45 Urthian
At the top of a tall building, Christopher opened a bottle of water and emptied its content on two men who wore similar clothes; blue jeans, a black top, and a jacket. They opened their eyes and immediately scrambled into a sloppy stance staring at the brown-haired man with a smeared smile on his face, from his attire they instantly knew who he was; the smiling cowboy.
A dreadful teleporter almost at the peak of evolution known for his weird attitude of always keeping a smile even when killing hundreds… they knew they had no chance fighting against Christopher, different thoughts flashed through their minds and they made their decisions, unknown to them their decisions were different.
A hologram projected out and the image of Derek gracefully enjoying his dish appeared "I never knew you had such high-class manners" Christopher chortled.
Derek stared at him and shrugged "Had to learn, I can't be invited to dine with my client and I eat like an average dude."
"What you studied in college was useless, what are they teaching kids these days? Oh… I almost forgot I caught some rats, seems like you're still on their list" Christopher said while showing Derek the two men who were still looking around like caged rats. "It was to help my mom and those 'rats' aren't worth this meal before me and one of them is trying to run… okay bye" Derek hung up and continued his meal.
Christopher turned to see the first guy run towards the edge of the building and jump, gravitational force quickly pulled him to its embrace as he fell with such speed that people could only see a blur before… BOOM! He slammed on the top of a small car with both the windshield and the windows shattering into pieces with the top of the car caving and a series of alarms began ringing as both the crushed vehicle and the other close vehicles began blaring while their lights were blinking.
The loud sound attracted people as they saw the horrible scene of a man whose bones had bent towards unimaginable positions with his blood flowing down the car creating a dazzling red pool around the car, though the sun was still high the air felt cold as fear crept into the hearts of the people, screams and sounds of people emptying their stomach filled the air as some people immediately called the police.
At the top of the building, the second man took his chances and shot at Christopher, like a mirage Christopher disappeared and a sharp light flashed as Christopher appeared behind the man, he slowly inserted his dagger into its sheath and at the same time a line also revealed itself on the man`s neck as his hands subconsciously made its way to the spot, but it couldn't stop blood from spilling from his neck.
His last sight was Christopher sending a kick at his chest and he fell… BOOM! He joined his partner though he had less luck as he smashed against the road turning into a mixture of flesh and blood with his bones sticking out. This additional sight broke the dam keeping the fragile peace as people began to run, the honking of vehicles filled the air as everyone began to flee.
With the aid of his eagle-like sight he nodded as he gazed at the disturbing sight of mangled bodies and shrugged, he turned his focus to the watch which showed a name and smiled 'I wonder what the kid will do when he sees this" his words were carried by the wind as he disappeared leaving a rapidly vanishing silver mist.
"Got something for you kid," Christopher said while he sat down and stared at Derek who relaxed and crossed his arms, his black eyes focused on the name boldly written on the screen of the comm-watch Christopher dropped on the table, he faced Christopher and a bland voice left his lips "Bright needs organization… what are you getting at the old man"
Christopher chuckled and took his hat which he had left on the table "You`re getting a boring kid, I thought you would have acted more aggressively" he said while placing the hat on his head as it slightly leaned forward covering his eyes "catch up…" Derek didn't even register his words before Christopher vanished, he heard the ping of the door opening and Christopher was outside hailing a taxi.
Derek sighed in defeat, he had completely lost, he got up and left the building.
Entering a taxi, Christopher took Derek to different places which amazed Derek, his stay at the stronghold had been filled with problems, this was the first time he enjoyed the beauty of the stronghold, unknowingly Derek got closer to Christopher as a few smiles appeared on his ice sculptured face.
"Why are we here?"
"Have you been to such a place?"
"No"
"Then enjoy it, stop complaining because you won't be leaving the base once your training starts."
The sun went down bringing forth darkness that spread across the sky though it was livened by the lights in most of the buildings.
Walking through the sidewalks Derek took in the beauty of the exotic building on both sides of the road, they had large glass windows which showed the interior homely design and they had similar structures whilst they were all two-story buildings with flat roofs that exuded a different beauty of its own.
The street lights shone on Derek and Christopher casting a long shadow behind them, the street was silent as they were the only ones walking, it was half past eight, and only the sirens of police vehicles echoed from afar.
Soon they reached a similar building but the windows were covered by curtains so Derek couldn't see the interior.
Christopher stood before the door it scanned his face with the door opening, this happened in seconds and Derek walked inside only to sight a dark room, there wasn't any light as the place was pitch black.
Christopher pressed a spot on the wall and it caved in, the wall slid open and Derek followed Derek inside the elevator which began to move downwards as the wall sealed back, leaving behind a normal dark building.
"We've been going down for two minutes how.." Derek couldn't finish his words as the elevator stopped and the door opened revealing a huge bright room that was quite beautiful, Derek walked around touching and staring at the unique objects in the room.
"Where's that aroma coming from?" Derek questioned as he stared in a specific direction.
"oh… that must be from Jake," Christopher said and left the room with Derek following behind him, they walked through a curved corridor and entered a large kitchen that had a dining table.
A huge dark-skinned man wearing an apron was deftly flipping the eggs on the pan while humming a popular song, what caught Derek's attention was the black metallic arms fixed to his shoulders. Jake heard footsteps, he dropped his pan and turned back, a smile graced his face when he saw Christopher "You never disappoint me kid" He heard Christopher's praise and smiled widely though his brows arched when he saw an unknown guy entering the room, the guy has had raven hair with pitch black eyes which currently shone with intrigue.
"From Xerath?" Jake queried, the guy sat at the table and chuckled "I'm Urthian"
"Oh... I`m actually from Xerath though" Jake said raising Derek's interest in their conversation.
Though they had just met their conversation was fluid as Jake placed the food on the table and they began their supper.
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