Xander And The Blaze

5...Xander...

Alec smiled at himself, he felt excitement surging through his body, and felt tempted to communicate with the system right in front of everyone, but he had to control his urges. 

Jeremy grinned at Alec, and gave him a thumbs up, while the other students mummured among themselves. 

"How did he grow so strong?" A guy asked his friend who simply shrugged and replied. 

"That is a mystery" 

"He looks hotter than before" A girl observed, squinting her eyes at Alec.

 

Some of the girls stared at Alec with a new found admiration while some students threw him curious looks, trying to study him.  

***

Alec sat in Jeremy's car, patiently waiting for him to finish with his works, and drive them home afterwards. They were not able to talk about yesterday's events during lunch hour. They talked about the fight along with Jenny. 

"System" Alec called slowly "Are you there?" 

"Yes, Alexander Todd" The system's loud voice came through his head. 

Alec sighed, shaking his head and simultaneously rolling his eyes playfully "I don't think I'll ever get used to your voice ringing in my head so loud" Then he smiled, "I think I should give you a name, instead of calling you system"

"I accept any name, Alexander Todd"

Alec's smile widened "Xander" He licked his lips "I'll name you Xander"

Alec chose that name because he felt the system is part of him now. 

The screen appeared, but this time it's smaller because of the little size of space. 

"Adapting name into system" 

"0%..20%...40%...60%...80%...100%... successful"

"Name adaptation successful"

Alec sighted Jeremy walking towards the car. "Xander, can you temporarily switch off the screen?"

The screen beeped before disappearing. 

Jeremy got into the car and apologized for the delay. 

"Can I get your account details?" He requested. 

Alec tilted his head. 

Jeremy smiled "The boss asked for it"

Alec dictated his account details to him and Jeremy wired some money into his account immediately. 

Alec widened his eyes at his phone "But...but...wh...I haven't even started work yet, I just became a member"

"Well, that's the bonus for being a member" Jeremy replied, grinning. "Now, let's go buy some new stuffs for our body, a man's gotta look good for the girls"

Alec was speechless for almost thirty seconds straight, still trying to believe he got thousands of money into his account without actually stressing for it. In the past, he had to work for months before he gets a decent amount of money to take care of himself and assist his dad.  He chuckled softly "Thank you, Jeremy"

***

Back at where Jeremy works, Alec is being shown around again, but briefly and as he observes in the workplace, he also takes in details of the work explained to him by Jeremy. 

They got into the training room where there are lots of gyming equipments. 

Heidi was also present in the room with a tab in her hands and a wireless earpiece inside her ear. 

 

Alec and Jeremy took off their shirts, ready for the day's training, especially Alec who wants to get better in his fighting abilities.

Heidi eyed Alec's attractive body from where she stood, and quickly looked into the tab she held in her hand before she got caught ogling at the new member. She would not deny it to herself that Alec has a good body that could make any girl swoon over him.  

Jeremy studied Alec and noticed Alec was fast in predicting attacks and throwing punches. He decided to match Alec's energy, but he didn't seem to have much success in that. 

Alec has the ability to dodge all of Jeremy's attacks and strike back immediately. 

Jeremy still gets amazed at how quickly Alec was able to learn and even fight better than him. He suggested a training session with the punching bag while he supervises him with Heidi. 

"There's a name for this place" Jeremy informed as Alec hit the bag with agility. "It's called HEP centre"

Alec paused amd threw him a glance "Help centre"

Jeremy chuckled "It's H.E.P, it is pronounced as it's spelt, H. E. P centre"

Alec resumed his training. "What does that even mean?"

"H stands for help, E stands for egalitarianism and the...."

"Sorry, egali...what?" Alec asked, standing like a confused little boy. 

Jeremy laughed "Egalitarianism. It's a doctrine that holds that everyone should have equal rights from birth"

"Oh" Alec faced the bag and continued with it. 

"And the P stands for the people, the populace, we come to their aid, right?"

Alec tested his kick on the punching bag by giving a powerful turning strike with his foot and that damaged the heavy bag. 

Jeremy and Heidi stared between Alec and the bag with their mouth wide open. 

"Did you just destroy the punching bag with a kick?" Jeremy asked with a squeaky voice. 

"Uhhh...I think I just did" Alec replied shyly, rubbing the back of his neck. 

Xander beeped in Alec's head and he knew right away that he is about to notify him of new power unlocked. It brought out the transparent screen, and on it is the new power shown. 

"New power unlocked: First level Super Speed"

Alec smiled. He inspected the punching bag which was once very thick and hard, now destroyed by him with just a kick. He knew he was really growing powerful.

There was loud beeping sound that could be heard. At first, Alec thought it was Xander, but later realized it was a sound ringing in the HEP centre. 

Heidi cursed under her breath and began to jog away from the training room. 

"Come on, Alec" Jeremy called him over to walk with him. 

Alec met with Jeremy's long strides. 

"What's happening?" Alec asked scanning the centre with intent eyes. 

"Something bad. That's what's happening" Jeremy answered. 

"A new threat has been discovered. It looks like a super human causing chaos" Heidi briefly explained. 

"Super human?" Jeremy questioned, sounding very worried. 

"Yeah, the characteristics observed so far shows that we might be dealing with a superhuman" Heidi answered smartly.

Alec folded his arm over his chest, listening with all his attention. He now understands what Jeremy meant when he said they come to the aid of the people