Kenny and Orange were surrounded by the men in black while the white-suited man took off in his car.
"Stay close to me," Orange advised Kenny. "And do not die." He took a deep breath and smirked at the goons in black. "Your boss ordered you to catch me alive, but he has escaped with a tail between his legs."
"You might die from our hands accidentally," a man in black said before he felt a stinging pain in his chest. "Huh?" He peered down to discover a hole in his chest. "How did…" He puked blood and discovered that Orange carried his heart in his hand. "You…" Before he could speak, he collapsed to the ground.
The other men in black got shocked after witnessing the sight.
"Attack him all at once!" one of them shouted.
"What a bunch of wimps," Orange remarked with a strained smile, taking out a knife.
Kenny knew a bloody battle was bound to begin. He witnessed how Orange stabbed and cut them at a lightning quickness. He was just blitzing and cutting them.
"Hahaha!" Orange laughed as he gouged out the throat of an enemy. "Did you really think you could capture me?"
Blood squirted out of his throat before he struck the ground.
After being unable to defeat him, an enemy sneaked behind Kenny and made him a hostage by sticking a gun on his head. "Stop, you dastard!" he yelled. "Or you will lose your friend right here!" He threatened to shoot him.
Orange put an end to stabbing an already dead enemy and turned to find helpless Kenny, who just gave a troubled look to him.
"Hey, Kenny, this is not good," he said. "You are not fighting, at least do not become a hostage. We are already at a disadvantage if we look at the numbers."
"I am still inexperienced in combat, that is why I…" Kenny spoke.
"Shut up!" the man taking him hostage shouted and told Orange to drop his weapon. "Drop your knife and surrender!"
Orange abandoned his knife and dropped it. "As you wish, you buffoon."
The other men in black, who were too scared to approach him until now, now forced him to his knees and tied his hands behind the back.
"Hey, hey, do not make it too tight!" Orange told them and looked at Kenny. "Hey, Kenny, this is the right time for your awakening."
Kenny could not comprehend his words. "Awakening?"
"Yeah, awaken your powers and save your girl," Orange responded. "As you can see, I am not in a position to beat them anymore." He pointed to his tied hands through his head movements.
"But…" Kenny doubted if he could do it. He did not even know what his power was. "How would I do it?" he asked with a stressed face.
"Use your head," replied Orange. "Try to remember what you felt when you used your powers." Suddenly, a man hit him on the head, causing blood to gush out and paint a part of his forehead. "Kenny…" Orange desperately said. "You can do it." The man kicked him in the face, making his nose bleed out.
Kenny closed his eyes and reflected upon the circumstances in which he had used his powers. He could remember he had saved Marya in a desperate situation. Also, he had used his ability against the large man who had attacked him. It, too, was a desperate situation.
There was one commonality he could find at first - the circumstances were desperate. So was right now.
The men in black beat Orange when Kenny was deep in his realization. Suddenly, something clicked. He found the key to his power.
He opened his eyes while his lips formed a smirk. "I have found it."
"Took you long enough," said Orange with a beaten up and swollen face.
Suddenly, they heard an explosion and the man taking Kenny hostage flew far away and crashed into a car.
"What did just happen?" reacted an enemy.
The goons holding Orange were dumbfounded.
Suddenly, there was another explosion and the man holding Orange's arm received a knee to his face. His face twisted, and he flew away, far to the ground.
The last remaining enemy took out his gun and was about to shoot Kenny, but he found his guts spilled. "What?" He could not believe it. He discovered Orange had blood-drenched hands, so he figured out that he was out of his bounds. "You dastard…" He changed his target from Kenny to Orange just before receiving a knee to his face after another explosion.
All of them were down. The scene resembled a war zone full of carcasses.
"You could have freed yourself easily, yet you chose to get beaten up," mentioned Kenny. "Was it because you wanted me to recognize by ability?"
"Bingo!" Orange said with a cheerful smile, "And you finally unlocked your power."
"I have only unveiled the feeling when I had used my abilities earlier," Kenny said. "I merely tried to replicate them."
"And what was the feeling like?" Orange expected some deep-rooted answer. An answer telling him some real emotion, but what he got was…
"Stomach ache," Kenny replied.
"Stomach ache?" Orange was puzzled.
"Yes."
"Stomach ache was the key to unlock your abilities?" reacted Orange in bewilderment.
"Ah, yeah." Kenny scratched his head embarrassingly. "I remembered I had stomach ache during both the recent awakenings. I merely put pressure on my guts to replicate the feeling."
"That explains why you are butt-naked," Orange said, sitting down and closely examining Kenny's bum.
"Wait, what?" Kenny discovered the backside of his pants was destroyed. Even his undergarment was shattered and he was butt-naked now. "What the hell?" He quickly covered his butt from his hands in embarrassment. "Stop looking, you dastard!" he shouted at Orange.
Orange sighed with a dissapointed face. "I had tried to figure out your skultar ability earlier. I would not lie I had high expectations from an Exceptional. But it turns out your ability is Explosive Flatulence."
"Huh?" It was as if Kenny had heard something wrong. "Explosive Flatulence?" He stared at Orange's face to confirm if what he had heard was right. When Orange nodded, it was confirmed. "What the hell!" shouted Kenny when he realized his ability was Fart Explosion - the power of exploding farts.
"We would talk about it later. You need to save your girlfriend first. They have taken her in a car," reminded Orange and turned to leave. "I will just finish my job and meet you." Just before he was about to leave, he removed his hood and gave it to Kenny. "You should not go to her showing your butt."
"Thanks." Kenny put it on and hurried in the direction the car had taken Marya.
Orange took the clothes of one of the dead enemies as he felt the suits would make him look more classy.
***
The white-suited man had turned to a dirt track in the woods. He drove his car in a hurry. Suddenly, he heard a thud above him. "Damn it."
It was Orange who had landed on the car roof. "Did you think you could escape from me, Hagambo?" He tore off the roof partially from his bare hands.
The man could see the sky above his head. He pushed the brake with his entire strength, forcing Orange to lose his balance and slip from up there. He rolled on the street but regained his balance to be on his feet.
"How do you know my name?" said the man after he walked out of the car. His canines and nails had grown, showing his bloodlust.
Orange dusted off his black suit. "Ow, man, you have made it dirty. Why did you have to push the brakes so hard?"
"How do you know my name?" demanded the man again.
Orange sighed. "Obviously I would know your name, Hagambo," he grinned. "You were next on our hit list."
"I see," Hagambo reacted. "So I was on your hit list."
"After how you had exploited the people over the years, how could you not be? The vessel of your sins was already full," said Orange before Hagambo jumped towards him like an animal.
"I will kill you first!" Hagambo groaned.
"Heh, too slow."
Hagambo's eyes enlarged in shock when he found Orange right in front of him. "How did you…" He coughed blood. "What did just…" He discovered Orange's whole arm inside his chest which had exited through his back. "You dastard." He gritted his teeth in infuriation. "They will kill you," he declared before Orange pulled his arm out.
Hagambo dropped to his knees. "My brother… will kill you…" he muttered.
Orange smiled. "I will send him to you if he shows up. I would hate to keep two brothers apart for long. Besides," he brought his face closer and spoke into his ear, "he is our next target."
Just when he heard it, Hagambo's soul left his body. He died on his knees.
***
There was a black-suited goon who waited in his car in an alley for any instruction from his boss. Marya struggled in the trunk.
"Mmm… mmm…" She could not scream as he had tied her mouth along with her hands and legs.
"Do not waste you energy, girl!" the man said. "I will ease your suffering once I get the order." He spotted a silhouette at the end of the alley. "Who is that?" His eyes enlarged in astonishment when he saw it was Kenny. "How did he slip away from there?"
Kenny was in a rage. "You should not have hurt her," he hissed.
"I do not know how you are still alive, but…" the man said, suddenly bulking up and growing in size. His suit tore apart when his muscles grew massive enough. "…now you can not escape from death," he added.
Kenny could see the skull mark on his chest. He was a skultar. He gulped and clenched his fists.