New Enemies part 2

 

            The heat was unbearable; the flames were licking at Silver like a happy little dog. The edges of Silver blue scarf that floated behind him were already bunt, Silver hoped that be the only thing that burned.

            “Why am in this mess again?” Silver silently questioned to himself.

            “Help!” the cries of a little boy yelled not to far away.

            “Oh yeah, that’s right.”

            With all the flames and black smoke Silver easily forgot that he had ventured into this burning building at the request of a pleading mother; she said her son was still trapped inside. Fires were becoming more frequent these days, usually started from a bunch of hooligans. Back when Silver was a kid he remembered how peaceful times were, with his father protecting over the land, now with his father dead, that land had fallen into chaos. Silver vowed to due all he can for the innocent people, even if it did seem like a lost cause. Crime was on the rise, and without a solid hero figure around there would be no one to deter the criminals.

            “Help!”

            Silver snapped out of his thoughts just in time to avoid a falling beam.

“I need to be more careful, and hurry out of here, before I end up being fried” Silver silently said to himself.

Silver tried to follow the sounds of the little boy, but it was tough to pin point his position with the crackling fire all around him. Silver feared he might not be able to save the little boy when out of the corner of his eye he spotted something moving in the corner.

“Relax, I’m here to help you,” Silver said as he approached the object.

“I want my mommy!” the boy shouted as he spotted Silver.

“You see her in just a few moments,” Silver picked up the little boy, and quickly carried him out of the burning building.

“Mommy!” the little boy shouted as the exited the burning building, and spotted his mother.

“Timmy!” the mother picked up her son in a giant hug as he rushed up to her, “How can I ever repay you kind sir?”

“It’s all in a day’s work,” Silver said, slightly disappointed he still wasn’t well known enough to be called by his name, “Now, lets get this fire under control before it spreads.”

Silver looked around for a possible solution to this fire problem. His fire magic was good for starting fires, not extinguishing them.

“That’ll work,” Silver said as he spotted a giant water tower near by.

Silver slowly walked over to the water tower and examined its 4 wooden base poles closely. Silver reach for his sheathed sword, and in one swift motion, unsheathed his sword, sliced through one of the wooden poles, and re-sheathed his sword, all in a split second. The towers, no longer able to support its own weight on 3 wooden poles, collapsed right on top of the burning building. The one hundred gallons of water quickly extinguished the blazing fire.

“I’m impressed,” a new voice said as he clapped for Silver’s good work.

‘Thank you,” Silver said as he bowed slightly to the stranger.

The man was about Silver’s height; he had neatly combed blond hair, and wore shiny black sunglass to conceal his eyes. An opened long white lab coat, revealed black clothing and a strange small pole like object attached at his belt.

“You did everything as I expected,” the man said, “My name is Vertex; I have studied your every move, your fighting style, everything, you will be a cinch to kill.”

“I’m guessing you started this fire… well lets see exactly how much you like playing with fire, Twin dragons!” Silver raised his hand high in the air, producing his trademarks fire dragons.

The dragons charged towards Vertex, but strangely he made no effort to avoid the attack. Vertex stood still as the dragons engulfed him in flames.

“Gee, I feel bad, I only wanted to scared him not make his a burned corpse,” Silver said to himself.

“What kind of fool do you take me for?” Vertex questioned, as the fire passed, “My coat is fire proof, like I said I know your every move. Now it’s my turn,” vertex removed the small pole object from his belt and clicked a button on it. In a second the pole extended to roughly five feet long with three curved metal spikes protruding from each end of the bizarre weapon. Vertex then charged ready to strike with his new weapon.

“Obviously you don’t know me two well, Blue Flare!” Silver extended his hand, producing the bright blue light the blinds anyone in the area.

Vertex seemed unfazed by the attack, and continues his charge towards Silver. Silver barely managed to avoid the strike of Vertex.

“Surprised?” Vertex laughed, “I told you, I know your every move, your blue flare is useless against someone wearing sun glasses.”

“So magic won’t work,” Silver drew his sword, “Guess I have to do things the old fashion way.”

“That won’t work either,” Vertex raised his metal staff to block Silver blow.

“I have more than one weapon,” with Silver left hand he grabbed hold on his metal sheath. With Vertex’s weapon up high blocking Silver’s sword, Silver swung his sheath hard into Vertex’s ribs.

“You cheated,” Vertex coughed, as he dropped to one knee, “What happened to your father’s broad sword, you never used this katana before?”

Silver shrugged, “This is still my father’s legendary Fire Sword, I just had a friend reshaped the sword for something more suited for me. My father’s old sword was really too big and bulky for someone my size, I needed a much slimmer quicker weapon.”

“I need time to study your new fighting styles, rest assure I will be back soon to kill you,” Vertex slumped away.

Silver scratched his head, “Boy for not being a famous hero, I certainly get a lot of trying to kill me.”

 

“So you lost too?” a seductive females voice asked as Vertex slumped around the corner.

“Its not my fault,” Vertex objected.

“Relax hunnie, this job just requires a female touch,” the female replied, “Tomorrow will be the end for Silver.”

 

To be continud…