Death Won't Stop Me

Mommy~

It has been a week after Ana left. Jon has been continuing his meditations on a regular basis. He has already consumed the bottle of spiritual liquid by now and he has heard that same snapping sound again last night. Now, he felt that as if his pores seemed to be at least thrice or four times it's original size. And the energy absorption that it could accommodate was more than three times from the initial amount. He felt that his strength now aligns with those people call superhuman strength. He tried to squeeze a soda can after his meditation last night, and he was able to burst the soda from inside with just one hand now.

As the darkness of the night started to be washed by the light of day, Jon opened his eyes slowly feeling extremely relaxed. But as he opened his eyes, he was shocked to almost jumping back to the headboard of his bed.

"Good morning! Heh." Ana was sitting on his bed while hugging her legs, looking at him. She then greeted him with a warm smile then stuck her tongue out as she saw him shocked, looking like a cat with it's tail stepped on.

"Y-y-you! Wh-what is going.. H-how?.. WHY ARE YOU HERE!" Jon was so shocked he was unable to form sensible words for a while. Then, when he was able to say some words properly, he was still so shocked that it came out like a shriek.

Ana cutely covered her ears as if she knew that a shriek was coming. She closed her eyes while still sticking her tongue out and she tucked her head like a hiding turtle.

"Hah.. Hah.. Hah.." Jon felt like his heart was about to burst from the shock he just experienced. He was trying to catch his breath and looked at her bewilderedly while trying to calm down.

"Hehe.." She waited for Jon to calm down then laughed cutely at him.

***

"Will you tell me what happened?" Jon was sitting on the chair of the table in his apartment while looking at Ana sitting on his bed as he asked her on what's going on.

"I got a new mission." Ana said.

"And that is?" He asked again feeling frustrated with the answer he got.

"I have to locate those group of people and at least scout out their overall power range. Then I have to report it back as fast as I can." She explained.

"And that brings you to my home because?" He asked further, still a little frustrated.

"I did not get any backup, and I know that I can't do it alone." She said.

"What does that have to do with me?" He was getting annoyed with Ana not telling everything all at once.

"I need your help, please?" Ana suddenly raised both her hands in a praying manner towards Jon as she made a begging look with matching tears forming in her eyes.

"You.. Hah.. What can I even help you with? I'm a mortal remember? I can't even fly like you." His anger was choked inside his throat as he looked at Ana begging him. He felt defeated as he felt that he can't seem to resist this girl's charms.

"I got that covered!" She suddenly jumped from the bed and ran towards the door and got a gym bag lying near it. Then she giddily walked back to him and handed over the gym bag.

"I got you a pair of traction shoes, enhancer gloves, and a bottle of spiritual liquid." She explained while smiling as Jon received the bag.

"Traction shoes? Enhancer gloves? What are those?" He asked curiously as he looked inside the bag.

"They are amplifiers. The shoes amplifies the energy you emit on your feet, which in turn, makes the air beneath it hold together, giving you a foothold. In short, makes you jump in the air. The gloves amplifies the energies you use from your hands, be it with a push, a punch, a poke, etc. and doubles it's power output." She patiently explained.

"These all look and sounds very valuable. Like the liquid." Jon probed.

"Yeah, heck they are! So you've got to help me." She said as her hands held her hips as she looked at him proudly.

"Why don't you use them yourself?" Suddenly asked Jon.

"I already got my own." She replied mysteriously. "So, do we have a deal?" She added.

"I don't know how to use them though." Jon reluctantly accepted the gadgets. 

"I'll teach you." She answered quickly, seemingly afraid for Jon to change his mind.

"Hah.. Okay, fine. Let's talk about it while we eat. I'm starving" He replied after a few minutes of pondering. He stood up, put on his jacket and walked towards the door.

"But I don't have any mortal's currency with me." She sadly said as she pouted.

Jon almost tripped with what Ana said. He took out his wallet and looked at the remaining money inside. He was currently able to afford to eat out for only one person. "Hah.. I'll just buy something to cook then." Jon thought to himself and said. "Wait here for me."

***

"Wow. That smells good!" Ana exclaimed as she was looking at the boiling pot and got a whiff of it's aroma.

"Ow!" Jon slapped Ana's hand when she tried to open the pot to get a better look. He was chopping some vegetables that was going to added to the pot when he heard Ana's shout. "Sit down and wait for it to cook." He said to her.

"Sorry." She replied, a little sad to be reprimanded and went back to the chair.

The smell of the food cooking and seeing Jon's broad back in the kitchen preparing the food reminded her of the time when it was just her and her big brother when she was a kid. Her big brother would always cook for her whenever he manages to get some food. He would start humming while preparing the food, like he enjoys cooking for her. But now, they rarely even get to be home together due to their jobs.

"I know, it smells good, but do you really have to cry?" Jon got curious when she suddenly grew quiet when she sat down. So he jokingly asked her when he saw her staring at the kitchen with tears forming in her eyes. Not really understanding the reason why were her eyes wet. "Or are you really just that hungry?" He added as he laughed a little.

*Sniff* "Sorry, I just suddenly remembered someone." She wiped her eyes as he sniffed a little.

"Sorry, my bad." He suddenly felt bad with what he said. Then continued with what he was doing to avoid the awkwardness.

***

Ana was looking at the hot pot with glittering eyes as a little saliva was about to fall from the corner of her mouth. Jon was looking at her with a helpless smile. "She looks like someone that's been hungry for days and suddenly seen free food." He thought to himself. "Go ahead." He said as he handed her the ladle.

"Thanks! Hehe." She accepted the ladle without any embarrassment at all and started to dig in.

Jon's face twitched as he looked at Ana munching like there was no tomorrow. Not even talking to him and just focused on the food. "Hey! Leave some for me." He sighed then said as he smiled and fought for the food with her.

It looked like a happy, heartening scene.

***

On the secluded plot of land near Jon's apartment. Late into the night.

"Okay, when you start to fall down after you jump, urge your spiritual power to form a foothold beneath one of your feet. When the shoes comes into contact with the wearer's energy, it amplifies it and uses it to hold together the air beneath your feet for a foothold. Now try it." Ana was making a serious face as she taught Jon on how to use the traction shoes. They decided to wait until after hours to train so that there wouldn't be any hindrances.

"Okay." Jon nodded solemnly as he jumped. He was again shocked with the improvement of his jump's height. It was now twelve feet, a big difference from the previous six feet. When he felt that he was coming back down, he urged his seed to release energy on his right foot.

His right shoe suddenly flashed and to his delight, he was able to step on the air! But what happened after scared the s**t out of him. The air beneath his right shoe condensed to almost like a cloud, different to what Ana told him before they started. And a huge boom sounded like when a fighter jet suddenly broke through to a higher speed. As a matter of fact, he physically felt like a jet as an air barrier formed from his head and he immediately shat right up so fast that he felt like he blanked out for a second and was already almost as high as the city's highest skyscraper.

"Ah!.. Control your energy you i***t! It only needs a little energy to be able to step on air!" Ana was startled as she heard the boom and shouted as loud as she could but she didn't think that he could hear her from way up high.

Currently, Jon felt like his face was as flat as pancakes as it flapped like loose skin from the moment of the boom sound all the way till he stopped in the air. But he only had a moment to think as he immediately felt the gravity pull him back down, and not slowly, no, it felt like one of the rides in a theme park where you are pulled from way up high then released.

"WHAT THE FUUUU...." He screamed like a sissy as he felt all of his organs went to his head. And his little birdie was really flying in the air. He didn't get to finish his scream as he felt this very ticklish sensation that you feel when you are falling but like in a multitude of ten.

When he was more than half way down, he was seeing his childhood memory like a flashback. Then he heard a voice that was so heavenly it seemed like an angel shouting at him.

"i***t! USE THE SHOES!!" Ana shouted as he was getting near where she felt that he could hear her.

It seemed like a lightbulb suddenly lit up above his head as he urged his seed to give out some energy again then he stepped in the air. As his shoe flashed again, beneath it, the air condensed into a cloud again as another boom sound was heard and the same thing happened. Since he used the shoes from a higher starting point, he shot right past the skyscraper mark and went up to almost half more of that. 

"Mommy~" He cried out as he felt the gravity pulling him again. He passed out when he was almost halfway down.