Kain blinked at Sylvia. She blinked back a few times. A minute passed.
Nothing happened. No surge in power, no screams of pain, no standing and shouting out, "OH THE POWER!"
Sylvia abruptly turned her chair around facing the wall and was shaking while having her hands clenched in front of her and was angrily whispering something through clenched teeth. Kain leaned forward and strained to hear what she was saying and finally caught the tail end of something, "tear him a new hole and Kill the scum two-bit fat scamming son of a bitch Darius that asswipe…."
Kain leaned back and let her go on till she was satisfied, but she kept going. Kain was starting to feel awkward so he coughed and said, "So…I guess the deal is off then…."
Sylvia slammed the table with her fist and pointed at Kain, "You are not getting away so easy. Just wait, after the mission I will visit someone and get a new pill. I think the one you took was a dud."
"Ah, I see." Kain prayed that, whoever this Darius was, he had a hole he can hide in for a few weeks.
"I'll be back after the mission then. Thanks for your efforts." Kain stood up, bowed, and was turning towards the door when Sylvia pounced on him and grabbed his wrists, "Wait, let me check your pulse before…"
It was at this time that the door opened to reveal a blond-haired man. He stood there silently, while coldly assessing the situation before him.
Sylvia's face was still flushed slightly pink from her previous anger while she was kneeling on top of her desk while grabbing onto a strange man's wrists. Her military skirt accentuated her sculpted cream-colored thighs, a gift to all the world, as they presented the perfect contrast to her knee-high black boots. To any observer, the scene appeared as if Kain was taking advantage of Sylvia.
Suddenly, the man was just there next to Kain and grabbed him by the throat before lifting him easily off the ground. He was about to squeeze the life out of Kain mercilessly, when he heard Sylvia call out, "Stop!"
"Stop? This man was obviously assaulting my master's daughter, and you want me to stop??"
The blond-man felt a telekinetic force pry his hands off Kain's throat, and Kain fell to the ground coughing while trying to catch a breath.
"He did no such thing and you misunderstood. You really should learn to knock. This person is my guest." Sylvia's eyes narrowed and continued, "Gerris, it is perfect that you came. After this joint mission is done, you go tell that scumbag of a friend of yours, Darius, that he better be ready to cough up everything he cheated me out of when I traded for his fake ass rainbow pill."
Gerris ignored Sylvia's comment and pointed at Kain, "Tell me the name of your guest, so I can teach him some manners for laying his hands on you."
Hearing that Gerris wanted to teach him a lesson instead of apologizing, Kain was furious but also understood that this person was incredibly strong. Recalling that this man was the disciple of Sylvia's father, he held back his anger.
"My name is Kain." Gerris' eyes became even colder, if that was possible, after hearing the name. This was the ant that Saya had feelings for? At the same time, he dares to make a move on Sylvia? Looks like I will have to get my hands dirty after all. I'll make sure you never return from Naren City.
"Kain, this is Lord Gerris, the other Genji being dispatched on this mission. Like I told you earlier, our business is not finished and I will speak with you again. See you on the field." Sylvia smiled and reminded Kain who this man was.
"Lady Sylvia, Lord Gerris, I will take my leave then." Kain bowed and left the room. He heard the two continue discussing in the room behind the door.
As Kain continued to walk back to the field, he felt a strange heat enveloping him. He became a bit dizzy and had to place his hand on the wall to steady himself. He shook his head and the feeling passed after a minute. Was it because he almost got choked out?
After exiting the hall into the field, he saw a few planes already on the field, and people were already boarding. Kain scanned the field and spotted Barton hopping onto one of the planes. He didn't spot Desmond so he might have already gotten on a plane earlier. He checked the hologram projector to see which plane had his group and found the plane on the far side of the left field.
He jogged over and joined the line of people and he eventually got to the plane door and hopped up and into an open seat. A man was seated to his right and a woman to his left.
The woman was chatting with the man to her left and was pretty animated. She was quite stunning with her midnight black hair cascading down and flowing just past her shoulders. Her hair seemed to accentuate her ample bosom. Indeed, it almost seemed that her hair pointed to her assets for all the world to see.
She turned to look around the plane a few times and Kain noticed her bright, expressive eyes framing her beautiful, young face. The eyes alone made Kain want to protect her instinctively.
He was about to reach into his watch for a ration and water pill, when the man to his right held out his hand and said, "Hey brother, my name is Jake, melee division. What's your name?"
"My name is Kain, and I'm long distance support." As soon as Kain shook hands with Jake, he felt dizzy again and then felt a stream of pure power entering through the hand that was in contact with Jake.
Kain couldn't help but moan a bit and gripped his hand tighter and the stream entering his hand became a bit bigger. He couldn't help but look at Jake and saw his eyes get a bit glassy and saw the veins in his forearm becoming more prominent.
He felt the skin all over his body tightening…strengthening. In shock, he quickly released his grip and then heard Jake moan out, "Why do I feel so weak all of a sudden? I think I should nap or something. Hey brother, I'm going to get some shuteye. Wake me up when we get closer."
Kain replied, "Sure thing, will do." As he watched Jake close his eyes and immediately fall into a deep sleep, he looked at his hands in wonder and felt a newfound strength coursing through his veins.
At the same time, an intense pang of hunger hit him. He took out a ration pill and was about to throw them into his mouth but saw them shimmer and disappear before he could. He suddenly felt sated in terms of his hunger.
Realization dawned on him that his power must have finally activated! It seemed he can absorb things, whether it is objects or even…the power in others. Kain felt a shiver down his spine as he thought about what happened to Jake.
What would have happened if he kept his hand in contact with Jake for longer? He dared not experiment on other people. He quickly thought of an idea and took out another ration pill. He waited while holding it, but nothing happened.
So maybe it was because he wasn't hungry? He placed it back in his pocket dimension and before he had time to draw his hand back out again, he almost felt a sixth sense that his hand was attracted to something.
He reached further in before he saw that his hand was instinctively moving towards his blue enhance pill. He stopped reaching in and was about to draw his hand back out, but then his curiosity got the better of him, and continued to reach forward.
As soon as he grabbed the pill, it shimmered and then disappeared. He was already cursing in his mind in regards to losing his life-saving trump card, when he felt a surge of power 3 times stronger than when he came into contact with Jake's hand.
The stream of power engulfed his whole body and he couldn't help but moan out in pleasure.
The beautiful young woman seated next to him had a disgusted look on her face and said, "Pervert." She then scooted her butt away from him before continuing her discussion with the other man.
Kain couldn't care for his surroundings as he felt like his cells were trembling and feasting on the stream of power entering his body. The stream kept circling through his body as if they had no outlet, as it seemed like all his cells were engorged and at their limit.
As time passed, some cells had capacity again and would engorge themselves on the passing stream till they were engorged again. Kain noticed that the cells engorged a second time had a higher capacity.
The process repeated as the stream shrunk. At around the 5-minute mark, an intense hunger much stronger than earlier hit the bottom of his stomach.
He quickly grabbed a handful of ration pills and they shimmered and disappeared. It wasn't enough so he grabbed 2 more handfuls before the hunger was finally sated.
By this time, it passed the 15-minute mark and the stream was gone. His cells were no longer engorged, but brimming with vitality. He gripped his hands into fists as he felt incredible and saw that his skin had a slight sheen to it.
Kain was no longer cursing at the fact he no longer had the blue pill. He felt it in his bones that the power he absorbed from the pill was not temporary in nature. In an hour, would his cells have to spit back out what it just absorbed? Kain shook his head as he felt that the power in his cells was permanent in nature.
As Kain looked into his pocket dimension, he grimaced as he noticed he only had about 30 ration pills left. He had just gone through half his stash and he hadn't even hit the ground yet! His only option was to scavenge for many more pills at Naren City.
It seemed that every time his power kicked in; he would become famished! The value of ration pills and any type of sustenance just skyrocketed in value for him as they were directly related to his absorption power.
Kain was incredibly happy with his new power. As long as he had resources, his power would continue to increase. An idea hit him and made him shiver in anticipation. What if…he could absorb the power from zombies and monsters?
Didn't that mean he was flying to a land filled with resources? A smile crept over his face as he couldn't wait to get there faster so he could test his theory.