The next morning.
Skye is in his bed, holding a laptop in his lap. After some time, he shut it off and entered the bath.
He was enjoying the shower for quite some time already when a monitor besides the door started blinking and a mechanical voice was heard.
"Thomas Maximus calling… Thomas Maximus calling…"
Skye turned off the shower, pulled a towel from a hanger and rubbed his hair dry. He let it cover his head, pulled another towel and covered his lower body then went towards the monitor.
"Answer."
After that, Tom's was displayed on the monitor. He seems to be inside a car. "Skye, you don't have to bring your car today. I've sent Alicia to pick you up. She'll be there in twenty minutes."
"All right. I'll be done in fifteen." Skye answered back.
"I had her bought some breakfast for you. Be sure to eat it."
"I will. Thank you, uncle. Take care."
"Hmm. See you at school." Then Tom's face disappeared from the monitor.
After the call, Skye went out of the bathroom and started changing.
It only took him five minutes to finish changing, then he went out to his veranda. In there he can overlook most part of his surroundings. He took a seat and gazed at the endless horizon.
Skye lives in a condo unit. His room was situated at the thirty-fifth floor. It was bought for him by his grandfather when he started high school for the purpose of him being able to take care of himself, which was said to be part of his training. There was also a time during summer when he and his best friend Dustin, son of Tom, were sent in a deserted to fend for themselves for a week. They said it was also part of his training.
Skye didn't know for what purpose he was training about. He was taught different martial arts by Tom when he was ten years old. He was taught hand-to-hand combat techniques, different weapon handling and even underwent marksmanship training. All of those training was ingrained to him until he was black and blue by Tom and other master who was hired to train him. Before he complained to the old man because of the training, but the old man only added more fuel to the fire by telling his trainers to increase the intensity of the training. It only started to lessen when he started living alone.
After a while, the mechanical voice was heard again.
"Guest request. ID: Alicia."
"Unlock." Skye answered back as he stood up and passed by his bedroom and went to the living room. (Note: Unit = bedroom, bathroom/CR, veranda + living room + kitchen)
In his living room you can see a sofa, a shelf, dining table, holographic TV, gaming computer and his virtual reality rig. He saw Alicia in a business suit holding a paper bag in his hands entering his main door.
"Good morning, young master. President Thomas ordered me to have you eat breakfast and bring you to school."
"Good morning. Sorry for troubling you again." Skye smiled at Alicia apologetically, as if it was not the first time that she had delivered food to him. Skye mostly prepared his meals but since he started playing virtual reality games and stays at the hospital taking care of old man Kristoff almost every night, he sometimes neglected eating. Tom occasionally had Alicia prepare Skye's food.
"Not at all." She smiled back. Alicia took off her shoes and exchange it with one of the indoor slippers on the shoe rack and went to the dining table to arrange the foods she have brought to which Skye had eaten peacefully.
…
Skye and Alicia arrived at the school parking lot. They parked next to a black Cadillac Escalade which was surrounded by four men in a suit with black sunglasses.
'Cliché bodyguard look. Must they really look like that?' Skye inwardly thought as he went out the car. One of the man in suit walked towards him.
"Young master, miss Alicia. President Thomas is currently touring the school. We were ordered to inform you to wait for them at the waiting room auditorium." The man respectfully said.
"I understand. Thank you." Skye replied. He started walking towards the auditorium building followed by Alicia.
There are also many students walking towards the auditorium. Those that saw Skye being followed by Alicia stopped at their tracks and started whispering. Skye was a bit famous in their school because of his good looks. He even became more well-known because of being the former boyfriend of the Jessica. Now he is walking with a mature type of woman. The boys looked at him jealously while the girls were having some fantasies. They were about to enter the auditorium when they hear a shout from their back.
"Daddy that's him! He's the one that had beaten us yesterday!"
Recognizing the voice, Skye halted his steps then turned towards the origin of the voice. He saw the whole basketball team with some people which seems to be their parents with hateful look towards him. He looked at all of them then coldly looked at the captain, to which the captain flinched and hid behind a man in a black suit. But then, he seems to remember that he had brought his biggest shield, he started pointing at Skye and kept on shouting at him.
"Daddy! He's the one I've told you about. Look at what he did to my team. We won't be able to play on the regionals because of him!" Shouted the captain again. As of now he looks like a big crying monkey. The man he's calling dad walked towards Skye, anger evident on his face.
"Young man, you've got guts. How dare you beat up my son. You seem to not put the laws in your eyes. Do you know that I can put you to prison for what you did?" Mayor Gagogid said quietly but with confidence in it. He seems confident that he can lock up in prison an underage kid.
But Skye was not looking towards him. Instead, he was looking at the captain.
'I'm sure I've heard him said that his father is the mayor.' Skye thought inwardly.
"You're really something else. You and your goons cannot take me out so you decided to run to your daddy. Aren't you ashamed?" Skye smiled coldly towards the captain, then look at the mayor. "And you're something else, too. Looks like being a mayor gives you some privileges."
"Of course. I am the mayor. I control this city. I can take care every single brat like you. Those who oppose me shall face the consequences." Mayor Gagogid then laughed coldly.
Skye nodded at his words, as if he was enlightened. "Oh. So being a mayor is actually powerful. It seems stupid to be on your bad side then."
"Indeed. Are you feeling scared now? But I won't let you off easily. I'll have my son beat you up until he's satisfied before having you beat up by the whole team. Haha! You only have yourself to blame for touching my son. Are you regretting now?" Mayor Gagogid laughed evilly.
"Hmm. Scary indeed. Alicia, did you record all of that?" Skye said smiling, turning towards Alicia.
"I did, young master." To which Alicia smiled back.
Alicia was tapping on her digital watch, on it was the word "Recording…" and Mayor Gagogid's evil-looking face. She seems to be zooming in towards his face. The pen on her breast pocket, that looked like it has a camera lens, seems to be blinking.
Hearing a familiar voice, Mayor Gagogid looked towards its origin. The moment he saw her, he looked like he's seen a ghost. Although Alicia is beautiful, Mayor Gagogid cannot describe her in such ways at the moment. He started feeling his own sweat at his back, and noticing his face at her watch made him take one step back.
"M-miss Alicia, I didn't know you were here." Mayor Gagogid greeted, seemingly afraid.
"Good morning, Mayor Gagogid." Alicia smiled sweetly.
But her sweet smile looked like a smile from a devil to Mayor Gagogid's perspective. Beads of sweats were forming on his face.
"Why are you here, miss Alicia? Weren't you supposed to be with President Thomas?"
"I was ordered to escort the young master."
Mayor Gagogid paused, and then looked at Skye who was staring back at him. Skye's face turned expressionless this time, he was just looking the mayor straight in the eyes.
As if realizing something, more beads of sweat were furiously appearing on his face as he felt his back became cold. His face became indescribable, his knees kept on shaking.
"What happened, mister mayor? Your knee seems to be shaking, are you okay?" Asked Skye, his voice colder than absolute zero.
Mayor Gagogid is really frightened right now. He's wishing that a hole would appear somewhere so that he can jump into it. He was regretting speaking all those he just said earlier. He then remembered the last sentence he said.
'Damn it! He might not be regretting, but I sure am right now.' Mayor Gagogid thought inwardly.
Skye was about to turn around, but he stopped midway. He then faced Mayor Gagogid.
"I looked up some information about you. You did some pretty interesting things. I won't mind if I'll be your target, since I can pretty much take you on."
Skye then stepped forward, towards Mayor Gagogid. Even though Mayor Gagogid was much taller than Skye, he felt really small at the moment.
"I don't care about how you use your power, but it happens to oppose what I use mine for."
Skye turned around and left. But again stopped midway, this time he did not turn back.
"And you must be responsible on how you use it." He said flatly and did not bother with Mayor Gagogid anymore.