Chapter 404

Hughie immediately felt a pang of pain in his kneecap, while his own inertia sent him crashing headlong on the wall! There was an audible thud, and he was promptly bleeding freely from the forehead. "Oh!" Cindy gasped as she turned pale and ran up to Hughie, asking in concern, "Are you alright, Hughie?" Hughie was left clutching his head as he growled through his teeth, "I'm fine, I'm fine… I just slipped." He actually had no idea what happened, and his knees were still very much in pain! Wheeling on Frank, he snapped, "You bastard! Why did you dodge?! Weren't you going to fight me?!" Cindy was frowning at Frank too. "Yeah! Why did you dodge?" Frank laughed coldly. "What, am I supposed to just stand there and wait? Why are you blaming me for being slow? Though it's hilarious how you crashed straight into the wall." "Bastard!" Hughie was livid, but even as he tried to get up to attack Frank, he realized he had no strength in his knees at all. Cindy saw him stumble and quickly a