Chapter 26 - Zoom across

Reya screamed as loud as she can, before a huge hand muffled her mouth.

"EMMM," she screamed thought it.

"Shh, shhh, everyone is asleep. For god's sake shut up," he said.

Tears started streaming down her face, thinking of her imminent future. 'Is he going to kill me? Or worse is he going to r*pe me?' dark thoughts swirled in her head as she screamed thought his hands.

She tried fighting back, but he was too strong and his huge body pinned her to the door.

"Seriously shut up, will you? You are going to wake the entire mansion up," he said with a frown. A mild scent of peanut butter waffle from his body as he leaned forward.

"Peaanut?" she mumbled through his hands.

"Huh, what?"

She pointed to his hand that was muffling her and waved.

"Oh okay, but you have to promise not to shout," he said.

She silently nodded. Tears still blurred her vision, but she somehow had a vague idea who this guy was.

He might be Mr. Kooper's brother.

The owner of this mansion.

But her guess was not for certain, because this guy looked so unkempt.

His shirt was extremely stained with some unknown black substance; his curly hair was so long that it even covered his nose. God knows how he can even see through it. His bushy beard was longer than his neck, touching his collar bone.

All in all, compared to the clean looking butler, this guy looked homeless.

He slowly removed his hand from her mouth.

"Now, tell me, why are you in your towel," he said in a confused tone.

She bit her lips and punched him right in his face.

"Oww," he screamed holding his bleeding nose.

"You bastard you really are a burglar aren't you," Reya concluded and punched him on his chest.

For a second he lost his balance, pulling her along with him.

Both of them ended on the floor, with him on top of her.

Sitting on her, he wiped his bleeding nose on her towel. "That was not a nice thing to do," he whispered in a hoarse voice.

"Well, I'm not nice," she said and head butted him.

"Oh god," he screamed, holding his crooked nose.

She rolled them over and sat on top of him.

"Say it, who are you?" she said.

He winced, holding his bleeding nose. "I'm Clive," he whispered.

"Now tell me Clive, what did you steal here?"

"I didn't steal anything." He groaned.

She could feel his piercing gaze through his hair.

Shuffling closer, she held his hands above his head. Her towel slipped as she moved her hands. Holding the edges together, she glared down at him.

"Stop looking you pervert," she cried holding the towel close.

"There is 'nothing' to look at," he said with a chuckle.

She had enough of this crazy bastard, so she got up and darted to the door.

"Where are you going? You didn't tell me who you are?" he said and pulled her ankle.

This bastard made her fall on her face. But thankfully it was a carpeted floor. Regardless, it hurts.

"LET GO!!" she screamed, kicking him in the face.

"Gods, stop kicking," he shouted, dragging her under him.

"Now. TELL. ME. WHO. ARE. YOU." he shouted. His hair bounced up, revealing a clear forehead and gleaming black eyes.

His eyes were dark and emotionless.

That's when the real fear set in. she could feel her heart pound uncountable in her chest. Her legs trembled as he peered at him with his dark eyes.

"TELL ME!!" he shouted, holding her chin.

Reya felt her blood rush to her limbs and her body. The familiar felling that flows through her when she dash.

Her powers accelerated and her muscles shook underneath her skin.

She darted to the door but missed it by a single step. She banged into the nearby brick wall.

Her head throbbed and bled. Reya could even feel her hand shaking violently.

She gazed at him in fear.

And he did the same.

"What are you?" he whispered inaudibly.

She pulled and towel close and sobbed.

Her head was throbbing. She was in her towel and there was a man gazing at her with a weird look. How bad can a day be?

'Everything will be okay,' she told herself as she gazed at him.

"Oh god, what the hell are you? Are you from the red planet? You need to be researched," he said and walked closer to her.

Researched!! Was he going to dissect her? She needed to run.

Her flight response kicked in. she darted to the door again but this time as well she tripped and fell on her face.

"Gods, why is this power not reliable?" she shouted.