The sounds of bird chirping in the distance was the first melody which Damien listened pleasantly as he opened his eyes to daylight again. His vision was hazy at first as he stared directly at the ceiling, of where he could see the streaks of the sunlight piercing his window blinds. Dust danced upon the sun’s rays. Damien investigated the room. It was his. But he didn’t remember a single thing of how he ended up in there. “Argh…” a pang seeped through the male’s head as his vision starts glitching. His surroundings go mute for a few seconds. He swept his head slowly to the side and felt someone’s touch reach his cheek. The arm prevented Damien from spinning his head too much with an embrace.“Jesus… Damien!” this woman cried. “Don’t move so much!”“Mrs. Claude?”Eloise Claude pulled herself away from the male and sighed. Her face was stricken with worry. She had been sitting on the male’s bedside for days and was losing all her hope for him to wake up.“How did I…” Damien began but h
PETERSBURG "Aleksei! We have a visitor for you!" A boy, around the age of sixteen, opened his eyes as the nurse walked into his room. The young was strapped to his bed, looking carefully at the opening door. A tall, lean man enters his room and whispers to the nurse, which eventually left. The boy was vigilant. He eyed the man with curiosity and wariness. The stranger smiled at him. He reads the name on the name tag pinned on the boy's chest. 'Aleksei Yakov Vasiliev'. "It's nice to see you again, Aleksei." Aleksei stared at the man's face for a long time but could really not recall anything from looking at it. Having been alone for a long time, Aleksei always had a welcoming nature to people and to anyone that would visit him in his chambers. A kindred expression is forced upon his face. "Who are you..?" The stranger sits on the chair just beside his bed. Aleksei stared at him with gleaming eyes. Having not seen the world, Aleksei was always curious about everything. The stran
"Sestra!" "That's my brother!" "Indeed it is, m'lady." Ash tried co-open the car's door, but it really would not budge. "When will he let me go?! I want to see my brother now!" "Please behave yourself, my lady! The Czar is surely watching you at another device so please be careful. impress him so that you can leave this place in one piece. Aleksei ran towards his sister and gave the woman a big embrace. A She roamed her face around the car.'Where the hell is this camera?!" She looked around, investigating. 'Hah. Of course, that bastard's hidden it very well.' "Open the damn door Yuri, or I'll get this driver of yours in trouble." she threatened him by talking to no one in the car. Her target was to let the Czar see her himself. "You can see me, right?" Ash said to no one again. "Get me out of here, because if it came to it, I would really go broke." A sound of something unlocking fills out ears. They only battle cry for the war they are about to partake.. "Fuck me. What
“Mr. Blackwell, a word, please! For the cameras!” Several reporters swarmed Blackwell Tech as word spread that Damien was finally returning to business. Following the CEO’s unexpected ambush, journalists and media stations were desperate to interview the man. “Please, Sir Blackwell! A statement for your supporters!’ Damien pushed through the crowd while his bodyguards surrounded him. His eyes were notoriously irritated by the number of people coming to him at that moment. “Get out of the way!” his bodyguards yelled at the paparazzi. His bodyguards were more than usual. Of course. Ash wasn’t with him anymore. Cameras flicker wildly, blinding the male. Soon, he could enter the company’s lobby, where the media were not allowed to enter. Security pushed the journalists back while Damien headed for the lift. The elevator door closes, and he sees the people desperate to get a statement from him. But the male was not in the best mood to comply with their requests. The lift takes them t
"Mister Blackwell, Miss Lilian has arrived." Damien's new secretary, now a woman, tells him solemnly. Damien raises a hand but never lifts his head. "Let her in.""Yes, sir." the secretary proceeds to open the door to a woman clad in bright purple. The color of mauve was Lilian Claude’s signature. She sassily walked inside the office and gave the secretary a demeaning look from top to toe. The secretary walks out of the room to leave them alone.Damien looks at her. Lilian smiled and then slowly lifted the handbag hanging around her arm. "Why did you come here?" he asked her in an unwelcoming tone. Lilian sweetly approached him and took the seat before his desk. "I'm in a wonderful mood today, cousin," she says. "After all, just five minutes with you in that elevator secured me a thousand-dollar handbag from my mother.""I'm glad you got something from it," Damien replied, but his voice showed no interest. "You're done thanking me. You can leave now."Lilian took an envelope and th
Colton Computers Corp. Branch - Greenville Mall Surprisingly, Colton’s shop had customers in. They weren’t less, but they also weren’t that many. The counter had only three customers lining up, each with Blackwell’s newest product that was collaborated with Mr. Gazett’s company. Damien watched from afar at a fancy restaurant across the mall with a stern look on his face. He had noticed that from the minutes he had been observing the counter, the line didn’t seem to move a bit. He leaned deeper and squinted his eyes only to realize what was going on in the cashier. “Are they arguing?” he raised his eyebrows while speaking to his newly appointed secretary. The secretary peered too, and sighed. “It seems that they are. Should I inquire what’s going on?” “No.” Damien replied. “I want to see how they handle customers like that.” “The customers have not been behaving erratically though.” she pointed out. “I think this is a problem with their staff. We’ve already been told that their ca
“What is he doing now?” “Currently manning the counter.” the secretary replied to Damien. She was left to observe the performance of the Coltons while Damien had returned back home. “Good.” Damien blankly replied whilst his eyes focused on the running sight of buildings as their car sped up. “I am on the way to the hospital to visit a friend, so I expect you to take of everything whilst I’m shortly gone.” “I will try my best sir.” “Scold him off if that’s what it takes to knock sense in his head.” “I believe scolding off Mr. Colton is not very good idea Sir.” the secretary chuckled. “However, as always, I will do my very best. I will remind him that he is watched. Only the slightest mention of your name makes him cower, after all.” Damien smiled a little. “Alright.” The phone call finally ended. Damien tapped onto the driver then said, “Let’s be quick.” “Roger, Master.” They reached the hospital in late afternoon. It was not a very known hospital, since Damien did not want to
Damien exited the room to follow the man. His other bodyguard looked the hallway to the right while Damien took the one from the left. Walking briskly, he roamed across the halls of the dimly lit hospital corridors. Slipping his hands inside the pockets of his trench coat, he strode calmly– eyed fixated on the entrance to the emergency stairs.Damien reached the door. Saw the shadow silhouette against the wall when he opened the door, and bolted. Damien was quick to trail after the man. He could hear his footsteps smacking against the ground repetitively, and he knew he just had to chase him.The man ran with his life. Damien sprinted after him. However, the man was not in luck. He had descended deeper into the hospital and found himself at a dead end. He tried to shake the padlocked door that would lead him to the corridor of the first floor, but it would not let him.Meanwhile, Damien walked very, very slowly down the stairs and the stranger knew he was doomed forever.The stranger