"Why are you looking at me like that?" The man questioned adjusting the front part of his brown baseball cap which was supposed to be facing his front in the same direction his eyes were but was doing the opposite and his slight nudge of it wasn't meant to fix that but to press it even more down on his head which stretched the skin of his forehead a little
"You know you can be disgusting some times... Ever heard of a silent whistle? No? What about a silent yawn?" The lady in front of him with her hands resting on her hips with the back of the wrists repremanded the man with an overdramatic scowl on her face
"What does a whistle being silent have to do with any of this?" replied the man
As a response to the reply of confusion the gentleman she had just berated gave the lady with the microphon
"You serious?" Bright held her by the shoulders pushing his way to be in front of her as he asked his question almost looking eye ball to eye ball but he only managed to get a less than a second long flick of her eyes stare at his as all her attention was placed on myself who hadn't yet turned aroundThey were looking at me from the side as we both stood on the same pavement so unless I turned in their direction they would forever be left unseen to me and where they stood was in the opposite direction which Tony had driven through so the chances of turning in their direction was even less"Yes" she respondedFrom her halt it looked to be like she knew me or at least about me because she had been standing still for far longer than what was expected of a stranger. Maybe we've both met before somepla
The sudden mention of my name right on the street was a little surprising and filled with intrigue that I took a quick pause which threw me and my balance off a bit as I wasn't expecting that"Yes?" I turned to lock eyes with two strangers which I had never seen before but was quick to accept the fact that they might know me even though I didn't them then I took a second to look and observe the both of them from their clothes, expressions, body language and then to the phone clenched in the hand of the man behind who tried to hide it from view the way he kept his arm with the front of his hand unnaturally turned forwardWith all that happening, in my mind I also took the account of reporters and camera people stationed outside my place of work whose dressing was somewhat of a reflection of theirs and also the guy dressed like another of the camera men sta
"How're you feeling? Hope they didn't shake you up too much" Said King on his way back to his station behind the counter which was in the same room we both were but close to the middle of it"No, I'm alright... thanks for that by the way but I could have handled it myself" I said while dabbing my clothes and straightening it up a bit"Sure you can" He smiled"I'm being serious" I said taking a look at my clothes and what they had done to it in their frantic questioning and clustering and even after dabbing it the residual influence of their ambush still lingered"Good and I believe you but all the same sorry I didn't notice your coming sooner, I would have gone out earlier and made them to stay away from you if I did... Damn reporter
Going back to less than twenty four hours ago just after Praise .Moon. Charlie was introduced to the rest of the office by the official and everyone had given her their words of congratulations and encouragement as best as they could have and however unanimous the encouraging words from the rest of her co-workers were one stood out profoundlyIt was the words from the most notoriously known and avoided male employee with very pink pigmented skin, thinning hair and droopy nose sleazy looking worker who always wore a bow tie to work instead of the expected long knotted neck tieHis exact words were "I know you are going to make everyone here to have a good time, me especially... If you want we can have a great time together" to Praise who could only respond with an awkward short laugh before walking away from him and to her cubicle *Tsk*"That guy... always feeling so special with everyone calling him Mr. genius this and Mr. genius that... I'll show him... He thinks he can come between the two of us doesn't he, well he will have to think again as I won't be taking this while lying down this time" he monologued in an empty passage with nothing but hateful remarks before walking out the way as well and signing out but by which time I had already gotten into a taxi and leftPraise on the other hand had just crossed the street and was getting into a taxi when he walked out and watched her do it just when the rain started falling and was beginning to get him drenched but he was too occupied staring at her taxi leave to feel concerned about his damp clothesFrom inside the building and in the registry behind the counter King wouldI AM BEYOND HUMAN BEER PARLOR
[Who in the world is that person at the far background that's also blurred in the picture? I swear seeing that out of nowhere gave me the creeps][I can't believe I missed that... Who the hell is that?]The comments being made underneath the picture a certain new GHA Log Outpost female worker with long black curly hair had sent to her social media page in her room while she was busy hosting a podcast with her headphones on and the desk microphone very close to her face"...I'll have to admit it, today, was, the best day of my life but enough of me talking about myself even if that's what you guys want to hear... Why don't I take a few questions from you guys and for that I will be opening the line so that you can send you voices in just like always" Said the long curly hair lady named Praise
Meanwhile, somewhere else in the same district and after a dozen glasses of the same heavy alcoholic beverage the sleazy droopy nosed worker tried to keep his balance on the chair he was seating on while still ordering more while the attendant held on to his payment card to continue making deductions and all he had to do was approve themIn places like bars and eateries and the very crowded places with food and drinks where a person was likely to get drunk the owner would have to approve the payment by pressing his finger on a scanner so as not to get scammed by the cashier inputting more than the expected amount but for taxi and public transport the likeliness of someone being tricked there was lesserThe vehicle automatically calculates the distance traveled when the driver starts clocking after the passenger has gotten in and makes the deduction when the car
Both the sleazy droopy nosed worker and the mystery lady with ocean blue eyes would go on to talk about themselves and their work for a stretch of about the next thirty minutes during which time the man had asked her for her name and occupation and all she gave in return was the work she did without saying a single thing about her name while the man on the other hand had given up every single thing of importance about himself during the time they spoke from his name to his occupation to what he learned in school to where he lived and his financial and family status without a second thoughtThis could also be attributed to the fact that he was drunk so he had no sensors but the way the mystery lady with ocean blue eyes worked him there was no doubt that she would have gotten close to all those same information from him even if he hadn't tasted a drop of alcohol"So yo
I just want to say a big THANK YOU to every single reader that was able to get this far. Thanks for picking up this story and continuing with it even when the writing wasn't as good at the beginning and when the plot was feeling flat because I wasn't in a good head space or had enough free time to write what I wanted. Thank you for helping me grow as an author and tell my story and get your thoughts on it through the comments. Thank you for following me to the end of this journey. It's been almost two years since I started and finally the story comes to an end (or does it?) If you noticed I was kind of making things up as I went along which is why there are a few plot holes and things I forgot I had written before that didn't tie in well with the continuity of the story. This is my first ever book so a few mistakes are to be expected but regardless I apologise for them. I wanted to use this medium to both declare my appreciation for you guys as well as to pas
I had called my handler to meet me by a nearby coffee shop and by the time I got there he was already seated, waiting for me. Normally I avoid contact with him because it's always him hounding me about something but this was the first time in a long time that I was the one doing the reaching out."Sorry to keep you waiting Nick" I shook his hand then sat down."No problem, so, what is the purpose of this unexpected meeting""I want you to tell me everything about the Arc Agents and what the GHA's real objective is" I didn't waste anytime to ask the real questions.Nick was shocked by the bluntness of my question then tried to deny everything I asked and said in that meeting, gaslighting me most of the time and so it ended up with me not getting any worthwhile information out of him. The meeting took place before I had to go for work so without getting anywhere we ended it and I went to work but I knew that my questions wouldn't stay with Nick but wo
"Please make it in time""If I do this then maybe it'll make up for the fact that all of this happened because I jumped back""Please make it in time"I was currently stuck in a hellish nightmare which was entirely guilt driven. Every action and consequences of said action replayed in my head, panicking, unable to find peace until I woke up with a *GASP*After forcefully waking up, I reached for something with my hand only for that to be the ceiling of someplace I couldn't recognize or knew how I got there. I would pant, trying to catch my breath when all of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my chest.My teeth gritted and eyes squinting in pain, I reached for the source of this excruciating pain which was when I noticed the medical equipments I was hooked to and that I was on a hospital bed."This is familiar" I said internally after thinking of how it reminded me of waking up in a hospital as my host, the last time I jumped into the pas
Mirajh jumped off from the top of the drone and they walked up to the others and because Mirajh was there, Talon quickly relinquished his temporarily given authority in favour of hers."Mirajh and Malkome, you guys made it. So what's going on?" Talon asked."It's over, all our forces have been killed and from the looks of it, we are the only ones left so the question now should be, what should we do next?"Once she said that all their forces had been killed, there was a unanimous dropping of jaws and none of them expected that it could have gotten this bad. They had completely underestimated the Arc Agents and the trainees. The GHA weren't even able to send their Forces Units to assist but the trainees alone along with help from the Arc Agents were able to decimate their entire forces."What about General Icon, does any of you know his whereabouts? If we can verify his status then we might be able to come up with a plan" Talon asked but seeing the look on
Levy who was close by and saw when Akarli was taking aim jumped in front of Boyo, trying to shield him with her body while I was beside the both of them, noticing too late until the shot had been fired.Jeremiah who the shot pulled back to his senses and he saw who she was firing at, the care he had for his best friend even though he didn't want to admit it made him lose it and reflexively he fired multiple shots at Akarli too, killing her on the spot next to Icon.All of this would happen in an instant but for some reason, because I didn't want any of my friends to be shot so badly that I dont know what happened but just like when that strange phenomenon happened back at the court during our escape and I managed to find where Boyo was because of it, it happened all over again.Suddenly everything began to slow down and the surrounding got pitch black with the only thing being as visible as day time were those in there with an angered Akarli holding on to the gu
Once we were brought to the back, my eyes went to the elderly looking man sitting on a metallic chair with a caramel skin coloured lady by his right hand side. In front of them I saw two more individuals who weren't turned to us at the time we entered. One of them I couldn't tell their identity from their stature but the other I knew perfectly well who it was. "Char!" Before I could get the word out Levy called out to Boyo who once the both of them turned we saw an annoyed look on his face and it was clear by that look that he didn't want us to be there. The Upriser behind us pushed the both of us, telling Levy and I to keep on walking which we did until we walked up to where Boyo and the others were. "Nice to meet you, the both of you" Icon greeted us with a gentle smile which was obvious that he was hiding something from everyone, including those who were supposed to be his comrades in there. There was still something he failed to expose. "!!" Levy
""A journal?!"" Both Boyo and Jeremiah exclaimed."Yes... SIGH... A very long time ago, way before our formerly great nation was completely destroyed, former General Franklin Crow brought a younger me to one of his expeditions but this want just any regular expedition. It all started with him unintentionally finding the Philosophers Stone which brought about the rebirth and Emergence of our greatest soldier Anthony Wonne on one of his trips into the United States territory, allowing us to tap into a power that was only secret to our enemies. At that time and I had just been born so my father was the one who spearheaded the position I would later get when I was old enough so none of them knew that that small piece of attractive stone had such power hidden within it until years later, moments before the fall of the Old Soviet Alliance territory"Icon spoke with vivid words so that they would be carried along to where he was heading to."Being a curious man and thi
"Holy shit, what's that up there?" I couldn't help but exclaim while I and Levy tried our best to sneak into the slaughter house. We were moving very carefully, trying not to make any noise when my eyes just went up to the sky and I saw some strange looking patterns being created. "Shush Samuels, do you want to get us caught?" Levy reprimanded me with a low tone of voice but when she turned around to face me and do that she saw the awe stricken expression I had and my gaze up to the sky and she too followed. "What are you looking at?" she had her eyebrows scrunched. The moment she asked that question, my eyes flicked to her and I saw that she too was looking up to the sky but instantly realised the fact that she most definitely wasn't seeing what I was seeing. 'Don't tell me that I'm really the only one who sees that thing? No, that must be it because with her keen senses she would have noticed it even before I did if she could see it. Am I perh
Because the GIGANTA MACHINA worked like one big system, when the center of it was torn apart and the Stealth Drones that made up that part being completely destroyed the rest separated and returned to being Drones but because of what happened to the fused system the Stealth device they had was damaged and the separated drones were no longer able to go invisible.They all flew in different paths, dividing into those wanting to attack the trainees and those wanting to attack Michael but Michael acted quickly and changed where the outlet of the explosion was and used that to sweep the drones coming for him until all the explosion energy had been exhausted. From that point he attacked every single drone in the air with his BLACK FORCE-FIELD BLADE, not giving any the chance to attack the trainees but that meant that he had a lot to take care of on his own.With all their Force-fields no longer a viable option for defense and all the trainees they had to go against rea