Episode 9- No Army Here

I had to figure out what was going on with me. All of the explosions didn't make sense. For the next couple of days, I stayed in my house thinking and thinking. Until eventually I gave up. I didn't know what was going on and thought I never would. But I knew I had something special. A bandit with powers. Since it's not speed or strength, I could be from the president's lineage. If I truly have some sort of power, I needed to learn how to use it the correct way. Yet now that I think about it, I've always been stronger and faster than any other kids.

I always thought I was just a bit better. I went outside and walked around Trap City. "Is that Ink right there", a voice said. James ran up to me and said hello. "Hey James, how have you been"? "I've been pretty good, what about you" "Terrible". "Good because I lied, I have so much to tell you". We went to his place and sat down on the couch. "What's been going on with you Inko"? "I robbed the councilwoman, and I got away with it". "That doesn't seem bad to me, it seems amazing". "It was, not to mention she's hot as hell".

"But you know the explosion I set off 10 years ago"? "Of course, how could I forget". The explosion in my house sent a large piece of rock flying that had hit James on the back, now he has a large scar. When I was taking my siblings outside from the fire I had run into him, lying under the rock. "Well, the same thing happened after the robbery". "You set off another one"? "Yeah". "You weren't carrying any sort of bomb on you"? "Nope". "Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you have powers"?

"But that's impossible, me and all my ancestors are from Trap City". "You don't find it weird that your mother and siblings all have those same red eyes"? "I just thought we had messed up genetics", I shrugged. "Yet I'm starting to consider I might have some sort of ability". "What're you gonna do"? "I don't know, but let's talk about you. What's been going on"? "I met this guy and his sister, they're both weird. They said they wanted to take over Trap City and make its people into an army".

"Why do they wanna do that"? "They said some guy and his army killed their parents. Now they need one for revenge". "What were their names"? "Cyber Bully and Shagami, pretty hard to forget. Cyber Bully had on this electronic mask, everything about him looked cold. His sister's left arm had been replaced with a robotic one". "Damn, sounds cool, pretty fun". "That's not even the end of it. I ran from them and when I got to my house, Cyber Bully was on my bed"! "What did you do"?

"I was gonna kill him when he started talking to me. He said we were gonna be good friends". "Well if they ever do try and brainwash us, we're gonna be fine", I said, standing up. "You know if you do have powers, I can help you with them". "Really"? "Yeah, I'll teach you the same way I use mine". I followed him into his basement. It was a cave with a hot spring and a punching bag. "So what do you hear Inko"? "Nothing", I shrugged. "Great".

"I want you to feel your heartbeat, your blood flowing through your veins". "I feel it". "Good, now just let it all out in whatever way you can". I felt a terrible back in my hands and back. "Ah"! "What's wrong Inko"? "It hurts", I shouted. A large explosion came from both my hands. It blew me backwards and I landed on my stomach. "Inko"! My back still felt horrible. It hurt so bad I wanted to cry. "Aah"! Just then two long, red, tentacles came out of my back. The pain stopped and I stood up.

"Inko", James looked horrified. "I can feel them, they're like arms", I said, moving them around. "Well I guess it's safe to say you have powers".