Ivan's hand edged towards his pistol. The dark-skinned man was standing over him with a formidable sword, so he obviously had the upper hand. But Ivan wasn't about to give up. He looked up at the man and smiled

"I'm here to kill you because of orders. Orders from a senior soldier."

Ivan's hand crept ever closer to his pistol, which lay under his pillow. He grasped it and unclicked the safety mechanism. He slowly but surely took the pistol out from under the pillow, as he talked to the weird man.

"Tell me your name." Ivan said

"Nafien, and I have an errand to run, so let's be quick. Yours?"

"Ivan. and this is my PISTOL!"

Ivan yelled the last word as he drew out his weapon and shot at Nafien. He dodged with unnatural reflexes and brought up his sword. It burst into electricity, as he swung it down at Ivan, who rolled out the bed and got to his feet. He delivered a swift kick to Nafien's stomach, and rolled away. He pulled out his pistol and fired away. Nafien expertly rose his sword and blocked almost all the bullets, with a few grazing him.

I thought this guy was blind Ivan thought as he fired away, inching towards a table in th corner of the room. He reached it and picked up his combat knife.

That's two weapons, Ivan thought. But, I won't have enough time to put on my GUARD, and without the GUARD, I can't use my SPEAR.

Nafien suddenly did a frontflip, avoiding all the incoming bullets, and shifted his gravity, focusing on going down. He fell with such force, Ivan only just had enough time to roll out the way as Nafien dropped, breaking the table and making sparks from his sword fly everywhere.

This is my chance Ivan thought, as he made a running leap out the window in the confusion.

SMASH!

Ivan grunted as shards of glass flew past his face, scratching at his face. He rolled as soon as he reached the ground, and started to run into a nearby alleyway. He needed his GUARD. He needed his SPEAR. He needed his gadgets. He needed Charlotte. He needed a plan. He has one.

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[Ivan Thompson]