Who Will You Be I have bled. I have fought. The first kill. Maxus stood over the body of a serial rapist who had been on the news for the past few days, a man who had been wanted for kidnapping teenage girls. It was pure coincidence that Maxus had bumped into him at an abandoned construction site that he was investigating for news of the killer of his father and when they met that day, Maxus knew this was his first victim to unleash his rage upon. Maxus could remember the look on the kidnapped girl's face, pure horror and fear filled her eyes as he jammed his combat blades into the eyes of the rapist, twisting his eye sockets out and ending his life brutally, ripping two holes right through his first victim's head, pushing his bloodied corpse onto the ground and splattering chunks of meat out of his skull. He didn't even feel a thing, his heart felt empty and remorseless. The girl closed her eyes, accepting her fate as Maxus walked towards her to cut the ropes that tied her limbs
8 Months Later"See you tomorrow evening?""Yeah, 7pm right? I'll be there."Maxus took in a deep breath, sliding his phone back into his pocket as he slipped on his freshly constructed Soultaker mask, taking a step back into the cold shadows of Sun Plaza Shopping Mall, counting down to midnight and awaiting for his prey to arrive. The shopping center was closed as midnight approached, most lights of the building now turned off, allowing Maxus to adopt the shadows to his tactical advantage."Alright, how many boxes are we expecting?""20, at least 40 kilograms. Make sure it's all accounted for.""I thought there was 200 boxes.""We shipped those into IKEA just yesterday."Maxus crept into the corner of the furniture shop's pillar, watching as four adult men unlock the entrance of the shop, opening it and shining their torches into the darkness. "Should be within that red sofa, open it up." One of the man whispers as the second proceeded, opening the zipper of the sofa and sure enough,
"Who sent you?"Spider ignored Maxus' questions, straightening her hands and revealing two knives, each at least two feet long, glowing green. "Come on, find out yourself!" Spider screamed, sprinting towards him and slashing her weapons out, forcing Maxus to take a defensive maneuver, using The Black Moon Sword to knock away the first two slashes when Spider performed a quick cartwheel, positioning herself onto the ground before launching a mid spin kick right into Maxus' mask, blasting him backwards."You're a pricey one you know? A million dollars?! You're rare!" Spider spat, throwing one of her blades at Maxus who smacked it out of the air swiftly with his sword only for Spider to jump towards him like a wild animal, catching her weapon before bringing it down onto Maxus who held her blade with his sword."I'm not fond of asking twice." Maxus warns."Your reputation is true, you really don't stand down from a fight. If I can kill you, I can charge more for my services." Spider glee
"You knew I would show." Maxus answered the assassin."It wasn't hard using local police chatter to locate traces of the most famous killer in Southeast Asia. I have waited for this...don't let me down!" Starpiercer roared, taking his first step towards Maxus and spinning his double sided glaive around himself like a hurricane before bursting forward and slashing at Maxus who blocked the first strike with the Black Moon Sword, spinning around quickly and going in for a counter stab that Starpiercer deflecting with crazy precision.The assassin jumped forward, stabbing forward at Maxus who easily deflected the enemy's blade once more before firing his chains out, aiming for Starpiercer's shoulder only for the assassin to swing his glaive, using his weapon's hilt to trap the chained blades and with a twist, pulled Maxus towards him. Maxus yanked his own chain back, landing behind Starpiercer who unleashed a fury of slashes frward.Maxus raised his weapon, putting his reaction speed to t
Bait 12pm. Maxus knew his plan worked. Taking off the tracker from his jacket, hiding it within a location that most people wouldn't suspect, a location fit for him to fight without nearby causalities and fairly far away from most civilization: An airplane hangar within Seletar Airbase. The teenager boarded the bus, on his way to his afternoon lecture after missing morning's class with earbuds on, listening to the chatter on police radio and confirming his plan's success. "Warehouse is clear. No signs of the Soultaker, only his tracker. He knew we had bugged him, he purposely diverted us here." An officer reported. "We'll seal this place up regardless in case he's stupid enough to reutrn. In the meantime, search for any evidence." Maxus eventually reached his lecture halfway through the class, looking for Leah and his classmates who all turned to him, silencing the entire lecture theatre as he awkwardly spotted Leah and Reynesh among the crowd, keeping his head low and walkin
The Second Defender "The Soultaker? Is he a threat?" 3 Months Ago. Officer Wong stood in front of his superiors, five high ranking officers looking at him with stern eyes, awaiting his response to their question. He was split, his professional side wanted to speak up as it was, vigilantes are dangerous and unable to be controlled yet, The Soultaker has proven himself to be someone willing to do good for Singapore."Not to us." Officer Wong decided. "Not to us? He is a murderer unbound by our laws, how is he not a threat?" A member of the council asks. "I believed that was all he was at first as well. In fact I had ordered my men to shoot on sight when news of his existence first met my ears. However, after personally seeing him in person, his actions and words have told me that he is not an enemy of Singapore. To be frankly speaking, he is more of a lost guy using the wrong methods to do good. An anti-hero." Officer Wong presents. "Good? What kind of good can a murderer possibl
One day when you need it the most...don't let your stamina fail you. That was the day Maxus decided to throw his life into being a killing machine. Cutting off contact with almost everyone he had known, the 15 year old did his research on every possible work out routine to build his strength and stamina, training day and night for hours and hours to reach his absolute physical peak, to become as strong as he could so that when could prepare for any physical danger that was thrown at him or rather...Throwing himself into danger. Almost daily, a ten kilometer run to start off his mornings. Five sets of ten burpees in the afternoon, half an hour of skipping with a five kg weighted vest followed up two to three hours of practicing and honing his techniques, constantly training himself to fight multiple opponents at once in order to never lose any fight he could encounter while remembering all of the things that Tony had taught him, doing cardio like this every alternate day to boost h
From the day she met him. Leah knew he was not like the others. A quiet and reserved person who gradually cracked more and more as she started to know him. A cold and emotionless guy on the outside who was carrying a load of guilt and pain no one his age should have to carry and yet despite everything he was going through...he still cared. At first, she just saw him as that. Someone who needed help and she did. However, time and time again Maxus always seemed to show up for her. When the loan sharks attacked his parents' stall, he was there to fend them off. When she herself started to crack under the financial pressure of her family, he was there to hold her together, to comfort her and make her feel like the world was still hopeful, that everyday after can be a better one. He opened up to her, told Leah about his painful past which was something she would have never expected him to do. The two of them had pain in them, but she knew that when they were together, much of that goes