Maxus didn't sleep. Dawn seemingly took forever to arrive. The vigilante counted down the minutes that painfully turned into hours. 4am...5am... The first rays of sunlight finally seeped through his window. Maxus hastily prepared his clothes and bags for school, kicking his door open and marching out. The burning sensation running through his chest, a hungry unquenchable rage constantly pumping an endless wave of adreleline into him. He only had one thought in mind. Alex Beng must pay. People in school avoided him. Maxus had his jaw clenched, giving the path ahead of him a hostile glare. Most people spotted his bruises, large areas of his forearms swelling purple and black, several cuts across his cheek and more, looking like a fighter that was looking for a prey. Alex Beng...he was warned. He had every reason and chance to not kill but yet, everytime Maxus thought back about what happened yesterday. The Red Scorpion matching his every move, an opponent that he couldn't beat fo
Sunday. Maxus sat on the floor, head tucked into his arms as he recalled the look Alex gave him, right before he had delivered the finishing blow. He felt like...what was he? Did he go too far? Was Reynesh right about everything he had done? Leah didn't know what he was. Would she still be half as nice to him is she knew? Part of him was convinced to stop. But...every time Maxus reminded himself why he started being the Soultaker, it still haunted him. The flashes of that fateful day was still affecting him in a way he couldn't ignore. Despite the events of the previous day, Maxus knew that he had to keep going. Even if he did stop for the right reasons, he would still know that out there in the country, the Blood Lion, The Red Scorpion was still doing something to ruin the lives of many others. For that...he knew he couldn't stop until either all his enemies or he himself is dead. Alex's death was reported everywhere on every channel of Singapore. The polytechnic closed the day
Singapore. One of Asia's richest countries despite it's small size and lack of natural resources. It's only real natural resource was technically it's people. Eden Lee had faith in that idea. The country's leaders understood this as well, always looking out for talent. The country's inviting economy and it's multi cultural society invited some of the worlds best to help build the country further. Eden wanted to be a part of the idea that talent like him would be appreciated by the people and government of the country, he has seen it happen with others. The brightest students becoming rich politicians, the most witty ones becoming some of the world's top earning businessmen. The country had so much promise, attracting so many from all over the world to hope for a chance at success. That was why his parents came here and along with them, he became a citizen here as well, calling Singapore his home. As a kid, Eden recalled having the burning passion for
"One clean hit. That's it."12 year old Maxus raised his fist, shifting his feet around to provide as much balance as he could, taking in a deep breath as he steadied his arms, pointing them towards Tony who took his fighting stance as well. "If you can survive 30 seconds, you win." Tony reminds."Bring it." Maxus recalled saying as Tony burst forward.The mentor switched his attack hands mid charge, from a fist to a chop as he swung at Maxus who managed to deflect the first shot, quickly stepping back to dodge another, sidestepping again to avoid a third and was about to have an opening for his own counter attack when Tony kicked, forcing Maxus to back off."You can read style changes now. That's an improvement, now try dodging these. Twenty seconds to go." Tony says as he reverted back to his fist, shifting himself towards Maxus who readied another defensive stance.Tony shot forward, throwing a barrage of jabs that Maxus blocked with his forearm
Ali Kaur, one of the country's best lawyers sat before him.
Eden Lee.Failed as a martial artist before.
Is it the responsibility of a teenager to take on an army?An army that operates in the shadows of the wealthiest island nation, beneath it's squeaky clean exterior, an entire underground operation that has at least thousands of men working under the Blood Lion, what many consider to be a ruthless and cruel elitist mastermind that sits within the comfort of the government.Nevertheless, just because it's tough or impossible...it doesn't mean that Maxus shouldn't try.Way of the Scorpion, Martial Arts and Self Defense. The school opened, ran and taught by the most dangerous opponent Maxus had faced yet: Eden Lee, also known by the infamous code name given to his assassin alias, the Red Scorpion, credited with dozens of kills alongside multiple extremely high profile ones. Powerful men, criminal lords, terrorist leaders, politicians, wealthy business owners were nothing but another number to his kill count.Today is the day the Soultaker comes for Eden Lee. Not the Red Scorpion.Maxus h
It's the first holiday of the year.Maxus still hasn't seen her messages despite days passing. Leah knew that he always seemed occupied with something other than focusing on school as well as having emotional trauma from events that took place in his past. Maxus always seemed to unfocused, almost like something big unresolved was constantly haunting him without rest.On top of all that pain and despression, he had no parents around to comfort or teach him. She knew he had an aunty and uncle who were his legal guardians and were financially supporting him as much as they could but even they weren't that well to do and had their own kids to take care of as well.Most girls would not even entertain the idea of talking to such a boy, he seemed so uncommitted to most and even to the girls in class, Maxus was just someone who didn't want to be here. Some of them might find him "cool ", a brooding secretive guy who talks rarely but yet, that was never how Leah perceived him.She could feel t