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Chapter 2 - Wendigo

New Bus park --- 2022 AD, 11:55PM

It was a cold night. The light were still on on different houses but maybe it was because of the night time, no one could be seen on the street. Well, almost no one. The place was quiet. Few vehicles were passing on the road and the night was chilly.

In a narrow alley, a boy could be seen running frantically. The boy was around 15 years old and his arm and cheek were bleeding from a cut wound. Four men were chasing after him. Among the men two were normal but one was burly and the other was skinny.

"Stop right now if you want to live kid!" One of the men yelled. They were chasing the boy for about 15 minutes now but the boy was too fast in the narrow alley. It was like he had trained to run away from them since he was born.

After running for some time, they reached a dead end. The boy had no choice but to stop there. He turned around, searching for a way to get away from the men but there was no hope to be seen. His eyes were cloudy and filled with despair.

"Finally. No more running huh. Run some more, we will let you run all you want." One of the men sneered.

"Shit! A mere kid got the best of us. If we let him live today, we will be the ones to die. Don't get careless and finish him." The burly man, who seemed like the leader of the boys said.

After hearing that the three other men said no more. They all took their weapons and started moving towards the kid.

The boy was still searching for a way to leave and run away. He was just a kid and he knew that he could never win against three grown-ups. Still, seeing the three men move towards him, he had no choice but to fight. He took out a dagger from his right thigh and held it in his hand.

The men were moving ahead and he was moving backwards.

"I don't want to kill you kid. But you should know you made a wrong move. Let me break your arms and come with us. You might live for a little longer that way." The burly man said. He was trying to give hope to that boy but the look in his eyes was vicious.

The boy instantly knew that he would die a horrifying death if he got caught. He could only pray and hope he could make it out alive.

To live….. this was the only thought in his mind.

He gripped the dagger tightly while slowly moving backwards. He was looking or a chance. He was not going to go own without a fight. If he were to die, he would at least take one of them with him. Also he would die a easier death if he were to die there.

As the boy was looking for a chance , he suddenly heard a sound and unknowingly shivered.

"He really managed to escape. Haha… Even though he is worthless in other things, he is still useful to use as a tool. Maybe, that is the worth of my worthless son."

The for men were startled to hear that sound. As they were digesting the new presence…..

"Bang"

A gunshot was heard and the leader of the four men fell down. He was dead. The sound of the gunshot was loud and the entire street was alerted. But no one came out to see what was happening. Still, the people present there knew it was a matter of time for police to come now.

"Wrap it up." The man with the gun said.

Several people holding different weapons came out. The three men who were moving towards the kid were at a loss what to do. They were about to surround and kill the kid but now, they were the ones to be surrounded. The situation was instantly reversed.

"Dad.." The boy murmured.

The three men were even more confused now. So he was his son. No wonder he is so strong at this age. That was what they thought but they had no time to think too much about it. They turned around to face the newcomers.

"let's talk about it. This is a misunderstanding" The men shouted but they got attacked in return.

They had no choice but to engage. But their fate was sealed. The skinny man suddenly remembered the boy. He seemed to be the son of the opponents leader. He might have a chance to live if he took that boy as his hostage.

The boy was a little relaxed after he saw his father. He knew that he was gonna live now as his father was the rule in that area. But he was grabbed at that moment.

The skinny man took out a knife at the boy's throat and shouted,"Stop. If you move closer, I will kill him ." He then moved behind his companions.

His shout seemed to have worked and the men stopped for a second. But the next instant, they started attacking again. The skinny man was confused. He shouted again but he received indifference in reply. His friends were getting overwhelmed. One of them had lost his arm and another had a knife on his stomach.

He suddenly felt a great pain from his crotch. He lost his balance for a moment when his hostage slipped away from his grip. The boy had attacked his balls.

"Sneaky bastard" The skinny man shouted and swung his knife at the boy. The boy didn't run away but moved forward. He ducked the knife and gripped the skinny man's balls again with all his force. He was determined to change the man;s gender before his death.

The other two men were finally taken care of. One was dead and the other was captured but if he didn't receive treatment soon, he would die too.

The skinny man then knew he was dead for sure. But he was still confused. How can a 15 year old kid not be afraid when faced with death and attack in return. He had many questions but all of them remained unanswered when the boy too a dagger and stabbed his stomach.

The man was not dead yet. But then the boy stabbed him in his arm. The boy picked another dagger and stabbed his another arm. Then the legs. Altogether the boy stabbed 7 daggers while the man was still alive. Two in the arms, four in the legs and one in stomach. Finally another dagger was stabbed in his neck and only then was the man dead.

Everyone around the men were scared by that sight. Even though they were murderers, a sight of a teenager torturing a grown man would scare anyone.

Then the boy stood up and looked at his father. The boy was named Aashish Gautam, 16 years old and he was the illegitimate son of Deven Gautam, leader of the Golden lion group. He had the nickname of Wendigo. He was known as a cruel man by the whole city.

When Aashish looked at his father, his eyes were cold. Wendigo looked at his son and smiled.

"What ? Are you angry I didn't save you when he put a knife on your throat?

Aashish didn't reply but there was no need for a reply.

"Haha.. You are not that important yet. Just four men and you were almost dead. I will treat you as a human when you are able to make a name for yourself. Until you become like me, you will always just be a weapon. Just follow your brother." Deven said.

Aashish didn't say anything. He left the place and went to his room, apploed some medicine to his wounds and went to bed.