Julius stared at his broad, straight back with teary eyes. At that moment, the enigmatic, mysterious figure turned to face him, making his heart sink. He then realized with relief that the figure meant no harm as he just took off his helmet and flashed him a genial smile, displaying his perfectly aligned pearly whites, and whispered gently through the windscreen, " I'll take it from here. Rest assured." Julius made an attempt to open his mouth and say something but all he could do was hang his mouth agape. Cyrus, the newest on the scene, seemed to understand what he meant and then he smiled again, "oh right! An unfinished business!" At the moment he appeared on the scene, Flynn had recalled his spear. They locked gazes for what seemed like eternity, "Flynn, with a frown creasing his brows, was the first to speak," what do you want here Cyrus? You have no business out here so if you don't want any trouble, I guess you should be on your way." He said with mean eyes. In response, Cyrus chuckled and laughed heartily, "you make it sound so nice, why don't you say you don't want my trouble instead of the other way round huh?" Flynn's frown grew deeper, he had known Cyrus from the Avengers Academy for a while now, that was before he was banned for committing murder on a fellow student. They used to spar on several occasions and they always tied but now, looking at the guy before him, Flynn knew there was a different air about him which was the source of his frown. He decided to go the hard way, the spear from earlier was still hovering by his side the whole time, it started glowing and as time went on, the glow increased in intensity. Cyrus looked on keenly with interest, "looks like you have a new trick up your sleeves, do me a favor and show me how weak this skill is, will you? Hahaha!" Flynn almost choked after hearing the provocative words, " how dare you?" He literally bellowed! Allowing the spear to whoosh towards Cyrus at blinding speed, the latter decided to use his most common skill, mirror! An old mirror appeared in front of him, just in time for the spear to strike its polished surface, contrary to everyone's expectations, the mirror didn't crack at all, the spear hit its surface and rebounded, changing trajectories and locking target unto the thrower. Flynn was gobsmacked, staring in bewilderment. He knew it was his weapon, that much was certain but he was unsure if he could stop it! Noticing that the current Cyrus facing him now wasn't the same as he knew him sometime back, Flynn turned around and resolved to flee the scene but immediately he spun around, the spear lodged itself firmly in his meaty backside, arousing a funnily idiotic yelp from the once vicious and tyrannical looking fiend! Everyone on the scene exploded with boisterous laughter, forgetting that they had almost peed in their pants just a few moments ago. The dauntingly eerie atmosphere became lighter after that. Cyrus then waved to everyone on the scene and walked towards Julius, he had no time to bask in the glory he had won for himself, he who runs away from battle lives to fight another day after all. Flynn was still out there, and that was the real deal! At the same time he got there, a pretty lady who looked to be in her mid thirties also arrived near the posh car, grinning from ear to ear and breathing heavily. Lena ran to the one she admired so much, completely ignoring Cyrus, it was as if he was never there in the first place. "Phew! Thank God this gentleman arrived in time just to stop you from digging your own grave, I told you earlier that there's just a thin fine line between bravery and suicide didn't I? Anyway what matters now is you are fine." Cyrus looked on in wander, he could tell that the man was married, and certainly not to the lady he was seeing so he didn't quite get the reason why the lady had to be so flirtatious, and what disturbed him the most was the avaricious eyes with which she stared at Julius, it was as if she had a burning desire to have him on her bed. As he was wondering what was going on, the lady seemed to notice him for the first time, "oh charming one, thank you so much for saving the love of my life." At this point, both Cyrus and Julius almost felt like coughing up blood, this lady had completely nailed it, was there this dire need for such open and shameless flirtation with every guy she met on the streets? "My pleasure." Cyrus' reply was curt and subconscious. "Uhm sorry ma'am, have we met before?" Julius asked her. She pouted her rosy red lips and said after a while of thinking, "we sure have, in my dreams!" Julius wanted to say something but all he managed to o achieve was hanging his mouth agape. After what seemed like eternity, he was able to find his voice again, "I'm sorry madam but I'm married." He announced, catching the lady off guard. "Hey, what's wrong with you? You are married so we can't..." He cut her off before she could complete her sentence, "I'll never, ever cheat on my wife!" The lady almost lost her balance after hearing that, " idiot, do you have to be so ungrateful and rude to someone whose car you're in without permission?" And who said I was asking for a relationship with you when I was talking earlier? Give me your card, now! "Julius felt so stupid, "err, please forgive me, I express my remorse, what can I do to rectify this terrible mistake of mine?" In response, the lady rolled her eyes and said, " give me your card!" Julius did as he was told and the lady hurled herself into the car, rolling up her glasses after giving Julius a playful push out of her car.
The car zoomed off right after that and Julius was left standing with Cyrus, the guy who stole the show at the eleventh hour. Everyone who used to be on the scene receded and soon enough, the street was bustling again with it's dusk normalcy.
Cyrus then addressed him directly, "there's fire on the mountain uncle, we need to talk and also you have to admit me in your apartment till your son is born and beyond. There's no time to explain things, where's your ride?"
Julius turned to look behind him, making sure he was the one Cyrus was talking to, up close, he realized the enigmatic figure looked quite young, too young in fact. He looked to be no older than ten!
Okay let's go, Julius beckoned to him and started walking towards his white Lexus, a quick spin around told him he wasn't being followed by the guy he had invited. His brow furrowed but then he thought of something and smiled. Of course! Why should he walk when he has the ability to disappear and reappear at will? With that thought, he broke into a throttle and sure enough, Cyrus was in the car before he got there.
"I can't get used to you being around and flaunting your powers in my manor." Julius said matter-of-factly. Cyrus spread his arms and said, "I can't help it, things are more effective that way you know..." Julius looked at the boy next to him and asked the question that has been bothering him since setting eyes on this guy.
"I'm nine years of age!" This was enough to make the man's jaw drop instantly. "Did you just say nine as in n-i-n-e?" He spelt it out and Cyrus nodded sheepishly. Julius was out of breath, as beads of sweat had gathered on his brow. "This is not the issue we should be talking about now uncle, you are in grave danger, you and every living and non living entity in your manor have someway somehow overstepped your boundaries and that has brought you in the bad books of the Doomsday Party! As a matter of fact, there's very little I could do to help you in this battle, the only thing is to await your son's birth, he would be the game changer, the vanquisher of all evil and will ride in the clouds, peerless among peers and would undoubtedly be a prime target, that means if they can't get him, they will get you and he will come to them hence the need to allow me into your manor for at least till the boy is born. And wait, your wife would be due in six months right?" Julius looked at the boy strangely before asking him, " how did you know all this?" "I was sent by my master, and he asked me to convince you with this words, he also asked me to let you know the how dire the situation you are in is, your son will bear the problems of the whole world on his shoulders.