"Animo the latin word for mind, fitting for the energy we attained after a meteor fell down to earth over 900 years ago that hit most of south africa and released the yet unknown energy source. but a worth sacrifice for what we gain in return, the energy inhabits the mind and uses our own minds spare processing power too allow us to control powers we had never thought we would be able to do. Now we can use it to power our city's, vehicles and so much more."
I slowly open my eyes to a mini T.V playing the discovery channel in front of me.
"Are you finally awake, you took quite a fall back there but were close to the hospital now just another 30 minutes." A large man says from a steering wheel.
I panicked and grabbed a gun out of my shadow.
"who are you and what do you want with me, stop the truck now!" I said with the gun pointed at his temple
"woah slow down I just found you on the road covered in blood and dirt after crashing, you seemed hurt so I was taking you to the hospital you've been out for two hours!" he exclaimed while slowing down the truck.
"ok, sorry about this and thank you for picking me up I've had a rough night but please let's not do the hospital just some place to eat." I calmed down and put the gun down.
"fine but are you sure you don't want to got to the hospital, you took a nasty fall back their." he look worried
"No just food and wait where's my bike." I looked out the window worried
"Don't worry I put it in the back of my truck and it was a little scratched but it seemed like it will still work, but do you mind if I ask where you're coming from you seem like you're going through quite some problems right now." he look at me concerned.
"sorry I can't tell you but I'll pay as thanks for what you did for me." I reached for my shadow
"no please don't even worry about that I was just happy to make sure you were ok, it's hard out here for us low tiers with the government on1 our asses all the time about paying land taxes and for protecting and new wasteland criminals appearing every single day and to see a man just up and fall off of his bike in my face I could never just sit their and watch it happen." he said genuinely.
"thank you but what do you mean wasteland criminals isn't the army occupying the wastelands." I asked puzzled.
"they did until three years when the criminals started working together and started to form gangs and take the lands from under them, and you would think that they'd want to take it back but no instead they just got up and left when it was getting troublesome for them and now the bandits have a base of operations and ten times the power after a Deus tier animo user became their leader." he said worried as he pulled into the town to the only pit stop in the town.
"well man be safe and be careful of the black Coffin, bye." he waved at me as he drove off into the dead of the morning.
I grabbed my dirt bike and rolled it to the nearest person to ask for directions.
"I'm sorry but could you point me to the nearest place I could rent a room at." I ask the random woman trying to be as polite as possible.
"go straight for one street then turn left and it's the big building with a large dancing women on front you can't miss it." she said carefully as she sped away from me.
I took her advice but I was regretting this as my only option.
I now stood in front of a prostitute hotel where I could very well see mostly naked men and women standing in front of me asking people if they wanted to come inside for some fun.
"Theirs no way please don't make this the only hotel in town. Excuse me but is this the only place I can stay at." I ran to the closes women to ask.
"It is unless you count the street." she said with a smile.
"Thanks." I started walking towards the counter.
"Oh and if you need any company at night just remember to ask for Jewels specifically." she winked.
I waved and tryed to walk faster, until I bumped into a tall man with some of the most expensive clothes I've ever seen we both stumbled back a bit but caught ourselves.
"I am so sorry I wasn't paying attention while I was walking, did I get any dirt on you." I said embarrassed.
"hey don't even worry if it's dirt we can talk about it later, but hey what bike is that I don't see a brand on it." I looked at it curiously
"This I built it my self from scrap parts that would end up in my town every so often, do you have a bike too."
"nothing like yours but it's pretty cool, it just in front right here." he pointed me to towards the latest flying Tesla model.
"Damn it looks amazing is it the stock version or did you customize it. because theirs some amazing things you can do you can do to the engine on that model." I look at it enchanted by its clean body and its amazing aerodynamic curves.
"You seem to know a lot about vehicles and it's the stock version I don't know what I want to do with it and why don't you come hang out with me in my V.I.P lounge and we can get to know each other." he looked extremely interested in my knowledge.a22
"As much as I would love to I need to eat something and sleep today off, but if your still here maybe another day. And the names Deion, Deion Tenebris." I reached out my hand to shake his
"kadeem and I don't do hand shakes unless its business." he slapped my hand and then fist bumped me.
"see you I have to park my bike somewhere." I walked away feeling a little weird about that.
I walked a little ways down until I saw a dark alley and listened for any sounds, but It was clear so I walked in and opened my shadow.
"alright let's do this." I pushed the bike into the shadow and almost fainted while after finishing.
"I really need to be careful, I don't think I could handle using anymore animo tonight." I walked back to the hotel weakly.
The hotel at least looked well furnished.
"Excuse me but can I get a room for one for about five days." I asked the man at the front, but he just looked at me.
"you have to put a card in first so they know you have money at least, it's a android that only will listen to certain commands." kadeem said from a couch in the lobby.
"Oh thanks." I put my card into a terminal than the android sprung to life in front of me.
"How long will you be with us sir and can I offer you our premium penthouse with only the finest service." The android spoke in this kind of funny accent.
"No a cheap room for five days is all and I want food in the room A.S.A.P, about three peoples worth of meat and vegetables." I said trying to get this done as soon as possible.
"Ok that will be Five thousand dollars and the room number is 600, oh and if you do ever feel inclined to partake in our extra care all the walls are sound proof.
"Thanks again Kadeem." I grabbed the key card and got into the elevator because I needed a shower, food and sleep or I will probably die.
As soon as i got into the room i locked my door and ran for the shower, as I stood in the shower I started to wash the blood and mud of of myself and as I looked at the blood washing down the drain my mother's face started flashing through my mind.
So I did what any sensible person would do and slapped myself and finished showering.
As I got the cloth out of my shadow and finished getting dressed, the food got to the door and I ate like a beast.
I finished all of the food in about a hour and I needed to digest before I went to sleep so I decided to watch the T.V.
"It is now six in the morning and we are at the site of a massacre in this small town outside of our city where almost the entire inhabitants of the town and a few hundred soldiers were killed when reports of a rogue Deus level Dark type animo user went berserk and the army tryed to save the town. They are now issuing a warrant for the berserk Deus tier and for information on quite possible the only surviving inhabitant to the town Michael Onfroy, we do not have pictures of the berserk Deus level, but here is Michael's picture."
"They had my picture from when I got my braids done but that's the fake name my parents registered me as to the government." I turned off the T.V and slumped into the couch.
"I need some air." I left the room for the roof to be alone.
The images I had awoken back in that building started flashing through my head and I couldn't stop stop how violently they flashed through my head. then I remembered the tequila I had in my shadow and I started to down that to forget but I clearly hadn't drunken enough because they were still their and only getting worse.
The faces of the people from my home started flashing everywhere almost as if they were directly in my face trying to speak to me, yelling at me for being the only one to survive.
"Why did we have to die Deion you were strong enough to take out the soldiers what happen, why didn't you help us now everyone is dead the men, women and children all gone and for what because of your parents."
"It wasn't their fault they tryed to help you and they just wanted me to be safe, it was the government they did it, they killed you, it's their fault this happened and that powerful shadow user." I yelled at the shadows of the people in my head
"Lies and you know it." The shadows dissapeared as the roof door opened and some guy appeared and walked to the ledge next to me.
"sorry I didn't know anyone was here I can leave if you want." he said turning around.
"No please stay I was just wallowing to myself and company is always better." I said while taking a drink from the bottle.
"Thanks, the names Allen by the way." he reach out his hand to shake mine as he sat next to me on a bench.
"Deion, so what brings you up here on this horrible morning cuz I'm drinkin to the sunrise." I asked half way through the bottle.
"Just some business stuff I don't feel right about, I don't really want to do it but at the same time it might help me out, what's bothering you cuz sorry to say you look but you look ten times worse.
"It may just be the tequila talking but you seem like a good guy. A lot of people I know died and I could have done something about it and now it just feels like it's all my fault and I don't know what to do about it." after that I took a very long sip of my tequila.
"I really don't know what to say that a lot for some one to go through, pass the bottle." he grabbed the bottle to take a sip.
"Here's to shitty situations that no one will solve for you." he took a sip and made a nasty face.
"If you didn't like it you didn't have to take a sip but hey I'll drink to that." i finished the tequila.
Me and allen went our separate ways to our rooms because it is now seven in the morning and I've only slept two hours in some guys truck so I have to try to sleep. before the some more bull shit happens too me and I'm too tired to do anything about it.