Noir started observing all three of them carefully, to the minute detail while planning to do something.
"Guy 1- muscular tanned brown," Noir said under his breath, analyzing them swiftly, "Guy 2- pure white, lean and tall, guy 3 short but looks delinquent, two of them armed."
"Give us all your belongings already will you?"
Guy 1 said as he pointed the gun towards the kid.
"And do as we say."
"Damn he's a stubborn one isn't he?"
Guy 3 said as he laughed heinously.
"Should we punch his face again?"
"How about we do it instead of saying it," Guy 2 said, "maybe then he will comply."
He punched the kid on his face, leading to his lips and nose bleeding.
"Please let me go..."
The kid begged them with a cracked, breaking voice.
"I really need my device and allowance.."
Said the kid as he watched those 4 thieves laugh at him , mercilessly without an ounce of kindness within them.
"I cant tolerate anymore."
Noir said as he walked towards them with a clenched fist.
"Who's this guy?"
Guy 3 said while making an unpleasant face.
"Walking towards us?"
"Must be one of those wannabe's," Guy 1 said, "its fine we will get him."
"Hey black t shirt," Guy 2 said, "where are you going?
"I am just here to get back my friend," Noir said, "now if you pleas—"
He got interrupted mid sentence as the tall guy grabbed him by his collar.
"Dont you get it?" Guy 2 said while pointing his knife at Noir, "get out of here before we do something similar to your face as we did to him."
"Now now," Noir said, "can we ease up a little? Or do you guys not want to let him go that badly?"
"Lets take this guy's belongings too after beating him up," Guy 3 said, "he's getting on my nerves."
"Tch." Noir shortly murmured within himself "Maybe i will have to fight these guys afterall."
Noir immediately grabbed the knife with his right hand and forced it upwards, his left hand landing a hook on the chin, disarming him.
He lands 1 more punch on guy 2, this time on throat.
As he picks the knife up and tucks it in his pocket, guy 2 latches onto him.
"Oh?" Guy 3 let out a smirk while giving an excited yet a frustrated look. "He can fight, lets see if he can take on all 3 of us."
"Can i kill him already?"
Guy 1 added right after his comrade, trying to instill fear within noir.
"I will have to engage with all of them so he can have a chance to run," Noir thought to himself, "i will keep the gun guy busy so he can run away safely."
Guy 2 goes for a punch on the face but he narrowly manages to evade, right after taking out the knife he picked up earlier to stab the aggresor on his rear shoulder.
"AHHH!!!!"
Guy 2 screamed in agony trying to hold onto Noir.
"I will shoot him," Guy 1 shouted at the other of his own, "hey get down."
"Let me keep them distracted a bit more."
Noir thought to himself as he signals the other kid to run away when given the chance.
Noir kicks the guy whom he had stabbed off and positions himself to prepare himself for the bullet he's willing to take for the rescue he has bet his life on, a little startled but his verdict remains bittersweet.
"I will take this gamble on my body, hoping he will miss my vitals."
Noir added to himself , prepared for what's coming forth towards him at any given second.
"See what i did to him?" Noir said, "i will do the same to the both of u now."
As guy 1 prepares to shoot, Noir gets ready as well.He knew well enough,If this lands, his life will end there.
Everything he had gained will be lost.
"Well...This is one unusual situation isn't it..."
His throat starts drying up, his body being to heat up within himself and his eyes proceed to feel more worked up than usual, as he pushes past his limits and fear.
Guy 1 shoots but he narrowly misses Noir's vitals as it hits his upper shoulder.
"HAH! GOT YOU!!"
Guy 1 says with a devious smile, thinking he succeeded in taking noir down.
"He's gone huh..."
Noir whispered to himself.
"Hey, where's the guy we had caught??!"
Guy 3 asked his other gang members as he looks everywhere trying to find him.
"He ran... i saw him.."
Guy 2 said while laying on the ground.
"Shit.." Noir murmured. "I cant even look straight, the bleeding is getting the best of me..Is this the end already?"
"Lets go after him," Guy 1 says as he looks down upon noir, "this guy is dead already, look at him L so much how's he still standing?"
"I am not done ye—"
At that mere moment, Noir's voice gave up,it couldn't hold on any longer. Just as his consciousness was fading, a picture of his friends and family flickered infront of his eyes.
In that moment, he felt it again.The same feeling from the gymnasium.
Fierce yet calm, burning yet ice cold, calling out to him.A dire erupting desire to achieve something he had bet his life on.
Noir collapses, his eyes roll upwards, the world becomes too quiet , as if motionless , endlessly stretching along the horizon of his last sight.
End of chapter 4