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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2 Invasions

While in the kitchen making breakfast he hops back and forth on the counter. "I want bacon!"

I glance at him slightly. "Do you have bacon money?"

He looks down. "No..."

I slide his plate to him. "We need to get a move on."

He takes it over to the table and we both eat quickly and head down to the main lobby after I brush my teeth. Mr. Walter the building door greeter is standing at his post with that big smile like he always has. "Goodmorning Ren, are you off to another interview?"

I laugh slightly. "Yeah, Hopefully, I get this one."

He pats my back. "Don't worry you'll get it, once they see you they'll hire you on the spot."

I wave to him as I leave. "Try not to flirt with too many women you gotta save some for the rest of us."

He adjusts his tie. "Apologies but it comes with the job."

I rush down the busy street heading for the crosswalk. A young blonde woman about my age glances at me and I smile. My display gives me a heads up alert a kid is walking out into traffic. I run across the street without thinking grabbing the girl as a car comes right at us. I use my running momentum to flip in the air running my hand across the roof of the car stopping it with magic.

I land behind it seeing another car coming right at us trying to stop. I hold my hand out once the car touches my hand it stops dead. Everyone stares or panics I give the girl back to her mother and she hugs her tightly. "My baby, thank you so much, sir. Are you okay?"

I fix my clothes. "Just fine."

The little girl grabs my jacket slightly looking up at me. "Thank you for saving me."

I smile leaning down patting her head. "It was my pleasure, just make sure to hold on to your mommy's hand next time okay?"

She nods happily and I take off down the street. "Titan how are we on time."

He floats beside me as I run. "12 minutes, there's a short cut up ahead turn down that alley."

I turn down the alley seeing a large gate blocking my way up ahead. I take my backpack off as I run throwing it high into the air running up the wall grabbing onto the fence catching my backpack slipping it over one shoulder as I land and continue moving. I turn the corner and see a guy mugging a woman at knifepoint.

I run knocking him out cold sending him flying onto the crowded sidewalk. I glance at the woman. "You okay?"

She nods and I look forward. "See you around."

I take off making it all 3 blocks without incident when I get across from the building my interview is held in a get yet another alert. A bank is about to be robbed by the men in that black van out front. I tap into the police radios. "Attention all officers we have a potential bank robbery in progress. Black van outside of West National Bank on North and Lester. 4 men inside heavily armed with criminal histories of petty theft."

Cops swarm the bank and I walk across the street getting into the elevator glancing down at them being apprehended as I adjust my tie. "That wasn't so bad."

Titan wags his tail. "We made it with time to spare good work, big brother."

I accept my quest rewards while walking down the hall, I make it to the interview waiting area but a woman comes out right as I walk in saying they've made a decision. I sigh heading back into the elevator. "Big brother-"

I take a deep breath sighing. "I don't wanna talk about it."

We step outside and I buy us both some doughnuts that we eat at the top of the building overlooking the city. "Im sorry big brother if I didn't ask for breakfast you would have-"

I pat his head looking up at the sky. "We can't get them all, don't beat yourself up over it."

I glance to my left seeing a guy standing on the ledge. "You're not gonna jump are you?"

He gets startled looking over at us falling off. I look down slightly taking a bite of my doughnut. "Well, that happened."

I look at Titan pointing down at the ground slightly. "Hey if he's dead doesn't that mean there's an opening."

Titan looks at me. "What? Too soon?"

He looks down. "Seeing that he hasn't even hit the ground yet I would say yes."

He speaks a bit more nervously. "Big brother!"

I sigh. "Im going Im going."

I put my doughnut in my mouth vanishing in a flash of blue light catching the guy running back up the building setting him down beside us as I eat. "W-What just happened."

I glance in his direction. "I just saved you, your welcome. Doughnut?"

I hand him one and he takes it nervously. "T-Thank you, what are you some kind of angel?"

Fake wings sprout from my back and I flap them slightly. "Yep, Im your guardian angel so do me a favor and try not to kill yourself. It will make my job much easier."

His eyes light up. "You're a real angel!? That's amazing."

I take another bite of a doughnut glancing down at the city. "Mhmm, it's sooo amazing... So what drove you to try and make a human pancake out of yourself?"

He looks down gripping his pants. "M-My girlfriend... well, my ex-girlfriend now. She left me for the guy who got the promotion I've been working most of my career for and I just-"

I pat his back. "Buck up, You're single now. Focus on your job and make money then find a woman worth your time. One girl isn't worth ending your life over... trust me."

His eyes light up. "Thank you so much, Mr. Angel, I really needed to hear that."

I smile. "No problem now get back inside."

He heads back in and I lean back against a metal beam looking up at the clouds. "Big brother... You won't get in trouble for impersonating an angel will you?"

I pat his head. "Nah, probably not..."

My display starts flashing showing a world-altering event happening. I glance up at the sky seeing ships blanketing the sky above the city. The mother ship is in view, I take a bite of my doughnut sighing. "Today just isn't my day is it?"

Titan grows to his massive form as lightning arcs off his body. "No, it doesn't look that way, big brother."

I stand up stretching. "You take the north side of the city and ill take the south, we can put them in the training ground until we finish these bastards."

He barks and we both vanish in a streak of blue light running through the city putting everyone we touch into the training ground. We are making good time- "Big brother! The mother ship!"

I look up it's charging a beam. "Damnit-"

I run into the elementary school opening the first door seeing the classroom full of kids. In the blink of an eye, everything is gone... My powers protect me and Titan's voice comes in over the com. "Big brother are you okay!?"

I let go of the door handle slowly and the entire door turns to dust. I-I wasn't fast enough...

The blast destroyed everything in a 2-mile radius...

Blue lighting arcs down my arm slowly. Titan lands on a dilapidated wall. "Big brother?"

I walk past him as black crystals cover my arms and legs. A mask covers my ears mouth and nose opening to reveal sharp jagged crystal teeth. A black crystal tail sprouts from my lower back. My voice is deep and demonic as rage fills my chest I glance back at Titan. "I'll leave the ones in the stratosphere to you... I need to blow off some steam."

Before he speaks I vanish in a flash of blue light running up the tallest building in the city. Once I reach the top I break the sound barrier shaking every building in the city shattering the windows with a sonic boom. I burst through the ships in orbit flying high above the mother ship.

Chain wings sprout from my back growing to a massive size slowly closing around all the ships destroying them. The mother ship is tangled, now time to finish this! I send blue flames down the wings causing the core of the ship to go critical. The blast blows me back to earth right before I hit the ground my wings appear and I flip backward landing safely. My demon armor vanishes and I notice a small charred teddy bear on the ground.

I reach down picking it up carefully...

I close my hand around it slightly and it turns to dust...

I clench my fist frustrated with my own weakness... "Big brother all hosties are defeated?"

My display shows the mission complete sign but it doesn't feel like we won. "it's not gonna end this way..."

Titan steps towards me. "Big brother we saved 98% of the city isn't that enough?!"

I glance at him. "No, it's not... If I can save everyone I will and if I can't do that I'll find a way anyways even if it kills me."

A barrier appears around me as he hits it. "Big brother you cant do this! You won't survive that! Experiencing that many deaths will only break your mind!"

I smile. "Thanks for worrying about me but I know the risk."

I hold my hands out slightly and chains appear wrapping around my arms. "I who defy the will of fate call upon the gates of the afterlife open and release those I wish to give a second chance to, in return, I will be burned with their deaths. Greater Revival!"

A warning appears. "Warning mana levels at critical levels. Contiunueos casting may cause critical damage."

I grip the chains. "System override. Use my health and stamina as substitutes."

The system AI responds. "Affirmative."

I drop to my knees as black lightning arcs down my arms cutting open large gashes in my body. Blood splattering the ground around me as I heal just as fast as the wounds appear leaving large scars all over me. I can feel their pain and suffering... I grit my teeth keeping my focus on the spell. I will not give up here!

The chains vanish and I drop to my knees at 1 HP, ST, and MP. I breathe weakly releasing the healing syringe in my hand. "T-Titan."

He stabs it into the back of my neck and I gasp as my veins glow bright blue. All my energy returns and I cough sitting forward. "That was incredibly reckless big brother?"

I turn my head slightly. "How many times have you said that since we started all this?"

He nudges my face. "On almost every mission."

I reach over wrapping my arm around his neck. "And we always make it home together don't we?"

He nods wagging his tail. "Yeah."

I stand up heading back to my apartment building looking up at it. "Look at that, see it's still standing this time maybe I won't need to cast a large repair spell after all-"

The building starts to rumble. "Big brother-"

I sigh. "I don't wanna talk about it..."

I snap and a magic circle appears in the sky putting everyone back where they were with no memories of the invasion. I fix my clothes heading across the street. Mr. Walter gives me that warm smile he always does. "How was the interview."

I smile feeling a since of guilty in my chest. "They had already made a decision by the time I got there."

He pats my shoulders. "Don't worry Ren I got turned down dozens of times before I got a decent job just don't give up and keep fighting."

I laugh slightly. "Thanks, I won't."

I see Ms. Mary walking in with a bag of groceries. "How did the job interview go?"

I glance away slightly. "Not so good."

She hands me her bag of groceries walking past me heading towards the elevators. "Well that just means you have to get out there and try again in the meantime you can carry my bags up to my apartment."

I smile catching up to her. "Sure thing."