[Ariel’s POV]It’d been a while since I’d been this happy about spending time with someone. Malcolm and I had become so much closer since that day.I was right, he’d definitely changed, but I never took the time to find out why he’d changed or what changed him and now that he finally opened up to me, I couldn’t have been happier.I was happy because he saw me as someone he could express himself with, I was happy because he felt vulnerable with me, I was happy because he finally opened up to me.Our exams were fast and at first I was very worried about what I would do, but with Malcolm’s guidance and tutelage, I started to feel confident in myself.We were practically living together now, I had to spend the night at his place most times as we would be up studying till late at night.Most times after school I’d cook, and he said he enjoyed my cooking a lot. Sometimes he tried to help with cooking and most times he would end up making a mess and we would both laugh it off.We didn’t speak
[Malcolm’s POV]As I sat there in the room and awaiting the call, I conjured possible scenarios in my head as to who could’ve wanted me kidnapped and why they would want to kidnap me.I picked up my phone and dialed Logan’s number. It rung a short while before he picked.“Hello, Logan. I have something I neee to ask you” I said.“Give me a second to leave my work area” he said and he excused himself and went to the restroom.“I wasn’t expecting a call from you but you sound like it’s serious, what’s wrong?” He said.“It’s nothing” I didn’t want to get anyone involved in this and I trusted him so I knew it couldn’t have been him. “I was wondering if you’d revealed my identity to anyone?” I asked.“Of course not, why would I? What happened to make you ask me that?” He asked, he sensed something was up and was trying to get to the bottom of it.I wondered if I should tell him, but I quickly changed my mind, this was something I had to do on my own.“I was just curious, I’ll be in touch”
I knew the location where they were keeping Ariel. I would launch a surprise attack on them before they knew what hit them, they would never see it coming.My increased agility, strength and stamina gave me confidence, but I didn’t feel prepared enough.I knew these guys were probably amateurs based on how they left the room after they left, but I couldn’t underestimate them. For all I knew they could have guns. I couldn’t take any chances.“System?” I said.“Download and install martial arts techniques from all regions of the world and download them to my muscle memory” I said.[Yes] [No]“Is there any way to reduce or avert the pain?” I said.I didn’t have time but I guessed that that would have to do.“Alright, begin the process.” I said.*DOWNLOADING INFORMATION…**DOWNLOAD COMPLETE**TRANSFERRING INFORMATION…1%*With all my preparations being put in place, I threw on a black jacket and a black top with black pants. I would go at night and I waited patiently for the sun to set.
I was shocked by my own guttural strength. The door weighed at least 300 pounds and I was lifting it easily.I jammed the door into its hinges and walked into the room. I could see that they were prepared for me as they all stood shining flash lights at me.When they stared for a while and realized it was me they all burst into laughter, they must have thought I was a sitting duck and that I’d fallen right into their trap, little did they know that I was the predator and they were the prey.‘I need to find a way to take out their light sources, one of them has a gun, he’s the one I need to target first. If I can get my hands on his gun, I can use it to shoot the other flashlights from their hands, but then I’d also be blinded by the darkness.’ I thought.‘System, do you have a night vision function?’ I asked.[Yes] [No]‘Perfect’ I thought. In my early teenage days Fred would take me to the shooting range on our property and train me on the use of guns. I’d go there whenever I had a
As he stared at me in disbelief, he suddenly ran and stood in front of Ariel and pulled out a knife from the pocket of the hoodie he was wearing.He placed the knife at her throat, desperation and fear clouding his judgment.“Don’t move, you’re not going to pull the trigger, if you do I’ll slit her throat!” He yelled, a desperate final attempt at redemption.I kept my cool, just to be sure that everything would be under control, I tested out my new skill. It would burn the rest of my stamina but would be worth it.“System, activate Future Sight.” I said.ACTIVATING…In an instant I saw multiple scenes of how the future could play out. Unlike foresight, future sight showed me multiple scenes and lasted longer, it also had a lower cooldown. It was convenient.In the scenarios I’d seen, he didn’t slit her throat in any of them.I began to laugh once again and it annoyed him greatly and then I spoke.“Which do you think would be faster? A bullet or your hand. I’d personally like to find o
I couldn’t believe my ears, I knew she hated me, but never to this extent. Why would she want to kidnap me? I felt the rage and anger begin to well up within me, but I calmed myself.For years I bore with the preferential treatment my father gave to her and my step brother over me. I bore with the domestic torture she would always put me through.I bore with the constant abuse and slander she would do to me and I bore with not having a family. But I could confidently say that out of everything she’d ever done to me, this was the height of it.I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, maybe she would change someday and be a better person, maybe she would even love me like a mother would to her own son.But not anymore, my hatred for her had finally reached its peak and I was done making excuses for her, my father, brother or anyone else.I made up my mind right there and then that i would get my revenge on them for all the years of abuse, negligence and torture.But first of all,
I untied the men and we cleared the place out, after which I exchanged contact info with their leader.We made sure not to leave any traces behind and I carried Ariel on my back and we left the warehouse.The men went in a separate direction from me and I walked to the bus stop in hopes of finding a cab, it was very early in the morning, around 4AM.I waited for about 10 minutes before finding one and I entered it with a little trouble, as I was carrying Ariel, who remained unconscious.She appeared to be sleeping so I didn’t encounter much trouble from the cab man anyway.“Where to sir?” The cab man said as he raised his hat up.“The Great Globe Hotel” I said.“Alright buckle up” he said and we were on our way.On the way I thought about the events of the past few days, my story had been unfolding into a very intriguing plot.My connections had expanded once again and I felt a sense of pride, my empire was slowly being built.In the background I was actively making money from stocks
As I finally got back to my room, I thought about my step mother and her actively trying to essentially ruin my life.If I failed the exams I would lose the favor of my father completely and would probably get disowned from the Shade family.That must have been her plan all along, I was ashamed to call her my mother. I wondered why someone would be so cruel to me for no reason, I was never mean to her as a child and always gave her the utmost respect.‘Anything to ruin me and win my fathers approval i guess’ I thought.I had to be careful of who I let into my life from then onward, I hated myself for letting Ariel get involved in this.I was better off alone and I was given a constant reminder once again.Apart from Logan and Satushi, I had to keep my circle as small as possible, not because I was a bad person, but in order to protect them.I was confident in my own abilities, but when it came to protecting others I wasn’t so sure.‘I should think about something else, going on about