05: a different angle.

High above the rooftops of the old brick buildings of old town.

A girl with a red sweater was chasing after a man in a black coat, they leaped from building to building, running at speeds far surpassing that of a normal human.

"Your not getting away!" Cried the girl, the man in black sinply looked back at her.

She could tell he found her chaise not threatening in the slightest.

No, he infact was more annoyed then anything. This infuriated the girl even more.

He suddenly began to chant in Nordic, black

Fog began to manifest around him, he leaped once again. This time to the tallest building in old town.

The old clock tower.

It was so far away it seemed like it touched the sky.

Yet, he reached it in am instant.

"!"

She was startled.

But it wasn't like she hadn't met a sorcerer like this before, and she knew his boss could do much worse.

And she wanted... No needed to find him.

She knew she didn't have much energy left.

But she had no choice.

She focused her minds eye on her circuits, she channeld the remaining arc-energy into her legs.

!!!!

She bit her tongue to take her mind off the pain, and in an instant she leaped and sored into the air, leaving a streak of blue lighting behind her. As if she were a shooting star in the night.

"Hah!"

She reached the building in less than a second, the man in black leaped back before she could land a hit on him. He jumped down and with a burst of black fog he landed on the nearest building, she leaped as well. She was ready to strike.

He dudged as she landed.

She through a bunch of punches at him, and kicked him as hard as she could.

He exchanged blow's with her as well.

She charged at him with all her might to try and knock him down, he simply stepped out of the way.

!!!!

It was to much momentum.

She ended up shooting off the side of the building. But luckily, she had her crapple gantlets she hid under her red sweater.

Pew!

Tak!

It attached to the side of a water tower and with all her momentum she swung around and lunched herself toward the man in black.

Pow!

She kicked him so hard he was knocked off the building into an alley way.

She landed and looked down, and after a second to catch her breath she leaped and parkoured her way down into the alley.

She landed and stared down the man in black, as he slowly rose.

"There's nowhere to run..."

She snapped.

"Now, tell me where nicolie is!"

He looked back at her, he simply tilted his head. As if to say "or else what?"

"Tell me now! Or I'll have to use force."

She raised her hand and blue lighting began to cover her whole body.

She gave the signal in head and a beam shot out to a trashcan.

Zap!

The trashcan was melted instantly, that's how much destructive power she had inside her body.

Yet, she wasn't actually planning on using that attack on him. After all she wasn't a killer... She was ok with killing monsters the church sent her on hunts for.

But another human. No, that's where she drew the line.

Some other hunters might be willing to do that if worse came to worse. But not her.

She stuck to her father's ideals,

It was all she had left of him.

"Tell me now!"

He shook his head, his body language came across as someone who was so annoyed he'd rather kill himself then to deal with her any longer.

She gritted her teeth, she stopped her foot into the ground like an angry child.

"Take me serious damn it!"

He straightend up.

Then he withdrew his black dagger, she straightend up as well and drew her blade as well.

Batooom!!!!

Almost breaking the sound barrier, the tall black coated man rushed at her. She felt his blade grase her skin.

But she ducked in time.

Then she deflected his attacks, but barely.

He through a punch at her so hard she was knocked into the air. She landed on her knees.

She panted for a moment, then gritted her teeth. She charged her arc- circuits as much as she could. Using fifty percent of her energy.

"Hah!"

Blue lighting shot off her body as she darted toward the man in black like a bullet.

But-

!!!!

He simply raised his hand, and caught her by the throat.

"!"

She choaked and gagged as she hung there from his hand. She felt the pressure from his cold hands cut off her wind pipe.

It was then that she realized, if he wanted to be could crush her throat in one second with little to no effort.

She began to panic.

She tried to pry his hand away with her to dainty hands, to no avail.

'no... I... I...'

She tried.

She pulled, she jerked.

But nothing.

'daddy.... I'm sorry.'

She knew that this was it, she knew she'd never be able to escape. She she'd a tear.

"Put her down!"

A familiar voice of a young man called out.

It sounded familiar, but she really didn't care

Who it was.

"Put her down now!"

And he did.

She fell to her knees and let out a few coughs.

She looked at the young man, her eyes widen as she realized who it was.

He stood at an average height, he had brown slightly spiky hair and emerald eyes with a piercing gaze.

This was Jack Turner.

Her classmate, though he was a slacker she always admired him.

Mostly because of how selfless he was, and how he would always go out of his way to help others. Including her.

She remembered that day In the playground when they were kids, when a boy who told her he liked her pushed her down when she told him he didn't like him that way.

He rushed to her side. Even though he was clearly scared. He stood up to them.

Dispight him being a short chubby guy who wouldn't stand a chance against the boys gang. He body declared.

"If... If you wanna get to her then your gonna have to go through me!"

He was beaten to a pulp after that.

But she never forgot him charging in like a knight In shinning armor, like a he was a hero.

Her hero.

After that she wanted to get close to him, but he would always stick to himself for some reason. And middle school he became even more closed off.

The only friend he allowed himself to have was that no good numbskull Logan black, she blamed him for Jack becoming a slacker.

That's why she would always push him to do better in school, it was her best excuse to talk to him.

She wanted to get close to him but...

She wanted him to reach out.

"Now. if you wanna get to her your gonna have to go through-"

And here he was once again. Just like back then to save her from-

!!!!

Shick!

"!"

She gasped as she looked open the boy she admired being gutted before he had a chance to react, the black coated man had darted to him and ran him through so fast he couldn't do anything.

"Oh... I, never stood a chance did I?"

He stood a few more seconds before collapsing to the ground.

Lisa Elwood's heart shattered in that moment.