“Mr. Pendragon, it’s morning already”.
On hearing the blaring sound of his student’s voice shamelessly yelling his surname this early morning, Clark felt super irritated. His hands suddenly started feeling the urge of smacking someone.
“Mr. Pendragon…”
“Oh, shut up!”
With red eyes like those of a drunkard who was dragged from a pit to his room yesterday, Clark opened the door to his room before glaring hard at his student who looked back at him innocently.
“Gulp!”
With a single movement of his throat, Albert swallowed the water in his throat before raising his hand to wave politely. “Good morning, Mr. Pen…”
Feeling Clark’s glare, he wisely kept his mouth shut. This did not stop him from grumbling inwardly though, these days he felt like a mother who was listening to the mischievous antics of his son who was brimming in youth.
“Or w
Taking a deep breath, Clark stood up with a solemn expression on his face before entering the mansion while being escorted by a unit of soldiers armed to the teeth. He didn’t protest as this was the normal procedure which he already observed through watching the other lucky individuals that were called in. Yes, he called it lucky. Most of the people who came here today were bigshots in their own right but over 90% of them would go back disappointed. He felt glad as despite the ridiculousness of his introduction, being called meant that Sonia probably told her parents about him some time ago. As he was led through the luxurious garden of the mansion, he tried hard not to admire the surroundings. All his attention was focused on the man that he was about to meet. Strangely, because of his dream the previous night, he felt a lot more confident which reflected in how he walked. He didn’t even know when he got to the mansion’s main door bec
Clark didn’t get to leave immediately after his conversation with the Calibri couple came to an end. Mr. Calibri first expressed apology for his inability to accompany him further.But Mrs. Calibri was the exact opposite, she first asked him if he was in any rush. When he said no, he politely invited him to share lunch and also for a not too tedious tour.“Do you have any food preferences?” She asked gently with an even more gentle smile on her face.“No, I’ll take anything”. Clark felt a little embarrassed being showered with so much attention and care, this was a situation that he was not used to.“Ok, I’ll let my chef prepare the best food for you”. Smiling even broader, she started leading him out of her husband’s office.As she walked, she suddenly brought up her ring to her face. “I want lunch to be ready in 5 minutes, I have a guest”.“Yes, madam”.
After ending the tour through the military fortress built by Sonia, Mrs. Calibri finally let Clark go. Clark tried to tell her away from it but she insisted on escorting him to the front of the mansion. So, it started the awkward but proud situation that he fell into. Though he felt awkward, Clark had no choice but to admit that it was a different feeling entirely walking alongside a billionaire’s wife. Besides the both of them followed a huge carriage robot, inside the carrier stood the mech that Morales decided to take. Sometimes, you just have to overcome your shame before you can get great benefits. Seeing the young man walking alongside the billionaire’s wife, eyes bulged in shock as people carefully examined this young man again in a bid to get his identity. It was already evening by the time that they came out of the mansion, so the light in the skies was already dimming. After walking alongside, him to the enormous gate leading inside
The next morning, at 8:00, Clark and his student were set to leave for the airport. After a memorable stay of 2 days here in this unforgettable city, they were finally returning to where they belonged.In his casual wear again, Clark took a last look at this apartment that he slept 2 nights in before going out with his bag.Unlike when they came, they now had a traveling bag due to the clothes that they bought yesterday. Albert rolled the bag down with a broad smile on his face as he took in the cool atmosphere of the morning.“You guys are really leaving?”Clark turned his head though he already knew who said that. On the other side stood Pinky, and surprisingly her grandma was there too and she seemed to want to send them off too.“Bye, grandma, perhaps we’ll visit sometime in the future”.Clark already booked the next cable cab, so he didn’t have much time to waste. He knew that if he started a conversa
With the help of his student, Clark finally scaled the huge mech that stood sturdily like a beast. He could have opted to jump on it acrobatically, but he didn’t want to be careless when he was first coming into contact with a real mech. For the past 15 minutes, he and his student have already observed the outward body of the mech extensively. They confirmed that everything was ok before he finally decided to enter it. Its body was built in such a rough but well-thought-out way to enable easy entry to whoever wanted to access inside it. Carefully climbing through the support frames that were attached to various parts of its body, Clark finally had access to the cockpit that laid silently inside its heavy metallic frame. Seeing inside this wonder of technology, he could not help but suck in a deep breath in amazement and awe. As soon as its sensors detected a human after the cockpit opened, green lights quickly switched on before illuminating t
Bzzz! Zap!Electricity flashed around the overturned hall in a disorderly manner, intertwining through the few scattered wires like snakes burrowing through a narrow tunnel.Consecutive rumbling sounds followed this development, which was evidence of things collapsing without any support to weather their fall.Recurring vibrations of different frequencies also added their input to the destruction, making it seem like the first sign of a large earthquake.The whole hall was now dark, and parts of the ceiling directly collapsed to submerge a significant part of the room. The few parts that survived the impact were the more reinforced parts of the underground base.Amid this destruction, a metallic arm suddenly emerged out of the debris, pushing a few walls apart with simple movements of its enormous arms.Thudding sounds reverberated as if a giant just stumped the ground. The debris around stirred like they were being influenced by something,
“Hello, is this the Crook Mercenary?” “Yes”. Clark’s deep masculine voice reverberated through the air and into the communication device. This was the name that he gave to the leader of the old warriors club helming the 2nd deep. “I’ve contacted my higherups. They showed an interest in your proposal, and they want to meet up with you”. “Ok, time and location”. “I’ll send it directly to your device; I hope we can become allies in the future”. “Me too”. As soon as the call ended, a wide grin spread across Clark’s face. Due to the information that he got from his girlfriend’s parents, he wanted to start preparation now to leave for the desert. For his proposal to the old warriors club, if they didn’t respond fast enough, he would have abandoned them. But now that they responded, he was confident that he could finish his mission here before his preparations for his rescue journey were finalized. As he thought, his communica
Bam!As soon as Clark stepped inside the living room, the guards that escorted him abandoned him and slammed the door shut immediately. This rude gesture did not make him panic; a smile crossed his face as he turned to look back at the door.Turning his head back, he saw 2 soldiers seated on the sofa.“Is this to intimidate me?” Clark shook his head in an amused manner before taking another step forward in a completely unperturbed manner.Without even waiting for an invitation first, he sat down on the sofa opposite that of the 2 soldiers sitting before him. He smiled and looked at them straight in the eyes, the first round of observation began immediately.The 2 soldiers before Clark were middle-aged. The man already had a bunch of gray hair invading his original black, which was telling enough of his age.The woman sitting beside him was much more composed. Though the signs of age were also on her face, it was relatively milder
6 months ago, the sky turned red which according to world leaders signified the start of the war that would decide the fate of humanity.2 months prior, the news was finally publicized, spreading worldwide panic but with all the most powerful world leaders working together, the panic was easily curbed and order was restored.According to the government, humanity was not hopeless, they had heroes in the form of their soldiers and elite soldiers.Not only that, humanity had a superhero, the great Elite Commander Clark Pendragon. After the special training started, a fuse seemed to have been switched on as the Spartan soldier experienced a period of rapid growth.With veteran Elite Commanders around to guide him and with every resource he needed available, he encountered no bottlenecks, he improved at a superhuman speed never recorded since the human race was born.In just 4 months, he broke through 2 times, going all the way to the Elite-grade rank.
A month later, in the Gen. Clark Pendragon Mansion.At the big balcony attached to the mansion, Clark stood, looking out into the distance as a lot of things went through his mind. The past one month has been the best in his life, and he was grateful for it.Despite it being the best in his life, as a 4th rank high-grade soldier now, his intuition told him that something was happening.As a high-grade soldier and mercenary, things happened everyday around him but he knew that this was not the normal happenings, his intuition told him that this was far higher than anything that he has encountered before.And after making connections from the recent happenings, from his famous marriage ceremony, to the big 5 jointly broadcasting it, a lot of other things and now the Spartan President personally calling for him, he confirmed his guess.Something big was happening, it was just that no one deemed it right to inform him about it yet. As a man
Vatican City Central Church, General Clark Street. This was the church where the big things were happening for today. Not only people from all over the Spartan republic, even esteemed guests from foreign high-grade countries came to grace this occasion. Today was the day of Vatican City hero’s marriage ceremony. After 22 years as a single, General Clark Pendragon was finally ready to tie the nut with his fiancée. The name of the street where the ceremony was commencing was given and commissioned a few days after Clark became a General. Some of the most esteemed guests attending the marriage ceremony were the legendary President of the Spartan republic, Leonidas, and the armor tycoon, the billionaire Mr. Calibri of the Dakran republic. These 2 people were such powerful and well-known personalities in their own rights that their attendance alone shot the attention being given to the marriage ceremony to the highest point. Not only that,
“Leonidas, you wish to attend?”Hearing that, the Spartan President sighed, exasperated. “If you were not my mentor, I would have probably fired you already. Cough…, sorry for that but I’m really going, what’s the big deal?”“You’re really asking me that right now? Of course, there’s a big deal. Apart from military burials, do you know the last time you have for social gatherings?”“I dunno, probably a decade or 2”.“No…, 4 decades! 4 whole decades! You get that?” The old man emphasized by waving his hands vigorously, showing 4 fingers at the powerful soldier.“Suddenly going to a social event after such a long time staying at home, what do you think will be people’s reaction. They may feel that something is happening, they may even panic”.“And just because he’s a 4th rank high-grade soldier does not change anythin
A day after the reunion with her family, Sonia took permission with her parents before going on the first official date with her boyfriend. It was a date, but they just wanted to spend more time together and close to each other. The few years apart was torment to them, now that they had the opportunity, they wanted to make up for it by all means. At first, staying together left them feeling awkward but they soon got over it and started reliving the feelings of a few years ago. For the destination for their first date, none of them planned for it as they were both individuals who have never interacted with the opposite sex in such fashions before now. As the only daughter of a famous billionaire, other billionaire sons already tried courting her in the past but she simply didn’t find them appealing enough, so she always ignored and avoided them. After just a day of staying with Clark, her brother, and her parents in her childhood home, she now
Among the 3 Pirate Gods in the Sahara, though none of them never publicly claimed the spot as the strongest, the Black Pirate God was the one most recognized by pirates as the strongest. After him was the powerful Red Goddess Pirate, then the Lilac Pirate God. Compared to the first 2, the Lilac Pirate God was on the more glaringly weaker side but he still had the strength to back his title. At this moment, in the Black God Pirate City, a surprising piece of news was being circulated. Pirate Queen Anamel was dead, and Pirate Queen Cobra was secretly a student of the Red Goddess. Not only that, the most shocking piece of news that took the city by storm was that of Pirate Queen Cobra’s intention to leave the Sahara and settle in normal human settlements outside. … “Is this news verified?” A deep voice asked with suppressed anger in an underground room with far better living conditions than most of the others out there in the desert. “Yes
Though they both wanted to just remain in each other’s embrace forever, Clark and Sonia knew that they were still in a pirate city and what it meant. With reluctance, they quickly left the city with Arthur.Even if they tried to cover it up, it was impossible so they didn’t bother. In minutes, the news of Pirate Queen Anamel’s death spread through the pirate city and beyond.For long, Clark has always been worried about his reaction when he finally saw Sonia again but he was surprised when he did. It was like they never separated; it was like they’ve lived through all these years together.15 minutes later, they got sufficiently far away into the desert from the pirate city so they finally had the time to speak things out.Sonia brought out the stolen pistol first, which Clark handed over to Arthur. After this, she finally started detailing her encounters after Clark asked.According to her, after the fierce battle on her fa
While Arthur asked the pirate, Clark already went to work as he closed his eyes to focus. As experienced soldiers, they already put a lot of contingencies in place during their tour around the pirate city.Even if they wanted to catch some fun, it was too unrealistic for them to just keep touring without setting anything in place.With his implant, Clark immediately accessed the hidden cameras that they placed around the city, most especially this bar. It didn’t take him long; he saw a hooded female going out through the bar’s back door.“Found our target”.While muttering to Arthur, Clark already turned to storm out of the bar. Arthur simply knocked the 2 pirates out before storming out also.In seconds, they were out of the bar’s main structure.…A few meters away from the bar, a hooded lady walked through the streets at a leisure pace as she kept a close but alert eye on her surroundings.<
The next day, Clark and Arthur woke up with the intention to remain patient while waiting for their informant to contact them. They didn’t even go into the pirate city, it was too disgusting for them to stay in it. The more Clark felt this way, the more he feared what his girlfriend may have become now. If just a day staying in it could make him this irritated, he just couldn’t imagine what staying here for 4 years could have done. Thinking of this, he felt guilty again. “Why didn’t I come earlier?” Souring his mood with such thoughts, the day moved extremely slowly to him. Perhaps, having noticed his current mood, Arthur didn’t disturb him and opted to go out hunting alone. When he came back, he had a desert antelope with him. Seeing the catch, Clark was left speechless. “Can we finish that?” Arthur wasn’t fazed by his question. “If we can’t finish it today, we’ll just finish it tomorrow or the next. Don’t worry, I have preservation gadgets with me, and besides, your girlfriend