One Forever

D

"Who? Who is there? Show yourself otherwise I will kill this kid." The man in the white shirt panicked. His allies were no exception either.

All the four men tighten their grip on their weapons and looked around.

Meanwhile, the kid's body was changing. His stamina was restored completely like video games. He opened his eyes and felt incredible strength in his body.

'What is this feeling? I never feel so confident in myself.' He was still wondering if he was dreaming.

"Son, don't waste your time. Although I have transferred some strength in your body, you can't defeat these people. You should run quickly." The mysterious voice echoed again but it wasn't audible to everyone except the kid.

The kid immediately hit the face of the man in the white shirt with his right knee and landed on the ground.

Without a moment delayed, he bolted towards the direction of rendezvous. He didn't forget to save the girl.

"Arh!"

The man in the white shirt fell to the ground. He wasn't able to react fast since he didn't see this coming.

The other three men were speechless. Because the kid disappeared from their sight before they could even understand the situation.

"What happened, Rambabu?" Abhijeet asked the man in the white shirt who's name was Rambabu.

"I don't know... Something hit on my face and fell." Rambabu said in a daze.

"Damn! The kid ran away again. i***t!"

Abhijeet scolded Rambabu.

The group of men went after the kid. They were not healthy guys but addicts. They reeked of alcohol too.

On the other hand, the kid was running like a wolf. Although he was injured he wasn't feeling any pain. It was as if a mysterious power was strengthening his body but not healing him.

Sam's POV...

Let me make it short. I am Sam Stein, a Hindu boy from the Rajasthan state of India. I am just a 7th standard student with average marks and looks.

My mother is the mistress of a Christian guy who is quite rich. Although he gave me his family name, he and my mother aren't married. So I am a bastard.

But of course, not many people know about it. Especially my friends. We live in a modern society but it doesn't mean that we should overlook social ethics.

My mom only cares about money but she would not have to live this kind of life if only I wasn't born.

I came to Kerala with my family and step-family to attend the wedding of my step-father's relative. Although I am not even an official son of my step-father but who cares.

In this world, the law only exists in books.

My step-siblings hate me, and so do I. Today, in the morning, they sent me to this jungle because they gave me a 'dare'... That I have to stay in this jungle for ten minutes. I got angry at their unreasonable 'dare'. So I decided to go deeper into the forest.

As a result, I lost my way. Then I heard a girl's scream. As a comic lover, my heroic spirit got awakened at that moment and reached the place where six men were trying to do nasty things to an underage girl.

Yeah. It is true. They were trying to get her drunk while the girl was struggling with her fragile body. I saw swollen marks on her face and neck. The girl was getting tortured in front of my eyes.

I couldn't hold back myself. I broke a branch of a tree and ran towards those rapists.

I had read so many articles about crimes... But violation got on my nerves every time. Maybe I feel like that because my mother is going through the same pain in another way... All because of my incapability.

The violators were drunk or half-drunk which made things easy. I just kept my distance while attacking them.

The girl ran away naked at my order in a direction that I don't remember. But two violators ran after her while four violators chased me.

After that what happened, you guys know.

But who the hell was that guy? He kept calling me son. My real father is a lazy guy like me... Oh s**t!

Sam fell to the ground when his right foot got stuck in a bush while he was giving his introduction.

"See? This is what happens when you fool around in a serious situation." The mysterious voice echoed.

Sam quickly stood up and looked around, "Who are you? Why can't I see you?"

"Because I am in your head. Now keep running because they are coming." The mysterious answered.

Sam darted forward while asking another question, "I don't understand. What is happening? I thought you were not real. Just my imagination."

"Ahem! Let me introduce myself, I am Power. An artificial consciousness system based on the concepts of artificial intelligence and emotions.

I have been searching for a certain person that must fit the description given by my creator.

Unfortunately, you are the only one who fits into the given description in my program..." Power explained.

"Excuse me?" Sam made a strange face when he "Unfortunately" word. But Power ignored him.

"Technically, you are the second user of Power System. The first user didn't put much information about him in the system.

I have provided temporary power to your body which will only last for an hour. After that, you are all on your own.

I have been watching you for years. You should turn right immediately if you want to go back. Your step-cousin's home is only 1346 meters far." Power suggested.

"I can't believe that I got a virtual system like those "system comics"... Unbelievable," Sam said with a faint smile while running but he didn't turn towards the home.

"I am not a virtual system like those video games. Neither I a cheat system. I am Power System. And I am a dimensional system." Power cleared the misunderstanding.

"Dimensional system? What does it mean?" Sam asked since he never heard of it.

"I will tell you if you stay alive after going through this mess." Power said indifferently.

Two violators and a naked girl appeared in Sam's sight.

"Don't worry. I am feeling quite confident now. My instincts led me here. I am sure that I can handle these before their other allies come here." Sam said with a confident smile.

"Damn! They couldn't even take care of a kid." Bhushan cursed who was the leader of the group.

"Puli, you handle the girl. I will take care of this monkey boy." Bhushan said to his ally and darted towards Sam with a long knife in his hand.

"Monkey boy? Me? Then what are you? Shitty demons from hell." Sam retorted while breaking a three meters long branch. He didn't remove the leaves and sub-branches, they would come in handy soon.

"Son, you are biting more than you can chew. His knife can end your life. If you go back to the house and ask for help--" Power suggested with a worried voice. He was only audible to Sam.

"No way. They will run away before I reach the house. I just need some distraction." Sam said with a determined mindset.

Sam had a lot of things to worry about. But, at that moment, all he cared about was the girl who had already gotten molested. Because she was shuddering on the ground without any single piece of cloth.

Bhushan was getting closer to Sam with a murderous gaze.

"Fine. I can maximize your strength for 10 seconds. Use it well. After that, you must escape with a girl. With your current strength, you can easily lift her." Power said when he failed to convince Sam.

Once again, a rush of inner strength flowed in Sam's body.

A word came into Sam's mind when he saw a knife coming toward his knife. Bhushan threw the knife from a bit far distance.

And that word was—Overpowered.

Time slowed down for Sam or Sam became too fast when he realized that he could see the vertical rotating movement of the knife.

He caught it like he used to block football with one hand while goalkeeping and the bottom of the knife bumped into Sam's right palm.

In a very small part of that second, Sam's right palm changed its form and grabbed the knife's handle.

Sam didn't even look at his right hand, his eyes were focused on Bhushan who wasn't aware of Sam's overpowering strength.

Sam pulled back his right arm like he was used to doing in cricket. He wasn't good at bowling, so he always threw the ball without taking a run. Because of that habit, he had got the name "Canon Bowler" among his friends.

After all, street games had their own rules and sportsmanship.

Swish!

Split!

The long knife shot from Sam's hand, it made a splitting sound while passing Bhushan.

Tak!

The knife went into a tree's trunk, six inches deeper. But that was not the most shocking scene.

Bhushan slowly turned his head towards his right arm which was nowhere to find.

"Arhhhh!"

A painful scream escaped from Bhushan's mouth as soon as his senses came back with the pain of losing an arm.

Sam and Puli were shocked at the sight of a one-arm man. Bhushan's right arm fell some meters far behind Bhushan.

No one expected this. In fact, Sam targeted Bhushan's right hand who was approaching him with the intention of ending his life.

But Sam couldn't even imagine that he would actually cut off Bhushan's right arm so easily. He was just a twelve years old kid. He just wanted to injure slightly.

But now he was seeing blood falling out of Bhushan's slitted right arm. It was a terrifying experience for him.

"I knew it. Being overpowered doesn't feel good in any way." Power expressed his opinion.