Winter's Beginning(LCT)(Book 1 to The Light City Trilogy)

14. My Japanese Fiend

14. My Japanese

Fiend

"Don't talk to the Big Man like that,"

said a man with a Japanese ascent. That I

knew was Dragong ( which in the past

we didn't really get along well).

Ignoring the pain I spoke again; "

hay Roman Candles how ya bin, still

taking orders from humans I see. So

how's your chi shit go....." And like

before, a fist came down on me, but even

harder then before. This time I couldn't

help but cough a little blood up.

Then without thinking, I gobbled

all of the blood and spat it at Dragong.

Watching it land on his perfectly shined

shoes. See this is one of those guys that

would kill anyone who stepped or even

scuffed his shoes.

It's some kind of Japanese honor and respect crap.

And he knows that was no accident. For a

moment he just stood there in shock

that I had just done that. After a few

seconds; that was probably his mind

gears starting to turn again.

He began to breathe heavily.

Breathing flames out his nostrils that

started to burn my skin. And then as if in

a single movement. He took his sword

out of his sheath.

 Lifting it half way over his head. He came down in a flash

of fire. Closing my eyes, I braced for the

most scorching burn I've gotten today.

But seconds before I could tell my

head was going to be rolling around on

the ground. There was a whistle. When I

opened my eyes and looked upward. I

saw the very normal blade now

exerting fire from the tip. Inches above

my neck.

" Hay, Dragong why don't you get

two of your chi coffees so that you and

our new employee can get relaxed,"

Said the wanna-be Hitman.( a.k.a Big Man,

which I find ironic cause Pete isn't

exactly a "Big Man")

Putting his sword back in his

sheath, he quickly went into the solute

position and responded with, " yes...sir."

Marching to the door, he opened it .

Slamming the door behind him. And as

soon as I was sure he was far enough

where he couldn't come back and kill

me. I said, " and they say you can't teach

an old dog new tricks."

Time seemed to slow down after

that risky comment. Only because I was

trying to figure out where exactly I was

,and I was also trying to wrap my mind

around the idea of Pete, I mean Big Man

being the boss of the underground

world.

I guess they let any trash walking

around become boss. No matter how

inexperienced they are. The silence was

broken by the Big Man . " That was

really risky Silver-eyes. But of course

you planned that all knowing that I

would stop him and kick him out. So that

you can ask where you are." I'm not

surprised that he's right down to the

dot. " You read me like a book old friend.

So where am I " Big Man"."

A growing smile started peeling

onto his face. " I know the name's a bit of

an exaggeration, but you have to admit

it's pretty cool."

I responded with lots

of enthusiasm, " Yeah!! Dude if my

nickname was Big Man I wouldn't have to

fight people like Adrenaline Rush back

in Facility 21!" " He was a big dick wasn't

he silver-eyes!!" " yeah to bad he didn't

show any signs of having one out of

training." " agreed, wasn't he always

high on steroids?" " yeah since they

used him to try and come close to my

abilities. They injected him with some

virus that infected all his cells to

produce unlimited amounts of

adrenaline ." " Yeah what a dick!"

There was an awkward silence that

lasted maybe 30 seconds. "so do you

agree to my offer Silver-eyes," he said

as if I had a choice to go through it or

not. " As if I have a choice," I said

humoring him.

" Oh right I keep forgetting I'm the

boss," he said with a smirk. You have no

idea how much I wanted to beat that

retarded smile off his face. Which I'm

about to do soon since I'm cutting my

restraints with a loose piece of metal

located at the back of the metallic

chair.