Seto and Pica

John couldn't process what was going on. The mysterious person was overwhelming him. He was the first person John couldn't pause.

As John couldn't pause him he attacked him head-on. His power was not an option for fighting him. So he decided to fight him normally. Before even reaching the mysterious man he realized he had a deep cut on his hand and was heavily bleeding. His hand was fine just a second ago. He was startled.

"I cut you from the past. I went to a few minutes ago before you reached here. I ambushed you and cut you on your hand and returned to the present.", said the mysterious man.

"What? You can do such a thing??!!!"

"You have only awakened the basic power. I doubt if you, a mere human, can awaken to its full extent."

"A mere human? What do you mean? Aren't you a human too?"

The mysterious man was standing at least two metres away from John. John wasn't even finished blinking his eyes and the mysterious man was standing very close to him looking directly into his eyes. Before John could even lift his hand the man had already punched him in his face. John's two teeth fell on the ground and even his nose was bleeding. He had even punched him repeatedly punched John on his ribs. He felt as some of his bones were broken.

"I can slow time to such an extent that you can't even sense it.", said the mysterious man.

"Burn my name in your mind. I am the man who is going to kill you. The name is Seto. I am here to kill you and arrest Pica. But that man is stubborn as hell. If we can't arrest him, we are permitted to kill him"

John couldn't even stand properly. Slowly he was losing consciousness. He realized his knee was stabbed and bleeding. John realized Seto went to past once again and stabbed him in his knee.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!!", John screamed in pain. 'His power is similar to mine. He also controls time. Pausing and slowing the time is no use against it. Can I go back at my will?'

John paused the time. But of course, it was no use. Seto punched him repeatedly on his face. He punched John so much that John couldn't even open his eyes. He saw absolute darkness.

****

"Your existence is what we are afraid of. You filthy human."

He could hear Seto but couldn't respond to him. He fell on his back. His life started flashing in front of his eyes.

'It seems I am going to die on the very same day I was born. Honestly.....it sucks. I'm sorry Mom and Dad of the future for leaving you behind even though I promised I would protect you for the rest of my life. I am sorry Mom and Dad of the past you have to lose your son the very day he was born. Even though, you won't know about it for years to come. I'm still sorry. I am sorry Sam. I am sorry Riza and Mrs Rebecca, for doing those dirty things to you.'

In his last moment, he saw a future. He saw himself holding a dead body of a shadowy figure. The future John had tears in his eyes. "Thank you, Pica.", he said.

The future he saw didn't make any sense.

But it was not the time to think about it. Suddenly he heard a scream. The scream was of none other than Seto.

"Pica!!!!. What the hell are you doing here??"

"I am sending him back to his time. He must live on."

John heard a familiar voice.

"Don't lay a hand on him. He is..."

Suddenly, John passed out.

******

He opened his eyes slowly. He was in a hospital. Mr and Mrs Vincent were sitting on a chair beside the hospital bed. Some of his school friends such as Sam, Riza and his school teachers Mrs Rebecca and Mr JP were there too.

Sam went out of the room to notify the doctor that John had woken up. His body was numb.

"I was so worried about you.", Mrs Vincent started crying.

"Hey, he just woke up. Let him rest for a while."

Sam entered the room with a doctor.

"I heard you suddenly fell from the stair. Be careful, bro. Do you have any idea how much they were worried about you? You have woken up after three days."

The doctor looked at John. After a while, he started talking with Mr and Mrs Vincent.

The doctor said,

"Apart from some head injuries, his few ribs bone were broken too. His hand was cut and his leg was stabbed. When you took him here, you said he fell from the stairs. I didn't want to talk about it but I wonder how would you explain this?"

"What?", replied Mr and Mrs Vincent.