TWENTY- FOUR

He charged at me but I caught him and kneed him in the chest then in the neck and pushed him back.

He stumbled and held his neck with a frown on his face the ran and swiped the knife.

I jumped back and he did a thrust but I caught his hand and hit the knife so it broke, then I twisted his arm up and dropped it on my shoulder.

He yelled in pain and dropped the remaining block of ice then I left him and back flipped onto the roof of his car.

He ran at me then I kicked him and he jumped on without hesitation.

He threw a fist at me and I dodged then punched him in the belly and bent down and swiped my leg, knocking him off the car.

He fell on the floor and I jumped on top of him and he struggled. I stayed on top of him as he did me so many years ago then smirked within my mask.

Then I felt a sharp pain in my side and looked as his hand held the knife and he pulled it out.

There was a rush of pain and I stumbled back then he spin kicked me in the face and I fell.

He thrusted the knife at my neck but I held his hands a safe distance away. I was losing blood and he was overpowering me because of that.

I had to think of a way out so I suddenly turned and his head crashed into the side of the car then I kicked him off and held my side in pain.

He ran at me and I spun and kicked his ribs then used my other leg to kick his cheek before I landed.

He stumbled back and charged again but I b aerial kicked him then held him and rammed him into the car.

I took out all my rage on him since he had killed someone so important to Rose and thus to me.

I carried him over my head then threw him onto the top of the car.

He moaned in pain then I jumped on and held his neck and said,"Confess."

He said,"You'll have to kill me."

I hesitated then he headbutted me and rolled down.

I was getting up then he hit me in the back with a brick.

I yelled in pain and he laughed then kicked me hard in the belly and I fell.

He brought out the knife again and said,"This is for stealing my girlfriend."

Then he got hit in the back with a car door and he turned back and saw...

"Rose?"

She was fuming and said,"And this is for hurting my boyfriend."

She spin kicked him in the head twice then punched him hard. He got up again and she finger punched him in the belly.

He stumbled back and I roundhoused him from the back and he fell but didn't get up again.

Then I stumbled down and Rose held me and looked concerned.

I chuckled at how worried she was but she ignored me and put me in her car and drove away.

At the hospital, I sat up and Lucille ran to hug me.

I hugged her too and Lucy walked in with a worried expression on her face. She said,"Tommy, why are you doing this to yourself? Please, just let the cops handle this."

I looked at her and said,"But it's not always that they can catch the criminal, or that they're innocent, I just messed up today, I'll be safer."

She sighed and sat by me then looked at Rose, Rose said,"We didn't get him to confess, we have no evidence."

Lucy looked at me then said,"Be careful."

I nodded.

I recovered by the next month and was looking for evidence against him again, he could withstand torture so I needed a different approach.

I was walking to the tech lab of the college to get access to better equipment when I realized something...

He stabbed me, when a normal knife, I can sue him for that.

But he acted in self defence.

Then again, he might have some friends who might not be that tough to crack...

I then started searching for his closest friends, those he'd tell everything to and I found one promising one, a woman named Lisa.

Xander went to Lisa's house with bandages all over, he walked in and poured a glass of beer and started drinking.

He heard her talking and went to the room then dropped the glass when he saw me and five cops talking to her.

I casually waved at him and the cops walked to him and said,"Mr Xander Cooper, you are under arrest for the murder of Mr Joseph Welshes."

He knew he couldn't resist while I was there and they handcuffed him.

He threw curses at me on his way to the car but I couldn't care less, I looked at Lisa and said,"Thank you for your cooperation."

She smiled and said,"So now can we go for that date?"

I chuckled and said,"You should be happy I'm not having you arrested for hiding a criminal from the cops."

Then I walked away, leaving her with her jaw on the floor.