Chapter 2 - Not just another day.
Levi looked at the sea of clouds passing by his unit. The glass wall of his high rise unit fogging. The brief moment of natural cold in the morning bringing a routinely solemn feeling, fueling the ambition of countless people around the world as well as the clear mind needed to navigate the challenging day ahead…
'Coffee would be just about perfect right now...' Levi mumbled with utmost relaxation through his eyes, glinted a hint of coldness as he subtly position himself to engage the unknown presence from behind…
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Subtlety broke as Levi dodged a spinning back kick aimed at his liver. Before pushing his enemy back using a light palm to force some distance. The well sequenced movement almost caused his enemy to lose his balance, but the man being experienced in melee however simply did a back flip to save him from the fall. The man's colleagues coming in just in time prevent Levi from taking the offensive.
As if in sync, two other men wearing the same all black attire came at him carrying knives and daggers. But Levi had already anticipated multiple enemies allowing him to swiftly react. A mindset that he'd well learned after surviving two consecutive wars, expecting an unlimited number of enemies until clear of danger.
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Swiping the knife mid swing from one of the assailants in motion, he stabbed it to the temple of the other attacker before redirecting the now dead body to slam into the attacker whom he just stole the knife from.
A boot then to the skull swiftly ended the other mans life. Levi having enough power and technique to crack a skull. Leaving his foot at the splattered face of the man as he looked at the final assassin. His eyes carrying the same cold bored expression as he looked at the final assassin causing the latter to reevaluate his given mission…
Without a word of retort, the last of the assassins tried to sprint away, but didn't even got the chance to reach outside of the living room before a hand grabbed the back of the man's head and lifted his head from the ground. The assassin's eyes dropped in horror as he pushed all his might against the hand that was grabbing him but quickly found out in horror that it wouldn't even budge. The assassin almost sighed in relief after knowing that he had enough reach to hurt the man, but his face slowly drained of blood as he once again saw the cold bored expression in Levi's eyes.
The assassin then found how desperate the situation really was. Despite his grand and well trained structure, the target was a lot stronger than him. He tried to pull out his weapons, but it was swiftly disarmed. He tried punching, kicking, rattling with all his might, but his meager strength seemed to be unable to hurt the man. Levi's hand sealing the blood flow of the assassin's brain, as he gripped head tighter and tighter.
Slowly, the assassin lost more and more his strength… he tried to struggle for a while before finally giving up his fate, his eyes focused on the cold and bored expression of his target as he lost consciousness.
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Levi dropped the unconscious body on the floor, the cleaners as well as the authorities already notified ahead of time. Having stepped and conquered too many industries, he had long stopped caring of who sent whom and for whatever reason they were sent for.
He'd even welcome it... Up to a certain degree.
'This isn't it…'
Staring at the assassin, Levi paced back and fort. The revelation of the assassin not enough to calm the gnawing feeling that was starting to rise at the back of his mind.
Somehow, Levi felt off.
His instincts in overdrive, his body somehow crying desperately for him to notice the inevitable feeling of dread enveloping him causing mild anxiety even to his trained mind.
'What is it then…'
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It was then that Levi's senses severely heightened. His 7 years of active duty, literally kicking in, reactively throwing his body to the side before a literal chunk of... something slammed against his window and tore half of his apartment down. His condo unit having been rid of the isolation, unmuting the echoes and the screams of people from below.
Chills running down from his spine as he saw the calamity that was about to befall him…
The dark skies, which were supposed to be now bright, were illuminated by what seems to be portals, huge forms of land masses and buildings being terraformed… transformed right in front of his eyes.
Monsters spawning… materializing from everywhere... The Sewers, The Skies, and even from buildings within. Levi's face scrunching both in relief now that the threat has been revealed, as well as the sheer magnitude of what's happening right in front of him.
His military trained mind easily reframing his stance to fit cope and think despite the situation. Clairty soon returned to Levi as he stood at the edge, in open air of his now wrecked unit. A cold sensation filling the back of his mind allowing him to enter a state of calculative focus.
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"So this was the feeling."
Levi mumbled, a hint of both amusement and focus painted on his face. A break of monotony, his life and death once again hanging by a thread. His mind whirling as he constructed a plan in his mind, eventually deciding to finally revisit a recent project of his…
The sheer screams and wails coming in from below the streets were something that even the battlefield didn't have.
Levi knew it himself, despite his advantages, he will need to make use of everything he's got in order to survive.
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To be continued.