It has been 2 years since the release of Elaine's products. Her drugs have cured malaria, cancer, and even HIV/Aids. It's potential was limitless. The world was slowly being transformed into a disease free generation. A new era was beginning; an era where diseases are a thing of the past.
Elaine's products quickly adopted the name 'Miracle Drugs' and have been distributed all around the world in the past two years. The drugs weren't just for the privileged or wealthy, anyone individual could take them as they were cheaper than even ibuprofen.
All credit had gone to Elaine, but being the person that she was, she had refused to receive any of the profit from the sales and had been giving it all to different charities around the world.
"Elaine, are you ready?" I asked the woman putting on her heels. She wore a tight black dress that revealed a curvaceous body underneath and left little to the imagination. Her neck was decorated with a beautiful, golden necklace that glimmered in the light and complimented her white golden earings. Her gold colored heels added 2 inches to her height, yet I could still see the top of her head as she stood up.
Her dress was ravishing, her shoes were stunning, and the way she carried herself made her have an aura of elegance, as though she was raised by royalty. Even though she looked like royalty, the humility in her eyes never diminished.
She was the type of woman that could make a whole room full of people come to a pause and admire in awe. She was simply beautiful.
"Thank you for waiting Grayson. Lilith kept nagging me to try on different dresses, but I decided to go with my first option," she said with a smile that could calm a storm.
"Haha, that tailed Lilith is always so extra," I said, smiling back at her. "I never understood why you call her 'tailed Lilith'," she asked puzzled.
"Don't worry about it, it's a family thing…shall we get going?" I said to her then opened the door, signaling her to walk through.
As soon as she walked past me, I slapped her round, plumpy ass as a smirk formed on my face. "Grayson…!" She said shocked, but still keeping her smile. I had gotten quite close with Elaine these past two years…intimately close.
Elaine was as pure as they come. She had refused to form any romantically intimate relationships with anyone until she was sure she was going to get married to the said person. I made sure to give her clarity with the decision about a year ago when I asked for her hand in marriage.
We then both walked out of the hotel room, the same hotel that she had been in for the past 2 years. We took the elevator to the ground floor and met up with Moonlight, who was sitting at the lobby waiting for us.
"Hello Ace, sorry to make you wait here for so long…and to make you drive us tonight," Elaine was quick to apologize.
"You should be, I never signed up to be anyone's driver," Moonlight, whose real name is Ace, replied to Elaine, but stared at me the whole time.
"It's only for one night my friend," I said to him then pat him on the shoulder hoping to comfort him. A lot has happened between Ace and I in these past years....
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*2 years ago*
"It's been a month since I first met Moonlight…he is finally making a move," I said to myself hovering above a cornfield. "And here I was worried I may have scared him off." I said feeling relieved.
I then teleported back to my hotel room, which was right next to Elaine's, and put on a black long sleeved shirt and a pair of jeans. I then wore my sneakers and sat on the bed waiting. "Tailed Lilith," I said out loud. The tailed Lilith then almost immediately appeared before me.
"You…called?" The tailed Lilith said in between heavy breaths, looking rather annoyed. She was completely naked and her body was drenched in sweat. "Moonlight will be knocking on Elaine's door soon, direct him towards my room when he does," I told her.
"I was in the middle of something you know," she said annoyed. "I know exactly what you were in the middle of. Finish up quickly before he gets here," I said rolling my eyes.
Half an hour later, Moonlight was knocking on Elaine's door. The tailed Lilith then opened the door half naked and led Moonlight to my room. Although the tailed Lilith was a stunning beauty, other than being taken by surprise when she opened the door in her underwear, Moonlight maintained his usual calm personality.
After a short wait on my end, they finally both walked through my door with the tailed Lilith on the lead. "Thank you tailed Lilith, you can go now," I said to her. "I wasn't planning on staying," she said underneath her breath as she shut the door behind her.
"Have a seat," I said to Moonlight as I signaled towards a chair in front of me. "You'll have to get used to seeing her like that now that you'll be working for me," I said to him as I watched him take a seat.
"I never said I'll work for you," he quickly rebutted. "Why else would you be here?" I asked him. "You're not human and opposing you would be dangerous but…. The Boss is also very dangerous so either way my life is at risk," he said to me feeling defeated.
"Yet, you came to me. You could have gone back to New Orleans and reported to your boss, but you came here. I think we both know you have already made your decision." I said getting up then walked towards the door.
"Where are you going?" He asked me. "New Orleans, we are going to kill your boss." I said to him nonchalantly. "What!" He shouted with obvious surprise then ran after me. He placed his hand on my shoulder then turned me around.
"You can't just kill The Boss...!" He nags me. "I don't want any competition with your loyalty. So choose, would you rather deal with her or me? If you are not with me, then you are against me," I said to him then immediately turned around and continued walking. "I know you came with the 12, bring them along," I added.
Teleporting there would have been faster, but I had yet to test if a human can survive going through the dark cloud, so we had to go to New Orleans by plane.
It didn't take too long to get to New Orleans and we went straight to The Fool's Gang hideout, with me on the lead.
"So, what is your plan here?" Moonlight asked. "I won't be killing anyone. I will suppress the people inside and the 12 will annihilate everyone in the first 11 floors, Moonlight, you will take care of The Boss in the 12th floor," I said to them.
"So, he's just going to be out here doing nothing? We are the ones…," one of the 12 tried to speak up before being cut off by Moonlight.
"Bite your tongue, before it ends up killing you!" Moonlight interrupted then threw a deathly stare at him.
"What's your name?" I asked the man that spoke up. "Archer," he replied with his chest held up high.
"Well Archer, if you're going to work under me, I want to see first hand what you all can do, not just your skills, but the extent of your loyalty as well. Will you be able to kill those you once called comrades?
You all used to work under the Fool's Gang banner. Today, I want you all to burn it down to the ground; leave no ties! So, you just go in there and enjoy some target practice…aim for the head. No one should survive!" I said to him with a smile. "I don't take orders from you!" He proclaimed.
"Do as he says!" Moonlight retorts. "He's a fisty one." I said with a smile walking slowly further ahead then released my aura which covered almost the entire 12 story building, singling out the top floor. "Go," I said to them. They then immediately disappeared from where they stood.
All of them, except a particularly proud looking woman with a greatsword on her back. Her long black hair fiercely blew in the wind, making her look wild. I didn't pay her any mind however and simply observed the situation with the others.
The rest then swiftly approached the building and found the guards passed out. One of the 12 quickly finished them off by slitting their throats. "Sorry Reggy." She said before moving forward.
They then walked into the building, unopposed, and found everybody within it frozen stiff, unable to move, and drenched in sweat.
Each one of them was affected by my aura. 'So this is what he meant when he said "enjoy some target practice"!' Archer thought to himself.
"Let's make this quick. Don't want to keep the boss waiting," Moonlight said interrupting their state of shock. "Boss?!" The 12 said in unison unsure if Moonlight meant his old boss or Grayson.
Before he could even clarify this, Moonlight disappeared and dashed to the 12th floor. The 12 then began their one sided massacre. It took only a matter of minutes to completely wipe out the first 11 floors, meanwhile….
"Moonlight, what is the meaning of this!" The Boss shouted with a voice filled with rage. "Someone more powerful came along," Moonlight said as he slowly let a dagger slip out of his sleeves.
"Cut the crap! There is always someone stronger. I raised you like my own son you piece of shit, so you better give me something better than 'someone more powerful came along'," she retorted with rage.
"His strength, it- it isn't human it...! It's not something anyone can fight!" Moonlight said as his hands trembled for a brief moment, remembering his first meeting with me. Seeing that, The Boss calmed down. "That bad, hugh?" The Boss spoke.
"His strength is the type that can change the world, and not even for the better…. I don't know if this will all work out, but what I do know is that it's best to join him rather than stand against him. Admittedly, I am anxious to see it all unfold," Moonlight replied.
"I see. I raised you to be better than me so I knew this would happen sooner or later. However, it doesn't mean I'll make it easy for you." She said then 7 armed men walked out of the shadows behind her as she pulled out a shotgun from beneath the table.
Bullets came flying towards Moonlight and he began to dodge and deflect them as he slowly approached the 7 armed men. Left, right, sliding and jumping. It's not that he was faster than bullets, but he could actually accurately predict the trajectory before they even fired.
Moonlight was moving towards the 7 armed man unlike a normal human being, but not without a few minor flesh wounds that weren't beyond his expectations. In only a few seconds he had slit the throat of one of the 7.
The body quickly dropped as the man was delivered an instant death. Like a chain effect, the remaining 6 bodies dropped one after another. Moonlight disarmed and silenced each of the remaining 6 one at a time, moving past them like a slithery serpent, until…
"Always watch your back!" The Boss said as she appeared behind Moonlight with a shotgun pointed at him. Moonlight held the last armed man by the neck and slowly let go. Almost his entire body was drenched in blood, so much so that it was difficult to tell how much of it was his own.
As blood dripped from his chin, his brain went on overdrive thinking of how to counter. But before the drop of blood could even touch the ground....
(BANG!!)