Aaron's POV

"Why? Why were you here? Why did it have to be you? Why?!" I whisper-yelled at the man in a cloak as he stood in front of me, sword out of his scabbard and held in front of him in an attacking stance.

"I'm sorry Aaron. This is the superior's orders." He charged towards me and with a swish, I quickly and swiftly took out my sword from my scabbard and met his sword with mine. Sparks flew as we both slashed and jabbed, trying to overpower the other while keeping our balance. I did a quick disarming maneuver and tried to disarm the cloaked man but instead, he disarmed me. My breath shook as he raised his sword above my head, ready to kill me in a second.

"Why? After all those times you helped me to escape the headquarters, why did you want to kill me?" The cloaked man shook his head sadly and looked at me in the eye.

"Aaron, listen properly and listen well. The reason why I am here to kill you is because of the change of leadership. Allen is not the Number 1 (leader) of Xurenth anymore." I stared at him surprised as he said that and he nodded, confirming what he had said was true.

"No way! Allen won't- he told me that he will be okay, that it would be okay! Why? Why? Bryan, where is Allen now?" The hooded man, Bryan, shook his head and sighed.

"I don't know." I sighed and glanced at Bryan and he locked his gaze to mine. We both thought that it will get downhill from here and we both didn't know how right we were.