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CHAPTER TWO -> NEW KID
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2021-08-28 05:07:46Selena and Henri are still arguing with each other when a gust of wind starts to blow. Fixing their attention at the direction of the wind, a portal takes shape. Not knowing who will walk out from the portal, Henri tightens his grip on his staff, combat-ready to attack
“Sage!?” Selena calls for him as sweat drops from the side of her cheek
“I know. Stay focused” he said
Seth comes out of the portal with one hand in his pocket and the other waving at them “Yo!”
Selena being angry for worrying about nothing shouts at her father
“Can’t you just appear as everybody does? Is it really necessary to blow things away”
“It’s called dramatic entrance and since when did you become concerned about how I appear?”
“She almost wet her pants because she thought the portal was Steve’s”
“That’s a lie!” she defended blushing
Henri’s bruised face attracts the attention of Seth
“You were caught peeping again, weren’t you?”
“It was worth the pain,” he said smirking
“You saw her, didn’t you? What’s the size of her bosom?” Seth asks salivating
“If you want to know, you gotta see for yourself. The sight is too amazing to tell"
Selena who can no longer withstand their perverseness furiously glares at her father
“If you move an inch, I will kill you” she threatens
Cold chills drop down his spine as he stands frozen. Henri taps him on the shoulder to pull him out of his trance
“You didn’t fight him?” she asks
“I did, why?”
“Because whenever you two have a fight you never look good” Henri answers
“What do you mean I never look good? I have never lost to him well except for the part where we had the ...that’s not important...”
“What I meant to say was this is the first time you come home not injured after fighting Uncle Steve”
“Oh, that? Liam patched me up”
“You found him?” Henri ask surprised
“Found who? Who’s Liam?” Selena ask confused
“I will tell you later, right now I need to speak with the Sage alone”
He said and left with Henri. They get to Henri’s place and sit outside his house
“Do you mean her son?” he ask
“Yup. I found him in a cave. Apparently he lives there”
“But how? He was supposed to be dead. I mean the news we heard said he died alongside his mother”
“He survived the assault”
“What about Shayla? Is she still alive?’’ he asks inquisitively
“She didn’t make it. I believe she died protecting him” he looks down for a bit as though he was reminiscing then looks up at Henri
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A young woman in her twenties with crimson red eyes, shoulder-length black hair carrying a newborn baby walks through a newly formed portal. Seth was having a training session with Sage Henri.
“Seth meet your nephew,” she said with a baby in her arms
“Aww she’s adorable,” he said poking his face
“It’s a he Seth and stops poking his cheeks”
“A baby boy? Awesome!” he said grinning from ear to ear
“Perverted fool she said, nephew. Can I hold him?” Sophia ask
Shayla lets her carry the baby but it starts crying. The sound of his cry could tear up your eardrum. Sophia rocks him gently to calm him and shortly he goes back to sleep
“Elder sis, does that mean you two will now live here?” Seth ask
“No, am taking him back with me to the city. We will visit when he is grown”
“Why?”
“Because of Steve”
“But I can... ”
“Have you given him a name yet” Henri ask
“I am thinking of naming him Liam but I don’t know”
“Liam Eh? It’s a fine name”
“Look at his cute red eyes,” Sophia said
“He has your eyes” Henri compliments
“Thank you,” she said blushing
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“Let me guess you plan on bringing him here, don’t you?”
“Yea, he needs to be with his family. After all, that’s what she would want. And we don’t sleep in caves living like animals”
“Well does he know you are his Uncle?”
“I don’t think so”
“How do you intend to tell him?” Henri ask
“I don’t know. I will think of a way when am standing in front of him” he said before disappearing into the shadows
“He is probably going to throw him in here” he says under his breath
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Seth appears behind the cave, stands there thinking of how to break the news to Liam but comes up with nothing. He takes a deep breath and circles around the cave arriving at the entrance.
“I know you will come back soon” I said from inside the cave
“You know but I don’t see any welcome back gifts”
I come out of the cave with an old picture of my mother, Seth, and one other woman.
“I know I have seen your face from somewhere. This is you right?” I said giving the picture to him
“This makes my work easy” he said taking the picture from him
“What work? You know my mother don’t you?”
“She and I are siblings. She’s my elder sister”
“That makes you my uncle” I said without showing any emotion
“You could have at least pretended to be excited. Am I such a bore?”
“Yes you are”
“Your loss. By the way, Liam is the name she gave you”
“I knew you were too lame to come up with such a cool name”
“Ouch! That hurt”
“It’s the truth”
“Yea, Yea so I have been told. So tell me, how old were you when she kicked the bucket?”
“I was ten”
“Then how come you don’t know your name?”
“The only thing I remember from those days is jumping from orphanage to another”
"Maybe she used that technique on him"
“Anyways, why did you come back?” Liam asks
“To take you home”
“What do you mean home? I am home”
“Don’t be stupid. People don’t live in caves. I am taking you to the Realm. We live in the—”
“The Shadow Realm. I read about it in mom’s journal”
“I’m glad I don’t have to explain. So let’s go”
“I’m not going”
“What did you say?”
“I’m not going anywhere with you”
“You don’t trust me, is that it?” he asked laughing
“It’s not about that. Why the fuck would I wanna go?”
“It’s where your people live. It’s your home”
“My home is here. And the same people you are talking about are the ones that didn’t care to look for me when mom died. They abandoned me”
“No one abandoned you, Liam. We heard you died with Big Sis. I kept looking for you and I was about giving up hope until we stumbled on each other that day”
"Correction, we didn't stumble on each other. You barged into my home"
"Humans don't live in caves, you dimwit"
"I don't care. I'm not going with you and that's final"
Seth sighs heavily
“It won’t feel like home if I stay there. I’m not going”
“You can make it feel like home. I have a daughter just about your age. You two will get along well”
“I doubt that” I answered almost immediately
“What? Why?”
“Girls my age are troublesome”
“I don’t disagree. But the thing is you have a family”
“Family means nothing to me”
“It should because your mother cares deeply for her family and you can learn who your mother was if you come with me”
“Everything about her is in her journal”
“Dammit! That’s it! I can teach you how to control Shadows”
“She wrote about that in her journal too”
“You are joking right?”
“Yea I am but when she was alive she used to teach me”
“Boy you just said you don’t remember much, how do you know she taught you those things”
“I was kicked out of the orphanage because I would scare kids with my powers”
“Why the fuck would you do that?”
“It’s a boring place that needed a bit of spark”
“I still don’t believe you”
Liam makes the shadow under his feet take the form of a miniature dinosaur
“Okay, I believe you. But you need the specialty of the Kovo to supervise your training”
“What is Kovo?” I ask
“Didn’t she write about it in her journal?”
“She didn’t. Probably because it’s not important”
“Who the fuck said so!? I am Seth Remmick The Kovo: The blade that shines through the night. It’s a title for the strongest Shadow in the Realm”
“So you are that good?”
“That good? I am amazing”
“Yea! I think I will pass. You need to try harder if you want to change my mind”
“I know who killed your mother and who your father is”
“Who killed mom?”
“I will tell you if you come with me”
We stare at each other for minutes without saying a word. I finally break the silence
“Lead the way,” I said
“It’s not a place you can get to by walking you dumbass”
A portal forms in front of us. Every time this appears amazes me
“You are gonna teach me how to make one of these”
“I will do no such thing”
“Why?”
“Ain’t you the one pretending to have learned everything?”
“Yea but...”
“Get your stupid ass in the portal dammit!” he kicks me into the portal and walks in majestically with both hands in his pocket
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The other end of the portal appears inside the Realm and I fly out landing with my face first eating the Realm’s dirt.
“Welcome to the Realm kid,” he said with an evil smirk on his face
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