SINGULARS

Chapter 09

After a bunch of hours driving, the group arrived at Crosstruth, to the popular city of Beauty beach, named after the beautiful women of the region, it is said that the colonizers of Moon's Navel were astonished by the women that received them the first time they arrived, it was warm and wet, Shaddai was already complaining, they had to drive through a big jungle full of life, colorful parrots, giant anteaters, leaf-like insects, and dangerous felines.

"I will have to park here, this city is occupied by the cartel. We don't want to draw any attention," Juan said, worried.

They parked the truck on top of a hill near the jungle to the outside of the city, so they had to walk.

"Now that I am more used to this suit, and had experience walking, I can formulate an opinion, walking sucks, it's overrated," Carlos said and Shaddai laughed. After walking for a few minutes they encountered a group of kids playing some sort of tag game.

"No, I want to be the cartel and you will be the police," said one of the children playing.

"Oh man, cops suck, they are boring," said the other kid whining, the group of kids grabbed Shaddai's attention.

"Why would you like to be the cartel?" Shaddai asked, approaching the kids.

"Well, they are strong, they can do whatever they want," Said the kid that appeared to be the leader of the children, Shaddai felt resentment behind those words.

"See that man" -said Shaddai pointing at Juan- "he used to be part of the cartel and he is incredibly weak, I know because I beat them all."

"Hey," Juan replied offended.

"What? No way you beat members of the cartel! Impossible!" said the kid.

"No way you can be part of the cartel, you are weaker than them," said Shaddai teasing them. The gang was offended and started fighting Shaddai with rocks and sticks, Shaddai punched the leader in the face and began beating them all. Juan tried to stop Shaddai but Carlos halted him.

"He is not hurting them, he is playing with them, believe it or not, Shaddai is good with kids, maybe because he is one," Carlos explained.

"Wow, you are strong, my name is Omid, welcome to Beauty beach," said the kid.

"I am Shaddai, nice to meet you Omid if you train hard maybe you will become strong," Shaddai encouraged him.

"I don't want to be the cartel anymore, I want to be a Shaddai," said one of the kids in the gang. Some of the kids approached Carlos. They were amazed by his suit, Carlos showed them his skills, no one was paying attention to Juan. in the distance, a lady noticed the village kids were hanging out at the hill and worried ran after them at an incredible speed.

"Stop right there and leave the kids alone..." -said the woman but stopped in the middle of the sentence realizing it was just her old friend Shaddai. "Shaddai, what ya doing here?" said Hannah.

"Hannah!" Shaddai shouted excitedly and hugged her strongly."

"He is a friend of Miss Hannah? She is strong as well" said Omid amazed.

"I came here searching for you! I want you to join my expedition to the old continent,"

"I am glad you are doing okay, after hearing the news, but I can't go with you right now, I am helping this village," said Hannah a woman with golden long hair, white skin, sapphire eyes, and a great sense of fashion, wearing a light blue blouse and a long deep blue skirt and high heels.

"I see, well, first let me introduce you to my friends, the dude in the suit is Carlos, the weird guy is Juan," Shaddai said.

"Nice to meet you," Carlos said politely.