"Yo Deion when you're done training I found a old book you're really going to enjoy, it's about old cars." my Dad was holding this book in his hands talking to me but for some reason he sounded distant.
"Come De were almost done with today's lessons." my mom was the same as my dad everyone was sounding so distant.
My home and dojo started to fade out and was replaced with the restaurant I went to on my 18th birthday with a lot of the people from the village.
"Happy birthday Deion today your going to drink until you forget what happened." everyone was happy and laughing it was peaceful but they sounded like they were speaking to me over a phone or the radio, but something was wrong with all of them they were some how different yet the same.
Then their faces and the scenery changed and it was that day, everyone was screaming and running away from these massive pitch black tendrils killing everyone left and right men, women and children were all the same to these tendrils, the floors and walls were now filled wirh the blood and body parts of the people i had known my whole life.
"stop please." I tryed stoping it with my ability but I was powerless in front of this dark force killing everyone around me, I was now soaked in their blood from trying to help.
Then the tendrils wrapped themselves around me and brought me to the one who made the tendrils, his body was pitch black but his eyes were very dark obsidian, he was the embodiment of a abyss and he was starting me straight in the eyes laughing in that same distant way everyone else had sounded but some how it seemed closer but yet he was the most distorted at the same time.
"Oh how I long for the day you find out about me, please be quick about it ...." the darkness fade from around me.
I awoke in a cold sweat, tears in my eyes and my heart racing faster than ever before.
"I need to calm down, it's in the past I need to move on I can't stop now I just have to find him." with a goal in my eyes I felt motivated to start my morning.
I splashed some water on my face then changed into some jogging pants in order to practice on the roof.
"I can't fall out of practice even in this situation." I locked the door behind me and headed towards the roof.
I was their for 3 hours absorbed in my training before I realized my own hunger.
"Damn its six and I haven't eaten anything since yesterday." I was drying the sweat from my forehead.
"You should join me I was just going to get something to eat before I caught you here training, what martial arts was that." he sat on the bench across from me.
"It's a mixture of teachings from karate, taekwondo, muai thai and capoeira, my mother taught me all of them and ya I'll join you just give me thirty minutes to get ready." I said in desperate need of a shower.
"You got a phone I'll give you my number." he whipped out this mini cube which turned into this rectangular device as big as his hand.
"No I never managed to get one, their was little to no electronics where I came from." we had started to walk towards my room.
"Fine I'll meet you in the lobby in 40 minutes I guess then I got to show you my favorite food around here." he started to walk towards the elevator as I walked into my room.
"I don't feel any malicious intentions from him but at the same time I can't read him, he's so open all the time about his intrest but mysterious at the same time." I was talking to myself as I was getting ready to meet him in the lobby.
I was finishing up than left my room
I was walking towards the elevator when it suddenly opened and out walked Allen with these big guys.
"Come we must speak business mr.Anderson please, we are willing to pay you millions for this job." The one in the middle spoke to him.
"Just let me think about it this is a massive job if I fuck up then I will get pursuited by the Oceans Lull and not mention that just speaking about it in this hotel is a danger already." he was walking out the elevator as we passed each other.
"Sup Allen how've you been." I reached out to him for a fist bump.
"Hey you guys wait at the door I won't be a minute. Hey Deion I haven't seen you in some time, I'm just talking business right now but we should Link up soon do you have anything I can call you on." he fist bump me as he was now ignoring the guys he was previously conversating with.
"No I don't have a phone but I'll be staying in room 600 if you want to chill." I got in the elevator getting ready to leave.
But suddenly Allen hoped into the elevator.
"Let's catch up, hey I'll call you guys about this contract tonight but I just have to catch up with my old drinking buddy. Let's go Deion." the elevator was closing on them.
"Wait Allen we need you to do this." they tryed running back to the elevator but they were too slow.
"Thanks I needed to get away from them they have been pestering me all day and I'm definitely not strong enough to say no."
"Anything for a old drinking buddy, who only managed to take one small shot and almost spit it out." I was laughing loudly at him.
"So where are you off to now." he asked as the elevator doors opened.
"I met a guy who invited me out to chill with him but he doesn't seem like the type of guy I can refuse." I got out the elevator and looked around.
"Their he is." I started walking over to were he was sitting.
"Hey Kadeem, so where are we going. Oh and Allen this is Kadeem, Kadeem this is Allen Anderson." I look at the Allen but he look surprised at my introduction to each other.
"Never thought I would meet the boss of The Oceans Lull here." He look at him defensively
"Ah Matrix I thought our meeting would be quite different as well." he started to laugh at the situation.
"Wait your the leader of The infamous gang Oceans Lull and what is Matrix.
"I don't much like the term gang but yes I lead the group The Oceans Lull." He looked indifferent to this sudden revelation.
"it's my hacker name and wow Deion I didn't know you knew someone so powerful." he was still a little defensive but he seemed to calm down a bit.
"So are we going to eat now I'm absolutely famished right now and its past 6:30 and I don't have a drink in my hand. Oh and Matrix I think you should tag along." Kadeem got up to head to the door.
"Can't refuse a invitation from you now can I." Allen got up to follow him.
"Wow let's go I guess." While I'm extremely surprised right now, the best course of action is to just go along with the night.
We walked across the street to another building that was absolutely fucking massive compared to everything else in this town.
"I need a top floor room for three with the buffet course, Thank you." kadeem walk into the restaurant then and within 10 seconds we were in a elevator headed for the twelth floor.
"Damn that was quick did you reserve us a spot or something." I looked baffled at how fast it was.
"No I just own the building so if I want a room all I have to do is tell them." He look like it was so natural.
I blinked a few times but I got over it no need to over think thing.
The top floor was extremely lavish and well garnished with a plethora of food choices to choose from.
The three of us dug into the mountain of delectable food quickly and I ate, i don't think I've eaten that amount of food in my whole life and the Drinks they brought out were absolutely amazing, the cocktails were the best I had ever seen in my life.
"I have a question for you Deion, how old are you anyways." Allen who had attempted to stay sober was now looking a little tipsy.
"I'm eighteen but I'm turning nineteen in three months, what about you guys. And can I get another one of those Cherry vodka drinks again that one was great." I was on my eighth cocktail and finally I was kinda feeling all over the place at this point.
"I'm twenty-three and don't you think you should hold back their a bit Deion, your starting to look loopy their." Allen stated to worry about me on when I drank 5 more cocktails.
"Hey I'm twenty-six and he's a man and sometimes a man needs a drink to forget his problems." Kadeem was with me on his fifteenth drink.
"You're both right it's just I don't know what else to do about my problems right now, a week ago all I had to worry about was helping out the people around me and now people died expecting me to be able to do something so long as I continue to move forward and leave the past behind me but its damn hard to move forward while missing the ones gone. What do I even do I only just became a adult recently and now it feels like the weight of the fucking world is on my shoulders and I felt a little loose when I started to drink but I already know I shouldn't drink to erase the pain because it only gets worse once you remember." I don't like talking about my problems but right now the alcohol was talking and I was spilling my guts to them.
Allen looked at me and didn't know how to react but kadeem and handed me another drink.
"You may not know now but pain and sadness is just character developments and it will hurt now and it won't go away anytime soon but kid the only way to move on from a tragic experience is to make new one's, no matter what they may be they will help shape you into whatever you may become. no matter if you become insane or a good person you will only ever evolve through pain so remember it when the time comes because it will propel you forward no matter how much it hurts." Kadeem tapped his drink with mine and we both chugged the last of it.
when I woke up I was in my room in my bed and my head was hurting like a bitch.
"Fuck now I'm hungover, great and how did I get to my bed." I looked around my room and found one of the newer phone models the mini galaxy next to my bed with a note attached to it.
"It will be better if you have a phone and mine and Allen's numbers are already in it." I read in the note written by Kadeem
I pick it up and transformed it into phone mode to try to call Kadeem, but he didn't answer.
fine I guess.
"Alright let's train for two hours than go to the parts store to get stuff for my bike cuz the brake is a little busted and I might be able to get some better parts." I was getting ready as best I could with a headache at nine am, by the way.
"Aahh I love the smell of new parts in the afternoon." I opened the Door to the parts shop.
I only spend one hour in the shop before I spotted Allen running around a corner trying to hide in a alleyway.
"I have a very bad feeling about this." I purchased what I had and put it away then exited the shop only to be spotted by the guys I saw with Allen yesterday.
"Can I help you guys your looking really lost." I asked with a smile on my face.
"have you seen Allen recently." The shortest man asked me.
"Ya I was just talking to him he ran through this alleyway next to me actually I gave him my room key so he's probably heading for my room in the hotel right now." I pointed towards the hotel.
"Thank you he was having troubles and we need to help him." the men started sprinting down the street and around a corner.
I waited a little to make sure they were gone than walked over to where Allen was waiting for me.
"Thanks but I don't have any time to explain what's happening I have to think of some way to escape these bastards." he started looking around the corners to check if it was safe to run.
"I can help you a bit it's the least I can do for my old drinking pal." I pulled my bike from out my shadow and got on it.
"No if you help me you will be making enemies with a very big gang."
Around the corner we could see a large group of men in the same cloth as the ones after Allen.
"look don't even worry about it I'm already wanted by the government what's a gang or two, hop on man." I slapped the back of my bike to urge him.
"Fuck man don't blame me for what will happen to us." he jumped on the back.
I revved the engine, but I forgot I never refueled the animo tank so the bike was empty.
"Looks like we will have to switch places for a second I forgot to refill the engine, you ever drive a bike before." I got off and pushed him to the front.
"Are you fucking joking right now, no I've never driven a bike and how are you supposed to refill it right now!" he was starting to panic heavily.
"Look it's just like riding a bike and I can fill it as we drive if I load the fuel tank directly with animo as we drive, so if you want to live than you are going to need to start that engine now as I do this, don't worry I believe in you." I slapped my hands on the fuel tank and overloaded it with animo.
Allen gave a look like he was ready to either crash or get caught by the gang and it seems he'd rather take the crash because we were zooming down the road.