Driving is easy

Chapter 49

Wednesday, December 26, 2013

8:36 am

(Ivan's POV)

My body shook as I woke up. I blink several times before sitting up. My eyes widen as I remember about my hand. I quickly look at my hand and breathe in a sigh of relief. My hand was thankfully back to normal. I smile as I get up and off my bed.

"I'm so glad sleep fixes everything."

8:52 am

Alice's sister looked at my hand with a confused look.

"How?"

"Sleep helps."

Sunday, December 29, 2013

12:27 pm

I walk around aimlessly in Magebourne as I remember what Goldie told me. I turn a corner then go straight before smiling up at my destination.

"Medicine." What a weird name for a shop. I walk inside and start wandering the isles. I read the labels as I walked down the aisle.

Cough syrup, Cough drops, Benadryl. I suddenly stop a bottle confused. Coca-cola? I picked up the bottle and read the back.

"Can cure headaches, upset stomachs, and fatigue!" I said as I read. Weird. I put the bottle back and keep on wandering around. I notice a bottle of pain killers on a shelf. I always wondered if they stopped the pain or did more. I pick up the bottle and use Inspect.

Pain B GONE- You won't be able to feel pain but if used a lot you might develop an addiction. 3% less damage taken.

This sounds good, I doubt I'll even use it that often. I hold on to it and look around. My eyes flittered the store as I looked for something that could protect against frostbite. I smile as I finally notice it after a few minutes of searching. I pick up the box and use Inspect on it.

Frostbite preventative- Can cure or block frostbite when applied.

I notice another box next to it called Burn preventative. I grab it and head to the counter. I quickly pay for my stuff before leaving.

When I got out, I quickly put my items in my Inventory. I start to make my way back to the elevator. As I walked, I suddenly hear my name.

I suddenly turn around and see Dominique quickly walk up to me. He looked down at me happily.

"Did you get taller?"

"Nope."

"Oh, you seem different."

"Nothing has changed about me." He shrugged.

"Oh hey, I need your help. I was gonna look for you but-"

"Yeah, I know. What do you want."

"Just follow me." He turned around and walked. I rolled my eyes as I followed him.

"So what are we doing?"

"Okay, so you know how I have a Gun store?"

"Yep."

"I decided to also a Car dealership after we did that heist."

"Why would you do that."

"What do you need my help with?"

"I just need you to get some cars for me."

"I'm gonna steal cars?"

"Yeah." I look up at Dominique with a confused look.

"How?"

"Start drive."

"I can barely even reach the pedals."

"You still got those berries on you." I sigh as I know what berries he's talking about.

"Yeah."

"Just eat those."

"Yeah, but I'm busy."

"C'mon I'll pay you." I thought about it for a bit. I could get something out of it, but I have to study plumbing. I can't really do it since I can't drive.

"Why don't you do it?" I notice that we approach the subway station. We stopped at the front entrance and walked to the side to talk.

"I'm working on a third ability, I'm really close! But I need just a few more hours."

"Just do it later then."

"I already have a bunch of stuff to do. It's just four cars"

"Fine, but I better get paid good." You will trust me."

"But lemme watch you drive first."

"Fine." Dominique walked into the subway station with me following behind. He walked to the machines hanging off the wall to buy his subway ticket.

"You buy mine too," I said as he tapped the machine.

"I was already planning on it." He stuck his hand in his pocket and pulled out his wallet. I wait patiently as he brought my ticket. He took the tickets and made his way over to the platform. We walked down the stairs, turned a few corners, and by a gate. How does he know where to go. We eventually made our way to our platform. I watch the train rush by as we wait for ours. I wonder how they work.

I yawn as Dominique got out his phone.

"So what's your third power gonna be?"

"It's just gonna be a mobile garage."

"How's that gonna work."

"Well, it's gonna be an app on your phone. The app lets you take out a car or store a car."

"How's that gonna work?"

"Mmm, I don't know how to explain it." I stay silent as I wait for our train.

After what felt like hours of waiting, our train finally arrived. I step onto the train and sit down. Anenoid sat down one seat away from me. I take out my PSP and turn it on. Might as well play it now.

2:05 pm

The train suddenly stopped. I put my Psp away and stand up. I stretch as Dominique walked out of the train. I quickly follow him. My eyes were immediately blinded by a bright light. I squint my eyes as I noticed that there were was only one platform. Unlike the last station, we were outside. As my eyes got used to the light I noticed that it looked like a normal town. I followed Dominique into a parking lot.

The parking lot was unusually clean. There was no sign of trash or anything. Why can't Chicago be like this? I look around and notice how clean the town looked. It felt like I was in a movie or in a cartoon. Everything was so bright, so different. It almost like I was in another world.

Dominique walked up to a car that looked like it was beaten to death. It was an ugly brown color. I frowned as Dominique got into the car. I hesitantly get into the front. And watch as Dominique started the engine.

Copycat better work from this.

2:48 pm

I adjust the seat as I shift my legs. I hate being this tall, at least the seat is comfortable. Dominique stared at me unsurely.

"You know I think you driving is a bad idea."

"It'll be fine, I watched you drive."

"Only once. And I drove a regular car, not a tow truck."

"It's still something." He sighed as turn the key and shift the gear into drive. "You still want me to leave the car when I get the cars?"

"Yeah."

"How are you gonna get them back?"

"Don't worry about it." I roll my eyes as Dominique handed me a map. I look at it for a second before putting in the passenger seat. He backed away from the car as I finally get in a comfortable position. Finally! I sigh as I stare at my legs. How do they get so long anyway?

I close the door and wave at him.

"See ya." He waved back as I pressed on the pedal. I calmly drive out of the parking lot and head towards my destination.

I stare up at the sky as I approach a red light. As I stop I let out a breath that I didn't even know I was holding. I adjust my grip on the wheel. My hands slowly slipped off the wheel. I wipe them on my pants and put them on the wheel again.

"I thought this would be harder," I said to myself. I gulp as the light turns green.

I left leg jumped up and down as I stopped at a random house, I grab a map and look at the car I'm supposed to steal. I see a picture of a gray Honda Civic marked at the place I'm at. I put the map down and look around for it. I notice the car on a driveway. I slowly maneuver the truck so that I can hook up the front of the car to the truck. I look to the side and notice all the buttons I have to press. I look at them blankly. I used Inspect on one of them and get lucky with it. I smile as I go forward just a bit and press the button. I heard the whirring of the tow truck behind me. I look behind me and see a crane lowering a platform. Once the sounds stop I go back a little so that the Honda front was right over the platform. I get out of the truck and walk to the back.

I stop for a moment to remember what Dominique taught me. It took a moment to remember. I walk over to the back of the platform. I grab the hook coming out of the platform on the left side. I lay on the ground and grab the hook. I crawl beneath the car and connect the hook to a hole beneath the car on the right side. I crawl out beneath the car and do the same thing to the other hook. I walk to the walk of the platform to grab another hook, I lead the hook to the very front of the car. I shake my leg a bit before walking back to the front and getting inside. I look at the buttons again. My eyes flicker to each button. I sigh as I start using Inspect. It took me a while but I eventually found the right button to make the hooks on the car lift it onto the platform.

It took a few seconds before the car was on the platform. I press the button I press first again. The whirring of the platform could be heard right outside the truck. I looked back to make sure that the car was secure. I only looked for a second before I start to drive.

"I thought that would be harder."

3:36 pm

I yawn as I connect the hooks to the bottom of the hook. I suddenly heard the engine of the truck stop and the door of the tow truck close. I quickly crawl out from under the car. I stand up to see an average looking man in his mid-twenties with the trucks keys in his hand. He quickly stuffed the keys in his pocket. He had short black hair pushed to the side. He only came up to my shoulder.

"The hell are you doing?" The guy asked. He had a deep soothing voice. I stared down at him.

"I'm taking your car." The guy straightened his gaze so that we were both glaring at each other. He quickly turned around and ran into his house. I quickly chase him after him. He ran in and quickly closed the door. I stop in front of the door and curse under my breath. I quickly bend down to the level of the doorknob and use Shadow Lockpick. The second I heard the lock click, I quickly turn the knob and burst through the door.

I look around looking for the guy. I didn't see him around, all I saw was the living room. On my left was a couch backed up against the wall with a coffee table right in front of it. There was a flatscreen tv backup hanging on the side of a staircase. In the very back, I saw a kitchen with an island in the middle. On my right was a table with the towtrucks keys. A few feet away from the table was the entrance to the staircase. I quickly walk over to the table and grab the keys off the table. Before I could turn around I was suddenly pushed into the wall.

Electrical outlets suddenly appear on the wall. I stretch out my hands in an attempt to push off the wall. The second I touched the wall outlets appeared beneath my hand. The outlet out sparks that slightly burned my skin. I tough out the pain and yank back my hand. Before I could react my hand suddenly slammed back into the wall, right where the outlet was. Before I could yank back my hand again, a stream of electricity shot up my arm. My legs give out as my energy was suddenly sapped from my body. Strangely I didn't feel no pain, I only felt tired. The electricity somehow disappeared.

My body shook as I forced my legs to move. As I slowly stood up, I notice that my Mp and Stamina bar were empty. My face was suddenly slammed into the wall from behind. An outlet appeared where my face was. A river of electricity pulsed through my head as my body went limp. I close my eyes as I felt air suddenly rush into my lungs and my stamina bar refilled itself.

Fingers grabbed my hair and yanked me back. I scream as I felt my skin felt like it was going to rip off, my neck bent at a weird angle as I felt the skin on the top of my head being ripped off. I groan out in pain as I felt the skin off my nose tear off. Tiny drops of blood flowed down my face as the fingers let go of my air. I breathe in deeply and breathe out. I control my breathing as the guy appeared in the corner of my eye.

"You really shouldn't have came," he menacingly said with a sick smile.

I breathe in sharply as I felt his foot slam into my stomach. My head ringed as his fist smashed into my cheek. I hear him walk away and in the direction of the kitchen. I try my best to control my breathing as I heard him walk around the kitchen. I close my eyes and focus on recovering my Mp. As I do, I try moving away from the wall. I wouldn't budge. I breathe out as I thought of solutions. I reopened my eyes as I thought of a solution. I put all of my energy into refilling my Mp bar.

I take out one part of Retribution. I take a deep breath as I use the wind to sneakily take out the sword. My Mp bar slowly begins to fill with gray as I made the sword float in midair. I stab the sword into the wall. I force the wind to make the sword do right next to the outlet. Before I could make the sword cut beneath the outlet, the energy that I just recovered suddenly vanished from the body. I looked at my Mp and Stamina bar. I was shocked to see that they were both empty. I looked at the sword nervously, he sword thankfully stayed in place in the wall. I take a deep breath as I focused on my breathing. Each breath slowly recovered a bit of my stamina. My stamina bar suddenly went back to zero.

I bite lip as I realized that recovering my energy would be pointless. My legs shook as I heard footsteps coming in my direction. He suddenly stopped right behind me. His shadow loomed over me as I stood there helplessly. His hand cast a shadow as his hand with a knife in his hands.

I tightened my legs and gasped for air as I jumped in the air and kicked behind me. The knife flew out of his hand as he jumped back. My hands slipped off the wall with my face scraping against the wall. My body plummeted to the floor with my chin bouncing off the floor. I gasped for air as I took out my Shotgun and shakily stood up. I felt my body suddenly lift off the ground. My eyes widen as I knew what was coming next. Sweat poured off my face as I aimed in the guy's direction and pull the trigger. My arms were shot back into the sides of my stomach as I lost my grip on the shotgun. The gun flew out of my hands as the guy held his thigh.

I drop back to the ground as the guy stumbled back. I quickly get back up and take out a small potion of Mp and Stamina. I quickly open both of them and chug them down. The guy quickly stumbled forward. I swallowed most of the potion. Before I could drink all the guy made a fist and tried to swing at me. I step back and spit the leftovers of the potions into his mouth. His head jolted back as the liquids hit him. He wiped his face as I rushed towards him. Before I could do anything my body was suddenly pushed back. I send out a Wind arrow as I slammed into the wall. Electricity coursed through my body as my energy was drained once again.

Unlike last time the back of my head was stuck to the wall, was stuck to the wall. I smile as the arrow aimed straight for his head. The arrow suddenly stopped and started slowly floating towards him. I stared at the slowly spinning arrow of wind as it turned into a ball. The guy walked toward the ball. What's that ball gonna do, is it gonna be like the arrow?

He slowly walked toward the ball while staring at me with a furious looking face. The ball floated towards his right eye. The second he touched the ball, the skin was ripped off as parts of the bone began to show. He was lifted up into the air and thrown into the kitchen. His body hit the top of the island, he bounced off and landed on the ground. My body tightened as my feet touched the ground. The wind forming the ball dispersed as I got up. I take a deep breath as I took out the other sword of Retribution and stumbled towards the kitchen. The guy forced himself up to his feet, the front part of the eye was torn off while only the back part of the eye was only left to remain. His eye looked white. Right next to his eye was a big pink patch of skin was revealed, it looked like a tiger tore off the skin. A river of blood flowed down the side of his cheek as leaned over the counter. I quickly stumble into the kitchen and raise my sword.

He quickly moved to the side, but he slowed down as he turned the corner. I quickly swing in his direction. The sword swooshed past his chest. I quickly stumble forward and strike him in the arm. I tried to pull the sword out, but it somehow got stuck in his arm. I let go and stumble towards him. He groaned as he desperately moved back. I quickly leap forward and grab his hair. I groan as I slam his head onto the island. I quickly lift his head up and slam it down. I yank him towards me and lead his body to the corner of the island. He reached behind me and grabbed my arm. He dug his nails into my Ice Exoskeleton.

I slam his injured eye right onto the corner of the island. I quickly lift his head up and slam it again. My arm screamed from carrying the weight of his head. His arms went down as he tried struggled to escape from my grip. I quickly use my other hand and take out a katana. Before he could do anything I stab the katana through his throat. I drop his body to the floor as I put the sword back in my Inventory. My legs give out as I start gasping for air. I laid on my side as I recovered my stamina.

As I laid on my sides, a box appeared.

Thanks to you doing certain actions, you gained a new skill!

Lvl 1(9%) Vortex- A ball of air will quickly spin around, if you don't interfere with the ball it will float around until it touches an object or a living being. When it touches an object or a living being, it will dig into the object/ living being for 2 seconds before launching them in a random direction. 105 Mp per use. Damage- 150

I smile as I read the box. I think this is one of my best skills yet. I prop up my body and crawl over the guy's body, I grab my sword and put it back in my Inventory. I notice a watch with a splatter of blood on his wrist. I grab his wrist to get a better look at the watch.

The watch had none of the numbers like I had expected, it only had the little lines. The rim was a basic black metal, the wristband was fully black.

This is a nice watch.

4:15

I stumble into the restaurant with Dominique at my side. The restaurant was empty, there were only chairs and tables. There were menus placed at each seat. I wish there was more decoration here. I sit down at a random table as Dominique sat across from me. Dominique looked at my left wrist.

"That's a nice watch."

"Thanks," I say as I look at the menu.

"Where did you get it."

"Stole it."

"Hmm." He looked down and picked up the menu. I furrowed as I recognize none of the dishes. "Miso soup, Oden, Tempura, Dominique I don't know any of these foods."

"They're Japanese." He said plainly.

"So?" He shook his head as a waiter came over.

"Can I get anything for you today?"

I look back down at my menu as Dominique ordered.

"Can I get the," he looked down at the menu. "The Shioyaki Sakana?"

"Drink?"

"Coke." She turned to me.

"What would you like?" I look down at the menu and pick a random dish.

"Can I have the Sukiyaki?"

"Drink?"

"Can I just have water?" I stretch in my seat as he walked away. I looked at Dominique and ask him a question.

"So what happened to that ability you were making?" He smiled as he answered.

"I did it." He said proudly as he put his hands on the table. "You have a phone right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well I don't have money, so Imma just gives you the app for free." I take out my phone and hand it over to Dominique.

"The IphoneS? You did you even get this?" Dominique said as came out his hand and wrapped around my phone. He gave it back to me after a few seconds. I turn on my phone and look at the home screen. I notice an app with a tiny red cartoonish car as the icon.

"What does it do?"

"As I said before, it's an app that lets you take out a car or store a car. The only thing is that you need to link a garage or somewhere you can store cars to the app though."

"How do I do that?"

"There are instructions in the app."

The waiter suddenly appeared by my side and handed us our food before walking off. Before I could grab the fork resting on top of my bowl Dominique slammed the table. I look up at him with a confused face.

"They microwaved my food. Ivan touch your bowl." I touch my bowl before yanking back my hand from the heat of my bowl.

"They microwaved your food too?"

"I think?"

"I bet they have roaches too." He said as he stood up and walked to what I presumed the kitchen. I ignore him as I look into my bowl. There some things I didn't know that was in the dish. There was these weird worm looking things, and these white blocks. There things I knew, like rice, slices of beef, green onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes. I heard Dominique shout, "They do have roaches." I hesitantly pick up my fork and look into the bowl. I notice something tiny and white move in my rice

"Maybe it's editable?"

A/n Like last time I'm going to explain the powers of the unnamed person. I hope you enjoy it.

[Random guy]

Mousetrap- Whenever the user touches a surface, the user can leave invisible traps that look like electrical outlets. These traps only appear when someone touches the trap. Whenever something touches the outlets, they will be stuck to the outlets unless the user loses concentration, passes out, dies, or runs out of Soul to use. When the victim has been stuck for more than 3 seconds, the outlet will suck out all the stamina and Soul out of their body. Requires the focus of the user in order to remain in effect.

Camouflage- The user can blend into its surroundings