For Balance

Nok state 1892 A pale young man around 17 of age, dressed in a torn black short and shirt with an almost broken straw slipper assumed a squat position with his back to a huge fence, his pained eyes moved around quietly observing passaby's dressed way more fancier than he was, he continued observing them not caring about his existence, the one's who did notice him gave him a disgusted look but he couldn't care less about their opinions, he turned his eyes to two girls approaching his direction with one holding what seemed like a lunch box, he slowly and shakily took to his feet and walked in their direction with his face buried to the ground, the moment the girls gor close enough, he reached for the box and successfully disarmed it from the older girl and without a moment of delay, he took off in a quick sprint "thief!!!!", the older girl screamed out atttacting the attention of the people and guards around the perimeter. Gyro city airport 2020 Dressed in a clean short and button up shirt over a T shirt, Akin paced around in wait, after pacing for a bit, he stopped and put on a bright smile "you're late", akin relayed with in his smile to an incoming younger man in a clean suit "sorry bro, i had a quick last minute with dad's lawyer", felix replied "oh!, well!, you're here, so let's go do some crazy", he continued wuth his smile Felix had a bit of surprise to his face, "I'm amazed at the fact that this is your interest at this moment", he said They made their way further into the airport to a private plane with the engine running "if there's one thing i learned from dad's death, is that crossing off your bucket list is very important, because you never know", replied the older brother, "so yeah, my interest right now, is jumping off this plane", akin said staring at the plane Nok state, samjung hill Some guards chased after the boy in the raggered clothes to an old Lonely shack Up by the hills, they caught and pummeled him servely with him having zero chance of fighting back. A girl carefully followed their path up the hill with concern painted over her face, on another side of the hill was a silhouette well placed behind a tree watching the guards have a go at the helpless boy, blood and tears flowed out of him as he unsuccessfully waved his hand in hoped to stop his assaulters. The female caught up to them and fell to a shock when she found the boy in an almost dead state crawling away with the guards slowly behind calling him all sorts of negative name "where to scum?", one of them asked triggering a wild laugh between the rest "this is a fine place you got here trashbag", another guard said opening the door to the shack The guard attention was pulled to a rope set for hanging inside the shack, he whistled in excitement and called the attention of his peers, "looks like our little thief knows what happens yo thieves in this country and was already prepared", he chuckled "should we help him", another one asked Tthe creature in watch turned his attention to the girl walking angrily at the guards "i think that's more than enough", she stated in anger The guards noticed the tone and facial expressions of the woman and took an hard expression themselves "we're just doing our job ma'am", one of them spoke out, "and I'm sure you're familiar with the laws?" "that anyone caught stealing would be dealt with severely", another one jumped in, "and in this situation with you been a noble, death is the penalty" "and as a noble, I'm ordering you to stand down", she said in a confined rage The boy crawled into the shack with the guards distracted, he pulled himself up and got on a chair placed under the rope, one of the guards noticed him but did not move to stop him rather he walked and whispered to the guard in front of the girl "alright ma'am we'll leave him be, but you're coming with us, we can't have you lurking around a place like this" "fine, let's go", she said and turned leading the men out She heard the sound of wood clattering in the shack and turned in response "we should go ma'am", the head guard opined in a stern look, she took a suspicious call at his face and pushed past him to the shack, shock took her to find the boy losing his grip on life with a rope to his neck, one of the guards altered her advance to help him Her surprise turned to a burning rage, with a shove from her palm, the guard was pushed into a nearby tree, blood gushed out of his mouth, the secret watcher wore a grim smile, the other guards went into a full surprised phase at the power she demonstrated ""touch me and you're dead", she warned the rest firmly She took a step into the shack but stopped in her tracks, fear held her tight in her position, "what's this?" she muttered quietly, she turned her head to the guards ignoring the dying man, behind the last guard stood a huge lanky creature with hands sharp as a sword, teeth sharper than needles, the creature wore his smile proudly as he snuck up behind the guards, one swing of his hand took the last guards head of without a fuss, The guard next to the dead one had a wet feeling behind his ears and reached for it, he noticed his hand was stained with blood and added to his already owned shock, he turned to a creature he wqs not expecting giving him a more elevated heartbeat "run!!!" she yelled out too late, he was already sliced in half through his chest by the creature. On board the plane... Akin and felix prepared to fly off the plane, "here",felix handed akin a chute, akin took hold of the chute, "70%" felix muttered almost quietly as he prepared in his own corner "what happened to 70%" akin asked as he made his way to the door of the plane "that's what dad left you, while the remaining 30 goes to my mum and i", Felix smiled through his statement "that's what the lawyer guy said", akin asked trying to read through felix demeanor Felix nodded doing an almost good job in hiding his dissatisfaction "interesting", akin quietly let out and went for the jump, Felix sat down for a while wearing his negative mood then walked to the door looking down on his brother go Akin fell down enjoying his jump with a wild smile, he turned and tossed happily, he turned and looked up but couldn't find felix by his tail, "wuss", he stated with a smiled and continued on his,fall, akin pulled on the ripcord when close to the ground but the chute did not pop out, his face took a surprise paint as he pulled harder and harder with the same results, he turned upwards to sought the sky for his brother but could only find the plane in a distance, he let go of the ripcord and accepted his fate with a burning smile. His body hit the ground sending his consciousness into a dark space, he fell through the dark space and into a light that blinded him, when he finally opened his eyes, he saw a girl standing in front of him accompanied by a creature holding onto her throat almost squeezing life out of her, his mind turned his attention to the rope around his neck chocking him as he dangled in th airtrying to understand the situation, he grabbed unto the rope in haste fighting back, the beam holding the rope started creaking by a force emiting from him, the beam broke apart dropping hkm to the ground, the girl and creature turned to gaze at the show taking place by their side. ©Andrew Ebikebuna Prince