“Hey man. Have you checked out that stuff you grabbed from your parents labs yet?” Raphael asked changing the topic.The air became tense as two pairs of eyes were fixed on him.He sighed. “Yeah I have.”***After the ‘night of horror’, Ajax had never really had the chance to check out the object he snatched from his parents labs.One faithful hot afternoon, he had returned to his dorm to see a note from Raph, telling him that he would not be around till evening as he had gone out with his girl.Ajax thanked his stars and quickly fished out the object from the hiding spot.It was a microphone thingy. He didn’t know the name, but he knew what it was.Whenever scientist were carrying out experiments, they usually used it to record their experiments.He pressed the play button and the sound of his mother’s voice coming from it made his heart swell and tighten at the same time.It was a bittersweet feeling. It was a new feeling he could not quite describe.“Preliminary report. Device 7001
“Wow…” Ajax mumbled under his breath. “What exactly did they run here?” Ajax asked, his gaze shifting to Nicholas.Nicholas shrugged. “Find out and see. Check it out yourself.”Ajax nodded and walked in. A very familiar object that sat under a table caught his eyes. It was the ball he used to play with when he was younger. A smile graced his lips. He felt a warmth spread through his chest.A wrapper of his favorite candy too was there. He wondered how long it had been there.“My team and I found out about this place and their fraudulent activities few months after they had begun.” Nicholas said.“How come this went on for months and even you, Nicholas with a shrewd eyes didn’t find out.” Ajax asked.“Well…. All I can say is that your parents are really good at their game.” Nicholas said with a shrug. Ajax watched Ada his lips tilted upwards in a teasing smile. “You think I have a shrewd eyesight… aw”Ajax rolled his eyes at him.“You can visit whenever you want. I think you would lo
What did you do Nathaniel?” Ajax spat. He spat it with so much disgust as though it was a bitter thing in his mouth. Nate stiffened and was visibly shocked by the way Ajax addressed him. “Don’t. Ever. Call. Me. That. Again.” He said taking a threatening step to Ajax at each word.“Oh please. What are you going to do?” Ajax asked rolling his eyes. “Fall unconscious when I throw a punch in your face?” A smirk graced Ajax’s face as he watched Nate’s face morph into a scowl.“Now if you would excuse me, I got to go back to my girl and my bro.” Ajax said turning around. “My girl.” He repeated, placing more emphasis on the word ‘MY.’“In whatever you do, do not trust Nicholas.” Nate called out to him.Ajax stopped but did not turn around.“I know you are beginning to have your own doubts about trusting him, so this is me confirming them. Do not trust him.” Nate said further.Nate’s voice had a tone in it that made Ajax feel like he was saying the truth.Ajax turned to face him. “You know
“He what!” Elena exclaimed.“Yeah.” Ajax said and went to his bed and sat down.“You are not considering going. Are you?”Ajax’s silence gave her the answer.“Oh Christ!” She sighed exasperated. “You really are going!”“Calm down.” Ajax muttered. “It is going to be fine. I just need answers.”“Answers? You already got the lab to yourself! Why do you need to see that psychotic bastard?” She paused and stared at him pointedly. “Except there is something you are not telling us.”Ajax rolled his eyes. “I’m not hiding any thing from you. Oh come on.” Ajax sighed heavily. “Fine. I am not going to see him.”Raphael was just sitting at his corner watching the two of them banter.“Well…..” Raphael cut in, interrupting their banter. “You have to tell Nicholas that the lab is not just limited to you. If you go in, Team REA goes with you.”“Yeah.” Elena said siding him.Ajax ran his hands through his hair in exasperation for the umpteenth time. He was sure his mop hair had gotten more moppier if
“We probably might not be chosen to be part of the ball you know.” Raphael mumbled to himself but Ajax heard him.“We heard that!” Ajax responded. “I do hope we do not get accepted because I just want go to my dorm and probably stop by my house back at my home town and rest.” Ajax said, waiting to hear Elena’s spiteful reply.“Why are you quiet?” Ajax called out. He was straightening out the next suit he had just worn. “Okay fine. I hope we do get accepted.” He rolled his eyes.He pushed the door open to show Elena the suit but was surprised when he met an empty seat.“Of course she would ditch us.” He mumbled to himself. The sound of Raphael’s door opening made him turn around.Raphael was wearing a black tux with a white shirt. The tux had a black bow tie which was tied up neatly. His jacket fit perfectly on his body. The color and the quality of the material used was looking exotic and exquisite. He looked really handsome.He looked so fine that Ajax couldn't help but stare for a m
Elena spotted him too. “Oh. I don’t know. I didn’t know he was going to be here.”“Elena. Who is Alex?” Ajax finally said, spitting out the burning question in his mind.“He was my first boyfriend and the cause of my first heart break.”Ajax nodded. “So he is not a threat?”Elena could not help but smile. “I love jealous Ajax. You are so cute when jealous. And nope. He is not a threat. I just went to say hi to him when I saw him at the mall earlier this evening.”Ajax heaved a sigh of relief and placed a kiss on her forehead. “I love you Elena and I don’t ever want another man to take you away from me.”She chuckled staring deep into his eyes. “I love you Ajax. And I will be here with you always. No one is taking me away.”“Always?”“Always.”“Oh it’s the love birds again. Hi, Elena.” A deep familiar masculine voice sounded close to them.The two broke their stare and turned to the intruder. It was Alex.He stretched his hands forward for a handshake.Ajax just stared at it with an ex
Raphael had just spotted Elena at a dark corner. Her white sparkling dress was what drew his attention.He approached her. He squinted and noticed that there was someone standing in the dark corner with her. “Elena? ” he called, surprised. She turned around and saw him, but she quickly looked away. Raphael saw tears in her eyes. They twinkled, reflecting light.Raphael looked to the person she was with and he immediately recognized him as Alex. Elena’s ex.It was then he saw the compromising position they were. Elena was leaning against a wall, Alex holding her hands and caressing her waist while their bodies were pressed together from behind.Alex released an exasperated sigh when he saw Raphael approaching them."What is going-" Raphael was saying but before he could finish his sentence, Elena pushed herself off Alex's body and disappeared in a blur.The action made him short of words.“-on here?” He finally said, completing his sentence.“And she also has a system.” Alex mumbled
Ajax itched to follow him and catch up with him, but he could not risk it. If he did, Nicholas would for sure know that he had a system.AsAlex left, Nicholas’s head fell in exhaustion.“Oh, this child. He wants to stress me.” Nicholas drawled in frustration.He took a deep breath, in a bid to gain strength and determination. His eyes grew hard, his stare pointed, his shoulders squared and then he handed the taser in his hands to Ajax, then he turned around and started to walk towards his van and his team.“C’mon guys. This one has got super speed. I’ve got my tracker on him. He could not have gone too far.”Ajax and Raphael remained in their position watching everything unfold.“Is it just me or did Nicolas spare that asshole with a system?” Raphael asked.“Looks like. Keep watching tho.” Ajax replied and watched as Nicholas pulled out what seemed to be an iPad from his pocket.Ajax wondered how that could even fit in there.Nicholas swiped the iPad open and zoned in on the location
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