"What did I just do" James said to himself in a surprise tone as the curtain and shower in front of him were now burning in fire.
James immediately opened the door and ran out trying to escape the fire. Immediately he opened the door he saw Martha Edward and Carlos Edward who were just outside the door.
Smoke came out of the bathroom as James opened the bathroom doors. Immediately Martha and Carlos noticed the fire through the smoke they ran to bring water.
Carlos was the first to reach there and he brought water and poured it on the shower and curtain that were catching flames and the flames extinguished.
"what really is going on James" Carlos said to James. "and we want full explanation" Martha added.
*******
They were all sitting at the dinning table. Martha Edward and Carlos Edward were both shocked at the words spoken to them by James.
James had just explained the whole story to both of them, he had left no detail, he explained how something hot left his eyes and how he had a dream about a girl called Layla.
"The dream felt so real" James said while looking at both of them.
"we can tell it was, you were shouting remember" Martha added trying to make him laugh a little. But James found nothing funny.
James actually left the part of something in his head. James could feel like there was someone talking to him through his head something it happened once a while. it was that person in his head that gave him the name JAMES THEODORE. James did not bother to tell them because he found it irrelevant and it sounded foolish.
Imagine telling people that you can feel someone inside you, what would they say about you. They might think you are crazy. And besides he did not know if he was just daydreaming about the voice or it was really in existence.
"So you actually can't remember anything about yourself except your name, how is that possible, if you were to forget everything you could have forgotten your name as well" Carlos said to James in a serious tone. He felt like James was hiding some part of the story from them.
"I woke up at an hospital I can't remember the name nor do I remember the location, but if I see the hospital I would know instantly" James replied. "it was the hospital nurse that told me my name was James THEODORE" he then lied.
The Nurse in reality had actually not given James any name, It all came from the voice inside his head.
"how can you leave an hospital and you don't know the way back, we can't buy this your story, you might be a serial killer or something" Carlos Edward said to James.
It was like an interaction between a police officer asking a suspect questions.
Before James could reply, Martha stepped in: "why would you say such words, James had done no harm to us, and besides we both agree that he would be living early in the morning, didn't we?" she said these words to her husband offended by the way he asked James questions.
Only Carlos knew what he was scared of. His wife only knew he was scared of something but since he refused to tell her, she only had hints. Carlos Edward had been security cautious these past few days.
James was a little bit confused of the question, but he tried his best not to sound ride in his reply: "I have told you nothing but the truth, if I was a serial killer I would have burnt you alive with my heat vision".
Although James did not know how to do that again, it just happened unexpected. He still had confidence he could do it again.
"That's a good point, you are leaving tomorrow morning" Carlos Edward replied in an offensive tone as he left the dinning table and slammed the door as he entered his room.
"please don't take it too personal" Martha Edward told James THEODORE as she saw the offended look on his face.
"Okay ma" James said to her trying to crack a smile on his face.
"So how did you fly the other day, my husband said you fell from the sky, please explain that part" James senses was somewhere else because right now at the time, his mind was somewhere else. He could hear a conversation going on in a room Carlos was in. The room was at the end of the house and Carlos was whispering again so that others would not hear. The reason why James could hear him was because unknown to James he had activated his super hearing abilities once again. Martha could not hear anything.
"please I just need more time" Carlos said to an unknown caller through his phone.
"time is no man's friend or enemy, I have given you more time than you need and yet you fail to perform your part of the bargain" an unknown caller said to Carlos. James could recognize the masculine voice, it was the same voice that had spoken to Carlos earlier that Afternoon.
"I will be waiting for you" the unknown man said as he cut the call immediately without hearing what Carlos had to say.
Carlos's heart rate increased and it was clear he was scared. James could hear his heat beat clearly. Carlos then tried to calm himself, but he couldn't.
"What is Carlos so scared of?" James said this words out Unknown to him.
The words reached the ears of Martha who was sitting opposite him at the dinning table. "Carlos, My Husband what do you mean? Do you know anything I don't know about?" she said to James.
James still did not hear her as his sense were somewhere else and he was also turned his head rightward facing the direction of their room.
She had previously talked to James before asking him of how he fell from the sky, buy James did not give her an answer, he only turned his head rightward facing the direction of their room. She did not bother him anymore as she thought it was his choice if he wanted to share that information, she could not impose it on him. But this time she wanted a reply by all means because it related to her husband.
"give me an answer!" she shouted at James as she tapped his wrist gently.
"I am sorry where you talking to me" James said to her.
She found his response rude as she had been talking to him all this while and all he did was looking at the direction of their room like she was not there and then he was now asking her if she was talking to him. This would look rude to anybody. But the truth was James didn't actually hear her. His sense was unknowingly to him had been attached to the call made between Carlos Edward and the Unknown Man.
"don't worry, I will ask my husband myself first thing tomorrow morning" she replied to him in an aggressive tone as she left the dinning table.
James was confused he was wondering why he could hear the conversation of Carlos Edward and the caller but have a wife could not. He did not know at the time he had super senses and how he could activate it.
When Martha had entered the room, she opened the door gently and close it gently behind her. She expected her husband to be asleep. But he wasn't, she decided to leave all the questioning for tomorrow morning as she herself was also sleepy and Carlos had replied her rudely earlier so she wanted him to calm down, so it was better if she asked him tomorrow.
Carlos was on the bed and he was facing the ceiling. His eyes were opened widely. it was a clear indication he was not asleep.
"good night love" Martha said to Carlos as she fell on the bed. Miller was deep in thinking and did not give her a reply. She did not bother him but instead turned her face to face the other side and her back was now facing him as she slept off.
'what should I do, how can I save myself from this, will I die, will he kill my wife, will he kill my son Miller, should I tell my wife or should I tell my son, who should I tell' These thoughts ran through his head as he was about to sleep.
*******
James had left the dinning table to the room Carlos and Martha had given him to sleep.
"Keeping my existence was a good thing on your part" A voice said in James head.
James immediately stood up from his bed and checked all around him to see if anyone was talking to him, but he found no one.
"is someone there, why are you looking at all directions" the voice said again.
"who are you" James said as he looked left and right trying to find someone.
"I am in your head you fool" the voice in his head uttered.
This made James a little calm, he was now sure the voice in his head was real.
"Who are you" James said inside his head.
"I don't have a name, you have to give me one, I have given you a name already" the voice in the head had spoken again.
"so you just gave me the name James Theodore, is that even really my name?" James asked the voice with curiosity.
"I only gave you that name because you needed one at the moment and I need a name to call you, just like you I have no memory who we are and I also want to find out" the voice said to James.
"how did you get in my head?" James asked the voice in his head.
"how do you expect me to know, I woke up the same time you woke up, I am also curious to find out who we are" The voice said to James.
"why do you always say We?" James said to the voice confused.
"this body belongs to both me and you, I can feel it, you are just in control at the moment" the voice said.
"what do you mean?" James asked the voice.
"I can feel everything you feel, sense all you touch and can also see what you see" the voice replied to James. "We are connected, I can feel it, I would also like to be in control someday, so what's up? would you not give me a name?" the voice asked.
"I would give you a name Later" James replied.
Since the voice in his head that was another personality of its own had given him a name which was JAMES THEODORE, it was also right that James gave him a name back in return, but right now he had no name to give to him yet.
"We are friends" the voice said.
"how can we be enemies if we are sharing the same body" James replied to the voice.
The voice was identical to his own voice, it was like he was talking to himself.
"the future would tell" the voice said to James.
James was now a little sleepy and he had fallen to the bed and slept off.
*******
It was now morning, the sun was now outside shinning. it was a sunny day. The winds blew left and right and the trees branches moved following the direction of the wind.
James THEODORE had just woken up and was now sitting on his bed.
"good morning James THEODORE" the voice in his head said to him.
"good morning bro" James replied to her.
"how is this morning going to be like, we are already hungry so what are we going to do" the voice asked him.
"I don't know yet" James had replied to the voice.
*******
Martha Edward and Carlos Edward had woken up. Carlos was now outside in the cornfield, it was like he was admiring the cornfield but in reality he was still deep in thought: 'can I escape this?'.
Martha was looking at her husband through a window. She was worried about him. She went to meet her husband and tapped him gently by the shoulders: "Babe food is ready, is there anything wrong, you know you can tell me anything Right?" she said.
"it's just about the debts" he lied to her again.
They both went inside the house.
"I would go and inform James". Martha said to her husband as she left.
James was looking at the mirror in the room. "James food is ready" she said to James as she knocked the door.
"thank you very much" James said to Martha.
They were all sitting at the dinning table and James was trying to break the silence.
"Is there anything I can do here like any work I don't need payment I just want to help you guys, because of the shelter you guys gave to me the other night" James said these words while looking at the both of them. He first looked at Martha and then He looked at Carlos.
"So how do you plan on finding your home" James asked in a rude tone. it was not because he did not want James at his house, it was because he security cautious this period and on top James had powers he was scared of.
"Carlos, do not give our guest such reply" Martha said as she getting punched her husband's shoulder.
"it's okay ma, I understand" James said to Martha.
"Now this is making me Uncomfortable, what do you know James THEODORE and what is my husband hiding from me" She asked James in a serious tone.
"he is right there, you can ask him" James told her while looking at Carlos.
"what do you mean, I am not hiding anything from you" Carlos said.
"What bargain do you have with that Unknown caller" James asked Carlos. Carlos was a little shocked as to why James who just slept at his house one night had already known about the caller. 'does he know too much' Carlos thought in his head.
"I have nothing to say to you" Carlos replied in an aggressive tone trying to end the topic immediately.
Martha knew Carlos did not want to say anything about the situation so she let him be. She planned to talk to him about it later.
They were now done eating at the dinning table and James had thanked them for the meal.
James was given some work to do by Martha, he took the work gladly as it was his method of paying them for what they had done.
"Hello is anyone there, knock knock" James said inside his head.
He was trying to contact the other personality within him.
"you know you don't have to say words like that" the voice inside his head spoke to him.
James was milking the cows in the farm while talking inside his head.
"I just don't know how to contact you" James said inside his head.
"So won't you give me a name? I am still waiting" the voice said to James.
"is it necessary, why can't you just give yourself one" James said to the voice a Little confused.
"I gave you a name which is James Theodore and it would be right if you also gave me a name" the voice said to James.
"What was your name before you came into my head" James asked the voice in his head with curiosity.
"like I said earlier I cannot remember anything, I also think this is my body and you stole it from me" the voice said to James.
"what do you mean, please enlighten me, this is my body, the only problem is I cannot remember anything, I cannot remember who I am, or who my parents are or what my name really is" James said to the voice in his head.
"I also feel the same way" The voice said to James.
Little did they know that this body actually had two personality. They both believed that this body belonged to either of them and the other stole it.
"So what about the pen" The voice said to James.
"You know about the pen?" James asked the voice in his head.
"it was the pen attached to our shirt the day we woke up" the voice said to James.
"So you were really there this whole time" James said. "can you remember the name of the hospital, I can't seem to locate that place or remember how I left" James asked again.
"It seems like we kind of denied gravity that day from what I can remember was"
"We were hit by a car and when we woke up we were at a hospital in a place where I cannot also remember"
"what a sec, me getting hit by a car should have damaged by bones, but I am still walking with both of my legs, does that mean that we also have super healing abilities" James interrupted.
"I don't know" the voice said back to James, "Now let me tell you what I can remember"
"A nurse was talking to us while we were lying on the hospital sick bed, although we were not sick, she introduced herself to us as Isabella Patrick, I will never forget that name, she had a bright looking skin"
"we then asked her if she knew our name, but before she could reply, you asked her another question 'did you guys take my pen?' you asked her angrily like you were ready for a fight".
"Isabella Patrick then replied to us saying: 'dont worry, it's in good hands with us; we'll return it to you as soon as we learn you're safe.' you then asked her 'from what, exactly?' it was clear we were both confused.
"It's complicated, but please know that you are safe with us. The nurse spoke out to us"
"we started to hear people talking from another room, it was as if we were there, just like how we could hear Carlos Edward little whisper clearly but his wife could not, it is as if we have super hearing"
"I suspect this, but wait a minute if you were in my body all this while, we did you not speak to me earlier on" James interrupted again.
"This is not your body, it is mine, if you don't want us to have an issue just say OUR BODY" The voice inside James head just replied to James angrily.
"I am sorry but you can now continue the story" James said apologetically to the voice in his head.
"Good, we heard people talking, if I could remember correctly there words were like this:"
"We are ready to transport him, and the government will send the funds to you as soon as he lands at our secure base."
"So, where is he so that we can capture him? A man was talking to a lady and we could hear them clearly".
"I can remember that part, those words sounded like they were trying to sell me... sorry I meant us" James said to the voice in his head.
"I think I can remember from here now, I can remember that I... sorry I meant we tried escaping the place, when we peeked through the window, we could see it was at a height that could fracture our bones, so we did not decide to jump through the window At that time we did not know we had super healing abilities".
"I remember I waited for the men to enter the room and also did Isabella Patrick follow them inside. One of them said to me.... sorry i meant us that we should raise our two hands up"
"We agreed and were shackled by them, but when we got out of the hospital, I remember I started running and someone shot my leg that was when I fell and the next thing I could remember was when I opened my eyes I could see Miller Edward in front of me." James was done speaking.
'Now here is the funny part of all of it, immediately you fell asleep as you were shot, it was as if I gain control of the boy for a moment and your mind was exchanged with mine, my skin, sorry our skin turned very hot immediately and when I stood up, I started levitating, which shocked everyone there, I could remember someone and her name was Layla".
"Yes I know that name, I believe she was my, sorry our Love interest, do you know anything about her." James interrupted again.
"No, I was about to ask you the same thing, we only had a dream about her last night, I believe it was a memory that played in our head. But I believe if we could find Layla we would remember everything about us". the voice said." I started flying into the air" the voice continued and was again interrupted by James again which was kind of annoying.
"How did you do that, I mean how did we fly" James asked with curiosity.
"I felt heat around my entire body and when I tried to remove those heats from my body, a blue like energy came out of my body and it pushed me into the sky, that was how I did it, when I started flying to an unknown destination, I said something that amazed me too: 'Layla, I am coming for you'. When I said those words at the moment I could remember something. If I still think I would remember"
The voice in his head started to think about what happened. "Argh!!!" They both shouted in pain, they were using the same brain. So they felt the same pain.
"Like I taught, whenever a memory is blurred in our head and we are trying to recall it. We will feel pain" The voice said to James.
"So you knew about this pain and you still did this" the voice said to James.
"I just want to know who we are" the voice said back.
"After some time I fell to the ground, It was like I could no longer deny gravity as I fell to the ground that is when I lost control and you took over" The voice said to James.
"How did you take control of our body when you were flying" James asked him out of curiosity.
"I honestly don't know" the voice replied. "Immediately I fell to the ground you took over and....." Before he could complete his statement James had interrupted again.
"So you where the one who told me the name James THEODORE in my head" James said.
"yes, that's correct" The voice said to James.
"I think I have a name for you" James said to the voice.
"What is is?" The voice answered.
"Edmund" James replied.
"Edmund Theodore" the voice replied.
James was a little bit upset that the Edmund also took his surname Theodore. But since they were like brothers, he did not take it too personal.
James was now finished milking the cows and had informed Martha that he was done.
Martha saw James like a brother, James's face looked familiar to her but she could not remember where she saw his face from.
*******
"Is he is dead"
"What happened to him"
Passers-by said this after seeing a man on the ground who had been stabbed to death.
As authorities barred people from going through a specified area, this sight became a crime scene.
A forensic scientist was sent to the spot. The ambulances had arrived, carrying four guys who had been killed.
One of them was stabbed to death, while the remaining three were shot. This occurred in a restaurant.
The four men were just sitting at a table in the Eatery chatting because it had been a long time since they had met.
A lady entered and greeted them, clothed in black and wearing black glasses. Her shawl was covering her face. She was clearly trying to conceal herself. She wore a black jacket and black trouser, everything she wore was black.
"Can I see you, Carlos?" she asked Carlos, who was seated with the other three at the same table.
"No, I can't, I already told your boss, I can no longer get involved in that illegal business" Carlos said to her. it was clear from his words that he knew who she was and who sent her.
"You cannot just fail to perform your own part of the bargain". The woman said to James while her hands were now on the table.
"He can" one of the men seated there said these words as he stood up from his seat. He raised his chest so that the woman could see he had a masculine figure. But she actually did not care about that.
"Bye, I just came to deliver a message, but since you don't want to hear it, I am leaving" She said to Carlos as she left.
"Dude, what have you gotten yourself into?" one of the people sitting in the same table with them asked Carlos. He was dressed in a blue t-shirt and black jeans. He had beard all over his cheek. He was a lot hairier than the others.
Carlos was dressed casually in a white T-shirt and black pants.
"It was a mistake; I'm trying to get out, but I can't," Carlos remarked frustratedly.
The man who was standing had just sat down when he saw that the lady walked through the eatery's entrance.
"We have to do something about this because they could kill you today or tomorrow if we don't." The person who was once standing with a big chest had said to Carlos while sitting down on his seat.
"I understand, but how can I protect myself from him?" Carlos responded.
After talking for a while, they sat down in the Eatery for something not wanting to leave the place. It was now evening and they had just went out of the place but not too far away, they were just standing outside the Eatery.
"Please sir I need your help" a man said to them who looked crippled and could not move his limbs.
They walked to the man: "what is it that you need our help for" Carlos answered.
"Why don't you want to perform your part of the bargain that the boss told you to do.. Remember he saved your life, can you remember when our boss saved your life" The man said to Carlos.
Immediately those words came in contact with Carlos's ears, he shifted a little bit backward and brought out his gun and pointed it at the man.
His friends also shifted a little bit backwards as they heard what the old man said. It was clear the old crippled man was working for someone that was after Carlos life because Carlos failed to perform his own part of a bargain.
"you can go ahead and shoot, I just came to pass this message. Now do you plan to do your own part of the contract or not" the man said to Carlos as he stood up.
Carlos and his three friends were both shocked as they saw that the man they taught was crippled was actually pretending. Right in front of their eyes the legs that looked weak and broken became straight immediately. The man they were looking at had super powers.
"Run!!!, he was sent to kill" Carlos shouted as he also shot the man. The bullet hit the man and immediately the part that the man was shot healed instantly. it was a clear sign that the man had super human healing abilities. Before they could run, the lights inside the Eatery and outside the Eatery went out. It was like a force made the light go off for sometime.
It was now a little dark, but it was a little light enough for Carlos and his friends to see where they were going. The only light source was the moon.
Carlos and his friends had ran into the Eatery again to seek protection. It was hard for them to enter inside because when Carlos shouted "Run!!!, he was sent to kill" people started running in and out of the Eatery. It was a clear the people where scared.
BANG***BANG***BANG***
Gunshot could be heard outside the Eatery. Carlos and his friends were now inside the Eatery hiding, it was a little dark.
Carlos was breathing heavily as he hid himself underneath a table.
Almost everyone had left the Eatery with just some few people in it. All the people left in the Eatery had hidden themselves. Some hid under a table like Carlos and his friends, while some of them hid in the toilet while some fools stood there shaking.
BANG*******
The doors were now no longer attached to each other as they had been pulled away by a human figure that seemed to have super strength.
Footsteps could be heard as something or someone walked into the building. One of Carlos friends, the one with a broad chest brought out his head to see who or what it was.
It was a human who was dressed in Black, he dressed like a Japanese Ninja. he covered every part of his body in Black. He dressed black and had guns around his waist that were up to four. He also had two short swords at his waist. He also had one big sword behind his back.
BANG***BANG***BANG***
Carlos friend had been shot in the forehead by the unknown man. Immediately the shot was heard by the people still hiding, adrenaline rushed through their entire body.
The man who covered himself in Black raised the table that Carlos and his friends hid themselves under with fire. Carlos did not bother using his gun because he was against a Super human. And guns were useless against super humans.
SPLAT***SPLAT***SPLAT***
Carlos friend that had a broad chest was now dead and so also was blood dripping from his forehead.
When the unknown man raised the table he saw both Carlos and his friend.
One of Carlos friends tried to fight the unknown man. As Carlos friend rushed forward, the unknown Man just brought his small knife from his pocket and stabbed him in the chest like he was some kind of meat.
Carlos knew that two of his friends had died because of him and so he said: "I am sorry I would do what he said".
"It is too late" The unknown man said to Carlos as he shot both Carlos and his other friend and then left without hurting another person.
It was clear he just wanted to kill Carlos. But for what reason?