Born with Plagues

Chapter 5

The sudden crashing of us into the eatery stirred panic in the customers as they all run out,

"Ouch" I said grabbing my head while gradually standing, as I looked beside me I see Ethan and Jean already taking stances,

"From the looks of it" Jean then says, "the person that caused that explosion is one of the sorcerers that are Darius men". Two men then walk into the eatery building,

"I knew it" Jean says on seeing both men wearing suits, with a ring on their left index finger,

"So you guys survived that explosion, I might as well not take you guys lightly" the first man then says as he walks towards us,

"But that doesn't mean we're going to refrain from ending you" the second man says with pride in his voice,

"Well" Ethan then cuts in, "no matter how high you people think of yourselves, you are ants compared to the real deal which is Darius"

"Of course we know we're nothing compared to the world's messiah" the first man says as he clenches his fists, "but we're a force you needn't trifle with", then suddenly everywhere begins to vibrate, the tables and chairs begin to shake vigorously after which they start flying in the the first man's direction, "just so you know, my ability is enables me to combine and manipulate the shape of any object into anything of my choosing and control it at will" the chairs and tables then combine and form a long scythe which then lands on the man's palm,

"Telling us your ability huh, you must be quite confident" Jean says as he takes off the absorbers that were on his wrists, he then faces me and Ethan, "you guys should go as far from me as possible so as not to get caught up in my effect", me and Ethan then quickly move to the edge of the building after which he faces the man, "to make it fair, let me just tell you my plague as well",

"Go ahead, not that it matters though" the man says with a smirk,

"Sometimes, I wonder" Jean says as he shakes his head in pity, "are you guys are really sorcerers, cause if you are then you should understand how dangerous a plagued human can be"

"Even if you're dangerous, do you think you can take on we that a more modified version of yourself",

"Of course I'm well are of that, but it's because of your modifications that you are weak"

"You the ones that are weak, since plagues can't be tamed, you can't utilize its potential_", the man then stops talking abruptly, "what's the meaning of this" the man mutters as he feels excess pressure continuously adding to his body,

"Well I guess the gravity on this building has started to rise"

"But_" the man's body then presses against the ground, "I didn't see any trigger, I thought there needed to be one"

"Ha, you think you know things but you don't" Jean then says, "just merely feeling pity for you triggered my effect, now I guess the fight is already over" Jean then exhales but the man then smirks,

"Behind you!!" I tried shouting from were I stood but it was to no avail as the scythe the man earlier formed appears behind Jean, it was then about to stab him when suddenly someone dives Jean before the scythe could do any damage,

"Are you okay?" Dylan asks Jean who then stands, "seems I jumped in when your plague was in effect, how reckless of me" he then says in pain making Jean to immediately wear his absorbers in order to prevent Dylan from getting crushed,

"...", Jean is then about to say something when he notices the absorbers on Dylan's ear had come off, he then points at it,

"s**t" Dylan exclaims, "I had no idea it came off" he then quickly puts it back on. Using their absent mindedness as a chance, the man then jumps and grabs the scythe then swings it in their direction

"Oh no you don't" Dilla then comes from nowhere and kicks the man in his stomach which sends him crashing into a wall,

"You came early" Dylan says with surprise, "don't tell me you have finished that sorcerer already"

"Well, he was a blabble mouth but I took care of him" she says with a chuckle, "but enough about that, three of us being in the same place only put us in a disadvantage as we can't use our plague, so we have to take him out with our bare fists"

"You're right" Jean nods, "well it's now or never, attack!" they then zoom towards the man. At first I thought they could handle the situation, but now I was certain they couldn't as the three of them were beaten to pulps then left lying helpless on the floor,

"Ethan, they're in need of help" I turn only to see he was not with me, and he was not at their aid so where could he have gone, well I guess it's left for me to handle the situation.

The man then walks to where the trio lay with his scythe in his right hand,

"How pathetic of you people to have thought you could have beaten me with your bare fists" he then raises the scythe upwards, "I'll start with this girl" he then swings it downwards and blood splashes.

"Argh" I groaned while holding my shoulder in pain, what the hell was wrong with me, I was supposed to help them fight this dude not get injured,

"So you jumped in to save that girl" the man then laughs, "well it doesn't really make a difference as they will be joining you shortly", he then raises up the scythe again, in his mind it will be that easy to take me down, he then swings it downwards only for me to catch it,

"What" he gnashes his teeth in anger,

"My, my, there's no need to be angered when things didn't go your way" I then smiled as the scythe gradually melts to liquid,

"How did you?" the man questions in unbelief,

"Well it was recently revealed to me that I was the human plagued with an demonic flames" I then said in a harsh tone which grips the man with fear to the extent he was unable to move,

"No, it can't be" the man says as he feels his legs trembling, "no, I won't fall for your trick, I won't be afraid" but his full body was still trembling,

"Just give up, no matter how much you try not to be afraid, your body already is" I then walked closer to the man and placed my palm on his chest which makes him start to scream immediately,

"Please" the man starts to beg, "I'll do anything for you just let me go,

"The only desire I have is to live a normal life without plagues, do you think you can do that?" I then ask the man,

"Yes, I can do it, I can do anything" the man replies admist screams,

"Ha, don't make me laugh" I then added to the pressure my hand had on his chest and his screaming increases, I could feel my hands gradually burning through the man's chest until my fingers were touching his heart,

"aaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!" the pain becomes unbearable for the man as tears begin to gush out of the man's eyes,

"Have a nice life" I then squeezed the man's heart and he drops dead, I then looked at my hands as the blood on it then vaporizes due to heat. This was my first time taking someone's life and it surprisingly felt good, that sound of him screaming in agony was just so exhilarating,

"Jackson" Jean calls as he gradually stands along with Dilla and Dylan, "did you just single handedly take him out",

"Well of course I did" I then reply with a smile,

"Why do I feel like something or actually someone is missing" Jean asks nobody in particular,

"Yeah, it's actually two people that are missing, Ethan and the second man that accompanied this dead dude" I then reply "but we're could they be"

"Look, our guy is over there" Dylan then points to Ethan who walks into the eatery pulling a lifeless distorted looking man along with him,

"For some reason he ran and left his comrade behind, so I just took care of him before he could call for backup",

"Is that actually how he looks or what" Dilla asks as the man's appearance was confusing,

"This is not his real appearance, I altered it by deforming his body structure both inside and out" Ethan replies as he drops the man's body beside his dead comrade,

"Well since we're done here, we better start heading back before it gets dark" Jean says as he walks towards the exit after which we follow suite. We were then almost reaching the road that lead to our home when Ethan calls Jean to walk with him,

"You noticed it right" Ethan whispers to Jean,

"Noticed what?" Jean then asks,

"Well, Jackson plague is not only affecting his surroundings, it is affecting him emotionally as well",

"Now that you say it, I think I've noticed it"

"Since you now know what I'm saying I think it's best we watch him closely and carefully in order to avoid future casualties" Ethan then concludes, but in his mind he's filled with distrust, "if you as well make a wrong move Jackson, I'll make sure I end you..."