"Who are you?" John demanded as he stepped closer, his eyes narrowing.
"Oh, where are my manners? My na is Eliza and I’m a bounty hunter," she replied, a smirk dancing on her lips.
She was tall and slender, with dark chestnut hair and dark brown eyes. Her skin was pale and smooth, and her features were sharp and angular.
"What does a bounty hunter want with Stephanie?"
"Nothing, actually. She was just my bait."
"Your bait for what?"
"You’ll find out soon, don’t you worry. But until then, let’s get acquainted."
She snapped her fingers and two n erged from the shadows, holding an unconscious Stephanie.
"Surrender and she’ll go free."
John snorted and tightened his grip on the Venomlash, his brow furrowing.
"No use talking," John said as he enveloped himself in a haze.
"That’s not gonna help you, John. You can’t hide from !" Eliza shouted and her eyes shone red, her gaze following John’s movents like a hawk.
’Looks like she can see ,’ John thought and clicked his tongue.
The two n dropped Stephanie to the ground and lunged towards John, but he rolled to the side and sliced their throats.
"John! Behind you!" Stephanie scread and John turned around just in ti to block a punch to the face. He parried the blow and spun around, kicking the attacker in the chest, knocking the breath out of him.
John caught his breath while Zara fought off more incoming enemies.
’It looks like I will have to get rid of the bounty hunter, first,’ he thought and lunged towards the woman, but his attacks bounced off a thin barrier.
"Didn’t I tell you it won’t work, John?" She smirked.
"Tch," he clicked his tongue and engulfed himself in a haze once again, but he could tell Eliza could follow him with her gaze.
’I better test the limits of her vision,’ he thought as he ran at lightning speeds, circling around Eliza. As he noticed her gaze still following him even after he reached his max speed, he began to grow frustrated, but as he almost collided with the flas spewing from Zara’s blades, he noticed sothing strange.
Eliza’s gaze darted wildly, moving in all directions, as if she lost track of him, or so John hoped.
’Could it be because of the flas?’ Does she have infrared vision? John wondered.
’Worth a shot,’ he thought as flas engulfed him and he circled around Eliza once more.
Every footstep left a trail of fire that began to spread through the park. The trees were beginning to catch fire and the sky was being illuminated by the flas.
Eliza was still able to follow John with her eyes, but the flas were distorting her vision enough that John was able to get close and land a critical hit.
But the blade bounced off the barrier and John was kicked to the ground.
"Ha! Cute. Nice try, though. I will give you that, John," she smirked, but John rolled to the side and pulled out his Venomlash, his blade engulfed in flas.
Eliza’s barrier was still strong and she was able to dodge most of John’s blows, but the flas were eating away at it.
He focused on the spot, striking it repeatedly until it began to crack and he delivered a blow, knocking Eliza to the ground. He brought down his dagger at her, but she disappeared from her spot.
"You didn’t think it would be that easy, did you?" She asked as she appeared behind him.
She was about to land a blow to his back, but Zara was there, her blade blocking hers.
"I’ll deal with her," Zara said as she spun around, landing a kick to Eliza’s head, knocking her back.
"Thanks, Zara."
John left Zara to fight Eliza, but he made quick work of the grunts and waited for his chance. Just when Eliza landed a blow, her barrier flickered and disappeared, and John plunged his Venomlash into her back.
"ARGHHH! YOU BASTARD! THIS WAS NOT HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO!" Eliza scread as she coughed blood.
John pulled out his dagger and raised it over his head, but Eliza chuckled and pressed a button on her wristband. A bright light enveloped her and she disappeared.
John and Zara stared at each other and blinked, not believing what had happened.
"Where did she go?" Zara asked, her eyes wide.
"It doesn’t matter, she did her job," a man’s voice bood behind them.
The man was tall and imposing, his silver hair swept back and his piercing blue eyes fixed on John. He had a goatee and a scar running down the right side of his face.
"Who are you?"
"I was told you’d co for them," the man said
"And you are?"
"John, run!" Stephanie yelled, but an invisible force held her in place.
"Let her go!" John yelled, brandishing his Venomlash.
"Ha! You think your pathetic weapons can do anything? She and your other friend were chosen. Their place is with us," the man laughed.
"Chosen for what?"
"It doesn’t matter, boy. You’ve failed. You never should have co here," the man said as a portal opened behind him.
He stepped back and pulled out an alien gun, but John was faster and tackled him to the ground.
"Where is Julia?"
The man smirked and snapped his fingers. As he did, he disappeared and John’s body hit the ground. John stood up quickly and whipped his head around, trying to find the man, but he had vanished.
"Behind you," the man whispered, his breath tickling John’s ear.
John turned around and the man disappeared again, this ti reappearing on top of a hill.
"Hahaha! You are a funny man, John. Maybe you can keep the humans on Earth alive for a little longer," the man chuckled, his eyes gleaming with mischief.
"Zara, grab Stephanie and get the hell out of here! I’ll deal with him!" John shouted and Zara nodded. She dragged Stephanie by her feet and they began to run, but as they were a few tres away from the fence, a laser beam hit the ground in front of them.
The beam was a few tres long and it had cut through the ground like butter. John looked up and saw the man aiming his gun towards them.
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