The Fate in your Eyes

Chapter 25 - The future is past

He saw him. With red eyes. Lu with red eyes.

Cheng had immediately jumped out of bed when he had seen a vision of him saving Lu and then suddenly... standing on the bank... It was somewhere on the promenade, but at first he didn't understand what was happening. More images flashed, first the choppy, dark water, then a boat and a person with blond hair standing on this boat. What on earth did this mean?

He shook his head in confusion. This version had come so suddenly and abruptly, but he couldn't say what exactly it meant. Cheng breathed in and out deeply and tried to remember the images. He tensed his head, but he could only remember fragments. "Damn, why is it so difficult to use this power?!" the blond cursed and forced himself to go to the

window. His wound had still not healed, he felt the slight pain that visited his body like stabs. "Maybe it will work better if I take Lu's old jacket," Cheng muttered and grabbed the dirty jacket. Immediately, images flashed again, but this time much stronger.

The next moment, a bright, white light blinded him, then he was standing there, all alone on the promenade. He saw Lu getting into a boat, he saw a Luana falling to the ground from a bicycle. "Damn, I'm just seeing the future in a few minutes," gasped Cheng. He turned around. Strangely, his vision was still holding, which meant he could move freely in it. But then he noticed that it wasn't him who was moving, but Lu. "Shit - can it be that..." Cheng gasped.

Suddenly he noticed a movement next to him, someone was about to hit him. Cheng wanted to get up because he noticed that he was lying on the ground, he also saw a Luana coming towards him in shock. A motorboat sounded next to him. "Damn, what is even happening here?! Am I... Lu?" Cheng gasped. Had he just managed to jump into the future and into Lu's body?

Suddenly he lost the connection, his vision wavered, so Cheng tried to concentrate on the place. Then he saw it. The address, the sign. The next moment, Cheng woke up in his body again and fell to the ground. Gasping for air, Cheng reached for his cell phone. He had to tell Luana! He had to get out of here and help the two of them! The blonde quickly texted Luana the address and rang her.

"Luana, listen to me carefully: I saw that Lu is in trouble. I'll send you a location right away. You have to go there, Lu and Tali will be there too. Do you hear!?" Cheng gasped panicked into the receiver, hoping that Luana understood him.

"What? I don't understand anything anymore!" Luana replied, confused. "I used my power to look into the future and I saw where Lu and Tali would be. You only have a few minutes left!" Cheng repeated, trying to breathe calmly as he pulled something over his nightshirt. "Okay, okay, I still don't understand a thing, but I'll do what you say," Luana reassured him. "Good, see you soon," said Cheng, then hung up. He looked around briefly and grabbed the chair for the guests.

"Let's see if that works," whispered the blonde and hurled the chair through the window. The glass shattered into a thousand pieces with a loud crash, making a deafening noise. The police officers who were on guard duty immediately stormed in, which Cheng of course took as an opportunity and crept through the door. He hurried down the stairs and hoped that he would arrive in time. He couldn't lose Lu, his vision couldn't come true!

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"Lu! You idiot!" yelled a familiar voice. Luana recognized a limping Cheng, who was running towards the boat, out of breath. "Cheng?!", frightened but surprised at the same time, Luana looked at her friend. Tali turned around, startled, but couldn't react fast enough. Cheng threw himself on Lu and

pushed the blonde girl to the side. The boat rocked, Lu and Cheng fell onto the jetty when suddenly Lu came to. His eyes lost their red glow, and Lu stared at Cheng, overwhelmed. "What... what are you doing here?!" Lu shouted angrily. "I...?" gasped Cheng. "I'm damn well here to get you out of the third player's control," hissed the blonde and smiled. He had just made it in time, he had arrived in time!