"Hey, hey, calm down, Sio! We should not go there!!" Gloomy tried to convince Sio desperately. But Sio, with conviction, came forward and shouted at those men and women—and that burly man. "Hey, you guys, leave her alone! If you want money from her, you could ask. Why beat her to death?"
Listening to a naive girl, the men and women surrounding the place laughed. "Hahahahhah, who is this girl? What are you, some protector of justice or what? Hahahha."
A burly man came forward and said to Sio gruffly, "Hey, little miss, we are doing our own things. So please take your leave. We don't want to hurt you."
As the man turned around again, he let out a frustrated sigh, watching the woman take the opportunity to escape. Rubbing his forehead, he barked irritably, "Half of you, go bring her back. The rest of you—beat them until they learn not to meddle in other people's business."
The burly man walked away while saying this.
"Siiighhh, Sio, how much longer will you survive in this place??" Gloomy sighed, looking at the men and women coming towards them with lustful gazes.
"I... I am sorry. I wanted to do something," Sio said, backing a little nervously.
"Sigh, what's done is done now... RUN!" Gloomy pulled Sio as they started running desperately. The others behind them started chasing them.
"Kekekek, little girls are running away after playing hero! Hey, hey, wait there. Let us also play hero-hero with you!" They laughed while chasing the duo.
Gloomy glanced back and said to Sio breathlessly, "Hey, we can't outrun them like this. We have to fight! Huff huff, they are not that strong! Just beat them up! Huff hufff."
"Huh? I could run. Maybe you should just phase in and out and dodge them," Sio said smirking while looking at Gloomy, who was breathing hard after just some running.
"Hey, hey, don't leave this cute sister alone in the dark alleyway!" Gloomy made a cute face playfully.
"Agh, shut up, you annoying sister of mine. Fine, let's fight. You fight here in the dark, and some of them I will handle it at that alleyway," Sio pointed toward a well-lit alleyway just a few steps forward. the duo talked it out as they kept running while dodging many things in the alleyway which is filled with lots of junk.
Sio used her strap in her hand. SWOOOOPPP! She grabbed a small dustbin and scattered it on the ground. Gloomy stopped and got into a fighting position while picking a bottle, breaking it into pieces, and holding it as a weapon.
"Hmmm." Seeing this, the men and women following them smiled. Some jumped from the side, followed Sio, while a knee came straight towards Gloomy as a man jumped to dodge the dustbin.
Gloomy in darkness phased in and out, dodging the knee easily. "Hmm, what just happened?" the man thought. Then suddenly, AGGHHHHH!
Gloomy just grazed his thigh from the side as the man landed and couldn't get up anymore, trying to stop the bleeding while grunting in pain.
Another person came towards him from front, and one landed behind him on a big dustbin lid. Both smirked—one kicked from above while one punched from the front.
Gloomy just threw the broken glass bottle at the front towards the man, forcing him to change direction. Then with precise timing, he just phased in and out. The man's leg didn't hit anything as Gloomy then grabbed his other leg and pulled hard, making him fall. TTHHHAAMMMM!! His head hit the lid of the dustbin. Then in pain, he fell down on the ground.
The punching person with speed dashed at Gloomy, making sure he didn't give Gloomy any place to dodge. But then suddenly PUFFF! He couldn't see anything. "Huh, why so dark?"
After making him blind for a second Gloomy just walked past him, making him tackle himself on the dustbin. DDOOMMMMM! He collided hard and fell down, not getting back up.
"Ugghh, what a pain." Gloomy muttered in low voice as he saw many men and women coming towards him. Gloomy walked casually and picked up the broken glass bottle again and walked toward the coming horde of people.
SWWOOOPPPPP! The man in front used his strap to grab Gloomy waist and SWOOSHSHHH! retraced back the strap, taking Gloomy with it.
ACCKKKK! Gloomy got grabbed by the neck by the first person.
"Hahahha, look, look, I caught her! I am more talented than you guys, hehe. Now let's see what is inside this cute clothing." The man licked his lips as he was about to touch his short pants. But his grip suddenly felt empty.
"Hmmmm." He could see Gloomy going down a little. Gloomy phased in and out and grabbed the man's hand, then swung his light body and TAAKKKKKKK! used his knee to hit the man's face.
AGGHHHH! The man instantly KO, falling back unconscious. Gloomy grabbed his head and, using his shoulder as a spring, WHOOSHHH! jumped in the air and fell toward a woman who tried to stab him. But in and out, he just stabbed her shoulder while hitting her with a knee on her chest as Gloomy collided with the second person.
THHUUBBBBMMMM!!! AAAHHHH! AKKKKKK! She rolled in pain, as Gloomy used her body as a cushion to land safely.
Two people came from both sides as Gloomy was rolling away from the previous woman. PUFF! PUFF!
Gloomy kicked a perfect state bottle on the ground, rolling toward one of the persons as their eyes got dark for a second, unbalancing them as they TAKKKK! collided with each other while Gloomy dodged the stumbled person.
Then he walked a little further and grabbed that perfect state bottle with his one hand and threw it at a person coming with a rod to beat him. As she was about to hit him, a bottle came to her face. She put her hand forward to deflect it but doing so made her rod aim missed a little. Gloomy didn't even need to phase as he easily just moved sideways to dodge it as he STABBB! with his broken glass bottle stabbed the woman's abdomen.
UGGHHHHHHH! This one also rolled in pain.
Gloomy stood in the dark alleyway, his white hair a sharp contrast in this place as he, like a white demon, glared at more men and women who looked at him in shock and awe. Many of their people rolled in pain on the ground in this messy dark alleyway, while a slim looking girl stare at them like a prey…..
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"Huff huff, hey, hey, miss, where are you running away?" Sio went to a side alley with some light present there as many men and women followed her here. She could hear people scream on the side of Gloomy alleyway as she stopped and turned suddenly and SWWOOPPP! used her strap to grab one of the man's feet who was running from the side, doing parkour on platforms stuck to the wall, and TAAAKKK! THUUMMPPP! He fell hard on the floor toward another person. ACCKKKK! OOCUUHHH! Both persons immediately out of the fight.
Sio breathed slowly, calming herself down as she with a sharp gaze ran ahead. Her slim and slightly small heighted body ran fast. Suddenly she dived down and held her hand on the ground and let her lower body rise and WHOOSHHH! with forward momentum she did a cartwheel and with both her feet toward a surprised woman. TTTAAAKKK! She kicked her hard on her face.
Sio looked sideways and snagged a man who was running beside the woman's attacker. He turned in shock—too slow. She hooked her arm around his neck, her elbow forming a tight ninety-degree lock.
"AGGKKKK!"
His Adam's apple was crushed by the sudden pressure, and the momentum yanked Sio to a stop mid-air. Her body tilted downward from the horizontal position, and she tucked her knees inward, making her fall faster and tighter.
As she dropped, she loosened her grip around the man's neck and landed on one feet with a soft thud.
Before he could recover from the shock to his throat, Sio launched her fist forward.
WHOOSHHH!
Her punch slammed into his stomach like a fired cannon.
THUMPPPP!
"Ackkkk!"
The man folded, stumbling back as the force sent him crashing onto the ground, writhing in pain.
"Ouch, ouch, it hurts." She blew her hand a little. "I am still weak compared to Big Guy." She smiled sweetly, thinking about him as other people came near her.
SWOSSHH! PUNNCHH! THUMMPPP! ACK! AAAAHHHH! SWOOSH! WOSSSSHH!
Sio dodged many attacks while getting hit from some of them. She couldn't land a proper hit for a while. THUUMPPPP!OOUUCHH! Sio got punched on the face as she stumbled toward a wall as two people followed her with a punching stance.
Sio focused while stumbling, ran more faster toward the wall, and did a wall back flip. Her body raised in the air as the two persons looked in shock. She, while passing through up their heads, grabbed their back top part of clothing and with her momentum BOOOMMBBBB! let them fall on the ground, hitting their heads on concrete. They immediately knocked out.
She sprang to her feet, turning sharply as she sprinted toward a man charging at her with a metal rod. But at the last moment, she switched direction and dashed toward another approaching woman instead.
Without breaking stride, Sio dropped her upper body low and executed a head-down, upside-down flip—with hands never touching the ground.
THUUMMMBBB!!
Using the momentum, she delivered a brutal aerial kick to the woman's face. Even though the woman tried to shield herself with her forearms, she was a fraction too slow. Sio landed in a crouch after the flip, perfectly balanced.
Immediately—without even glancing back—she spun. Her left hand touched the ground briefly, acting as a pivot as she rolled her body smoothly into a low sweep. Turning a full 180 degrees, her kick smashed into the legs of the man rushing her from behind.
THUMPPPP!
TAAANNGGG!
His rod flew from his hand as he crashed sideways onto the ground, knocked out cold for the moment.
She spotted two more people sprinting toward her. Without hesitation, Sio dashed toward the fallen rod. Seeing her intention, they shifted their path and rushed for the rod as well.
As Sio neared it, she bent down as if to grab it—but didn't. Instead, she planted her right hand and right leg firmly on the ground and snapped her left leg backward in a sharp, high kick, her foot whipping up at a seventy-degree arc angle from her left side.
WHACK!
Her shoe slammed into one of the rushing attackers.
Using the momentum, she twisted her body, which led to her body rising smoothly, and finally snatched the rod from the ground. The moment her left foot touched down, her body arched like a drawn bow. She swung the rod in a powerful 180-degree arc from her left side from her right hand.
BOOMMMM!
The rod crashed into the second man with full force, dropping him instantly.
"Huff… huff…"
Sio breathed heavily as she glanced around at the bodies scattered across the floor.
But suddenly, out of nowhere, a voice sounded behind her. Sio spun around—just in time to see a man leaping down from a platform that had been hidden in her blind spot. She couldn't react fast enough.
He crashed into her, arms locking around her torso as he tackled her to the ground.
THUMPPPP!
"ACCKKK!"
Pain shot through her back as she was slammed onto the floor, the attacker landing on top of her and straddling her stomach, pinning her down completely.
"Hey, little miss, you sure move a lot, kekek." He grabbed her neck, trying to strangle her.
WHOOOSS! She used her strap from her wrist to roll it on the man's neck and pulled hard by raising her hand and at the same time hit the man's front part of elbow, making his arm bend. Then THUMMPPPP! The man's head with force hit the ground. ACKKKK! He passed out on top of Sio's body. Accckkkkk! Sio with lots of force barely moved him aside from top of her body.
"Ackkkk, HUFF! HUfff! I am tired. Thanks to Gloomy, I didn't get many people. I should check on him," Sio thought as she saw this alley filled with rolling people. She proudly started walking...
BOOOMMMM!
Suddenly a loud sound came from behind her, rising lots of dust.
Sio instinctively did a back kick, but TAAAAAPPP! It got easily stopped by a strong grip.
"Huh!" Sio, surprised, saw a big palm grabbing her leg, not letting it go. Suddenly she felt fear.
Slowly the dust went away, and she saw a familiar-looking man. "Heheheh, hello there, my cute little helper." As the man licked his fingers from his right hand while keeping holding Sio's leg from his left.
"I was just flying above and saw my little helper in a problem, so I came to help you despite me being in a hurry. I did good, right?" The licking man smiled devilishly as he looked at the fearful Sio's face, who froze just from shock. This time she saw clearly—a man with dropping lustful eyes, his messy hair reaching his forehead, a tattoo-covered arm, a red tank top which stopped at his last abs, below it another tattoo reaching his crotch, his torn jeans, his devil smile.
Accckkkkkkkkkkkkk!! She felt the fear. That time she couldn't do anything. This time for sure!—maybe because she was already fighting, her blood rushed to her feet as she, with his grip on her left leg, back-kicked again with her right leg. BOOOOMMMMMM! She hit him hard as dust rose on his face, but... SMIRKKK!
"Hey, hey, why are you hitting this savior of yours? Not good, my cute helper."
Sio's left leg was still trapped, unable to pull free. Her body bent low under the pressure. Her right leg rested near the attacker's legs from her failed kick, both palms pressed firmly against the ground. Her chest faced downward, and from the corner of her eyes she glared up at the man above her. Her ass was angled toward his front, leaving her in a compromised but tense, coiled position.
A man came suddenly from the side, holding his injured arm. He said, "Aren't you the guest our leader welcomed recently? Thank you for helping us catch this little jumpy bitch. We will take care of her."
As the man was about to take her away, the licking man suddenly KKKCCKKKKKK! used his palm to directly pierce his neck.
"Huh!" BLANK. The man just died as he fell down near Sio, his head twitching in pain as Sio watched it with her head in weird position.
The dead man's eyes staring at Sio. "Uggghhhhhh!!" BLEEEHHHHHH! Sio, seeing such a gruesome sight, just vomited on the spot.
"TSK, why are you disturbing us and letting this reunion go to waste? Don't worry, my cute helper, he won't disturb us anymore." As the licking man splashed the blood on the ground from his fingers, then clearing it on his red tank top afterwards.
"Hmmm, and what's this? Are you already pregnant? But I haven't had any fun with you. And what with this weird position? Your cute ass is practically begging to get touched." As he brought his hand closer and touched Sio's ass as her both legs were in a weird position, her both arms touching the ground, her head facing down as she finally stopped vomiting.
Suddenly she woke up. She felt a hand fondling her ass. "Hmm, soft, pesky, cute. I like it. Your body is good. Even this leg is nice." As he suddenly licked her left leg which he has holding from his left hand.
ACCKKKKKKKKKKK! AAAAAAAAHH! STOOPPP! STOOPPPP! PLEASEE STOOPPPPP! I BEGG YOOUUU! RELLEASEE MEEE!!! Sio cried with a messy face.
"Ah, sorry, sorry, my bad." He released her leg, letting her fall. She got on all fours and WHOOSSHHH! dashed forward, running away, not looking back. With her full strength, she ran...
"ACCKKKKK!"
A hand suddenly slammed down on her, THUMMPP!, forcing her flat onto the floor with her back exposed to the man behind her.
"AAAH!"
Sio cried out as her face struck the ground from the impact.
The attacker reached for her waist, roughly turning her over. Then he seized her by the neck and hauled her upright as if she weighed nothing.
"ACCK! ACCKKKKK!"
Sio struggled, her hands hitting his arms in desperation—but she couldn't break free from his iron grip.
"Now don't run. I just want to thank you a little." The licking man said as he slowly let her stand.
Sio managed to stand upright, her face barely reaching the man's chest. She couldn't lift her head to look at him—but suddenly:
SSWWOOPPPP!
She snapped her wrist forward, using the strap wrapped around it to loop it around his neck. She began to pull, intending to drag his face down for a strike.
TEEAAARRR!
"Annoying little cloth," the man muttered as he casually ripped the strap apart.
Before she could react, his right hand clamped around the back of her neck.
THUUMMPPPPP!
He slammed her front-first into the wall, lifting her off the ground in one rough motion. Her body rose until her head was level with his, her legs dangling helplessly in the air.
"Hey, hey, calm down, will you?" As the licking man's left hand slowly touched her left leg thighs and slowly brought his hand up till her black shorts while touching her back of the thigs, then slide his hand under her pants— The licking man hands couldn't go much up but he used his fingers to touch her upper thighs. "Uuhhh, such softness. I want to feel your whole body now. What to do?"
The man came closer and made his bulging pant touch on her ass, UMMMMM nice ass you have, the licking man put more pressure on her ass with his bulging crotch. Sio kept struggling in pain as her face touched the wall, her hand trying to grab something but couldn't grab anything besides the air.
"Sobb, soobbb... ACKKK, please STOPP! LEAVE ME ALONE... Why are you doing this soobb soobb to mee!! Acck, ackkk." Sio cried hard as she felt his cock on her ass and his finger on her thighs.
"Hmmm." The licking man slowly pressed his body more on her and whispered in her ear, "BECAUSE THIS IS FUN!!! HEHEHEH. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE? NONONON, I HAVE ENJOYED COUNTLESS BEAUTIES HERE. YOU ARE JUST LUCKY TO BE FOUND BY ME WHEN I AM IN A HURRY. TODAY ALSO I HAVE TO GO BACK AND REPORT TO THAT BITCH, BUT I COULD NOT STOP MYSELF TO LET MYSELF FEEL YOUR CUTE BODY, MY LITTLE HELPER!!"
The licking man slowly got some distance as he turned her and let her stand on her feet. He bent down a little, came near the face of Sio, and gently used his hand to wipe off some residue of vomiting from her lips as he said, "WAIT FOR ME, MY CUTE HELPER—YOUR LITTLE FRIEND HAS SOME GOOD ANNOYING POWER, AND I AM ALSO BUSY, SO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. I WILL COME SOMEDAY FINDING YOU. UNTIL THEN..."
The licking man smelled her hair and went away swiftly as he came, leaving a girl with a nightmare to handle.
Sio just stood in shock, not knowing when he went. She just stood there shaking.
SLAAPPPP!! SLAAPPPP!! SLAAPPPP!! SLAPPPP! SLAPPPPP!!! She slapped herself continuously, cursing her, "WEEAKKK! WEAAKKKK! SOO WEEEAAKKKK!! SLAAPPP!!!"
"Ugghhh." She scratched her body, trying to get rid of the feeling but couldn't. She kneeled down. "WAAAHHHHH!! WAAAHHHHH!!!!" She cried a lot. Her tears kept falling.
"Hmmm." Gloomy came running toward the place where Sio was fighting. Suddenly saw Sio crying in a corner. "Aahh!! SIIOOOOO!!!"
Gloomy came running. "What happened, SIO? Why are you crying so much? What happened?"
Gloomy, feeling guilty, said, "I AM SORRY, SIO. I SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT YOU HERE. I AM SORRY. PLEASE DON'T CRY!!" Gloomy himself in slight tears, trying to calm her down.
A few minutes turned to an hour as Sio cried a lot, sitting there. But with Gloomy's constant warmth, Sio slowly calmed down. Her face messed up, her eyes swollen from a lot of crying, her hair messed up...
"Its okay, Sio. It's okay. Your brother + sister is here. Don't worry, everything will be okay. You can tell me when you feel like it. I and others are always with you, so don't cry!" Gloomy consoled as he slowly cleaned her hair, dusted off her clothes, and cleaned her face.
"Hhahhh! What brother + sister? You are just Gloomy," Sio finally said something after lot of time crying.
Gloomy smiled as he calmed her down, talking a lot with her. Slowly Sio got comfortable as both stood up and started walking away from here.
Sio suddenly in the dark alleyway looked behind. She clenched her hand, making a fist. For a second, her hair tip just like Gloomy got a little white, but no one noticed it. Only darkness witnessed it as slowly everything came back to normal as Sio and Gloomy walked toward Miss Emmy's house.
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END OF CHAPTER
Sio's brave heart clashed against the alley's cruel shadows, turning a spark of justice into a storm of survival, while Gloomy's ghostly grace carved paths through the chaos with silent fury. In the grip of lingering terror, vulnerability cracked open raw pain, yet the quiet bond of found family began stitching the wounds, reminding that even in deepest dark, a steady hand can pull one toward faint light. Their steps away from the nightmare carried not just exhaustion, but a buried flicker of resolve, waiting to ignite.
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As we step into a new year, I hope the past one treated you kindly. And even if it didn't—if it brought challenges, losses, or moments that tested your strength—I truly hope this coming year brings you peace, healing, and better days ahead.
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