Turning away, Gary answered a bit embarrassed. “He told me that if I wanted to be with you, that I should come here.”There weren't many things that startled Xin, but this was certainly one of them. If she was hearing Gary right, the reason he came here was because of her. Although that was sweet to hear…it saddened Xin. ‘It must be nice, for someone to be so free that they can join the AFA just for a reason like that, while here I am trying to gain my freedom.’ Xin thought, her mood souring a bit.Gary threw the ball again, and although he believed he had copied Xin down to the last part before her flinching, his ball hit the 75 point mark again. “Have you visited Slough lately, or talked to your father about anything?” Gary peeked from the corner of his eye when he asked this question. Xin then threw the ball perfectly hitting the same spot, dead in the centre scoring a 100 points. “No, I’ve put all my attention into the AFA. For now, that's all I want to think about until I hav
During their free period in the afternoon, Numba decided to go off ahead on his own, heading towards the dormitory. Having found out what his father was going through, he couldn't get it off his mind. A part of him was afraid that if he stayed around the others, there was a good chance that he would just blurt something out by accident.Before Numba had met the others, he hadn’t really been someone who would filter his speech, a trait which hadn’t exactly gotten him a lot of friends in his life. Exactly for that reason, the last thing he wanted to do was get his new friends involved into his family’s mess. On his way, a student with a beanie was standing in the hallway, leaning up against his room. “Hey, you’re Numba, right?” The student asked while chewing a piece of gum. “My name’s Mike. Miss Patel sent me to fetch you.”The Goat Altered didn’t recognise this student immediately. There were only so many students in a class, yet there were multiple classes due to number of students
Numba had been so badly hurt that he was fading in and out of consciousness, but a deep rumbling voice which shook even his core caused him to look through his blurry eyes. ‘That can’t be… is that Gary? … How is he here? Why is he here?’ Numba’s brain was too muddled to make sense out of the situation. He hadn’t had the chance to tell anyone about where he was going, and at the same the place they were at, wasn’t a place a student would just stumble across.“Please… don’t get kicked out of the academy for my sake.” Numba quietly muttered with his limited strength.Under normal circumstances, Gary might have listened to him, but the Werewolf was only seeing red. The scent of blood from both Izzy and Numba had wafted in his nose, so his instincts told him to punish those responsible for hurting his friends.“Look at this guy!” The student in the back ridiculed Gary’s tough guy approach. “Something is seriously wrong with your whole batch. Your friend down there also thought himself a h
Twiddling his fingers on his desk, Kai was sitting in his office at the Wolf's Pool Club, but once again, he wasn’t on his own. He was with Olivia, and both of them had their masks next to them.“What a very interesting development.” Olivia couldn't help but note with a devious smile. “Tell me, did you know this was going to happen?”Shaking his head, Kai smiled back. “Do you really think I somehow have the ability to see into the future? The only thing I can say is, people are more predictable than you think. There are only so many scenarios that I can account for, I just do what I can to prepare for all of them equally. Even now, I am unsure as to what will happen.”Looking toward the staircase Olivia folded her arms. “Sometimes I forget that you’re just a 17 year old brat. If only you were a few years older.”“Sorry, but even though you look this young, I’m not really the type to date someone who is-”Before Kai could finish his sentence Olivia had pulled out her whip, her eyes shi
Inside the medical bay in the academy, Gary had stayed by Numba’s side who hadn't said much after asking for help. Eventually one of the nurses informed them that Izzy was well enough and back to her normal self. Not long after, she had entered the room. Numba would still take some time to heal. When they entered the room, though she hadn't entered herself, she had done so with Ian. While Gary stayed by Numba’s side, Ian had done this for Izzy. Immediately after finding out what had happened, Ian burst into the room saying sorry, asking who they were and wanting to take them all down. But as they were exiting their room, they soon saw that multiple students were being brought in, the ones that had done this to Izzy in the first place. It looked like someone had already got to them, before Ian could. To calm down, they both decided to go visit Numba, and since he wasn’t allowed to leave they were worried that he was in a worse situation. Thankfully Numba was okay, and now, Gary, Ian
Numba had been told that he was to stay in the hospital one more day. His wounds had mostly healed up, but it was just to make sure that there was nothing else wrong before continuing his regular activities. After all, this was a fighting academy so just being well enough to walk wasn’t good enough. The others had eventually left, Gary being the first, then Izzy and Ian leaving together. One would think that the two of them were a couple based on how much the two stayed together, but it was clear to Numba that she had certain feelings for another, which was why he didn’t say who had actually stopped the students that had attacked him.‘Why were the two of them together at that time? And they were both walking at the back of the academy?’ Suddenly, a few lewd thoughts entered Numba’s head which caused his face to go slightly red.‘I knew he said the two of them knew each other, but to know each other that well. I wonder, could the two of them possibly be dating?!’While thinking this,
In the Wolfs Pool Club the air was heavy. Harry Cardenez, the owner of Cardenez Electronics, was still on his knees. He no longer had his head down as he was waiting for an answer as to what the decision of the Howlers was.In the middle of it all, a phone call of all things delayed that answer. Will couldn’t believe the audacity of the guy in the fox mask who didn’t seem much older than himself. To answer a phone call of all things, unaware who was on the other end!Kai didn’t say much, other than a few nods here and there, as the one on the other end appeared to be doing most of the talking. “Don’t worry, that shouldn’t be a problem. In fact, it seems like this was something that was meant to be.” Kai said as he looked over to the kneeling adult. “See you soon.”With that the call ended, and the phone was placed on the desk. Kai placed both his hands together as he smiled. This time he wasn’t covering the bottom half of his face, which made Harry and the others wonder what news th
Three large black vehicles could be seen heading out of the town of Slough, one more than what had entered. As for the destination, it was Rightdale, the Tier-3 town where Cardenez Electronics resided. The new addition was the car in the centre, a long limo driven by none other than Tyler. He was nervous about the whole thing as he tightly gripped his hands on the steering wheel and looked into a camera that was on his dashboards.Between the driver and the passengers the divider had been lifted to give those in the back their privacy. Nevertheless, Tyler was able to see what was going on through the screen on his dash, so he snuck a few glances from time to time.‘Man oh man, every time we leave the city I get nervous. Especially at times when the others wear their masks since it almost always means we are headed for a fight. It doesn't help that there are strangers in the car as well.’ Tyler thought to himself as he shifted his focus back on the road. In the car were the core memb
Xin had already expended a lot of energy in her Altered form, and holding her breath during her combat had worn her out quite a bit. Her single wing sticking out from her back was still there, but the lightning power that sparked from it was dwindling.“Big guy, be careful; this one’s tough,” Xin commented.Austin stood strong, looking at Gil getting up on his feet. As he did, Gil’s body muscles were flexing in and out. The smoke that was lingering from his body was starting to grow as well.“I know. I hit him with a pretty big shot, and I know I’m not weak,” Austin replied.After just getting back out from the hospital and recovering, the first thing Austin didn’t expect was that he was going to have to get into a fight, but from a single look, he could tell this person was strong.Not wasting any time, he had jumped out of the window and knew what he needed to do.“You're a bigger hitter than me, so I’m going to have to support you!” Xin said.As soon as she finished her sentence, G
With Xin being who she was, she had faced many different types of Altered, but going up against Gil was the most unique one yet. For one, he was a rare Mythical type. These had great power and a chance of great elemental ability as well.Not only that, but she had seen something somewhat unique to an Altered which she hadn’t seen before. The fact that Gil was able to transform his body, and in doing so, it affected his powers.Being large in size, he was strong and durable, while being smaller in size he had incredible speed. It was because of these transformations that Xin had felt like she had already seen it all.They had been fighting for a while now, so he had to have used either his partial or full transformation. There was nothing left for him to show, with no surprises, it was time for her to finish off the fight herself.The one wing that extended out from her back, the same size as a hand, was covered in yellow sparks that continually went off. They were condensed in size, g
Sparks from Xin’s Altered form couldn't stop flying off from her body. The strange hardened feathers constantly were shooting off small bolts of energy from one to the other. Even just standing still, her elemental power was activating.“You think things are going to change just because your appearance is now a little different!” Gil shouted as he lifted both of his hands up, locking them together. He was in his large form, having shifted from the smaller one.Doing so allowed him to pick up more strength than he usually would. The attack was going to be a big one. Gil’s hands smashed against the ground, and the whole building started to shake again.The people from above fell from their seats. Shelves tumbled down from the vibration, and it looked like the building was warping from within itself. However, the shaking had eventually stopped.With it stopping, the people on the second floor could see that they were now okay, and it was the same for Amy and White, who were close to the
The message sent out by Kai was heard loud and clear by everyone in the Howlers, and some of them took it to heart. Instead of trying to win their fights, they now were trying to last as long as possible.Raven had transformed his body; large heads had appeared and were in the air. Numba had been picked up by one of the Hydra Altered’s heads, its teeth biting down on his stomach and flinging him to the side until he hit a wall.“This Altered’s strength is crazy; does he have the same strength in each head?” Numba thought as he tried to get back up.Charging in were both Marie and Olivia at the same time. They struck from two sides, trying to hit the heads, but weren’t fully committing. They were carefully waiting for a strike and moved from side to side.Marie had avoided attacks from one of the Hydra’s long winding heads, while Olivia, as she jumped back, swung her hands and used her whip. It was effective in hitting the Hydra, but she didn’t dare try to wrap it around its head due t
There were a lot of decisions to make with the new stats and pawn points that Gary had managed to achieve, and it was best if he used them now because at any moment, he felt like something was coming.The fight against Ice was far tougher than the fight against the North and the South leader, but all of this was for more to come.‘First, I will allocate the stat points,’ Gary thought as he tapped his system, giving himself a few points in two areas.The first was his endurance.[Endurance 88 >>> 90]‘The strength difference at every ten is increased, but as the numbers get higher, the difference isn’t felt as much. Either way, as I’m fighting tougher enemies like that of Ice, Endurance seems to be a big factor in getting hurt less.’[Dexterity 82 >>> 85]‘With that, rather than being able to hit harder, I need to be able to hit more and get my attacks in, so I’ll increase my dexterity.’As for the pawn points, Gary then went ahead and used two of them on his health. Each pawn point at
---The final plan that Carter had, to try and turn those who had allied up against each other, had failed. Carter already knew about Ice’s past; there wasn’t much he could do with that.He was one of the few prisoners who knew what they had done. Through the extent of his own powers in a clash, he had killed those around him that had no involvement. He wanted to stay in the prison, but he suddenly had a change of heart.Then, there was Blackjack, the first man Carter was unable to get any information about, so he only had Gary, and now even that hadn’t worked.“What were you going to do?” Gary asked as he moved forward. “I bet if I was in here, and the Phoenix Gang wasn’t already targeting me, you would threaten my friends, my family, that are on the outside.”“You are a cruel person in this place; those that are already trapped, you force them to do your bidding by trapping them even more in this place. I can safely say that you are a person that I don’t mind getting rid of.”Gary n
---In the center of the prison, many had backed away from Ice standing in the middle. He felt like an unstoppable giant. No matter what attacks landed on him, they barely left a mark; if they did, it was almost as if it didn't affect him at all.His giant club was hitting the physical-type Altereds and overpowering them with his strength. Even those that were fast and could get closer were affected by his strong ice powers.He could block attacks with his ice, freeze those who came close to him, and create a number of unique attacks of his own. When a group of prisoners approached him, he slammed his foot on the ground. Ice grew from the floor in several sharp spikes, piercing those who took a step too far."What are we meant to do, Stinger? This guy is too strong!" one of the prisoners exclaimed.They looked around, waiting for an answer, but the prisoners themselves were struggling to even see Stinger. That was because he had hidden himself among the crowd of prisoners, waiting for
Blackjack was on the move to the North side. He was quickly going past the Altereds that were trying to attack him, ducking and weaving through them all at a fast speed. At one point, he leaned back, and one of the prisoners accidentally attacked another.‘It’s a good lucky day today, I knew it would all go well today.’ Blackjack smiled as he progressed further and deeper inside. As he finally got near the end, he threw out the last of his cards.They came out sharp, hitting four of his opponents on the head, causing them to fall to the floor, and that’s when he could see Calvin sitting on the floor, healing one of the prisoners.“Calvin, it has been a while, right?” Blackjack asked. “I’m surprised to see that you teamed up with the South Group. After going against them for so long, it resorted to this.” “I had invited you several times to join my side,” Calvin stated. “I had even healed your body after the fight with the Warden, and yet you still refused. So what else was I supposed
The fight continued with all three of them continuing to fight against the Altereds coming their way. Although most of them were relatively easy to deal with, there were a few tough ones.Those that knew how to fight either waited for the right time to strike and got a good hit in or were harder than just a single hit or two to take out. When this was the case, Gary would use one of his skills.He would use his Lethal Pounce, Claw Drain, and even once in a while, he even used his Claw Strike to attack them from surprise. When this was used, it seemed like next to no one could stop it.Blackjack had been keeping an eye on things that were happening around him, and when this happened, he would focus on just avoiding blows that he was able to do with ease.‘Is he conserving his strength?’ Blackjack thought. ‘That’s surprising. I don’t see many Werewolves fight like that. Is it because he’s worried about when he has to go up against the Warden? No, that can’t be it.’With a keener eye, Bl