The walk through the tunnel finally ended as the man taking the lead finally took the left turn, bringing him in front of a gate, small to allow two people abreast, yet crowded with bright blinking lights. The broad shoulder man had instructed him earlier, to take off his air pipe, as the air within the tunnel was refined and freed from the toxin in the environment. It was true that Damian hated the fact of being kidnapped again, but the idea was one he had welcomed with open arms. One thing about breathing naturally is that it makes everything natural. It had a way of keeping at bay that psychological phobia of the apocalypse. And there was the smell of coziness and the sense of living for another day. How he wished he had lived old enough to behold the beauty of the world from the very beginning. Aaron had shown him about the hanging towers of Bel Haven, the lush green and the vitality that once held the earth with its charm. There had
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“What are we going to do now? How do we know it is not right in our heads?” “We should get out of here,” Catherine said, looking up as if Damian had just voiced her mind. Her ageless features had returned, blending with that calmness that Damian was all too familiar with. Mood swing and the ability to remain calm under diverse situations was one of the many things about Catherine that Damian admires a lot. She had a unique characteristic of knowing what and how to do things, no matter how trivial. Damian couldn’t help but think of his grandmother whenever Catherine pulled off such features. His granny was one person in the universe who had such a rare trait until he had met Catherine. And the woman has never ceased to amaze him. “Okay,” Damian nodded and held her shoulder gently. “That’s the exit” He pointed to the door, “It is an underground tunnel, one that would take us back to the street, and right to the spot where I was abducted. God help us if the Darkeel follow us there.”
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Again, the Founders, as Merck had called them, started running in his direction, a blazing ball sitting perfectly on their amplifier. They were attacking again, they were going to try to add more goals to the scoreline. They were going to push his rib and force it to crack.Damian swallowed and readied himself. Catherine was watching from the stand, she had instructed him on how to work his way through the arena without getting his body tossed around like a useless bag. Well, as always, her instructions were easier said than done. Execution was the problem. Plus, she had said so many things that he was finding it hard to distinguish what to do and what not to do.Just do something goddamn it. A small voice at the back of his head yelled. His heart was already racing, and with the speed at which the Founders were coming at him, he doubted he could
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The words had barely left Catherine’s lips when something strong jabbed his side. An electrifying pain coursed from his chest to his legs, hands and spine, almost exploding his body. Damian gnashed his teeth and turned his attention early enough to catch the smirk on the face of the beast. It was the founder, the biggest one in the group. For some odd reason, it had pushed Damian, even though Damian was not with the ball or standing in its way and the speed and strength were something Damian could not explain. All he knew was that one moment he was arguing with Catherine and the next moment, he was spinning in the air like a weightless object. The ground looked distant now, with the many people cheering in the stadium. He must have floated about a thousand feet off the ground before he started to descend with the same initial force. He tried to yell, to scream, and to hold something, anything but the empty air. Yet all effort was f