The beautiful glow of the of the sun begins receding, as the sun is slowly disappearing from the horizon, a ray of light is seen shinning pouring into a dark alleyway slowly fades
A figure falls to the ground, a guy with white spiky hair and sharp facial features, but his face was all bruised and battered with his backpack thrown aside and it's content spilled, a regular case of bullying
Only it's not so regular...
"Do you really think that trash like you, should be standing shoulder to shoulder with us ability users?" A rough looking youth with vicious eyes says with obvious disdain on his face, as he emerges from a dark corner of the alleyway surrounded by a group of people who were as young as he was
The white haired youth on the ground shows a determined eyes and grits his teeth as he abruptly got up to his feet and swung his a clenched fist at the rough looking youth in the lead. But, then a bright flash of light appears before his eyes, then his eyes widen and he screams
Aaah!
"He doesn't seem to understand his place Luke" one of the teenagers youths with a mop hair said to the rough looking youth, as lightning snakes as seen flickering around his outstretched right hand
"W...why... are...y...you doing this?" the white haired youth with his hair now charred and smoke rising from his now kneeling body
"Oh Kaito, you really want to know why all this is happening?" Luke asked with a smirk,and he continued to say "let's just say those without an ability should not be breathing the same air as us, as we are superior beings! their very existence is unsightly!"
"But I'm not the only one...w...without an ability why trouble me so much?" Kaito mustered the strength and asked as he looks up at Luke and his goons, if looks could kill, they probably would have been chopped up to a hundred pieces
"Well..." Luke utters with a thoughtful expression "...you see Kaito, first of all Sam came to me about you..." he responded pointing at the mop haired kid and continued "...but then you are right you are not the only one without an ability, but...you are the only one with an ability that doesn't know his place!" Luke shouts with a crazed look on his eyes "the other ants know their place and are obedient little ants, but you oh dear Kaito, you are...just not so obedient" the crazed look on his face intensifies and his eyes exudes a faint blue glow
'all this for a sense of superiority? What a sinister bastard' Kaito thought with clenched fist
Then water molecules suddenly gathers from the environment, and then forms a giant water bubble, enclosing Kaito on the inside living him struggling for air,
'this bastard...' Kaito thought
Kaito was caught unprepared
Luke wasn't finished yet, with a wicked grin on his face
The water bubble that enclosed Kaito shrinks rapidly his arms an legs twisted at an unusual angle as he struggles more violently, his eyes bloodshot
The mop haired Sam and the rest of the group were panicking with wide open eyes
"Luke! What are you doing? He's going to die!" Sam screamed at Luke as he pulls Luke's arm
Sam's shout brought Luke out of his crazed state as the blue glow over his eyes disappear slowly and the water bubble burst apart as Kaito falls to the ground unconscious in a very sorry state
"If word about this spread, I don't care who said what to who, all of you will take the fall" Luke said viscously to his Lackeys then looks at Kaito "he's already more useless now at least he can be useful to feed the the stray dogs"
With that he walks away like nothing happened. Meanwhile Sam and the others eyes were filled with fright, not until they noticed that Luke has gone did they look at each other with solemn expressions, then scrambled to get out of this alleyway
In the darkness of the night Kaito's body lay down the ground, limbs twisted beyond recognition
Something strange began to happen, as a bandage as white as snow are seen pouring out of his sleeves looking like there was no end to it. And then wrapped the him up completely not revealing any openings not even his eyes looking like a mummy wearing clothes.
After that everything quieted down for a while there was no movement anymore
Kaito abruptly got up on his feet directly like he was pulled up by a supernatural force almost like a ghost
Then some bandages extended from his arms, back and even legs they seem to have a mind of their own as they cut through the air, slithered on the ground and crawled along the walls stretching almost endlessly in several directions of the alley
Meow!
Howl!
Squeak!
The dying sounds of various animals like cats, dogs, rats, some birds and even more, after creating a ruckus for a while the alleyway once again descended into silence and the bandage extremities were retracted.
Then the bandage wrapped around his face was unwrapped leaving the rest of his body wrapped and revealing Kaito, with his sharp facial features spiky white hair, his eyes closed and surprisingly the bruises and burns on his face has disappeared.
Standing still in place sounds of bones cracking could be heard from his arms and legs as they straighten, and a heartbeat was slowly sounds while slow signs of breathing were seen on his person as he inhales his chest rises and exhales his chest falls.
The boy stood like that for a while and then his eyes suddenly opened as he takes a very deep breath, then, exhales then looks at his hand with a touch off confusion written on his face.
"W... w..."
He tries to say something but a sudden wave of thirst hit him, as he looks around and finds the bag not far from him, intending to pick it up but stopped and his eyes widen at the scene before his eyes, a bandage from his sleeve swiftly extend and wrapped around the bag bringing it to him
He was dumbfounded at what was playing out in front of him, but then he came back to his senses and checked the backpack which seemed to be his own, by the way he shows his familiarity with it, he finds a water bottle uncaps it and drains its content gradually
Aaah...
He exhales the slowly closes the water bottle and places it back into the backpack
"What happened to me? Why can't I remember anything?"
He seemed genuinely confused
"And what's your deal?"
He said pointing towards the bandage that held the backpack then towards his body wrapped up in bandages
"This is all strange, you know what's really strange is that I somehow seem to accept all this, why?"
He slowly picks up the scattered items on the ground and then puts them into the backpack, then he puts on the backpack and picked up the last item, a phone, just as he picks up the phone and switched it on he receives a call as a picture that he somehow recognizes as himself along with someone else who seemed quite good looking. A dark haired guy
"Mi...Miguel" He whispers
As calls out a name slowly, just after he calls out the name, his pupils shrink as a wave of pain slams onto his head feeling like needles were pricking his head, he gasp for air several images flashed across his mind as falls to his knees screaming in pain that was too much for him to bear
While all these was happening, the bandage extremities were seen waving around in the air irregularly, wanting to express the pain the boy felt
Of course, the images flashing across his mind were his memories, the memories that he seemed to have forgotten for some reason
It seems that seeing the face of the person on his phone, his best friend triggered them, the pain slowly subsides, then, his breath recovered and the bandage extremities also started to calm down as he then understood what happened him as he slowly gets up to his feet
"So that's what happened? And you..." He points at the bandage extremities that are air dancing like snakes and waving slowly around him, but was interrupted with the ringing of his phone which he picked up then a voice was heard
"Dude! Kaito, Where are you? You disappeared immediately after class and I didn't see you in the dorm room so I called you but your phone was turned off, what happened?" Miguel's voice sounded over the phone sounding quite worried, this made Kaito quite happy
"I'm sorry Miguel, somethings happened I'll be right there, then I'll explain to you what happened" He replied calmly
"Dude you had me worried there, get back quickly it's getting late"
"Okay" Kaito replied and then the line was cut off as he pocketed his phone and looked towards the bandage
"Did you really have to wait till I was left with minimal signs of life before you showed up?"
He asked the bandage which just feels like an extension of his arms, which is weird by the way, but it makes actually it turns out that this is a very special world
A long time ago natural disasters, desertification, tsunamis and other disasters appeared in several places around the and animals evolved into monsters and began rampaging around the world and destroyed some human countries, the world itself evolved, the plants, the random animals like rats and cats grew bigger and some developed special characteristics,
Some theorist say that, some special energy invaded earth, of course there's no real proof
Plants and random animals were not the only thing that changed, Humans also evolved and developed abilities which allowed them to fight against the monsters, and regain their footing on the ever evolving planet but that was after seventy percent of the whole human population was wiped out.
Humans after regaining their foothold established bases around the world, seven to be exact and they were identified like that
"So this is my ability..."Kaito said referring to the bandage
The bandage then retracts slowly into his sleeves, thou you could see the bandage wrapped around his forearms, and other parts of his body through the sleeves, and the opening and tears of his clothes
Part of the things that he recalled was he was the only one without an ability in his class, which made him a subject of bullying and ridicule and which led to his current situation after bullying went too far...
As he recalled these things he gritted his teeth but slowly calms down
"But that all changes now! I'll get my revenge for sure!"
He said with a clenched fist as a red glow flashed across his eyes, then he drops his hand and smiles...and with his backpack and slowly walks out of this secluded alleyway with his head down as he slowly walks towards his school compound
On his way he recalls some images which he can't make sense of
Few minutes after Luke and his goons left, a gray world showing objects and beings as just outlines is seen...
Bandages extended from Kaito's outlined unconscious body along the walls and ground, it was somehow able to locate various stray animals viewed as just outlines filled with faint red glow,
Then the bandage extremities swiftly wrapped around creatures then the faint red glow fades from the animals and flows along the bandage back to Kaito's body
The animals body was slowly drying up like an empty husk and then turned to dust as the bandage extremities continued on you the next creature
Kaito's body also had a red glow but it was flickering like a dying candle, it was then slowly reinforced and then growing till it filled his outline before the bandage extremities retracted and the bruises and burns along with his broken body was slowly healed
Back to the present...
Kaito thought through the unknown scenes in his mind
'these are not my memories, this is after I was knocked out, the view was centered around the bandages' Kaito thought
"So that's it..." Kaito said though while walking
'it looks these things have a form of perception, interesting... it's like an intelligent creature? Maybe it's in like a kind of mental-link shit relationship with me? Oh well, I'll figure things out later'
Kaito still lost in thought unknown to him he arrived at the school, and then proceeded to the area in the school compound where the male dorms were located.
It was getting late and the security was sleeping on duty which was a norm by the way, he stopped at the entrance of the the dorms looking at himself
"I can't walk through the corridor all bloody"
Then he walked around the back and located the window of his dorm room
"Okay, now how do I get up there?" Kaito said looking at his window more than five meters above ground
Just as he finished talking bandages extended from his collar and arms and latched I to the window of his dorm room, and pulled him up unto the window seal as the bandages retracts back into his clothes
Unprepared Kaito nearly couldn't control himself as he nearly falls out the window but he manages to stabilize himself and jumps down from the window into his room
After taking the room into view did he notice his roommate and best friend collapsed on the ground shivering like a frightened bunny which seemed all comic
"Pft..hahaha...what are you...hahaha...doing on the floor?"
Kaito said laughing so hard he holds his belly. Seeing the familiar face and hearing the voice he is very familiar with, Miguel seemed to calm down as he lets out a sigh and awkwardly gets up from the floor
"Kaito, what's going on here and hell, what happened to you?" He said with seriousness referring to his bloodied clothes and bandages as he walks over to his bed at the right side of the room
"I'll explain to you after cleaning up a little bit" Kaito said calmly as he drops his backpack on his bed the slowly takes off his clothes as he walks to the only cupboard in the room picks a clean set of clothes and a towel and walks towards the bathroom to take a shower
"Whatever, it seems like you are fine that's what matters tho I'm really curious I'll wait" Miguel responded while laying down on the bed playing with his phone seeming not to care
'what in the world happened to you Kaito? Miguel thought as he looked towards the bathroom
Kaito walks into the bathroom, he takes off the rest of his clothes then he looks at bandages on his body at loss at what to do, but then these bandages are kind of sentient as it retracted to wrap around his forearms only
"It seems like my arms are the only part of my body permanently wrapped up...quite inconvenient but...what can I say?"
A few minutes later...
Kaito walks out of the bathroom in his underwear drying his hair with his towel, after changing into a new set of clothes he picks up the bloody and tattered clothes and throws it into the rooms trash
"So...are you ready to start explaining what happened?" Miguel who looks like he had be waiting for a long time seemingly impatient sits up form his bed and stares at Kaito who walks to the window and closes it before replying while slowly turning to face his friend with eyes as cold as ice
" Luke tried to kill me or should I say he killed me"
The statement was unexpected by Miguel as his eyes widened as his faces portrayed shock
"What! Are you serious? Luke? Luke Wasser? What has he got against you?"
Kaito was bullied by one of Luke's lackeys under him, Sam, he was Kaito's classmate
But Kaito who had no ability seems easy to be subjected to bullying and extortion but Kaito knowing fully well that he has no ability trained his physical body and abilities which allowed him to survive the bullying for years
Miguel knew all of these as Kaito has asked him before to stay out of this
'In a one on one fight, Sam would loose to Kaito in a one on one fight as his control over his powers are not that good' this was Miguel's genuine thoughts
Now it's seemed in their senior year of highschool before college, Sam, on the other hand with a lightning ability was irritated at the fact that he could not do anything to someone without an ability then went to find Luke
Luke who was known for his ruthlessness found an opportunity to get Kaito living him in the state he was at the alleyway if not for his sudden awakening who knows what could have happened
"This doesn't make sense on anyway, why would Luke take the words of a lackey so seriously?" Miguel asked after hearing Kaito's narration was on a state of disbelief
"I don't know, but I don't think the was about just the fact that Sam wasn't able to trouble me much" Kaito said thoughtfully recalling the crazed look on Luke's face
"Yeah and we know that these guys usually leave someone alone after a while, but on your case Sam seemed too persistent" Miguel replied seriously as a dark shade comes over his face literally as the lights in the room becomes slightly dim and was getting dimmer and the shadows of the objects in the room like they had come to life
"You should calm down Miguel"
Kaito said as he looks at Miguel, who looks at him then the room and slowly takes a deep breath to calm down and then everything thing returns to normal.
"The problem isn't really Sam even, I think if he wasn't there I might have really died, simply put I kinda of owe him" Kaito said slowly and goes on to say "But Luke, that guy's crazy"
"You're right, but we should leave all these speculation for later, let us just forget all this for now, you know what we should do?" Miguel asks as he gets up from his bed and wraps his hand over Kaito's shoulder with a cheeky smile
"What?"
Kaito replied not understanding what this silly guy was thinking about
"We should celebrate!" Miguel said while throwing his as into the air, Kaito looks at his friend dumbfounded
"Celebrate the fact that I nearly got killed?" Kaito said looking at his best friend wide open eyes
" Of course not, you dummy, we should celebrate the awakening of your ability" Miguel said with a big smile, he seems genuinely happy for his friend
"Oh..."
Kaito replied absent-mindedly, he then realized that he had been thinking about the incident that happened to him so much that he forgot what a joy it is to finally awaken after so long, with this in mind, a wave of happiness brought a broad smile to his face, then he turned to Miguel
"Let's order pizza, as many as possible it's all on me"
"Yeah! Baby! That's what I'm talking about, yahoo!!!"
After that Kaito picked up his phone and order some boxes of pizza and while Miguel went to the shared cupboard and brought out two bottles of beer opening them and handing out the other to Kaito
"Where were you keeping that?"
Kaito asked as he takes the bottle from him
"Forget about that now"
Miguel ignored the question with an innocent expression
"Cheers!"
Both of them hollered and joy filled the room and they took a big gulp and then they continued in merry and when the pizza came they both competed on who could eat more boxes and so the night passes like that and the unfortunate event was thrown to the back of their minds
Meanwhile...
In a luxirous apartment, Luke is seen sitting in the living room of the apartment smiling while sipping wine and watching TV
"Ants should always know their place..." Luke said with a strange look of remanence as strange green tattoos spread across his face from his neck give off a very erie vibe as his strange smile becomes a crazy laughter that echos through the night
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