It's a sunny day, birds flying in the sky across the horizon. "It's so hot today, but that is no excuse for not going to meet the boss" a fit looking teenage boy sighed stepping out of his apartment building "Hey kai don't you think that your red hair is a bit of a stand out?" another teenage boy said putting one of his arms around kai's neck
"Well I have yellow eyes and that in itself isn't common, so technically I can keep my red hair" kai replied with a smile
"You always have a reply don't you" the boy said unwrapping his arm around kai's neck "And you always have a question or suggestion that needs a reply, don't you Anton?" saying that kai strode forward and Anton trailed behind him
"This whole runner thing doesn't suit you, but you do it anyways" Anton said breaking the silence after they've left the busy part of the street to a more quite and deserted area
Hearing this kai stood still and looked up at the sun, kai's father had died relatively when he was very young and his he lost his mom to a sever disease and she was currently hospitalized, being the oldest son of his family he had to do whatever it took to cater for his mum's hospital bill and take care of his younger brother Henry and his little sister Lilly.
"There you go spacing out again, it's almost like your freaking talent" Anton yelled nudging kai "You're not the only one with a sad story, everyone in this part of the union has their reason for doing some crappy jobs like these" Anton said pulling a sad and disheartened face
"That's the first time I've ever seen your face like that" kai said snapping out of his daze, "no need to bother with my story let's just head on to the club house" Anton said shaking his head
"and that's why you're my best pal" kai smiled and strode forward,
"i'm your superior goddammit" Anton pouted taking heavy steps forward, "We have a job to do and we'd better not be late if not the boss will have our heads" Anton stated walking past kai who followed behind.
Some years ago the world was plunged into utter chaos by a now known historical period as the Wrath of nature, the world had witnessed natural disasters and not even African countries were safe, large tsunami's unlike the world has ever measured before leading some parts of the undiscovered sea revealed rare resources, earth quakes so large that it stopped destroying but merging revealing rare stones and new species of both harmful and harmless species. Legend has it that almost half of the human population was wiped out if not more, it was a terrible and horrific time but as the saying goes "in every cloud there is a silver lining" and thus with those disasters the lands of the continents were joint not forming a perfect shape but now the world was united and a government was established to rule this new world called the Union. Scientists began experimenting on the stones and other resources they found from the sea and earth, not all was smooth as some of the rare harmful species evolved over time unnoticed by the government, these creatures started their attack and humanity was once again threatened and so they had to advance technologically fast, with companies like GULAC helping and so brought about the advanced technology in the world, With GULAC spearheading this revolution they became the world's technological domino.
Arriving at their gang's club house, kai and Anton strode in walking past all the other members and were heading straight for the bosses office ignoring the hisses and fierce glare's they were getting, the gang members didn't seem to like them much even from day one because of how weak they looked but to all their surprise they completed their missions before anyone in the lowest ranked level that is, as a result they got an exchange mission from the boss Kenzo, things went horribly wrong so much so that they were only let off the hook by the boss but rumors spread like wildfire and the rumors had It that they scammed the boss and took a huge part of the money but in the end these were only rumors, only the upper class rank of the gang which included the boss Kenzo along the two culprits that actually knows what went down that day, "I can't believe Lucas let these guys go with their heads intact" a gang member whispered to the other as that is all they could really do as no one actually wanted to be in a fight with these two, while kai remained indifferent to everything around Anton was gritting his teeth in frustration "They even owe the boss about 100,000 MP (Money Points)" a girl or more correctly woman spoke out and snared much more louder and even more directed at the pair Anton couldn't hold back anymore as he turned to the woman with furrowed eyebrows and shouted "Eve you bastard why don't we take this outside!" immediately Kai held Anton by the arm and pulled him as he opened the door to the short hallway to Kenzo's office, dragging him in and closing the door behind the sound of laughter could be heard even through a door that's meant to be sound proof "They're actually not too far off, we were setup and my good was quickly turned against me all because I wanted to help, that's as far as being a good person will get you in this wretched city"kai said before letting go of Anton as the went ahead and knocked on the boss's door or more correctly his PA office that is connected to the boss's office. Back at the bar they just left the gang members were cheering for eve for being able to taunt them into action although they all felt it would have been more intresting to see kai's reaction the customers yes customers, it was still a club house after all as they hosted other gangs and civilians who came for a drink of course this was a deliberate attempt to make the J.C (Justice Corps) think it was a legitimate business, although the gang members area and the customer's areas were separate they could hear each other's conversations when they were loud and even see each other, they weren't many customers today this early in the afternoon as it was a work day but nevertheless they still had proper bartenders that weren't part of the gang and besides they held most of their meetings underground in their main hideout. The customers closest to the barricade between them and the gangsters were baffled by the noise especially the ones who were regulars as the place was mostly quiet and all that could be heared were the music and small chatter among each other except the ocassional arm wrestling matches they held which also caused a ruckus but this was different infact very different the people who had paid close attention could hear it "Did someone win a 100,000 MP in a lottery? , if that is so it's quite a large amount of money" a man in the normal bar area commented "Darlan you are dumb didn't you hear a thing?, someone is owing the owner of this place 100,000 MP" the man's friend replied "What seriously?, that's such a huge amount, that person should be ready to sell at least a kidney and one of their balls" another joked and again like wildfire news spread "Hmm interesting, so Kenzo you've also got a debtor but his is far smaller than yours" a well built man wearing a hood that covered his head and part of his head with a tough but light skin wearing a white jacket with a black snake drawn on it and black joggers said to himself gulping down his drink.
After a while the door to Kenzo's office was opened by a man known as Lucas his outstanding feature being his green curly hair that reached a length to about his lower jaw wearing a jet black suit and a glove on his right hand, walking past him Lucas seemed to have no bad reaction as the others and there and then a cold shill ran down Kai's and Anton's spine thinking about what will happen if they fail this time round, entering the office and the door being closed behind them now in front of them was the same big office with some paintngs on the wall, a safe close to the wall but what stood out the most was the golden table and behind it a big and huge muscular man sat facing his back towards them and watching a show on his hologram television noticing the two that just walked in he turned of the TV his chair spun on the spot turning to face the pair "So I see you lads have come for redemption" Kenzo said puffing a cigar he continued "Despite your betrayal you lad's are still some of my top men, so as a generous leader I'll give you a chance" "What's the order sir?" Anton asked folding his arms "Yes yes, you have to deliver this briefcase" he pressed a button on his desk and a black briefcase came out of the table "Deliver this briefcase to the owl cult I'll send you the location where the deal is to take place" he said as kai walked up and took it "you are to collect nothing less than 500,000 MP" he said drawing a smoke, as the two turned to leave he stood up and and spoke in a very serious tone "If my money is not complete I will chase down every one you love and for the longer you don't make it up to me I will kill every single one of them one by one and you will be last" hearing how intense those words were kai and Anton shook nervously and left the office now knowing that even the sight of failure wasn't acceptable, walking back through the hallway Lucas accompanied them and since Lucas was with them the people he taunted didn't dare to speak not even eve, upon leaving the club house Lucas gave them the location via their wrist bands which was actually government sponsored if not they might not have even been able to afford it, "Don't screw this up" Lucas said as he walked back into the club house, looking at each other they both had the same thoughts but it was through frightening for them to talk about it aloud
After walking for a while they entered the slum area, it was very rough out hear people fighting to survive doing whatever needs to be done some stole, some duped and even as Anton and kai were passing a man was getting robbed and beaten up by a gang "keep your head down" Anton whispered to kai who was raising his head high "I'm pretty sure I could take these guys on" kai replied reluctantly sub-cumming to Anton's gaze "This is Black cat territory and it wont be good if we start a fight" kai said "well at least, you aren't that stupid" Anton replied letting out a nervous laugh, immediately they passed the black cat members they heard two beautiful and melodic voices beckoning to them "Hey there handsome, want some company?" looking towards the direction of the voice were two beautiful slender ladies standing in front of a house , "It's like 12 in the afternoon" kai said indifferently and dragged Anton who was clearly gaping "How about we see by night time" the women said persuasively "Never, desperate hookers" kai replied dragging Anton along "He didn't mean that" Anton said from a distance while still begin dragged by kai. Entering a more subtle and quiet street Anton shrugged kai's arm of he's "you see this is why you are still single" Anton said massaging his wrist "This is the whiz mob territory, don't let your guard down" kai replies in a serious tone pushing him out of his way Anton turns his head backwards and says in a serious tone "Let's go".
After walking through the streets of burg city Kai and Anton arrived at the industrial area of the city, walking towards the meeting place which was an old rusty warehouse "What is so special about these Litoned stones?" asked kai, "Well, you see there are some minerals in the C- Class cities that aren't in the A and B class cities, the litoned stones are extremely rare even here in Burg and it's most common use is for powering the new generators that GULAC have created as it has such a high melting point and is extremely radioactive in a good way" Anton replied with a smart look on his face "Hey what's with the smart face, what do think now, that you're some kind of genius" kai joked as they both laughed "And what do you mean by radioactive in a good way" kai continued "I'm not some honorary graduate from the B.S.T just because I know the most common use of litoned stones, and besides the use depends on who we are selling it to, and I bet it's some gang from the one of the B- class cities, so the use will most likely be to power energy beam guns" Anton said "Men that's a mouth full are you sure our readers aren't gonna have a hard time reading that monologue?" Kai asked "What readers!" Anton asked confused "Nah it's nothing, probably me just going crazy again" Kai replied then continued "By the ways wasn't those energy beam guns powered by cranium crystals?" "Now that's the catch, cranium crystals lasts longer and are powerful but the litoned stones even though they don't last too long because of their energy output they are more destructive and can penetrate Byjon metals which are used for making the doors of bank vaults and even by the J.C to safeguard cool and top secret gadgets" Anton said in an excited tone then he continued "And guess what?" "What?" Kai asked indifferently "It those that with only three shots unlike cranium which takes up to seven shots" Anton said almost jumping, stepping forward and not getting enthusiastic about what Anton said although it was certainly a food for thought. "Alright Antonio this is it, we have to make this count" Kai said in a very serious tone "You only call me by my full name when you're nervous or edged" Anton replied seemingly calmer and less hyped than he was a few moments ago "I don't want this to be a lost cause" said kai as he walked into the warehouse.
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