Rising Shadow

Chapter 2

After getting freshen up I try to sleep but as always the sleep becomes difficult, a one of the many horrific memory awaits for me in the darkness to hunt my dreams. As sleep comes so does the dreams. 

'A young me sitting in the corner while all the kids of my age group were playing happily but as soon as i approach anyone of them they shove me away and when the little me goes to mother crying and asking why everybody even my sister behaves that way towards me but what nobody expected happened 'pakh' a sound was echoed everybody stopped whatever they were doing and were intently witnessing the scene unfolding infront of them the little me was sobbing as blood was coming out of my mouth but my mother didn't even thought that much of asking me if I was in pain rather went on saying ' How dare you call me mother I'm no mother to you I only have one daughter and that is Emily be in your limits and get lost'. The head maid who also looked after me since i was born came rushing in as she witnessed what was going on and took me with her taking care of my injury and saying in an reassuring tone that ' madam was just angry she is tired of the whole day' little did she know this event has already marred my young heart what happened next was sure to live a life long scar on my memory I was denied of any kind of food for 4 days and one more brutal slap from my father ended my day'

Bathing in sweat I was woken up from my dreams and when I looked at the bedside lamp which had a clock in it seeing the time was only 1:30 I decided on changing my clothes and taking the hoody out of my cupboard I made my way towards the exit of the house to the street which will surely help in overcoming my trauma.

Noah's P.O.V. :

Leaving her near her place I very well knew that she was again in some trouble and face what she always faces. She might never say but I very well knew her and her emotions. Hell I even knew that her breathing changes when and with what reasons.

Deciding to wait by the usual spot I was waiting for her but as the time was passing by I was getting more and more anxious finally I saw the time which read about 1:30 am I decided to wait a little more or I was going in. Seeing a figure emerge from the shadows with an over sized black hood I knew who it was so deciding to make my presence known I step in front of her blocking her way resulting in her jumping a little as an initial shock but soon I received a kick in my gut sometimes I even give it a thought whether she is actually a girl or a boy dressed in a girls outfit because you should see her when she dresses as a guy she is a natural in it and God all the things she does.

 "Ouch what the hell look before you hit girl" faking the pain while looking at her. "You deserved it i***t what are you doing here anyways" was what she said walking her own way. "What am I doing waiting for Emily Ha like you don't know what I'm doing here" I said sarcastically. "Come let me give you a ride I very well know where you are headed to", "Okay but keep your thoughts and words to yourself and don't disturb me" she replied getting on the bike. 

Making the action of zipping my lips I started the bike. After a while before reaching our destiny passing the known streets I remembered a memory which was as clear as day in my mind.

'A girl nearly my age was hiding behind the dustbin covering her eyes all while there where gun shots, sirens shoots and chaos trembling as hell the only question in my mind was what a girl of that age was doing there. Oh well you might think what I was doing there at my age 13 yrs so I was with my brother Percy who usually comes to this place to fight and take out all his frustrations he was already 17 and you might be guessing what we were doing here then so ya its illegal making sense why there were sirens and all but this was common here and it would be solved within minutes. So putting it all aside I called Percy to take a look "Hey brother come here there's someone who might need your help", "what where" was his reply while wrapping his wounded arm and making his way towards me. Then together we went near the girl asking whether she was fine but we were ignored. So taking this as a sign that the girl was scarred Percy made his way toward her which made her notice us instantly and all I saw were beautiful Hazel eyes soaking in tears, jet black her mating her fair skin. Deciding that it was better to take her home with us we we did exactly that and since then we became best of friends.'

Realizing that we have reached our destination I stopped the bike but before the bike could come to a complete stop J already jumped of hitting me in the head.

Jessica's Pov :

While riding the bike to a place which gave me strength to walk on the streets confidently and without any fear I couldn't help but recall how I ended up here. 

'' I was thrown out of my house that day God knows what I did to make them unhappy now but I certainly knew that they were not taking me back in and to all my luck Papa Ryan was not in town that day to save me so I ended up walking to an alley where screaming and cheering were heard making me curious to know the reason behind it. I stayed well hidden from all the tall and muscular men there but suddenly shots and sirens were heard everywhere I thought that these people were there because of me . Thankfully Noah and Percy were there that day and took me home with them. That day I promised myself to learn how to fight and be best at it. After that day we became friends I came to know that they lived near us and went to the same school as me  what shocked me was the fact that we were in the same class yet we never knew each other. Finally after a lot of persuasion and talking Percy accepted to help me train he even help me learn from his teacher but he soon left  going into the cage after he passed his exams for becoming a doctor.' 

And now here I was the best street fighter J whom no one knew as I made sure I covered myself best before I step into the cage to fight as it is one of a lot of things I do. I entered the arena and saw two people were already fighting  but as soon as I stepped into the place a lot of people were staring my way. I quickly enrolled my name and waited to be called . I still can't forget the first  ever fight I did. I did win it but my condition was rather not good but thanks to the fact that Percy was a great student and learnt a lot really fast making it easy to cure me without creating any fuss . I didn't even realize when Noah was by my side until I heard him ask "Hey are you ok you don't seem to be fine. I don't get it when you are the best fighter in town , you have your own house, your own money which everybody else take a lot of time to achieve but yet here you are suffering under those lame excuse of your family. If you are scared to be lonely shift at my place, you know my parents would never have any problem with you there." "You know I won't do that or atleast till I graduate next year I want to see if they can torture me still or they have any humanity left. Now wish me luck I'm being called you go home" saying that I left. Today I was fighting a man of 6'5" he was tall and had quite large muscle but that's the fun right. Hearing the gong go we started fighting I take a kick at his side but he just flinches a bit so I knew that he was damn strong and it would not be easy to defeat him but in the last getting hit in the ribs, stomach, a few punches and delivering twice the damage I won the fight. The guy was taken to the back room which was meant for the injured people. So thinking that it was enough for today I left or rather we since Noah won't budge without me so dropping me off he went his way wishing each other good night we left our own way. I knew I will be able to sleep a little but it would be peaceful so seeing the time was 3 I fell asleep this time without any dreams.

I was woken up by the blaring alarm in my ears looking that the sun was high and bright I looked at the time which was 5am yes I wake up early as I have work to do before the day starts which was really important for me. 

So actually wait let me say what all I do or rather know, I do hacking I'm best at it(Papa Ryan taught me this at age of 7), I'm the best street fighter in the town (not outside as I don't do it much), the second best racer (Noah taught me), a straight A student and finally I'm the founder and Joint CEO of my and Noah's company NJ Co. which is second best in nation as of now. It is basically an IT based company but we are best in our own area. Among these only Noah knew about everything not even Papa knew about it. 

Soon I was done doing all my work and was alerted that the whole place is awoken when I heard a cold piercing voice "Bloody Jessica get down at this instant you good for nothing brat" Wow what a good morning I said to myself before going downstairs before she could come up and my secret would be revealed. 

"Yes good morning Ma'am" was what i replied.