-Hello? Yes, this is Valentino, what do you need?
-There is a breach in BASE A2. One adult and one kid.
-Only two of them? What's so hard taking them out?
-Sir, this guy.. He eliminated most of our troops!
-Do you have information about him?
-I'm not quite sure, he was disguised.
-I'll be there by 9. Hold him off, I will take care of him.
*A phone call.
-Hello? Who is this?
-Hey uh, I need some help, it's Isaiah here.
-Oh? I haven't heard from you in a while. Why call me?
-I'm trapped in some laboratory, there are mercenary men trying to kill me.
-How did you get in this situation? Anyhow send me your cords, I'll be there soon.
--- The Reinforcements ---
Isaiah once had friends before, but was quickly separated from them because he didn't have any more connection with them. Although there was this one friend that gave Isaiah his number but it was written in an old vintage paper, possibly ripped from a notebook.
He told Isaiah to call him when he is desperate for help, he would help in any way he can, he was the only true friend that Isaiah had back then but he just hid that.
Let's snap back to reality, Isaiah and Marley started running around looking for an exit, but doors were shut due to the alarm that Isaiah had activated, other guards were aware of this and shut them down.
Isaiah couldn't find a solution, so he made one last effort to call a friend, his wifi was very weak down in the laboratory but it was enough to make one call, it soon died after.
Although it's expected that there are going to be many reinforcements or backups, Isaiah had to protect Marley in every way possible.
--- 8:30AM, At the Laboratory ---
"Okay Marley, I've called reinforcements, but expect many other mercenaries coming at us, just listen to what I say ight?" Isaiah goes back to the room where he hijacked the system, and was finding a way to fix the doors.
Marley checks the back, he was really nervous but was determined, he loved those types of movies where it was intense, and shooting.
Isaiah couldn't find a way, the computer was overridden so he couldn't hijack it or change the system anymore, they ran off again trying to find another way.
While walking down a hallway, the door shut behind them and the lights flickered in a very unusual way. "Marley, grab those crates and move them toward the end of the hallway slowly and give me one of those smoke grenades.. And that extra flashbang."
Marley and Isaiah move slowly, Isaiah peeks out slowly and tries to check for any mercenaries, suddenly a flashbang was thrown into the room. "MARLEY! DON'T LOOK!"
Marley was flash banged, Isaiah quickly looks away and peeks out, but gunshots were dismissed and he almost got shot. It was a lucky moment, Isaiah threw a smoke grenade "Marley, stay here alright? Protect yourself using the crates, you have a gun so don't be scared."
Isaiah moves through the smoke, like a swift assassin, eliminating some mercenaries using a knife, but he didn't get to eliminate all of them.
More reinforcements breached throughout the hallway and started shooting everywhere, Isaiah moved to the sides before being shot, he can't risk getting his armor broken.
He then made a very deadly decision, and you might be thinking..
Did he run back to the crates and start shooting from afar and use his range? Or did he use his last flashbang and shoot the mercenaries? Did he show himself and surrender? Leaving Marley behind the crates to escape? Does he take a step back and use a last grenade?
Those options all had meanings, and it all had a consequence that could lead to really bad things, he had only one last flashbang to use, and his ammo was really low and since it usually takes 5-8 bullets to pierce through the armor of the mercenary, it won't help.
Isaiah used his flashbang, not to run away.. But he threw a grenade and charged against the group while using the shield, covering himself using his body with his armor, and pushing the mercenaries aside with the grenade in front.
That's a crazy feat, but what happened after? Did he die or somehow survive? Isaiah does not act before thinking. He knew that the shield was strong enough to withstand the grenade, but he also knew that the mercenaries would also withstand it, he only used the explosion and smoke to lower the guard of the mercenaries and be surprised, since he didn't have a smoke grenade anymore, he had to use everything he had.
---The Mastermind ---
Isaiah quickly charged against the mercenary upfront using the shield, holding him off the wall and knocking him out using his whole body weight and power, he quickly took out his Glock for his left hand and shot a mercenary's pocket, he aimed for a flashbang and activated it.
He then placed his shield to the left, protecting his back and he charged to the mercenary in the right side since there's only one there, he moved and weaved, his body and head in a rhythm where he wouldn't be shot at, the mercenary tried to shoot but Isaiah hooked his gun and started punching and released a series of hooks, the mercenary couldn't even react. (Dempsey roll)
But then, explosions started behind him and he dashed unto the side, into a room with the mercenary and used him as a shield, he took some more equipment in the cabinets.
Isaiah didn't have a plan, the only thing he could do is use the mercenaries armor and body as defense and charge in to fight although his body is wrecked, his armor is completely shattered and if he gets shot again he will face severe damage.
He hid behind a wall, peeking out the window and looking out for any mercenary. He knew that they would approach the room any time sooner, since he was already at a huge disadvantage with little materials and equipment, he could only hold them off by hiding behind a wall.
He equipped his rifle and placed the mercenary's body beside him so that bullets would ricochet and not hit him, a mercenary quickly dashes and shot the window, it injured Isaiah's hand and left him at defense, he peeked out once again but his gun was jammed, so he covered himself and waited for an opportunity.
--- The Reinforcements, PT.2 ---
Isaiah was left to just wait for an opportunity to attack, all he could do is hide until something happens. The gun that the mercenary had was left with no ammo, there were no flashbangs, smoke grenades, grenades, or anything that could help him.
Suddenly, a quick long shot pierced through the armor of the moving mercenary, it broke his armor and head shot him. Neatly and done nicely, Isaiah quickly moved to the side, peeking out the corner and checking who could've done that.
"Hey, what are you hiding for?" A man suddenly appeared in front, with 2 other people with him. Isaiah quickly recognized him though, it was the person he called for help, the only person who could help him in this situation. It was lucky for Isaiah that he came at this exact moment.
"I'm glad you're here, if you hadn't sniped that guy I would've gotten to heaven by now." Isaiah chuckles. "Here take this, one of my friends finest inventions" He tosses Isaiah a syringe.
"Use it and you'll feel better, this can boost you up and activate your blood cells to go faster, it's an adrenaline boost that I've modified" he said.
"Thanks, but can I ask? Who are you guys again..? I mean it does seem rude asking for help from someone and I forgot their name.." Isaiah nervously asks
"My name is Ricardo, Ricardo Ethan. I'm an old friend of yours back in our student days, and these two people, this short guy over here is named Mr. Cabral, don't judge him by his height though, his inventions can save you. And this woman over here is named Ms. Manuel, she's a great medic but can also deal with guns and equipment."
Isaiah chuckles "Short? I'm shorter than Mr. Cabral though.. But anyhow, you've got quite the group huh? Have you seen a kid here somewhere with uhh, I guess curly hair?"
Ethan nervously responds "Oh yeah.. About that, I might've told him to shoo away, was he an associate of yours? I thought he was just some random kid from the lab."
"What?? Where did he run off to? He's the reason why I'm here, there's no way I'm leaving without him, I'll go find him, you and your group should go in the opposite direction and find a way to override the system, wait a second.. How'd you even get in?" Isaiah asked.
"We saw another passageway, but when we entered it immediately closed and shut completely, we tried to open it using force and technique but it was completely shut."
--- Valentino (Ft. Louise) ---
The reinforcements from the opposite team have arrived, this time it was filled with level 2 mercenaries, equipped with even more deadly tools and rifles, they were trained well and neatly and can even use martial arts.
On top of that, they had 2 special mercenaries who were called the exterminators of the company, trained martial artists with extraordinary talent, and had an IQ higher than average and they were trained by different countries.
The names were Mike, a special mercenary who has mastered the way of system and computer intellect but can fight using boxing/kung Fu. He is a mixed specialist that can multi-task and can handle pressure
On the other hand, the other one was named Valentino, a supernatural martial artist that was trained by his father since he was a kid, he was determined to show his style of boxing to the world and had crazy talent, but also hard work. Facing him one on one could mean your death.
Let's head back to the situation
--- 9:08AM ---
Isaiah and Ethan separated from each other, they went for different objectives, Isaiah quickly ran to rooms and looked for Marley, he also grabbed some extra equipment from fallen mercenaries just in case.
Ethan and his group went into different rooms, although they stumbled across a group of mercenaries and an exterminator, which is Mike, it was an ultimate three versus three.
Isaiah however, came back to the room with the turret and saw Marley, but he was held hostage, a knife pointed to his neck and a mercenary behind him, this time it was only one mercenary but he seemed more advanced, like another level. The thing that confused Isaiah is that he didn't have a single gear, a rifle or at least a Glock, he didn't even have flashbangs or equipment, just a knife.
"What do you want with the kid? What has he done? Let him go or face consequences." Isaiah asked, ready to attack with his gun in his right hand.
The man spoke "The kid is dangerous, why are you even trying to save him? Is he associated with you? You will be the one that will face severe consequences if you don't back off."
Isaiah didn't say anything after, he just pulled his gun out and was about to shoot, he knew that he would win since the mercenary did not have any enough equipment.
But the mercenary quickly reacted and threw amounts of dust into Isaiah's direction and blinded him. Isaiah shot everywhere, trying to maintain his position but he felt a huge punch that connected to his solar plexus.
It threw him off balance and he dropped his gun. He quickly removed the dust in his eyes since it wasn't a lot, but was falling onto a landscape. "MARLEY! FIND A MOUSTACHED MAN OR A GROUP OF 3 PEOPLE, THEY WILL HELP YOU!"
Isaiah said, before falling down and hitting a hard landscape, he was then smashed with an elbow on his stomach, the mercenary landed on him perfectly and even destroyed Isaiah's armor due to the amount of power that the mercenary gathered.
He became light-headed and was close to being knocked out, his armor caused him severe damage to his body and he couldn't react.
Isaiah punched the mercenary, and found balance but was nearly light-headed, before he could react, the mercenary started shooting jabs from his left hand, piercing through the armor, shattering its defense, it was deadly. He started releasing a barrage of left punches, or jabs.
But those jabs were not normal, it was punches that move in a weird pattern but packed an amount of heavy power, the jabs moved in a snake-like pattern, his fists moved from side to side and was maintaining his hip positioning and movement, every punch was supported by his body despite the speed and pattern. (FLICKER JAB)
Isaiah couldn't fight back, he couldn't see the punches and it was too fast for him, he decided to use his arms and block his head in order to reduce damage, he quickly thinks on what to do.
Isaiah quickly dashes and runs away, Valentino chases him off "Running won't help you, come fight me! You'll just waste your stamina even more"
Isaiah still ran however, trusting his gifted stamina, he ran through rooms and loops trying to remove Valentino off his tail.
Valentino was quite hasty though, he had plenty of stamina left and was agile too.. "Why are you doing this? Why is that kid so important to you??" Valentino asked.
"That kid isn't important to me, but I just wanna know what the hell is happening because no way I'd let you experiment on a 10 year old kid! You even abducted him." Isaiah shouted.
"What? So you're trying to be a hero?? Do you even know how dangerous he could be to us? Not just us but possibly the whole world." Valentino said.
--- A trip to the past ---
A long time ago in the days where Isaiah was still a hard working student, he was bullied by higher grade levels and always asked him to give them materials he owned, even money or food.
He couldn't fight back because he was just a child at that time, he knew that he needed to do something about it but he also knew he couldn't, but there was this one guy who came to interrupt them.
He went beside the kid and talked to the group of high schoolers and told them to back off, the high schoolers ego was struck and it triggered them to fight the guy.
The guy however, dodged all of the attacks that the high schoolers tried to land. "Those punches will never lay a hand on my face. I'll show you what it means to throw a punch."
Seconds later, the high schoolers were heavily injured and they ran off nervously, they got scared and were intimidated by the guy's raw power.
"Who are you? And what was that??" Isaiah asked, he couldn't even sight his punches.. It was too fast for his little eyes.
"I'm just some random guy with no life, I don't like seeing older people picking on some random elementary kids, but I also don't like it when they don't fight back at least. I can see you have talent by just looking at your decent physique, even at that age you managed to create a physique like that." The guy said.
"But, I can't fight back. I'm too weak and too stupid!" Isaiah nervously said, he looked down to the floor.
"A champion was once weak and stupid, but he dragged his body and mind to a right position that made him adapt to it and change his way of life, he turned strong and smart and the next thing he knew was being a champion, he worked hard to achieve that place though. I'd recommend you to start working on your body and start trying out some sports, fix your mindset."
The guy then walked away, he didn't even get to say his name, Isaiah was just speechless, he walked back home and was left with motivation and determination, the guy's speech made him aware of his hidden talent and in that moment, he attempted a leap in his life.
He started trying martial arts, exercising daily and working out in a gym, he watched videos of champions fighting and was more interested in fistfights than ever.
However, he watched one video that was way more intense than the other ordinary fights. Both of the boxers were heavily injured but were still fighting. Their insane stamina and spirit in boxing definitely was one of a kind, but of course there was only one winner.
Isaiah studied them and tried to figure out the way to boxing, but when he was watching the champion fight he recognized his face. It was the guy he met a few weeks ago, the person who motivated him into the world of Martial arts.
However, it struck Isaiah and disappointed him in how he lost, but he made a promise one day that he would avenge him.
--- Champions territory ---
Isaiah began training everyday, he also tried other martial arts like taekwondo, muay thai and other deadly combats. But boxing was the only one that he really mastered, it was the only martial art that defined him.
He was home-training though, he didn't have enough money to stay in gyms but he had some equipment at home, just enough to train him. He watched videos to improve his knowledge in combat and observed champions.
He was good at understanding boxing, he quickly adapted the habit of shadowboxing and mastered it in just a few days. Whenever he saw older people picking on the weak, he would always go up to them and beat them up.
He motivated little kids, taught them the way of boxing and more. He then gained the name "The Hidden Champion", The kids outside and the neighborhood called him that name, he was a quiet champion that had insane talent and potential but was wasted due to his lack of money to afford a gym.
He specialized in dodging and in-fighting, he was a passive-aggressive type of boxer. He couldn't represent his style in actual boxing matches though.
He then moved into another house because of his mother, but he was quite popular in his old town. He lost most of his equipment and nearly lost sight of boxing, but he still trained till this day. Even without special equipment he trained normally, jogging and running everyday and shadowboxing, he cut logs and trees to improve his muscle and shoulders.
Let's head back to the situation, Isaiah then stopped running after a while, he was motivated because of his past and suddenly remembered himself.
"You finally stopped, are you going to fight now?" Valentino asks, he puts on a stance and awaits Isaiah's action.
Isaiah put on a tight stance, his gloves on his cheeks and he lowered his body, like a bull that's ready to charge. His eyes looked determined. "A champion does not run." He said.
"Oh well, he seems pretty serious.. Should I be worried?" Valentino said in his mind, he tightens his fist but smirks, after all he hasn't fought anyone at his level in so long. He was excited to finally battle. An ultimate one versus one, and on the other side we've got an exciting three versus three, what could happen? Are there gonna be more characters? Next Episode is coming up.