"So, new friend. Pack all your essentials in a single bag pack and lets get going."
Seonghwah started to pack a few clothes, toothbrush, his ID card (just in case someone stopped them on the way) and a photograph of his mother in a bag before asking a question.
"If you are a superhero, why aren't you wearing a mask, Xinyue?"
"Two reasons,", said Xinyue; looking a bit worried now, "First, our team works at night or in desolate places mostly, so no one is really there to see our faces. Second, masks sometimes slip off their places and block vision."
"OH! Yeah, and I have finished packing. Lets get going."
Suddenly, a loud sound of shattering glass came from the corridor.
"We have to go, NOW!", cried Xinyue.
***
"Yes master, I am inside the building that the detective resides in.", said the woman who was in pursuit of Xinyue and Seonghwah. She was very tall, almost seven feet in height and had very defined muscles. She had brown skin and had bicolored eyes, one blue and one hazel. She carried a huge war hammer, the kind ancient and medieval warriors had and she wore only a black crop top and leggings. She had jet black, waist-length hair which was tied back in a ponytail. She was the one whom the crimson maw knew as, THE BLACKSMITH.
***
Seonghwah and Xinyue were running down the steps of the first floor of Seonghwah's house when they heard the coming of heavy footsteps towards them.
"We have to run faster Seonghwah, that criminal member is gonna get us; she is really fast and I think she is also furious right now.", Xinyue said as she caught hold of Seonghwah's hand. "Are you ready? I'm gonna throw you, cuz I can run faster than you'll fall."
"Okay.", said Seonghwah in a hurry; "wait, WHAT?"
Seonghwah started to rethink his life choices as Xinyue moved her hand from his wrist to his armpit and lifted him off his feet, "Hyah", she cried and sent Seonghwah flying above the stairs as she sprinted towards the bottom to save him from certain injury. Seonghwah was screaming his lungs out as he fell from the 27 stairs he had been thrown from. He was praying to god to let his soul out without much pain, but he didn't know; the one who had thrown him was a very good superhero.
Xinyue sprinted towards the bottom like lightning and caught Seonghwah just before he hit the ground. But the landing part got a bit messed up.
Xinyue fell right on Seonghwah, who was safe but bruised a little on the back.
"Ow!", they both cried as they fell down. Seonghwah's exclamation was a tad louder.
"You're really heavy Xinyue, but you don't look like it."
"Same to you Seonghwah.", Xinyue said, getting off Seonghwah; "We have to be quicker now, that criminal girl is right behind us."
"She's a girl?!", asked Seonghwah as he got up and started to run towards the door.
"Yeah, but she's more dangerous than any male criminal.
A pair of gleaming eyes appeared right at the top of the staircase, staring at the two people now running away from the blacksmith's clutches. She started to sprint after the pair. 'I'll catch those two today, master will be happy!', she thought.
Meanwhile Xinyue and Seonghwah exited through the main door and Seonghwah realised something for the first time, "Hey, on what are we going to escape? Do you have any vehicle or something?"
"Of course, I never come unprepared."
Xinyue pressed the crescent moon shaped brooch on her chest and a sports car materialised right in front of them. It was totally white and had perfect aerodynamics.
"Whuh…huh. Wow!", said Seonghwah
"Get in, quick.",said Xinyue as she got in the driver side.
"Yes.", said Seonghwah as he got into the passenger seat and strapped his seatbelt.
Xinyue floored the accelerator as the blacksmith appeared in the doorway.
***
"So where exactly is your base?", asked Seonghwah as they sped up an almost empty highway, keeping the speed just a bit over a 100 kilometres per hour.
" An undiscovered cave on Mount Fuji, Shizouka, Japan."
"What? How are you going to go over the sea?"
"You'll see", said Xinyue; a playful smile on her lips.