《Wings of Freedom [Completed]》 Prologue: Losing ones home, gaining a new family. Prologue: Losing ones home, gaining a new family The sun had just risen. signaling the start of a new day, however it was not a beautiful one. The current scenery was a city in ruins, you could still hear gunshots being fired and explosions ringing out. In a desolate back alley you could hear someone weeping. The person, who was currently crying, was only a little boy. He had blond hair and blue eyes. In his hair, there were signs of blood, whether it was his own or someone else''s, no one knew. The clothes he was wearing were also in tatters and covered in blood. The little boys knees and arms showed many bruises. As he sat there in the back alley and wept, a middle aged man in military gear was walking toward him. The man was medium heigth and with a built body, He had black hair, he had grey strips in his hair and green eyes. The man did not have a rifle with him but only two hand guns and two army knives strapped to his thighs. The man walked up to the boy and squat down in front of him. The boy had been too busy crying to notice him closing in. The man put his right hand on the boys head and asked in a friendly tone, ¡°Where are your parents, c''mon I''ll take you to them.¡± The little boy looked at the man and started crying even louder. The man understood what that meant. It meant that his boys family was dead, probably sacrificed themselves to save him. The man felt his heart tighten as he looked at the boy crying. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. At that moment a soldier came to the alley and respectfully saluted the middle aged man as he said, ¡°Captain, reporting in. We have driven the Burg Empire''s soldiers out of the city. We are currently setting up fortifications and looking over the casualties and survivors.¡± The soldier looked at the captain consoling the boy and sadness also flashed on his face. He thought to himself, ¡°Damn, those fucking higher ups. Thanks to them stalling us, this city lost more than half it''s population and this little boy is now probably alone in this world.¡± The middle aged man, who was referred to as ¡°Captain¡±, thought for a second before saying, ¡°Good, gather up the survivors and bury the dead. Also tend to all of the wounded, soldier and civilian alike.¡± The man had respect in his eyes as he shouted before leaving, ¡°Yes, sir!¡± Seeing the soldier run off, the man returned his gaze back to the little boy as he said, ¡°Since you have no home or family to return to, how about coming with me?¡± The boy looked at the man before asking, ¡°Are you sure?¡± The man looked at him with gentle eyes as he said, ¡°Yes, I am sure.¡± With that he stood up and extended his hand to help the little boy up as he asked, ¡°My name is Alex Mai. What is yours?¡± The little boy looked at the mans hand and answered as he grabbed it, ¡°My name is Remy Lumi.¡± Chapter 1: Courier Hello and thank you for reading. Enjoy the Chapter.
Chapter 1: Courier From that day, ten years have passed and the 5 year old boy, who was left without a home, had now grown up to be a teenager in another family. The things that happened that day, left a huge scar on him. Although he was physically fine, he did not have the same mentality as a normal 15 year old should. Seeing his father killed in front of him was bad enough but men on the front lines, who had not had a woman in a long time, did things to his mother in front of him, that no 5 year old should see. All in all, he had grown up like a normal youth if you don''t include the fact that, he is a war orphan, who has witnessed slaughter of his friends and family. Currently that youth was riding a bike on a highway, on his back was a black backpack. He was wearing black trousers with a black jacket and a black helmet. On his hands were black gloves made especially for riding the bike. The bike was also black but it had red tribal tattoo like paintings on it. As he was riding on the highway, his speed was way over the limit as a black sedan was chasing after it. The youth looked back and as he saw that he had not lost the car chasing him. ¡°Che.¡± was the only thing he said as he saw the car. With his left hand he clicked at the side of his helmet and at the right upper corner of his screen, a ringing phone. The phone rung for a minute before a ladies voice could be heard, ¡°Hello, this is the Sleeping Panda hotel, may I help you?¡± The youth just said as he accelerated, ¡°Yea, my name is Hiroshi Noga, I''d like to reschedule my reservation for the penthouse suite.¡± The voice that sounded out next was not the lady who was speaking before. ¡°Hello, this is the manager of Sleeping Panda and I would like to ask why you would like to reschedule your reservation?¡± The voice that asked it, was clearly an old mans. Remy just answered, ¡°I would like to reschedule due to having an unexpected delay in my schedule as I move along the Easton highway.¡± The ¡°manager¡± just told him again, ¡°We understand, we hope you have safe trip and we will hold the reservation as we send out baggage boys to greet you.¡± With that the call ended. Remy looked over his shoulder again and let out a sigh as he mumbled to himself, ¡°For the love of god, this is not a frigging normal package. This is the 7th car that has been following me since I started the trip.¡± He again glanced at the GPS that was in the top left corner of his screen and sighed again, when he saw that he still had 79km left until he reached his destination and he could say good bye to this god damn package. He threaded between cars as he hoped to lose the black sedan that was following him. He accelerated again and now he was going 150km/h, the speed limit for this highway was 120km/h. Even after 15 minutes of threading, he couldn''t lose the car behind him. As he sped along the highway, he caught a little flash from the corner of his eye. He let out a breath of relief as he thought to himself, ¡°Finally, the snipers are here.¡± Just like on cue, the car that was following him, suddenly lost control as it''s front tires were shot. Remy let out a smug smile as he glanced back and accelerated a bit more. After 10 minutes had passed, he turned off from the highway and headed down a lonely road. After 5 minutes of snake like turns, he reached a fence. He took of his helmet and looked into the security camera. He still had his blue eyes and blonde hair but now there was also a scar just under his right eye. He had gotten it on one of his delivery jobs. 1 minute passed as he looked into the camera and the fence gate started opening. From the other side of the gate, two soldiers stepped out as they nodded to him to move on. Remy put his helmet back on and rode on. He rode for a while before reaching a big laboratory. In front of the laboratories door was a squad of 20 soldiers with about 10 scientists. In front of them was middle aged man, with a wrinkled face but a built body. He was quite tall and had brown hair. He had a huge grin on his face as he saw Remy pull up in front of him. He measured him for a bit before saying, ¡°Hey, you have grown again. Soon you might reach my height. Anyways, good job on delivering the package.¡± Remy took off his helmet and all of the people present had astonishment on their faces. They had never expected the legendary ¡°Courier¡± to only be a youth. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Remy frowned as he looked at the man who seemed to be in charge and said, ¡°And you''ve grown even older. What the hell did you have me bring to you this time? Amongst those bastard were idiots who had the balls to shoot a fucking RPG at me! I had to call in a lot of favours from previous jobs to get here in one frigging piece.¡± The man just laughed and patted him on the shoulder, ¡°Well, it is a piece of extremely valuable technology to complete something that will give our alliance a big advantage against the other 3 major powers.¡± As his words sounded out, one of the scientists present quickly said to the Captain in a scolding tone, ¡°That is classified information! What the hell do you think you are saying to some random courier?¡± Captain looked at the scientist coldly as he said in a calm, cold voice, ¡°This guy had to expend a lot of personal resources to help you clean up after your fucking mistake. He also nearly got killed for it, he deserves to know why. If you have a problem with me saying, why he almost got killed, then the next time you can go get the parts you destroyed by your incompetence by yourself.¡± When the man heard that, he instantly shut up as he knew, this madman would seriously send him by himself next time. He shrinked back to where he was before and the Captain looked at Remy before saying, ¡°Sorry about that. Mind giving me the goods now?¡± Remy just shook his head and removed his backpack as he said, ¡°You have not changed a bit since I first met you ten years ago in that hell. Here, one piece of valuable technology unharmed.¡± He removed a small metal box from inside his backpack and another scientist walked up and took the box. The scientist had black hair and a skinny body. Under his green eyes were black bags, why suggested that he had not gotten enough sleep lately. He inserted some special magnetic card to a slot and punched in a code to make the box open. As the box opened, the scientist examined its contents before nodding to the captain and saying, ¡°This is definitely the goods and it has not been damaged in the least.¡± The Captain nodded and signaled for the scientists and soldiers to carry it inside. As the piece of technology was taken inside, there were only three people left outside: Remy, the Captain and the scientist who opened the box. The scientist sized up Remy and said, ¡°You seriously have grown in the year I haven''t seen you. Have you been well?¡± Remy smiled to the man and said, ¡°Yea, I''ve been well. Seems like you have gotten yourself another puppy who doesn''t know his limits.¡± The man gave a wry smile as he said, ¡°Well yea, he has a good head but with being good at something comes arrogance. Just because he has a bit more skill he thinks his the best and looks everyone else with contempt. He is a lot more docile now than he was when he first came here though.¡± Remy just let out a hollow laugh and exchanged a few more pleasantries with the two before saying, ¡°It was nice seeing you two old ghosts again but I got to head back now. Even if I speed all the way, I will make it back barely in time.¡± The two exchanged a confused glance before the Captain said, ¡°Ohh yea, you are going to be a high schooler now. If you need help with homework, don''t be afraid to give this guy a call to help you.¡± As he said that, he patted the scientist on his shoulder. The man let out a hearty laugh and asked with an apologetic face, ¡°How about those dreams? Do you still see them?¡± Remy''s face also changed as he cast his gaze down and answered, ¡°Yea, at least once a week, hell like that is not something I can just forget.¡± The two men looked at him with a tinge of pity in their eyes as Remy put his helmet back on and started his bike again. ¡°Well I''ll see you two again sometime, also don''t forget to wire me the fee for the delivery.¡± Remy said as he gave the two a final look. The two laughed for a second before saying, ¡°Don''t worry, when have we bailed on the bill before? Also have a safe trip back.¡± They waved at him as Remy started heading back. When he had left, the two men were still standing there. The Captain just let out a deep sigh before saying, ¡°Even though he doesn''t look as cold as he was when Alex picked him up but underneath his facade he is still deeply scarred.¡± The scientist also nodded as he gazed Remy''s back, ¡°It would be weird if he wasn''t. That child has seen hell and had his world torn up and turned upside down in a single day. But he smiled a lot more lately and he communicates better.¡± When Remy had disappeared from their sight they turned around and headed inside the building as well. Chapter 2: Heading back home Have fun reading. If you have any questions or suggestions, leave a comment down below. Enjoy.
Chapter 2: Heading back home As Remy turned back on the highway, he glanced at the clock on his screen, next to the GPS and sighed to himself, ¡°It is already 9 PM, huh¡­ If is thread at 170km/h then I''ll get back at around 2 or 3 AM. This is why I hate rush jobs like these.¡± He started accelerating and soon the speedometer showed 150km/h. He started threading between cars and when larger distances between cars appeared, he started accelerating again. At some point in time, there weren''t a lot of cars on the road anymore so he could just accelerate and cruise along the road. This rush job came as a request from Alex. This world was roughly split into 4 major powers: Brugis Empire, United Front, Northern States and Lertu Alliance. Of the four, two were alliances between various countries while two were big countries, that expanded their territories vastly during the war. Remy was born in country belonging to the United Front called Eltor. He grew up in a small village called Atsor. The village was near the front lines so it turned into a slaughter house when Burgis Empire started advancing in United Fronts direction. Alex, the man who took in Remy after he lost everything, was the captain of the strongest martial arts squad at the time belonging to Surdo, a member of the United Front. In this world, people could use Qi to enhance their bodies to increase it''s durability, speed, strength and reaction time but that did not make them invincible or bulletproof. Martial artists excelled at close combat so they were strongest in a city warfare. In the military, cultivating was a part of basic training but to specialize in it, you needed to be part of a school. Schools just taught people a certain style but there was a condition to be part of a school. You needed to start training in the school from little, starting at 18 or so, when you joined the army, was just not going to cut it. Alex was the last person, who practiced Dragon Martial Style. It was a fighting style that was passed down from generation to generation but Alex''s wife suffered an injury to her womb when she was pregnant preventing her from having children When Alex first brought Remy home, his wife didn''t accept him. Gradually, over the time she opened up to him and accepted him as a son. In Surdo, the laws regarding motorcycles were pretty lax, depending on how powerful the engine was, the age limit rose. For a standard bike, that went 50 km/h, you could make a license at the age of 10. The bike Remy owned, however maxed out at 210 km/h. Legally you needed to be at least 18 to make a license for it but due to Remy''s courier profession, he pulled some strings to get a ¡°government permission¡± to get a license earlier. A downside to that however were these sudden jobs transporting confidential parts to top grade military laboratories. He had made a deal with the government that during school time, he needed to get a head notice and they agreed to it but currently it wasn''t school time yet. As he sped along the highway, he closed in on Hiososi. Hisosi was the city he was currently living in, it was one of the major cities of Surdo. Surdo was a country that had it''s eastern back against the sea, in the south it had an ally country Eltor and the north and west were also backed by allies. Currently the war between the 4 major powers had come to a standstill. Aside the occasional border skirmishes there were no major battles. This ¡°temporary peace¡± had developed to a tightrope equilibrium. One wrong move on anyone''s side was all that it would take ignite the flames again from embers. As such all the powers were currently in the middle of developing new weapons before their enemies did. The borders were also under tight guard from enemies. Even trade between countries was heavily restricted and merchants who wanted to bring in goods were thoroughly checked before being let over the border. After speeding on the highway like a madman, Remy could see Hisosi already from afar, he glanced at the clock and noticed that it was already 1.30 AM. He gently shook his head and was just glad that he was registered as a government courier. As a government courier, you had your vehicles number plate in the law enforcement database and they would not fine you for going over the speed limit. Although, they didn''t mind you speeding when you weren''t carrying something for the government it needed to have a limit. You couldn''t always drive 120km/h in the middle of a city so you could go to the store from home or viceversa. If you didn''t start abusing the privilege, they wouldn''t revoke it. When he reached the city, he didn''t ride over the speed limit anymore. After 15 minutes had passed, he stopped in an alley next to a bar named ¡°Sleeping Dragon¡±. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. The bar was still open and he walked in through the back door. When he walked in from the back door, he took off his helmet and jacket and hung them on the hanger on a wall. Suddenly a man with gray hair walked in from a door that lead to the front end of the bar. He looked at Remy and smiled, ¡°Hey, you are back earlier than I expected. I thought you would come back in an hour or two. So how did this job go?¡± Remy looked at the man and just smiled, ¡°Yea, it went well Alex. The package was delivered on time but I had to call in a lot of favours from other jobs to get there in one piece. Seems like they have a leak somewhere.¡± Alex just looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, ¡°Well, I will inform them of it and you should get some sleep. The opening ceremony is at 11 AM tomorrow.¡± Remy nodded at the man and started heading upstairs to lay down on the couch in the rest room. ¡°Ohh yea, I almost forgot. A teenage girl about your age answered the add for a part time position and is currently doing a good job in the front. I learned that she will go to the same school as you, so mind giving her a lift in the morning?¡± Remy looked at Alex in surprise and asked, ¡°A girl my age? What about her parents? It is currently nearly 2AM, how are they not throwing a fit?¡± Alex lowered his gaze as he said in a soft voice, ¡°Seems like she is also a war orphan but the orphanage she was in, was closed down in the beginning of summer. She had been accepted to school already so she tries to juggle the job and school by herself.¡± Remy also lowered his gaze, war orphans were not a rare sight. Most got on the bad side of the law though, as they blamed the government for fucking up their lives. It was actually rare to see a war orphan try to diligently go to school and live by him/herself. ¡°Yea okey, I don''t mind giving her a lift since the destination is the same anyways but where is she staying?¡± Alex smiled when he heard Remy would help her out. He looked at Remy and said, ¡°She will currently stay on the other couch upstairs. She blatantly refused me when I offered her to live at my place. Maybe you will have better luck.¡± ¡°So you want me to take her in and let her live at my place?¡± Remy frowned when he heard that. He was currently living on his own in an apartment he bought with the money he earned from his Courier jobs and his job as a bartender here. He didn''t want to be a burden to Alex and his wife any longer than he had to. The apartment wasn''t big but it wasn''t small either. It had a bedroom, guest bedroom, living room, kitchen and a bathroom. ¡°Yea, you have similar pasts and maybe she will accept your help. She is just like you, she doesn''t trust anyone and tries to do everything herself. In her case, there hasn''t been anyone to help her out like me and Erica were there for you.¡± Alex thought for a second before saying, ¡°Yea, I will let her stay only if she agrees.¡± He was currently betting on the fact that she didn''t trust anyone and she wouldn''t accept. Remy owed Alex a lot for taking him in all those years back, so he wanted to help him out when he could. He didn''t mind taking her in as long as she followed his rules in the apartment. Nevertheless he was hoping that she would be stubborn enough to not accept it. Remy actually understood why Alex was so pushy with things like these. He felt sorry for the children whose lives were destroyed by the war and wanted to help them as much as he could. He even regularly made donations to orphanages to help them maintain themselves and give the children the best education and lifestyle it could. They talked a bit more on when Remy had to leave for school and a few things about the delivery before Remy decided to head upstairs to sleep on the couch there. The reason he was staying in the resting room instead of his apartment was that it would be quicker to go to school from here than his apartment and truth be told, he was tired as hell. When he laid down on the couch he fell asleep quite shortly. When he fell asleep, he saw a dream. In the dream, he was having happily dinner with his family when suddenly soldiers burst in from the door. This was a reoccurring nightmare of the day his world got turned upside down. It was then that he did not trust anyone anymore. It took Alex years to creep into Alex''s heart as a person he could trust. On the outside, he always had a smile on his face and was very sociable but on the inside, he was covered in a layer of ice. He never trusted anyone, he was always on guard towards every person he had contact with and he never let anyone become close to him again. What he feared most was having a loving family again only to lose it again. When the dream ended, he abruptly opened his eyes and sat up. He was drenched in cold sweat., he glanced at the clock and saw that it was only 7.56 in the morning. Chapter 3: Getting a new roommate Here is a bonus chapter. Enjoy.
Chapter 3: Getting a new roommate When he saw that it was only 8 AM, he decided to get up. AS he looked around the room, he noticed that on the other couch a girl, who seemed a bit short, was peacefully sleeping. She had long brown hair and pretty face. Her body was could still use some development. As Remy looked at her, he noticed that she was quite skinny. Thinking back to last night, he realized, that after the orphanage closed down, she was on her own. She was suffering from malnutrition. Remy no longer thought about it and stood up. He stretched body a bit before heading downstairs. While he was walking downstairs he thought to himself, ¡°Damn, guess I am not as small as I used to be. Sleeping on that couch is a killer on the back now.¡± When he reached downstairs, he saw Alex pouring coffee in the kitchen. When Alex heard footsteps, he turned around and smiled to Remy, ¡°Hey, you are up already. Did you see the dream again?¡± Remy was startled by the question but as he sat down at the table, he lowered his head before answering with a bitter smile, ¡°Yea, it isn''t happening as frequently as it did in the past but still, it happens too often.¡± Alex walked to the table with two mugs in hand, one for him, one for Remy. As he handed Remy the mug, a quite charming old lady walked in from the front room. She was medium height with brown eyes and nearly gray hair, there were some brown streaks still left in it. She was a bit plump but not too much. She smiled to Remy and said in a caring voice, ¡°Hey, you are back kiddo. When did you get back and why didn''t you give me heads up about coming here? I would have made you a hearty breakfast.¡± She walked to the coffee machine and poured a cup for herself as well. Remy just gave a warm smile as he said, ¡°I arrived last night but I was too tired to go home, so I slept upstairs on the couch in the break room.¡± These two were the only people he cared about in this world. They took him in when he had nowhere to go and no one to care about him. The delivery had taken him a total of 5 days. 2 days to reach the place to pick up the package and 3 days to reach the base where the drop off point was. They talked a bit about how his delivery went and if he is excited about school. In reality, he was a normal teenager if you exclude the fact that he is a Courier who is deeply trusted by the government for his various ¡°achievements¡±. He had delivered everything from supplies to personal. That included weapons, information, medicine and so on. Since the government knew they could trust him, they used his services a lot. For the government, it was hard to find a good courier, that they could trust. Currently there was no telling where the enemy spies were, so people who could be trusted were extremely valuable. Also, earning a governments trust was no easy task, so a person, who could pull that off in an unstable time as that one, would also be quite heavily in demand by others as well. As they talked there for about half an hour, they heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Everyone''s head turned to look at the stairs and soon they saw a young girl walk down. She looked at the three sitting at the table and lowered her head before she said, ¡°Good morning, thank you for letting me sleep upstairs. I will go and buy some food before heading to school.¡± As she started walking towards the door Erica stood up and said with a warm smile, ¡°Oh dear, you don''t need to be such a stranger. Come sit down and have breakfast with us.¡± Before the girl could refuse the invitation, Alex said as he looked at her, ¡°Remy here will attend the same school as you, and he can give you a lift, when he is going to school. So relax and sit down. In our employment contract it also said that we will cover the food expenses during breaks.¡± She struggled to find an excuse, she wasn''t used to kindness and believe you have to earn your keep. She thought for a second before sitting down at the table, across from Remy. Erica brought her a cup of coffee and a few sandwiches. Before eating she introduced himself to Remy, ¡°Hello, my name is Sandra Tihane. Pleasure to meet you.¡± Remy looked at her and smiled, ¡°Hello, my name is Remy Lumi.¡± They sat there and ate breakfast. In the meantime, Alex asked how she liked the job of a waitress and what she planned to do for now. She told him, that she would like to work here as long as she could because she liked the atmosphere of the place. Everyone were friendly there was her reason. Remy was just quietly drinking coffee thinking about the school when he was pulled out of his thoughts by what Alex asked Sandra next, ¡°You don''t have a place to stay right, how about you stay at Remy''s place until you gather enough money to buy yourself an apartment of your own? You can just pay him rent for the time you stay there.¡± Stolen novel; please report. Remy''s eyes flashed for a second as he thought to himself, ¡°Now then, how will you answer?¡± Sandra looked at Remy for a second before asking him, ¡°You live on your own? You wouldn''t mind me staying over at your place?¡± Remy was surprised, Alex had told him that she blatantly refused him when he asked her to stay at his and Erica''s house. He didn''t expect her actually consider the offer. He gathered his thoughts for a second before answering, ¡°Yea, I have two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and a bathroom. Currently one of the bedrooms is vacant, so I don''t mind renting it to you if you follow my rules there.¡± When Alex heard Remy talk about the rules, he gave him a confused glance. He hadn''t talked about any rules yesterday. Sandra thought for a second before asking, ¡°What rules do I need to follow if I want to rent that room?¡± When Remy heard that, he started cursing Alex in his mind, ¡°How the hell is this stubborn? She is considering it too fucking easily.¡± He had thought that she would shoot down the idea the moment it came up but he was very wrong about that. He took a sip of coffee before saying, ¡°Well, the rules are simple. 1. You are not allowed to go into my room. 2. When you want to bring someone over, let me know 3. Not you or anyone you bring over are allowed to touch my stuff without permission and 4. Do not pry into my private business.¡± As Alex and Erica heard that, they sighed. They had thought that he was going to place some heavy rules and restrictions on her but instead it had basically been a ¡°You live your life and I will live mine.¡±. Sandra thought for a second before asking him, ¡°If I wanted to rent that room, how much would I have to pay for it?¡± Alex just smiled to Remy as he had understood that Remy didn''t mind renting the room but he would rather not if he had the opportunity. ¡°I don''t know. How about 100 Krones a month?¡± Sandra looked between Remy and Alex suspiciously before asking, ¡°A 100 Krones? Isn''t it a little too cheap?¡± Remy just shrugged his shoulders as he said, ¡°I have bought the apartment not rented it. I only pay for water, electricity and heating in the winter.¡± Hearing that Sandra understood why the price was so low, it was probably half the cost of water, electricity and heating. She nodded and said, ¡°I agree to the terms. Is it fine if I pay the rent for this month alongside next months?¡± Remy just looked at her and said ¡°Yea sure, I don''t mind.¡± Remy causally glanced towards the clock that was on the wall before being startled. It was 10.20AM already. Unknowingly, they had been talking there for two and a half hours already. The opening ceremony was going to start in 40 minutes and they had to be check in with. the homeroom teacher at least 20 minutes earlier, ¡°Ohh crap, it''s nearly half past 10, quickly go and change your clothes, we are going to be late at this rate.¡± Sandra looked at the clock before looking at her clothes. She was still wearing the waitress uniform. She immediately scurried upstairs to change her clothes, while Alex casually brought over a helmet for Sandra. Remy put on his jacket and helmet as he went to start the bike. He threw his backpack over his shoulder and waited for Sandra. It was 10.28AM when Sandra came running out, dressed in a school uniform, Remy was dressed the same as yesterday. Sandra put on the helmet Alex gave her and sat on the back end of Remy''s bike. Remy just said, ¡°Hold on tight.¡± and blasted off. It would take about 20 minutes to reach the school from the pub if he followed the speed regulations. At the moment, he didn''t care about the speed regulations and blasted off at 100km/h. He needed to reach the school in about 10 minutes so he didn''t have the luxury to play it by the book. When they reached the school, everyone were staring at them. Remy dropped Sandra off at the entrance and said, ¡°I''ll go park the bike. Do you want a ride back to the pub as well after school?¡± Sandra thought about it for a second before saying, ¡°Yea, I got to work the 3 to 8 shift today so it would be nice.¡± Rmey nodded to her and said, ¡°Okey, meet meat the parking lot after your homeroom ends then. I''ll give you a lift back.¡± Sandra nodded and Remy went to park the bike. There were a lot of envious gazes towards him from the boys as he parked his bike. He took his helmet off and ran towards the classroom he was shown to be his homeroom when he was accepted to the school. When he reached the classroom, it was 10.45 and the teacher was just about to leave when Remy entered the classroom. All the gazes from his future classmates were instantly focused on the youth who wasn''t following the dress code properly. He just shrugged his shoulders and thought to himself, ¡°Well, this is not going to be fun.¡± Chapter 4: Opening ceremony Enjoy reading.
Chapter 4: Opening ceremony As all the gazes were fixed on Remy, a middle aged man with black hair walked up. He was wearing a suit and was holding some book in his hands. He did not have a built body but he wasn''t skinny or obese either. He was half a head taller than Remy. He walked up to Remy and irritation was clear on his face when he said, ¡°You are Remy Lumi right? Not only are you late, you are also ignoring our schools dress code.¡± Remy frowned, instead of asking him why he was late or why he didn''t have the school uniform on, the teacher started blatantly accusing him. Before he could say anything, the teacher looked at him with disdain in his eyes and said, ¡°Let''s go, we will immediately go to the principals office, so you could be written up.¡± The corners of Remy''s mouth were twitching. He had been in the school for 5 minutes and he was already being dragged to the principals office. He understood that this particular teacher was extremely stuck up so he decided to follow him to avoid more troubles with him. He followed the teacher to the principals office and when they had entered Remy took a glance around. The room was practically furnished, besides a few plants, there was only a desk and a few chairs. The walls were decorated with bookshelves. He just stood by the door and waited until the teacher was done. The headmaster was wearing the school uniform and looked to be in his late thirties. He had short brown hair with a bit of graying hair mixed in here and there. His body was slightly built and he had a stern face on. As he listened to the teacher ramble on, he only nodded. Finally the principal said, ¡°Well, there is no need to write him up since today is the first day of school. You can take the rest of his class to the auditorium for the opening ceremony, I''ll personally explain the rules to this guy here and give him a little sermon.¡± The teacher agreed but you could see that he didn''t agree with the not writing up. The teacher looked at the clock for a second before leaving. Only Remy and the principal were left in the room now. Before Remy could open his mouth, the stern face on the principals face turned into a regretful one as he said, ¡°Yea sorry about that stuck up. His father is on the board of directors and he goes around like he owns the place. No one can teach him his place either as his father would motion the board to fire the person. Do you still drink coffee?¡± Remy had a baffled face on, he had no idea how things came to this. The man looked a bit familiar but he was acting like he knows Remy. While still being respectful Remy said, ¡°Umm, yea I still do. I''m sorry if I am being disrespectful but do I know you?¡± The man looked at Remy with an apologetic face as he went to take a coffee maker from a shelf. As he started the coffee he told Remy, ¡°Sorry, that was rude of me. My name is Kristo Raud, last summer I hired you to transport a guitar and a few music scores to my daughter.¡± Remy thought for a second and remembered that he really did get a delivery order like that in the beginning of last summer. ¡°Ohh, I am sorry for not recognizing you. You seemed familiar but I couldn''t figure out where I had seen you before.¡± The man smiled at Remy and just dismissed it, ¡°No worries, no worries. I only hired you once last year, in the meantime you have had a lot of orders so I don''t blame you for not remembering every person who ordered something from you off the bat.¡± The man poured two cups of coffee and gestured Remy to sit down. He handed Remy a cup and Remy asked, ¡°How did your daughter do with her band anyways? I had another delivery to make so I couldn''t stay to listen to them.¡± Kristo took a sip of coffee and said, ¡°Well, thanks to you it went well. A major label was only taking in one band so they had an audition. Some of the competitors who saw her band as a major threat to them, sabotaged them but thanks to you being there on time, they could rock the audition.¡± Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. A hint of pride was hidden in his smile. He continued, ¡°They got the contract with the label and she is doing extremely well at the moment.¡± Remy took a sip and smiled, ¡°Well, If they rocked the audition, then me bolting along the highway with 200 was worth it.¡± The man let out a laugh when he heard that. He truly was grateful to Remy for making it on time. Getting a debut and becoming a band on an international stage was her daughters biggest dream and which parent wouldn''t want his or her child to fulfill their dreams. The principal asked Remy, ¡°Did you come from a delivery?¡± Remy looked at the man and said, ¡°Yea, I did. That is also the reason why I haven''t had the time to change my clothes.¡± Actually he did have the time but he felt this was a better choice to go with at the moment. The man gave Remy a wry smile as he said, ¡°Yea, last night I got a visit from a man in a suit and with a badge. He said that you might be late today as you were on ¡°official government business¡± and I also had to sign an interesting contract that would allow you to be absent from school when the government gives a call that you are out on a delivery for them.¡± Remy looked at Kristo with cow eyes, this was the first time he had heard about this. The man continued, ¡°Also, they told me to pass you a message, ¡°Swallows have started flying so Speed Demons are going to be needed soon.¡±¡± When Remy heard that he immediately understood. The border skirmishes were escalating so his services may be needed on a shorter notice. ¡°Seems like I need to talk with Alex a bit.¡± He diverted the subject back to Kristos daughter and how she was doing. In the blink of an eye and hour had passed and the opening ceremony was over. Now everyone needed to gather at the homeroom so they would get their new timetables. They would also choose a class rep and so on. The principal accompanied Remy back to the classroom and before Remy went in, he gave him one final advice, ¡°Please do not destroy this guy. I know that with your connections you could make sure that he couldn''t get a job even as a garbageman in the future. He is a bit stuck up but he is a good teacher.¡± Remy looked at him and just nodded, ¡°Yea, I won''t do that. Well, provided that he doesn''t try to make my life a hell in this school.¡± They said their goodbyes and Remy entered the classroom and sat down at the last open seat that was in the last row of the classroom. Everyone gave him a surprised glance and the teacher said, ¡°Well, seems like you have learned your lesson now, so give your introductions and tell us all why you were late.¡± Remy gave him a cold glance, he seriously did not like this man at all anymore. He let out a sigh and stood up, ¡°My name is Remy Lumi, I''m 15. As for the reason I was late is that, I am a government licensed courier and had to make a delivery for the government and arrived back in town 15 minutes before I got here.¡± He took out his license and showed it to everyone. A bit of respect was on everyone''s face as the teacher said with a tinge of anger, ¡°If you had a valid reason like that, why did you not say anything sooner?¡± Remy gave him a surprised glance as he said coldly, ¡°You did not give me a chance to even say anything before dragging me to the principals office. It is not my fault for not saying, it is yours for not even asking for a reason I was late.¡± The teacher seemed like he would choke Remy right then and there if he could but he understood that in this incident, the one who rushed a bit too much was him. He gestured Remy to sit back down and went on with the general rules of the school and gave them the timetables and the classrooms where the lessons would be taking place. Time ticked by and when class was dismissed it was already nearly 2PM. When everyone were dismissed, Remy stood up and started walking towards the parking lot. Chapter 5: Setteling in If you have any questions, let me know in the comments below or PM me. Enjoy.
Chapter 5: Setteling in As Remy walked over to his bike, he constantly yawned. He hadn''t slept enough or well enough. Today he was supposed to work a 9-3 shift at the bar as well. When he reached his bike, he saw that Sandra was already waiting for him there. There were also a few people gathered near his bike, everyone were speculating about it. To that he just shrugged his shoulders and walked to the bike. When he started putting his helmet on, his phone rang. He looked at the number and when he saw that it was Alex''s he frowned. He picked it up and said, ¡°Hello, what''s up?¡± ¡°You and Sandra are relived from your shifts today. Help her settle in properly and get a good nights sleep as well. Since tomorrow is Saturday, you can work a 9-9 shift tomorrow.¡± Alex said in a calm tone and Remy just agreed. It wasn''t unusual to have his shift bounced around like that. Most likely the people who were supposed to work the shifts tomorrow wanted a free weekend so they asked if they could trade shifts. Or Alex asked them in regards of settling in Sandra, he didn''t know and honestly he didn''t care. He was just glad to get some sleep. When the call ended Sandra asked, ¡°Did something happen?¡± Remy just glanced at her and said in an uninterested tone, ¡°Well, Alex just changed our shifts. We will be working the 9-9 tomorrow as the people who were supposed to do it are filling in for us today. Anyways, where is your stuff, we''ll take as much as we can on the first trip then.¡± Sandra just looked down at the ground and said, ¡°They are at the bar and I bet we can take them in one trip.¡± When Remy heard that, his was startled. ¡°She could not have so few things right...¡± That was the only thing that was going through his head. He shook his head and put his helmet on as he said, ¡°Lets go.¡± Sandra also put her helmet on as Remy started the bike. When Sandra had also sat on the bike, Remy started going towards the Sleeping Dragon. They picked up Sandra''s things and confirmed a few things with Alex before heading towards the apartment. When Remy saw that a 15 year old girl actually had only 2 backpacks worth of things, he was baffled. He did not think that she had so few things. Just before Remy started going towards his bike, Alex pulled him back again and said, ¡°Hey, Erica looked through her bags and prepared this list.¡± Remy accepted the list and asked with puzzlement, ¡°What the heck is this?¡± Alex just shook his head as he answered, ¡°They are supposed to be some things that are definitely essential for women it seems. She told me that you had to take her shopping today and buy all these things or you are going to have to go visit her family with her.¡± When Remy heard that, he froze. That was the last thing in this world he wanted to do. He grit his teeth and said, ¡°Okey, we will go and buy these things. I would like to remind you that I am renting her a room. I am not taking her in out of charity or pity neither am I going to take her in as lover. Do not forget that.¡± As he reached the end of his sentence, his eyes had turned completely cold. When Alex saw that he just nodded. With that Remy walked over to the bike and took one of the backpacks on his back and they rode off. As the two disappeared from sight, Alex was still there in thought. From behind the door Erica walked out and sighed, ¡°He truly is stubborn. No matter how hard I try to melt that frost surrounding him, I always fail. Maybe she will be capable of that.¡± She was concerned that Remy would end up with no one to trust after they two died. They understood very well that he only trusted them and it took them years to get where they are. Alex just said, ¡°There is nothing worse in this world than aqcuiring a family just to lose it again.¡± Erica looked at him in surprise and asked, ¡°What is that supposed to mean?¡± Alex just gave her a faint smile and answered her, ¡°I have no idea, Remy told me that when I asked him why he never trusted anyone.¡± After that silence started reigning there. After a few minutes they headed back in and continued their work. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Remy and Sandra arrived at the apartment complex, it was a quite new building with balconies for every apartment. The house was white in color and had 5 stories. Since the house looked like it cost a lot to even rent an apartment, she was wondering how Alex had managed to buy the apartment. When Alex had parked his bike in a garage box that came with the apartment, he lead Sandra to the corridor. He gave her a magnetic key that was used to open the corridor door and went inside. Remy''s apartment was on the 5 floor and Sandra was quiet all the way from the garage box to the apartment door. When they got inside, Sandra was baffled. The walls of the apartment were white with black stripes running along the walls. At first glance they were random but if you looked closer you could understand that they drew a picture after a picture on the wall. At times it was a flower, at times a bird and so on. The floor was wooden parquet floor and the entire apartment had floor heating. Remy showed Sandra where the bathroom and kitchen were, also where Remy''s ¡°off-limits¡± room was. After that he went over to Sandra''s room and said, ¡°This is your room and here is the key for it. If you want you can lock it, I honestly don''t care as I have no business there. However, what I do want is that you keep the room clean, so no clothes all over the place or half eaten food rotting somewhere.¡± Hearing that Sandra nodded. Remy wasn''t a neat freak but he couldn''t stand living like a pig. ¡°Okey, settle yourself in and take a shower as well. In about an hour and half, we will go shopping.¡± Sandra looked at him in puzzlement as he asked, ¡°Shopping for what? I do not have any money.¡± Remy felt irritation well up inside him as he said, ¡°Erica looked through your stuff and made a list of ¡°essential everyday items for women¡±. So we are going to go shopping for them and through a twist of fate, this is on me.¡± Sandra looked at the list that Remy was given by Erica and her face turned slightly red as she asked in a quiet voice, ¡°Did you read the items on it?¡± Remy just said in an uninterested face, ¡°Yea, I did. We will go out at 4 PM, so make sure you are ready by then and also, if you want to grab something to eat just fix something up for yourself in the kitchen.¡± With that Remy started walking towards the kitchen to make some more coffee. If you needed to describe Remy in a few words, the most accurate would be ¡°Coffee Addict¡±. When the coffee was done, he headed to his room and went on his laptop. The room was different from the rest of the apartment. The walls were black with red lines running alongside them. The room had a bed, closet, desk and a chair. He also had a carpet on the floor so he wouldn''t ruin the parquet under the chair. As he logged into his online bank, he saw that the fee for his latest delivery had been wired over. Now his grand total was 600 thousand Krones. He was quite rich for someone who was only 15 but his job as a courier was a bit more dangerous than normal jobs as well so it was understandable. He glanced at the clock and saw that it was only 3.13PM. As he was feeling a bit hungry he decided to fix up a small snack before heading out. When they would go shopping, the bike would be impractical judging by the list so he decided to take the bus instead. The commute would only take 10 minutes longer than with his bike so it wasn''t that bad. Time slowly ticked by and it was 5 minutes until 4PM so he started changing clothes to go out. When he reached the front door, he was slightly surprised when Sandra was all dressed up and ready to go already. She was now wearing blue jeans and a black hoodie that was a few sizes too big for her. Remy smiled and was happy as he thought to himself, ¡°At least when you say we are leaving at 4 PM, she is ready to go by 4 PM, not that she starts getting ready to go at 4PM.¡± After checking the fridge for what he needed from the food department he put his shoes on and they walked out of the door. Schedule Hello this is Shaon and thank you for reading Wings of Freedom. I''d just like to say that I don''t have a fixed schedule that I will work with like clockwork but I will try to do a chapter at Monday, Wednesday, Friday.. At some days there may be a chapter on Tuesday or Thursday. There might also be times when there won''t be any chapter on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. Thank you for understanding :D Chapter 6: New delivery If you find any mistakes, do point them out so I can fix them. Enjoy
Chapter 6: New delivery As Remy and Sandra arrived at the shopping mall, Remy''s phone rang. He looked at it for a second and saw that Alex was calling again. He sighed as he picked up, ¡°Yes, what is it now?¡± From the other side of the phone Alex answered, ¡°Hey, where are you currently?¡± Remy looked at Sandra who was currently looking at him. He told her to go look for the things on the list for now and he will catch up soon. Sandra nodded and swiftly went to pick out the items on the list. Remy told Alex, ¡°I am currently shopping with Sandra. There is no way in seven hells I will be going to visit Erica''s relatives with her.¡± Remy started walking in the direction Sandra had run off in. Currently he had an annoyed face on as he shuffled through the crowd of people. Alex however started talking, ¡°When will you finish shopping? I have a delivery order for you.¡± As Remy heard that, his face turned serious as he asked, ¡°What kind of a delivery order and when?¡± ¡°Transportation of confidential documents for the government, if you accepted you would be one of the 5 couriers.¡± Alex said in a serious voice as well. Remy lifted his eyebrows when he heard that. He answered after a second of thought, ¡°So they are going for the distraction plan with this on. 5 couriers, 5 packages, 5 destinations, no one except for the Giver and Taker know which package is real and which is not.¡± Alex was quiet for a second before saying, ¡°Yes, that''s the plan. Seems like these documents are very important as well if they need to use such a method to transport them. One more thing, for this delivery, being armed is a must.¡± When Remy heard that he HAD to be armed, he also understood the severity of this job. Remy let out a sigh as he though to himself, ¡°Why is it that every time Alex offers a job from the government, it ends up being something that will get RPG-s shot at me. Before Remy could answer anything, Alex said again, ¡°The pay out of this job is 150 000 Krones. That shows just how important that job is. So, will I sign you up for it?¡± Remy thought for a second and said, ¡°Yea, sure. When do I need to go to pick up the package and where?¡± An image of Alex smiling formed in Remys mind. Alex just said, ¡°Tonight at 11PM at the city''s military base. When you reach the gate just tell them: ¡°I am here for a New Years Toy.¡± With that they will lead you to where you will be briefed in detail and handed the package.¡± Remy just told him okey and exchanged a few pleasantries before hanging up the call. Before Remy had even noticed, he had reach an underwear shop for women. He had been focused on the call so he hadn''t noticed that he had followed Sandra in. Now that he was back to reality and took a look around, he was confused. Sandra was already at the counter with a red face and Remy just sighed as he walked over. Everyone were giving him a weird look as in, ¡°What the hell are you doing in here?¡± But when they saw that he was paying for Sandra''s purchase they eased up and just understood, that Remy was just there to pay for the purchases. However, a lot of people misjudged the two to be couple for doing so. After getting a lot of mixed gazes of jealousy and admiration from people around, they quickly went and bought everything else on the list. They also bought things to make dinner with later. As they exited the store, Remy looked at Sandra and asked, ¡°Now is there anything else that you need or are we done for today?¡± Sandra thought for a second before answering, ¡°That should be all. Thank you so much and I promise to pay you back when I have the means.¡± Remy just dismissed that. He was not a petty person, so a few hundred Krones here and there didn''t bother him. After all he currently had 600 thousand Krones. Nevertheless, Sandra kept every receipt to pay him back in the future. Over the course of shopping, Sandra and Remy had talked a lot as well, so she had a clearer understanding of the person in front of her. She was grateful towards him for taking her in and accompanying her in shopping as well. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. She had also learned that although Remy had been forced to go shopping with her, he had enjoyed it quite a lot as well. He had bought new earphones and a few more things. Remy''s cold, distant air had at some point dissipated. He hadn''t noticed it himself but currently he wasn''t acting as much as he usually did. He enjoyed the time spent together because it was fun and he had not done something like this for a few years now. It was 8.30PM already when they arrived back at the apartment. When they did, Sandra went to take a shower as Remy went to make more coffee and also dinner. He needed to be at the military base at 11PM, that meant that he was probably going to be heading out in the night as well. As he was wondering how long he was going to be gone, he suddenly realized, Sandra had no money. That meant that she had no means to buy food with when he was going to be away for a longer period of time. He opened his wallet and saw that he had about 20 krones in cash, so that wasn''t going to help. He gave a wry smile as he was thinking what he was going to do about this. Erica and Alex would kill him if he just left her here without money or food. He realized that he could just wire some money to Sandra''s bank account before he left. When Sandra came out of the shower, dinner was ready as well. She went to change clothes before coming to eat. Over dinner Remy told her that he was going on a delivery and probably wouldn''t be back for a few days or more. He also asked Sandra for her bank account number so he could wire some money for food. The food that was currently in stock could last for 3-4 days but since he didn''t know anything about this delivery, he couldn''t even say when he would be back. It could be a few days, or a few weeks, depending on the destination and the hindrances to the delivery. He wired 500 Krones to Sandra''s bank account, that would theoretically last her for a month if she didn''t buy anything too pricey. After doing so, he entered his room and locked the door. He put on his delivery suit. After that was done, he opened his closet and took out a silver suitcase that he put on his bed. He opened it and in it were two Desert Eagle line handguns. He strapped them to his lower back with specialized holsters and also strapped two army knives to his thighs. The materials that the clothes were made of, were a technological feat. Up to certain calibers, these clothes were bulletproof, provided you were far away enough. The clothes wouldn''t help much if a gun was shot at you from at 1-2m but if someone shot him from 4-5m it would just leave a nasty bruise but the bullet couldn''t penetrate through his clothes. However sniper rifle were different. For them, no matter how far away it was, when it hit, the clothes wouldn''t help much. When everything were prepared he closed the suitcase and put it back in the closet as he decided it was time to head to the military base. He locked his door and went to put on his boots and jacket as Sandra peeked into the hallway. Since Remy wasn''t used to someone else being there as well, h was startled for a second. Sandra just looked at him and said, ¡°Have a safe trip.¡± Remy just looked at her and said, ¡°Good bye.¡± He took his helmet and went out the door. That situation was something he hadn''t encountered since he started living alone. Erica used to say the same thing with the same look when he left to do a delivery. This made him a bit nostalgic. He shook his head to clear it and started moving towards the garage to get his bike. After filling the tank up again, he headed towards the military base. When he was at the gates, the soldiers on duty saw him approach, they intercepted him, ¡°Halt! This is a restricted area. Civilians are not allowed on the premises.¡± Remy just lifted his screen before saying, ¡°I am here for a New Years Toy.¡± Chapter 7: End of the road Here''s a regular chapter for Friday. If you find any mistakes, let me know so that I can fix them. Enjoy.
Chapter 7: End of the road As the soldiers on guard duty heard the password, they immediately let remy in and one of the soldiers contacted the higher ups. Soon a man in military fatigues came to lead the way for him and in 10 minutes he arrived at the office. He was greeted by the person in charge of this delivery. The man sized up Remy and a said in a cold tone, ¡°Do you know why you are here?¡± Remy looked at the man and casually said, ¡°To deliver one of the 5 packages.¡± The man nodded before taking out a black backpack. It was inconspicuous, and looked like and ordinary backpack. It was actually made from special materials so it was bulletproof, the only reason it looked like it did was to make it not draw too much attention. As the backpack was put on the table the man said, ¡°Your destination is the northern military base of Soldar. On this paper are the exact coordinates, the people on the base have been briefed about a delivery but you have to give the soldiers on duty a password. The password is ¡°Humans can never have wings.¡± As Remy took the backpack and the piece of paper on which were the military base''s coordinates, he thoroughly memorized the password. If he forgot it, he would be in deep trouble as he couldn''t complete the delivery. Worst case scenario, he would get killed if he said a different password to the guards on duty. Remy input the coordinates to his GPS, which was on his phone and signed the delivery contract. This was standard procedure so that he could get paid in the end. Remy''s helmet was connected to his phone so the GPS started showing on his mini map. The man looked at Remy and asked, ¡°Why have you not asked what you are delivering and why?¡± It was a surprise to him as most people usually ask what they are delivering. So finding people, who the government could trust not to ask too many questions, was extremely hard. Remy just gave the man an indifferent look and said, ¡°My job is to get the package from point A to point B. As long as no one shoots an RPG at me, I honestly don''t care what I''m delivering. Especially in the governments case, as it would most likely get me killed.¡± The man was dumbstruck, he had never heard such an original line as this. A mindset like this gets people far in the delivery business since a lot of people do not want other people to know what the package contains. He laughed for a second as he muttered, ¡°Don''t care as long as an RPG isn''t shot at me, huh...¡± Remy had collected the backpack already and securely strapped it on his pack. He put on his gloves as he asked, ¡°I do have 2 questions however. First of all, what is my deadline for the delivery?¡± The man looked at him with a serious face as he answered, ¡°Deadline is 2 weeks. If you go in a straight line non stop, you would probably reach the place in 3-4 days but we can never know what obstacles come along the way, so the deadline is 2 weeks. The other question is?¡± He was quite curious, he knew that there were a lot of eccentric people along the deliverymen, some only accepted jobs that gave them a chance to shoot and some rejected jobs like that in a heartbeat. Remy''s eyes turned cold as he asked, ¡°What are my chances of using my weapons?¡± An immediate answer came, ¡°The probability is 70-80%. The package this time is top secret but we can never know where our enemies eyes and ears are. This is also why this is a 5 man diversion strategy. No one except for the person responsible for this whole delivery actually knows, who has the right package and where it goes. The same applies to me, even I have no clue if the package I gave you is a Bingo or not.¡± Remy gave a deep sigh as he took his backpack off again. When the man saw this, he was startled, as a thought ran through his head, ¡°Is he going to quit the job? It should be too late, he already signed the contract.¡± Before he could question Remy about what he was doing, he saw that he had taken off the army knives from his thighs and strapped them near his ankles. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. He then took off his jacket and unstrapped the two Desert Eagles from his back and put them on his thighs. After the whole process was done, Remy put his jacket on and secured the backpack again. He let out a sigh as he said, ¡°Maybe I should have taken more bullets along.¡± When the man heard that, he had a funny face on as he didn''t know what to say. Since anyone could be a deliveryman, it wasn''t strange for a 14-year old to be one. However, what surprised him was that he was completely calm and armed quite dangerously. From what he saw, the Desert Eagle''s were custom made, so there could be a variety of differences from a factory line weapon. More bullet''s in the magazine, different caliber, larger accuracy over distance, etc. From his bearing, he could tell that this wasn''t the first time the youth in front of him was going on a job like this. ¡°I seriously wonder who recommended this guy. He clearly has a soldiers air around him.¡± As he was in thought, Remy had finished his preparations and was ready to head out. He put on his helmet and gave the man a few parting words, ¡°Well, lets hope for both our sakes that this goes well.¡± ¡°Sure hope so, safe travels my friend.¡± Remy just nodded and headed towards his bike. He glanced at the GPS and started heading towards his destination. Time ticked by and now 4 days had passed since he took on this delivery. So far it had been good, there were a couple of tails on his during his travels but he managed to lose them at some point. He was currently cruising along a fairly empty highway. ¡°This is odd. Even though this isn''t a main highway, there should be more cars around.¡± As he glanced around, he found it suspicious as there were far too few cars going around. Just at that moment, a black SUV that went past him in the opposite lane, did an 180 degree turn. The surrounding cars started to box him in as well. ¡°Shit, I should have know that something was wrong. Fuck, there''s probably a roadblock up ahead. These guys seriously want this package.¡± He assessed his situation calmly while furiously cursing in his head. All around, there were 6 cars. Two in the back, two in front and one on each side. Unless he made an opening, he could not get out of this. This was a standard boxing in maneuver, to pull this off here and at the moment showed that they had prior knowledge of him being here at around this time. Remy let out a sigh as he mumbled to himself, ¡°If it goes on like this, it is going to be a dead end soon.¡± He unholstered his Desert Eagle that was on his left side and aimed for the tires of the two cars in front of him. He shot a total of 5 times and managed to hit their back tires, making them lose control of their cars. As a gap opened up in front, Remy immediately accelerated as he charged through When he had holstered his gun again, he accelerated further. At that time, the people who were chasing him, started firing towards him from the back. The advantage the bike had towards a car was the flexibility in movement. With a bike you could easily make irregular movements to not give the other person clear aim. He glanced at the GPS and thought to himself, ¡°If I turn back, I can follow route 329 that was a few miles back. It is more advantageous for the bike to travel there and they can''t box me in either.¡± Thought it, do it. He immediately an 180 degree turn and started charging back. This was another advantage of the bike versus car. The bike can make a U turn quicker and also accelerate quicker. Although, he had an advantage when he turned around, the cars slowly gained on him as he approached route 329. When he turned on the route and managed to ride for 5 minutes, he suddenly slammed the breaks. There was a roadblock up ahead and people with assault rifles were pointing at him. Before he could turn around again to go back the way he came, he felt a sharp pain in his right elbow. He looked at it and saw blood flowing through he wound. As he held his elbow, he looked around and cursed, ¡°Why the fuck did it have to be a sniper?¡± That was the last thing he remembered as he felt a sharp pain from his neck and he lost consciousness. Chapter 8: Hell WARNING! THIS CHAPTER WILL CONTAIN A LOT OF CURSING AND TORTURE. So read at your own risk and don''t tell me I didn''t warn you.
Chapter 8: Hell As Remy regained consciousness, he felt immense pain coming from his right arm and form the back of his head. As he slowly sat up, he tried to remember what happened before he blacked out. As everything flowed back to him, he immediately went on guard. He took a good look at his surroundings and realized, that he was in a 5 square meter room. There were no windows and the only exit was through a steel door. On the ground was only a makeshift bed made of straws. He was missing his shirt and shoes. He only had trousers on, his right arm was bandaged. As he collected the information, he summarized his situation, ¡°Seems like they kept me alive. Now the question is: Why?¡± As he slowly stood up and ignored the pain from his arm, he started examining the room more closely. Maybe there would be a way for him to get away. Half an hour passed by and he found nothing. ¡°Fuck this, there isn''t even a crack for an ant to crawl in from, much less for me to get away from.¡± As he cursed to himself, his face turned ugly. This job had taken a turn for the fucking worst possible scenario. There was no way of telling what time it is or where the hell he was. He also had no idea how much time had already passed. Suddenly, a slit on the steel door slid open and a pair of brown eyes looked in. Seeing that Remy was awake, he quickly closed it and went to call someone. About 5 minutes later the steel door opened and 5 man with soldiers demeanor walked in. 4 out of the 5 men were pointing their rifles at him, while one of them walked closer to him. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was currently wearing military fatigues but no emblem. He squatted in front of Remy and asked in accented English, ¡°Who is the right courier, what is the package?¡± Remy looked the man in the eye and smiled, ¡°No clue.¡± As the soldier heard that, immediately a punch landed on Remy''s face. Remy just spat out a mouthful of blood before glaring at the man again. The man''s eyes were cold as he asked again, ¡°Who is the right courier, what is the package?¡± Remy just said through grit teeth, ¡°No fucking idea fucktard.¡± The man just stood up. Just as he was about to turn around, he kicked Remy in the face again. Remy fell over and felt his consciousness slipping away again. The man said something to the soldiers behind him in a foreign language and left. The four soldiers then dragged Remy to another room. As Remy sobered up from the dizziness, he took a good look around. This room had one chair and he was strapped to it, on either side of the chair were two long tables. Currently these tables were empty. 10 minutes went by and the man who hit him, came through the door carrying two large steel trunks. He put them on the tables and opened them. From them he took all kinds of weird contraptions but seeing them, Remy paled. ¡°This fucker is planning on torturing me.¡± As he thought to himself, he felt a shiver run down his spine. Torturing was a very common method of gathering information from captives. How humane it was, that depended on the country conducting it. Some countries only used the ¡°carrot and stick¡± method but some used methods that made even the most sadistic murders pale. As Remy looked at the tools brought out by the man, his face turned paler. He thought to himself, ¡°This is some truly dogshit luck. If I only knew how long I have been out, I can determine my chance of survival or at least how sane I might be.¡± There was an agreement between him and Alex that he would report in every night. If he didn''t make a sound for a week then Alex should assume the worst case scenario. Since he had no idea where the hell he was or how much time had passed, he was kind of screwed. After the man emptied the contents of his trunks, he turned to Remy with a sadistic smile, ¡°Now then, it is time to hear the truth.¡± Since Remy had no way of even moving an inch, he was completely at his mercy. The first contraption the man used was a hand press. He strapped Remy''s hand between on a plate, over it was a drill. The drill was as thick as a person thumb, so when he started grinding through Remy''s hand, Remy yelled out in pain. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. The mans smile just turned more ecstatic. Seeing this, Remy just thought to himself, ¡°This fucking sadistic shit. He is getting off on this fucking thing.¡± When the drill had penetrated 2-3 mm in, it stopped. The man looked at Remy and asked, ¡°Now tell me, who is the right courier or what is the package.¡± Remy just looked at the man and said, ¡°My jobs is to get the package from point A to point B. I have no idea what the package is.¡± The man refused to believe it and continued drilling. He stopped every few 1-2 mm and asked him again. When he had drilled though Remy''s hand. Remy was already crying from the pain. The man just changed the hand and repeated the process. No matter how many times he asked, he always got the same answer. Feeling vexed, he grabbed his next contraption. This one was also strapped to his Remys hands but this ones objective was to remove his nails. Every time he didn''t get a satisfying answer, he slammed down on the handle thus removing one of his finger nails. However, even when the last fingernail was removed, the answer didn''t change. Feeling annoyed, the man took out a vial. As Remy looked at it with dead eyes, he asked in a hoarse voice, ¡°What is that?¡± When the torturer heard that, he gave him a sinister smile as he said, ¡°This is Sulphuric acid.¡± When Remy heard what the vial was, he started violently trashing around. When the man saw the sight, he seemed to be in more pleasure than before. Remy just yelled at the man in his already hoarse voice, ¡°You goddamn psychopathic faggot. Go jack off with that acid and go watch some fucking torture porn as you let someone lunatic shove a spiked dildo up your ass.¡± When the man heard that, he became enraged. It seemed like Remy had struck a nerve somewhere. He put down the vial of acid and picked up a racket like thing and smashed it against Remy''s head. This however knocked Remy right out and as the man calmed down and confirmed that Remy was out cold, he mumbled something to himself in a foreign language. He then called for the men from before and they took Remy back to his holding cell. They also called for a doctor to patch up his wounds so he didn''t die to them before he spat out everything he knew. When Remy woke up, his wounds were being treated by a young female doctor. She had long black hair that was currently in a bun and brown eyes. She didn''t look any older than 18 but she was dressed in a lab coat and had a very pitiful expression on her face. When she saw that Remy had awoken, she immediately said, ¡°Don''t move, let me treat your wounds.¡± Remy shoved her away and said in a cold tone, ¡°Get lost bitch, I don''t need you to prolong my life so I can be tortured longer.¡± He knew very well what kind of a situation he was in. The longer he lived, the lower the chance of him dying sane was. The young doctor gave him a surprised glance as she immediately hung her head saying, ¡°I know what you mean but I can''t ignore a person in need of help.¡± Remy just barked at her, ¡°If you want to help me, tell me: What day is it today and where the fucking Hell am I?¡± The woman looked at him with serious eyes as she said, ¡°Today is March 26 and you are in a military base in Turser, Burgis Empire.¡± When Remy heard that, his mouth fell open. He had been out for nearly 2 weeks so it meant that he had been kept unconscious through the transportation from there to here. He was also about a 1000KM away from Hisosi. He let out a resigned laugh as he said in a self mocking tone, ¡°Kill me. There is no way in seven Hells that I can survive this. If those guys learn that I know nothing, they will stop wasting time and plant a bullet in my head.¡± As the young woman heard that, she asked her in a confused manner, ¡°Why are you giving up?¡± Remy looked at her with a resigned face as he said, ¡°Because I''ve been out for 2 weeks and I''m over 800KM away from the border of my country. Tell me, how the fucking Hell am I supposed to survive this?¡± As the woman heard that, her face revealed shock. Chapter 9: Start of escape. Have fun reading. Enjoy.
Chapter 9: Start of escape. As the young lady heard that, she seemed surprised. As she had no way of ensuring him of good fortune, she shut up. She awkwardly smiled to him, when she was done patching up his wounds and stood up, ¡°Well, I''m done now, keep holding on. I''ll find a way to get you out of here.¡± When she left he room, she gave him one final look. When the door closed, Remy''s eyes turned sharp. He looked at his wounds and started mumbling to himself in a low voice, ¡°Something is wrong. There is no way a doctor here wouldn''t know what the heck is going on here.¡± As he gave his wounds another look, a smile of mockery showed on his face. He thought to himself, ¡°This little lady is most certainly not a doctor, now the question is who the hell is she?¡± The wounds were dressed by an amateur who had no idea what she was doing. Also a lot of things didn''t add up, such as, she being in a holding cell with him alone. No guards were inside, he could have easily used her as a hostage if needed. Something was definitely up but he had no idea what. His guess was that the little lady was a part of the torturing squad. So, all of the information given by her may as well be invalid. Just as he was deep in thought, the torturer came in again. Seeing this, Remy understood that it was time for another round. He was dragged to the torture room where all of the instruments were set up already and just like last time, it was Hell. When he had fainted from the pain, he was taken back to the holding cell, where the ¡°doctor¡± would dress his wounds. This went on for what Remy counted to be 5 days. The way he counted it was thanks to the doctors underwear. Underneath the lab coat was a semi see through blouse and so Remy bet that she changed her underwear every day and counted it like that. From that he also learned that he was tortured at least twice a day. Every time the doctor came in, she tried to bring escaping into the talk as well and tried to offer different methods on how to do so. What she did not know was that Remy was extremely sceptical of her and did not take any plan proposed by her into account since it was most likely a trap. However, he did find opportunities to swipe a few scalpels and other necessities from her bag when she didn''t notice. The medicine used properly coupled with a martial artists enhanced recovery, if he meditated, he could recover all the superficial wounds in a few hours. He had decided that he had had enough of this place and would break out. He was the successor of the Dragon Martial Arts style after all, so escaping would not be a problem for him. Well, provided that everything went according to his plan and he truly hoped that he wasn''t in the middle of Burgis Empire. He was about 70% sure of it as the sniper shot from the time he got caught had not healed enough, so two weeks could not have passed. However, he had to take being in Burgis Empire into account as well because if he truly was there, the he would be in some seriously deep shit. He prepared his scalpels as they could be used as substitutes for knives. He secured his right hand in a sling and hid right next to the door. By his calculations, the torturer should come soon. In the past few days he picked him up alone so he was hoping that this time would be the same as well. As he was hiding there ready to strike, he heard the slit slide open. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. As it opened the door suddenly burst open as well and the torturer rushed in with one guard seeing this, Remy immediately moved out and struck the major artery located in the groin area and watched as the two bleed to death. He did silence them so they could not alert anyone. When he had made sure that the two of them were dead, he took the weapons from them. As he peeked into the hallway to make sure anyone wasn''t there, he heard footsteps from around the corner. He tucked back inside and soon 2 guards saw the dead bodies through the open door. As they rushed in, Remy silenced them by slitting their throats from behind. He quietly listened and as he didn''t hear any more footsteps he moved out. He quietly checked all of the rooms that he could and soon discovered a weaponry. There were all kinds of weapons and clothing there. As Remy looked for suitable weaponry he stumbled onto his old set of clothes. When he saw them, he was surprised. Without further thought he checked to see if they had been modified or not before putting them on. ¡°If my clothes were here, there is a high probability that my Desert Eagles are as well.¡± It was not wrong to think that as even his helmet was there. His phone had been disassembled and it could be seen that they tried to access it but had no luck. He quickly assembled his phone and turned it on. It still had 30% battery left and Remy felt that if a God existed out there somewhere, then it was helping him out. The first thing he did was check the date. His hunch was correct and only 6 Days had passed since he was taken. He checked his location and saved it. He sent the coordinates to Alex and called him. He could hear a ruckus starting outside and he was sure that his only bet of survival was calling Alex. As the phone rang, Remy felt like an eternity passed. When he heard that Alex picked it up, he immediately said, ¡°Alex, I need an evac now. I''ve sent you my coordinates and I will try to move towards Hisosi.¡± From the other side of the phone he could hear Alex''s voice, ¡°Understood, we are on our way but tell me, how many and how bad?¡± Remy just said, ¡°From how many people were there when they caught me, I''d say around 35 minus 4. The situation is pretty bad as I have no confidence in escaping.¡± Alex just said, ¡°Then stay where you are and we will come and get you.¡± At that moment the weaponry door flew open and three fully armed guards flew in. Remy double tapped everyone to the head and just said, ¡°Staying put isn''t an option gotta go.¡± With that he hung up and started looking for a vehicle to get out of this place with. Even though Remy''s right arm had healed quite a lot, it was not in perfect condition so he was saving it to when he found his bike. If he did, he would have a very good chance of getting out of here. Just as he went out the door and started heading along the hallway again, he heard a click behind his head. Following that came a familiar voice that said, ¡°Tsk, tsk, tsk. Although your plan was good, did you honestly think that I wouldn''t notice the scalpels going missing from by bag?¡± As he turned around with his hands up he saw a familiar lady dressed in military fatigues, on he face was a sinister smile. Chapter 10: Death Sorry for the late chapter. HAd a lot to do. Enjoy.
Chapter 10: Death As Remy turned around and looked at the girl, he helplessly sighed, ¡°Okey, who are you and why do you have such enmity for me?¡± Remy had noticed that she had unusual enmity towards him even though she tried to mask it. He was just wondering, who was she and what he did to make her hate like this. The girl looked into his eyes and said, ¡°Do you remember the little girl you used to play with at Atsor. Do you know what happened to her after Burgis came?¡± Hearing this Remy''s eyes turned to carriage wheels when he asked in an unbelieving tone, ¡°You are Laura? How- Why?¡± Laura was his best friend when growing up but he hadn''t seen her after the Hell is Atsor. He always thought that she died there as well. Laura just let out a laugh as she said, ¡°Hahahaha, surprised? The soldiers took me with them when they retreated from Atsor. I was thrown to a soldier program when we reached a military base but before that I was violated in any way possible.¡± The look in her eyes betrayed insanity. It was as clear as day that she was more broken than Remy by at least ten times. Remy just cast his gaze down and smiled bitterly, ¡°In war families are lost, children become broken and the world loses itself in it.¡± When Laura heard that, she showed a bitter smile as well when she said, ¡°And childhood friends end up pointing guns at each other with knives at their throats.¡± Remy let his hands down to his sides as he looked at Laura in her eyes and said, ¡°Come with me I can protect you. I know people who could give you a brand new identity and make it so like you had existed as that person forever.¡± What Remy said was complete truth because to him, she was a person he could trust the most when they were little and she was the only family like person left for him. When Laura heard that, her determination faltered for a second but she regained it in a second and said, ¡°I''m sorry but that''s not possible. Good Bye.¡± When she said ¡°Good Bye¡± a gunshot could be heard. She shot him straight in the head. When she shot Remy, her eyes were cold. She immediately said into her radio, ¡°Target lost. Time to evacuate, he managed to contact the authorities so we are compromised.¡± When her radio communication had ended, she looked at Remy''s corpse and squatted down near his head. She looked at him with nostalgic eyes as she removed her necklace. It was a banged up dragon wrapped around a cross. She looked at it and put it in Remy''s hands and said, ¡°If I didn''t have the goal of destroying every government in this world I would have taken up your offer in a heartbeat. However, the world isn''t as soft as that.¡± She stood up and took up a cellphone from her pocket. She dialed a number and when it picked up, she said, ¡°The courier didn''t know anything, so our plans aren''t compromised.¡± From the other side of the phone a cold voice resounded, ¡°What about the Courier?¡± She looked at Remy for a second and said, ¡°He refused to cooperate with us.¡± ¡°Roger that, evacuate from the mission point then.¡± As the voice resounded one last time, the phone was hung up. She looked at Remy one last time and said, ¡°Nothing personal. Revenge and revolutions don''t come without casualties.¡± With that she started evacuating with the rest of her men. * * * They were long gone by the time Alex and the rest arrived. After Alex and the rest thoroughly combed through the area, they didn''t find any clue to who was behind this. There were singes of killing but no bodies whatsoever. Even all the weapons and vehicles were gone. It was only an empty, abandoned military base. Remy''s body was the only thing that was left and currently covered with a white sheet. All the soldiers around Remy''s body were the people who knew him, they were also regulars at Sleeping Dragon. Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!Sleeping Dragon was a gathering place of retired and active soldiers so everyone knew Remy. When they saw his body, everyone were enraged because they knew that he was on a delivery for the government. They also saw the wounds covering his body, they were obvious signs of torture. They wanted to find the people behind this and kill them in the most painful and slow way possible. They all looked towards Alex who was coming down the corridor. On Alex''s face was a very grim expression, it was obvious he was enraged and sad at the same time. After Remy''s body was discovered, Alex went outside and loud shouts coupled with big bangs followed. They understood that he was venting his grief on everything that was in his way. As Alex reached his body he asked in a cold voice, ¡°Who were these fuckers, I will personally make them suffer.¡± One of the people, who was standing next to Remy''s body, handed him a necklace. The man was the same one from the military base who was with the scientist. He also had a grim expression on as he started saying, ¡°This was the only foreign thing on his body. Check the engraving on the back and you will understand.¡± Alex turned the pendant around and saw words engraved on the back with a knife. It was obvious that it was done by a child. The words read, ¡°To Laura, from Remy. 2094.¡± When he saw the words, he understood as well, it was someone from the Burgis Empire. He remembered Remy talking about his childhood friend Laura a few years back when he asked about his nightmares. Remy had said that 4 days before the Hell, he had borrowed money from his parents and bought that necklace for her. It was some junk that was sold cheap but she had like it from the moment she saw it. Alex grit his palm and just as he was about to say something, a soldier hurriedly came to report, ¡°Sir this is bad, media is outside.¡± Everyone looked towards the soldier with cold eyes and seeing this the soldier muttered in fear, ¡°Someone has tipped them off about this. It seems like someone wants this to be known to everyone.¡± Everyone present looked towards Alex. Even though he was retired, the authority he had was not to be trifled with. Alex looked at the soldier and said, ¡°Secure a straight line to the truck. Tell the reporters if even one fucker dares to stand in the way I will shoot him myself.¡± The soldier understood what he was planning to do and saluted him. After saluting he turned around and went to deal with the media. Alex just looked towards the men present and said with a bitter smile, ¡°I always thought that the one to carry us away would be him, not the other way around.¡± Everyone else gave a bitter smile as well and strapped the guns to their backs. They got a stretcher from the medical team that came with them and lifted Remy''s body on the stretcher. The squad who surrounded Remy was a 12 man squad. 4 people carried the stretcher while the remaining 8 formed a circle around him. Alex stood behind the stretcher and was carrying Remy''s helmet. When they walked out of the old base, all the reporters were trying to get an interview and taking pictures or filming this. However, even they understood that currently, the people carrying the body, were elites of this country and had very grim faces on. If someone was to poke them the wrong way, it could end up very bad for everyone. When Remy''s body had been loaded onto to the military truck, everyone who came with Sleeping Dragon, sat in their cars and withdrew as well. They had searched this place and found no leads so there was no reason to loiter around anymore. They left the security and dealing with everything else to the soldiers that were not a part of their team.A military envoy from Sleeping Dragon escorted Remy''s body back to Hisosi. This incident broke the equilibrium that had been created between the countries. The people however remembered that as a day a Courier died to deliver top secret information to the military base. Chapter 11: Choice Here''s the final chapter for Wings of Freedom. Thank you for reading Enjoy
Chapter 11: Choice What awaited Remy after getting shot was not what he expected. When his body fell, he remained standing. He couldn''t make heads or tails of the situation as he clearly saw his body lying there but there he was, standing. Laura acted as if he wasn''t there, just as he was about to scream out, a voice came from behind him, ¡°They can''t see or hear you.¡± Remy turned around and saw an old man. The old man was wearing white robes and had long white hair, white beard. He was skinny and had very wrinkled skin. He looked at Remy and continued, ¡°You have died, currently you have two options in front of you: Be reincarnated without your memories or with your memories. The choice is yours.¡± Remy looked at the old man in shock and asked him, ¡°Who are you?¡± The old man gave a smile to Remy as he said, ¡°I am just the Watcher. My job is to look over this Dimension and pick out individuals with a strong soul. If the person agrees to be reincarnated with his memories they will become powerhouses capable of protecting this Dimension.¡± When Remy heard that, he didn''t understand. ¡°Watcher? Souls? Dimension? What the hell have you been smoking old man?¡± Remy asked in a mocking tone. This didn''t make any sense at all. The old man just shook his head and started, ¡°Well, lets start from the beginning shall we. Watchers are people who can tamper with the souls rebirth process. You see, even if a soul keeps reincarnating, it will develop a different persona every lifetime.¡± He took a breath before continuing. He wanted to let it sink into Remy before dumping more information on him. ¡°A persona is what you currently are. In your previous life you were a peace loving activist who wanted to make the world a better place through words not violence. In this life you are somewhat an opposite of that as you have killed a lot of people.¡± The old man stopped again when he saw Remy''s pondering face. It all made sense but he had a hard time believing it. He looked at the old man and asked, ¡°Okey, I understand the soul part but what is the Watcher?¡± The old man gave a surprised glance to him and said, ¡°Well, a Watcher is an Immortal that has the authority to change the Dimension a bit. I can choose which souls can reincarnated with their current persona''s and which not. I can also make gateways between certain worlds if I want to.¡± Remy looked at the man and sighed, ¡°Okey, next time, start with the Dimension. I can''t make heads or tails of the situation anymore.¡± The man gave him a laugh and said, ¡°I will remember that but you are awfully calm. How?¡± He found it puzzling, Remy just died but he was too calm for a person who just died. In his experience, a person would freak out at this situation not be as cool as cucumber like Remy. Remy looked at his dead body for a second and said, ¡°Well, I can see a hole in the middle of my eyes and no matter how I tried to talk to Laura again, it didn''t succeed. So the only explanation is that I am dead. As to why I am so calm, I was a Courier who worked with extremely sensitive information and technology. I was prepared to die the moment I take a job.¡± When the man heard that, he was baffled. He couldn''t believe those were the words of a 15year old youth. He just cleared his throat and continued, ¡°So that''s how it was. Anyways, a Dimension is a place that was created countless years ago and it is made from certain laws. Thanks to these laws that hold a Dimension together, countless worlds were born. In some Immortals exists, in some magic exists, in some only technology thrives.¡± This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. Remy listened to him intently and now actually understood everything he had said and it actually made sense. Somewhat. Remy pondered and asked, ¡°Why give the choice, is there some catch?¡± The old mans eyes flashed as he said, ¡°Well, if you reincarnated with your memories you have to defend the Dimension in a time of need. If you don''t, you do not have that obligation.¡± It made sense to Remy, after all it was a ¡°give and take¡± situation. Just as Remy was about to answer, Alex and company arrived, seeing this regret flashed on Remy''s face as he asked the man, ¡°Do I have to make the decision now?¡± The Watcher took a glance at Alex and company before answering, ¡°No you don''t. We can stay like this for a few more hours before you have to make the decision.¡± Remy looked at him and gave a friendly smile, ¡°Thanks, I''ll owe you one.¡± It wasn''t that the Watcher wanted to give him time to make a concrete decision but he had seen situations like this before and understood. They wanted to see what happened to them now. Remy and the Watcher just looked as Alex and company sweeped the whole base and Remy felt regret when he heard Alex say, ¡°I always thought that the one to carry us away would be him, not the other way around.¡± Remy had grown to be like a son to Alex. He understood that Alex felt like he was a father burying his son. Remy muttered to himself, ¡°One of the cruelest things in the world is for a father to bury his son before him.¡± When the Watcher heard that, regret flashed on his cold face. He had experienced something like this a long time ago and still remembered it. Remy and the Watcher followed Sleeping Dragon back to town and Remy wanted to visit the bar one last time. What awaited him there were full grown men crying. In front of his body no one showed their tears but now that the body had been handed to the morgue, everyone couldn''t hold it in anymore. Remy just gave bitter smile as he asked the Watcher, ¡°You said that if I reincarnate with my memories I am obliged to protect this Dimension when needed. Protect from what?¡± The old man looked at him and said, ¡°Our dimension isn''t the only one around. There are countless others and for a dimension to take over another there is a method: Dimensional Wars. Both Dimensions send out their strongest members in a battle. The side that is victorious wins the war. However even if the attacking side loses, the defending side doesn''t get control over the attacker dimension. If the defending side loses then the attacking side gets control of both Dimensions. There are a lot of if''s and but''s with these wars that it would be too big of a hassle to go over them now. Have you reached your decision?¡± Remy thought for a second and nodded, ¡°Yea, I wish to be reincarnated with my memories. If I become a powerhouse like you said, I will naturally protect this Dimension, however if I die halfway again, don''t blame me.¡± The man let out a hearty laugh and turned to Remy. He pushed his right index finger between Remy''s eyebrows and white light started shining out. As it engulfed Remy, he started feeling sleepier. The last thing he remembered before blacking out was the old mans final words: ¡°I will remember you when the time comes, in the meantime, try to enjoy your new life as much as you can.¡±