Teke narrates his lifetime experience while he walks from his home, troughout his neighborhood, while the crispy warm sun heats up his light fabric comfy clothes
It's been six years. Six whole years of being a "pawn" in the Cartel as Jhin starring the "King" the unknown queen, bishop being Bernard... the Knight as Casper and the Rook as Puerto.
These six years they we're wow, like, who could've thought, if I met Teke from six years ago telling him all of this, he would say "Pff, okay okay, but can you do this? *shows the ollie on skateboard*. That's what I thought, see ya!". What a crazy kid, so brave and yet so scared, scared of growing, growing into something he is not, growing into someone else... a fully grown man, somewhat matured and careful about everything and anything, I miss him... he was a great guy. I miss him, I really do.
Man, I remember the days when I met Gerrar and Hideo and they made me met Gerrar's wrench, gosh that hurt, it still hurts somehow.
The days when we ran from the opp's, almost getting caught in the crossfire between White fang's gang and Bluebird Reformed, both strong gangs, both of their leaders is facing now life time in prison, It's nothing much, just Casper carried out the whole operation.
The time when Bernard came as a teacher and me and Sara laughed so much at him, he always screamed so hard my ears hurt more than at a Davis Dott concert, ho-ly, but when he said he stole the last brownie from her, I died of laughter back then, oh man, oh man.
The training, was though, but the beatings I got from those bullies we're dull... hurtful, painful and on god more inspiring to me and my mental health to finally do something with me and my old self.
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The old gang fell apart, everyone went different ways, some people went some place higher, higher than the clouds, some people that helped me develope in somethig better, some people I've let down and which I'm too ashamed of myself to even mention their names, I hope they are swimming with the stardust dolphins, passing the gum ball with their noses, laughing very joyful, I hope they are there. I want them to have that joyful experience, the joy they gave me, the way they luminated the darkness of my space, it amazed me, it woke me up, like "Wake the hell up, samurai, come join the table, Hideo went all in again, you're his only combatant, we need you!".
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I participated in a clash, the craziest s*it I've ever seen, grown adults and teen adults just smashing each other's faces, crazy, just crazy, I got lucky the first time with Bernard and Casper, they fought almost everyone leaving none to me. But the 9th time, I was alone, I tried my hardest not to lose and I did not... thankfully. With each Clash, stronger enemies come for all way from the bottom of Asia to fight with our Cartels. From crowbars, to rusty knives, to master wind knives, to daggers to bare dirty, bloody knuckles, when Bernard was on, he was on, he like swiped trough them like butter, only that time not, the 8th time I went to a clash, there was a big 220cm long dude, he was American, thickest neck I've ever seen, we was all muscle from toes to chin, he one versus one'd Bernard, but the American dude managed to stick a rusty knives in his knee, luckily, Casper broke his neck and Bernard got away.
The old Cartel where we played cards, watched Casper and Bernard skanderbeg every single day, like 10 times a day, Sierra shouting to them to stop and do something useful, Bernard shushing her, with Puerto coming out of the residence with a plateau of meat for everyone, a lot of food made by him, he was a part-time cook some time ago. Me and Hideo's late talks at the watch of the sunset being swallowed by the sea of opacity of the dying flame and the dark king's rise upon the sky, ruling the darkness and calling the shiny dots for backup.
Sierra too played a big part in all this, she was like a mother to us, she was like:
"Bernard, DID YOU EAT HALF A PIG?!"
"NO!? WHAT PIG?!" -screamed Bernard back
"ahahahhahhhaaa" -everyone wheezing
We all laughed, I think me and Puerto made an eight pack just from that scene with Sierra catching Bernard eating half of an animal, what a crazy wonderful funny guy.
"Hideo, Puerto, Bernard, everyone, come to dinner" -this was her catchphrase, she, besides Puerto, made dinner like 2 times a day.
Taido played a really big part too, he was like our alarm, when something went wrong with anything, he warned us every time something bad went on. Like the one time we got raided by some gangsters from the hood that wanted us to tell them where the factory was located, we didn't even know, we just delivered and checked the grade of the dough.
Casper and Bernard we're like yin and yang, one calm and honest, the other angry and hateful, they we're like brothers, they completed each other... somehow... but they did, one was mind, the other was was strenght, they we're like Drake and Josh, Finn and Jake, Lolek and Bolek, Stan and Bran.
The old Cartel was now just an abandoned home, the old home, my home... was now just a restricted area with graffiti vandalism all over him, and thrown trash everywhere, the old gang was sent apart, things happened, fights, betrays, six years is a lot of time, you know? Things happen...
Casper and Bernard are now training military rookies, in range training and close combat
Sierra owns a little flower shop down-town
Hideo is a kinder garden teacher, it really suits him to be honest.
Puerto works as accounted for Sierra and one other phone company, they are married with a children named Eri.
Taido is a swim instructor, in Vienna. I told you, things happen.
Lastly, but not the last, Jhin-king, he died in a raid when he was at another brunch at a different company, he was kind... sometimes.
And what happened to me, you ask, nothing much, I met another girl, after Sara and me broke up where it was somewhat my fault too, but it's nothing, things happen. Now I'm working on my ASL, to submit for a job at a school for a class, for children who can't hear, I'm being trained by a women that I met a coffee shop. She is a ASL professor too, so I can't let her down, as I let other's down...
So, this summs up the adventure of my life time, an adventure of finding my way, of realization of idealization, the one thing one in ten million people experience, something that changed me in better, in something stronger, more faithful, more loving, I appreciate more the people that are around me, I appreciate the time with anyone more, I appreciate the time I've invested in the people I love, I appreciate... this life. -Teke watching the warm colorful color of the sun, the yellow mixed with orange, the pink tinted clouds, it was the same as that day... that day when his life was next to be changed for foreve, lastly, Teke sees the sun set for one last time before he goes into another adventure, an adventure of maturity, the next stage of his life, the stage of evolution... because you must have patience, but life doesn't.
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