CHAPTER SEVEN

My feet burned with each step I took, my stomach growled in hunger and my head was spinning, to summarize everything I was starving and exhausted, and it seemed most of the area I was in was messed up and it showed no source of life apart from something my system called a cat which seemed like it would die any time.

My left arm jiggled with a ‘click’ sound with every step that I had to hold it in my right hand to keep it in place. Even with adrenaline that rushed through me to push harder, everything around me was slowly chanting at me to give up.

Buildings that I assumed were once beautiful and tall now laid in pieces of metal and glass or large layer of wall pieces, and if they were green tress, they were buried under the thick layer of dust that made the place look like a desert and the bright big ball of flames in the sky did not help at all.

Finally having had enough, I stumbled to a shady block and sat down breathing out a long breath of relief. My face was all sticky with oil, dirt and sweat, that my hair stuck to my skin like glue and I reeked like I was dipped in a tub full of rotten eggs and diapers.

My stomach growled loudly for the tenth time and my vision blurred, I tugged my hands through my red hair and pulled the roots to get some sense of feeling to prevent myself from passing out when a screamed pierced through the air startling me, and not just any scream, but the banshee type that warned bloody apocalypse.

I froze for minutes, as a million thoughts went through my mind like a freaking hurricane, I could feel the migraine slowly caressing my head which only happened when I over thought. ‘I’ll just check it out and leave, this has nothing to do with me’ I thought to myself. But seems like I lied to myself.

My hands shook as they untangled themselves from the red threads of my hair, and so did my legs, no not from fear but starvation. I really hoped that whatever was happening would not take a long time because I thought I would have passed out in the middle of it.

“Place right hand over right eye and say zoom in” the voice said, who I decided to call ‘omega’ because it just sounded right, I frowned but followed Omega’s instructions and I gasped as my left eyes burned and I could see things that were not near me. I probably looked like a child but I didn’t care.

I looked around for anything out of the ordinary and was about to give up, and call the scream I heard my fatigue starved body playing tricks on me. When my eye landed on a dark skinned woman standing protectively in front of a girl who looked almost identical to her.

My heart clenched and a thought of wanting comfort went through my mind before I disposed of it. I decided to help them out and probably get some food and directions from them.

I stood up and started walking towards them but stopped when I saw the other body pointing what seemed to be a gun at them “please! Please! She’s just a child” the older woman said with tears running down her face, the young girl behind her clutched the woman’s shoulders with her own tears, I could hear their heart beating so fast that I was surprised they did not already drop dead.

“You have violated article thirteen of the Malien-human rights” the man said with a bored expression, from his stance I could tell that he has done this a hundred times, he pressed a button on the weird shaped gun and pointed it directly at the young girl’s head even though the older woman was shielding her.

“If I did not do what I did, she would have died!” the woman screamed, I stood there analyzing the situation I knew that I could not just jump in and act like a saint descending from the heavens because I knew that if I did, I would end up with a bullet through my head.

I scanned my surroundings looking for anything to use as a weapon when my eyes landed on some rocks and a pipe, I turned to see if I got any attention but they were still in the same positions as before, I quickly tip toed to the rocks and grabbed around five of them and the pipe.

I once again scanned the area and noticed some messed up metal plates that looked like a hiding place ‘perfect’ I thought and thrown one rock there causing them to fall over each other, the three looked there including the man with the gun who I noticed was wearing some uniform “he is a Malien soldier” omega said and I gapped ‘shit I really thought he was just some human’ I cussed and he faced towards my direction.

My left eyes twitched as omega scanned him “his name is Brody known as Ody on the field and his power ranked level seven” omega said and I let out a sigh of relief. Malien’s had a ranking system of the power that they could use ranging from ten to zero; those with ten to eight could move things with their mind, those with seven to six could control metal, and those above level five were dangerous as they could control the elements, and the special ones at level zero had what they called ‘copy-cat’ as they could touch you and copy whatever they want for approximately forty-five minutes.

“Come out! I can see your hair!” he shouted and I gulped, I should have continued walking away but like Rose said the past cannot be changed. I stood up knowing there was no way out of this without some blood been shed and it was not going to be mine.

I walked around the big large wall that seemed to have been a piece of the building a few blocks from me, I turned just in time to see the gun been pointed at me and I froze ‘what did I do? I just hid and threw some rock’ I thought “you are trespassing” he spat out and I relaxed as a frown graced my face “is this your land?” I asked calmly even though I was freaking out but I was not going to die.

He laughed as his eyes ranked over my dirt body that had some grey rotting skin due to been dead “This is Malien property, human. Go back to your parents before things get bad” he said and I flinched at the mention of parents but I stood my ground “I’ll go once you let go of the two females” I said back and he looked at me once again and then back to the females “you are in no position to negotiate little girl” he said with disgust.

I sighed and cussed my heroic spirit “then I guess bad things are about to happen” I said and heard the click from the weird shaped gun “target arriving in three point five seconds!’ omega warned and I dodged it just in time, my eyes burned as they glowed cyan and my palms itched as sparks danced around them.

I looked at the man and he was now pointing the gun at the two females, did he really think I would die that easily? And let my plans be nothing but wishful dreams!? If I could suffer those brutal surgeries and punishments, those who killed me were in for a treat.

I was angry that he thought I was weak, even though it looked like I would fall apart it gave him no right to degrade me, with that thought blue-green fire balls appeared in my palms and I threw them at him and he jumped as one burnt his cheek and the other his foot. He groaned in pain, not willing to give into the truth that a little girl burnt his ego.

“You!” he growled animalistic as his eyes glowed blue, his burnt cheek was healing itself but I could see the Malien green skin underneath. The two females took his moment of distraction to run and hide “me” I clarified and it only seemed to add fuel to his anger as every metal around us started to shake in their place. I should have kept my mouth shut but it seems that Rose had a big influence on me.

His glare was starting to creep me out and I had to avert my eyes from him, I was ready to run away since the females were no longer in danger but a flat piece of metal came flying my way and I did not dodge it in time as I was tossed like a coin through the air and landing against an old bashed up car “I will end you!” he threatened gesturing his hand and this time a pipe came to me and my head throbbed as my cheek throbbed.

I could taste the metallic warm substance in my mouth which was definitely not a good sign “You thought that you would come here and play hero! Oh because you’ve got some fire with this!” he mocked me, suddenly the man disappeared and the beast of a man took his place.

I felt fear but I did not let it consume me, I had people to repay and I was not going to die here today, I would admit that playing the hero was a bad childish move, but I could change it into a game of blood and pain, and at that the desire to make him cry out in pain filled me whole which made me smile at the images already.

Emotions are strong, that too much of them would have you feel like a king and blind everything that’s in front of you. With those thoughts I chose one of the world’s deadliest tool; words. “does he have family?” I asked omega “yes, he has a daughter and his grandmother, his daughter’s name is Gwen and grandmother is Dennis” omega said and I smirked “You don’t want to fight me Ody, we wouldn’t want Gwen to be alone would we now?” I asked.

Silence settled around us, the metals froze in midair as Brody tensed “you will not touch her!!” he growled and his entire eyes glowed blue that they looked like pools of water “and why not? But I’ll leave Dennis alone so that she can die in grief” I taunted him and that pushed him off the cliff, and he charged at me with metal plates following him like some type of god.

He was three meters away and I concentrated my energy into my palms, without another thought I unleashed my anger and watched as flames consumed him. He thrashed and rolled in the dirt but my flames did not die out, if worse they grew larger and hotter burning him quicker “Please! Please!” he cried out looking at me naked, his skin was an ugly green and burnt.

I watched him, I stood my ground even though my heart told me to quench the flames, I knew better than to follow that lair. He looked at me, his eyes no longer glowing but a steel grey with unshed tears “don’t worry, Gwen is in safe hands” I said and his body once flash and bones was now a pall of black ashes.

The sound of someone whimpering drawled my attention to the females, the older woman held the dead man’s gun and pointed at me but it shook in her grasp and the young girl was behind her using the older woman like a shield. I took a step forward and the woman’s grip tightened “Sto-stop right there” she stuttered and I held back an eye roll ‘she was scared of me’ I thought and I was right.

She was really ungrateful, I scoffed at her not caring anymore “I should have let you get shot!” I yelled at her and it was like she got slapped at the face that she even took a step back and dropped the gun “You’re a- a monster!” she tried to defend her herself but it was clear as the sky that I just saved a lunatic, it did not even come to mind that I killed a man.

“Yeah, well I’ve been called worse” I said and she took another step back and another until she turned the other side and ran with the girl in her arms like death was following her, I sighed as my stomach growled in hunger.

I walked towards the weird shaped gun and grabbed it, it was heavy that I had to carry it with two hands “omega, how long until I die of starvation?” I asked in my mind “exactly three days” it answered and I sighed.

I started to walk when I saw a man and some type of android sitting against what looked like some shelter that seemed to protect them from the burning ball of fire in the sky, my eyes widened knowing they saw everything.

I froze as I locked eyes with blue ones that held fear and then to the android “A forty- one is scanning you, eradicate immediately” omega warned and I tensed as my left eye twitched.

Without a second thought, I held the gun in my hand and aimed it at the android “move old man!” I told the man and he moved away quickly just as I pressed the button and the android exploded.

I sighed in relief and exhaustion, the man coughed grabbing my attention and I mindlessly turned pointing the gun at him making him freeze. I quickly put the heavy thing down and smiled sheepishly “sorry sir” I said feeling guilty that he had to witness this, he looked at me for a while and sighed “it is well” he said.

He crumbled to the ground and I rushed to him but he held his hand out to stop me “it’s alright” he said, I wanted to help him even though I just killed someone and mentally scarred two females for eternity “here, it will keep you safe” I said giving him the gun.

He looked at me skeptically but took it from my hands. He did not say anything, but I did not mind, I just wanted to get going “Do you by any chance know where area one hundred is?” I asked and he pointed towards the East. Without any word I turned and started walking feeling his eyes on me.

SOMEWHERE IN AREA 34 SECTION B

“Sir we have received footage from android A forty- one in area twenty- six” a man said to his commander, some people turned at the attention of the once famous android that was a beast in battle.

The commander turned towards him “is it still alive?” he asked, the man shook his head and gasps filled the room “he sent a video before we could track him and it seemed he turned off right after he sent it sir” the man said, this picked the commander’s interest and he ordered the man to bring the footage.

After fifteen minutes of watching the video, the commander called one of his trusted agents “sir you called” the boy stated looking as handsome and arrogant as ever, but do not be fooled even the devil had good looks “I want you to find this girl and kill her” the commander commanded angrily and something that was rarely heard fear.

The boy took the description from his superior and could not help but let out a wolf whistle at the beautiful amazon red head, but what she could have done that the commander had to send him to do a rookie’s job?