CHAPTER 24
1069 Words
Cassian
Overwhelmed after learning the truth that my father and my mother had sacrificed their lives for me. Still, I was dazed but the moment I saw those blurred images making sense, I knew it wasn't a lie after all. What got me more was that the god of thunder, Zeus and his army was behind in the wipeout of the people of my community.
Sat on the plastic stool, watching the sky from the small balcony, I was expecting and thinking of a way to alter this, if there is a possibility.
Alarous seems very confident and jubilant about his plan. Somehow, he figured out that the timezone can be altered and manipulated according to our will. I still feel that that will be a terrible idea. Nature doesn't forget easily. He might have had some magic with me that time, he brought me here without any harm, but the chances of going back in time sounded ridiculous to me.
The conflict of my thoughts troubled my same thinking and blocked my capability to think straight.
Since we can't leave this timezone without the help of a particular magic sand, I de6to use the time to get to the train.
I saw the way Alarous fights and robbed honest, I envied it a bit. That is in my blood to turn out to be superior, I asked politely to him, to train me.
There was this grim smile on his face and I can see him imagining thousands of ways to torture me.
"It's already too hot." I complain while swiping the sweat beats off of my forehead.
"Tired of my s**t? Sorry to say but there is no escape, more you personally approached me for This, how could I have let you go?" He pretended to be as innocent as rain water, a mixture of acid and dirty water.
"Don't glare at me like that, I am immune to such gazes.." he said while chuckling slowly.
"Yeah, it does make sense why are you always act like you are out of your mind. Those ancient Greeks used to steal brain from the skulls… seems this was actually true not myth." I commented while he glared at me back this time.
"So, tell me, how was girls back in time? Hot, sassy?" I tried to divert the topic.
He rolled his eyes so hard I wish he won't stuck them back in his head.
"Woman in that time were badass… take an example of medusa… she was a fierce woman, everyone was afraid of her.." Alarous commented.
"What do you mean by 'isn't? That gorgon is still alive?" That made me gulp the saliva on my mouth.
"Oh...yeah… she is still alive, back in the time.. now everything is a myth to humans, but time is cruel. They are lucky that they haven't encountered such creatures.." he put some pressure on his words.
"You are wrong, humans have cancer.. like a termite, cancer kills internally first and what is left inside a human is nothing." I pressed my lips in a flat line.
Alarous sighed and replied, "demons are in every form, it takes a golden heart to recognize it.." he smiled genuinely at me.
"We are wasting time." I pointed out and he realised.
"Yeah, now start with the push ups, set of one hundred and fifty…" he screamed at my face.
It became my routine to follow his command. At first, I found it difficult to bond with him because of his sudden change of personality but we get along. I noticed some differences in my build. I gained healthy fat on my body with flexible biceps and triceps. Neither they were extra nor poorly developed.
Sets on sets, from the morning, my stamina was building and I started getting trained with hands and weapons, like some kung fu or karate championship I have to win. Lifting abnormal weights like toe tricks, JCBs and road rollers.
Alarous teaches me to control fire within my veins. When I push too hard for myself. They pretend to be my partner in crime.
Today, I stopped when my body almost gave up.
"It was a good session… how do you feel, young prince?"
"All good, I am sweating baldly." I said while walking back home.
But to say something honestly, I felt something unusual inside me. I was feeling something rushing in my mind. It was like I heard some random voice alerting me about some danger.
Alarous grabbed my hand and pulled me back or I might have been hit by an arrow.
He was shocked, so was I, within a few seconds, those shadow ghosts also died, which means something is happening around here.
"What is happening?" I asked while being ducked to avoid the arrows aimed in our way.
"How would I be knowing this? Looks like someone just attacked us." Alarous said while he took out something from his pockets. Small balls like weapons. Before I couldn't ask him about it, he dropped them on the group and black smoke sprayed everywhere.
"Run…" he screamed and we started to run Away for our life.
To my horror, It was the rain of black clouds and dust until I realised all of them is coming from enemies.
Who could be behind this attack?
We parted our ways to confuse them and I started a fire in the woods to escape the deadly arrow rains. Most of them didn't reach me, but the pain I was having inside. Screamed for someone who plunged them at me.
Barely survived the attacks, I rushed deeper inside the woods and heard faint voices, and I was thinking, i shouldn't really made it too far.. but I stood in shock when I saw the death coming for me.
I was standing higher but deformed, however, her charmed was too much to control. She looked like a warrior.
Her eyes observed and gave penetrated yet sarcastic reply.
My tongue dried up. I wait for another amazing blow from her side
The calmness she wore was silently haunting me.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded an answer from her.
"I am here to take back what i left earlier.. " she came out from the shadows to kill me, with her crossbow aimed at me and there was no choice left me for.
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