Esper and power

Chapter 2

Esper and power

Lucas was imprisoned and waited for the investigation team. After a long waiting, he was brought to the temporary investigation room for the official visit. He tries to think about what he was going to be asked and answered back. To be honest, he didn't trust in the judicial process of this planet anymore. It was like he was playing a survival game.

From his personal experiences, he absolutely didn't entrust administrative officers of the empire. This may be the singularity of the royal, but not for justice.

And it was like he had been worried, ones who came here were not the police, they were soldiers, and they were the royal army of the emperor.

Lucas felt confused, there were lots of things in his head.

What did actually happen? Why the royal squad had come here?

"Are you killing them?" one of the three soldiers asked him coldly.

"No!, I had only tranquillizer pistol, how could I kill four people, and… and tore them like that," all of their bodies were torn apart into small pieces, Lucas had just known after, there were four people, but he had seen only blood and pieces of carcasses. "I couldn't do that."

Although he was worried, he didn't want to show his feeling too much. Especially, when in front of him was the royal team, they were cruel and corrupt. They may try to torture him to reveal the truth, but the truth was that he didn't know anything and had no word to speak out.

However, for Lucas, the situation still was acceptable, because people could decide that a normal guy like him couldn't kill in that way.

"You could," said he

"What?!" that was something that Lucas didn't expect any more.

"If you were Esper, you could," he said and walked closer to him, "your eyes are red, the colour of demon, and the demon can kill with no blood on hands, tell me the truth, demon!"

"I'm not!" Lucas almost screamed, he didn't understand what they were thinking, he used to be checked his ESP when he was young, and the result was zero, he had no ESP, he was not Esper! "No…you…"

Lucas wasn't fooled, he knew exactly what their intention was, they didn't really believe that he was Esper, they just…

"You want someone to be your scapegoat in this case!" anybody who they suspected, could be the murderer. They wanted someone to be responsible for this incident!

The soldier seemed to be very please when he saw that his prey was clever enough to know his situation. They weren't really interested that who the murder was. In the long run, they had to investigate, but for the official announcement tomorrow, they needed someone to be in charge.

And this one was suitable.

From their quick investigation, he had no family, no connection,

And… his eyes

"But, it's a pity to execute you, your eyes, they're so beautiful," said he and moved closer and closer, his hands touched Lucas's cheeks, "we can have some bargaining, I can help you to be imprisoned until we'll find the real murderer, you can prolong your life, my little demon," his intention was so clear.

Lucas felt he really wanted to vomit, this guy, no, all of these men were idiots!

"So, what am I going to use for our bargaining?" he asked back and pretended to be innocent.

"You know the answer, don't you?" said he with an evil smile.

At that moment, the guy touched his wrist and tried to move forward. Lucas didn't move, it was like he had already surrendered. This was the second time of the day that people tried to take advantage of him.

In his mind, he was so furious, and he asked himself several times, why?

Because he had red eyes? he had a very slim body similar to women?

Neither race nor sex, that was absolutely discrimination!

Lucas hated these guys, hated people who took advantage of weak people. Where were human rights in this crazy universe!?

The soldier seemed to be satisfied when Lucas didn't move. But when he touched his lips, Lucas suddenly stared at him and kicked him away with all his strength!

"Bastard! I'm not a whore! I'm not going to do this! Although I do it, you're going to kill me anyway!" he shouted, and now all of them turned to him angrily.

Lucas had known that he was going to die anyway, he didn't want to surrender his pride for his life. Life with no pride, that was the hell!

"How dare you! Do you want to die!?" that guy shouted back and rose his gun, a laser pistol, a killing weapon.

"I may die, but not going to be your sex slave!"

His words were full of pride, Lucas was very proud of himself. He may be a very poor or underclass person, but he was not going to sell his body for these guys. If he did, it must be his intention!

"If that your answer, then die!"

In that seconds, Lucas felt that he could see the light, he saw the light of the laser. The brother at the church had told him when people were shot by laser, people would die quickly, his corpse would be burned like ash, no one would remember him.

For someone who had no close friends or family like him, that may be not bad.

He felt a little bit sad, just sorrow, but not regret.

It was a short life. He still didn't do anything like he had hoped when he was young. Like the ancient philosopher had said; no one knows when their ending will come, then just try to live your life best.

But…

He didn't want to die right now…

He still didn't do his best!

That moment, something was so hot burning in his chest, some light that he could feel in the past; but ignored it. But now, he knew that he must accept it, he wanted it!

The frame was burning!

He was seeing blood again, in front of him, that soldier's arm was burning. The frame was red, it was red like blood ruby. It was…like his eyes.

But, Lucas didn't have any weapon. The frame…came from his hands!

"E...Esper, you're Esper!" he screamed and the other two were frightened.

Lucas didn't understand he didn't do anything, but

"Wow, you made me so surprised again, my dear Lucas," the familiar sound came from the upper floor, and suddenly, everything in front of Lucas was blurred.

Bombs exploded everywhere and now he was bounced off and bumped into someone's arms.

"y…you"

"I had warned you, and this's the result of your stubborn," he said with simile again, he was that blue-eyed guy.

However, they were in the problem, now soldiers pointed guns at them, and they had no hesitation to shoot!

But Lucas felt that around them there was some aura, the bright strong dark blue aura that was protecting them.

"Barrier! Esper! That guy's also Esper!" the soldier shouted.

"So slow," the guy said and then some strange aura occurred around them before above their heads something was exploding again and again as several bombs dropped from the sky, "o.k it's time to go."

"How?" Lucas asked

"This way," the guy said and suddenly he used his power to teleport both of them.

Now, they disappeared from the room.

Lucas didn't really understand what had happened, but when he noticed, he was standing in the building. In front of him, the guy was smiling, friendly but untrustworthy, as usual.

"Are you o.k? Although it wasn't my first time to use teleport with other people, it was no preparation, you may feel sick, do you want to vomit?" he asked nicely.

"You…'re Esper?" Lucas felt many things in his chest, but before anything else, he was so surprised, this guy was Esper, the mutant soldier that only can see in the royal army.

But he wasn't the soldier.

"Yes, if we weren't, we had already died, what? Don't you the same as me?" he asked back, and that made Lucas feel really discomfortable. This guy, this incident, this time,

In three hours at the most, there were lots of things that happened to him, above all he…almost died.

Suddenly, Lucas noticed that something dropped from his eyes, it was his tears, he was crying, but he didn't feel sad, he was just…confused?

"I thought I would die…but I survive…" before any emotion in his chest, Lucas felt overwhelmed with happiness, the feeling that he had never thought about it before.

Living… he really wanted to live.

Being Esper or not, happiness or unhappiness, that was not important anymore as long as he survived.