Pitch Black

"One, two, three clear!" A masculine voice said.

*Zap!*

"He is still not responding!" said a feminine voice.

"Again!! One, two, three!" The masculine voice repeated.

*Zap!*

. . .

Natasha and Mr Winston waited at the reception area outside Adrian's ward, as the doctors tried to revive him. James was nowhere to be found as he was also confined to a hospital bed.

[Good evening ladies and gentlemen!

This is the local news at 7 and I am your host tonight Ron Burgundy. ;)]

A man's voice from the hologramic floating screen at the reception area captivated everyone's attention.

[ "On tonight's news, we have received the latest report on another school attack . It is no longer a secret to most of us that for the past three weeks, a total of four academies across the kingdom including the famous Rodehamp Academy  have been attacked by a unknown group of individuals.

On each scenario of these attacks, there has been a repeated abduction of approximately fifty students  on each occasion, summing to a worrying total of two hundred plus abductees.

With such incidents, the questions on our minds are, how safe are our children  in their various schools?

What are the agendas of this group? Would these schools be able to at least provide substantial protection to these kids? What is the government doing about it? and the most pertinent one, which school is next?

   This is what the king, the head of the Royal House of Stellar had to say at an interview yesterday.

"Ron Burgundy concluded.

"We are in a dire situation, where our children are being targeted by these notorious terrorist. We... .. .. . ..  " ] The voice from the screen faded, as Natasha stopped paying attention to the floating screen.

"How safe is your institution?" Natasha asked Mr Winston without looking in his direction.

" I honestly can't give you a hundred percent, but I believe our institution is much safer than most of the academies attaked. I've also taken precautionary measures to buff out security." Mr Winston replied.

"What kind of precautions??" Natasha asked while she fiddled with her fingers.

"I've hired external contractors from various guilds and the government has given us some military personnels , coupled with our very own personal security."

"Excuse me Sir, Ma." A nurse interrupted their conversation.

"The patient has regained consciousness." She said, before walking out on them.

"We'll discuss this later." Natasha said.

. . .

In the far Northern hemisphere of the globe,  north of the Ares Kingdom.

Two men could be seen approaching some sort of heavily fenced facility in the middle of the night.

Both men were clad in pitch black unbuttoned leather coats which ran down  to their kneees, as well as black leather trousers and shoes to match their black tops.

Each leather jacket had a hood attached to it at the end, giving their fashion style a combination of  medieval assassins and modern day goths.

One of the men had a lengthy full gray coloured hair tied in the ancient Chinese style. His gray well trimmed beards and his calm demeanor told any onlooker he was quite advanced in years.

His three samurai sheaths, two at his waist and one at his back coupled with his differently coloured pupils, one red the other blue gave an eerie

yet dangerous feeling.

His counterpart on the other hand, had the average American jock build. Brown coloured hair and well defined muscles.

"Hey both of you!! Stop there!!" Two guards yelled at both men who casually approached the facility without any care.

They both ignored the screaming guards as the steadily approached the facility's entrance gate at their own pace .

"This is Andrea Academy territory and we've have the permission to use lethal force on anyone who trespasses." One of the guards yelled as he furiously approached both men.

"Wait!!" The second guard grabbed the other by the shoulder, stopping him from going forward.

"Hey! Why are you stopping me?" The first guard seemed even more infuriated by his colleague's action.

"They are not ordinary people." The second guard said as his gaze turned sharp.

"How do you mean??" The first guard seemed puzzled.

"This place  is supposed to be covered in a barrier which spans about two kilometers."

"So???" The first guard still didn't seem to get the picture.

"Then how did they get past it!!" The second guard yelled as he took a fighting stance.

"Full Pitch black attires." The second muttered as he also became wary of both men.

"Y-y-you are the terrorist group, The ten headed Black Dragon!!!!" The first guard's eyes widened in realisation.

"Go! go! alert the others, Ill keep them at bay until reinforcement arrives." The first guard stepped forward.

"N-no we can take them on together." The second guard replied in a shaky tone, his confidence growing thin by the minute.

"N-o-o-o!" The first guard yelled.

"Do you think we can take them on? For them to easily get past the barrier without even setting of any alarm is almost impossible and here they are.

This two are leagues above us! So if you don't want to go home to your wife tomorrow, do as I say!!" The first guard concluded.

"O-ook." The second guard shakily replied, before taking off.

"It's rare we get to meet self sacrificing persons like you, it's just unfortunate you would have to die!" The brown haired man clad in pitch black said, as he stepped forward.

"I know I would die but I can assure you, I am taking one of you down with me!!" The guard yelled, his eyes devoid of the fear of death.

Suddenly the guard's body began to expand as he grew a few feet taller, his muscles proportionally increasing with his height. Two bull like horns grew from his head and a tail from his lower spine as his body's complexion changed. His nostrils were now enlarged as steam emanated from them.

*Bam!*

The guard stamped his s foot on the ground as he completed his beastly transformation.