The Gang

The man standing in front of Alex was the new leader of the gang, a violent and cruel man who's name was Marcel. Marcel was around 1.9 meters tall (6ft2) with a muscular build. He had no hair on his head but had a full brown beard and mustache of the same colour with a slight upwards twirl. His eyes seemed to be colourless apart from the glow inside them and his gaze was full of self importance as he peered down at Alex, the thick scar across his left eye and nose giving him an even more menacing look.

"The boss asked you a question!" One of the men that brought Alex here shouted as he smacked the back of Alex's head. The sunglasses nearly fell off Alex's face as his head was suddenly pushed forwards from the slap, but he managed to catch them just before they did and pushed them back onto the ridge of his nose.

Alex saw Marcel peering down at him with a suspicious squint and felt a wave of panic envelop his body. 'Is he suspicious about the sunglasses? Or does he already know about my ability and is waiting for me to show him? But if they know about it I'll always-' Alex saw the man behind him raising his hand again and quickly shouted out an answer before he received another, probably harder, slap.

"He's dead!"

The man behind Alex was mid swing when Marcel raised his hand, gesturing for the man to stop. The man stopped his hand from slapping Alex in the last moment and returned to a neutral standing position. Alex felt wind blow against the back of his head as the mans hand came to a stop and was extremely relieved he didn't receive the blow.

"You killed him?" Marcel said with a surprised expression on his face as the 4 Users around him scoffed and laughed. "If what you're saying is true then you would have seen Oscar in person, in which case I'm sure you can understand our skepticism." Marcel said with smirk on his face.

"Are y-you talking about his ability?" Alex asked with a shaky voice.

Marcel, as well as the Users around him, all became far more serious as Alex said this. "You expect me to believe you killed a User?" Marcel asked with a stern expression on his face, his voice filled with doubt.

"I-I really did! It was mostly through luck and I was really surprised to see his eyes at first but then-" Alex was speaking very quickly, hoping to get his words out quick enough to quell everyone's suspicions but was cut off by Marcel as he slammed his foot into the ground and cracked the concrete.

He took 3 steps towards Alex with fury in his eyes and lifted him off the ground by the neck. Alex was instantly rendered unable to breath as the pressure around his neck was too strong to allow him such a luxury. Marcel pulled Alex closer until their faces were only a fingers length apart and spoke with a malicious tone.

"You better have some way of proving this 'cause if I find out you're lying to me, or worse, making light of a Users strength compared to a stick like you, I'll make you watch as I torture your family before finally killing you in the most painful way possible." Marcel's face was twisted with anger as he increased the pressure around Alex's neck, the glow behind his furious eyes seemingly becoming brighter.

'Fuck! He's going to kill me! I can't even answer you when you're holding my neck like this you fucking idiot!' Alex struggled to speak for several seconds but quickly realized he was unable to. He saw a sadistic grin appear on Marcel's face, and the faces of the Users behind him, and knew that these psychos were enjoying this.

Alex felt his vision starting to darken as almost a minute had passed without him being able to breath. He truly felt as though Marcel would keep holding him until he died from oxygen deprivation and decided to do something he really hoped he wouldn't need to do.

Alex reached for his sunglasses with his right hand but Marcel grabbed onto his wrist with his free hand, preventing his movement. Alex quickly lifted his left hand, attempting to do the same, but his arm was grabbed by one of the men that escorted him here.

Alex's face was starting to turn blue and he was about to lose consciousness when he swiped the forefinger on his right hand to the side, causing the sunglasses to fly off his face and land a meter or two away.

The room went silent as shocked expressions appeared on everyone's faces, most noticeably on the Users' faces. Marcel, although surprised like everyone else, had a massive smile appear on his face as his eyes lit up with excitement.

Alex fell to the floor, gasping for air and coughing while massaging his bruised neck. His vision started to return to normal and his breathing became more steady over the next minute as the Users sparked up a conversation with each other.

"He wasn't a User before right? I'm sure he was just a scrawny beanpole."

"I know he wasn't, I even remember making fun of his weird eyes so I would know if they were glowing!"

"Isn't he too old to suddenly get an ability, he's almost 18 for fu-"

"Enough!" Marcel suddenly shouted with a powerful voice. "Be quiet, all of you!"

Everyone in the room went silent as they watched their boss look down at Alex with eyes filled with greed.

"Look at me." Marcel said with an authoritative voice.

Alex was still trying to catch his breath and couldn't quite register what was happening around him, as such, he didn't hear Marcel's order.

Marcel's face twisted in anger as he slammed his foot into the ground, cracking it again, while shouting with a booming voice. "I said look at me!"

This time Alex heard the order and quickly looked up at the gang leader, his glowing red eyes clearly visible to anyone who could see his face.

"You became a User last night, no doubt during a fight with Oscar, right?" Marcel asked with a slightly calmer voice than before and Alex nodded in response.

"Your ability must have had a condition to awaken, either that or the stress forced it out. Either way, you've suddenly become far more valuable to this gang. To me." A smirk appeared on Marcel's face as his eyes glowed brighter for a moment.

"I saw the sunglasses fly off your face, that means your ability is telekinesis, right?" Marcel asked and Alex nodded in reply. Marcel kicked a fist sized piece of the broken concrete over to Alex .

"Use your ability to throw this against the wall as hard as you can." Marcel ordered.

Alex stood to his feet with shaky legs and did as he was told. He lifted the piece of concrete off the ground with Telekinesis and flung it into the wall. The concrete piece hit the wall with a thud and fell to the ground.

"About as fast and powerful as a strong regular person could throw it." Marcel said with a disappointed sigh. "I was hoping your ability would start at a higher rank than G since it awakened at a late age but I guess this is fine."

Marcel walked over to one of the Users in the group behind him and started going through the mans pockets, eventually pulling out an envelope. He pulled a stack of money out from the envelope and started counting it and eventually putting most of the money back in the mans pocket.

He placed the remainder of the money into the envelope and threw it over to Alex, having it land right in front of him.

"That's your payment for killing Oscar. Come back here on Tuesday and I'll give you another mission. Now fuck off." Marcel said as he walked away, lighting a cigarette as he did.

Alex bent down and picked up the envelope, along with his sunglasses which he put on instantly, and quickly left the building. He walked for several minutes towards his house in a haze of fear and relief before he finally stopped to count the money in the envelope.

"It's...they really gave me this much!?"