POWER: A Tale of Greatness

Chapter 36

"Why didn't you call us through the comms?" Bulls asked, running through the hall.

"I dropped it earlier." Jessica and Bulls runs through the long hallway, tiles are barble and the walls are in pastel maroon, well lit by candles on the wall. In between them, paintings darted the place, each one of them are screwed between the candle lamps, faces of women, children, landscapes and sceneries.

"Who made these artworks? They're fantastic!" Bulls turns while running as he look around and admire the realitic images.

"Agustus, he loves painting and making things perfect in his eye." Jessica's eyes start to well up, "And that is why I am the Jessica you know today. He shove me tl lessons I never wanted, language, history, arts and music, even if I was asthmatic, he forced me to run, ride horse, and the most useful one for me, being good at acting."

"I'm sorry about that."

"Don't mind it." She wipes her tears, smiling. Not long after, they found a staircase going up and down, "I'm gonna go up and get printed evidences against him."

"And me?"

"If you can wait-"

"I can't."

"Why?"

"I just can't."

"But Bulls."

"I'm quite an impatient person, Jess. I don't want my time being wasted to nothing."

"Okay, head downstairs the hostages are there but wait for the lights to burn off before making a move." Jessica gave Bulls a key before they separated ways.

Down there, Bulls sneaks behind the pillars observing behind the shadows.

"Dude, John told me through the comms that the city is in chaos." One of the guards rests his back on the chair, his hand playing with the glass of beer. "That explains the silence down here." He chuckled, "Dude, speak up!"

"Manequins don't talk back." One of the hostages spoke, head leaning against the metal bars of his cage. The other slaves within the same cell run away from the man, some tried to pull him with them, the others made a long shushing sound to try silence the man.

"Shut up, farmer, or else your scheduled execution will be made in advance." The guard drinks it all in one go before grabbing the whole bottle and walk towards the cell. "You are lucky, you know? The man crouches down to peek inside the dark cell. "My Boss was scheduled to bury you last night but then everything starts occuring and your life sentence is extended."

"Number of guards: one, hostage number: between twenty and thirty,"

"You shouldn't have meddled with the business of our Father."

"Meddle? I was just a citizen who happens to see how brutal you are!" The man stood up and faced the guard with pride. Looked him in the eye and spat on his face. "One of these days, I will see your face down, kissing the marble tiles of this mansion with compassion and with no confusion."

"Is that a threat?!" The drunken cell guard grabs the man's collar and pulled it to the bars. "I will make sure that you die a slow death, farmer."

• Bulls Enters
• rescues everyone
• A black entity confronts Bulls

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Walking sluggishly, Thor's knees are growing weak and he has lost plenty of blood, sweat, and energy, it is a miracle that he was still able to walk and even to throw a powerful punch. His left eye is already closed, enflamed after taking heavy hits from his inhumane opponent. Though it is clear to Thor that he needs to live not for himself, but for the freedom of the city.