...LIFE WOULD BE NO MORE

---------Saturday, 8: 32 am-----------

When they met up, they were hungry so they wanted to have a chat over at the cafeteria. They bought their breakfast and started munching on them as they took their seats across a rounded table.

"Ugh, so there is this group assignment that I have…and man it's so annoying…I'm like the person who literally does everything for them…and they just keep on telling me that they can't make it for any meeting we decide to have because of some...out of nowhere reason for an excuse". Tobias complained.

"Welcome to my world…" Wu agreed.

"A world where you are the smartest person in the group?"

"Yep."

"I completely get that." He munched on his pie. "So, what about you? How's your week been."

"Boring. Weird. Pretty much all the annoying words you can think of."

"As expected." He chuckled. "Nah I'm sure there was one cool thing that happened at class"

"I went to the lab yesterday."

"Yeah."

"We got the chance to mix up any chemicals we found."

"Whoa, that would be awesome!"

"We almost blew up the lab that could release a virus, wiping out half the population of the school." Then she munched on her toasted sandwich and sipped hot tea from her cup.

Tobias just froze. It was like only his eyes could move. Wu looked at him and shrugged, continuing her meal.

"Okay, I would just...pretend that it was...cool."

"I got a good remark for my exploration."

"Uhm…wow…uhm…" He cleared his throat, whiles he was nodding. "That's…pretty good then…"

"Yep"

Then Tobias quickly changed the subject.

"So you know I was supposed to go for some piano lessons right…then all…"

"I could teach you for free. It's pretty easy. My Mum hired someone to teach me."

"Oh cool then…ugh you know...I even forgot to ask…uhm how is the fam doing?"

"Fam?"

"You know...Mum...Dad..."

"Uhm…for mum and dad…"

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-------------Chinatown, Singapore---------------

"Stop them. Don't let them escape!"

There were rapid gunshots coming from multiple directions. A gang of men was firing at two individuals who were running away from them. They were ordered to kill them. This took place in a 6 storey hotel. The two were running as fast as they can and they were able to get in an elevator. The bullets were just coming towards them as the elevator door was closing. They were heading for the last floor downwards. They called the cops and gave them the location so they would arrive quickly.

"Boss the two are heading down. Repeat. They're heading down."

"Get a sniper on the roof and cut the power. We cannot let them escape."

"Got it."

Those two were Damascus and Meilin Jia Saxon…Wu's Dad and Mom respectively. A gang was ordered to kill them. For what reason? Unknown. And from who? It was also unknown. They didn't have time to think about that. They needed to escape before they get killed. One of the guys destroyed the main power source for the building and the power was out. The two were stuck in the elevator. They had to find another way to get out. There was a hatch opening at the top of the elevator and so the two quickly partnered up and got it opened. They climbed out of it so they could get into the vent. As they were climbing out, they realized there were men below them and on top of them. They could feel their vibrations from their footsteps at the top, and they could see some men at the bottom.

"Where are they?" One soldier demanded information.

"Sir we checked the elevator…we saw nothing…"

"What in the…find them they haven't left the building. They're just hiding…and make sure that Sniper gets a good eye on them…"

They both realized they were climbing the roof vent in a long hallway, but it wasn't stable due to the gunshots exploding from the men…and the weight from them as well. With any small interference, they would make noise…and cause an open scene.

"Nobody makes a sound" Meilin said quietly.

The two of them were climbing slowly through the vent…and then Damascus farted so loud it echoed. The wife was behind him. I wouldn't want to be in her position at that moment.

Damascus substantiated. See…I just knew there was something wrong with that Sushi…"

"We found them they're in the vent." One guy said. Two guys located where that sound came from and they were directly above them. It was their big mistake. The vent…not holding them for so long…broke…and the two fell down on the soldiers…making them unconscious for a bit.

Damascus got up. "Okay let's go"

"No honey get down!"

A bullet came flying in through the windows and unto a wall from a distance…luckily she pushed him on the floor.

"Damn the sniper" Damascus panicked "Can you guess the kind of gun he is using…"

"Did you bring a hat?"

Damascus gave her his black cap from his bag. She waved it through the window…and the sniper quickly shot at it. The cap flew away from her hand, leaving a hole through it. She picked it up to do her examination.

"Uhm…the hole is very small…judging by the power of that shot and how long it took for the bullet to be here…I'm estimating it's a powerful one…uhm…maybe he is using an upgraded AX-50…"

"How long does it take for him to reload?"

"Depends on the meg he has…but it would take him 3.5 seconds for reloading."

"Then for every 3.5 seconds we drop to the ground…you ready?... Three…two…"

"What? Are you crazy?"

"One…let's go"

He got up and run for it…the sniper shot but he missed. The wife also followed. They did this consecutively until the rest of the soldiers discovered where they were…there was rapid-fire…they had to get up and move. The sniper opened fire but missed his shot. They were moving diagonally so the soldiers aiming would not be direct…and they had to duck so the sniper wouldn't get them. They made it to the stairs and they were near the entrance but there was a surprise waiting for them that they didn't know. When they got there…

"Meli get down!" Damascus pushed her to the floor and they hid under the reception desk. The men were at the entrance with their assault rifles and they opened fire on them.

"Meli…we need to find a way to…Meli…Meli?!"

Damascus realizes she's losing blood from her waist. Two bullets pierced her.

"No, no keep it together please Meli…I will find a way out…please Meli…Meli!"

He realized that her eyes were slowly fading away. He checked her pulse and she was not breathing anymore.

"Meli…Meli!!!"

Damascus bent over crying…thinking that the both of them were going to die here...she was dead…it was over…Damascus couldn't take it anymore…the bullets were still hitting the desk but it was still shielding them.

"We have them cornered Sir, they can't escape."

"Just kill them already."

Then…

Then Meli's eyes lit up white light. Her body just started becoming hollow. It was floating. Damascus watched in shock. The gang stopped shooting as they realized a floating body right before them. Then Meli's body stood straight and with a swipe of her hands, she immediately blew everyone away with some incredible glitch force. She landed on the ground and the remaining men that were standing all charged up at her. Then she glitched and disappeared. She appeared behind one of them. SLAP! The man glitched and died.

Then she appeared before the others and she demonstrated her Kung-Fu skills. She uppercut one of them, he flew up to the ceiling. She destroyed the men who were after her so easily and fast with her glitching or phasing abilities. Then she grabbed one of them, armed a grenade, attached it to the man… and threw the guy outside the building…the sniper didn't see that coming…it hit him and it exploded there. The rest of them just run away…underestimating their targets.

When everything was over…she fainted…but Damascus quickly caught her…

"Oh no Meli…you're…you're one of them…no…" Damascus was just sad…but grateful… "You're corrupted…"

The place was on fire as he held his wife at his chest, only for the cops to arrive and clean the mess…

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"they're currently going to a lab for investigation…and for my sister…she's just working" Wu answered.

"Oh okay, that's cool…yeah…"

"What about yours?"

"Me?"

"Mm-hmm"

"Well, uhm…Aunt Emma is fine… our cousin Thomas is too…"

"Cool. What about…your mum?" Wu asked with some concern.

"Oh so for my mum…well uhm…"

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-----Brandywine Park-----

The police were shooting tranquilizers at someone who was hiding behind a statue. They called in for backup like hours ago but nobody had arrived.

"You do not understand what is going on! You're all making a big mistake!"

It was a man…a corrupted imagination on the loose. He shot a blackish green aura up in the air and it landed like rain on the policemen…they brace themselves as the black goo were grenades…exploding their cars and making them somersault and crash on trees and other places.

Then a vehicle arrived when the explosions happened. That was the backup they called. One person. An African woman. Age 34. Dark-brown eyes. She had an angled bob haircut and wore a Tol dress with blue neon zips around her collar, with a black jacket on. She stepped out of the vehicle with a massive claw gun and a hailer. The men who were not injured got back up and were aiming back at him.

"Debbie Saxon!" The head of the police force steps forward to report.

"So what's our status?" She said.

"Critical. We're losing men and we're not sure if we can hold in much longer. We would need to call in our superhe…"

"No stop just…get back…I'll handle this one."

"Yes, Ma'am."

She took a few steps forward so that she could go toe-to-toe with him. It was just him and her. She spoke with the hailer.

"Alright, Piggy…just got word that we have been chasing you for an hour…"

"Ma'am actually it's an hour and 15 minutes long." A policeman just cut her to give her an accurate answer.

She gave the man a very sarcastic look.

"Okay fine…for over two hours now! And you've been causing some havoc through the city…so I don't have all day I got to take care of some other stuff so if you could just please…just take yourself in…I mean I've added a 'please' so…you could say that I have chosen the easy way out of…"

"I am not the enemy here! You're all confused!"

"Okay so…help me not get confused…if you're not the enemy then…why can't you just…stop running away from us and just…come over to the institute so we can have a nice conversation and forget about all the…"

"Because the Forensic Institute is the ENEMY!"

"Whoa, Piggy…I am so not in the mood for cliffhangers."

"Stop calling me Piggy…I…am…TERRITORIAL!" He unleashed his aura full of immense energy. He got the place shaking…and the police to be in fear. He has the power to form any predator he wants to be…killing and eating without anyone to stop him.

"And I am Ironman…yeah I get that a lot…but you still would have to come with us…"

"You are all blinded by what you are doing. It has been with us since the very beginning of time. Even before all this chaos was brought into this world. We are just puppets running around whiles he feeds on our lifestyles. Everyone on this planet would be erased and no one would understand how. And it is all because of your institution. You are all just playing the part of the cause. Nobody would understand…and soon life would just be no more. And no one would be able to stop it. The world would soon be coming to an end and he would take over the galaxies with just the…"

"No, no see this is what I don't understand…why couldn't we have just talked this over with coffee?... Then I would have sent a therapist to sort you out and then we could have moved on!"

"Hmm. You're wasting time. I am the only one who can stop it. Very soon you would come to me and thank me later for what I have done."

"Yeah you know I am not going to allow you to do that."

"You cannot stop me and you know that!"

"I know I can't…but Delilah can."

The man growled. "What did you say?"

"Oh did I hit a nerve there? Because I don't think your daughter would like to be isolated inside a container…knowing that she could also be a corrupted person from you…like father like daughter"

"Are you THREATENING ME?!" He was furious as he was charging up.

"I'm just giving you OPTIONS Piggy! We can go the easy way or the…"

"YOU WILL DIE HERE!!" His furious rage caused a huge energy outburst from his body…he was turning and growing into some enormous beast with multiple fangs and claws.

"Hard way…yeah that's what he would obviously go for". She said to herself.

She placed the hailer on the ground and took a deep breath. Then she started sprinting. Then she did a lot of flips and somersaults to increase her momentum. Immediately, Territorial swiped his hands in the air multiple times, just to make sure she is ripped to pieces…but she was way high up in the air…and with her grappling claw gun…she aimed at his neck and shot it. When he heard the sound of the claw coming at him...but he was too late. He looked up and the claw grappled his neck and pinned him on the grass. Debbie landed and walked towards him. Then she pressed a button on the gun abruptly, and he felt some needles piercing his skin and injecting some fluid.

"Sleep for a bit…you've had a long day."

Then he was trying reaching out to her. Because the needles got to his throat, he couldn't speak well. So, he was muting out something…as if he wanted to say something to her. Debbie noticed and she knelt down to listen closely.

"Trash…"

"What?"

"Delete…the…trash…" Then he went out.

She got up, as the commander got up to her.

"Can you believe this guy…I was clearly in a position of 'any last words'…and then he tells me that I should delete my trash…Why?" Debbie inquired.

"I'm not sure…but he might be on to something…he is a scientist after all…not everything he has done has been practically wrong." The commander gave an honest opinion.

"I'll look into it. Right now, I've got somewhere to go."

"Where to?"

"Chinatown…something crazy happened there."

"Yes Ma'am"

The police force came in to take his body…and cage it. While Debbie was just standing and observing everything…and pondering over his last words…

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"…I haven't heard from her for a while but I'm …pretty sure she is lecturing History at some African American Institution or something."

"Do you think she is okay…like…I mean…"

"Oh yeah…yeah…she's fine…" Tobias sighed. "I mean…right after my dad died…then my uncle died…it was…just… a hard time for us you know, but …the last time I saw her…she was doing well."

"Cool." Wu finished the last bit of her tea. "I should get back. I also have a ton of assignments to finish."

"You want me to escort you?"

"Okay sure."

"Cool…"