My World Domination System

What Are You Doing Here?!

Mr Mardo Wormwood tapped his fingers gently together as he listened to the bank manager. The details of the conversation was about a new acquisition; the buying of the rights to air Super-sports Television on Aircable. This would make Mr Mardo  richer beyond imagination.

Sports was the one thing Aircable had been lagging behind on all these years because a certain company had monopolized the rights many years ago, but this company was about to the bankrupt soon and they were selling the rights to the highest bidder. In this case, that is Mr Mardo.

“How much are we looking at, Mr Mardo?” said the manager.

“Just tell me your interest rates above $10 million. If I deem it acceptable, then we can talk.”

As the bank manager continued to drone on, Mardo caught the sight of a familiar individual. Or thought he had. Maybe the high interest rates the manager was explaining to him had distracted him.

“Hey, Sweetie.” It was Claire Black, surprising him on his day of working. Mardo was pleased to see her. He couldn’t believe what a fine specimen of a creature was doing with that pauper son-in-law he saw that very evening.

Women like her were meant to be used and explored by him. And thrown away later if they had lost their flavor. But never to be with someone like that.“Hello Claire. If this isn’t a surprise”, he said grinning.“Are you almost done here?” Claire said, winking.  

“Oh, hello, Mr David” she said, talking to the Manager.Mardo had almost forgotten that Claire Black was from a wealthy family, so she would naturally know the Bank manager here. Well, it wasn’t like that now.

Whatever wealth they might’ve had before seemed to have evaporated, if not, the mother would not be pushing this whole nonsense idea of marriage on him. Yes, he would play with the Black family, and leave the pieces when he was done.

“Basically. I don’t think I’m really buying what Mr David is selling here. Maybe I’ll go to another bank” said Mardo, standing up.“Now wait a second, Mr Mard-” the bank manager started.

“Save it, David, and think about it. I might come back later if your conditions are better. Now Mi Amor, where did you have in mind that we go?” Mardo said leading her away.

As they walked out into the lobby, Mardo stopped in his tracks and confirmed what we thought before was a hallucination. By one of the Officer’s tables was Benjamin Black, seated with a ravishing looking young woman.

“Thank you for doing this” said Benjamin, while waiting for the officer to return.“I should be the one thanking you, really. For before. But banks do this all the time. Nobody wants to be caught holding the baton.

And from the amount you told me, it’s a real doozy. Don’t you have people that can usually handle this for you?” Amber asked.Benjamin paused before saying “No. I’m pretty alone in this world. The only company I have is me and this money.”

He then stared at her deeply.“Then you.” he said.Amber blushed a little, but her questions for Benjamin skyrocketed. How was this possible? She already established he wasn’t from family wealth.

Even if he was some sort of a drug dealer, he would have someone in the bank or somewhere to at least move or launder this money effectively. Did he win money in the lottery? Then his taxes would’ve been taken automatically, not frozen.

“I do have something I’ve been meaning to ask you, Benjamin” Amber said, also using his first name.

“Hey, boy!” called out a voice. Benjamin got up. It was Mr Mardo approaching their cubicle.“Well, well. You are a sight for sore eyes, as usual.” Mardo laughed. “It looks like you couldn’t pretend buy those clothes after all. You look like you just emerged from the flea market!” he laughed some more.

Benjamin could see Claire behind his back. She was clutching her dress and trying to avoid eye contact with him.“And who’s this? How did you rope this fine woman here into giving you her money?” Mardo asked. Claire flinched because Mardo had called another woman “fine”

Amber looked disgusted, and flung her eyes to Benjamin.“Who is this?” she asked him.“Nobody important” Benjamin responded. His eyes were a passionate red.

Mardo laughed. “Look, lady whatever he’s told you is an unfortunate pitiable lie. This boy is a live-in-I don’t know what he is, at my fiancé’s house. The only way he makes any money is mooching off the kindness of people like you.” Mardo said.

Claire was stupefied. Was this individual mad?! She had seen Benjamin’s bank account of $500 million. He just bought 2 new cars a couple of hours ago via direct wire payments, and paid millions for a hospital treatment. He could be one the richest persons in this city, at the bare minimum.

She looked back at Benjamin. Who was this guy?“Leave me alone” Benjamin warned Mardo. For some reason, his blood began to boil. That had never happened before. He always just accepted moments like this.

“Leave? Why you are trying to swindle this woman? I don’t think so, boy. Security. Remove this man from the premises” said Mardo. Mardo was an important customer of Skaling Bank, so when he gave an order like this, even the staff responded to him. Some guards in black surrounded Benjamin.

“Come quietly” said one of the guards.“Not on your life” said Benjamin. Claire backed slowly away. What was happening?One of the guards raised his batons, and-“System Activated: Martial Arts Defense Sequence granted.”

Benjamin was lightning quick with an elbow jab to the guard’s solar plexus, and flipped his limp 6"3 body over in an incredible feat, his head hitting the top of one iron chair. Benjamin looked at the others, which were stunned. Claire and Amber’s mouths were agape. Mardo’s eyes' had dilated to twice their sizes.

Another brave guard dashed at him, but this time Benjamin used his legs. He jumped back to give him distance, and executed a backflip kick that landed squarely on the guard’s jaw. As the guard’s body fell, Benjamin performed a second front kick to the stomach, making him fly to the wall.

Benjamin felt like he could do this all day.“This guy...he’s crazy!” yelled an onlooker. The bank and all it’s customers were now transfixed on the scene.“Requesting backup. Requesting backup. Violent male on the loose. Unarmed but dangerous” one of the conscious guards called into his radio.