Another sunny day at work at Cam’s café. During the summer, Cam held this celebration. It was another anniversary of his café but he celebrated it uniquely. This year’s celebration had a Christmas theme. The previous year’s theme was Halloween. Ajax was not really a fan of Christmas.The previous year, he did not celebrate Halloween with his gramps neither did they celebrate Christmas. But this Cam’s cafe anniversary Christmas thingy, he was feeling it.He found himself in a happy and uplifted spirit. He arrived very early that morning and joined the coworkers in decorating the café.“Hmm, someone is in a good mood today.” Elena remarked as she walked over to him holding a role of lights. “What has got you so excited?”“Honestly, I do not know. And ouch. Does it mean I’m not usually in a good mood.” Ajax said feigning hurt.Elena’s eyeball grew as her mouth parted. “Uh… no, no I didn’t mean it that way. I just meant that you look really excited.”“Aww, poor Elena” a colleague comment
The first time Ajax came to Richmore University, he was awed by its beauty. Tall gigantic buildings stood tall and elegant. Students walked by passed him. Some alone, some in two’s, some in groups.He had come on one of those visits in which parents take their kids to different colleges of their choice. It was Vaughn that took him.He used to think when he gets in he would be either walking to class alone- because Caroline was not studying the same course as he was. Then when returning from class, he would be with his girl, Caroline.Life always threw curve balls, twisting and turning plans.Here Ajax was, with a girl as he speculated. The only difference was that it was not the girl. It was Elena and her Mum.The both of them; Elena and Ajax had resigned from their job at Parker’s café.Elena was moving into her dorm that morning. So was Ajax.Ajax watched Elena walk into the female dormitory with her mum helping her to carry her things.He had no one to help him so he carried the
Ajax checked his time. It was now fifteen minutes past six o’clock in the evening. He was yet to receive a message or call from Nicholas.***Ajax had gone to class that day. He was grateful to life for Raphael because despite the tour that Raphael gave him the previous day, he would have missed his way.Thankfully, he and Raphael had lectures in the same faculty as both were science students.He had finished learning for the day early. He had about two hours before his meeting with Nicholas so he decided to rest for a while.Infact, to sum everything up, his day was going great until he slept off in his room. By the time he woke up it was few minutes to six o’clock.“Shit!” He cursed as he freshened up hurriedly. He checked his phone and he was already two minutes late.There was no call from Nicholas except for the message he received the previous night that read“Sure. Cam’s café. 6pm.”He boarded a taxi that took him to Cam’s café. It was a forty five minutes drive.When he got t
Few weeks have gone since Ajax’s meeting with Nicholas. He had vowed to eradicate system from the earth because that was what his parents. If it was their mandate and also the reason they died, he wasn’t going to let their death be in vain. When he vowed that, he was hell bent and it felt like the right thing to do.Not until when he was on his way home from the meeting that he started replaying everything in his head. He had a system in him. A system that Nicholas knew nothing about. Would he be a hypocrite to wipe them all away and spare his own? Because he had sort of grown attached to her. Literally. Yup. He still referred to his system as she/ her.And what about the good ones? Because his system was good. It was the reason he could attend college. Without her tasks and missions, he would not have earned enough money to keep him in college.Even Vaughn had no idea about his system. He had even lied to Vaughn that he had enough money to keep himself in school. It wasn’t a lie th
“My girlfriend. Lydia.” Raphael said and placed a chaste kiss on her cheeks. “We would be heading out right now. I’ll be back before lights out.” He added.Ajax watched them in his frozen position as Raphael took off his shirt. Threw another shirt over his head. Put on some colognes and walked off with Lydia holding his arms.Why was he even surprised! They were both sophomores! Raphael and Lydia knowing each other was not far fetched.He had just finished his classes for the day when he walked in to see Lydia.He had to get ready for Elena. He needed to do more than just nice.Even though it was not a real date, he knew he had to make this one memorable.He knew she liked him, she always gave him the green light. He could see the way she stared at him. He knew he also felt something for her, but because he still had something for Caroline, it kind of overshadowed his feelings for her.Asking her to join him to see the beautiful view was just the right thing and her knew it.He decide
Ajax had accompanied Elena on the way back to her dorm. He could not believe that nearly everything he thought he knew about her were lies. Apparently, he was being too inquisitive the day they met and she had to lie just to be safe. Ajax could not just tell her that he was not the one that was being inquisitive but it was his system.He could already picture her staring at him like he had grown two heads or like he had gone mad. So he kept quiet and walked her to her dorm.“Thank you for tonight. I’m really sorry it had to be cut short.” Elena apologized as they got to the front of her dorm.Ajax nodded. “It’s fine. It’s not your fault. I do hope your roommate is fine. We could do this some other time if you don’t mind though.”Elena smiled at him. She reached forward and gently placed her lips on his cheeks, pecking him good night. She turned and disappeared into the dorm.It was dark and still raining hard. Ajax started his walk back to his dorm that was not so far away. He rep
As he stared the fear that crept into him doubled up. He could literally feel the palpitating sensation of his heart beating erratically.A scientist with glowing red eyes was feeding on what seemed to be the heart of one of the students. He glanced around and saw bodies of several people bent in inhuman positions. Presumably dead.He was yet to notice his course mates who stood around just like him until they screamed.He could not help but scream too. The only door close to him was the one he had used to come in. The other one was at the far end of the building.The students knew better than to go to that one because they would have to cross the glowing red eyed Mr Richmore.The swam of students rushed to him and door. He tried to pull it open but it refused to bulge. It seemed as though it was locked from outside. Everyone pressed on him trying to get the door open.Screams of his classmates blocked his ear and all he could see was his life before his eyes as they pushed him to get
It was weekend and Ajax had no lectures. He and Raphael headed to the labs.“Are we taking an Uber?” Raphael asked as he shut the dorm door behind him. He was dressed in a white cooperate shirt and brown plain trousers. The shirt was buttoned to the top and a black tie rested loosely on his collar. Ajax just had a T- shirt on with light blue denim jeans trousers and some casual shoes.“Yeah, sure.” Ajax replied. He was deep in thought. The events of Halloween night could not go out of his mind. He was surprised twice. First Elena’s boyfriend was Nate. Did she even know who Nate was? And secondly Raphael.***“Is he bothering you?” Nate asked as he got to them.“Nate?” Ajax said staring at him dead in the eyes, his features torn between surprise and anger. Surprise that Elena was dating that douche bag. How long have they been together? Okay, that aside, he was pissed that Nate found Elena was wanted to use her the way he used Caroline to get to him.The thought pissed him off that he
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