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Chapter 6 - Chapter 5. Crumbling

The airplane was flying at it's own speed and the sun was shining brightly. The clouds were making the view more beautiful—they were like cotton candy. There were birds flying at a distance from the airplane and the house below looked like ants.

More than half of the passengers in the buisness were asleep and rest were either watching movies or the view out of their window.

Air hostesses were serving food to those who were hungry.

Few of the passengers were talking to each other about the Class choosing quest and forming party already.

Party is an important element to finish any quest without much casualties. Party also increases the chances of completing any quest. A party can only have maximum of 5 members and those 5 can be of any type.

Lucian and Lucas, both were talking to each other as the agent was there no more. The agent went to the washroom.

Lucian said, "Let me show you my wrath, Lucas. But you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone, okay? ".

Lucas said, " Of course, do not worry. As long as you keep my wrath a secret, I will keep your wrath a secret. ".

A smile came on Lucian's mouth and he said, " Show Lucas. ", and suddenly, Lucian's crimson screen appeared to Lucas also.

[Name: Lucian Vale]

[Age: 12 years old]

[Sex: Male]

[Active Quest: Class choosing quest]

[Available Quests: None]

[Destination: Mumbai, India]

[Time: 26 Hours left]

[Unlocked Wrath: Lightning]

[Nature: Blue]

Lucas murmured, "Lightning? ".

Lucian said, " Yes, lightning. ".

Lucas questioned, " But how is that different from mine? I mean, lightning and electricity are the same thing, right? ".

Lucian answered, " Not really. One may think that both of them are the same thing but if you dug deep, then no. They both are kind of different thing. You can use lightning for more offensive attacks where as electricity is more passive. One is for offense where as other is for defense but if you master electricity well, it will become a good offensive wrath. ".

Lucas said, " Oh, I see. ".

Lucian further spoke, " There's one more thing on my crimson screen but only I can see it. ".

Lucas questioned, " What is it? ".

Lucian said, " Requirement. ".

Lucas questioned, " Requirement? ".

Lucian said, " Yes, requirement. To unlock the awakener's wrath, one must fulfill a requirement but nobody knows what is that until they complete the Class choosing quest. We fulfill those requirements randomly before completing the Class choosing quest. ".

Lucas said, " Oh, I see. Then there must be a requirement we both fulfilled without even knowing about it. ".

Lucian said, " Yes. You can check it by simply giving your crimson screen a command, 'Show Requirement: Electricity Puple'. ".

Lucas did as Lucian told him, " Show Requirement: Electricity Purple. ".

Suddenly, the information on the crimson screen changed.

[You have successfully unlocked a wrath, Electricity. ]

[You have successfully fulfilled the requirement to unlock the wrath, Electricity. ]

[Requirement to unlock Electricity: Death by Electricity. ]

[You have randomly given a nature. ]

[Nature: Purple. ]

Lucas' expressions turned pale.

He could only question himself, "Death? Did I die? But when? What is going on? ".

Lucian questioned, " Is there something wrong? ".

He looked towards Lucian with terrified expressions. Lucian was confused.

He opened his mouth to question but then, from the corner of his left eye, he saw someone walking towards them. That figure was wearing black coat, black pant, white shirt, black tie, black shoes and socks and black glasses.

He looked towards that figure and he was none other than the agent.

Lucian had no choice but to end their chit chat.

He could only think about what happened to Lucas.

Lucas was still looking at the crimson screen but the information was not going to change. He did not know that he had died before. He lost all memories but they appeared to him as deja vu.

Lucian questioned to Lucas, "Are you hungry? ".

Lucas looked at Lucian again and said, " Yeah.. yes. ".

Lucian smiled and the agent called an air hostess.

It was already lunch time, and so she brought them their lunch.

Chicken breast in mushroom sauce with herbed rice. Fresh bread rolls with butter. And for drink, they were given orange juice. For dessert, Cheesecake.

They ate until they felt fulled. Now, both of them felt sleepy, they were yawning. But Lucas, he was still on alert mode about those two men. He looked towards that direction, both of them were sleeping. Even though it was a buisness class, they were not given any private cabin or personal space. It was because such things were not installed in this airplane yet.

They were kinda unlucky in this matter.

Lucas felt relieved as they both were asleep. Even though their expressions and all were hidden but their posture speak.

Lucas closed his eyes and got relaxed on his seat. Lucian was already asleep but the agent, he was still awake.

When Lucas opened his eyes, he was in a dark room. There was nothing, no one. It was like he was not in a dark room but at the bottom of an ocean, no light, no sound.

Suddenly, everything became colorful. It was like the colors embraced that place. The place became from a dark place to a battleground. He found himself between a battle. Everyone were killing each without using any wrath but a few of them were using wrath. He saw an area engulfed by fire.

He walked towards that fire and found that it was not natural. It was not because of some wrath but because of a shirt circuit in a transformer or because of something clashed with it.

Suddenly, he felt like something was coming towards him.

He looked at his right and a spear passed through his body like he didn't exist.

He looked around, the ground was stained with blood, there were collapsed and shattered buildings as they were made up of glasses.

It was like a clone of Tokyo. He walked towards the fire again and there was a body, a dead body of someone.

It was badly burnt, Lucas could not identify whether it was a male or a female. The fire was also not affecting him, he was confused about his whereabouts.

Lucas again looked around, nothing changed. Battles, screams, corpses, shattered glasses, broken weapons, blood, only these things were around.

Lucas again looked at the dead body, it's eyes open and staring at Lucas. He got startled and he took few steps back and then suddenly, the dead body stretched both of it's hands and grabbed Lucas' hands. It started pulling Lucas' towards itself and kept saying, "Lucas, Lucas, Lucas... ".

He got scared pretty badly and started screaming, " Leave me! Leave my hand! Who are you!? I do not know you! Let me go! ".

He started hearing voices, voices of someone familiar calling his name and telling him to wake up.

" Lucas! Lucas open your eyes! Wake up! It's not the time to sleep! ".

Suddenly, Lucas opened his eyes and he found himself inside the airplane he was riding with the agent and Lucian. He was sweating pretty badly and he looked towards both of his hands. Both of them were fine.

He looked towards Lucian and he was worried, worried about him.

Lucian questioned, "What the hell happened to you!? Why were you crying? ".

Lucas remained silent, he looked around and there was a ruckus going around.

Everyone were questioning, " What is going on!? Why is it so noisy!? ".

Lucas himself was very confused.

He looked towards the agent and he was standing, guarding them. Something wrong was going on in the flight.

He looked at Lucian again and he was staring at his face.

He questioned, " What is going on in the flight, Lucian? ".

Lucian answered, " I do not know. But something wrong is going on in the economy class. We must be alert and on our guard. ".

Lucas looked towards those two men and they were gone, they were not there.

Lucas felt scared, he thought, " Wait, do not tell me it's going to happen. The memory I saw, was it the future? ".

He stood up and looked around, he found no one.

It was too much for a 8 year old but for some reason, Lucas didn't feel much pressure. He did not know but he was ready to face the situation.

He said to Lucian, " Lucian, I guess I know. ".

The agent looked at him and then again looked infront of him guarding them and said, " Brat, stay silent. It's not a child's game. ".

Lucian said, " I do not know what you mean, but I think mr. agent is right. We should not create more problems for him. ".

Lucas remained silent, a thought kept bugging him, 'What if I remained silent? What if something bad happened? Was it just a dream too? I am scared. '.

He tried to remember the memory he saw, 'Failed Assassination of a legend. Murder of an american. A plot against the strongest. '.

These were the thoughts came in his mind when he tried to remember that memory again.

Lucian was staring at his face. He knew that something was wrong and only Lucas knew about it. Lucian had awakened his wrath a week ago and was practicing with it. He was able to use a very small portion of his wrath. He could play few pranks with it.

There was no crew around them. Everyone of them were in economy class, trying to find out the reason of all those screams coming from there.

Lucian looked at Lucas with different expressions as if he was telling him to do whatever he want and he will support him and for some reason, Lucas understood it.

Lucian moved his right hand towards the corner of the seat of the agent and a blue spark occured there. It was too small to do any damage but big enough to get noticed by the agent. His eyes moved towards the spark which gave Lucas a chance to run to the economy class. He ran with all his might but before he could pass by him, he caught him by his clothes using his right and pushed him back.

Lucas fell on his back on the ground.

"Ouch! ".

The agent said, " Are you out of your mind brat!? Can't you see I am trying to save you both!? ".

Lucas said, " But I am trying to help you and everybody. I know what is going on. Let me do what I want! ".

The agent said, " I refuse! I am not going to take any risk. ".

Lucas and Lucian, both had no choice but to sit quietly. They had no freedom, they were just 8 and 12 years old. Who will believe their words? Who will risk their life for their claim? None will. Neither you nor me. No one will risk it's life.

The screams became louder and suddenly, an air hostess came out running from the economy class. Her face was messed up. It turned rocky as if a disease or virus took possesion of her body. Her face was crumbling on the ground. She was dying. She was screaming. Everyone were scared. There was not a single soul which try to help her.

Everyone got off their seat and ran to the opposite direction from her to save themself.

Everyone were standing at one corner which made the flight a bit unstable. It started to tilt at that particular corner, at that particular angle. Everything was messed up.

The air hostess body was slowly crumbling. They could not do anything to save her. No one could.

Lucas was watching her and Lucian closed his eyes. Lucian, the name which was passed in history as the strongest, in future, he was scared. He scared for his life.

Whereas, Lucas, he was not scared. He was ready to do anything to save her. He was only 8 year old but he felt like he had experienced something more worse.

Slowly, slowly slowly, her whole body crumbled and there was only dust which remained.

Many of the passengers were screaming and there was no announcement from the pilot.

[Destination: Mumbai, India]

[Time: 24 Hours Left]

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