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Special Story 2- Cheonwu's background

Special Story 2

"Guess what Cheonwu? You are the worst human being that I have ever met in your life. That facade of Perfection that you put up sickens me to no end! Just because I am not Minori does not mean that I am any lesser than her. I am human too!" Trish finished angrily as she stepped away from me, her sleeves wiping away the angry tears that flowed down her face. With the last glare in my direction, she marched out of my tent.

The stinging pain on my face reminded me of the slap that she has just given to me-a loud reminder and testament to the fact that I was anything but perfection. Making use of her to achieve the means of saving Minori was indeed unscrupulous of me. I know that what I did to her was wrong, but there was really little choice I had left in the matter when Minori's life was at stake then. It did not mean that I hated her. On the contrary, I like her.

I like her a lot.

Afterall, it is ingrained in me to love her.

Still, this was the first time in my 25 years of existence that I was called anything but perfect. From the time back in the 21st Century till now, in the Qing Dynasty.

That girl can really pack a slap! She must have had a lot of practice as the daughter of a triad leader. Her father did teach her well. Speaking of which, I do kind of miss that old man, despite the grumpy face he always has on when he sees me.

With a little chuckle, I rubbed the still stinging skin as I lay down on my bed.

It has been seven years since I arrived here in this Mongolian lands, in this time that I did not belong in. Yet, strangely enough, I felt more at peace and at home than I ever did back in my own time.

Cheonwu was never my real name. Rather, it was the name of the son of the Mongolian couple that took me in that died. I was a replacement of the real Cheonwu that died.

I never truly had a name. Nor did I ever have a family or friends. To my creators, I was just subject 1005.

I am a genetically modified and engineered 'human being'. My sole purpose of existence was to be perfection. Genetically superior genes of enhanced strength, speed and intelligence were selected and combined to create the perfect strategist and soldier in me. The beautiful face that many envy me for is a result of the decision to create the perfect Husband for her. I was created and designed by the leader of the Lee Family of the Hong Kong Triad family to be the perfect soul mate for his daughter. A loyal protector and strategist that would help to bring the Lee Family to greater heights.

While it is illegal and unethical to create genetically modified human being, what is ethics or legality to a triad leader who trades solely in the illegal matters of life?

And that is the reason why I love and hate Trish at the same time.

It is also the reason why I ended up in Mongolia in the first place.

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Seven years ago

"Subjects 1005, 1009, 1015, do you see her? This is Tricia Renee Krasivaya Lee. She will become the next Leader of the lee family, and she will be the one that brings the family to greater heights. One of you will become the partner that will stand next to her as she does so." The commander exclaimed fervently, almost in a reverent tone as he drew our attention to the petite little girl that was training in the Taekwando Dojang.

From our hidden position behind the trees next to Dojang, we were able to see the sparring exchange that occurred while remaining hidden.

Her dark black hair was tied up into a bun as a natural red flush dusted her cheeks from the exertion of the sparring session with a slightly taller Asian girl opposite her. Her dark eyes narrowed in concentration as she thought of the next move that she would take. With the Eurasian features that she has inherited from her Hong Kong father and Russian Mother, she looked very much like a living doll at that very moment.

Subjects 1009 and 1015 looked at Tricia with undulated love and admiration, just like the way they were designed to do. Subject 1009's blue eyes shone brightly in amazement, as did the green orbs of 1015 when Tricia managed to execute a perfect high kick on her opponent.

As much as I tried to resist, I cannot help the uncontrolled tugging on my heart strings when I looked on at her.

I hated it.

Perhaps they should not have injected that additional intelligence in me, and kept me dumb like 1009 and 1015, but I hated the idea of being designed just to be suited to another being. It was a confining cage that would remind me time and again of the fact that I was never a real human being.

I yearned to break free of the chains that the Lee Family had over me. Subjects 1009 and 1015 can be manipulated to love and aid Tricia Renee Lee Krasivaya till they die, if that is what they want, but this is not the future that I envision for myself.

So when opportunity presented itself in the form of a training operation on the compounds of the Demertee's camp site , I gladly took it. While it was not my original intention to actually time travel to Mongolia when I leaped into the well to hide from the commander, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise .

In an unexpected turn of events, I found myself next to a grieving Mongolian couple in the Qing Dynasty who were in the midst of burning the remains of their son. Their son had just died tragically from a smallpox epidemic.

The Asian features that I was designed with, unlike the European features that 1009 and 1015 were designed with, made me blend in with the rest of the Asian demographics that existed there. It also helped that I happened to look like a doppelganger of the Mongolian couple's son, Cheonwu who has just died. And so with that, they took me in as Cheonwu, the replacement for the son that they have lost. I gladly took on my new identity. 

I later fell in love with Minori that came swimming into my life.

Subject 1005 became a memory of the past.

Or so I thought.

Never in my wildest imagination have I ever thought of the possibility that Tricia Renee Lee Krasivaya would ever enter my life again.

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Hey Guys,

As per the request by many of you, this is the background story of Cheonwu. Are you guys shocked by the way things have developed ? I have always wanted to try my hand at a bit of science fiction as a writer, and they materialized in Cheonwu. I did give some hints at the start of his unnatural beauty and his animosity with Trish at the start and I am not sure how many of you caught onto that .

I hope you guys enjoy reading about him as much as I enjoyed writing about him. Leave your comments below on what you think about this!.

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- autumn_hapiness