Chapter 3

Parallel to the events occurring in Egypt, down in New York City, a teacher, with bruises on his face was stripped to his undies and his limbs tied together with his tie.

"Please...Forgive me... I won't do such again."

"You started this... You should see it through till the end!" Kris, an average height American teenager with brown hair and blue eyes, lifted the teacher easily and threw him out the window a story up.

"Well people... That's all for this class." Kris laughed as he dusted his palms with a smirk. Some people began to applaud him, and he acknowledged the praise.

"As brutal and as embarrassing as always." A boy murmured to another as he stood up to leave the class.

"You are relatively new... Once in Junior high, he went crazy and while trying to beat down a single teacher, he ended up taking down the schools entire staff unit including the police that were invited later."

"The fuck? Is he some type of human tank?"

"Some of us think he is secretly an android gone wrong."

"With the strength he displayed, I wouldn't be surprised if that was true. That or he took some supersoldier type of serum."

"An evil version of Captain A..."

"Kris!" A voice bellowed from outside the class which suddenly rendered everyone silent. An old Janitor walked in and smacked Kris on his head.

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" The Janitor yelled. After a little while, the Janitor groaned in pain as his back snapped and his hand began to ache. Kris looked around the classroom and everyone quickly rushed out.

He turned to the old man and sighed, "Mr. Darwin. You know you are only going to keep hurting yourself."

"Shut up...whose fault is that! You ungrateful brat. How dare you throw out your teacher!"

"Yeah yeah, let me have a look." He touched the man's back and was able to adjust the flow of his chi in order to relieve him of the back ache.

"Argh... Can't you be gentle?" the old man protested.

He got a hold of the old man's hand and could feel the points at which the bones shifted. He positioned them sharply and Mr. Darwin screamed.

"Why don't you learn how to treat the elderly properly." Mr. Darwin sobbed although his hand felt better shortly after.

Kris rolled his eyes. " Drama queen."

"What did you say?

"Nothing, yeesh."

"Follow me!" Mr. Darwin ordered as he made Kris follow him down the hall while they headed outside the school building. The old man sat Kris down outside on the staircase.

"Have you taken your medications today?" Kris asked.

"Hmph! Checking on me does not change what you have done."

"So that means... you haven't. Once you take them, I'll be willing to listen to you."

"You brat..."

"Or would you prefer your blood pressure gets the better of you?"

"Tchh..."

Kris went in to get a bottle of water which he dragged from a student. Mr. Darwin used his drugs and they both sat in silence for a bit.

"If only you could open your mind to care for others just as you show concern for me." Mr. Darwin said softly as he looked at Kris.

"Not this again..."

"Just answer me."

"You didn't ask a question."

"Kris..."

"People aren't worth it, they would rather leave a starving child to his death than offer him a piece of bread. They only hang around you when they think it's profitable to them. They can all go to hell..."

"But..."

"But you are different... You saved me and took me as your own."

"I just needed someone to help with the dishes."

"Do you want me to punch your face in?"

"Hmph!... Like you would."

"Tch..."

Mr. Darwin sighed. "The principal isn't going to be happy out this."

"Not like he can do anything about it. He's afraid that I'll send him to the hospital if he expelled me."

"But you would."

"Tempting idea..." Kris smiled sheepishly

Mr. Darwin smacked his head but this time with his shoe. Kris looked at him then slowly placed his hand over his nose.

"That stinks just as much as your breath."

"No it doesn't!"

"Pfft..."

"You little..."

Kris rolled his eyes and the old man sighed.

"You have amazing gifts. So much strength and so quick learning. I can't believe that most of what you know comes from the TV and books. Even the mysterious thing you just did now."

"Chi control? it is not that mysterious..."

"Yeah whatever... You kids and your stuffs. The point is, you shouldn't use them for selfish reasons. It doesn't take much to do the right thing you know... The world is far more amazing than you could ever imagine. It may seem cruel from the little that surrounds you but it's definitely worth protecting."

"This will make it exactly the three hundred and forty sixth time you've said those exact words. I ask again. Are you sure you haven't gone senile?"

"You sure like making fun of me!"

"Hehehe..."

"Alright, you should head to class. Promise me you'll apologize to the teacher you threw out the window."

Kris sighs... "Alright then... if it means you'd stop bugging me about it."

"Thank you." The old man sighed as Kris left for class. After waiting a little while as the wind blew gently, he stood up and headed back to work.

AT THE AMERICAN base in Washington, the satellite linked with energy trackers were searching and trying to trace the exact location of captain Edward. The results were being displayed on a large monitoring screen.

"Sir... his energy has been tracked to a general location."

"He is smart." A one-handed Asian scientist said with a smile.

"We can't tell which one it is."

"He chose an area with a lot of population. In order to hide his presence, he distributed his energy to cover the area as such it would seem that everyone present there is him."

"This makes it difficult to apprehend him."

"He can't fully recover while maintaining that amount of spread-out energy. Just keep track of everyone present with the flow of energy. When he can no longer maintain it, we'll capture him. I want to know why he came here."

"Yes sir!"

"Sir an unauthorized transport is about to appear in base."

"I already know who it is... Damn that Louis."

James came out of the transport center. He was stopped by two special unit soldiers in full green armor.

"I'd like to see Dr. Yu Lock. Head scientist in this base. Knowing him, he already knows why I am here."

"Woah... hold it there man... That's not how things work over here." One of the soldiers sneered at him.

"I don't have time to deal with you two... let me pass!"

"And what if we don't..."

"Well then..." James eyes glowed red. His energy began to rise gently.

"Now now, no need for us to be so feisty..." The Asian scientist, Dr. Yu Lock stepped in to break the conflict.

They let James pass as he walked towards the doctor.

"Have you located him?" James asked bluntly.

"Not even a greeting? or a hug? my God you are just as ill-mannered as your mother."

"Why don't you tell her that yourself."

The doctor felt a cold shiver down his spine as he stopped in his tracks.

"Well... even if we have, you won't be allowed to do as you please."

"I am a red source. My powers would be more than sufficient to kill him."

"Yes, and we also have blue sources which could also do it. As well as green sources that would be a match. Your power is great but then it's not particularly necessary at this point... Plus weren't you there on the battlefield with him? How come we are cleaning after your own mess?"

"You know why!" James scoffed.

"Excuses... Plus you are going to be de-extracted soon, so that power won't be yours for much longer."

"And you say that without a care in the world?" James sneered

"You are old enough to not need to be pampered in the face of the harsh truth."

"Tch... What if you're unable to contain it?"

"That's why I haven't sent you back yet."

James paused as he stared at the doctor.

"We follow protocols here. But of course, I realize that the demon being in the body of Captain Edward and retaining all his memories would pose far more difficult than can be anticipated... You will just have to wait and see."

A soldier interrupted them. "Sir... we have a sudden spike in source energy on someone."

"Bingo. It can't keep the act for long. It would need to gather its strength. Keep track of its location.

"Sir! Orders have been sent from above. They are dispatching three green source and a blue source."

"Tch... this isn't the time to be stingy with our power!" Dr Yu scoffed as he slams his fist against the wall.

"We'll just have to wait and see." he added as he walked towards a chair facing the big monitoring screen.

Night time arrived and Edward was tracked to a warehouse. The source soldiers entered the building and began to search for him.

"He's close. Keep your eyes open!" Joseph, the team's leader ordered.

Everywhere was silent. The wind whooshed loudly.

David, a green source, looked at Joseph. "Something's not right." He noted.

They heard a scream from one of the soldiers and the three ran towards the direction.

They arrived at the source and found that Edward had stabbed the energy blade through the soldier's neck, his hand over the soldiers' mouth as he smiled at the others. Blood gushed out as his body was convulsing pushing out even more. The soldier's hand was slowly rising in a faint cry for help. The others' faces were filled with exasperation watching their comrade.

"You motherfucker!" Joseph yelled as he dived in to attack.