Max opened his eyes, 

He was being dragged, dragged through halls he knew well, too well.

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All of a sudden he knew exactly what was happening

He immediately tried to use his powers to push the brutes to the side, but you see, he still didn’t exactly know how to control his powers, so instead the guards suddenly stumbled forward, knocked off balance by Max, but just at the last second they caught themselves and regained balance

And it didn’t take them too long to realize who was behind that little stunt

The guard on the left grabbed him and slammed him against the wall, he was a considerably bigger guy, meaning that Max’s feet were nowhere near the ground

Max was being pressed against the wall so hard, that thought his chest was going to cave in

“Listen punk, you’d better not try anything like that again” He threatened

“Or what?” Max retaliated through his heavy breathing

The guard got even angrier

“Or I’ll personally-”

“Or I’ll knock you out again,” Isaac said offhandedly “And I won’t be so gentle”

Max could still feel the throbbing on his head, 

“Where are you taking me?” He demanded

Isaac smiled “Take a wild guess”

Max hated that kid, 

“Malak”

“Very good!” Isaac clapped, now shut up or I might kill you

He looked to the guard that held Max up

“Alright generic left guard, let’s go”

The guard begrudgingly set Max down and grabbed his arm, dragging him behind him

“I have a name you know” He growled “It’s-”

“NO, THANK YOU!” Isaac called, drowning out what the guard said “Что бы просто сделать это грустно если (And probably when) Я должен убить вас” 

The guard rolled his eyes, not understanding what the kid had said, but understanding it to probably be an insult

Soon enough they turned down the right hallway. It was very wide, with two doors at the end, and a secretary’s desk next to them

As they walked up to the doors, Max looked at the secretary. She was, at most, fifteen, and obviously a furry judging by the catlike ears that came from the top of her head. But Max could tell that something wasn’t quite right with her, she looked… nervous… stressed

Isaac turned to her “Nikki! Is now a good time?” He smiled

She forced a smile in return, and hit a button, opening the doors

“You call her by her actual name” The guard muttered under his breath,

“Ну это потому, что есть больше шансов, что я не собираюсь убить ее!” Isaac exclaimed getting annoyed at lefty, as he turned around to face him, before turning back and going through the doors, “Honestly”

“Max had no idea what Isaac was saying, but at the moment he didn’t care, because right in the middle of the room, was Tony Malak, the one who took everything from him

Malak turned around to see Max, and his face twisted into anger

“So!” He started as Max was thrown to the floor of his office

The guards left the room as Isaac took a seat 

“You’ve found your way back!” He fumed grabbing a big knife from his desk, and putting it up against Max’s throat just as he stood up “What did I tell you would happen if you ever came back here?”

Max’s eyes narrowed

“I’m not the same scared little kid I was before” Max snapped, backing away from the blade
“So Agent Blue tells me!” Malak cooed walking over to the table and grabbing the file, “How is your grandmother”

Max felt his anger flare within himself, but he forced himself not to retaliate, 

“Will you just listen!?” Max yelled stepping forward, “Did it maybe occur to you that maybe there’s a reason that I came back here?”

Malak spun around and swung the blade at max, missing his face by inches

“Hey!” Max yelled jumping backward, willing himself to stay in the air, which he shakily did

“I know exactly why you’re here” He growled “You and your terrorist friend, were going to try and steal my throne. But it isn’t going to work”

Max glared at Isaac just as his powers went out and his feet were flown out from under him
He hit the floor with a hard thud!

Malak stood watching the pathetic sight as Max scrambled to his feet

“No!” Max yelled exasperated, “We came here to warn you, and to save the city, from him!” 

Max pointed to Isaac

“And his boss, Tech. They’re the reason that hospital blew up in the first place, they forced my powers to instigate”

Malak thought for a second and looked at Isaac

“…No” He decided,

Suddenly he threw the knife straight at Max, who just barely dodged it

“Woah!!” He yelled as he jumped sideways just as the knife passed his face

Instantly Malak was on him, slamming him into the wall

“AGH!!” Max grunted as Malak pinned him

“Remember what I told you I would do if you ever showed your face around here again?” He asked again 

Max struggled in his grip, wishing desperately that his powers would function properly, one second they would be fine, and other times… Nothing.

“Rah!” He grunted moving his hands forward, trying to push Malak off of him, and Malak did feel something, but it wasn’t anything more than a slight nudge against his body

“Give it up you piece of garbage” He growled, crushing Max’s hands in a bone-crushing grip

Max once more tried to push him off of him! And it was a little better, but Malak didn’t even flinch as he reached into his back pocket and brought out another knife

“You’ll die just as easily as your weak father”

Max’s eyes widened, remembering that terrible rainy night,

“Pathetic”

Malak brought it down, straight into Max’s head, right through the eye, HE WAS VICTORIOUS!!
He laughed as he felt the skull crack under the sharp blade of his knife… Well… That’s what he wished had happened

The knife was jerked to a stop a half inch before it hit Max’s eye, Malak pushed in with all his might, but it wouldn’t budge at all, it was stuck, held in place by an invisible force… And Max was smiling

Malak’s face dropped. It was obvious that Max was struggling, but through it, he was still smiling, because in the moment before he died, it suddenly clicked

“My father” He grunted “Was One-hundred times the ruler you are”

In an instant Malak hit the ceiling so hard it dented, his knife impaling the spot next to his head, and fell to the ground

“ACK!” He let out

Immediately Max flew up above and levitated above the floor as Malak got up

“Surprised?”

Malak growled, and pulled his last knife out of his belt,

He threw it with all his might, it sliced straight through the air, but it stopped right before it hit Max

And Max smiled, with a wave of his hand he made it float to the side, turning it around to face Malak

“Here we go,” He said with a much darker smile crossing his face

He threw his hand forward, shooting the knife straight toward Malak, burying it in the floor just as Malak jumped out of the way, and rocketed toward Max, slamming into him

The two crashed into the far wall, but Max was able to turn them around so that Malak was the one to hit the wall, then he flew back (An exhilarating feeling) and thrust his hands forward with all his might

Malak was pushed up against the wall so hard he felt the wall was about to break, but he was much more resilient than the wall

With Max pushing with all his might, Malak started to move

Oh crap

Malak was stronger than he looked, and slowly he started to get up, standing on the wall as Max was making him as heavy as he could

“rrrgghh!!!” Max grunted as he started to get pushed back inch by inch through the air

Malak started to stand

“You are just a piece of trash” He grunted, fighting against the force being exerted on him “even in control, you can’t stop me”

“Ngh!” Max grunted again

“NO… I’M… NOT-Ugh!” 

Max suddenly hit the wall to his left, gasping for breath, 

Malak crashed into his desk

Uneasily Max stumbled to his feet, but before he even knew what was happening Isaac landed a strong uppercut and knocked him out cold, leaving him drooped against the wall.

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Malak opened his eyes, (He had passed out for a second) and looked up at Isaac, who was standing in the middle of the room, finishing a phone call

“What the heck are you doing!?” Malak Raged, “I had that!”

“Yeah,” Isaac said hanging up “But I was getting bored, and it’s about time for Step Two”

Malak got to his feet and stood at his full height

“And just what do you mean by that?” He growled 

Isaac laughed like he just remembered something 

“It’s time for the attack,” He said plainly

Malak tightened his fist

“You see,” Isaac started “I haven’t been quite as honest as I should’ve been…”

He smiled because he knew what was about to happen

“You see… I work for a man… A very powerful Man, his name is Tech, and right now, we’re about to take over your city”

Malak stood up straight, looking at the puny child that stood in front of him,

“You’d better think long and hard about whatever it is your about to do” He said in a calm and cold voice, slowly he grabbed another knife “Because I can assure you, that I am more powerful than this ‘Tech’ will ever be, even at his greatest, and I am a person you want as a friend rather than an enemy”

Isaac just stood there for a second, and Malak started to take satisfaction that he had gotten his point across, but instead, Isaac slowly started to smile

Malak growled, but Isaac kept smiling, obviously quite amused

“You have no idea how stupid you just sounded” Isaac stated

Malak lifted his knife

“Fine then”

With a shout he threw it, it headed directly for Isaac’s stomach and would’ve gone right through, at the same time Malak threw himself through the air towards Isaac

But in a lightning-quick move, Isaac plucked the dagger from the air, jumped up, and spun he foot around through the air, kicking the man to the right side of the room

“AAGGH!!” He yelled as he hit the wall first, then fell to the floor, desperately trying to get to his feet

But the moment he did, he felt immense pain in his chest, and he was suddenly punched so hard that he actually heard ringing

He collapsed to the floor, coughing up blood from his mouth, with slashes on his chest running the wrong way

With the roll of his eyes Isaac, drew his claws, and sunk them into the man’s shoulders lifting him up, and dragging him to the window what was behind his desk

And with a crash Isaac shoved the man out of it, and dangled him four stories above the ground, smiling the whole time

Malak screamed, both from the immense pain and from pure terror

“Please don’t!” He begged, “I’ll do anything!!”

“Shut up or I’ll drop you” Isaac snapped

Malak complied, though it killed him

“Do you want to know how my parents died?” Isaac said, in a creepily happy tone

Malak only stared in fear as blood ran down Isaac’s arm, but Isaac paid no attention

“It’s a funny little story, about a little boy that found the kitchen knives, and the fun time he had playing in the blood” 

Isaac stared directly into Malak’s eyes, a sadistic smile covering his face

“Now it’s kind of a long story, and we don’t have time to get into it fully right now, but the point is that I am not afraid to kill you, in fact, I would rather enjoy it.”

He paused, then threw him back into the room

“But, since both I and my employer are too busy to actually run this place once we’ve taken control, I have a proposition for you”

Malak looked up, feeling fear for the first time in his life

“All you have to do is obey”

Malak nodded as fast as he could anything to save his puny life

Isaac’s showed happiness as he made his way toward the door

“Glad to hear it, he called”

But suddenly he stopped, something just made him stop, and he couldn’t help but say it. With a look of pure seriousness, he turned toward Malak again, making sure he was listening

“Oh, and one more thing,” He said, an old memory showing itself once more. He was no idiot, he knew exactly what would have happened to the secretary if he hadn’t shown up when he did, “If you ever, lay one more finger on that girl outside again, I’ll tear you up so badly that all that will be left is a bloody lump of flesh and organs”

He smiled again

“Now let’s go have some fun!”