As Jayce approached the city, he could see it was swarming with akuma. Gazing ahead, he made out Aria fighting in front of him, jumping from foe to foe like it was nothing. Her skills in battle were near unmatched. Jayce had to shake himself to keep moving, [i]Now is not the time to admire women.[/i] Almost within range of the nearest akuma, he started to weave left and right making his movements unpredictable and harder to target. Unsheathing his dagger, and unwrapping his the from his waist chain that was connected and the hilt of his blade, he prepared himself for the fight to come.

The nearby akuma noticed him as he came close, but not not quickly enough. As it turned to face him, Jayce sprung into action. He lashed out with the chain at the akuma, It expanded until it wrapped around its body, and the spikes started to grow as well, piercing the akuma's armor. Jayce retracted the chain with a thought, sling shotting him past the now immobilized akuma. He managed to reach his dagger out and slash through the side of it as he passed, but his main target was the level 2 akuma passed it. 

[I]Shit it sees me.[/i] Jayce thought. The only problem with the tactic he was using is that while midair, you have little to know defense and you can't really alter your path. As he came closer and closer to the scorpion-like creature in front of him, the dread he felt multiplied 10 fold. It was almost as if it were slow motion, he knew his mistake but there was nothing he could do about it. Too late. The akuma reached his claw up and batted Jayce away like a fly, sending him soaring into a nearby building cracking the outer wall. Laying in pain and agony the only thought coming to mind, [i]Is this how I die?[/i] 

The scorpion akuma trudged over to the disoriented and immobile Jayce, preparing to use its stinger. [i]Not today, death. Time to roll the dice.[/i] As the akumas tail lunged forward, Jayce rolled to his left, throwing his chain the direction which he had came. [i]Yes! It stuck![/i] The chain had managed to wrap itself around the scorpions tail, and as he pulled the stinger out of the ground to prepare for another strike Jayce followed being pulled by his chain. The akuma looked up at him in confusion and Jayce could sense the fear in its cold dead eyes. He smirked, while elongating his chain preforming a drop directly onto its torso. He tore into it with his dagger and soon enough it disintegrated just like the first. [i]Not today,[/i] he thought while scanning for his next target.