A young couple is seen on cliff looking into the starry night sky as a shooting star flies by the others. The illuminating blue light is large and in great contrast to the otherwise blank night sky. the male points at the bright light and says softly " look honey, a shooting star , " they both laugh gently. when the streak curves toward them, The woman stands up in the seat staring hard. She trembles slightly in her voice " is the star getting…bigger ?" The man begins to squint and nods as the now stunningly bright comet indeed flies towards them. They both ducked in the car as it raced by missing them by mere feet. The wind from the comet forces cups and food to fly out the car. The fireball crashes into nearby high way with an enormous impact explosion of sound and debris. Chunks of asphalt spread omnidirectional. Cars and trucks alike are thrown helplessly into the air . The meteor like object continues its path of destruction as it skids across the highway leaving a trench of broken semi trailers and metal signs. After what felt like ten hours of ear bleeding violent sounds it finally stops miles of where it first crashed. People look from all over to see the object in question. Numerous Voices are heard calling the police on their phones. A large ball of smoke and steam emits from the the resting unidentified flying object. Smoking, a man figure stands from the on his feet and walks, nearly stumbling, to a nearby witness. He mumbles and shakes his head clearly disoriented and wounded horribly. Words come out of his mouth but they aren't understandable in the least. He falls to his knees. vision fading to black.
* 6 months later *
A young teenage boy with green eyes and orange hair, similar to dead leaves in the fall fusses with spoon trying to be fed to him
" I don't need it." The teen said as he sat in a cheaply made mattress with bandages wrapped thickly around his forehead. " I don't need it," he repeats " I'll heal without it ! " a elderly woman in a nurse uniform walks up to him trying to force a spoon with clear liquid into his mouth like a mother trying to feed a picky eating kid. She frowns." Why are you so annoying and prideful ? "
his response is a glare.
" right," she said apologetically " you're an Olympian Knight…"
he smiles then sighs " yeah, the greatest warrior of my realm, the Guardian of the highest ranks, slayer of ar" - he stops abruptly as the woman begins to say the words with him with perfect synchronization.
" I know, i know " she says rolling her eyes " you say it every single day. But no matter what you are or how prideful you are you need medicine. If you didn't then why did come here ?" The teenage boy opens his mouth and swallows the clear liquid forcefully, dramatically gagging afterwards." The woman stands and kisses him on the head. " I still don't know if I should believe you, though, you fell from the sky and wrecked an entire highway but managed to live ? " you probably tried to run from the cops and got a bit beat up in the process"
They both laugh softly and the teen stands to his feet slowly. Once he gets off the bed the woman tries to push him back down but fails to budge him. He smiles and lightly pushes her off with a single finger.
" please stop, I'm much stronger than any human, you can't move me an inch " she ceases trying push him. He steps back and with no lighter or match he ignites his hand on fire. the lady's eyes shoot open but Soon after, the fire coating his hand dies out and the boy falls into the older woman's arms. She whispers in his ear " that was an amazing trick there sonny but you'll have to keep that non human stuff to yourself. You don't want to end up in a real hospital with people who want to dissect you again right ? " he kisses her shoulder and fades into a slumber " yeah,….." he begins snoring in low, soft tone as the woman lays him down unto the bed. Before she can walk away his voice, softer than the idle wind, calls out " thank you " she turns to him and smiles "……hush now and get some rest, Marik "
* the next day *
Getting to his feet, Marik stretches his arms out wards and begins to unwrap the bandages. As they fall from his body minor scratches are revealed. He flashes back the large gashes that covered his body when he escaped the hospital and finally passed out in the generous woman's house that took care of him thus far.
Time to start the day, he thinks to himself. through the door with he grabs bag of valuables He takes a glance over all his clothes,
" dammit " Marik said to himself looking at his dirty rags " I guess I've been over do on some new clothing for awhile " he looked to his left and saw the clothing store his care taker mentioned. fixing his book bag unto position, He walked across the street ignorant to the cars zooming by Inches from him. Zoooom. A car barely avoids him. Another colored streak as a driver curses at the J-walker. A blue motorcycle attempted to turn and brake to avoid the teenager. The driver screamed loudly and motioned his hands wildly for Marik to move but he only held out an arm towards the vehicle. CRASH. People's heads turned to see the carnage. The boy was fine, in fact he didn't even move from his spot. The vehicle stopped it in it's tracks with one hand. The motorcyclist however was flung out the seat and into the air. Rolling his eyes, Marik caught the man with his other hand. Setting him down gently, he then eyed the blue motorcycle.
" how did you jus- " the man's words off when Marik stared the man in his eyes through the helmet visor.
" watch where you drive that horseless chariot or You can get hurt " without another word he walked off and entered the store. Grey and white tiles patterned the floor.
" what kind of realm colors the ground like this ? First yellow lines on the black pave way then blue squares on the market floor….this realm makes no sense whatsoever…" Now fully inside the store he went to the blue jeans section and picked up pants. He placed them over his current pair. Seeing they fit, He contently grabbed a bundle off the shelf and stuffed them in his book bag. Doing this for every other piece of clothing he gladly saw he was properly equipped with many shirts, pants, shoes and any other clothing he might need. The clerk moved from the counter and tapped the shop lifter on the shoulder. Marik smiled friendly at the young man and greeted him without knowing any wrong doings he did. After an irrelevant conversation, another man soon appeared...he was tall, square faced, broad shoulders, it wouldn't be offensive to call him professional line backer. The name tag read 'Robert' in sloppy penmanship. He was assertive in his voice as the low deep rumble echoed through the store. " hey kid, you gonna pay fo all dat ? " Marik stood silently with no emotion on his face. The man took this as a sign that he frightened the kid and grinned. "m well ?" He continued. " ya gots the cash ?" Marik reached in his right pocket and pulled out a few, small gold coins.
" There is your payment, Robert" The clerk laughed loudly in mocking way.
" You can't pay with fake gold kid! "
He simply dropped the coin on the hard tiled floor and began to walk off with no further words or looks. The security guard grabbed his shoulder stopping him in mid- stride. In less than a blink's timing he threw back his elbow against the security guard's stomach doubling him over to his own height.
" don't ever put your hands on me again "
Two other guards across the mall heard the loud gasp of air that escaped from their partner. In seconds the were surrounding one teenage boy with three men almost a foot taller then him. " don't do it, I'd rather not hurt anyone. " only one man laughed. Robert and the other stayed silent. The front guard was 200 lbs, left handed and about 6''2' and Marik knew all that by just looking at him. The rear guard remained bent over but threw a punch, Marik ducked under it easily then whirled around grabbing his fist and flipping him into the front guard. Both tumbled over each other sloppily as the third launched a flurry of wide angled punches. Each one was dodged with a simple sway. " Dammit kid, " he said panting. With soft words Marik looked into larger foe's eyes.
" I am an Olympian Knight. The strongest of my realm. "
he paused but looked over to the glass doors leading outside. It was swarming with cops cars and blaring lights." ….and I hate being annoyed " he finished ,before punching the tired security on the bridge of his nose causing him to fall over. Marik took another lustrous coin from within his pocket and dropped it on the guard's face. " that's for the medical bill " the clerk cowards behind the a shelf of shirts as Marik looks over it him with a look that screams " I'm going to kill you ". He sighed loudly, "that tailor must have used that …phone….thing to summon forth the cops. He stretches out the word " phone " as he tries to recall Elizabeth explaining it to him as he sat on the old mattress a just few hours ago. No matter, he thought, I need to get out of here.
He opens the doors to hear ten different officers telling him to freeze simultaneously. He scanned the armed enforcers; each mixed height, race, weight, thickness and handiness. He took a few steps towards the closet car which had to be about 50 feet away.
" Freeze.!"
But Marik ignored the order.
" we will use force !"
The order was ignored once again.
He continued his slow, leisure strides. He was now a roughly 25 feet away. The mixed colored lights seemed to brightly shine more slowly. The cries of the sirens were no longer deafening. Every detail was clear to the teenager as three bangs came from a gun. Marik smiled, caught the bullets in his hands but didn't budge in the slightest. the one who fired the bullets swallowed hard. " he's not even bleeding…not even a scratch ! "
He couldn't help but laugh at the shots fired. Flicking two fingers as if to say " come on " he stopped walking, inviting the cops to fire at will. They obliged, the air became thick with the sound of gun shots. Nearly nine bullets hit him in every instant but none made him so much as blink. after two minutes of this Marik yelled as if speaking to an audience in a theater
" I'm no longer amused by your weak mortal weapons, I'm an Olympian Knight and I deserve a better opponent than this. "
After two minutes, and over hundreds of bullets. Marik ignited his arm. He cocked his arm back quickly. The men and women were all empty with bullets and began to retreat. " you're too late for that " he called out. He jerked his arm forward making the fire leave his arm and unto the car exploding it instantly. Smoke and debris were launched in all directions as a chain reaction went under way. Every car caught in the explosion of another bursted as well and in seconds ten cars were turned to flaming and smoking parts on the asphalt.
" Hey ! "
the loud voice echoed through the streets. A young man stands on the rooftop of a convince store across the street. Marik looks up from the cars between two pillars of smoke towards the silhouette.
