Chapter 3: 3. Unknown path[Arc1. Angel's Gift]
The breeze of a naughty wind blows unpredictably towards the east. Some honest water drops filled the ruminants with the dead river, a moment later the river is already flooding. Some fish tried to jump out of the water because of the frustration of the waterfall.
A few distances in the flooding river, a young boy with pure white hair and some tattered clothes is currently laying like a dead puppy. His eyes spark like a diamond that makes him attractive. Although his clothes are too small for his tiny body, it was enough to make him feel warm.
Sometimes later, the water already reached his body, drenching his tattered clothes. The cold kiss of the water in his cheek wakes him up, his awareness widened. He carefully wakes up and sets his body upright, he taps his dirty cloth and looks at the reflection of glass-like water.
He was in shock to see his appearance change significantly, the hair color seems to be natural but the most surprising for him is his tiny body, a flesh turned a figure of an eleven-year-old, weak and fragile, not even enough to stand still. His eye color is like a lavender in the tip of the mountains of the Mediterranean, fresh and colorful.
He looks at his surroundings and finally understands the area. He was in the deepest part of the forest near the river, on the right side is a rocky hill that is dangerous for him to climb. The leaves of the trees had tiny water droplets indicating that the rain just passed by.
After looking at his surroundings, he concluded that he was in a bad situation, the sun is already tired and the night is ready to take its place.
Adding to his dilemma, his right leg seems to be broken that makes him unable to move and his stomach is crying like a baby.
"What... Is this my fate?" His frustrated situation is not enough to stop him, he already faced a hurdle of problems in his past life. He doesn't really have luck in his life.
He grabs a stick nearby and makes it as his walking stick. He tried to look for food available nearby and found a red berry fruit, he takes some and smells it and then he puts it in his mouth completely eating the whole fruit. Upon swallowing the unknown fruit, his stomach stops rumbling.
He doesn't know where to find a shelter so he went to the direction of the rocky hills hoping to find a cave for him to rest. He spent hours to look for a cave but there was nothing there, his hope began to sink deeper than his thoughts.
The night is already looking at him with a grim smirk, everything is already dark and he can't even move due to the fatigue.
A rustling sound emerges from the bushes, the boy suddenly feels the upcoming danger and pointed his stick towards the bushes. Three hungry wolves show up and started to attack the hopeless boy. The boy clinches and started to defend himself, he had no place to go. In his back, a 3-meter cliff is waiting for him if he falls. He tried to defend himself with all his might but the weak and fragile body can't even swing properly, the wolf on his right side manages to sneak and bites his arm. Blood drifts out to his arm, he forced himself to stop screaming but the pain overtook his body.
He falls down the cliff rolling like a ball, his bones break out completely stopping him to move. "Why!!!!...." He screams because of the frustration that he felt. He just reincarnated but fate already left him hopeless.
After hearing his voice, the wolves above shake their bodies and retreated as if they saw a ghost. He puts his arm over his eyes covering it from dirt. A few moments later, everything turned into silence, a dark figure with a killing aura suddenly emerges and makes him tremble and all his sweat run away from his body looking for a safe place.
He slowly looks up at the figure and found that it was a bear with a 7+ feet tall, it has sharp claws and red eyes that make it scary. He knows what will be waiting for him if he doesn't move but he didn't have the capability or courage to do something.
He thinks everything is hopeless, after he was given a second life he just wasted it in just a few hours.
"Whahahaha ... what a waste, I can't even see the sunrise." He laughs with sadness.
The next moment becomes fuzzy and his vision blacks out. The bear bites his neck and drags him to its cave.
The warm light touched the reddish cheeks of the young boy. His body was still numb, he can't feel his body because of his broken bones. He slowly opened his lavender eyes, he can't believe he survived the night of nightmare. He scanned the surroundings and found out that he was indeed inside the cave. There were some pale bones and scattered scraps around.
"Ho..w?" He asked while trying to stand, but his weak body doesn't even move. It was like he never had control over it.
He tried again to move his hand and managed to control it, he grabs the bottle of water nearby. Thinking it was water that the people left behind, he forcefully opened it.
The drop of water flowed to his mouth and passed through his stomach. Suddenly, a bright light emerged from his body, he can feel the sensation of warm water flowing through his veins.
The shock struck him wide open, he was asking himself what kind of miracle just happened. 'Why a bottle of water managed to heal my wounds and my broken bones'.
Without finishing his thoughts, he heard loud footsteps walking towards his direction. He stood up and prepared for the attack, a brown bear with sharp eyes showed up. It stared at him, a few seconds before it continued moving. The boy panicked and tried to run away but the exit was covered by the bear, he was trapped in the corner of the cave. The bear opened its mouth revealing its sharp teeth, the boy looked for something to defend himself but found no other than a bone. He tried to attack the bear but it just invaded his attack and managed to destroy his weapon. Once again he was cornered by the brown bear, the bear opened its mouth again attempting to eat the boy.
Unable to do anything he just closed his eyes and waited and hoped nothing would happen. To his surprise, the bear licked his face like a mother cat. Processing what just happened, the boy thought he was inside the belly of the bear but it was not. When he opened his eyes he found the bear was still licking his face, he felt the cold and sticky liquid covering his face.
He patted the face of the bear to stop it. The bear stopped and bit his right arm, dragging him outside the cave. As he stepped out of the cave and he saw a beautiful serenity, he was in the top part of the rocky hills, from his position, he could see the wide section of the place. The forest had many different types of trees, there were many different types of plants and herbs, it had a variety of colors that were very pleasing to the eye.
The whole place was big enough to cover the entire Pangaea. There were some mountain ranges in the southern part and a vast ocean in the north. On the east side, he could see a big desert covering some portion of the place. After admiring the tranquility, he breathed a sigh and he realized how pure the air was, it was cold and fresh.
The bear bit his neck and jumped out of the 10-meter cliff. His neck almost turned into pieces, he smashed the face of the bear with all his power. The beast freed his neck and licked his sweating face. He brushed the mouth of the clingy bear and threw consecutive pounces and kicks but it had no damage for the bear. He picked up a piece of stick and threw it away to distract the beast, but the bear didn't even move and just stared at him.
'How foolish, I guess you're not a dog at all' he muttered in his thoughts.
He grabbed a piece of stone and looked towards the bear, their eyes met each other and he threw it in the right eye of the brown bear. He ran as fast as he could without even looking back.
Ten minutes later he finally stopped, he breathed a big sigh and looked at his surroundings. 'I guess I managed to run away' he muttered while breathing heavily.
After he turned back, his eyes spread wide open. 'How could it be?' He asked himself.
Before, the bear was out of his radar but now it was in front of him and it was looking at him with hungry eyes. Backing a little step, he looked down like he was surrendering himself. He knew from the start that probably the bear was keeping him alive because he was too thin to become proper food for the huge stomach of the beast.
A few moments later he was sitting on the rock near the river with a boredom mask on his face, the bear was in the middle of the river catching some fish meat. He looked at the pale fish near him, the bear stood up with a fish in its mouth. The bear walked towards the position of the boy, she then threw the fish in front of the boy. The boy worriedly stared at the fish. 'What are you expecting me to do with this' he quietly asked himself.
The bear sat beside him and threw a wide stare. The boy felt disgust holding the fish, he then looked at the beast but it was just staring at him with a wide smile.
"A...rgh, are you telling me to eat this?" He asked the bear but it kept her silence. Sensing that the beast would not even answer his foolish questions, he proceeded to eat the raw fish. After the bear saw him eating, the bear stared at the pale fish nearby and divided it into two then took one half to the boy and ate the other half.
The boy with a disappointing face grabbed two pieces of stone and took some sticks and dried leaves. He arranged the sticks and started to create a fire.
After the fire was set, he proceeded to take some fish but to his surprise, the angry bear distinguished the fire with her feet. He looked disappointed at the action of the beast so he quietly sat down and started to mumble with a sigh.
The bear licked his face again but he just let it be, he didn't have the strength to fight back. Surprisingly the bear read his mood and stopped its action. He washed his face and laid down on the top of the smooth rock beneath the tree.
The bear walked away and left the area, the thought of running away entered his mind but he didn't think it was a good idea, being eaten by a beast was better than being eaten by a mere animal.
Meanwhile, in the luxurious apartment, a man holding a remote control was sitting on his couch. He was tapping his fingers because of his boredom. The loud noise from the television can be heard around the four edges of his house. He smirked after he sees a familiar person came out with four bodyguards escorting him, his hand was tied with handcuffs. He looks young and handsome and his gaze was completely dark adding to his attractiveness. He enjoyed watching it, as if he was watching a comedy show.
The guy in the television is no other than Miku Ayala Salvador, 23 years old, the guy who mercilessly killed his own girlfriend, which he killed by stabbing with almost 567 stabs around her dead body. After 5 years of trials, he received his sentence, everyone is happy for the result, now the murder will be punished because of his rotten personality and his crime.
After seeing Miku in the chair of death, Michael felt really satisfied, his joy makes his heart flutter. The pain in the face of the gentleman cannot be described with just mere words. The dead body of the young man is the symbolism of his suffering.
A few hours later, a police vehicle can be seen outside his apartment. Michael looks in his windows and saw the three police cars parking, he places his hand under his mouth and laughs with a very satisfying sound.
"Whahhahhahahah... Nice, nice, n.ce.... You play a good game huh, Miku?" He snaps his head and stands in front of his wardrobe.
A gun shot disturbs the silent night, it echoes through the whole place. The police officers hurriedly run towards the apartment, everyone pointed their guns looking for the suspect, the mastermind. As they inspect the whole area, they found a body laying with his blood drifting around, his right hand has a pistol pointed towards his head.
It is as loud and clear that he was the real culprit, the murderer, the mastermind. Michael had a very distinct capability and fate loved him. He is born into a wealthy family and has a strong communication in the political stage.
But Miku understood that he had no capability to capture him so he just played every card he had. In the end, he chose to sacrifice his life as a seed for the fall of the entire society. He manipulated the flow of evidence and even the result of the trial, with that, he predicts what will happen to the future and sees the start of the collapse of the future.
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N/A: I'm cooked...