After School

"MEGUMI RUN!" Hajime screamed as someone smashed his head with a bat. The assailant made sure to give him multiple strikes so he won't wake up midway.

"And the girl?" The assailant asked the other person in his team who managed to catch Megumi as she was running away.

"We bring her too." The other man replied in a casual tone as if they were talking about something interesting.

.....

Earlier,

Disoriented, Hajime looked around. There was a huge ear-piercing explosion and the car toppled before they could even react. The impact that transformed the car into a dilapidated piece of junk was so strong that it immediately knocked Akiko unconscious.

"What happened?" Hajime muttered under his breath but no sound came out. The only thing he could hear was the ringing in his eardrums.