Chapter 11 : Homecoming

Alan was finally coming home.

It was a long run and an experience to be exact. Jogging, which is a physical exercise, became instant MURDEROUS INTENT on some unknown man called Heart (maybe) from Kai.

Forgetting all that.....

Alan was now walking on his way DESTINATION HOME and it was not him actually walking,

It was Kai. Kai had Alan's whole body under control since he asked for it after Alan's backflip incident till the end of the conversation with the unknown man, it was a rollercoaster ride for Alan he didn't knew what will happen. He was mesmerizing the situation all over again, while Kai Walked navigating his way to reach destination home from his memory all through Alan's photographic abilities. The morning was set, sun rays were hitting everything everywhere with vitamin D nourishing every living presence in its path, a little warmth also started to make its presence be felt setting the morning

6.30-7 am vibes all around the city , the 5 am cold was long gone.

While Alan was walking he could feel his senses being focused in his back,front,left and right he could even feel that he was in alert mode with his sensory systems and at the same time held a body gesture of a normal person enjoying a normal walk, he felt this is how an spy a super spy should live, he was impressed by Kai because he realised it now only that how complex Kai is,

He focuses not only on the outside of the physical body but keeps tracks and records of everything possible to him throughout the bodily functions however he wishes, going in with such extends like hindering the senses to locate a single 10 inch shoe that has fallen in mid air towards Alan's direction.

Alan and Kai were walking silently and going through streets, roads and bridges but then Kai noticed something and asked Alan,

"Why does this place looks so under developed Alan?, The more we reach near our home the more undeveloped surroundings become visible."

Alan said.

"Well it's a bit tricky, the lands out here are owned by people who were positioned by city people to accept an independent city unit (ICU), and those people can be near the City but not ruin the scenery of forest and greenery, it's like people out here sacrifice their desires to have a nice livelihood just so it doesn't kill the looks of the city which is theme as a city in the middle of green ocean ."(ocean created by the green looks which surrounds the city.)

Kai responded in a confused state.

"I don't understand anything you are saying, why would there need to be a group of people who are kind of outcast from the main society just to make it look goo....?"

"We are not outcasts." Alan screamed in a sudden manner while cutting Kai off, it felt like his emotions got loosened.

He controlled his emotions and continued

"Look, There is nothing like outcasts Kai, we just accepted what was given to us. My Mom was accepted by the 'outcasts' that you are saying, so it's like you are naming my family like we are different form of species, we wanted to be near nature and embrace our past culture."

Said Alan.

(But the truth was different….)

Kai noted it point to point and because it felt like a sensitive spot he gave it a benefit of the doubt making it questions which can be asked and answered later in a much more comfortable times, it was the first time for Kai to listen something unique about civilization far far away from the galaxy, also Alan screaming but it was a different case scenario so Kai ignored it.

And for Alan, Alan was feeling like he was walking with a friend who is visiting him from a foreign country letting his friend know about the place he lives, the best things about his neighbourhood the specialities and the bad things and things where his place lacks as well, making it not perfect but a Sweet HomeTown.

Kai on the other hand was not done with the questions, he was like a kid who's curiosity will end only if every question is answered. But he also understood that there was a line, the stuff Alan would talk about and stuffs better kept on the other side of the line for now atleast.

And so Kai asked further more,

"But what about people in the city, don't they need greenery and if I am correct your energy source and bodily functions are dependent on your surroundings and to be exact your body is more except senses works like a pump, pumping and working only if air filled with oxygen is passed."

Alan was in deep thoughts thinking how right he is,

"You are not completely right, what about our muscles and fats that have nothing to do with air or working as a pump…?"

Alan had raised a critical question but as Alan looked for the question, Kai looked for the answers FROM THE SAME BRAIN.

Here's what Kai responded.

"Well you are right they don't directly rely on oxygen and air pumps to be exact."

Alan thought it was all over and he tried to cut in and say..

"See I told ya it's very compli....."

But Kai was not done, now he cuts off Alan to elaborate furthermore with his points and he was not playing games. He not only thought of the answer faster than Alan did but also said it in a much faster manner..

"But even muscles and fats indirectly rely on breathing and intake of Oxygen and other molecules to some extent. Oxygen is necessary for the overall functioning of the body, and while it may not be as directly involved in the function of muscles and fats as it is in processes like respiration, it's still essential for their metabolism and maintenance. So, in that sense, oxygen does play a role in supporting these aspects of bodily function, and if you have forgotten it already your breathing was the main problem to prevent you from running very poorly. So I have understood your body and its functions more appropriately than you."

Alan was stunned, his emotions were written all over his face, how it could be possible he thought, and then he got reminded that Kai is in his brain which happens to be where every human being starts his or her thinking from.

Alan angrily said.

"Well it isn't fair you are in my brain and think of everything fastly and say it even more fastly."

Kai responded.

"But I am just trying to understand the society where Alan lives, and on the other hand you are trying to propose a competition, I am in your brain, I will obviously try to help you find answers to the questions you can think of, that's how I am programmed."

Alan said

"Well there will be something you can not answer and I WILL FIND THAT QUESTION."

Kai responded

"Fine, ask me when you will have one."

Kai was mutual throughout the conversation but it was Alan who had a problem with Kai for some unknown reason.

Well they reached home from their first morning run and it was the most progressive run in the entire life of Alan, that's how he felt, it was a bitter but sweet Homecoming…

Alan had finally returned to his home area.

A place which he knew like it was back of his hand, he knew which house was owned by whom, he knew who liked what, he was favourite in his area, but was missing out everything for a while due to some girl who he was committed to, Anyways….

His area was a little bit not maintained, roads were covered with grass rather than white markings to guide cars, walls were no good as well the grass was growing from small cervices or pocket of soil within the wall which provides enough substrate for the grass to take root, even though it is not suitable or an ideal environment for grass to grow normally but in certain conditions it can happen the seeds may have been carried by wind or birds or any other means and found its way to this small cracks on wall of buildings and gateways and started growing, better be ready to expect the unexpected one of the poetic ability of nature.

Everything looked like it was in the middle of being eaten by nature, it resembled the picture of a place which was abandoned by humans 5 years ago.

But it still looked mesmerizing, like someone was taking care of it..

It might not look like a lot, but nature likes to hide and take back, it hides the history of your existence it take backs Everything it has given to you, and here in home area it was taking back lands owned by human beings and giving it to beings who needed it, deers, cows, and different animals used to walk at roads, cars and trucks were not an issue. The roads surrounding his home area was not connected to mainland transportation route they had to walk till the nearest bus station which was followed by another bus station which lets you reach near the sight of the city from where you can take Metro, or train whatever you prefer which leads you to the city village which is a city but not the main one it is directly connected to the main one. The areas which were not the real Cyan city ( name of city where Alan lives) were called Cyan grata.

Alan lived in a place where everyone had a degree of experience rather than any real education degree to support what they did. People were voluntary Doctors who once used to work under a doctor as a nurse or chemist and supporting these same cases were some people who were working as plumbers, welders, engineers, electricians etc in his home area and throughout the Cyan Grata these kinds of people were the backbone holding the society.

Nevertheless Alan's home area used to look beautiful, the colors of flowers between grass which is grown from inside the walls and showing itself through the cracks of hard concrete, iron barricades and side walks on buildings. The view as a whole was looking like an oasis in between the desert of concrete once used by humans.

Alan was walking on the same street we are talking about (the street not connected to Mainland transportation route, MTR)he was not in command of his own body, it was around 6.30 to 6.50 no record of time was withheld by both Alan and Kai, the morning was looking simply amazing and peoples were visible some going for work and some coming back home after working, in these little crowd one man was able to recognise Alan as he was Serena's boy, Serena the hard working mother was famous as she used to do two jobs such as running tricycle selling vegetables, and at evening after completing daily shift selling hotpot and different but delicious food made by the remaining vegetables, foods menu varied on the left over vegetables. Alan's mother was smart and she knew how to make the best of any given situation. She was 5.10 inches tall and was still taller than Alan, even though Alan was in his last year of highschool.

Anyways…

Alan was seen by someone close to him,

"Hey, Ally, is that you??, come over here ya snot…!"

Somebody called Alan, but Alan continued walking without even giving a reaction because Kai was controlling the body and didn't recognise the voice. To which Alan was not happy about and said to Kai.

"Kai, stop…stop."

Kai responded quickly after stopping.

"What happened, Alan?"

Alan replied.

"Can't you hear somebody's calling me."

"I didn't catched someone saying Alan, in the range of 10 inches."

Responded Kai.

"Well, a lot of people I know from my childhood call me by nicknames, like Ally, so please turn around. I have to respond to him."

Alan asked.

"What are you too big to respond to me.?"

Said the voice from behind.

"No no no! … you are thinking it wrong".

(Kai moved the body to the direction from where voice was detected, while Alan responded.)

And there they saw Uncle Yohan, the old man from the same building where his mother used to live. He was A Legend around Alan's HomeTown and one of the Veterans of Cyan Capitans Department Force (CCDF) which is a pretty high level in Cyan city. Even though he was tall and old hair fall wasn't a problem for him, but all his hair turned white, he carried mustache and a body which has muscles and fat as well, he was man who didn't cared to manage his body not anymore and had an amazing body shape due to God gifted metabolism and genetics and lots of muscle experience perhaps, he was very fond of everyone but Alan was like his grandson and he used to say Serena is his own daughter and Alan used to call him Nana.

And to be exact Alan and Nana had a long history and they are Family. Currently Nana was angry because Alan tried to ignore him(that's what he thinks). He was angry because Alan had caused quite a ruckus from the past few days. He was ill and out of consciousness for three days and Nana and lots of people from his Home area visited him when he was unconscious. They were really scared, Serena had to stay strong. When he woke up he didn't even mind coming home meeting Nana, Nani (Nana's wife is Nani for Alan) and all family members and resting after surviving such a dangerous coma but rather than that he decided to run to college and didn't even visit after finishing college.

"Yes, I am thinking it all wrong, you better not be doing some stuff that is going around the market."

Said Nana.

" Nana I am really sorry, my neck has been stiff because of that hospital and laying in bed for three days, so I was just out for a walk, and what is this stuff you are talking about, Nana?"

Alan replied.

Nana said.

"Aaaaah, nothing I was just messing around, come home later this evening, we will eat together Nani wanted to see you for such a long time... you didn't even visited us from like 2 months..it might be because of how much have you been studying lately, we are so proud of you... Visit us later or else I will break your bone."

"Yes, Nana I will for sure, but where are you going this early in the morning."

"Aaah, I have a meeting I have to attend and it is about something important we have been discussing for some time, it's regarding our home area I will tell you details at evening okay."

Said Nana.

"Yes Nana, anyways have a good morning! bye."

Greeted Alan before Nana was out of his sight.

"Yeah you too, Ally."

Said Nana while leaving.

And Alan was going to his room flat entering building. And he was only a little time away from his new Rewards.

His excitement was on a whole different world.