The Jinns Amongst Us

Chapter 21

"Poor guy." said Afreen. "Hey, it's not like I'm forcing him to, I'll be just asking for help, he can say no if he wants." said Irene.

"But if he didn't help you, a good word about him won't be put on me right?" asked Afreen. "Yeah, exactly, oh, speak of the devil." said Irene who notices Selina approaching both of them.

"Hey strangers, you don't call or text." said Selina. "It's my phone, got glitchy or something, but I've had it fixed up now." said Afreen.

"Right, so, what were you guys talking about?" asked Selina to which Afreen and Irene look at each other then turn away. "Uhmm.. right, my bad." said Selina who understood they didn't want to tell her.

"Hey, it isn't like that." said Afreen. "No, no, it's fine, I guess I've deserve it." said Selina. "No, Selina wait." said Afreen as Selina walks away from them.

"Come on man, do we have to do that?" asked Afreen. "She stole your guy, and pissed me off, that's definitely going to need a lesson." said Irene.

"But I feel bad.. I mean, it's not like she do it on purpose, I guess she didn't know, but.. leave that, what happened between you guys." said Afreen.

"Leave that." said Irene. "Irene, come on, Irene." said Afreen as Irene walks away too. "I'll see you after class." said Irene as she leaves.

Meanwhile, back at the hospital, as the Chief Doctor, Dr. Adam Sandler checks in on Tim, he on the other hand remains silent without a hint of knowing where did Khayun go.

"So, how does it look?" asked Tim as the chief doctor checks in the test report. "Nothing unusual I'm afraid, there were some complications at first, but over time, it healed up quicker than I thought." said Dr Adam Sandler.

"And it's bad?" asked Tim. "No, not at all, I say you're alright Tim, just obtaining a few samples, then you're ready to go." said the chief doctor. "Samples? why?" asked Tim.

"Well.. you ain't exactly touched by mother Theresa to heal so soon, but a complete recovery within a couple of days for someone injured like you seems.. special." said the chief doctor. "So, I'm not going to be thrown in as a lab rat right?" asked Tim to which he chuckles.

"We're doctors Tim, we do the best for everyone under our care, and that includes you, after all, you aren't the only special people we came across." said the chief doctor as he obtains sample after getting ready.

"Wait, there are others? like me?" asked Tim. "Then and there, some even have stones to help them." said the chief doctor.

"Stones?" asked Tim. "Gems actually, and Tim, I've read your profile while coming in, and I've gotta say, I'm impressed someone being able to win Best Ethical Hacker Award in 2016 Cybercry Competition at a young age." said the Chief Doctor.

"You went through Cybercry Competition database to check in on my medical condition? why?" asked Tim. "Well.. it's part of our procedure to collect background history of.. certain special people." said the chief doctor. "Who are you?" asked Tim.

"Not you Tim, we, and that is a question for another day, all I can give you right now, is this." said the chief doctor giving a visiting card that has no other details except an address and phone number with a weird symbol close. "Let me know if you ever consider a side job, we could use someone like you." said the chief doctor.

"Is this job.. requires my technical skills, or my.. got lucky skills." said Tim. "Depends on your willingness, I suggest you keep this in between us, now that my job is done, I shall take my leave, good luck Tim." said the chief doctor as he leaves with Tim looking at the card closely.

"What the hell is this?" asked Tim when suddenly Khayun latches back onto Tim, possessing him from behind, almost making him fall. "Oh shit." said Tim as he gets up from almost falling.

"The man, what did he say to you?" asked Khayun. "You're back, wait, where did you go?" asked Tim. "I was concealing myself, now tell me, what did he say to you?" asked Khayun. "Nothing out of the ordinary, was a bit surprised about the recovery but he didn't care much about it since he didn't find anything." said Tim.

"You can thank.." said Khayun right before Tim interrupts him. "You for that, yeah I know, why do you always keep saying that?" asked Tim. "What did he give it you then?" asked Khayun. "A card, said if I ever needed a side job, I should stop by." said Tim.

"Why would he want you to work for him? he could have just abducted you?" asked Khayun. "At least you weren't here to suggest that to him but, I think he wants my computer skills, not this.. Jinn stuffs." said Tim.

"If he knows about you, he will use that too." said Khayun. "Yeah, you might be right, sounds like a front just to keep a eye on me." said Tim as he stuffs the card onto his wallet just when Dr Shaw arrives.

"Hey Tim, I've spoke with the doctor, we can go home now." said Dr. Shaw. "Finally, I guess celebration's next?" asked Tim. "Celebrating? what did I miss?" asked Khayun.

Meanwhile, the chief doctor gets onto a car and shuts the door tight. "Is he here?" asked the chief doctor towards the driver to which he presses a button which suddenly makes the monitor on his front display a Latino masked man looking back at him.

"What did you find?" asked the masked man in a roughly tuned voice to mask his original tone. "Nothing out of the ordinary I'm afraid, I've obtained samples, but I can't seem to spot what makes him special." said the chief doctor.

"Did you offer him the job?" asked the masked man.

"Yes, and told very little about what we really do, just like you asked, now what?" asked the chief doctor. "Run the samples by the lab and see what you can find." said the masked man. "And if I couldn't find anything?" asked the chief doctor. "Try harder, there must be something that made him special." said the masked man.

"Look, if you want him out of the radar, you could just send the men and drag him out to one of our pens, why must you make me take samples from his child to test on him?" asked the chief doctor. "There are higher forces at work doctor, no point in explaining to people like you, you believe in only things that make sense to you." said the masked man.

"I've seen the report on what happened in Romania myself, and at Wolfcre, I know a monster when I see one." said the chief doctor.

"And what if the monster is not him, but within him?" asked the masked man. "What do you mean?" asked the chief doctor.

"Proceed with your tasks doctor, report to me when you find anything useful." said the masked man as she ends the transmission as the symbol once again pops up, with a text written Creed below it.

Meanwhile, as school ends and Afreen and Irene start walking together while Selina walks out on her own, looking at her friends leave without her, Ivan starts to approach her.

"Selina!" yelled Ivan as she stops and sighs at the look of him. The shout was loud even Afreen and Irene heard, but ignore it and continue on their way.

"What do you want?" asked Selina. "I've thought about what you've said, and heard what happened to Tim." said Ivan. "And?" asked Selina.

"You were right okay? Tim.. might not have done." said Ivan. "So, you want to find the person who did it?" asked Selina. "Yeah, which is why I'm gonna need Tim's help for it, if he didn't do it, he's going to help me find out who?" asked Ivan.

"Okay then, why are you saying this to me? go and tell that to Tim yourself." said Selina as she begins to leave. "Selina wait." said Ivan to which she stops. "What I've did was wrong okay? is that what you wanna hear?" asked Ivan.

"I don't give a s**t about you Ivan, as I've mentioned before, my only problem is me being dragged into your problems." said Selina. "Then I won't, sorry." said Ivan as he leaves. "Wait." said Selina to which he stops now. "What do you want?" asked Selina. "Help me get to Tim, tell him I'm sorry, heck, I'll do it myself, but I need to find out who did this to me, to me and my friends." said Ivan.

"And if I did help, what's in it for me?" asked Selina. Well, what do you want?" asked Ivan. "Stop your relationship with Emily, inform her brother if she forces, but do not continue, if you do, I'll make you regret it." said Selina.

"Alright, fine I won't, anything else?" asked Ivan. "Meet me by Tim's house at dusk, you know the place right?" asked Selina. "Yeah, I'll stop by, and... thanks." said Ivan. "Save it." said Selina as she begins to walk away.

Meanwhile, Follome, who mediates within the dojo, is disturbed by a distress for help outside. She wakes up and immediately heads out towards the alleyway, follows the noise.

When she comes across, a young girl is seen begging on the feet of a police officer while she is cornered by him.

"Please sir, please, stop, don't.. don't do this.." cried the young girl.

"Look, you're not making this easy alright? just fall on your knees, I'll take care of the rest, I promise, I'll go easy on you." said the police officer.

"No! sir, please.." cried the young girl. "Pig." yelled Follome to which both of them turn towards Follome.