The girl stood up and glared at Bryan. She was a beautiful girl with long black hair that was tied into two messy low pigtails. She had a fringe just above her blue eyes, her body was fair and slim. She seemed to be exuding an almost haughty aura.
“Hey! Why the hell did you throw me!?” the girl asked Bryan in an irritated tone.
Bryan who had once stood on the battlefield and defeated level 3 metahumans, fought six strong soldiers without a tinge of worry on his face, was now very much worried. He didn't know what to say in a situation such as this, he didn't even know how to have a dialogue with people as he's always been excommunicated from almost everyone who came across him. Now he has to talk this girl whom he already wronged? Besides, this was not just an ordinary girl, she's the only daughter of the Secretary of Defense! This is a great headache.
'I can't believe I'm going to fail my very first covert mission. I have to do something.'
“Sorry Ma'am, for throwing you. It was an accident.”
“Ma'am? Why are you talking that way? Huh! Shit! I'm going to be late!” the girl wanted to say something more, but suddenly remembered that she was going to be late for class.
“Fine! Then I will accept you apology weirdo, since I have no time to spare.” the girl continued and then sprinted away without waiting for Bryan's reply.
Bryan stood there dumbfounded by the whole situation, but then he also suddenly remembered something; the mission. This girl was the one who was supposedly in danger, or perhaps going to be, which was why he was sent here to secretly be her bodyguard.
'So that's the girl I need to protect at all cost.. fine then, let the mission start.' Bryan sprinted forward immediately, catching up with the girl. He jogged exactly one meter behind her, the girl being in a hurry didn't notice that Bryan had already caught up.
When the two reached the school grounds and the girl headed towards her classroom, Bryan tried to follow her but when he saw that her classroom was Tech-class B, he stopped and looked at his memo, it was written there that he was assigned to Tech-class A. He immediately made a phone call to Major Cutthroat.
“Private Grayson! Did you get to the school properly!?” these were the first words Major Cutthroat asked Bryan when he picked up the phone.
“Affirmative Sir! I reached the designated place on time!” Bryan replied with an air of a military soldier.
“So then what's the matter!? Are you not supposed to be in class now!?” Major Cutthroat asked a bit irritated.
“Yes Sir! But I ran into a little problem!” Bryan replied. When Major Cutthroat heard Bryan say the word 'Problem' his face immediately became serious.
“Did you kill someone already!?” Major Cutthroat asked with a bit of apprehension in his tone.
“Negative! I have not used lethal force as of now!” Bryan replied. When Major Cutthroat heard Bryan's answer, he sighed in relief.
“So then, what's the problem!?” Major Cutthroat asked, but this time he was even more apprehensive than before. If Bryan has not killed anyone yet, so what's the problem? Could it be that he booby trapped the entire school and can't deactivate it? So many thoughts swirled around Major Cutthroat's head.
“The target I am tasked to protect is situated in Tech-class B, while I'm in Tech-class A. Requesting permission to threaten the Chancellor into placing me in Tech-class B, Sir!”
“What! No! Rejected!” Major Cutthroat almost dropped the phone at what Bryan just said. It didn't come as a surprise to him as Private Grayson had always been weird, perhaps because of the fact he shut himself from the world and immersed his entire being into the world of military. Two years in the boot camp can make a crazy man even crazier. He knew all about Bryan Grayson's past.
“Then can I use force and enter Tech-class B!?”
“No!”
“Can I use a drone to monitor Tech-class B!?”
“No!” Major Cutthroat said, exasperated at the young soldier's ideas.
“Then what can I do now Sir! How can I protect the target when she's in another class and away from my line of vision!?” Bryan asked a bit confused and annoyed. Why could they not just make it smooth for him? Besides it's not even a system registered mission, so he's certainly not getting any contribution points for this mission.
Sigh!
Bryan heard Major Cutthroat sigh and also heard something like drumming of the fingers on a desk. He waited for the next order.
“Stand down soldier, I will handle this, just give me a minute.” Major Cutthroat then started to make some phone calls, and after a few minutes, he called Bryan back.
“There, it's done, you just need to wait and a teacher will be there.” just right after Major Cutthroat said so, a teacher who was running frantically arrived in front of Bryan.
“Bryan Grayson?” the man asked.
“Yes, that's me.” Bryan replied.
“Follow me, I am your new homeroom teacher David Lorand.” the guy calling himself Bryan's homeroom teacher was an average looking person who was a head shorter than Bryan, who stood at 172cm.
David looked at Bryan warily, since the old grumpy Chancellor actually ran to the teacher's lounge looking for him, telling him that an important student was waiting in the hallway. David was now wondering what kind of an identity Bryan had to make the prideful old grump act that way.
“Please wait here while I introduce you to the class.” David said and entered the classroom, while the door was opened Bryan heard noisy inside of the classroom.
“Everyone, sit down, I will be introducing a new friend to you all.” when David said those lines, the entire class students started whispering.
“A transfer student?”
“I thought Tech-class A was getting a transfer student, were there two of them!?”
“I wonder what kind of person the transfer student will be like.”
“Ahem.. Bryan, please come in and introduce yourself.” David interrupted the students rants.
Bryan entered the class, and once he did, a female student stood up and shouted.
“Huh!? It's the weirdo!”
And thus Bryan's first covert mission began.
Bryan saw the targer shout at him, and call him a weirdo. Everyone looked at the girl with a surprise expression on their faces, even the teacher was stunned as he heard what the girl just said.“Do you know each other Ms Maryanne?” David asked a bit confused at the sudden outburst. Maryanne regained her composure and noticed everyone's attention was directed at her, bluehed and shook hrr head.“Sorry, I guess I got the wrong person." Maryanne glared at Bryan as she once again sat on her chair, blaming Bryan for the embarrassment sbe was currently facing.“Okay, why don't you introduce yourself then.” David gestured at Bryan to make his introduction.Bryan stood in an upright position and was about to salute but stopped himself from doing so. After getting pushed away from the Houstons years ago, he had always fantasized himself of being a soldier, besides, soldiers fear no one and are respected everywhere. He graduated with good grades just to fulfil his Mom's wish and also help out
Maryanne looked at Bryan who looked back at her.“Hey, why do you keep staring at me? You do know it's creeping me out.”Bryan who heard Maryanne's question started to think as fast as he could for an answer. He could not say anything about the mission, he needed to explain why he was staring as something else.“I'm sorry I could not stop staring because of your beauty.” Bryan tried to say one of the lines he had heard from a movie once, he said this without showing anything on his face. Seeing Bryan's earnest gaze as he said she was a beauty, Maryanne couldn't help but blush.“I already know I'm a beauty but still, staring too much is not good.” Maryanne said with pride. Bryan only sighed inwardly for successfully fooling Maryanne. Just then he received an urgent message from the system.«Ding!Host will receive virtual scenes of System's origin. Host is advised to find a quiet place as Host will be in a comatose state during the procedure.»Before Maryanne could say anymore, Bryan t
Bryan returned to his seat and continued to observe Maryanne. The classmates especially the girls had changed their opinion of Bryan. At first they labelled him as a weirdo but now he was labelled as someone passionate.Maryanne couldn't be bothered by Bryan's staring at her anymore, as she was preoccupied by her own thoughts in regards to the recent events. Class started again and the same as what happened in the first three classes; the teacher comes in and notices Bryan's blatant disregard for the lesson, the teacher tries to embarrass him asking him a question above the standard of a college student, but Bryan was able to answer all questions flawlessly. This was due to the fact that he had already passed through these sect when he was still in University. In the end the teachers leave the classroom embarrassed.School ended and before people could approach Maryanne and Bryan, the two left swiftly. Maryanne was absentminded while she was walking home. Bryan on the other hand was
[2008. Alternate Earth]Rapid footsteps could be heard as a boy ran through an alley with a cake box in his hand. His black hair was dusty and sweat covered his dark skinned face. He seemed so eager to get to his destination and not even the fatigue showing on his face could deter him. He ran as he panted till he got to a small house, he stopped and knocked.“Mom! Dad! I'm back.” his small voice rang out. This boy was (is) me. My name is Mackintosh Perch, from Central Africa and my life-changing journey begins on this day, on my birthday.A joyous day in the family as it's my birthday. I had just clocked the age of nine and my Uncle came all the way from Malaysia (Africa) to celebrate my birthday. I was greatly shocked as well as exhilarated, yet although he came bearing gifts, I still had this tingling sensation that all will soon change. I couldn't explain it but I knew he didn't come all the way from Malaysia just to celebrate my birthday, either he came with good news or it's pure
He stared at me for a while and I felt he could see through me and even sense my worries.“Don't worry laddie, it's all fate and destiny, you'll be home in no time” he said before turning to one of the crew member.“Lift Anchor!”“Aye Aye lord Lucius.”And that's how my journey started.Just then the food was brought. When the man gently kept the tray in front of me, Lucius opened the lids and took the initiative to explain.“Here's a fruit salad to help replenish the blood cells and here's a stuffed microwave chicken, I know you don't like pork meat, so I didn't prepare stuffed pig, and here's the chinese noodles or as it's called Chow Ming, it's good for you and it's medicinal, and finally, this is a 1959 cognac wine only fit for Kings. I knew you were coming so I prepared all these for you.”If my earlier reaction was surprise then right now I was shocked and spooked“You knew I was coming?”He smiled“Yes, we've been waiting for you.”It didn't make any sense but the feeling of hu
«Data collection complete. Host matches the requirement of the system. Host's current status: Deceased. Injecting revitalization serum to Host. Host current status: critical. Injecting advanced healing serum to Host. Host current status: Salvageable. Injecting Immortality elixir to Host. Host current status: Perfect.»Thump... Thump... Thump...Maximus' completely stopped heart started beating again. His chest heaved as his nostrils sucked oxygen in, making him alive again. His body that had gone pale started gaining color again as blood flow resumed in his body. His body gained back all the senses he had lost. He could hear the sound the wind as well.WARGOD SYSTEMName: Mackintosh PerchAge: twenty three Race: Hybrid (Demon wolf and Human)Status: god of vengeanceDivinity: five%Strength: one hundred Speed: one hundred Control: one hundred Skill: Hell fireball, purple dragon breath, mind control, purple heat vision, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??.Main quest: Eliminate traitors of Rome
The lean man looked at me with a shocked expression, he dropped the dagger, turned around and ran off down the alley.I looked at my hands, wow, I've got the strength of a raging bull. I can't explain it, but when I acted on my instinct and concentrated hard, I seem to have gained more strength and did something a normal person couldn't do.“You have my thanks, tell me, what shall I call you?”I looked at her and thought about it.“You can call me Mackintosh.” I told her my name.She was surprised“That's not a Roman name, I shall call you Maximus.”I was annoyed, why would she change my name? And who gave her the right to do so.“Hey lady, my name is Mackintosh and not Maximus.”She merely smiled“Stay calm stranger, come, I shall take you home and get a stable for your horse.”I was already pissed but I had no choice but to follow her.She casually walked towards the end of the alley which seemed to lead to another street.“You came to Rome at the wrong time stranger, the Persians a
When he said that, I was speechless.I was stunned, no, I was dazed. But I knew I couldn't reject the King's offer in front of his loyal subjects, that would be degrading his authority. So I got down on one knee“My Lord, your servant is overwhelmed with such offer, what I did was merely an act of helping the people.”He smiled and took me up“What you did is what no man was willing to do, and you did it out of the goodness of your heart and not for glory nor for politics, therefore today you shall be son, Prince Maximus.” he said in plain english, but perhaps that's how it sounded to me. It seemed my brain had adjusted to their weird language.The Roman general knelt on one knee“Hail the godsent, Hail Prince Maximus.”Every other soldier knelt as well and the crowd stood up and shouted in unison“Hail the godsent, Hail Prince Maximus, Hail Hail Hail.”I just stood there, opened my mouth but no words could be formed.And just like that I was made a Prince. ***A week later***
He's not deadCaen, Isona, and Dion gazed at the screen, wondering what Vega had to show them when a video started playing.In the video, a young silver-haired boy could be seen. The boy only looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old at most. The boy was wearing a basic robe, lying on a bed. Machines were connected to him.They observed the video and noticed how the boy seemed like he was being tortured. There were three more people in the room that looked like scientists. The video ended as the boy stopped moving as if he was dead. The Scientists left the room. Some maids came, wrapped the boy in sheets, and carried him outside.Vega removed his hand from the screen as the video ended. Gazing back at his people, he calmly asked,"What did you think about that video?""What was that video? Some scientists doing experiments on a kid, or was it torture?" Caen asked.He continued,"We already know humans are cruel. Nothing new. Why should we care if a kid was killed? Unless... There's s
A fool's errandOmega sat down in front of Kahn and bowed his head without looking Kahn in the eyes. It felt as if Omega was submitting himself and acknowledging Kahn as it's master. The next moment, Kahn felt a connection towards Omega as of the wolf was an extension of his own body and consciousness.“Do you understand what I'm saying?” Kahn asked Omega to check whether his guess was right.Omega nodded in response and stood back up.“Good. Now go and hunt something I could eat. Not too big and meat shouldn't be too hard to chew.” Kahn commanded Omega. Since je was under the weakened state, he barely had strength to walk and could not go to find something to eat.He thought about having something to eat first because he had no energy left in him and meat was the best source to regain strength.After Omega ran off towards the bushes and completely disappeared out of his sight, Kahn called to the system again.“System, can you help me create fire?” Kahn asked curiously.«What am I, y
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X marks the spotAfter days of traveling through the desert, the survivors finally saw it - a hidden city, nestled in the heart of a valley."Wow," Dr. Taylor breathed, her eyes wide with wonder. "This is incredible."Alex nodded, their heart racing with excitement. "Let's go," they said. "We need to find out if it's safe."As they entered the city, they saw that it was abandoned - but not destroyed. The buildings were intact, the streets clean."It's like they just left," Jax said, his voice filled with awe.Dr. Taylor nodded, her eyes scanning the streets. "I think they did," she said. "I think they left in a hurry."Alex frowned, their mind racing with questions. "Why?" they asked. "What happened here?"But there were no answers. Just an eerie silence, and the feeling that they were being watched."Let's find a place to hide," Jax said, his voice low. "We don't know what's going on here."Alex nodded, their heart heavy with foreboding. "Yeah," they said. "Let's do that."As they mo