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Chapter 2 - The Second Life

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'ha, Where am I?' Marcus opened his eyes slightly. He glanced at his sides. His arms felt numb.

'Hospital?' He sat up in the bed enduring the deep pain in the head.

He remembered the things that happened at the cliff.

'Didn't I die?' He was confused. He remembered the final moments before he died.

'Wait a second, this hospital does not look like the Royal Hospital of Albion?'

He got up from the bed. The VIP room was well lit by the sunlight hitting through the window. He looked around to see himself being connected to an IV. He unhooked the iv from his hand.

That's when he noticed. His hands, they were too different. His hands were not only small, but they were soft and chubby. His palms which had calluses and were strong from rigorous training, were now pink and very soft. He quickly got up from the Hospital bed and looked around to find a silver ware filled with fruits. He picked up the ware after taking out the fruits.

He looked into the silver ware and got a clear view of an unknown face reflecting back at him .

'What the....?' He was startled by a young fat boy in his late teens, staring back at him from the mirror. He had a pale complexion and deep green eyes. He had an oval face and his cheeks were slightly pink. He couldn't believe what was happening.

'Am I hallucinating? Did I get a concussion in the fight?' He thought and slapped himself.

The pain caused by the slap and red cheeks made him shudder.

'So what in the hell is going on?' He started to panic. He ran to the door but suddenly...

"Aaaah...!" he screamed as he felt a pain like his skull was splitting apart. So many unknown memories started punching into his brain. He couldn't bear the pain and he fell on the floor holding his head between both hands. His knees were curled and touched his elbows.

Hearing a scream, a couple of nurses and a doctor came running to the room. They found him on the floor. They helped him to the bed and gave him an injection to calm him down.

He did not notice any of them. He couldn't focus on anything as the pain was excruciating. He slowly lost his vision and he fell into the rush of memories that came into his brain.

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Westland Kingdom in comparison to the Albion Kingdom were nothing but a big city. But, they had many valuable ore veins which helped the small country grow in power and become one of the richest countries in the world. Miland was a small city in Westland Kingdom. That was were Leonard Wembley, the real owner of Marcus' new body was born and lived in. He was the son of Paul Wembley, the fifty year old `CEO of Wembley Group and Mia. She was a maid turned third wife of Paul.

Paul Wembley, was an ordinary goldsmith in Miland. But with his hard work and struggles of nearly three decades, his smithery grew. It was now one the richest companies in Miland. Although started as a smithery, the Wembley Group today had a hand in every major fields like Hospitals, Investments and Banking. Paul Wembley was a three times married man having four children.

Luther Wembley - The eldest of his children. Paul's first marriage lasted only a couple of years as his wife died giving birth to Luther. They married when he was still building his company. She was an orphan Paul fell in love with from his high school.

Luther was a brilliant twenty-five year old handsome man resembling his father. He was tall, dark and had blue eyes. He followed his father's passion for business and majored in Business Management from the top university of the Country. He is currently the Managing Director of the Wembley Group. He is expected to take over the company in a few years. He is engaged to Naomi Williams, the only daughter of Minister Williams. A beautiful yet cunning young lady who was studying abroad for her graduation in Business.

Lesley Wembley and Linley Wembley - The twin daughters of Paul. They were born to him with the Martha Donald, the daughter of the CEO of Blue Lotus Group. Although the marriage between the Wembley Group and Blue Lotus Group was a storm to the world of Business, Paul divorced Naomi Williams due to unknown public reasons within four years of their marriage. There were many rumors for the reasons, but no confirmations were publically issued by either of the families.

A few years after the separation of the both companies, the CEO of the Blue Lotus Group passed away. Later on, the company fell apart due to poor management. The financial embezzlement cases filed against them caused big ruckus and group is now on verge of bankruptcy.

Lesley and Linley both had beautiful face and structure just like their mother. They were twenty-two years old, pale complexioned ladies with golden eyes. The only difference both the ladies had were their hair color. Lesley, like her mother had a blonde natural hair while Linley was a brunette.

Lesley completed her major in Marketing and joined her elder brother in the company being the Director of the Marketing Department. Her intelligence was second to none and she rose to fame in the company within seven months of joining the company. Her marketing ideas brought more business to the company and she was quick to rise in position from a junior manager to director, making her the youngest director of the company.

Linley wanted to be a Scientist since her childhood. Although Paul wanted all his children to be part of the company, he couldn't refuse her and let her pursue her wish. She is currently working as a Scientist in the field of medicine. She and her team are now researching on the miracle drugs for potency and strength.

Soon after Paul married Martha, his relatives had already started snooping around for reaping benefits by supporting Paul. They tried to acquire shares and positions in the company. Paul did not object to it and he supported them well. Albeit the fact the company was created by the sweat and blood of Paul, he wanted his family and relatives to get better treatment in society. With Paul's fame rising, the Wembley family became more greedy. Once Paul separated with Martha, the Wembley family, started to join in the decision making powers of the Wembley Group with the silent permission of Paul. Paul, although was the head of the family, the major decisions were now taken after discussing with the Wembley family.

Mia, a personal maid of Paul was a beautiful young lady who could be easily mistaken for a noble. She who was only eighteen years old then. But after a quick rumor that the reason for Paul and Martha's divorce was due to her, Paul decided to take her as the bride to control the situation.

She joined the Wembley family as a maid when she was fifteen years of age. Her family was in utter poverty and because her father died before her turning 5, her mother brought her up by working as maid. But when she too passed away, Mia had to quit her schoolings and decided to work.

She could do the chores better than other maids. She was silent and always dressed in the ragged clothes. Many middle-class families had considered marrying her after getting bewitched by her beauty and slender body, she never responded. Her deep blue eyes and pink complexion could capture even the heart of the King.

After she got married to Paul, her status leaped greatly but this caused the Wembley Family members great disappointment. Even though she was the lady of the house, she was considered low born and suffered harshly.

Mia suffered from down syndrome as everyone singled her out and lashed at her. Paul's being silent and too busy building his business empire made her more lonely. She finally gave birth to her beautiful son Leonard, but the down syndrome got to her before she could see him grow. She committed suicide when Young Leonard was only 5 years old.

Leo was an intelligent boy but shy. But after the death of Mia, he became alone in the Wembley family. Others called him delinquent, idiot. While there were even rumors that Leo was not the son of Paul.

Since his mom's untimely death, he had always been quiet and most of the time he spent his days inside his own room playing on his computer. He loved it so much because of that he would lose the consciousness of time and space. He would lose himself into a different world. A world without the pains of real life.

Later he turned into coding and programming. His brilliant mind picked up hacking skills. By the age of 15, he was so skilled that even the highly skilled professionals to shame. While his code name 'Spyder' became famous, he never told anyone about this. To his family, he was a useless idiot. Even though he was a highly qualified computer whiz, he was just a kid. In his heart, all he wanted was to run away from the people he would call family.

He was now at the age of eighteen. He finally made enough money in secret with his hacking skills and decided it was time he moved from the family house. He bought a small villa near his school. He decided to sneak out of the house at night. But as soon as he got out of his room, someone grabbed from behind and put him on chokehold. Unable to move, he felt his breathing slowing down. Finally, he couldn't breathe anymore. His eyes fell dark and he fell unconscious.