Lectures had begun and learning was in going in full force. As every usual day, Ajax would return from lectures and spend his time in his dorm, either playing games or in a conversation with Raphael. Most of the time he was reading. Even though he was about a month ahead, he still read. His grades showed for it. He was the best in his level with a CGPA of 4.99.“Ajax.” Raphael said as he rushed in.Ajax tensed, heart race increasing at the sudden burst in.“Guess what! There is this frat party holding. It is for seniors but I got a way we can go in.” Raphael said rather cheery than usual.Ajax rolled his eyes at him and fixated his eyes back on his computer.Raphael frowned and marched to his bed and slapped the laptop closed.“Bro! Come on!” Ajax exclaimed.“Bro. Come on.” Raphael repeated mimicking Ajax’s voice. He sighed then continued. “For real though, it would be fun. Don’t you think we deserve a little bit of fun.” He said, whining.“Seriously Raphael, I’ll pass. I got a lot
First, it was blood spatters all over the wall. Bloodied Elena and Ajax on the floor laughing, tired and breathing heavily. With two bodies on the sprawled on the floor. Secondly, they heard screams of people, the scent of blood heavy in the air.Thirdly,YOU HAVE FEW HOURS LEFT.It all started from the party.***“Bro, come on.” Raphael said in a duh tone. “You can’t fool me. You are hiding something, which I don’t give a shit about.” He headed back to his corner. “And I have no idea of what party is going to be like. I just know it would be fun.”Ajax sighed.“But, from my reliable sources, it might be a pool party too.” Raphael added.Ajax’s features turned into one of surprise and horror. After that particular horrific event in which Raphael left him to drown in the water at the beach, he now had a phobia for water.“Did I ever say I was going to join you for a party?” Ajax asked, his expression seriously quizzical.Raphael chuckled.“I really don’t feel too good Ralph, maybe so
“You said what?” Elena asked looking dumbfounded.The screams of the students grew louder. Ajax silently and mentally changed his look.“Elena, they are in danger.” Ajax said and rushed into the building looking loudly he was going to save the day, when in fact, he was running away from Elena’s questions.He saw everyone gathered around with drinks in their hands. There was a pool too. He had not noticed it previously.Raphael was right about it being a pool party. He saw some students standing separately, butt naked and he thought that it was weird.They looked scared, giving off the vibes of freshman students.“Next up, You lot are going to swim across this pool to the other end.” A male voice boomed.Raphael looked around searching for the person with the voice.“The temperature is high. Whoever is the last persons loses their ability to join this fraternity.” The masculine voice continued.Elena’s sound of chuckle took his attention.He stared at her with an eyebrow lifted waitin
“So first, you would go into Nicholas office, ask him to lunch in his office. Tell him you have something serious you would love to discuss over lunch.” Raphael stated. They were going through the plan one more time.Their plan was to cause false alarm, and then when things go south, Ajax would go into Nicholas’s office and grab the spare master card that could open every door in the lab.It was their time for recess. They were having the conversation at a restaurant close to the lab.“I swear, this plan is stupid. Nicholas would never agree to have lunch with me and eww!” Ajax exclaimed making a face.“Calm down bro.” Raphael assured him. “If he agrees, find a way to make him to leave the office and then you grab the master card and leave. You know where he drops it right?”Ajax nodded. “The top of the drawer. The right hand side.”“Great. Now. If plan A fails, we move to plan B.”Ajax grinned. He relaxed his back on the chair. Empty glass of smoothie was on their table as they con
“Yes Mr Nicholas.” Elena replied as she took in deep breaths to calm herself and tried her best to look innocent as possible.He walked up to her. “I believe we have met before, Miss Thorne. Correct me if I’m wrong?”Elena lifted her lips into a thin line as she summoned a smile.“Yeah, we have.” She said between tightened teeth.She looked around, she could see the other students wishing they were the ones that got this attention.“At my dad’s wedding.” She responded further. “The beautiful wedding that was going on before you and your beautiful lab here ended it and kept my dad in a miserable state.”She stopped talking immediately.She did not mean to sound so mean. Her eyes scanned the faces of the students who looked utterly horrified that she might be ruining their chances.Her gaze shifted to her professor and her professor shook her head slowly.She sent a pleading look her way and looked back at Nicholas who looked taken aback by her sudden outburst.She bit the insides of h
“Oh my God Ajax, what do we do?” Elena asked eyes wide in fear and shock.Ajax too had no idea what to do. They were supposed to clean the blood on the walls and floors.The tap was also broken.The knock resumed again, this time with more pressure.“Open the God damn door Ajax!”The very familiar voice spoke from the door. It was Raphael.Sighs of relief filled the restroom.“It’s just Raphael.” Elena murmured and walked forward to open the door.Ajax grabbed her back. “No you can’t. He does not know about the system thingy. He would freak out!” Ajax whispered hurriedly.The knock began frantically again. “Come on Ajax and Elena. Are you two doing some crazy shitty couple things? Don’t defile that toilet and please open the door.”Ajax swiped a stare at Elena. He could see the red tinge on her cheeks. He then realized how much she had changed.She had changed from being the blushing, cute, sweet Elena to a strong one. He could not tell whether he loved it or loathed it. Either ways,
Caroline shifted awkwardly, adjusting her dress because of Ajax’s stare. “You. You’re his date?”She chuckled lightly as she realized why he stared the way he did earlier.“No. No I’m not. My aunt is. She asked me to come and deliver a message. There would be change in plans.”Ajax nodded as he felt a weight lift of his chest. He wondered what about her not being with Nicolas made him feel relieved.Waving the thought aside, he shifted, giving her space to go in.***Classes at Richmore college had been going on as usual. Even their internship too. It was weird seeing Elena and Ajax being interns, seeing as they were only fresh man students, but they were not any regular freshman.Ajax had returned from lectures as usual to see Raphael seated as usual in his bed with his headphones and laptop. The only thing different was that Raphael shut his laptop quickly immediately he sighted Ajax coming in.The sound of his heart racing did not escape Ajax’s super sensitive ears.“Hey bro! You’
“What exactly is in the lab that you guard so much?” Ajax mumbled, mouth filled with food. Lately he had been more hungry than usual. Whenever he ate he could not stop himself from eating fast and too much. It had to be because of the extra strength he had been using from system.“Why do you even want to know?” Nicholas replied.The two of them were having dinner at a restaurant. Apparently, Ajax was supposed to keep him distracted and stall him until he receives the signal to bring him into the lab.“I think I deserve to know.” Ajax said throwing Nicholas a frown. Bits of the burger fell from his mouth and he smiled embarrassingly. He picked up the serviette and wiped him mouth clean.Nicholas stared at him for a while before resting back on the chair, his eyes scrutinizing Ajax.“Why are you having dinner with me?” Nicholas asked again.“I had a fight with Raphael. I am avoiding him.” Ajax lied straight up, reaching for a smoothie.“And….” Nicholas further inquired.“I needed to cal
A weak smile graced his features as he walked through it.His eyes flipped open and he saw himself sprawled out across the floor with his hands still reaching out and holding Raphael by the chains.He felt pain in every muscle but slowly the pain began to subside. As it subsided, strength came in. When he was strong enough, he snapped the chains apart and they broke, freeing Raphael.Raphael looked at him with a mixture of worry, sadness and some thing along the lines of love. “Are you okay?” Raphael asked as he quickly freed himself from the chains and rushed up to Ajax.He cupped his face and wiped away something from his eyes.Ajax had no idea he was even tearing up. He lifted his hands to wipe his own tears. That was when he saw that he was crying tears.His eyes flickered to the reflection of himself in a mirror not so far away. He gasped as he saw the trail of blood that ran from his eyes, down to his cheeks. His ears too had the trail of blood. His nose and mouth were not left o
THE following morning, Ajax woke up to an empty bed. He opened his eyes and the clock hanging just in front of him showed that it was noon.“Okay.” He murmured. “I think something is definitely wrong. How does one sleep till twelve in the afternoon.” He could hear the sound of water rushing from a door situated on the left side of the wall. He figured that it was the bathroom and that Elena was probably having her bath.He tried sitting up and that was when he noticed that he was tied down. He frowned but then the frown was replaced with a knowing smile. “Elena.” He called. “Are you trying to molest me?”There was no reply. He chuc kled and threw his head back on the bed as he sat waiting for her to come.About three minutes had gone by.“Who pays the water bill for this place?” Ajax wondered out loud. “You use a really lot of water.”Five minutes had gone by by and he frowned. That was odd. Elena never took that long to bath. He listened carefully and that was when he heard it. The s
Raphael and Elena huddled around him quickly. “Oh my God.” The two off them chorused repeating his words.“What are you going to do?” Elena asked looking up at him.“I have no clue.” Ajax answered, his heart racing. The call ended.“Give me that.” Raphael said grabbing it from Ajax’s hands. He turned it off and placed it in his pocket. “There.” He said smiling. “Problem solved.”***Nicholas had been calling Ajax all day. His workers back at Grey’s labs had been able to created more strips following Ajax’s parents experiment and methods.They had brought wears for safety and protection in preparation for the battle/ fight.Nicholas also got tiny tracking devices to fix on any of the people so that they could track them back to their abode.***“The place is not bad.” Raphael said as soon as they got in. “Our place is better, but it’s better than the dorms in school.”Ajax could not agree more. It looked like Caroline’s apartment back when she was dating Nate.The sitting room. Two roo
Ajax’s eyes scrutinized him. Now that was a lie. A big fat one. He was definitely going to keep it for himself. Now he was slowly beginning to see what Caroline was seeing.“That way, we live without fear of anything in and around our city.” Gregory added.“I would go with you on the day of the mission. I am doing this not just because I want my freedom for mainly for my love for Elena.” Ajax stated firmly. His eyes glanced at Elena who was sitting and watching them. The love and willingness to fight filled his eyes. “We stick together right?”Elena could not help the smile creeping up her face. She nodded at him. “Yes we do.”“This would be weird though.” Raphael said scratching his head. “Fighting against the people I have always loved and adored, But I am in too.”Gregory chuckled. “First of all, I really admire your willingness to join us. I really appreciate, but I am sorry you would not have to do that.”“What?” Raphael said frowning. His friends; Elena and Ajax had the sam
First it was the Ray of sunlight that hit his eyes. It woke him up, but he did not open his eyes. He laid there for a while. Suddenly, a shadow crossed, shielding the sun away from his eyes.He slowly opened his eyes and met Elena’s brown ones.“Hey.” Ajax mumbled in his groggy night voice.“Good afternoon.” She greeted with a smile.He frowned. “Afternoon?”That was when he saw the red lipstick on her lips and her eyelashes coated in mascara with a wing liner. His eyebrows knitted deeper. She was convered in make up. Was it really not morning?He tried getting up, but Elena was on him keeping him down.“Yas.” She said as she sat up, giving him his personal space. “You have been sleeping till almost three o’clock in the afternoon.” Elena pointed out.He sat up and grabbed his watch from the drawer close to their bed. His eyes grew wide. “What? How!” He exclaimed in disbelief.“You must have been really stressed out these couple days. Have you even been sleeping?” Elena asked as she cl
She could not see the person doing it. The person blended with the darkness. She hurried towards Raphael. “Are you okay?” She whispered as she helped him up. She pulled him behind her as she enhanced her eye sight so that she could see clearly in the night.She could make out three figures. Two men and a woman. They were hiding at strategic positions.Raphael’s heart was racing erratically as he stood behind Elena. He could see barely nothing in this darkness.He glanced at Ajax. Ajax who was still dressed in his white shirt and corporate pants was crouched.Suddenly, Ajax flung his hands in the air and a figure fell to the floor, landing a little distance from Raphael. Raphael gasped in surprise.Ajax was very alert. He had no idea who their attackers were. These were one of those times he was happy that his girlfriend also had a system. She was a strong girl and could fend off these people on her own, but he could not help but still worry for her.His eyes turned to check up on
“Damn bro.” Raphael said smiling and patting Ajax’s back in pride. “You are one smart ass.”Ajax threw him a smile. “Of course I am.”The two continued walking. In the dark lonely street.It was late and people had gone to bed. There was not a single soul in sight. The two young boys had fallen silent that was when they felt the cold bite of the chill wind.“Uh.. so what are.. where are we going?” Raphael said rubbing his hands against his body to create heat.“I have no idea man. I am just walking.” Ajax said turning to Raphael.The two tried to hold a serious expression but failed and ended up laughing hysterically.“Hold up.” Ajax said stopping. “Let me try Elena. Maybe she would lead us to where she is.”***Elena had gotten to the quarters, her eyes red and face covered with dried tears. She had walked all the way to the place with a heavy heart and tears spilling down her eyes till there was no tears left to cry.How did she get here? How did her sweet relationship with Ajax
Elena got to the stairs and stopped. She looked back at Ajax. He was not making even the slightest move to even chase after her. It broke her heart to say the least. Was he actually choosing Nicholas and Caroline over her? Her eyes flickered to Caroline who stood at a corner. She glanced at Raphael. He shook his head at her with his expression torn between worry, disappointment, sadness and betrayal.She turned to Ajax, he still stood with shock. She could see the little pool of tears gathering in his eyes.Her heart was breaking. Was he actually not coming after her. Her vision began to get blurred as the tears that was in her eyes threatened to fall.She spun around and ran up the stairs into her room and shut the door behind her. Her breathing ragged she took in deep breaths to calm herself.Slowly the reality of everything that just happened began to dawn on her. Ajax had just chosen Caroline and Nicolas over her.She had just lost him. She had lost Ajax. Her lips parted in d
Ajax, Caroline and Raphael turned around and saw Elena standing and watching them with a frown.Tension and silence descended amidst them, making the atmosphere thick. “Oh hi.” Caroline greeted with a cheerful smile, her voice light as a squeak.Suddenly, she felt a flurry of wind hit her as she saw a blur of white and then Elena was tackled into a hug.She gasped at the sudden movement. Was that how much he missed her? She could not help but smile at the duo. No, she did not feel any atom of jealousy. She had fully gotten over Ajax that she could not see him in such light anymore.As for Ajax, all he did was listen to Caroline tell the story of Elena when he heard the soft voice he had been craving to hear for days now.The sight of her felt like he had been in a dark room for a really long and was finally let out to see the light.Although his girl had frown lines on her head with a scowl and eye bags that showed that she had not been sleeping and how stressed she had been, yet she