Vroom Vroom.
Arman's car was drifting with high speeds.
As he came by the college, he could see others coming too.
But, that wasn't what he was looking for.
He was searching for Jacob and Dan.
Arman knew that Jacob and Dan were good in nothing.
So it was obvious that it would take them a forever to get set.
And that is why Arman came late.
So that he could meet Jacob and Dan on the road.
But in his entire four minutes long journey, he found no trace of them.
It seemed that they were no more their old self.
They might have become responsible and might have come to the college earlier than expected.
This meant that Arman had come late in vain.
He put pressure on the accelerator and the speed increased.
Arman had purposely left his powers on.
Which would make him look strong.
On reaching, he stopped by the college gate.
He put his car in a reverse gear and took it inside the building.
Everyone was surprised to see such a costly vehicle coming in.
Arman walked in to find the class in which he was supposed to sit in.
And, Jacob and Dan were not to be found even in the class.
Nor was Eveline seen.
Where were both of them?
And soon, the bell rang.
All the students, who were having a gossip time stopped talking and tidied their desks.
And when the teacher came in, everyone stood up to greet her.
And still, the twins and Eveline hadn't showed up yet.
He knew from the starting that Jacob and Dan would be late.
But, he never thought that Eveline would be late too.
The teacher put some files on her table and greeted the children.
"Good morning students. As I told you yesterday, my name is Atsumi Kumamoto and I will be teaching you mathematics."
As the teacher was talking, her eyes fell on Arman and a girl wearing a burka.
She said in a hard tone .
"Mr. Arman, and Miss Eveline, please stand up."
Arman inwardly laughed at his teacher.
Eveline wasn't here yet and this teacher was calling her name.
But he kept the laughter to himself.
As he might end up getting expelled if he laughed at his teacher.
He stood up.
And another girl in burka also stood up.
And Arman still hadn't understood it.
"Arman, Eveline, the both of you were absent on the very first day of the college?"
Arman was dumbstruck by the teacher's words.
And there were many reasons to why he was dumbstruck.
The first reason was that Arman was out for an adventure, that is why he didn't come.
But why didn't Eveline come yesterday?
The teacher then continued.
"And precisely you, Eveline.
Don't you know about a thing such as uniform?"
And Eveline gave a hesistant reply.
"I am sorry madam, but my parents are extremely strict about such matters.
We are not allowed to go out of our house without a burka."
The second reason was that back then, when Eveline met Arman for the first time, and then when he fell for her,
the clothes she was wearing were too explicit.
A majority of her body was exposed.
And now she says 'not allowed'
If it was allowed back then, then why isn't it allowed now.
And if it is not allowed now, then why was it allowed then.
Arman was lost in such thoughts.
And the teacher threw the chalk in her hand at Arman.
"Arman, what are you thinking? Answer my questions!"
Arman then lied to his teacher.
"Madam, I was ill, that is why I couldn't come."
"Okay, sit down." Arman's teacher said to Arman and Eveline.
Just as Arman and Eveline were about to sit down, sounds of loud footsteps and someone breathing rashly could be heard.
"Excuse me ma'am, can I come in?"
It was Jacob and Dan.
As always, these two careless and irresponsible twins showed up lately.
And here was Arman, thinking that they had come before him.
The teacher moved towards the doorway.
"Jacob, Dan, Didn't I tell you to come earlier?"
"We are sorry madam, please let us in."
"Okay."
Jacob and Dan seemed to be searching for someone in the crowd of forty students seated on their seats.
And then they looked at Arman.
The both of them sat on the two empty seats next to Arman, which Arman had reserved for them.
"Hello Arman, how are you? And have you managed to get rid of that wierd power inside of you?"
At Jacob's question, the Flame king became extremely angry.
He appeared before Jacob and Dan, only visible to them and Arman.
"What do you two weaklings mean by 'wierd'? The Flame king is one who stands on the pinnacle of this world.
Second to none!"
Jacob and Dan were scared by the sudden appearance of the Flame king.
But they tried to control their response.
Because, they didn't want to attract the wrath of their hot-head teacher.
Arman consoled the Flame king and convinced him to go back inside.
And the teacher started the class.
"Open page number 8."
She said.
*************
H.E.X.A. came by Arman's house, to kill him.
But, there was no one home with the guards and the servants as an exception.
After complete probing, H.E.X.A. did realise that Arman was out of his house.
But, he did see the traces of a car that had just left Arman's house.
He followed the traces of Arman's car.
And he finally entered Arman's college.
Soso had told him to not to make a mess, so, H.E.X.A. sneaked in silently.
And in less than two seconds, he found Arman.
Arman was just coming out of the canteen, chatting with Jacob and Dan.
Eveline too came following them, with the scarf of her burka uplifted.
As she was walking, she spotted H.E.X.A.
And H.E.X.A. too saw her.
Both of them seemed to recognise each other.
Eveline instantly put on her scarf.
And H.E.X.A. also tried to hide himself behind the dustbin.
But, this massive body of H.E.X.A. could never be hidden behind a small dustbin only of the size of a small child.
And, a few other students coming out of their classes saw H.E.X.A. crouching next to the door of their class.
Those students were completely taken aback by the sudden appearance of a gigantic robot.
Their wits were squeezed out of their mind when they were scared.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
They screamed.
H.E.X.A. quickly got himself moving and ran straight to where Soso was.
Eveline took a breath of relaxation seeing H.E.X.A. leave.
Meanwhile, Arman heard a few classmates of his shouting.
He was intrigued to check what it was.
************
H.EX.A. came running towards Soso's spaceship.
His speed and astonishment knew no bounds.
Soso saw something coming from afar.
Due to the high-tech medicine of the aliens, Soso could walk freely now.
He came himself to check what it is.
"What happened? Did you manage to kill him? Did you retrieve the power source?"
Soso threw a heavy load of questions on H.E.X.A.
H.E.X.A. then sadly said.
"Boss, we have to now forget about the powers.
And that is if we want to live."
Soso's mouth curled up due to the words of H.E.X.A.
Soso then surprisingly asked.
"Did that son of a bitch become very strong in just these five days?"
"No Boss, I am not talking about that Arman.
Intergalactic rangers, they have sent Intergalactic ranger 6983C Here."
Soso combed through his memories.
And a cold chill ran down his spine.
"Did you say Intergalactic ranger 6983C????"
Soso asked hurriedly.
"Yes boss."
Soso hit his own forehead forcefully.
He said in an angry tone.
"Can't a single plan of ours go correctly???????"
Soso's voice resounded throughout the entire forest in which he was standing.
H.E.X.A. then asked Soso.
"Boss, so shall we now leave this planet?"
"Leave this planet you say? I spent forty two years of mine in quest of the powers.
And you want me to leave just like that?"
But Soso showed complete declination.
"So, what should we do boss?"
"Crawl through. We will try to crawl through. Who knows, if the heavens blessed us with their grace?"
At this answer of Soso, H.E.X.A. said.
"Boss! Don't you remember what she did to us that day?"
About six months ago.
On the open roof of a space station, there used to be a bar.
All sorts of aliens and even humans were present here. All had come with the same reason - To enjoy.
The bartender was attending his customers,
filling their chalices with champagne.
Many of those that showed up at this were drunkards.
One such drunkard was Soso.
But, he wasn't here for drinking.
He was here to loot the people gathered in here.
"H.E.X.A. are you in position?"
"Yes Boss."
Soso came in and sat on a bench.
The bartender asked him.
"What should I make for you, sir?"
"Money."
"Uh? What sir? This is not a bank."
"But for me, it is."
Soso showed the bartender a gun.
The bartender's wits were scared out.
He quickly bowed down to take all the money he had kept in the piggy bank.
But then, someone patted Soso's shoulder.
Soso, without looking behind, smacked the hand patting him.
Then, he said
"I don't want to waste my time on you so go away."
But, the hand came back. And this time, it hit hard on Soso's back.
Thump!
Soso turned around to see who it was.
And a young girl, about sixteen was standing.
It was Eveline.
"Who are you?" Asked Soso.
Eveline didn't reply.
Soso saw a badge on her chest depicting 'Intergalactic Ranger 6983C'
"Intergalactic rangers?"
Soso was taken aback.
"You are under arrest."
She said.
"I am afraid you don't have the qualifications to do so."
Soso snorted.
Soso pushed her away and took his gun.
H.E.X.A. also came prepared.
Both of them simultaneously attacked Eveline.
But Eveline didn't do much.
She just smiled at them.
As Soso and H.E.X.A's attacks were about to land on Eveline, she disappeared.
And the very next instant, she appeared behind Soso.
She moved in such high speeds that to even get a view of her afterimage, one had to record it and play it at 0.01X playback speed.
Against such an opponent, Soso and H.E.X.A. were nothing but punching bags.
And after the next four seconds, Soso was all swelled up like a pig's head.
Eveline took out handcuffs from a pouch attached to her hips.
And as she was about to put them over Soso's wrist, Soso's spaceship came.
And then, some unknown force immediately pulled Soso inside.
Eveline wasn't prepared, so she couldn't stop the spaceship that came all of a sudden.
She could do nothing but look at the spaceship angrily.
After that, Soso spent five and a half months of his life in the hospital.
And then, he finally found a clue on the power source, of which he had lost all hopes.
*******************
After a long flashback, Soso came back to the present.
"So boss, are you now willing to forget about the powers and leave this planet?"
Asked H.E.X.A.
"No."
Soso still showed determination in killing Arman.
"So what will you do?"
And H.E.X.A. showed determination in convincing his boss to leave the planet.
"I have a plan."
"What plan boss?"
"Bring out all the money we have."
H.E.X.A. hesitated before saying.
"Uhm.. Boss.. As you know, the locker was too close to the fuel tank, so all the currency notes caught fire and all the coins melted..."
"What!???"
"Yes boss."