Smoky sky

ANOTHER ABILITY

Dressed in a simple white tee shirt, denim shorts and white sneakers and carrying a backpack full of food, Charlie looked lovely and innocent as she walked through the large campus.

She is very familiar with this university and Louis’s dormitory having dated him for over five years. In her last life, she attended the same university as Louis even though privately she wanted to study overseas. But Louis was adamant that long distance relationships will not work and that she would not be able to survive by herself overseas.

Charlie sighed, it seems like Louis had largely influenced her decisions before. This time around she cannot have her life dictated by a man. When she got to his room, she knocked on the door twice and waited patiently. The roommate opened the door and his face froze in surprise, what is this little gorgeous woman doing here?

“Can I help you?” he asked looking at the wide smile on the beautiful girl’s face, she looked like she was going to hug him, but he doesn’t know her at all.

Charlie mentally smacked her forehead, off course, he won’t recognize her, Louis didn’t start introducing her to his friends until she started university.  

“Hi, the faculty head asked me to get Louis to see him,” lied Charlie, she didn’t want to explain to Tony who she was, given that she would break up with Louis very soon.

“Louis, he should be in the big lawn in front of the library at this time, I think he is with his girlfriend on their normal lunch date,” said Tony.

Charlie was taken aback, so it seems, she been cuckolded for the last five years. To Charlie this was even a bigger blow that the last time. She had thought that he changed due to some realisation of his preferences, but it seems like it was a recurring theme. What a jerk!

Charlie ran out of the dorm and towards her favorite place on campus. It was a little place overlooking the cliff with views of the wide ocean expanse. It is secluded and required a lot of effort to get there through a lot of steps and terrain. This meant that this place was the most underutilized part of the campus and it is precisely for this reason that Charlie liked going up here.

During university, being around Louis and his friends constantly gave her a headache. He was so loud, and his friends are mostly obnoxious arrogant guys who were equally loud. There were a few girls, but she never could relate to any of them.

Louis was controlling and wasn’t happy for her to spend time with friends she made in first year. Because of this she barely had any friends from university and spent most of her free time with him.

Looking back, Charlie knew that this was a big mistake, she gradually lost herself and identity. She became Louis’s girlfriend and not just Charlie.

Charlie sat down on rock platform overlooking the cliff and started to pull out the lunch that she packed, there is no use wasting perfectly good food for such a person. Grabbing a mouthful of the rolled rice and pickled stuffing, she contently admired the view and the sounds of waves crashing against the shore.

“I told you that there is no use running,” shouted a booming male voice breaking the tranquil atmosphere.

Charlie looked around curiously and trying to find the source of noise. From afar, she could see a guy running towards her direction, his eyes in fear darting left and right. She shrunk back her body, trying to minimise her existence in case she gets dragged into whatever this is.

“Why are you so persistent? Even running all the way up here!” the running guy said in between gasps for air.

He was quickly cornered by three guys, even though they were out of breath.

“Because you didn’t do what you were asked nicely,” said the leader, he too is breathing heavily as he grabbed the other guy’s shoulders and punched him hard in the stomach making him topple over in pain.

“No, it is illegal, I will get expelled and arrested,” said the guy on the ground.

“Then die!” said the leader as he stomped on the guy’s stomach and grabbed his shirt to get him up. The other two quickly grabbed each arm and carried the guy over to the edge of the cliff.

As they turned around, they were shocked when they saw Charlie standing there, frozen in fear looking at them. Charlie couldn’t move, it happened too quickly and she couldn’t react in time and now they have seen her. She swallowed hard not knowing what to do next.

“What is this pretty thing doing here? Unfortunately, you are in the wrong place at the wrong time my dear,” said the leader sleazily as he looked Charlie up and down, his mouth almost drooling at her beauty.

The sleaziness of the men made Charlie burn in anger, dissipating her fear, now all she wants to do is to beat them up, their look makes her skin crawl.

“Let him go, its not too late,” said Charlie bravely, not sure what she will do next. She remembers she is still carrying her hot tea bottle in her hand, that is the only weapon she currently has available to defend herself.

“What will you do if I don’t?” asked the leader as he moves towards her making her take a step backwards.

Desperately she looks around, still no one else is around, no change to their situation. Fine, she would just try to attack and if she fails then at least she tried.

As the man got closer to her, she swung her tea and splashed boiling water directly into his face. The man screamed in pain covering his eyes and face, before toppling backwards when Charlie landed a kick right into his balls. When he was down, she gave him another kick for good measure. The man in rolling around in pain and felt if his bones and flesh got broken by the kicks.

The two followers saw their leader being attacked by a small girl immediately let go of the guy and stalked towards her to hold her down. But Charlie is fast, she quickly dodged pass the men and swung her backpack around hitting one on the back of their head. The one that got hit felt they heard a c***k and blacked out from the impact.

Charlie’s eyes widen in surprise and adrenalin, it seems that her measly strength normally have become some magnified when she got angry and threatened.

“Do you want to fight and end up like those two, or do you want run?” asked Charlie, given her strength now, she doesn’t mind fighting.

Before the last one could say anything, the guy who was the original victim ran up and punched him in the face. It was a weak punch, his physique was a lot smaller than his captors, just a little bigger than Charlie herself. 

The man looked at the guy who just punched him and wiped the little blood that slid down the side of his lip. He started to rage, he will get them and beat them into a pulp.  

He roared and grabbed the guy’s hair keeping him in place while landing a heavy punch into his stomach with his right fist. It was hard impact and knocked the wind out of his opponent. But in his fury, he missed Charlie coming up from behind having swung her bag against his head. Just like his friend, the impact on his head was so hard that he thought he heard a c***k and he fell onto the ground.

Charlie stood straight over them looking down on the men on the ground, two bleeding on from their head and unable to move, the other two doubled over in pain. She went over and kicked each of the three in the stomach to keep them on the ground in fetal positions.

“You, stay back to give evidence, I got dragged into this without know what is going on,” she said to the original victim as he was starting to get up.

“No, I can’t it is too dangerous, I have to go,” he said weakly hoping to make his way from the scene.

“Do you think I am stupid? No, stay or else you will be like them!” shouted Charlie, her temper starting to rise again. She glared at him fiercely making him back away unconsciously.  

The guy fearfully looked at the men on the ground and shook his body in fear, now he is more scared of her than those men. So, he obediently sat down and helped her observe if any of them moved an inch.

“Just kick them if they try anything, don’t hold back” said Charlie as her call connected to the police station. The guy looked at her stunned, she looks so beautiful and fragile but the words that come out of her mouth are vicious.

It is harsh, but she cannot afford to let them up while she waits for the police to catch them and she doesn’t have a rope to tie them down. So, after notifying the police, every few minutes, when she sees that the pain subsides a bit, she goes back in to kick them again.

The men who was subjected to the torture for over half and hour cried when they saw the police who arrested them on the spot.

The men in black vests who were hiding further away had been surveilling the trio all day, had their sniper rifles ready to shoot when the leader had the girl cornered. Just as one was about to pull the trigger the girl attacked. It was a sight to behold, she fought like an inexperienced hooligan but somehow managed to incapacitate her opponents. The men in black vests watched in amusement as they realised that their involvement is unwarranted, they will just get these three later.