"Not again, mother. You need to tell me what is going on." James drew his mother's hand back and stared at her face. "All we ever do is run since dad died. Aren't you tired of running and always looking over our shoulders? I need to know exactly what is going on. I am no longer a child that you can just order around anymore. I am grown up for god's sake!" James shouted at Martha, making her come back to her senses. The look in Martha's eyes showed she was scared. The look of uncertainty and the alarm in her eyes showed she had been running from something for the past five years since the death of her husband.
She adjusted her spectacles and stood still. "Mother," James paused, seeing that she was not moving. "What the hell is going on? You need to talk to me. I can't keep running." He said he was sitting on the bed in front of Martha. Martha shrugged, coming back to life. She looked at James and knelt before him. "I am sorry, I sacred you. I don't mean too. Ever since your father died, these people have been threatening us; they want the ultimate power to control the world and the universe, and once they do, we all will be at their mercy." Martha looked at James. "Is that why we keep moving from pillar to post? Who are these people, and what do they know for then to kill me, father? I am no longer a kid. I think I deserve to know why he died." James stared at Martha. Martha sat down and was about to speak when her phone rang again. Both mother and son stared at the strange number and weren't sure if they were going to pick it up or not. Their heartbeat could be heard across the room as beaded sweat formed at the forehead of Martha. The call cut off, but the tension lingered. The call came in again, and this time it ran several times before Martha picked it up. "Where the hell did you put your phone?" a voice shouted at the end of the call. Martha eyes and brows went up. "Rose?" She said she was trying to confirm who the caller was. "There is an emergency, and your attention is needed." Rose said it in a hurry and cut off the call. Martha looked at James, '"I am sorry, son. I have to go." She said she was walking into her room to get dressed. "Mum, we need to talk about this. You can just leave me hanging every time we are discussing something this serious." Martha was in a haste; she knew how her boss could be, and that was the only job that was paying the bills. She adjusted the spectacles and looked at James. "I need to go. I promised to explain everything to you once I am back." Martha looked at James and kissed him on the forehead. "Mother, I. " The door slammed in James face. He opened the lourves and watched his mother cross the street, flagging down a cab. James sighed and sat down. He looked at the dim light in front of him and knew there was something special about his father. He wondered why his mother would leave everything behind—the money, the goods, and the riches. He wondered why they kept running every day and looking over their shoulders. There were many questions going through his mind. Questions that needed answers, but he was stuck with his mother, who had tight-sealed lips. ************************************************************* James woke up the following day from a horrible nightmare. His breath was shaky as he looked around the room, trying to know where he was. "Bloody hell!" James screamed out of his lungs as he ran into the bathroom. He was late for his classes. Martha had been the one to wake him up most of the of the time. James took his scooter and raced to school, but he met some of the teachers outside, stopping the latecomers. "You are late." A teacher stopped James from looking at his rough hair. "I am sorry. I had some home issues." James said, bowing his head slightly to the ground. "The new kid? I can't believe you are late on your second day at school." The man scolded him. "You are watching the male toilet, and make sure you scrub it clean." The man's voice was loud enough to be heard. James looked at some of his classmates and noticed most of them were school teachers. Some had pierced ears. As they were marched off to the male toilet, James mind went back to the dream he had. "Could it be real? Does it have to do with his father's death?" James asked himself He had remembered the day his father had died, but it was all in the past now. He was a kid and barely remembers any of it. He rested against the wall and was lost in thought when one of the students threw a mopping stick at him. " Hey,dummy." He heard a shout and turned to look at who had called him. The look on James face showed defiance, and the boy walked towards him. "New kid. What is your name?" The boy asked again. James looked at him and noticed they were around the same age, although he was bigger and more muscular than he was. James tried to walk away, but then he was pinned down by some of his friends. "Don't walk away. You are going to do all of our shares, and you are going to do the. very well, or I wish to bash all your teeth out of your skull." He shouted, looking at James, who didn't seem to be scared. James headbuttedhim and sent him back to his ass. Stiles looked at his nose and saw it was broken. "Beat him up!" He shouted at his friends, and they all rushed at him,, smacking James everywhere. He was lying on the floor as they trampled all over him. Suddenly, they heard above at theirbacksks and turned to see who it was."James McCall?" The man shouted at them. James lowered his hands over his eyes and looked at the teacher standing before him. "There is a message from the hospital." The man's face showed he was a little anxious about what to say next. "What about it? How is my mother? Is she alright?" James looked at the man's face, searching for an answer. "I am sorry, kid?" The man hasn't finished his words when James took to his heels.James ran towards the class as many of the students were all wondering what was going on. He grabbed his bags and scooter and raced out of the school towards his mother's workplace. He ran into the big hospital and looked at the first desk. "Martha McCall." He said eagerly looking at the lady in front of him "Who are you to her?" She asked, adjusting her pair of glasses and glancing at James. "I am James, her son." He said it with his heart beating loudly against his chest. "My mother, how is she? Is she alright? Please tell me she is safe." James kept ranting. " Your mother was hit my a moving car. Apparently it was a bit and run case. The hitter was looking for something and went ahead to" The lady was about to say another word when Rose walked over to the desk. "Hush! Why are you trying to frighten the boy?" "RRose right?" James looked at the lady who was standing before him. She was a little chubby with silicon hair. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, and she looked friendly.
James looked at his mother as she was asleep. The doctor walked in with some other doctors. "We need to have her take to the theatre now, James. Do you have any last words?" Dr. Raymond looked at him. "Will she be fine?" James asked "We need to do the surgery first, and then we are going to have to wait." Raymond said, and Martha was wheeled out of her ward. James followed behind as they followed her into the theatre room. "Why don't you go home and come back the following day? This is going to take hours." One of the doctors looked at James. All they could see was a young boy who had a lot ahead of him. "No, I am going to stay. I want my face to be the first face she sees when she wakes up." James replied and sat on the long chairs outside the theatre. The hospital was awfully silent, as the silent beeping of the fluorescent bulb could be heard. James clasped his hands together as he prayed for the first time in his life. He didn't believe in God or gods. He believed he had the key
James felt his body heated, and suddenly he liked to see his spirit staring at his body on the floor. "Am I dead? What is happening to me?" He saidJames looked at his mother's body in front of him. Tears streamed down his face as he remembered that he was now left alone in the world. Still, he needed to know who had attacked his mother and why she had to die. James walked out of the ward, and suddenly, he felt pulled up. He floated into the air and out of space. A ray of light flashed towards him as if it were going to blindfold him, but then he saw his father and mother in front of him as he slowly removed his hands from his eyes. " Dad? Mum? Is this real?" James said, slowly walking towards them. " Stay,son. You can't come any further." James's father said he was stopping him. Martha smiled, and she was at peace. "I don't understand what is going on. Why do you have to die, and why does mom have to leave?" James said it with tearful eyes. "I am sorry I have to leave this burden
The man in the suit got out of the car and looked at the chauffeur, who looked more like a fighter than an actual driver. James looked out from where he was hiding, trying to catch a picture of the man he had fought with. He could tell it was him from the aura he had perceived when his eyes saw the man. "Do you feel his energy?" the man asked, looking at his driver. "Yes, I can tell it was him," he replied. The man grinned, clenching his fist. "Is he having the soectacles with him?" He turned, looking at the exit. "I don't think he does. I wonder why a boy who could see the future ran mere errands," the soldier-like man replied. "I don't think he knows what he is yet." The man replied, walking into the mansion. "I am going to stay and look around." The chauffeur replied. James remembered that he had fought with him. He remembered what it was like to lose his mother, and he felt like killing the man standing right in front of him. James clenched his fist in anger. He wanted to char
"Don't tell me this is the part where you try to prove yourself because you are nothing! You always have been, and you will always remain nothing. I am sure no one wept at your mother's burial." Stiles taunted, and James lost it. He flew at Stiles, and the two began to heat each other up. Stiles was bigger and stronger than James. He sent a few punches towards James belly and faces. ' He should not have taken him head-on." One of the students said it with a smirk on his face. "Did he think he could come here behaving like he owned the place?" another said. James eyes darted around, seeing the faces of all the students staring at him. He spits out blood and crawls on the blood, holding Stiles feet. "You are one hell of a person. I think by now, you ought to have given up." Stiles looked at James. Suddenly, he flew him and thumped on James head. The loud noise of his cry was heard, and many of the students fled the scene. "What have you done?" One of the bullies looked at James and ba
James blinked and saw Stiles and his friend laughing at him. He tried to break free and noticed he was tied to a pole. "Why do you keep coming after me? Do you think you can avenge what I did to you? I am the kingpin around here. Don't you wonder why the school authorities didn't take it up? That is because they fear my father. They know what he would do to them if they laid a finger on me." Stiles barked at James. James tried to break free of the ropes around him, but he couldn't. He would have loved to break every tooth in Stile's mouth and probably kill him. "Untie me!" James shouted at Stiles, and he laughed again. "Maybe you should call on your dead mother. I am sure she would be more than happy to come save you. I heard you have been running all your life. Here, I am going to make your life so miserable that you would wish you had stayed dead with your mother." Stiles giggled They ransack James bag and found the spectacle. "Give it back! It is mine." James shouted in anger.
James watched as the spectacle made itself and became whole. "This is impossible," he said as he picked up the Google ""I saw sties squash and break it." James stares at the table right in front of him. He picked up the spectacle, and they immediately bonded, becoming one. James face changed, and his power came back tenfold. He felt more alive than dead. "Is this why my mother never allowed me to touch it?" James removed the glasses and felt ordinary once again. He immediately went back to bed and hid the goggle. Tomorrow was going to be a day of vengeance. Jame was going to make everyone who looked down on him pay for everything they had done. James woke up very early the next day and went about his daily routine. He ran into the morning air with a smiling face and knew he did not have to go to school in fear again. He was finally free from being bullied and beaten. He had the spectacle strapped to his side as he jogged, looking at it each time he ran. James got back home and quick
James walked out of Sandra's presence and changed course, walking towards the darkest corner of the school premises. He was tired of being pushed here and there, and he was going to make everyone that ever bullied him pay. "Follow him," Stiles said beneath his breath. The bullies are now taking off their jumpsuits and jackets as they trailer behind James, who walked as if he didn't know what was happening. The sound of the music faded away as James kept walking towards the inner part of the school premises. "What is he doing?" Mark asked, looking at Stiles, who wasn't bothered by the fact that James was trying to buy himself some time. Sandra tiptoed behind them as they all walked, and each time she tried to hide out of plain sight. She knew the spectacles would eventually get into Stiles hands. All she needed was to jump him and have it. James stopped and opened his pants to take a leak. The sound of his pee dropping to the green grass could be heard. His spectacle shining in