Riot

"11?" 2 asked, "are you sure?"

"We have no choice,2. He's the best hacker we know and we clearly can't proceed without one. I'll send you his last known address. Be careful"

2 sighed, hung up and turned to 3

"We need to go see 11" She said.

"Seriously?"

2 nodded in response

"Well we better hope nothing goes wrong then. 11 can be quite troublesome. Well more that "thing" than him "

2 laughed and as she tried to respond to 3, but they were shocked to hear the words "Freeze!, down on your knees and hands on your heads. No sudden movements"

They turned around slowly and saw 2 uniformed officers aiming guns at them.

(After his encounter with detectives Yagita and Fuhira at his home, the identity of 3 was now known to the police. Fuhira was able to record his encounter with 3 on his eye and put his image out to various precincts. This was how the patrol officers recognised him)

"kure, call this in." one of the officers said, to his partner, who then used his free hand to pick up his radio.

With his hands raised in false surrender, 3 said quietly to his partner. "2, get down"

As she did so, he charged at the police officers who opened fire without hesitation.

The bullets hit his torso but bounced off as he had covered the top half of his body in diamonds.

He jumped forward and smacked the first officer in the face as he landed, knocking him out instantly, then immediately spun as the second officer, Kure fired again. 3 used the momentum of the spin to hit him with the back of his fist.

2 got up and dusted herself as the two officers fell and lay unconscious on the floor. 3 put his hood back up as bystanders began to record. Both he and 2 fled the scene immediately after.

After they were far enough from the scene, they stopped to catch their breath.

"How did they spot us? We had our hoods up" 2 asked

"I think it's safe to say they know what at least one of us looks like. This might be worse than we thought"

"should we tell 1?" She asked.

"I think it's better to tell him after we get 11 but we need to be quick, the police are definitely going to be hunting us now"

2 agreed.

Afterwards, they carefully made their way to the address 1 had sent.

There was hardly anyone on the street the house was located in. The area looked deserted. A wave of uneasiness came over 2 as she looked over her shoulder every few seconds.

"I checked on way here. The crime rate in this area is astronomical. We need to move carefully.", said 3.

They moved quietly, the heat making them slightly uncomfortable. 2 spotted the building, which looked completely abandoned and pointed.

"Yeah, that looks that the type of building he'll be in" 3 said in agreement.

While they were approaching the building, they noticed they were being followed, though there was no one in sight.

The assailants finally revealed themselves and sprinted towards 2 and 3 with Machetes and Kodachi's in their hands. There were three of them, all with clothes covering their faces from the nose down.

2 and 3 instinctively went into defensive stances. Two of the assailants were in front, while the last one lagged behind. The two in front swung their blades simultaneously, 3 stepped back as his opponent swung the blade downwards vertically.

It narrowly missed his face.

As the tip of the blade hit the floor, 3 stepped forward and smacked the side of the assailants head with enough force to knock him to the ground. He then stamped on his head to ensure he was knocked out.

He looked over at 2, who was standing victoriously over her attacker.

When he attacked her, she dodged underneath the horizontal Slash, sidestepped and then followed up with a powerful uppercut that rendered him unconscious.

As the third assailant witnessed how quickly his friends were dispatched, he began to panic he reached behind him for something tucked in his trousers, pulled out a gun, shakily aimed it at 2 then fired.

11 was inside reading a book when a deep voice in his head said, "There are multiple people sneaking around your house. Let me loose"

"Shut up" 11 said

He got up to check what was happening and was taken aback by a bullet ripping through his window.

As this happened, 11 experienced a momentary lapse of concentration that lasted roughly 0.8 seconds but was long enough for him to let "it" loose.

3 felt something brush past him, head for the shooter and snap his neck, killing him instantly, before turning to himself and 2.

In general, 11 was 5 feet and 10 inches tall with spiky black hair. He had quite a slim build and was known to be peaceful but that was the opposite of what stood in front of 2 and 3.

A hulking, violent version of 11, standing at roughly 6''5 with menacing eyes, a crazy grin and visible blackened veins.

"This is the worst possible outcome" 2 said, slowly backing away. "Riot is free"

The entity known as Riot charged at the both of them without hesitation.

3 covered both his arms in diamonds as he prepared for an attack. He blocked as Riot threw a punch but even with his diamond coated arms, he was still sent flying into the building behind him.

2 threw a considerably fast punch but riot caught her hand before it landed, picked her up and threw her at 3, who caught her and prevented her from crashing hard.

"Thanks",she said.

As they got back to their feet, Riot was already sprinting at them.

They ran towards riot too, with 3 a few paces in front of 2. When he was close enough, he covered both legs in diamonds and slide tacked riot, causing it to fall forward.

2 was there and ready. As it fell, she punched upwards, her fist sweetly connecting with its jaw with enough force to lift it back up into the air.

3, who was already back on his feet, turned and wrapped his arms around Riot's stomach, while it was still in mid air, leaned back and slammed the back of it's head into ground as hard as he could.

[It just received two concentrated strikes to the brain. That should keep it down long enough for 11 to take back control] 3 thought.

He couldn't have been more wrong, as Riot got back to its feet with an even wilder grin.

It dashed forward and slammed it's fist into 3's face, causing blood to spurt upon impact, it then spun around kicked him in the sides. 3 wasn't able to block any of the attacks so he sustained a lot of damage.

As soon as Riot kicked 3, and it's foot touched the floor, it lunged at 2, ramming it's shoulder into her torso. As soon as she fell, it grabbed her by her ankles, spun her around a few times, then threw her into the wall of a building.

3 tried to get back to his feet but Riot smashed the underside of it's foot into his chest.

"11, if you don't snap out of it right now, I can't guarantee your safety. I'm not going to hold back anymore" 2 said, looking very angry. The aura around her had changed, and even Riot sensed it and turned his attention from 3 to her. Which was a mistake.

It turned out 2 wasn't the only one not holding back anymore.

3 sprung to his feet and with a diamond covered hand, slammed his fist into side of Riot's head, causing it to lean to the right.

He then kicked the side of the knee of Riot's standing leg, an attack that would've completely broken a regular humans leg.

3 finally followed up with a powerful spin kick to the head that sent Riot crashing into 11's living room.

Riot sprung back to it's feet as 3 spat out blood. Before they went on the attack again, they noticed Riot was holding its head with both hands and rocking slowly. 11 was fighting to take back control.

Finally, it let out a very loud shriek before liquefying back into 11, who then fell to the floor and passed out afterwards.

3 slumped to the floor clutching his side, his face still bleeding.

"You okay?" 2 asked

Wheezing, he replied, "i think that fucker broke my ribs"

2 laughed a little, "i honestly don't know why it's so tough."

"What do we do when he wakes up? I doubt he'll want to come help us after what happened just now"

"We'll have to figure that out after. It seems we have company again. Get some rest, I'll handle it"

She was referring to a group of men approaching the building they were in.

There were about 5 of them, and in about 40 seconds, she was back sitting in front of 3, breathing heavily but unharmed.

After speaking and resting for several minutes, 11 finally woke up. Though they were injured and tired, 11 wasn't seeing that, to him, they were two warriors who could kill him easily even in their current state.

"Hi guys" He said, meekly.

2 smiled heartily, while 3 shook his head "Hey 11, you okay?" She said, walking up to him.

"Yeah, I'm good thanks. I'm really sorry guys, that gunshot distracted me for a few seconds and Riot got loose. Are you guys okay?"

3 couldn't help but laugh, "Yeah, we're good. Don't worry about it" He said, with a smile and his thumb raised.

"I still find it fascinating that you don't recieve a lot of damage even after Riot has been battered", added 2.

11 scratched his head and smiled, "Yeah, I guess it's like a protective armour with a mind of its own"

The trio laughed, caught up with all the news of things happening in their lives and 2 finally told him why they came looking for him.

After a few more minutes of trying to convince him to follow them, he agreed but on the conditions that 1 didn't look or speak to him and none of the kids were harmed even if they were successfully taken. 2 and 3 agreed and they slowly made their way back to the hideout.

11 hated 1 after he expelled him from the group after he accidentally let Riot out one day but he figured he'd help out, just incase something came of it. A part of him wanted to rejoin the order of Blight but not while 1 was the leader.

After they safely got back to the hideout, 11 said hi to his old teammates who were present while making a visible effort to avoid 1.

6 noticed how injured 3 was, led him to a more quiet area and sat him down. He took his t-shirt off while she asked, "What happened now?"

"Riot happened"

She shook her head and noticed the deep purple bruises on his chest and side where he had been kicked. She shook her head, "your nose is a mess, your ribs are clearly fractured." She squatted, white circles of light appeared on her hands again as she began healing him. "3, please be careful"

Ever since 1 had made them partners, they had gotten closer to the point where 6 was always mad at him anytime he got really injured. Not because she was the one who had to heal him, but because she cared about his wellbeing.

He placed his hands on one of hers, "thanks 6. I'll try"

She smiled at him. The chair he was sitting on reclined, so he leaned back and closed his eyes while he was being healed.

While 2 and 3 were out bringing 11 back, 1 had sent 7 and 9 to a hardware store several kilometres from their location. Their tasks were to buy or steal computers and components that would ensure that 11 stayed hidden while he hacked. Their mission was succesful.

After 2 had briefed 1 on what happened, including the fact that their identities may be known and 11's condition, he told her to tell 11 that the computers were set up for him.

He smiled as he walked up to the computers, cracking his knuckles. "Let's begin", he said.