"Remind me again why he's so special?" She said hoarsely on the phone. One of the hellhounds growled. She was uneasy about following the dogs that brought death. She shuddered...the voice on the other line came into focus."...you understand. He's awakened, he is dangerous..."She glanced at the dogs. "Mmm hmm?" They sensed he was here but she didn't see anybody, the park beyond the arch gate was empty. Cars roved by the streets. She wished she could crack a code. Instead, she was roaming around the streets like a drifter. The hellhounds were hopeless when it came to control. One lumbered forward across the street and the second followed. She had a weapon in her pocket just in case...She clung to its side as it raced to a park where people gave way.Maks was watching Chen demonstrate a few punches on the pad he held. He rolled his eyes when he stood back and did a roundhouse kick on the pad standing back in horse stance form."That was awesome.""There's a first
"What are you going to do to me?""I'm going to take away your power. Better yet...wipe you and other awakeners off the surface of the earth." He quoted and typed on his keyboard.A curtain opened and Chen looked around the tube disoriented. He noticed other awakeners too were in here. Tortured and captured by hellhounds. Maks clutched at his chest asphyxiated and Donnie smiled.He sing-songed going through his computer."You're messing with the wrong guy. I'm_I'm a top tier awakener. Trust me, this is just the beginning." He said.... Hailey was afraid that if she stayed longer. She would look back, she hurried to a limo that the men arranged for her. She looked at the building."Off to summer school." One said."Finally." She muttered to herself grinning evilly.***Maks gazed at the huntsmen standing at their posts by big metal doors. "So,bwhat? You're jacked with that many resources? And hellhounds? Who did you sign a contract with?_" He gasped."Quiet."PYUM...He win
The driver gazed at him in dismay despite the fact that the vehicle was still running at high speed. "What?""Do as I say!" He retorted. Maks came in front of them and raised his sword arm in floating above the asphalt and daring them to cross him. His eyes narrowed. Donnie stepped outside onto the body of the car and raised a pivot gun shooting at him. It shot twenty three rounds rhythmically. Maks maneuvered them. He couldn't say for the civilians... Maks gritted his teeth as the car forged ahead of him while he recovered then he flew at the SUV tearing a line across the side. He clung on to the side and stabbed the driver in the ribs. The car swerved into a thrift shop exploding in flames. Donnie fell over to the other side. Maks glanced at him. Donnie climbed on to another car and slipped in. Taking the wheels.ROOAR!He had the larynx of the lion. Donnie rode on and he glided over the cars.He absorbed energy from animals around leaving stream of dark energy following hi
The Chinese company was allegedly indebted to Ponzi schemes, ghost worker payroll, illegal transactions and blood money circulation. The owner was revealed to be Mister Donnie Yun, a business mogul. The building was also destroyed. Maks frowned at a censored image of Donnie slumped against the wall of the building. He noticed that the demon dogs were just as invisible as Elvis on a regular basis. So it looked like the awakeners were agitated for one reason or another......The house was quiet***Maks was in his room sound asleep, and Elvis was strolling around the house in the night scouting for any more anomalies. It had been days or months since he brawled devil dogs. His eyes flashed into the night and he growled.**** At the onset of dawn, Maks woke up with muscle aches, and headaches, he practised his forms and did all sorts of stretching to take away the tension. His blood pressure kept rising and falling. He suffered unrest for more days than he could count. He wore a black
He swatted the demon dog on the face hard as possible. The air intensified at that punch and it rolled away on the grass. Laying still.Giving the pony time to escape. The dog was violent and it rolled over growling. Maks screamed jumping backwards when it lunged and snapped its teeth at him. He leapt behind the dog Yao Gai and grabbed its tail hurling it out of the beams. It crashed against the oak wood fence and it found it difficult to stand up. The alligator Yao Gai slithered after the people. His eyes flashed into an eagle's and he looked with 100/100 vision at a bird's eye view over the fields for any long-range weapons. He snorted when he found javelins in a barrel by a barn. Swooping after them. Maks grabbed them but he crashed against the wall of the barn.The bear Yao Gai roared and whacked him against the wall again with its powerful fist. The wall broke down and the iron javelins clattered on top of him. Maks looked up pained. The ferocious dark purplish bear rai
"They become more_ow!" Victor touched his ear when Master Wu pulled it.****[ You have a quest: Kill the Yao Guai ] Maks heaved a sigh hurrying to his house, he took off his hat. "It's a little too late don't you think?"Elvis was relaxing on the porch. Maks's jaw dropped at the print of blood on his paws. He swallowed. "Guess I'm not alone." Elvis sat up from the porch and stretched his paws releasing a yawn that could have given anyone within earshot a heart attack.His intelligent golden brown eyes regarded him.[ Host is failing to verify. ] He waved it aside and Elvis stopped him from going inside. He blocked him with his large body and pawed him backwards."What is this? I don't have any treats. Move out of the way." Elvis's eyes dilated tilting his head."What?" Maks said then heaved a sigh and rolled his eyes then searched his pockets. "Here." He passed him a juicy brisket bone. Elvis seized it in between his teeth but refused to move aside. "Let me through, d
Morning~The hair on Maks's neck stood. The body counts were starting to rise. And every day, he felt a sense of impending doom. He swallowed down a lump in his throat. Elvis was standing guard against spirits. He had been jumpy for days."Can you trace them?" Elvis looked at the house. He realized that Elvis was looking out for his family too. Sometimes he took the time roaming for some reason. Elvis could sense if there were spirits on his radar. He prepared himself for the academy and he glided to the PASS and he felt a kind of peace. He had always felt.The students were watching him now and talking. He smiled waving at them to throw them off. The ethereal girls were around too. He realized that they were Fenghuang."Maks. You are welcome once again." The consort by the dojo passed him a flyer. There was a celebration coming."To use Taiji in a fight, you have to forget everything you think you know about technique and form. A real fight is unexpected and you won't have enough
He checked the autopsy reports. There were none about purplish capillaries all over their bodies. Or their sudden deathly white skin. None about what could have caused it. He shuddered at that. The Yao could be anywhere. Anywhere with unrest... Anywhere that humans moved nonstop.He got a text message from Emily.....Xiu Yan, a classy lady with flowing brown hair, and green eyes. A smile that likened her to a petrified mannequin but she was alluring to the men regardless. No one would tell if she was a nui gui ( a succubus) or a Yao Guai in disguise. She was getting frustrated."When do I relinquish this filthy form? I am starving and exhausted." She purred helplessly as the humans passed mindlessly on the road. Busy their phones. They sat at a restaurant with a huge glass window. She could not remember the name. The crisp but clean air was revolting and her skin was starting to irritate her. The order of steak was stale to her distaste. She was like a mother hyena, forced to hid
He shuddered. Those men didn't deserve to live, he clutched his pillow. The day after that was the time he started to realize that he could see dead people. These people were crooks, they sold him to a factory disguised as an orphanage home. Teagan's breathing was heavy at the women asking for his name. He had a hard time communicating, he didn't want to. They shaped him up by beating him. The worst he had was being covered with a sack if he mishbehaved and the tap running over his face until he gave in. He always had a hard time following routines. He lived with an abusive foster father named Randall Barton, his wife Alice and their adopted children, he trusted him to his word. He took care of him gradually until he started to get violent. He even employed the children to beat him up. He asked what was the point of adopting him. Unfortunately all he was good for was being a punching bag. The only good thing he learned was English. His imaginary friends translated and taught him to s
Teagan looked anxious, he slouched walking through the gates. The workers grimaced at him and BlackJack picked up speed. He ran to the house and he paled when he met Ares. "Where have you been!?" Keisha said."I just went for a walk." Teagan said twirling his hand on his leash."I know you went to...You're not allowed to step outside. Running away was completely stupid." Keisha said aware now and he blushed at Harley. "Yeah, I know, I just needed some fresh air. I'm alive aren't I?" He barked defensively. He was acting weird. He bloomed walking away faster. He couldn't handle criticism. He marched upstairs and the room was as dirty as it was before. He was repulsed. "You didn't clean yet?" He said to Keisha who relaxed on the couch.She dropped her magazine. "I'm sorry I said all those mean things about you.""We're cool. Just as long as long as you don't keep any weapons. No more pranks, not more antics." She said. "Clean this up.""Where are all the ghost workers?""They're on a
"Not that one, Chief. I was born in Nigeria, West Africa. The Igbos, a major ethnic group currently were looking for independence to become The Biafrans after the British colonialists united the tripod stands of the country, the east, north and the western region.The colonizers left eventually after the independence in 1960. There was a blockade and My father Festus Ebube Okoye who identified as a Biafran and my mother Catherine Nneoma Okoye starved along with the rest of our people. He was passionate about seperating from Nigeria. The Biafrans lost the war against the Nigerians ultimately and there was no secession. My father was wounded inside and out. We had to move here to save our hides. My father had a score with Ares to settle. They worked together in the past. He owed him his life and he wanted some kind of reward for aiding him."So Ares supports this kinds of stuff?""Yeah. He wanted him to "give him what rightfully belonged to him". His loyalty. My siblings were just 9,7,6
"N_no no, I'll show you." Teagan tossed BlackJack's dented log at the glass doubledoors and it shattered to pieces.Irma's jaw dropped. "You broke it, is something wrong with you?" She glanced at a broom by the door perking up and moving in a sweeping motion to gather up the glass. Irma glanced at Teagan who looked shocked. His expression changed. "See?""As dumb as that demonstration was, it's brilliant.""Really?...I mean yes. I'm more genius than any of you give me credit for." He gazed at his fingernails."You can hear them.""Yes." He said smiling proudly. "Okay then, what's he saying?" She asked and he blushed. Maybe she thought the ghost standing there was just a coincidence.Irma winced at the inappropriate words. "@#$¥ *&?@@@####. Why are you helping you f#cking bitch?""Okay, that's enough." She said alarmed. "It's a kid named Oscar...he's 19. Died trying to pull a stunt on a dirtbike and drowned in the pond.""Get inside, Teagan, you've caused enough trouble." Keisha f
Over the days, Teagan moved around the house, he cursed at the workers and vandalized things, Ares didn't show the slightest interest or whether to kick him out. He was perplexed. Harley, Irma and Keisha were in their final year and they were going to college. And parties. He was left home alone with BlackJack whom he was afraid of. BlackJack was trying to approach him and he ducked throwing pillows at him.BlackJack grabbed a pillow chasing after him. He ran away past the halls and cried out when BlackJack placed his paw on his chest. "Stop." Ares said to him and he vanished. Teagan gazed at him through glassy eyes. Ares vanished too.... Ares was not even giving Irma a hard time as Keisha claimed to. He didn't trust her to her words anyway. He taught her to kick box and she was getting tired of doing the same moves all the time. She meandered around a sandbag punching and kicking.Teagan watched them from a boulder with binoculars as she lunged backwards.Irma tried the s
Teagan was afraid that she would shred them to pieces. Worst of all, Ares was coming home to meet him. He didn't like the looks of him. His aura made him feel things and see things he didn't want to see, yet he was easily drawn to the past, he relived it everyday in his head. That was why he wanted to stay as far away from Ares as possible.He lived with assassins too. Irma arrived with Harley in the house of Ares. Irma ducked at the box drifting over her head. "What are those?""Ghost workers, they agreed to work for Ares in death." "Until after death you mean?""They won't be leaving anytime soon, they can keep working for him if they want.""Oh my god. What if some of them try to kill him or you?""They won't. They have a contract." Harley said.Irma shook her head as they explored the house. "So this is where you live?" "Yes and No, I live with my dad, Eric. I just come here for visits.""So how is he?"Harley turned sad, he suffered 10 years of tragedy but the tragedy wasn't
"Will you come lie next to me?" He said.He groaned she laid back too hard. "Scooch." She could hear the fluids in his lungs while he was breathing. The place was so quiet. She would rather be anywhere else talking to a person than being her with her thoughts, but he was sick."I can feel the gurgling too, that's disgusting and don't even try to kiss me with that virus." She was content.He was feeling feverish and tried to make conversation. "My head hurts...""Mmm.""I'm sure letting you stay in bed with me is probably against hospital policy.""You're such a bad boy." She said sarcastically.They were together now and she did not want to infringe on their pact. "Can I use my phone?""That's fine, it gets boring in the hospital anyway." He said fatigued and he had a sense of Deja vu. "Please don't take pictures of me like this, I look sick."She typed. "It's fine. I just need it for my secret album. What do you think about #Marley?" She flooded the space with many heart emojis."Tha
"You need to stop playing games.""Really, you wanna talk game? You were trying to make me jealous with Irma." His eyebrows rose. "I wasn't.""What was that look. Really? When we were at that night club, you were staring at her. Like really staring."Irma exhaled. "Oh my god, you guys." She muttered rolling her eyes. "Yeah because we had a duet. I was nervous and I tend to look at people dead in the eye when that happens_Maybe I was jealous when you started feeding Dom orange slices.""Only because he was making rude advances. I had to protect myself.""You left me on the street after date night.""Yeah, you were having car trouble and I was trying to be friendly and to save money." She whispered. "You could have just said you were angry instead of shutting me out.""Oh." He said, he was unreasonable when it came to love and the reason why he strangely felt short was because she was still on heels. "I was wrong to have made you think that Dom and I could actually be a thing. But you
Will you stop this madness at once!?"Dom glanced at the burly old man dressed sharp, he held Horacio's hand, he was stained with mud and cheese. Dom roared drowsy from too much alcohol. Alberto spat on the floor. "Now, what is going on? You get off him.""Sorry, Tio, he locked Horacio up again and now he's harra_""What's going on?" Dom rose up. "She's been spending all my money on this useless son of a bitch." He yelled at Harley. "You won't even let me touch you!"Harley's eyes glistened at the name-calling. "Last time I checked, we were friends, not lovers."They were laughing at Dom. He just ratted himself out. She played him for a fool now."I do not care. You can keep all that he gave to you, Chamaca...it's yours." Alejandro said to Harley. "I'm very sorry."Dominic. What is this I'm hearing? You mistreat your brothers. And you let him!?" He shoved Rex.Rex spoke profusely in Spanish. "He threatened to take away my funding and to kick me out of the house. He's family and I'm g