"Get ready Luck your first fight will start now!"
Caroline told him as she pushed him towards the intruder, Luck didn't feel ready to fight him but he didn't have a choice, this man was robbing his house, he couldn't just let him leave, upon closer inspection Luck realized that he knew the man, the man had recently graduated from high school, it was his ex-senior student
"Hey, Niccolo! why are you doing this? you know that I'm struggling with money, so why did you come to rob me?"
"Shut it, you idiot! Who leaves without locking the door? besides, you can't do anything I'm stronger than you and nobody will believe you if you tell the police? You already know that my mum works as a cop"
Luck didn't say anything, he just raised his guard up
"You truly are unlucky Niccolo, Today isn't really my day so I could use a sandbag"
Caroline was surprised by Luck's change of mood, he seemed scared before but now he looked like he has an intent to kill, before Niccolo could make another move Luck closed the distance and threw a jab at him, it was a perfect jab at Niccolo's chin, Luck then followed with a kick on the side of his chest, Niccolo left a silent scream because of the pain, Luck continued with a combo of hits, the combo started with an upper-cut after that Luck threw 2 jabs right on his face, Niccolo tried to fight back by punching but Luck ducked down and stroke him with a powerful swing, the swing ended up knocking out Niccolo, after the fight ended, Caroline clapped and jumped from the excitement
"Hey Luck! you didn't tell me you were good at fighting, I mean he didn't even lay a finger on you, that's pretty impressive if you ask me!"
"Well I practiced kick-boxing the whole summer, I also worked out so I can build up strength so honestly I'm not surprised that I managed to beat up a skinny guy like him, all he ever did was smoke and drink coffee all summer"
Luck said, they then called the police and after 5 minutes the police came to pick up Niccolo
"I bet his mother will be pissed as hell when she sees her son at the station!"
Caroline said with a smug face, at the time Luck was placing everything back to its place since Niccolo had made a mess
"Do you need help with tidying up the place?"
Caroline asked, Luck nodded in disapproval, Caroline ignored him and started helping after some minutes everything was back to its place, Caroline and Luck took a moment to appreciate the work they had done
"Hey Caroline, do you want me to make you something light to eat?"
"Like a toast?"
"Yeah that's possible, just sit down and watch some TV"
Luck told her as he started to pick up the ingredients for a toast, he took out a toaster from a shelf and started to toast the bread, after 3 minutes Caroline's dinner was ready
"Caroline come to the table so you can eat!"
"Can't I eat on the sofa"
"NO!"
Luck said with passion, he doesn't like when people eat somewhere else than a table, Caroline then sat at the table, as she was eating her cheese-only toast she asked Luck
"What will you eat? I don't see anything else on the table"
"Don't worry about me, I usually don't eat at night"
"If I remember correctly you have some sweets from Palermo, will you not eat them now?"
Caroline asked him, the fact that Luck didn't eat anything at night was strange for Caroline but she didn't bother Luck anymore but before she finished Caroline asked Luck
"Why didn't you put ham inside of the toast?"
Luck didn't answer, he simply opened the fridge door, the fridge was almost empty, it only had some eggs, some slices of cheese and 2 cartons of milk, Caroline gasped
"WHY IS YOUR FRIDGE EMPTY? WHAT DO YOU EVEN EAT?"
"Shut up it's late! I instantly cook the things I buy, and as you can see there is a pot of soup on top of the furnace"
Luck said as he pointed out the furnace, Caroline was still shocked about Luck's living conditions
"After school, we will go on a shopping spree and buy everything you need, and don't care about the budget I will pay for everything, I really can't stand seeing you living like this!"
"But..."
"No buts and I won't let you decline this offer!"
Caroline said, in the end Luck accepted her offer, after Caroline was done eating, Luck cleaned the table and the dishes
"Caroline you can sleep on my bed, I will take this couch"
Luck told her, he then set up the couch so he can sleep, as he was preparing the couch Caroline came out of Luck's room dressed with his clothes
"You wear pretty big clothes Luck but they fit me perfectly"
She said although the clothes were baggy
"H-HEY! take them off!"
Luck said with embarrassment
"Why don't you come to take them off yourself?"
Caroline said, Luck was petrified by embarrassment
"Hahaha, your face is so funny! anyways good night Luck!"
Caroline said as she went back to the room so she could sleep, after a moment Luck came back to his senses, he quickly closed the lights and tried to sleep
'what's wrong with her?'
he thought as he was trying to sleep
The 2 of them slept peacefully through the night, eventually, the morning came, Caroline woke up from her alarm that she had set up on her phone, she came to the kitchen and she saw Luck making breakfast, to no one's surprise he was making 2 toasts, Luck noticed her opening the door
"Rise and shine Caroline, I got to the store earlier and I bought slices of ham for you!"
Caroline didn't understand a single thing Luck said, she simply walked to the bathroom so she can wash her face
'not an early bird I see!'
Luck thought, after Caroline washed her face she properly greeted Luck and sat down to eat, after they finished their food they managed their school bags and exited the house, they were on their way to school
"Hey Luck if you can fight then why do you let those guys at school bully you?"
Caroline asked, she was really curious to know
"I don't want to talk about it"
Luck said, he immediately shut her down, he had his reason and he didn't want to reveal them to Caroline, the 2 of them eventually arrived at school, there was no sign of Floga or his friends around so Luck felt at ease, the 2 of them then entered the classroom and left their things on the desk and went out for a walk around the school
"Hey, Caroline don't you feel a weird pressure in the air? actually... ignore what I just said, it must be my imagination"
'so he can now feel the mana in the air? not bad!'
Caroline thought
"You say the craziest things sometimes, you know that?"
Caroline said to teased him, after some walking around the school they decided to sit on a bench so they can speak
"Hey Caroline you have pretty messed up morning hair let me fix it"
Luck said as he leaned close to Caroline, he then proceeded to fix her hair and he tied it with one of the bracelets he had around his hand
"Whoa! you know how to tie hair? where did you learn how to do it?"
"Well, in the past I had to take care of 2 women, so it's only natural that I learned how"
Luck said as he finished her ponytail
'I wonder how long does it take her to wash all this hair'
Luck thought as he looked at Caroline's hair, even after he tied her hair, her hair was still long, at this time Destiny arrived at school, she spotted Luck and Caroline and walked up to them
"Morning guys!"
"Good morning Destiny! Luck and I decided to sit here until the bell rings, wanna join us?"
Destiny agreed to Caroline's invitation and sat with them, after some minutes of talking the school bell rang so they went to attend the morning prayer, the country of Kesio is a mostly Christian country with a low percentage of atheists, after the prayer ended the students went inside the school, Floga and his friends haven't shown themselves yet, Caroline and Luck sat down on their desk and waited for the teacher
"Hey Luck, remind me what subject we have!"
"If I'm correct we have physics"
Luck said, the principal suddenly entered the classroom, he appeared to have a new watch
"Good morning children, our new physics teacher has just arrived, all of you greet him properly!"
a man entered the room, he seemed very familiar to Luck
"Hey guys, I'm your new teacher, please call me Mr. Gnomon!"
'what the hell is this?'
Luck wondered, after Gnomon entered many comments about his appearance could have been heard from some female students
"Caroline, why is he here?"
Luck whispered
"Didn't Kamira tell you about the mission?"
"Do you mean the one with the cargo ship?"
"Yea that!"
"Well she did but she didn't go into detail"
"Hey! you 2 back there! stop talking the lesson is about to start!"
Gnomon interrupted Luck and Caroline, shortly after the lesson started, after some long and boring minutes the school bell rang everybody stood up and were about to leave
"You 2! come up to my office with me!"
Gnomon said to Caroline and Luck before they could exit the classroom, the 3 of them walked up to the office, nobody spoke up on their way to the office, once they entered the office Luck calmed down
"Hey Gnomon this is Luck, one of our new recruits!"
"Yeah I know, I was the one that escorted him to Palermo"
Caroline was shocked by what Gnomon said
"Wait! did you really came here yourself?"
Luck was confused about her reaction, Caroline noticed that Luck was calm
"Luck don't you know who this guy is? He is the brother of Kamira or you could refer to him as boss junior"
"Please don't call me that! Captain is good enough!"
Gnomon said, he seemed disappointed about Caroline's dumbness
"Anyways, the reason I called you here is to confirm that everything is okay because I heard that was an intruder in Luck's house last night... so is everything alright?"
"Yep totally! Luck beat him up like a boxing superstar!"
Caroline said as she was imitating Luck's punches
"So Luck can fight? that just makes my job easier then, Caroline please bring Destiny here, as for you Luck just have a seat and when Destiny comes here we will have a talk"
Caroline quickly left the room and started to search for Destiny, Luck, on the other hand, started to eat the sweets from Italy, Gnomon was surprised to see them
"Hey where did you get them? they are Kamira's favorites!"
"Oh those? Kamira bought them for me when I met her in Palermo, don't you remember? you sent me to the restaurant she was"
'Kamira didn't tell that she would be the one to guide Luck into the base, just how important is he?'
Gnomon wondered, not even a minute passed and Caroline came back with Destiny
"We arrived, sir!"
"I can see that, now Caroline leave us alone"
"Why do I always have to leave"
she muttered as she left, Destiny then sat on a chair near Luck
"We will have a change of our plan but don't worry it will not affect you too much, Firstly Luck, we learned that both of your parents are absent and you don't have any legal guardian therefore you will go to our base immediately after school, as for your homework leave it to Caroline"
"I doubt that Caroline is smart enough to do my homework, just to inform you, my mother expects perfect marks on all of my subjects so I don't plan to leave my fate to Caroline's hands"
Luck said with a serious expression, Gnomon didn't comment on anything that Luck said, he just continued
"As for you Destiny, you will attend daily lessons about the Celestial element and also do Luck's homework since you have a perfect score on most of your grades"
"Forget it! Destiny will do nothing! I will do my own homework so I demand an hour or more so I can do my homework"
Gnomon wasn't happy about this, Luck's persistence destroyed all of his plans
"You signed a contract Luck remember? the contract said that you will complete any orders from UMP and I know that if you have money you will not need perfect grades"
"You don't know anything about me! nobody does"
Luck replied, Destiny was surprised by Luck's reaction, it was her first time seeing Luck with such a serious look in his eyes, when Luck's eyes met Destiny's he instantly calmed down
"Whatever I will just sacrifice some sleep!"
Luck said, he seemed like he wanted to brush the problem off, after they both accepted their new programs Gnomon dismissed them, they didn't have any time to talk because the bell rang instantly
'wait why did the bell ring that late, I swear I have been inside his office more than 5 minutes'
Luck wondered, the first break is always 5 minutes long and sometimes shorter because in theory is a break for students to go to the bathroom instead of socializing, the next subject was math and all that Luck could think about was those "5 minutes" he spent in Gnomon's office, the rest of the day passed quick for Luck, it was like time passed quicker, the time thing was starting to make Luck crazy before he could leave school Gnomon stopped his exit from the gate with a fancy sports car
"Hop in! I'm taking you to the port!"
"What about my backpack?"
"Give it to Caroline or something, she will go to your house anyways"
Gnomon said, that's what Luck did, he gave his house keys and his backpack to Caroline to take home, she was annoyed but she still took everything with her, once Luck sat properly in the car seat Gnomon quickly drove to the port, Luck didn't noticed it but to avoid people Gnomon created a mana zone, once they arrived at the port they took a plane once again and this time they went straight to the UMP's base, the plane ride amazed Luck once again, once they arrived at the base they quickly entered the base, a woman was waiting for them
"You arrived Captain please allow me to take the young gentleman for training"
The woman said with a sweet voice
"He is all yours just don't forget that when you finish come to report to me"
Gnomon said, he then swiftly left
"Follow me sir"
She said as she began to walk to the training room, once they entered the room Luck was surprised, the room was huge but it didn't seem like a training room, the room had some colorful sofas and a big TV, the whole place seemed more like a relaxing room rather than a training room
"Now kid before we start I have to tell you that your training will be hard so bear with me!"
Said the woman, her words made Luck anxious the only thing that he could think of was how hard the training would be
Here begins his real adventure through the Parallels worlds
Luck entered a big rather weird room with the lady, as he took a good look around the place Luck noticed that behind the colorful room there was a weird machine, it looked like a coffin but it had multiple cables and tubes attached to it, there was also a big screen attached to the wall where all the cables came from, the lady guided Luck into this weird looking room"If it's possible take off your clothes and enter the machine"The lady told him, Luck was devastated"Like right now? W-with you in the room?"Luck said embarrassed, the lady sighed and walked outside the room, Luck then felt a little more comfortable, he then undressed and entered the machine'Why does it have water inside it'He wondered as he came in contact with the shallow water"HEY I'M INSIDE, NOW WHAT?"Luck screamed in order for the lady to hear, she then entered the room and walked up to the TV screen, she pressed multiple buttons and the machine rose up"What is happening? What is this machine?"Luck asked, bu
Welcome, all! this is the first C.C(Characters Chapter) of PARALLEL, since 7 chapters have already been uploaded I thought that it would be a good idea to inform you and give you more detail about the characters and the world of PARALLEL, also this chapter is a celebration of my second book being contracted, Now let us start with the characters designs I have in mind Luck: He is an island boy that was birthed and raised in the country of Kesio and his main hobbies are volleyball, working out, and playing video games, he is muscular and quite strong, he likes to do things privately, Luck also likes the idea of fighting to the death because he thinks that someone's true self can be revealed in the blink of death, his favorite food? probably beans, he is 177cm or 5'8ft tall and he is 15 years old and his birthday is on the 22nd of December (22/12), he has short black hair and bright yellow/golden eyes, Luck is also a bit tanned since he spent all of his summers on the beach Caroline: Sh
The atmosphere around Africa and most specifically a village in Kenya was completely different from Luck's hometown, the culture, the people, the weather, everything was different, even though Luck hadn't been to Kenya before it felt like home, and the people are to blame for this feeling, the people welcomed Luck with open hands, they also seemed to have a good relationship with Gnomon"They seem to love us, why is that?"Luck asked curiously"There are multiple reasons for that, we provide them food, academic knowledge, and a safe shelter, they can basically sleep with their doors open and nobody will attempt to steal anything since they don't lack anything"Gnomon told Luck, it was abnormal for Luck"Do you mean that you have money to support a whole city?""No, I don't! We actually have money to support all of the countries in Africa"Gnomon replied, Luck was left with an open mouth, after the small discussion Gnomon guided Luck to his favorite place, it was called "The devil's sn
Caroline and the others quickly exited the house and walked up to a wall"Here it is, do you guys feel it?"Caroline asked them with an excited look on her face"Feel what?"Luck asked confused "The mana of course! I guess you are way too new to mana"Caroline said, she then grabbed Luck and Destiny by their shoulder"Prepare yourselves for what you are about to see!"Caroline said, that made the 2 of them anxious, Caroline then entered the mana zone with them, once they all saw the mana zone they were amazed, it was a brand new world, it was a tropical jungle but the trees and plants had completely different colors, there were also standing on one of the multiple cubes that this mana zone had, gravity was also a lighter there"Oh my god! This place is insane!"Destiny yelled in amazement, Luck thought the same too"Guys come quick! we have to find the mana zone's core!"Caroline told them"Wait! Why do we need to find the core?"Luck asked"To make it simple for you, if we slay the
The hours went on very fast at school once again, Gnomon called Luck and Destiny to his office once the day ended, Gnomon just wanted to inform them that they are free for the day, the 2 of them excitingly exited the classroom and went straight towards to Caroline but before they could reach her Floga and his group blocked their way"Now that I found you alone I want to talk about something, Destiny you can leave, I don't need you"Floga told Luck"If you wanted to have a private chat you would have come alone"Luck said, he suspected that Floga was up to something more than just talk, Floga sent all his friends away so they can talk alone"Luck don't play with my patience, now that I told the others to leave tell Destiny to leave too, I don't want to start fighting before the promised hour""I will leave if you promise that you will not hurt him!"Destiny stood up to Luck"Whatever! now leave!"Floga said, Destiny quickly left them alone"Why were you in Kenya? and how did you get ba
"You are Caroline huh? Then I guess you came to take me in right?"Floga asked, his whole face was covered with defeat"I am but not for the reason you think"Caroline told him"Then what? execute me?"Floga said ironically"The UMP wants to hire you as an attack unit they can use for a mission, and I will inform you that with the crimes you have done you don't have any choice"Caroline told him, she then released Floga from the chains and broke the mana zone"Meet us tomorrow at the port, there is where we will all leave for a base of ours"Caroline told him, she then opened the door of the roof and started walking down the stairs, Luck tried to follow Caroline but he was stopped by Floga"How long have you interacting in the parallel world?""Why do you care?"Luck replied to him, Luck then tried to leave but he was once again stopped"She knew about this world too"Floga said, Luck froze in place when he heard that"I don't know who are you talking about..."Luck told him"Don't me
After minutes of waiting Floga finally arrived at the port, he looked tired, Caroline welcomed him with a low wave, Floga then noticed them and walked up to them"So, when are we going to leave"Floga asked Caroline, he ignored everyone else"We can leave right now, so everyone grab me by my shoulder"Caroline said, everyone touched Caroline on her shoulder, and all of them entered a mana zone that a familiar robot had created, Caroline ran up to the robot"Hug support!"She screamed, the robot extended its arms and hugged Caroline"What the hell are you doing?"Luck asked her with a disgusted look"I'm just hugging my good friend Robbie"She replied, Destiny found it cute, but Floga and Luck found it the complete opposite"Please don't call it that..."Luck told her with concern, the group then entered the plane for the base, the whole flight was awkward, nobody dared to speak a word, eventually, Caroline put on some music but her try to ease the mood was a failure, Luck desperately
Caroline and Kamira were about to face off each other, even though Kamira knows that Caroline is strong she doesn't actually know her extract peak in a fight so it was a problematic situation, on the other hand, Caroline was ready to engage at any time with full confidence"What's the holdback Kamira? You said the next attack won't miss me"Caroline told her with a smirk"I giving you one last chance to come back Caroline, I will not be so forgiving"Kamira said while she created star-like spheres around her, Caroline also got into a fighting position"Whoa your famous Stars! I bet they can do massive damage, anyways, I said I won't let you punish me, so if you are ready, strike me"Caroline said, in a flash, a beam came out of Kamira's star, Caroline swiftly dodged the attack, the attack traveled to a mountain in the distance creating a massive explosion"Your attacks are something else!"Caroline complimented as she charged at Kamira, Caroline tried to punch Kamira but she used one