting his body back and to the side. William launches an attack with his left, but Hiro stops his hand before it could move. William flips his arm and grabs Hiro's right arm and then headbutts him with his hard mask.

Hiro became incredibly dizzy. In fact, he is bleeding from his head. William grabs the previously holstered gun (the same gun he used earlier) and shoots Hiro right in his stomach, the bullet went right through him. He pulls the trigger again. The gun clicks. He realizes that he's out of bullets. He then folds his arm and hits Hiro with his elbow. Hiro drops to the ground.

Vic constructs a HK P320 from fire then shoots William's head. She hits him twice, only for him to be unbothered. She then reverts her aim to his hand and shoots his gun off his arm.

He disappeared out of her line of sight and kicks her in the right side of her chest. She was thrown across the room and rolled on the ground. She was holding her ribs and she realized that maybe one was broken. She even coughs up blood.

William goes back to his dropped gun only to realize it had been destroyed by Vic. He rolls his eyes and sighs. He grabs a knife from his knife sheathe on his waistband, next to his gun holster.

It was a long knife, erratically jagged but extremely sharp. He went to stab Hiro, only for his knife to be blocked by Hiro's blade.

"Please stop! Your an assassin, right? Whatever your paid, I'll pay double!" Hiro cried

"You ain't got that kind of money, kid." William said

"Yeah, well..."

Dan comes in from behind and punches William in the middle of his spine. He grabs both of William's leg and trips him forward over Hiro.

"Get out of there!"

Hiro scoots out of there, holding his stomach trying to pressure his bleeding wound.

Dan lets go of his legs. And tries to go on top of him. William turns around and points his knife to Dan's face. William had his face grabbed, pulling him closer to the knife. A full on deadlock. Dan's plan backfired completely.

"How are you gonna get out of this now, Dan?" Jon sighed

"No fucking clue. Help me out, Jon?" Dan replied nonchalantly

"No need."

A bullet then broke William's knife. William looks to the side, at Vic. "You've gotta be fucking kidding me!" He yelled

William throws away what's left of his knife and hits Dan in the face twice. Then he grabs the back of Dan's head with his other hand and slams Dan's head to his head. He puts Dan aside and dashes to Vic.

He grabs her gun. Not realizing immediately, he held her gun for about one second and his right hand was burnt. He then goes to punch Vic's face. Then from the corner of his eye, yellow electricity travelling through the air. It ends in between him and Vic. Then materialized in front of him, Hiro.

He then was suddenly cut across his stomach. He falls a few steps back. Vic raises her gun to his heart and pulls the trigger. William shifts his body and it hits his right shoulder instead.

William then ran to his broad axe. He grabs it with both his hands and runs toward Hiro and Vic. William then swings his axe to his right, anticipating an attack from Dan. He slashes the air, nothing.

Then a full blast of "Black Envelope: Arm Gauntlets" hit right at William's rib cage. William grips his axe tight and slams into the wall. Dan was in the same state when he was in Idly City. Black Envelope given the effects of a certain emotion. Rage.

Dan then runs to the wall with "Black Envelope: Footgear" and lands a punch right in the middle of William's chest. Slamming him harder to the the wall.

William tried to move his arm to use the axe, only to fail. Dan catches William's hand that was holding the axe and turns the axe head to William. Dan pushes the axe, trying to pierce his body. William trying his best to hold the axe.

Blinded by rage, Dan screamed and starts hitting the back of the axe's head repeatedly. Giving force that was too strong for William to buckle without moving. Three times and his skin was pierced. Seven times and the axe cuts nearly through his body.

William bleeds all over from his chest and stomach. He coughs up a lot of blood. He slowly loses strength and slides to the ground. His hands then let go of the axe and then sat down. Lifelessly.

Dan then took a few steps back. He catches his breath. He felt a weird sensation throughout his body. His chest feels heavy. His vision became clearer than ever. He had just killed a man. He looked at his fists covered in blood. He was about to panic. But, he realizes he had no time to waste.

He goes to Hiro and helps him.

"A-Are you okay?" Dan asks Hiro

"AAAAHHHH!!! Am I OKAY?! What kind of question is that?!" Hiro had a breakdown

"Fuck. Either of you have like, first aid?" Dan asks

"No. I can try cauterizing the wound." Vic said

"Isn't that bad?" Dan asked

"It's just temporary." She sajd

"Fine, fuck it. Just make it quick." Hiro requested

Dan helped Hiro sit up right. He lifts his shirt, exposing the wound. Vic then super heats her hand and then pressures the wound from his stomach and back. Hiro screamed very loudly. It was a very quick and painful process.

"That should be good for now. We need to get out of here."

The caves then starts to rumble. The walls were shaking as if they were alive. The walls dropped and they all find each other. A five sided room with four rooms next to each other. The students then converged in the middle.

"Is everyone okay?" Dan asks

"No!" Hiro yelled from behind him, limping forward.

"Aside from Hiro." Dan added

"No, we're good here." Jay said as he looked at everyone carefully

The walls then closed in on them, isolating them. The cave starts to rumble more. It felt like they were being moved. Shuffled across the scattered rooms within the cave. Then suddenly it got quiet.

"Have any of you tried contacting Kai? Or Cathy?" Sam asks

"I did. I got through once. I dunno how long that'll take them to get to us." Kris said

"What now?" Sam asks everyone

"Vic tried blowing up the wall earlier, it didn't work." Dan said

"Who here can teleport?" Nate asks

"Hiro could." Vic replied

"Tha-That was different. That wasn't teleporting." Hiro shied away

"Then what do you suggest we do? We're still trapped here." Dan gets irritated

Then, two gateways opened. Tall and wide gateways. Something alerted Heath from the gateways. He grit his teeth and then runs into the right one without a say.

"Hey! Hey, Heath!" Nate called

Heath didn't respond and already went through. Nate then runs after him. "I'll bring him back, wait here."

Nate chases Heath into the right gateway. Less than fifteen seconds since Nate passed, the gate closed off. Sealing them in.

"Oh, motherfucker!" Sam yelled

"Great, now what, Dan?" Hiro asks

"Why are you looking at me?" Dan replied

"You're smart, aren't ya?" Jay budges in

"Tch. Chances are we can't break the wall they went through. But it wouldn't hurt to try!" Dan started running toward the previously closed gateway. He casts "...Arm Gauntlets" and punches the wall with all his might. He was right, he couldn't go through.

"Well, that negated one of our options." Dan said as he walks back to them

"So, what now, Dan?" Sam asks

"Eight of us... Let's split into two groups. Laura, Sam, and one more?" Dan decided

"V, you in?" Sam invited her with a big smile

"Sure." She replied in a monotone voice

"Great!" He said gleefully

Dan rolled his eyes.

"Alright, you four try... Exiting? Scrape the wall with a spoon or something, I don't know. Or try contacting Kai and them again." Dan said

"I think I've got an idea for the wall. Good luck out there, you four." Jay replied

"You four, too. See ya."