Leaning against the tree Adrian exhaled slowly unaware of his hunter had returned. Hearing a noise he looked down to see a bright colored ball at his feet. Curiosity got the best of him removing his armored glove he bent down to one knee see what it was. After  picking up the stone sized ball, he found himself unable to move. A hooded man wearing all black jumped down from the Oak tree he was in. "By now I am sure you realize that you are paralyzed from the neck down. Dangerous little mixture if I saw so myself." He said before reaching out and taking the bright colored ball from Adrian's hand with his gloved hands and placed the ball into its pouch.<br/><br/>Daring to ask Adrian asked with fear leaking out of his voice. "What do you want? Money? I can make you a wealthy man." A mixture of fear and desperation contorted his face.<br/><br/>"No, Think of this as punishment." The hooded man said as he knelled down to be eye level with his prey.<br/><br/>"Punishment for what?" Adrian asked as unwanted memories surfaced of everyone he stepped on to get to where he was today. The hooded man laughed as the sound of metal clanging and shouting became closure.<br/><br/>"Seems our time have came to a close Mr. Adrian. Your death will be one I will not remember, for I take no pity in remembering wife beaters or cheaters. Though you should be blessed our time is short for you will die a quick death instead of a painful one I had intended for you." The man said before flicking his wrist and a small dagger appeared in his hand. No time to scream the hooded man drove the dagger into Adrian's exposed neck. The dagger was laced with a poison that once entered into your blood stream there was no helping the victim without knowledge of the plants used for the poison. Pulling his dagger out he wiped the blade on Adrian's  armor before grabbing to pellets tossing them on the ground a bang echoed as black smoke started to conceal the hooded man's appearance.<br/><br/>"Where did he go?" one of the guards yelled as he looked around, though the hooded man was already gone. Nikalie was already back in the trees and was heading towards the place he called home.