“It’s a really great party!” A girl named Kelly greeted with the weirdest smile ever. She was dressed in the skimpiest out fit ever. That was what she was known for in the college. For Her dressing fits. Always exposing.She had thick eyeliner and glitters everywhere in her make up. Elena found it cool, pretty and dark in a way, but it was not something she would ever see herself wearing.It was 8 o’clock in the night when people started arriving. Elena was at the door welcoming everyone with a bright smile.“Damn. Your place is really nice!” Another guy Elena knew as the basketball team’s captain said as he walked in.Several girls walked in giggling and waving ‘hi’s’ to Elena and giving nice comments here and there.Ajax and Raphael had made sure every lighting was in place. Decorations were appropriate. Party games too. Anything that would make a party splendid? Name it. They made it available. They made sure the party was one that people would keep talking about for weeks
“Oh I’ve been great.” Adam answered nodding his head and looking sheepish.Elena wondered the relationship between the duo because from the look of things, Adam was acting like Ajax was way older than him. He was regarding Ajax with so much respect.“Hi Elena!” He turned to Elena, greeting her with a smile.Elena threw a smile back, nodding at him, acknowledging him. Everything about him felt and seemed familiar but she could not quite tell out pin point it.“Sorry have we met before?” Elena was forced ahead as she stared at him quizzically.Adam laughed nervously as his eyes flickered between Ajax and Elena. “Umm. Yeah. Kinda.”Elena became interested and took a step closer, reducing the distance between them.“Please elaborate because my brain seems all jumbled up. I can’t seem to remember where I saw this face.”Adam chuckled nervously again. “Well….. when we met… you almost choked me to death.” He said gesturing with his hands. “Does it ring a bell?”Elena shook her head. Honestly
“ Natasha?” He repeated staring at her unsurely.“Raphy baby” she slurred blinking at him seductively, her lashes fanning her cheeks.It had been a long while since Raphael set his eyes on Natasha. She had gone AWOL after their split and seeing her here at the party was… crazy.It was good to see her though, but there was something about her that had changed and he could not quite figure it out.“Hey Natasha.” He greeted as he pulled her up to stand properly.“I miiiiissssedd yurrrr!” She slurred staring at him.Yup. This mama was wasted. Beyond wasted.“Give me that. Can I have that?” Raphael said grabbing the bottle from her hands rather not-gently.“Naaaaahhh!” Natasha whined and tried to take it from him but she missed her step and almost fell, but he caught her just in time.“Come with me.” Raphael said holding and supporting her. His eyes scanned the room to look for Elena, but she was no where to be found. He did not know how to handle this. This was supposed to be Elena’s thin
Hey!” Adam whispered , wincing and stretching his hands forward to calm Caroline downThe two of them were still in her room. “You are screaming. You will attract people.”“Oh come on.” Caroline said. Elena could imagine her rolling her eyes and waving her hands dismissively. “Elena is taking her time watching Ajax who is drunk as hell!” Caroline continue. “That was a good idea though. Getting Ajax drunk. Raphael is also still under your compulsion in the guests room. Besides, the party is loud. They definitely can’t hear a thing from up here. Those kids are outside keeping an eye out for us. What could happen?” The girl Caroline mumbled, explaining her line of reasoning.Had Elena heard enough? Should she go in? She was getting new information and she knew she needed more.They had the guts to compel Raphael. And it was Adam that did it, that meant that Adam had a system. She felt like she knew all of these but she could not remember how and when and why.Of course he had a system. S
Raphael was sat on the bed while Natasha sat on the floor beside him, a knife to her wrist. Blood stains splattered everywhere on the floor and Elena saw red. Blinded with rage she marched towards them.“Wait! Stop!” Raphael screamed at Elena as she marched to them. She stopped abruptly staring at him with a raised eyebrow.“Natasha has been compelled. She just keeps saying that she has to keep me in and distracted and if I try to leave, she will have to cut herself till she bleeds out.” Raphael explained.Elena walked to Natasha who was crying profusely as she held the knife to her wrist. “I don’t want to do this Elena.” Natasha cried. “But I can’t stop myself.”Elena nodded at her tried to take the knife away from her gently, but Natasha’s grip on it was strong.“Oh.” Elena breathed as she understood that Natasha could not also bring herself to drop the knife.Elena looked up sighing before turning to her. “I’m sorry but I have to-” she threw a
Raphael and Ajax had begun their job back at Grey’s labs. Every day they went to work. Most nights, they spent it there.Nicholas who had no idea that they had resumed was beyond shocked when he met them in their lab.He was just taking a walk down the hallways to the elevator when he heard sounds of voices coming from down the opposite side of the hallways. He stilled in surprise and perplexity and slowly approached the direction of the voice wondering which of his workers had the guts to venture into Mr and Mrs Ronald’s lab.He was beyond surprised to see Ajax and Raphael sitting on the floor with papers and documents scattered all over the table and floor.“What the hell!” Nicholas exclaimed in surprise.Raphael and Ajax’s eyes snapped up to him immediately. The dark circles under their eyes were evidences that they had been working and not slept.“Were you not given two weeks break Ajax?” Nicholas started mustering every strictness in him.“No Nick. It was just one. I Apologize
“I’m sorry Greg.” Adam stated. “ We tried our best but we could not get it back.”Caroline and Adam stood before him with their heads bowing in respect.They dared not to raise it up or look into his eyes. From their train of sight, all they could see was his billion dollar shoe and expensive clothing from his thoracic region below.“What?” Gregory answered.“We searched everywhere.” Caroline said her voice visibly quivering. “But-”“Adam.” Greg’s voice thundered cutting her off. “Take her to the dungeons. She needs to feel what it is like to anger me and not fulfill tasks. I have been too lenient with you Caroline.”Caroline gasped as horror flashed across her face. She fell to her knees, her hands grabbing his shoes, crying. “Please. Please. Give me more time. I promise I would get it back.” Her blonde hair was all over the place as she pleaded desperately for her life to be spared.She knew what it meant to face his wrath and she was not sure she was ready for it.“It’s too late.”
It was not long after Elena jammed the door and climbed up the stairs to her room, did she hear a sound at the door.She began stomping down the stairs ready to punch Caroline’s face. She was just a few steps to the door when it opened.Okay. That’s crazy. Every door in the house could only be opened by a key card. How did she get the key card to open the door?Raphael and Ajax stumbled in looking tired as ever. Although they came in with what seemed to be take outs and some groceries.Every anger she was feeling the past few seconds dissipated as she went to pull the two of them into a hug, sighing in relief.She grabbed the groceries from them and set them on the center table. On a second thought, she walked to door and opened it looking from left to right trying to see if Caroline was gone. She sighted her sitting on the sidewalks opposite the house.Caroline gestured with her two hands together as though pleading but Elena threw her the middle finger and banged the door.***It wa
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