Past Shadows

Alisa’s Feint

At a dark hour of the night, in a dead end street, desolate and silence. Three individuals stood, gazing in awe as the former unbeatable tigress in human clothing, crouch while holding onto her belly in anguish.

Surrounding them were the unconscious bodies of the minions of the villain leader. Bodies that could be considered trophies of her previous victory. Though they weren’t dead, they had being beaten mercilessly by her; a few took only a single fist.

But now, the champ crouched on the floor in agony, after a fist had unexpectedly connected to her abdomen earlier.

The assaulter, one of Jakes minions stared at his handwork in confusion. ‘ How could this be? ‘ he thought. While in the midst of his thought, the voice of his leader breezed into his ears.

“ Don’t dawdle. Don’t you already have her down? Quickly finish her. Do it now before she recovers her strength. I promise you, you will get heavily rewarded. I promise you this. “.

But he paid no heed to the voice nor it’s words. The matter was just too fishy.

How can a lass who had taken down all his partners in crime, leaving behind only he and his boss, be taken down by a feint fist. A FEINT FIST! That didn’t add up.

The fist in question was one he threw in an aim of being counterattacked so he could feign unconsciousness. It contained almost no power. But it somehow managed to defy logic, reducing the tigress into such a pitiful state. There had to be something not quite right going on here.

“ You…, I don’t even know what to refer to you as. What sort of coward are you. What are you dallying for. I gave an order. Take her down now. Or else… “ Jake threatened.

Hearing his threats, the minion got furious. This boss of his was just too much. Always throwing them off as canon folders and then when things had been sorted out, comes back to claim the credit. What coward? Was there any bigger coward than he? That was unlikely. Saying it was frustrating is an understatement.

“ If you are in such a rush to claim victory, then come and do it yourself, instead of always fleeing like a coward. “ The minion turned to his boss, and for the first time, he rebuked him. He used the exact same term his boss used on him earlier. It was obvious he had been holding back himself for a long while now.

“ You! “ Fury welled within Jake. This little brat whom he picked up from the street, along with his fellows, the other minions.

This set of people were ones he had picked up during the worst moments of their lives. Slowly he nurtured them, training them to be perfect underlings for him. Now, one actually dared to rebel. He couldn’t take this likely with him. Cause if he did, the rest would see no problem in doing so. He made up his mind to deal mercilessly with this one first thing the next day.

But for now… he will just play along.

“ Fine. Sorry for those times. Quickly take her out now. “ Jake spoke.

On hearing his words, a sense of satisfaction washed through the minion. He felt a sudden boost in his morale after being apologized to by their dreaded boss. A boost that caused him to forget his original conviction about the weirdness of the situation. He made up his mind to carry out the act, in consideration for the boss step back and the rewards he promised. What he didn’t know was what awaited him the next day was to his demise.

And another thing that was oblivious to him was the sharp eyes of Alisa that gazed up and stared at him.

‘ Humph. You don’t know what is good for you. ‘

She made her move.

While caught up in the ecstasy of being adhered to, the minion failed to notice Alisa’s sudden movement; plunging towards him like a melee. What followed next was a fist on his face and two more on his belly. Next, he fell unconscious.

After her desperate looking move, she fell back to the ground, returning her vibrant body to its pathetic state. It all seemed like a sudden desperate move from an individual masked in despair.

‘ Serves you right. ‘ Jake smirked as he stared at his now unconscious minion. He felt bliss wash through him. Mission accomplished.

That’s right. This was his aim. Not to get his minion knocked out, but to use him as a canon folder to test whether Alisa was truly a spent force or she could still make a move. He choose to place himself in no risk, especially since a minion of his was still present. Till this moment, he still viewed his minions as canon folders and he saw nothing wrong with the notion.

Turning his gaze back to Alisa, he found her kneeling on the floor with one of her hands placed in her belly where the minion had hit earlier, and the other on her chest. She seemed like her body was in a state where the energy left within her was barely enough for it to function properly. Like she could collapse at any moment.

This was something Jake didn’t find pleasing. He couldn’t let her fall unconscious easily. If so, who would pay for all his thinking and strategizing. Plus how his minion spoke impudently to him earlier; blatantly referring to him as a coward.

Though the minion had his own punishment on its way first thing the next day, he still needed to vent a bit at the moment.

The only two present were Alisa and Prisca. There was no way he was going to maltreat his future wife before their marriage, thence it had to be Alisa. Thus he resolved to make use of the trouble maker as his venting bag.

Since she was out to play heroine, he would have her know that such game was a dangerous one to play, even more so with a dreaded person like himself. Today, she definitely would regret her very existence and wish it never happened. She would beg for death, but wouldn’t find it.

Quitting his fantasies, he decided to carry out his fantasies in reality instead of dawdling in illusions.

With a step forward, he began his stride towards his prey. Alas, on his way, he was obstructed by a second feminine figure wielding a heel footwear on her hand, aiming it’s heel at him. It was like the feminine figure was giving a warning to Jake; Come forward and your head get blasted.

This figure belonged to Prisca, who has played an observant role till the moment.