Trouble comes knocking. Again!
“Hm” The soft wheezing of Frank matched the rhyme jor the car engine. They had been out all night. And finally, he could not be anymore grateful for the fact they were returning back home. It was such a long ride but he did not mind the distance it took. So far they’d get home. And then he’d settle for a hot bath.The chatter of his parents in the front seat did not bother him. He was far from home for him to notice. Their vehicle hummed along the path, the deserted road as they went home. Their speed trailed high enough such that if there was a traffic police on the road here, they’d pull them over.Still, all was well that went well. This was what he liked to think. Unfortunately, today was not one of those days.With soft breaths, his eyelids blinked, they threatened to shut out his vision. His subconscious fought hard against that. He had to stay awake. He loved to stay awake. Since he’d grown up, he had taken it upon himself to ensure that his parents were alright. It did not mat
“Ack!” Frank gasped as his eyes flipped open.He was back in the present. And about him, state of the art medical equipment continued to beep every now and then.He exhaled. His chest felt the painful wheeze, making him squeeze his face in a grimace. It was painful.But that did not bother him. What mattered was one question. Where was here?He closed his eyes now. The pain in his head spread out all over. Most likely a migraine. He knew better than to raise his head just like that. He felt an itch in his right arm but since he could not move, he ignored it. His lips twitched as they tried to mitigate his whimpering over the pains.He exhaled once more. He had a flashback to the first day he used his system.The first day he realized that he had been cursed. And that guess was it from heaven. He came down here with the hopes he would find a way to remove it. Unfortunately for him; Things did not go the way he hoped.Now, he has been dragged into a fight. Although he was mostly curiou
“Tch!” Frank sighed.Life was unfair to Frank. Just when he thought he had everything going for him, he had his first two subjects killed while he struggled with sleep in the back. While he woke to the aftermath. Perhaps, if the blood of his parents did not splatter to his face, he would have continued to sleep. Now, he was only trying to understand how tog place himself in this new world he found. And then life struck again. He lost his hand. Almost as if a bad luck streak was following him, so far.He shut his eyes, shut out the pain. He was numb to the tears that rolled down his face. He felt nothing. But his body still grieved. He felt the initial pinches of aches down his arm. Where his hand ought to be. But after that, it was no more.He felt nothing. Life was obviously not designed for people like him to enjoy. It was designed in the way that he would only get hurt no matter what he did.And even if he did not get hurt, he would end up getting others hurt. And to be honest, Fr
“And that, my friend, is how you do it!” A voice sounded just outside the door of the ward. It spoked the curiosity of Lekan as he heard it.His eyes widened in a flash, his instaibfts kicking out. Suddenly, cold sweat broke out on his skin as a sense of dread overlapped him.But before he could make a move…Light flashed. KA-BOOOOOOOOMMMM!The resulting force of the explosion rammed against him. It flung him for the bed wuth sudden mommegtim, slamming his mass against the IV stand and the wall. He gasped for breath, the bed alps dashing into the air.“Ah!” Lekan exhaled.His chest rose heavily as he gasped for breath. His eyes widening, Just ahead of him, smoke cleared. The shattered entrance to the ward door revealing some figures standing and staring at him. Each of them had a smile.And amongst the lot of them, only two of them appeared to be familiar.Was that the Whip?And that girl? The girl who kissed him the last time they saw each other. The last time they fought.the new f
The loud thumping in his ears told him he was ready. The sound of his heartbeat reboundeing against his rib cage accentuated that claim. His limbs shivered with ethereal might. His muscles condensed and expanded, taking in more of the demonic presence. It ate up the power that made him more than a threat for them on a one to one matchup.However when faced by all of them; That would not be the outcome. He knew it. He could not risk it. He hardly knew the limits of his system and already he would not take it far in this battle. Chip them off one by one. Prevent them from banding together. Though he greatly doubted their ability to band together. The harmony Leslie and that boy shared was missing amongst these ones. They were ragtag group of murderers. And he was their target. Still, he would not give them that benefit of doubt. His eyes quickly scanned the entire room. The first one in reach was none other than her.The girl who kissed him during the last encounter.Lekan snarled, hi
The wind filtered in behind him. The smell of burnt out matter rose steadily in the air. It reminded him of the state of things he was in. His ward had almost been obliterated to bits by the grenade launcher. And it was strange that nobody had come to the area yet. Maybe they had, but on the sight of these men, they chose to wait on the side of caution. Caution which he was barely hanging on to now. It was what kept him at bay. It constantly reminded him of how dangerous these guys were. He’d tried his best. But it wasn't enough. Still, there was nobody here but him. The only one to buy his salvation was him and nobody else. And today, he was not going to go down. Not by these men Not by the system Bureau. He’d run them down. Brutalize their whole existence for even bothering him. His eyes blazed with intense hatred as he watched them. There is the moment of respite they enjoyed now. And while they used it to strategize or understand him, he used it to catch his breath. And to we
Lekan grimaced, staggering backwards. He wanted more. He ached for more. His body roared in anger as the heat increased within his chest. He thundered with a threatening roar. His body exploded forward. The smile from the Returning Man told him that this was it. This was a defining moment. Their fists sailed towards one another. But Lekan was faster. With one tilt to the left side, his right arm smacked down on the offending hand. The yell of pain and surprise encouraged him. Blood red vision before him, he groaned, nothing would stop him. Vindication thundered within his heart. It propelled him forward, lifting his knee up into the air. And a second later, the kene angled forward, smashing right into the solar plexus of the Returning man. The Returning Man buckled under the pain. Never did he think that he would be outsmarted.The prided himself as being the one who had the system that did this to others. Not had this played out to him. To see the sudden up in the switch o
Maimed human? Few things got Frank angry in this life he lived. And one of them was calling people names. Undeserved names. There had to be a civil side to life. A side which could tolerate other people despite the differences they all shared. A side that could see the good in others, rather than call them on what they were short on. He got the idea that people had to be corrected. As a king, he had the right to call people out on what it was that they lacked. He had to be blunt if he was doing that. But in the case foLee Min, this was not it. It was a complete assery. He would not have it. This time, even if Leslie would step in between them, he would not let her get them apart. He damned the rules as he glared at the eastern boy in his face. Leslie sensing the heat between the two of them quickly stepped up in the midst of them. She sighed, shaking her head as she pointed to the door. With that gesture, she prayed in her heart that Lee would take it. That he would use the