Solomon Stone: Beyond

Chapter 20

Solomon opened his wooden dresser, by pulling its door. He stood there for a minute, thinking what to wear. "What should I wear?" He asked himself.

After several minutes, he pulled out a red polo shirt from the inside of the cabinet. That's his favorite polo shirt, which was sent to him by his mother, 2 years ago as a birthday present. The soft and elegant design of the polo made Solomon fell in love with it.

Solomon decided to pair the red polo shirt with the black jeans he bought from a boutique in Central city. "This will be a perfect match"

He closed the door of the wooden cabinet, and move towards in front of the mirror located at the left side of the dresser. He removed the white shirt he's currently wearing and threw it on top of his bed.

Something odd caught the attention of Solomon, the moment he stood up in front of the mirror shirtless.

He slapped his face thinking he's just dreaming, unfortunately, he's not.

"Ahhw!" He said in pain, because of the slapped he did to himself.

Still skeptic of what he saw, he jumped sideward, and then jumped back again in front of the mirror, to see if everything will change back to normal, however, much to his surprise, it's still the same.

Solomon's body became muscular compared to what he has before. Inexplicably, he now has a perfectly sculptured six pack abdominal muscle, by which he didn't have several days earlier. His biceps and triceps became huge like he was a body building athlete, but the truth is, he did not even lift any kind of gym equipment since he was a kid. He loves to do jogging and martial arts, but he's not a fan of lifting weights, which is why he's confused of what just happened to his body.

His trapezius and shoulder muscles were also noticeably became super toned like of a boxer. He felt strong, light and fast; a very different body from what he has before. It was like; he evolved to a much more superior version of him. Solomon Stone now have the body, the strength, and the agility of a warrior.

Whatever the cause of Solomon's mysterious transformation, one thing is for sure, he's very happy about it.

Delighted of his current body, he flexed his muscles in front of a mirror, like a model body builder. "Solomon, you're so gorgeous right now!" He said to himself, proudly.

After several minutes of flexing in front of the mirror, Solomon, put his clothes on and went outside of his bedroom. He quickly went downstairs, to join Sarah and Jerry.

"Sorry for keeping you wait" Solomon said, while stepping down the staircase.

"Don't worry its fine, I-ah..." Sarah replied, and then suddenly, she noticed something different with Solomon. "Something about you is a bit different, don't you think?"

"Yeah, you also noticed that?" Solomon replied.

"Yes, ah... Wow! You look, great! You look, muscular" Sarah said, and then she bit her lips like she's going to flirt with him, any moment.

Solomon flexed his muscles and showed it to Sarah and Jerry "Look, I have no idea of what just happened to me, but, it's kind of cool, don't you think Sarah?"

"Wow! How did that happened?" Sarah said, puzzled and amazed.

"Perhaps, it's one of the effects of the healing spell your mother used to you" Jerry said.

"Maybe, or, I'm just really too awesome" Solomon said, confidently.

Solomon's body is not the only one who changed, but as well as, his personality. He became, jolly, optimistic and confident, very far from the old Detective Stone who's very pessimistic, sarcastic and serious.

Sarah and Jerry looked to each other's eyes, like they were talking telepathically. It seems that they are both very much captivated by the Solomon that's in front of them at the moment.

"Ah, before anything else, I would like to remind you that the foods inside the dining room are ready" Jerry said.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go, I'm really hungry!" Solomon replied. Solomon quickly went to the dining room leaving Jerry and Sarah behind.

Sarah and Jerry moved close to each other, while walking towards the dining room.

"He's not asking any questions about, you know..." Sarah whispered, acting peculiar.

"Keep quiet, he might hear us, it's a good thing his not asking us about his parents, at least it saves us the trouble of formulating stories" Jerry whispered back.

As the two reached the dining area, they saw Solomon already eating a lot of foods. He was too voracious, like a beast that just caught its prey after a week of hunting.

"He truly is hungry" Sarah said.

"Why don't you join him?" Jerry asked.

Jerry pulled a chair underneath the dining table for Sarah. As expected of the old butler, he's a very gentle and well-mannered man.

"Thank you Jerry, that's very gentleman of you" Sarah said, politely.

"You're very much welcome Sarah, please enjoy eating" Jerry replied, kindly.

For the moment, Sarah and Jerry felt relaxed because Solomon is not asking too many questions. He's very busy eating, that he forgot they still have a lot of problems to solve. Well at least, even for a bit of time, they set aside their problems and enjoyed the peaceful moment.

Jerry still has a lot of things to tell Solomon, but he chose not to spoil the moment. He let Solomon to eat a lot, rest and recover. He will need a huge amount of energy for the days to come.

Going to the library of wonders is the easy part, but studying and training inside, is worse than hell. It is true that Solomon changed a lot physically, and it will be a huge advantage, however, the mixture of physical, mental, spiritual and mystical training is harder than anything in the world.

Solomon just finished up eating. He stood up from the dining table and walk towards Sarah.

"I'm full, how about you?" He said, while rubbing his tummy.

"I'm full as well"

"What do you want to do next?"

"I suggest, we go to rest, we will be needing a lot of energy in the days to come"

"Good idea, I feel like sleeping again after eating a lot of food. I'm going to my room now, if there's anything you need just come to me and knock, or ask Jerry."

"Thank you Solomon, but I'm going to sleep now too, I haven't slept for the past two days."

"Oh, I see..."

Jerry move towards Sarah and Solomon and butts in the conversation. "The two of you shall sleep now, after the things that you've been through, you both deserve some sleep" Jerry said kindly, persuading the two to take a good night sleep.

"Thank you Jerry" Solomon replied.

Both Sarah and Solomon went to their rooms and slept. Jerry on the other hand, prepared the library of wonders and the tools that he will need for Solomon's training.