In a city that had never seen a disaster, there was still uneasiness in its peace. The cause for this uneasiness was –Barry: "We ready to go?"
The 20-year-old psychic asked his 8-year-old brother.
Kais: "Yeah."
He nodded with a smile. The two were not at their home but at the home of their parents. Their parents were afraid of their powers and so had decided to not live in the same house as them. Kais, however, was not aware of that.
Mother: "Okay dear, I see you two are ready to go. Please be careful on your way back."
Both brothers nodded to their mother"s words. These words were nothing more than a forgery put up by her to look like a genuinely caring mother to Kais.
Father: "Yeah, if you want, I can drop you at the station."
Another sentence came full of falsehood. But Kais, not knowing the truth, started to smile wanting to ask him to do so. And so,
Barry: "No need. We"ll manage on our own."
Barry denied him immediately.
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After they left and were in a taxi that was driving towards the train station, Barry looked at Kais and said,
Barry: "I know you wanted them to come drop us, but just think about it. It would be really troublesome for them to leave their work just for us, wouldn"t it?"
Kais: "Oh yeah, then why did they offer in the place?"
Kais asked while pouting as Barry sighed.
Barry: "Because they are our parents. Of course they would try to look out for us even if it meant …"
He stopped mid-way, irritated. But then continued,
Barry: "Hurting their schedule."
Kais looked down not sure how to retort to that. On the other hand, Barry tried to stop the frustration from showing on his face. He was utterly disgusted by his parents and himself trying to lie to Kais as if those two really cared about him at all. If they did, they wouldn"t run away leaving their kids like that.
When they first left the house, Barry was in high-school first year. From that day, they used to send money to two boys monthly for them to take care of the finances. And so, there was no shortage of money for their daily needs. And for Barry who had come to the age where he would want some freedom and privacy, it wasn"t a bad thing. But Kais was just a small child. And they left him in his care just because they were afraid of them. Barry would never forgive them for that.
Kais: "You okay, big brother?"
He realized that the anger on his face is causing Kais worry. He calmed himself down and patted Kais" head.
Barry: "Yeah, I"m fine. Don"t worry about it."
Just at that moment, the taxi took a sudden break.
Barry: "Wh-What happened, driver?"
Driver: "T-there"s some kind of animal outside. It c-came out of nowhere and suddenly blocked the road."
Barry peaked outside the car screen and saw a black, riveting jackal blocking the path.
Kais: "I-is that a wild animal?"
For a moment, there was silence.
Barry didn"t say anything as he looked at the jackal.
The driver didn"t say anything as he looked at the jackal.
Kais didn"t say anything as he looked at the jackal.
The jackal didn"t make any noise as he looked at them. And then,
Barry: "Sorry about this."
He said as he put his hand to the driver"s head and hypnotized him to sleep.
Kais: "W-what"s going on?"
Barry: "Kais, stay in the car. That thing is a supernatural creature, most likely a spirit."
Barry stepped out of the car seeing Kais nod.
Kais: "Um … be careful, okay?"
Barry: "Yeah."
He said while facing the jackal as he walked towards it. The jackal just stared at Barry with an aggressive expression.
Barry: "You don"t look like a very powerful spirit. But I will give it you, you seem cunning."
As he said that, he raised his hand till it was pointing at the spirit. Then, he raised his hands more, but this time the spirit also started levitating in the air.
Kais: "Is he using Psychokinesis? That looks like it, but …"
Barry: "I see. So it is as I thought, you have no will to fight."
Kais: "Huh?"
Barry brought the jackal-like spirit down to the ground and leaned against the car. They were in a deserted area. But in the daytime, some people would pa.s.s by there. So, a little crowd has started to gather near them. Barry put a hand up to his forehead and said,
Barry: "Sleep."
With that, he hypnotized everyone in the radius of 100m into sleep. Suddenly, he heard some ruffling noise in the bushes beside the road.
Barry: "Who"s there?"
He asked as he saw a person"s silhouette sneak through in the bushes. They must have been hiding there silently but Barry"s hypnotization caused them to break the silence. Still, someone skilled enough to hide themselves from Barry can be pretty troublesome. This was Barry"s thought process as he walked towards the bushes and spotted a girl.
Barry: "Ah, wait!"
She had blonde-hair and from the looks of it, she was of Kais" age. But she wasn"t a psychic. He could tell this from the fact that psychic energy in nowhere to be found in her aura.
Barry: "I get it."
The girl looked up at Barry in disdain.
Barry: "You are a spirit-user, aren"t you?"
She clicked her tongue as she barely kept herself from falling asleep. The fact that she was able to fend off Barry"s hypnotization for so long even though she was just a child was a testament to how greatly talented she was. In fact, Barry surmised that she might have the potential to be at the level among spirit-users as Barry is among the psychics.
Barry: "Well, might as well stop that."
He dismissed the hypnotization on her. Realizing that she was no longer feeling drowsy, she moved back swiftly to get away from Barry.
Barry: "Not so fast."
He said as he stopped her in her tracks by controlling her legs with Psychokinesis.
Barry: "Well then, this might be rude but …"
Barry, on the judgment that she wouldn"t tell him her name if he asks; he pried into her mind to find it.
Barry: "I see. Well, Ms. Sona, might I ask you what you are doing here?"
Sona: "H-How do you know my name?"
Barry: "My question came first."
Sona: "Tch!"
She tried to break free from his Psychokinesis – to no avail. Kais stepped out of the car and walked towards where they were.
Barry: "Didn"t I tell you not to come out of the car?"
He said in a rather mild tone as he didn"t sense any real threat around them.
Kais: "Yeah, but that girl-"
Barry: "You know her?"
Kais turned towards Sona as he answered.
Kais: "I have seen this girl before. She … goes to the same school I do and … she is also the daughter of the princ.i.p.al of our school. So …"
Barry: "I-I get it."
Barry immediately released her from his control. As she fell to the ground, she looked at Kais with hostile intent.
Sona: "Tch! So it"s my family name that saved me here too."
She muttered under her breath. Unfortunately for her, the two psychics were capable of hearing that. Fortunately for her, they acted like they didn"t.
Barry: "So you mind telling us what"s going?"
Barry asked. Sona looked at him while calming down and said,
Sona: "Nothing much. My spirit just started to not follow my commands is all."
Barry looked back at the jackal-like spirit and the girl and then sighed,
Barry: "Well now, we can"t have a spirit-user like that running around, can we?"
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