Assassination: The Copycat Gang

The first one to wake up was Toby, who so happened to have broken his leg while trying to drive the cart. He was immobilized and unsure what just happened. He started swearing, blaming the frightening horses that he considered to be worthless. The cart was destroyed, pieces of loot littered the road and all that Toby could do was crawl. As he crawled towards the direction of where the cart crashed, a thud sound came from behind him.

It was the Headless Rider who just dismounted his horse, lightning flashed revealing the misty figure that signifies death.  Toby was shaking in fear and his only chance to escape was to slide down hill and seek aid from Wade and Zack, praying they are alive and ready to help him out of this nightmare.

As he was only meters away, the Headless Rider stepped onto one of Toby’s legs as he yelled out in pain.

“P-please have mercy…” The rain made its downpour as Toby was covered in mud and tears.

“Hath have mercy on the one you have wronged? You are undeserving of mercy…” Toby’s life flashed before his very eyes and the only memories he had was filled with nothing but regret.

On the cart, Zack and Wade woke up as they try to recover and recognize the situation they are in, both were unharmed and it seemed that their plans have turned to the worse. Wade grabbed his huge iron hammer; Zack exited the demolished wooden cart.

A horrible sight to see, all the precious loot they have stolen are littered on the road behind him or buried in mud. Everything was collapsing; Zack’s fear is coming into fruition as it was happening right before his very eyes. Wade roared in anger as he smashed part of the cart with his Hammer. The two looked around where their attacker could have gone to but as soon as they looked uphill, they can see the Headless Rider clearly, standing on top and throwing the corpse of the Headless defiler Toby as it rolled down the hill, sliding down just for both Wade and Zack to see the horrible fate that came to the Defiler and it won’t be long till they meet the same fate.

Wade roared in anger. The Headless Rider killed Randy, he drove Kim mad and now he beheaded Toby. The Rider makes his descent down the hill as Wade roared and charged upwards, raising his hammer up high in hopes to crush the misty rider and avenge his fallen brother and comrade.

“YOU WILL PAY FOR MURDERING THEM!!!” Wade Roared louder as he jumped up and sent the hammer down on the ground as the Dullahan dodges to the right. The attack from Wade left a crater on the road. Wade’s neck was soon entangled by the bullwhip what seemed to have come out of nowhere as it dragged Wade’s body up to a tree. As the Dullahan tried to pull, Zack blasted a gust of wind right at the black misty rider.

The gust forced the Dullahan to recall his whip and release Wade from his constraints.

“Accept it… death invites you to her domain..”

The Dullahan started attacking Zack with its glowing whip. Zack unleashed a flurry of razorwinds that fired right at the black rider as it dodged them all by jumping. With such strength he pulled Zack up high into the air and threw him down onto wade, bouncing off him.

The Dullahan descends as he starts walking to Zack slowly, drawing his sword. Upon passing Wade he cleaves his blade, slitting the throat of Wade Booklet who was lying down on the ground. Zack was shaking as he unleashes a flurry of wind attacks.

“STAY BACK, YOU MONSTER!” He shouted as he spammed most of his magic right at the Dullahan.

The entity responded by slicing through the wind attacks Zack makes. A chill was sent down Zack’s spine and for some reason his natural sensory ability to identify a mage has been null and void. He can’t tell whether this man was more powerful than he is or not, he can’t even tell if it really was human at all, from its behavior it didn’t act like a Dullahan as they usually have a different method of claiming the lives of humans.

The Dullahan was getting closer to Zack, he had no choice but to run into the thick forest. His only chance of surviving this was losing sight of the monster that followed behind.

He ran through the tree lines, getting as far away from the Black Rider as much as possible only to have tripped on Kim’s body. It was a bit dark so he can’t see what caused him to trip but he kept running. Seeing the nearby river he stand up and looked for a way to cross it, the moment he does, he will be safe from the monster who’s hunting him down. He found a tree that was leaning to the edge of the river and blasted his wind to knock it down. As soon as the tree started floating, Zack hop onto it and used the wind to increase the speed as he surfs down the stream using the tree itself.
Just as he thinks he was going to escape the Dullahan was giving chase, racing by the bank of the stream and it just seems that his stead was faster than the tree itself and when Zack made the jump to the other side, the Dullahan’s whip binded his foot causing Zack to fall into the river and hitting his head with a sharp rock.

His body was dragged by the Black Rider to the river bank and was thrown to the muddy ground. The last thing Zack sees was the Dullahan stomping his foot onto his head and thus snapping it.

Kim woke up a few moments later, her vision blurs and everything was dark as it was before. The rain had stopped and she was all covered in grass and mud.

A few wounds opened as it seems she’s incapable of standing up. She summons whatever is left of her strength and lifts herself up from the ground, and leans on a nearby tree. Her body was cold and she was shaking, taking slow and deep breaths.. Inhaling and exhaling.

She takes the time to remember what happened; first Randy’s body was found by Wade and then the sudden and terrifying image of a Black Knight coming to get her. She concluded that she freaked out and strayed from the rest of the gang. It was still dark and this was no time to rest, she has to get out of here and she doesn’t intend on crawling down the mountain. She managed to find a stick and grabbed onto it, using it as a cane to help her get up and walk. As she stood, she turned to the tree only to see Zack, hanging from the tree with his neck all crooked.

Kim could no longer speak, she screamed out her vocals and started to cry.

That moment, something erect came out of her chest; it was a gauntlet which seemed to be holding her heart. The last minutes of life, she sees her heart beating slowly, her body cold but no longer shaking, she mustered whatever is left of her strength to turn her head around to see who her murderer was.

It was the Headless Rider who wore black armor.

IN seconds the Dullahan crushed her heart and dislodged its arm from Kim’s chest, grabbing hold of the corpse before it falls down to the ground. He grabbed her head and snapped her neck, plugging it out from the body and ending her misery.