Charlie was astonished.
"Jim, Vox, why?"He couldn't understand. No matter how he saw it, this just felt like Wilson's two friends abandoning Wilson. Okay, maybe just one. Wilson and Vox were very easily not friends. They just remained friendly towards each other. But as for Jim... Charlie turned to Bar."Bar, why didn't you say anything?" He asked the famous bar owner."Come on Charlie. We both know that I have very little say in the matter. And frankly speaking, this is even less of my business than it is Vox's. Even then, I still did what I could to help, didn't I?"Charlie could not help but admit that the man had a point. He faced Jim once more."But Jim. You could have done better, couldn't you?""Nope!" Jim said. "That one is completely his cross to carry and we are not all that close anyway."That earned Jim a nasty glare."Is that really what you think?" Charlie asked.Jim hesitated a little before responding, "Yes.""That's whatCharlie gathered his large collection of disposable weapons, his multi-layered, high class tent that had been with him since his escape from his hometown and other necessities like food and water and arranged them into his new limited edition spatial ring that he had spent all his savings on and wore it on his right index finger.With a sense of urgency, he called in a favor."Hey, man. Been a while.... yeah, yeah, another time... look, you remember that time when I saved your ass and you said you owed me some? Yeah, I'm calling in one of them.... Is your plane functional. I would like you to airdrop me somewhere while you pass by... The forest! Yes that! That one.... oh really... good, good. I really appreciate it, man.... thanks... greet your wife for me, alright?You still owe me one though... Haha, sure... if I'm available, sure.... alright... I will be there in less than ten minutes...You really are a lifesaver... Yeah. Alright, see you soon."*click*Charli
Charlie, right that instant, fell off the plane, shocked; stupefied. What just happened? The pilot just shot him? And as he fell from the skies, he wondered to himself - 'Why?'But he did not wonder for long. Experience at work. He took his gun from the ring and turned, aimed at the plane and shot all twelve bullets in his loaded gun at the plane. *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew*The plane spewed out smoke and then exploded into a ball of flames. *boooom*It began spiralling downwards having lost its ability to defy gravity.But it was not the only thing under free fall as Charlie himself was no anti gravity dude. He was still falling and he rolled over, midair, into the standard skydiving position - the arch; in which he laid belly down, arms spread out wide and legs arched upwards, with him facing forward. As soon as he stabilized up in the air...*whoosh* *bang*He felt something very fast pass by his head
Wilson clenched his fist tightly. Blood flowed down his hands as he clenched the vibrating knife tightly. It was his only weapon left with him, aside from his gauntlets which were still tightly fitted into his hands. He looked around at the three people surrounding him from quite a distance in the triangle formation. He saw one of them look down at his watch. Distracted during a fight? Wilson wanted to go and beat him down first. Three minus one equals less chances of him dying.But he couldn't. The other two did not look a away from him. Their eyes were trained on him; guns in their hands - two pistols with each one of them and a rifle on their backs - and they were the better shooters."Oh damnit! This is not even the target." The one who looked down and was fiddling with his watch, said. His teammates grunted and complained. "F*ck!, I knew it." One of the other two said. He had a large scar on the side of his neck that ran down to his shoulders where they were hidden
*pew* *pew* *pew*Three bullets out of Charlie's gun hit the last of the trio, right in the skull. As if mocking him, Charlie had shot the bullets in a way that they formed a triangle.Charlie snickered and looked at Wilson."Sh*t!" He cursed. Wilson was in a terrible, terrible shape.Charlie ran over to the unconscious Wilson. His pulse was low. Without wasting time, he took out a low level potion from his ring and forced the gelatinous liquid down Wilson's throat. After which he took out his jetpack once more and carrying Wilson princess-style, soared straight for the skies. Time to bounce.*************Dash ran for his life. He had made a costly mistake. He had thought she was someone else until it was too late and almost got killed because she had noticed him. He did not take into account the chances of a traveller being a part of this hunt and now a sonar specialist from an entirely different kingdom was hot on his ass merely because of a variable he sh
When the sonar specialist reached and pointed the gun at Wilson's head, Wilson groaned and opened his eyes to look up at her, his face pale and slightly bloody. He saw the gun and sighed. He had really been through a lot today. Would this be the end? Where was the person that helped him earlier? Has he been abandoned?Lots of questions filled his mind but he was too weak to say a word or move a muscle. Only his eyes stared unblinkingly into the gun muzzle pointed at his head."Any last words?" The sonar specialist asked."Yes!" Charlie answered from the side.Quickly, the sonar specialist turned to the side, her gun moving with her and pointed at the speaker.In her heart, she was astonished. How come she did not hear this one's heartbeat? Or was this one of those extremely rare people who awakened the undead abilities? Which was he; necromancer, zombie-sub, undead contractor? Regardless, she was not taking chances and shot at him. Someone who could stay wi
"Charlie? What are you doing here?" Wilson asked in surprise, while at the same time, releasing his grip on Dash's leg.Charlie merely shrugged as he lowered his gun and responded, "Saving your abandoned self.""Abandoned?" Wilson asked."Yes!" Charlie affirmed."Who abandoned you?" Dash asked Wilson.Wilson did not respond to Dash but instead continued looking at Charlie, puzzled."I was abandoned?" He asked."You did not realize?" Charlie asked back, a little surprised.Dash chuckled and chipped in an insult, "You are stupider than I thought."Wilson scowled back at Dash and asked."Should you not be taking care of little Sofia? What are you doing here?""Oh f*ck!" Dash gasped and ran away, back towards the part of the forest that comprised of the modified hollow trees. He berated himself as he ran. How could he have forgotten his own sister. How dare he do that? He insulted himself and cursed as he ran, hoping and praying that she was s
Dash quickly tapped a few buttons on one of the monitors and played the video back while Wilson and Charlie watched. Sofia had woken up, had called out to her big brother's Dash and Wilson. They were too far away to hear her but two people; both women - probably twins - heard her and one of them blasted a hole in the tree."Explosive Fire ability." Charlie muttered, his hand stroking his chin.The other woman quickly waved her hand and pulled Sofia towards her."Telekinesis." Charlie muttered again, giving the name of the ability.Dash said nothing and continued to quietly watch the playback video.Sofia screamed in fear and called out for help. It irritated the two women and one of them roughly knocked her out and Dash clenched his fist and jaw. There was no finesse in the way she knocked little Sofia out. It was obvious she did that on purpose."Wicked." Wilson said."B*tch!" Charlie insulted her.Dash then sped up the playback by four times and saw
Wilson, Charlie, Dash and Sofia finally arrived at their destination, Forest Garden - the most rogue part of Tiger City. They walked in amidst a sea of people as Charlie led the way to a small store.*Ting*As they entered, through the day, a small bell rang in a high timbre, alerting the store owner."Oh my! Is that who I think it is?" The store owner - an old, hairy man with a shaky voice and a shrivelled rat tail - asked rhetorically."Hello, Edward!" Charlie waved his hands as he greeted. "How are you doing?"The old man beamed, his old yellow teeth somehow managed to make him look younger."I am doing better, all tanks to you." He said."Oh, it's nothing much." Charlie tried to wave it off."It really is. Thanks to you, this old man here has managed to cure and marry off his two daughters. Oh have I told you that we are expecting my first grandchild in three months time?""Yes, yes. you have a thousand times." Charlie said as he sat on a stoo
Colt woke up and sat up."What.... I'm awake, ain't I?" He asked himself. He was sure he was awake. Were his eyes still closed? Or why was everywhere still black? He tried to open his eyes for several minutes. "My eyes!" He jumped to his feet. Or at least tried. As soon as he moved , he hit his head hard against something. He raised his hand to touch. It felt like concrete."Div? Platoon! China? Hey! What the f*ck are you trying to pull?" He yelled. His voice echoed back to him. He touched his eyes. They were open. Why was everywhere still dark?He panicked."Hello! Anyone? Where am I? Dad? China, I bet that is you. Come on, we can talk about this. The bomb thing was just a joke. I wouldn't actually try to blow up my friend." He tried to persuade. He crawled forward as he spoke."Chan!" He changed tactics and yelled. "I'm talking to you. Answer me. Chan! Chan!"**************Wilson woke up, feeling groggy. Like most other times, it took him some ti
Wilson weaved through the thin blades of ice, like a veteran surfer through the water waves. He stretched his hand like before to grab the furious twin by the head just like he did with his brother. He had developed a liking for grabbing his opponents by the face. His fingers were only centimeters away from securing a firm grip when suddenly he felt a change in the air pressure, or was it temperature, behind him. It was hard to explain if he tried. All he knew was someone was now there. He abruptly pulled his hand back, ducked his head and awkwardly rolled to the side as quickly as he could, barely escaping a fatal knife stab to his jugular."Tsk!" It was Colt who clicked his tongue and retreated. He left Wilson and went straight for Fawn who was by now, utterly exhausted from fighting two people at once. She was bleeding from her arms and thighs and various other cuts to her torso. Her clothes were in tatters. Wilson glanced at Dash and was surprised to see him holding out bett
"Sh*t! Zek is dead!" A voice spoke from within the smoke. It sounded muffled as if something was blocking the free passage of sound."F*ck! They discovered us. Rush in and kill them. The girl is mine." A female voice ordered from within the smoke. The third sentence made Fawn chuckle. That was Diva alright.Few seconds later, the swirling smoke of poison rippled."F*ck! Wind dude already joined them.""Just jump through, you idiot." The lady ordered again.Wilson did not wait for them to approach though. The team was still outnumbered, so in a bid to try and even the playing field before it could devolve into total chaos, he stepped forward and grabbed an idiot and forcefully pulled him in before the victim could react. Jim instantly three wind blades at him while Dash dashed towards him and stabbed him as quickly and in as many vital points as possible. The victim was dead before he could even make an impact."Minus two!" Wilson called out."Remainder se
China yelled in frustration as he once again ran straight towards Jim. He had tried to send his near invisible poison towards Jim and the team over and over again but this dastardly Jim, who looked like a mock version of a businessman and never stopped talking, somehow managed to stop the spread of the poison. And what's more, he could not catch up to him either because he was way too fast for him, constantly waiting for him to close half the distance between them before boosting himself with his wind ability and running to the farthest corner again.As China neared Jim once more, Jim leaned slightly forward. His suit jacket fluttered a little. A sure sign of him harnessing his ability once again.China felt the slight sting at the back of his neck increase till his head started buzzing. A warning sign from Colt. As soon as he saw Jim blur out of sight, he immediately sprayed out his poison out of every pore of his body. A thick cloud of smoke instantly filled a meter radius
Noise abound at the Boneyard Arena in Bones Street in Tiger City, as the crowd of spectators cheered. Several teams had already duelled it out since morning and it was not only at this arena but in every other properly accounted for arena in Bones Street, Brawl Street, the seven Major Streets and even Horr's underground wrestling platforms.Never before had the officials of Tiger City paid attention to the wrestling competitions but now that they were planning to join in, they were more than willing to make their first intra city competition as memorable as possible. The competition hadn't even started properly, as that will only begin after the top 64 had been selected and broadcasted to the entire city. Even then, the preliminaries was already bumbling. Every body - individuals, gangs, organisations and even military schools - who dreamt of fame, recognition, money or just wanted to improve their skills, gathered a team of five at minimum and registered to take part in it. Qua
"Wilson! Wilson! Wilson, can you hear me?" Danny called. Wilson turned his head to look at him.Everyone thought he had a good reason for pulling attention towards him. They should have known better."You stink! Can you tone it down?"Dash and Gene Chang immediately scurried away from his side. This idiot seemed to like playing with death. It was best to stay away to avoid collateral damage. But Wilson did not attack. Instead, thin red smoke-like fumes, that Charlie, the instructor and Gene Chang had noticed emanating from him, reduced."Wilson." Charlie called. "Can you control it? You simply have to continue your thought process but slowly push it towards the direction you want it to go."Wilson nodded. For about a minute, nothing happened. Dash opened his mouth and spoke in a whisper, not wanting to break Wilson's thought process."He's taking longer than expected.""Yeah! It's not unexpected. High quality means high requirements." The instructor said.
Wilson was short of words for a long time after his mother completed the story. He quietly hugged her. Everything she had done, no matter how selfish, she had done to protect him and cure him from the curse."Thank you mom. You are the best mom I could ever ask for."Silvia smiled and sniffled. Charlie glanced at them from his lying position on the grass and sighed. They were still not done. Come on. They were only separated for about a year or so. What was there to catch up on for so long.'They are hugging again.' He grumbled under his breath. 'I should download some offline games in case of another time. Uh! I'm so bored. Finish up, man.'He dared not say it out loud though. He was not stupid. A woman who had access to spatial magi-tech and could exonerate his father's name from the long list of deceased traitors was definitely not simple. She even had connections in Tiger City itself. He wasn't stupid enough to test her patience after a long awaited reunion
Before Wolfe died, he had an illicit affair with his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte. While Wolfe was legally married and in love, it was all for the public's eyes. After all, he was a public figure and he cared a lot about how people viewed him. Maybe a little too much. If he hadn't, he probably would have married Charlotte instead.Charlotte was heavily pregnant when Wolfe jumped into the those outer worlders' ship. The knowledge made Wolfe's real wife, Monica feel betrayed. The invasion and resistance continued for a while and after some time, Monica and Charlotte met in a makeshift underground bunker while escaping for their lives. They got into a stupid fight with each other and insulted and cursed at each other. But Monica was quickly overwhelmed, she burst into tears and in a fit of rage and frustration, grabbed the bare soil beneath her and glared at Charlotte."Wolfe deceived me. He used me to boost his career. And while I suffered every night, he spent them in bed
"Some couple centuries or back, before the first invasion, your great great grandfather, I think it's two greats, was a well known modified fighter. He had the strength and grit. He was very popular for his sportsmanship and showmanship. When the aliens first struck earth, he was in the middle of the biggest fight of his career against a fellow fighter named Boxer. Boxer is the ancestor of the royal family. Grandpa Wolfe was the first person to deal a fatal blow to the alien ship. Of course, that's not what the history books say. Apparently, to further bolster their image in the eyes of the citizens of the kingdom, the historical records were altered, but the royal family and certain important families know the truth. That's why Tiger City was given its independence in the first place. As a tribute to our ancestor and to maintain a good relationship with us."Wilson blinked. He understood most of that. As usual, his observant mom noticed."We will go into details about that