THE BEGINNING, AT LAST.

"And you see that's how that day went." I sigh and bend my head.

"Hmmm. That's a fascinating one. Never saw that in Leonardo's mind." He laughs.

"That's because I never told him."

"Ok." He sighs and puts on his hood, covering his head and face again. "Are you ready?"

"For what?"

"I'm releasing them and I promise you..... Something bad will occur." He sighs. "And you might change, but it's for the best."

"What... "

He clicks his finger, cutting me short. I turn towards Leonardo and Mr Mike direction.

Leonardo still isn't moving. Mr Mike, now visible, is standing and staring at Leonardo with a gentle fatherly-love smile.

He looks at me and gives me a sadistic smile. "I see he is out cold. Maybe too much power usage." He laughs. "Thank god it's over."

I turn and look at the hooded figure, and for some reason, I feel like he is smiling. I look back at Mr Mike.

'He does not know what happened?'

"Mr Mike." The hooded figure says. "Your son is quite a rare specimen."

Mr Mike laughs. "I guess it runs in the blood."

"But he is better.... Than your son." The hooded person says.

I look up at him and I'm horrified to see, he is pointing at me.

"What do you mean? Are you trying to get me killed?"

He turns and looks at me. But all I can see, are two glowing purple eyes that sends shivers and fear through out my body. It's like, he's some sort of monster with a deadly aura. He looks away.

"I shall unlock your potential, today." His voice booms. " Make you who you're meant to be."

Still shaking, I manage to ask, "W.. W.. Whoo.. Are.. Y.. Youu? And wh..whoo.. Are you...going...to....unlock?"

He turns and looks at me again, sending more shivers through me. "Who I am? That's non of your business for now." He looks back at Mr Mike. "I want to know if you're capable and still useful." He looks back at me. "Or if you're useless now." He sighs. "I want to help you start." He looks at Mr Mike and surprisingly, the man is as scared as I am. "Granted that you and your son made quite a good entertainment. I will let him go.... "

"Please. Please. Let Leonardo go." Mr Mike shouts.

"Wow, what an emotional irritation." The hooded person says, coldly, but calmly. "Only if you come for this boy over here, with full force."

Mr Mike turns and looks at me. But this time, he's face is filled with pity. Then he looks back at the hooded person. "Isn't it enough? The boy doesn't...."

"Enough." The hooded person voice booms. "Either him or your family."

I look at him in shock. "How can you just change in an instant and become so inhumane?"

"This is our dark reality bro. Everyone is born a superb actor and actress. Just because someone laughs, smiles or chit-chat with you, doesn't mean the person is dumb or friendly." He looks back at Mr Mike and sighs. "Some..... Though it might change or hurt them or those around them. They change for what is right."

I look at Mr Mike. He is confuse but desperate. "Ok. I will."

"Good." The hooded person says and teleports far away from me. "Now commence."

Mr Mike appears in front of me and grabs my hand. He pulls me up with such force that, I find myself on air with my arm feeling like it was almost pulled off. And lands a strong punch on my right cheek. I cough out some blood. He lands another on my left cheek and I cough out more blood. I land to the ground, surprised, I was punched two times on the face, while on air.

"How is this?" He asks and I wondered if he is asking me.

"That's pathetic. Make it more painful. Or else...."

"No. Please. There's no or else."

I begin thinking, 'Why is Mr Mike so scared of this guy? Does it mean, this guy is more than a God level magic? Or does his powerful time manipulation magic, make him out level his fellow God level magics?' Something comes to my mind. Something too unbelievable.

I attempt to look up, but my face is suddenly smashed to the ground.

I scream in pain, wondering what went wrong. My head is pulled up and smashed to the ground again, making me to scream and beg, wishing I am dead. He pulls me up again, so I can be face to face with him. I look at him, trying my best to focus, but I can't. My visions are blurry and I'm in so much pain, that death would have been a lovely fate, if compared.

"I am sorry." Is all I hear, before receiving a powerful punch on my face, that sends me flying.

I land to the ground with a loud crash and scream more in pain. Feeling, insane pain and some of my body parts no more. I feel so much pain, that I crave for death. I try to crawl but my hands aren't doing a good job.

"Please. Please. Please. This is enough." Mr Mike says. "Let him go. Take me instead." He says in a pained tone. I begin to cry hot tears, wondering what went wrong.

I am no longer angry at him. Now that I know he is only doing it to save his family. But, that only crushes me.

Waking up in an empty house. No mum, no dad, no siblings, no relatives and no memories.

"This is not." Silence. "Do you want your family to die?" The hooded person asks, his voice loud and clear.

"Why can't you do it yourself?" Mr Mike asks.

"If I could. I would have done worse, for the child to break. I have seen him do more than this..... To a friend of mine in a cottage. I only need him to stop holding back his true self." Silence. "Or am I wrong?" He ask and receives silence.

"Then, take me." Mr Mike shouts.

"No. You are like trash, compared to him." Silence. "Now get to work." The hooded person voice booms.

Still lieing on the ground, face down, waiting for death to come take me away to my eternal rest, I try to ignore the pain. But, the pain is insane, while death either doesn't know the word 'punctuality' or he's stuck in traffic.

I could hear the voice of a screaming woman and Mr Mike shouting, "Nooooo." But couldn't see anything.

"I promise. I will do it." Mr Mike barks. "Just, please don't."

I feel a presence before me and guessed it's Mr Mike. He grabs my two arm and raises me up to his face level. With one eye gone and the other struggling to survive, I manage to see a little of his face, before being smashed to the ground again.

I can hear the breaking of bones and the screaming of my almost dead vocals. I begin vomiting a lot of blood and gasping for air. Most bones, broken, deep bruises all over, quite some numbers of missing skin and flesh, some teeth, gone. (Too bad, tooth fairies aren't real. Or if they are, they won't see my precious teeth.)

I am pulled up again and welcomed with series of strong punches.

I keep on screaming hoping to die any time soon. But nothing. Death isn't coming.

'Why does it have to be so slow and painful. I want the death to be quick. Aren't I supposed to be dead by now?'

I'm about to talk, even though I can't, with destroyed vocals. But suddenly feel I'm in the air. I feel too light, and that's wrong right? I land on the ground and then it hit me.

'I have been beheaded. Finally.' I laugh a little. 'I sure will miss the good times, I had. And Leonardo? Hmm. I guess he was a true brother after all. And I sure will miss Aerena too. Time to go meet Mrs Silvia and my family, and maybe Aerena too. That is, if they'll be were I'm heading to. Yaaaayyyyy.' Surprisingly, I feel no pain.

'Shouldn't I be dead by now?' I know I sound like a death optimist, but the pain of waiting is extreme.

My life flashes before my eyes. 'Ah. There it is. Sweet sweet death at last.' I close my eyes and feel myself drift away, little by little, peacefully...

'How stupid and pathetic, you humans are.' An annoying voice says in my head, with such ego, that it irritated me.

'Who are you? Obviously, the demon that made Mr Mike do this, right?' I ask, feeling nothing but anger and hatred.

'Why do you say so?' He asks, increasing my anger.

'Who else would it be.' I snap.

'Look, I feel you. And I know what you are going through.' It says, in a voice so calm, that I find myself calming down. 'But stop being such an idiot and focus.' He snaps.

I feel my anger struggling to explode. 'And who the hell are you?'

'That's none of your business, but I'm here to help.' Silence. 'Do you need it, cos you humans are pathetic, without help.'

'We're not pathetic.' I snap.

'Maybe not all. But you are the perfection of patheticness.' It says and sighs in disgust.

'Who are you?' I ask again, feeling my temper rise.

'Well, let's just say I am the guy who helps you by encouragement, to have worth and revenge.' He says and laughs a little cringe worthy laugh.

'Worth and revenge?' I ask in confusion.

'Well, let's just call it, your personal adviser.' He answers with a hint of irritation in his voice. 'Do you want revenge?' He asks, before I could ask another question. 'Do you want to change and be strong enough to find who sent the doppelganger to kill Mrs Silvia and kill the being, defeat the hooded guy and defeat Mike?' He adds.

'Yes.' I shout, feeling a rush of guilt, pain, anger, hatred, power and darkness, rushing through my entire body.

'Beautiful. Now, stop being a baby goat and accept it. Accept it all. Be one with it.....' He continues talking and talking, somehow increasing the rush of everything I feel, by each passing second.

I feel the sharp pain in my left eye rise again. But this time, with times infinity more pain. I let out a loud shout and open my eyes. A powerful sonic wave escapes my throat, causing a powerful explosion around me. I pick up my head and placed it on my neck, out of sheer instincts and surprisingly, it joins back to my neck. My body is surprisingly, back to normal. Every missing part, is back, the broken bones, healed, the bruises and cuts and the missing skins and flesh, healed and restored, my eyes, okay again. But, unfortunately the pain still remains, and God, it's killing me.

I look at Mr Mike who is wearing a very shocked expression on his face, with so much anger and hatred. But, suddenly feel anger and love, cos I know what he is going through. I would have done worst. I feel myself drifting away, into darkness. It feels like, I am in a sleep walking state, half conscious, half not. But, in this state, I feel all sorts of pain, anger, hatred, guilt, darkness and a strange rush of power, I have been feeling since. I also feel like, I have lost control a lot, and now only a monster that only thinks, "Kill all."

I laugh wildly, then stop. "Do you know death is around the corner? It is closer than you think." I say with a smile, feeling so much excitement.

Mr Mike trembles a little. "His eyes.... He is a God blessed." He says with a shaky voice. "How come?" His voice is still shaky.

"Yes. Finally. I knew you could do it bro." The hooded person shouts. "He finally broke. Finally, the story is beginning. And that is great." Silence. "But how?"

I laugh maniacally, then stop. "I will kill you." I shout pointing at the hooded person. "I guess your death just arrived, hooded figure." I say with a dark smile.

"Mike. Take care of him." He commands. "The child thinks, he stands a chance." He laughs.

Mr Mike steps in front of me. "Stop right now. And all these madness will stop."

"No, he must die. I am letting you go, because you did it for your family, which I am not among." I point at the hooded person. "But him? He must go. Don't you want that?"

"And what makes you think you can beat him? You can't even beat me."

"And what makes you think that?" I shout, feeling irritated.

He ignores my question. "Just let it go. You stand no chance." Tears begin running down his face, but he isn't crying.

'Now, that's cringe.'

"I'm sorry for everything. I guess I was blinded by desperation. But don't go into this. Even I don't stand a chance." He sighs. "Just embrace your new being and let this slide." He sighs again. "We can all go back to being a happy little family again."

"Well, we aren't the same." I snap as the monster I'm becoming is struggling to stop the conversation. "And thanks, for your waste of an offer." I shout, releasing a powerful sonic wave that shatters the ground I'm standing on and spreads.

"Fine then. I guess we'll do it the hard way." He sighs and gestures for me to come for him. "Please. Don't die on me." He laughs calmly. "Make me proud. Shows pops, what you've got." He laughs.