As Greystoke walked through the quietness, his heightened senses were on alert. Following the Cajun's scent, he made his way deeper throughout the floor. Remaining calm, the Hunter simply followed his nose. Eventually, he came to a point where Gambler's scent was most pungent. His eyes immediately began to scan the area. Reaching behind him, William slowly drew both his knives. While his claws were more readily available, William had trained with knives and swords his entire life. In a moment of uncertainty, he chose the weapon which he was more skilled with.
Truth be told, that decision would be what saved him. Gambler's scent was stronger than ever. He knew the Cajun was directly near him. Suddenly, his ears picked up something land softly on the ground behind him. Then came the sound of running feet and of metal piercing through the air. Immediately, his reflexes kicked in and Greystoke went into action. The Hunter's right leg went back and firmly planted itself while his left leg shifted forward with its knee bent. Then, without even looking, he raised his right-handed knife to block the attack. In a powerful blow, the Cajun's vibranium-coated katanna came down upon William's blade.
As the King of Kings delivered the attack, the King of the Lycan Underworld then turned his knife downward to deflect Gambler's attack and allow the katanna's blade to slide off down towards the ground. Then, turning to his left and moving his left foot back, the Hunter came around with his left-handed knife in an attempt to slash the Cajun's midsection. However, the crafty Cajun performed a series of back handsprings towards the window.
"You're good mon ami, but I'm better." LeBeau said in a taunting manner.
With his knives still drawn, Greystoke raced after the Cajun, who had bolted out the window. As the Hunter reached the window, a kinetically charged card flew in through the window and landed at his feet. "Oh shi...." he said with widened eyes. Before he could even finish the phrase, the card detonated and the explosion sent William Greystoke's body flying back. His body then crashed into some equipment that was left set up. In that same instant, the building was rocked as several more kinetically-charged cards detonated around the area surrounding the window. Several large chunks of the outer wall came crashing down.
In a pile of rubble and debris, the Hunter sat up. The burns and cuts all over his face and upper body were beginning to heal. Shaking his head, William then jumped to his feet. The sounds of people screaming and gathering could be heard just outside on the streets below. In addition, the sounds of police, fire, and rescue sirens could be heard approaching. As he stood to his feet and regained his composure, Greystoke brushed himself off. Looking toward the opening, Greystoke raised an eyebrow, cracked his neck from side-to-side, then said to himself with his British accent, "Alright Cajun.... you can run fast.... but I can run faster..."
With that, the Hunter took off in a quick and powerful sprint towards the opening. When he reached the edge, he leaped off with his powerful legs. The people in the crowd all let out expressions of wonder and intrigue as the Hunter's body flew out of the damaged building and soared above them. Clearing over fifty feet in the jump, William landed on the rooftop of another building. As he sniffed the air and looked around, his eyes finally locked onto Gambler as he was escaping. "Oh no you don't...." Greystoke said to himself. This battle had just reached a new level. The Cajun wanted to run, and the lycan wanted to hunt.
As Gambler acquired a nearby car and sped off down the road, the Hunter listened to the unique sound of the engine. Then, he began to run in the opposite direction, out of the Cajun's sight. However, as his ears listened closely, he could hear the car roaring off into the distance. Following that sound, he began to track the car and plot an intercept course. With his powerful lycan legs, the Hunter leaped from rooftop to rooftop, being careful never to come within visual range of the car. Carefully tracking the sounds of the car from above, William Greystoke quickly made his way along the rooftops.
Suddenly, William leaped across the length of a rooftop, then crossed his arms over his chest and streamlined his body. With ease, his body went down between two buildings into a narrow alleyway that was barely four feet wide. As his feet hit the ground, Greystoke could hear the sound of the car's engine roaring up towards his location. The Cajun's scent was getting stronger and stronger. Using his ears to evaluate the distance of the car, he quickly calculated his timing down to the last second. Then, wasting no time, the Hunter sprinted ahead at speeds of nearly sixty miles per hour. When he was reaching the end of the alleyway, he suddenly lunged towards his target. It was like a predator lunging for his prey as William's body sped like a torpedo through the air.
Mid-air, the Hunter suddenly extracted his adamantium claws. At that same moment, the 97 Dodge rolled by. As Greystoke looked toward the Cajun with a smirk, his adamantium claws dug into the car's exterior. The cruel weapons sliced through the car like hot butter, going through the fiberglass and tearing through the rubber tires on the passenger side. With no support, the 97 Dodge's wheels were ground into the pavement and the weight of the car shifted dramatically to the right. Rising to his feet, the Hunter watched as the car veered to the side, was violently jerked up and thrown into the air, and then crashed down into a crowded nightclub.
People all around began screaming and fleeing for their lives. The only individual on the street who was not running was the Hunter. With the blaring music of the club and the screaming of people, the entire scene was wrought with chaos. New Orleans was literally getting torn apart as the two combatants carried on. However, the Hunter knew that the Cajun was too crafty to be killed that way. No, he would definitely survive...... and there would be much more greater damage to come.....
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