Getting somewhere

I pull the man up and set him in the chair he was sitting in. I then ask Perfectionist, “How long can you hold this?” Perfectionist settles into where he’s standing “20 minutes.” I nod. “Good, Lidaren, come here.” Lidaren walks over and places his hands on his shoulders. I let off him and knelt before him. “Now let’s get serious, I’m going to ask you two questions, and if you give me shit, he will break an arm.” The man nods nervously, and we start, “Now, why is the destroyer back?”

The man then starts to smile again. “Your so ignorant, He’s been back for years. You're just now finding them.” My heart sank into my feet, hearing this. This meant he wasn’t banished all this time, and I’ve been wasting time. I grab Lidaren’s arms and push them down. “Now, why is he here.” He smiles more, “Finishing,” I snap on him and grab his head, snapping his neck; upon doing that, we feel a large bash against the office.

It knocks Lidaren and me off our feet. Perfectionist tells us in a panic, “times up whatever’s happening is breaking through.” I rush to the door and open it, ready for a fight, only to see all the workers standing there waiting to fight. I look out at what looks like regular people and think, “Fuck.” I look back to see that the man had vanished. Lidaren tells me, “Don’t worry, he just melted, but I got this, amulet.” He shows me a small gold amulet with a chunk of sapphire in the shape of a heart.

I ask quickly, “What is it.” He shrugs, “I don t know, but I know who does. Let's get out of this.” I jump down in the middle of the crowd, and they clear out. Their movements strike me as odd, considering they are reacting so fast. They clear away, but I get a tap on my shoulder from Perfectionist. “Look there blocking the exit. We should be able to breakthrough.” I agree and rush them, but they lock arms, and I bounce off a green force field. I jump up, “What the fuck was that?”

I then see one of the mind-controlled people walk out and standoff with us. I look at Lidaren and Perfectionist. “Get around them. I’ll handle them and catch up with you.” Perfectionism asks, “How?” I grab both and throw them over the wall of people. Then, as I see the van ride off, it's just the crowd and me. It seems to they aren’t interested in the others, just me. They didn’t chase them or even care; all of this struck me as odd.

The man that stepped out then began to speak, in the deep unsettling voice again, “I will deal with them in do time, but for now, I must punish you for killing my informant.” I look at him. “OK, I need to relieve some stress anyway.” We run at each other, and I throw a punch as hard as I can. Then he catches it, and a large shockwave blows through the courtyard. He laughs. “I thought it would hurt more, seeing as I’ve just posseted this body.”

After reliving the day, I lost her; his words just tore me apart. I then start throwing punches at him in anger. He dances around me, not allowing any hit to hurt him. Then as I’m trying to get headway, he moves beside me and plants his knee in my abs. He moved to pass me at a speed that I couldn’t even fathom. I couldn’t even absorb the impact, and it slings me into the building.

I pull myself to my feet, and we lock fist again. The man then catches me, pounding me in the chest. He pushes me off to kick me in the head. It bounces me around until my back is against the wall, off the storage units. The man looks at me, panting, “What’s wrong, not as spry as you use to be. It seems like you’re getting tired.” I wipe the blood off my nose and take a breath. “Because I’m holding back, don’t want to hurt these people. I'm not too fond of all the chosen, but regular-ass people are innocent. Hell, you should be proud you made me like this.”

He smirks. “Well, if you don’t want to fight for real, ill kill all of them.” He points his finger and charges a beam of some kind, and I look at him, thinking, “Fuck me.” I speed up to him and grab his arm. I then take in the energy, and it felt slimy. It was dirty, raw, and primal. He grabs me by the shirt, “Well, feel the helplessness.” I grab his arm. “Man, kiss my ass.” I then headbutt him hard enough to bash his skull.

The man falls to the ground, and a black fog leaves the lungs of the people. They look at me, and to them, they see one of the chosen had killed a regular person. They scream and run out. Their reaction starts a small panic in the streets. I need to find a phone, but I can’t even get close to them. It almost reminded me of the aftermath of that day. I think, “Well, fuck it.” I take off at high speed to make it back to the Freedom Tower. While I’m running, I can see people coming to watch the panic.

The whole thing scares me, I want to help, but some part of me just wants revenge. I finally make it back to the tower, and the madness hasn’t made it here yet. I walk in and take the stairs zipping to the right floor. I walk in, seeing Perfectionist and Lidaren. I ask them, “So, what’s the next move.”