Unexpected Hero Short: The Hawk & The Killer

Fight or Flight. The most common human reaction would be to get the hell out of a dangerous situation. Yet how could both Eiji and Rin do that without the intruder wondering what's up? They're like a couple of cornered animals with a dangerous predator just seconds away of making its kill.

Panic starts to gradually creep into Hawk. The only weapons he have at his disposal was a fist wrapped in a hanger-wire. But what does that do against a potential burglar with a gun? The only real weapon at his disposal is stealth. And he's going to put all those years of Dragon Kai training into good use. The moment Hawk heard a faux version of his voice he knew that backing down was out of the cards. No matter how scared he must be right now he just picture what the creep could do to his sister if he didn't do something.

He creeps down the hallway, making out some movement downstairs, he breathes a sigh of relief on the sounds not reaching the stairs. He could feel like his heart was about to burst out of his chest. (If this were Hiro, she'd protect her siblings with her life.)

He makes his way to the stairs and he feels like his stomach dropped. He couldn't shake that feeling since he made up his mind in confronting the intruder. He has fend off several delinquents and low tier criminals. Hell he even joined Chidori on one of her vigilante cases a few times. But this one felt different. It felt like he's going up against something that's evil to the bone.

He stopped near the end and froze when the music from their stereo within the living room began to play.






The song increased in volume. No doubt to drown out the screams of the creep's next victim. Eiji's body starts to shake as unwanted memories start to enter his mind. He feels like he got transported into another place that he didn't want to go to. It took every ounce of willpower and the mental image of his sister to bring himself back to reality.

"I've got to do this" He whispered, with venom in his voice. He peeked and finally sees the intruder. It looks like him, except that he wears a black shirt that's unbuttoned and black jeans. He sees a large kitchen knife placed on the counter as Faux Eiji enjoys a glass of OJ.



His back is to the real Eiji and as far as the kid is concerned, opportunity knocks. If he wants to take the intruder out he needs to do it fast. With adrenaline pumping through his veins he rushed at the fake version of him.



In a flash the fake version spun around and grabs Eiji by the throat. Eiji gasped a choking breath as he's lifted off the floor by the intruder.



"You know what the definition of a hero is? An idiot who'd get someone he cares about killed" The Faux Eiji smiled, there's no emotion behind it all. Just cold dark evil. Eiji couldn't have time to respond as he's too busy gasping for air. He throw him across the room and he crashed into a bookshelf. The bookshelf breaks on impact as Eiji crashed on the floor.



"You screwed up boy!" Faux Eiji grabs the knife and looks at him like a wolf that's circling his prey. "You hear me? You screwed up!" 

"You do realize that you've just squandered your only chance of getting out of this alive?" Faux Eiji picked up the knife from the kitchen counter, the psychopath's trademark weapon whenever he has a thirst he needed to quinch. He smiled at Eiji but every part of it felt cold and lifeless, there was nothing genuine behind the smile as he stalked Eiji who tries to pull himself up.

Eiji yelled when he felt something pierced his side, there were no questions, he knew what it was as he can feel blood trailing down the open wound. 

"Oh I wouldn't fret, red. From the looks of that you only have a good while before you bleed to death from that wound. Your screams will lull me to sleep tonight,"

Hawk glared back at Johnny and delivered a kick to his stomach that sent him crashing backwards against the kitchen counter. Eiji finally stood up and examined the intruder. He looked just like Eiji except for his rather tall and lanky appearance, and the fact that he has around 88 self inflicted wounds. His stomach dropped when he realized who he's dealing with. "Johnny"

"That, my boy, just increased your suffering even further." Johnny smiled dangerously at him then charged at the young teen.

If this were a movie or a tv show you'd no doubt see a breathtaking exchange of martial arts moves between two individuals that'll leave you wanting more. Unfortunately this isn't that scenario. If you're in Hawk's position all that flashy fighting moves are nill when anger and survival mode start to kick in. Once it does Hawk would use anything in her disposal to take down the vicious serial killer. it is ugly and brutal.

Such as taking a lamp and hitting Johnny across the face with it but that never stopped Johnny's malicious advances towards the younger teen. What Hawk also picked up on is that the psycho is really getting off on it. That fact alone is enough for Hawk to get sick to her stomach. In a quick motion Johnny slashed his knife upward, Hawk winced as she felt the tip of the knife then noticed that the creep sliced her shirt open.

Johnny continues to press on while Hawk blocks each attack, the killer has got her on the defense. Hawk backed up till she's against the wall and did a kick across Johnny's face. Johnny bridged back then stood right up. He grabs Hawk by the collar with one hand and stabs her right shoulder with the knife. Hawk screamed, Johnny threw her towards the couch, ripping Hawk's shirt in one motion as he does.

 Hawk crashed into the couch, the force of it knocked the couch over and Hawk lands on the floor.

Johnny's eyes examined Hawk's frame he brought the teens shirt up to his nose and smelled it, "My hobby is slowly peel the skin of the animals I catch. Especially Cute Little Puppies like you. And I won't stop till my thirst is satisfied, and you become part of my Harem"

Your soul has to be pitch black in order to surpass Suko


He's most definitely the middle finger to anime villains who get by because of some tragic backstory. He's the living embodiment of Adult Fear.

Pain surged through Hawk's body, she can feel the warm blood from the cuts and stab wounds that he had given her.. She's on the brink of passing out but her thoughts of Rin being at the mercy of this monster is enough to keep her conscious. As if her mind is yelling at her body to not fall apart on her now, not now. Hawk glanced back then lifts up the couch over her head. Her body is going on pure determination and survival alone now.

Hawk throws the couch and it hit Johnny's face, causing him to drop the knife. Seeing the opening that she desperately need Hawk ran towards the killer then proceeds to take a page out of Chidori's playbook by delivering a devastating German Suplex on Johnny.

Johnny pushes himself up, he looks at the blood dripping on the floor, realizing that it was his as blood drips from his nose, he laughs like someone had told him a funny joke. "I'm going to have so much fun with you" His eyes started to shift, it no longer resembled Hawk's eyes but something far from human. Before Hawk could react Johnny got up and targeted her. 


Upstairs Rin covers her ears with her hands to block out the crashing and the loud roaring that his heard from below, she tries to stop herself from crying, she cant be helpless now. She has to be strong for Eiji's sake. She looked at the bat near her and weighed in her options, her sibling instinct wants to go down and help her but her body has a different option. She just pulled her knees up to her chest and closed her eyes, "Please be safe" tears start to run down her cheeks.

Rin paused for a moment, she doesn't hear the sounds of a really ugly battle happening downstairs. She wanted to get up and check but it was as if an invisible force is holding her in place. She hears Hawk talking, but from the sounds of it that wasn't Hawk. She grabs the bat and clutches it to her chest. Rin jumps when she heard Hawk yell, that wasn't a normal scream. It was 100% primal. Like that of a cornered animal making one last attack in order to survive. Hugging the bat to herself she buries her face in it as her body trembles.

After a few moments, there was only silence. Rin lift her head up and looked at the bedroom door. Her mouth opened in an attempt to call for her sister but she covered it with her other hand. A plethora of scenarios ran through her mind. What if her sister is killed by the intruder? What if the intruder is alive? Just the very thought of Eiji's life taken is enough to make her heart sink. She contemplated in using the bat to break open her bedroom window. Its a two story drop but if she can walk then she'll definitely use her legs to escape the killer and look for help.

"Rin? Are you ok up there?"

Rin listens cautiously, it was Kenshiro from Dragon Kai. Normally she'd be happy of his arrival but the other part of her wonders if this were a trick from the intruder? "Ken? I need to know if it's really you! Someone was impersonating my sister, I want to be sure that's really your voice"

Kenshiro and Rin proceeds with the series of secret codes, her voice wavered at the final one as tears of relief strolled down her cheeks. She sniffled and wiped her eyes, grabbing the bat she gets up and cautiously make her way out the bedroom.

Note: Normally I was going to write the conclusion of the fight but I didn't feel comfortable in where it was going to go. I might bring it up when Eiji makes her testimony of what happened. So I thought making the conclusion from Rin's POV is for the best.

If this were a horror movie you know Rin would definitely be the Final Girl