Homer growled dangerously, and the thin creature turned to face them. They were seven and transparent. Henry could see the forest beyond their thin bodies. They looked like ghosts, except they were more defined, structured and had slit for where a mouth should be and holes where eyes should be.Henry raised his hands in solidarity, maybe they would listen to him. “I only just want my soul back, man. There’s nothing to fight about, okay?”Homer growled, disagreeing with him. The ghosts tensed, and the one caressing Henry’s soul squeezed it in hand. It was clear that their disagreements stemmed from the blue ball. Henry could see his soul from their transparent hands. One of the ghosts stepped forward and waved an arm in the air. It made a cackle, and Homer cackled back.Henry looked back and forth between them, there was a communication going on. He was amazed. The creatures had a language. He suspected it, but to see it firsthand was truly amazing. He was in other realms where differe
They both landed on a muddy ground. Henry stood upright on his feet while Homer tried to shake the dirt off his body. There wasn’t really any dirt, but Henry knew what it was to travel through realms, to move in between time and space. It was a heady feeling, a rush that seemed to spin and spin out to nothingness. Henry used to feel that way when he travelled through realms, but his body was beginning to get used to it. Besides, he had two of his souls now, so he had enough strength to search for the third and the forth. Henry took in his surroundings. He liked to do this, to search for immediate threat. So far so good, he was glad he hadn’t landed in the middle of a war or crises of two entities. He wasn’t sure how he would handle that; and he hoped that he would not. The unpredictability of his punishment was enough punishment to last him a lifetime. Henry swore not to fail a task again. He couldn’t even remember the exact thing that’d made him fail, and it was because he constantly
Henry quickly grabbed his back pack then he and Homer ran after the ball. As he tried to touch it, the ball eluded him. It was frustrating; it felt as though he had lived his whole life for that moment only for it to slip through his fingers. He stopped running when he could no longer see the ball.“I can’t deal with this any longer,” he said. “I really can’t. I just need to get home, doesn’t he see that?”“Of course he doesn’t,” Henry replied himself in frustration. “How could he? He was torn away from me in the first place anyways, by the system!”He exhaled. The beast cocked its head in confusion, waiting. Henry patted its head Aa they slowed into a trot. Their footsteps were noisy in the quiet place. After a while, Henry made shelter near a cave so he and Homer could sleep.Homer stayed at the entrance of the cave to protect Henry from any imminent danger. Henry appreciated his thoughtfulness, but he was too tired to fully express it. When he laid down, his body went lax and he im
Henry landed in the last realm. This would be the last piece of his soul, the key to finally leaving this place. Henry rubbed Homer’s head as he walked briskly to the east, where the tab said his soul would be. Homer hummed under Henry’s hand, and Henry knew he would miss him. It’s was weird being friends with the most dangerous creature he’d met here, but Henry had learnt a lot in the past few days he’d been here. He wondered again what time it was in his own world.“What time is it?” He asked the system.[I’m not sure what time it is here; time is infinite]“I mean what time it is on earth.”[Mr. Henry, you should focus on obtaining your soul]Homer huffed. Henry smiled slightly as he rubbed the beast’s head.“The system is a bit harsh with me,” Henry said.The beast huffed in agreement. They walked silently for some time. Not that Henry’s mind was silent, of course. He kept thinking of time, of how to obtain his soul and leave. He wondered if he would forget the experience he has h
“Alright, I have to go now.” Henry patted Homer’s head in farewell. “I’ll have to drop you at your world, though. You can’t remain in this unfamiliar environment.”Homer looked at him with sad eyes. Henry knew the beast would miss him. It obviously had not met something that had impacted much influence in him, much less a human. Henry was certain Homer still viewed him as a meat he would like to protect. He didn’t have time for a proper farewell, he had completed his mission and his bed back home called for him more than anything else.Henry opened the tab. Its blue light shone within. He searched for the world Homer had come from, and when he found it, he turned to the beast.“You have to go now.”The beast cocked its head as if to ask, “And how do you intend taking me home?”“I don’t know,” Henry answered his thoughts. “I suppose you’ll step on the tab and it’ll suck you to where you came from? Let’s try it.”Henry dropped the open tab on the ground and knelt down. Homer stared relu
Louis opened the door of the passenger back seat for Henry to enter, and then went to the driver’s seat. Henry had originally wanted to driven around town, to get reacquainted with the air, the people, the noise. The realms he travelled to have affected him in way he could not tell. In every corner it seemed as though he caught a shadow, a slithering movement, a round eye. It was all humans, but Henry could not stop the intrusive thoughts from occupying his brain. A lot had happened in the past few days that wore him down. He knew he needed someone to talk with, a companion, but he didn’t know exactly who to speak with. Louis was his business companion, and even if they lines may have blurred over the years; it was absurd for Henry to tell him important details like these. Not everyone would understand, and Louis didn’t have the mental capacity for the garbage Henry would dump on him.On a second thought, Henry remembered that there were people who made it their sole purpose of listen
Henry knocked on the door. He could remember Louis suspicious stare when he dropped him off at a busy street. The therapist’s office was at the top floor. He had asked Louis to remain downstairs while he walked up the staircase since the building didn’t have an elevator. Plus, he needed to stretch his legs.“Come in!” A cheery voice piqued from inside.Henry turned the handle and entered inside. A young woman was arranging her table; she glanced up at him and flashed him a smile. Her lipstick was dark red, her eyebrows plucked, and she wore a dress that wasn’t so official. It was a flowery gown that went down to her knees. Henry closed the door behind him and sat on her couch. He soft cushion sucked him in. Her office had bright colors, bright posters and some colorful pens that gave an illusion of happiness. Her laptop was covered in pink intentional paint. Henry wondered if she had children. She looked too young to be married: He guessed she would be about twenty five or twenty seve
Henry tapped on Louis side of the window. Louis jerked from his sleep and immediately unwinds the window.“What?” he asked groggily.“Let me drive,” Henry said flatly.Louis opened the door and moved over to the passenger seat. Henry slid into the driver’s seat and started the car, occasionally glancing at Louis.“I was gone for less than fifteen minutes, Louis. How did you fall asleep so fast?”Louis wiped his fast as if wiping the sleep away. He yawned, and then reached for the bottle water that eh positioned in between the two seats.“I thought you were going to spend an hour there,” he yawned again. “So I wanted to catch a nap.”“You can do that at home, not when you’re working.”“My house has become unbearable for me,” Louis confided. “May and I are constantly at loggerheads.”May was Louis wife. A petite, brown haired woman that had brown eyes. One of the good kinds too, maybe even too good for Louis. Henry had never imagined himself creating a family life like Louis, even when
Evelyn noticed her sister isn't at home yet. She tried calling her number but it's isn't going.She tried the same for Henry's numbers but it wasn't going also. She decided to call Louis and it was the same thing."Fuck shott."She cursed"Why are they not picking where could they be?" She asked herself pacing around the room. She couldn't think straight. She didn't know what to do.She called their number, but it wasn't going.Evelyn slept that night and told herself she was going to go to their house first thing in the morning.*The Next Day.*Evelyn woke up feeling sad, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was just sad. She felt something was going wrong somewhere.She stood up and left the house without even bathing. She first went to the company hoping to find her sister there, but she did not.She heard the shareholders will be holding a meeting there, she couldn't find her sister. She then decided to go to Dexter's office. She couldn't find him also.She couldn't eve
"Sean are you ready to take your revenge?" Erica questioned him."Yes, I am so ready to take my revenge, where is the gun? Knife anything? I am fucking prepared every fuckin time." Sean replied Erica.Erica went to meet Sean and ask him if he is ready to take his revenge. Sean wanted to kill him by every means."I need Mike, the only person who can lure Henry is Mike." Sean told her."Consider it done." She assured him.Dexter was prepared for the operation, he wanted to take them down as fast as he can. He got a call from Erica that he should kidnap Sean first."Come and meet me at the warehouse immediately you are done." He said to her.Dexter was already with his guys in a dark and secluded warehouse, a group of people huddled around a table, planning their next move.This was not a typical meeting, but one with a sinister purpose. They were planning a kidnapping, and every detail had to be just right.Dexter showed them the target picture so they will not end up going for the wron
*Later That Day.*Erica was at Dexter's company, she went there immediately she was done with stuffs at her company. She also went there since he refused to answer her calls."We need to act fast, we don't know what the guy is planning. I loosed the video, and there isn't anything we can use against him anymore." Erica told Dexter he thoughts drinking the juice that was placed on the table."We will kill him if he has any other intentions, we are not going to let him bring us down." Dexter said to her."Since you said that guy is available, I guess he is will be the one to take the revenge. That way we will be free for the rest of our lives." Dexter said to Erica."Do you not feel we should kidnap him, that easy it would more easy for him to get killed." She said to him."Yes, I agree with you." Dexter told her."Don't you have some met out there that could help us with it. We can't do it on our own." She told him."That's true, I will find some useful guys that can assist us in kidna
*The Next Day.*Henry woke up the next morning feeling so refreshed, he slept peacefully like a baby in the night. He couldn't get to see Evelyn the other day because he was tired already.He decided he was going to see her today. He put on his dress. Seeing his ex is just terrible for him. He remembered how broke he was when he caught her.He remembered how he loosed all hope after she confessed everything to him. After she told him he doesn't love her."Why do I have to dress up?" He asked himself when he noticed how nicely he was dressing."Whatever." He muttered under his breath. Henry already told Evelyn about the meeting. He walked out of the bedroom, and saw Louis waiting for him."Don't tell me you are this well dresses because of her." Louis winked at him."Me? This is just a casual well, and I am well dressed because I want to dress nicely." He said to Louis"Woah, are you going to meet up with a girl? Is he going on a blind date?" Mike was surprised by his outfit immediatel
Henry ended the call immediately after listening to what the nurse told him."What happened?" Louis inquired ok seeing how devastated he was."Someone released Sean from the hospital claiming they are related, how does that makes sense?" Henry was beginning to get so angry."It was Erica." Louis told Henry."You knew it was her and you couldn't stop her? How did you find out that it was her?" Henry queried him"I planted a tracker in her car, I saw that she went to a place and that is not the office, neither Dexter's company. She must have been the one." Louis explained to him."I knew she is up to something, we must find a way to find out what she is up to. She might want to use him or something." Mike added."She didn't know I am out the prison yet right?" Henry wanted to confirm his thoughts."Yes, she didn't know you are out of the prison yet, we need to wait for a while. That was she will be unguarded." Louis answered.They got to their house in no time and did the necessary thin
Erica laid on the bed, she realized how tired she was. She didn't know when she slept off.Evelyn tiptoed into her room, her sister was sleeping so deep that she didn't even notice when someone entered the room.Evelyn searched for the other phone her sister barely use. She finally found it in her wardrobe. She tried unlocking it but she couldn't.She then went to where he sister was using, and decided to use her finger print to open it. It opened once.The first thing she did was to set a screen timeout. She left the bedroom, and went ahead to meet Louis where he was waiting for her.She walked up to where he parked his car and entered it."How was it? Did you not get it? I thought you said you were going to text me." Louis asked her."I got the phone." She answered and have him the phone she got from her sister.Louis first went to her iMessage, hoping he could find something there but he couldn't. He then whet to her storage.Luckily for him, he saw the videos there. He didn't know
Erica was happy with the scene that was going on. She was happy seeing how speechless Henry became."Wait, why me? I am not interested. Why should I become the ceo, laugh out loud." Erica acted surprised.She knew what she was doing, she didn't want to look. Suspicious to Louis."We have noticed that you are good for this job, and we would love to pick you." They informed her."Woah, looks as if I got no choice." She stoped up."If you know you would not want her to he the CEO, please can you raise your hands up." Someone announced but none of the shareholders could raise up their hands."Today, we declare ma'am Erica as the CEO of this company." The person who was in charge of the voting said."You are fired from this company, together with Mike. We find out you two might be a threat to the new CEO as you are not happy with her becoming the CEO." The shareholder passed across the information."What does Mike have to do with this? You can fire me instead and leave the poor guy alone."
"What do you want to see me for?" Erica asked Louis immediately she got to his office."I wanted to ask you few questions, is it possible for you to go to the house we just came back from. Can you get the security footage of everything that happened during our stay there?I think there is a spy there that got it release everything we did, and sent to our rival company." Louis asked Erica for a favor.He knew what he was doing. Even though he will have to loose an evidence that is as strong as that. His main aim was to confirm if Erica was the spy, and if she has someone she is working for."Sure, I will do that." Erica assured him with a smirk on her face."You are telling your greatest enemy to do the job for you." She said to herself."Consider it done." She assured him"Thank you very much." Louis appreciated."What about Henry? I haven't seen him! Hope he is okay?" She asked him."Sure, he will not be showing his face for the meantime. He will surely get back to you once he is bac
"The police are here for what?" Henry asked with his eyes wide opened."They insisted on staying at the entrance, and they are on their way here." The girl told him and she will not stop panicking.The police entered his office without knocking, with his secretary at their back."Mr. Henry you are under arrest. We will refrain you from talking, any word can be used against you in the court of law. You are allowed to also have an attorney." One of the police said to him."Find me a lawyer." Henry said to louis and followed the police men without asking them any questions.Henry followed them willingly without asking them any questions.Louis was still shocked with what happened. He knew what happened, he knew the reason he was arrested.Louis never imagined if there is a way they can get him saved. He decided to call Henry's best lawyer.He didn't want to go and Henry immediately to avoid any suspicions. A lot of people haven't figured out that he got arrested yet."I need you here imm