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Chapter 10 - Chapter 10: The Heat In My Blood

(someone blocks her way)

KAE- Uh...?

WALEED- Hello there. (punches her away)

KAE- (pushed away, coughing)

WALEED- I'm here for the unfair treatment of me. All thanks to you and your idiot lover.

KAE- (coughs) What... do you... mean...?

WALEED- Should I be really elaborating this? You chose me as SP Trainee. And fired me because your love said to do so, huh?

KAE- (tries to stand up) You're... making things up.

WALEED- I am not here to hear excuses. I was doing great as a trainee, and I was so close to becoming SP, but that f**ker Baizhi ruined my plans. And I hate the fact that everyone's taking his side against me.

KAE- No one's taking... his side... You called that shit... for yourself...

WALEED- Oh?

KAE- Even as a SP trainee... you abused your position... you tried to bring fear among people.... you were ruining the image of SP Forces...

WALEED- In case if you don't know, fear is what brings people in place. What I was doing was bringing a change in the world. Because I'll be honest, everyone's a god damn mentally ill. 

KAE- I regret... choosing you as a trainee. Shit... my terminal broke...

WALEED- Well, now you will regret removing me as a trainee. (dashes at her with a punch)

KAE- (>_<)....(>_O)....(O_O)

WALEED- Huh?

BAIZHI- You're still gonna act like a retard. (punches him off)

WALEED- (falls behind)

KNIGHT- (reaches there too)

Great. I can feel a little stronger, thanks to the workout and Trakktor's advice.

WALEED- I can't express how much I hate you right now, loser.

BAIZHI- Knight, take Kae with you. I'm handling this f**ker.

KNIGHT- Fine, just don't go too far.

BAIZHI- Don't worry. I know what I'm doing.

(Knight takes Kae away.)

BAIZHI [via Resocom]- Joe, I need you at 3rd Street, Sector D. We have an animal to be tamed.

JOE [via Resocom from HQ]- On my way.

WALEED- Just because you gained a little bit of strength doesn't make you more powerful than me, loser. I have resisting myself for a long time. And now I'm crushing you-

BAIZHI- Seriously, how many times are you gonna repeat the same line, Waleed? After being beaten up twice, you're still not realising that you are wrong.

WALEED- Because I'm never wrong. My way of fixing the world has a much better approach, which none of your p**sys will understand.

BAIZHI- You're just irritating everyone here now.

WALEED- Oh? Sure. I'll keep doing that if you think of me like that. (jumps at him with a kick)

BAIZHI- (dodges)

(the road cracks a little)

BAIZHI- F**k. (dodges another kick from him)

WALEED- Today's gonna be your last day. (punches him hard)

BAIZHI- (falls behind)

WALEED- (evil smirk)

Ugh... I don't think I'm surviving this in one piece.

BAIZHI- (stands up again) Ow-

WALEED- Don't even try to pretend it didn't hurt.

BAIZHI- At least I'm honest, unlike your racist ass.

WALEED- (jumps at him with another punch)

BAIZHI- (blocks, goes for a counter-attack)

WALEED- (holds his hand) That's it? (throws him away)

BAIZHI- (rolls away) Dammit...

WALEED- Weaklings are meant to be weak. Know your position, you filthy SP.

You f**king...

WALEED- (dashes towards him for another attack)

BAIZHI- (dodges, punches his chin, kicks on his left thigh)

WALEED- (loses balance but regains it in no time, goes for an uppercut)

BAIZHI- (dodges by a millimetre) Damn- (tries for a counter-attack but)

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"Show him your strength, The Forgotten One."

Huh??

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WALEED- (smirks again, kicks him far away)

BAIZHI- (flies away but gets catched by Joe)

WALEED- Cool, I got more clowns to deal with.

JOE- You okay?

BAIZHI- Barely...

What was that voice... Did I hear it again... or is it my mind playing games...?

WALEED- SP down, time for SSP.

JOE- (tries to tase him, but it didn't work on him) Huh?

WALEED- That tickled me a little. (jumps at him with a punch)

JOE- (dodges and kicks him towards the wall)

(the wall gets smashed)

MILLER [via Resocom]- Joe, can't you handle this without damaging anything?

JOE- Unlike Baizhi, myself comes first.

WALEED- Ugh... you... (faces difficulty in moving) What...

JOE- Uh...? (looks behind)

RATZ- (eyes glowing red, using his skill to set gravity = MAX around Waleed) Quick, arrest him.

JOE- Do we even have the orders?

MILLER [via Resocom]- Miller already approved it, Joe. Do it.

JOE- Right. (leaves Baizhi on the road and arrests him) Now, how are we gonna carry him to the prison?

BONES- (reaches there) Leave it to me. (a hand comes out of the ground made of concrete to hold Waleed) Ratz, we're good now.

RATZ- Cool. (resets the gravity)

BAIZHI- (tries to wake up)

RATZ- (helps him) You good, buddy?

BAIZHI- Kind of...

JOE- Never thought I'd see an SP getting beaten up by a normie.

RATZ- (skull)

BONES- Joe, be nice.

JOE- Sorry.

BONES- Are you doing fine, Baizhi? 

BAIZHI- Yeah... 

RATZ- I'll say you should get a checkup. 

BONES- Yes.

BAIZHI- True...

MINI [via Resocom]- Baizhi, you there?

BAIZHI- Yeah, what happened?

MINI- Kae... just got demoted... from Leader.

...

No...

This shouldn't be happening....

BAIZHI- (sprints towards HQ)

RATZ- Hey, wait-

BONES- What happened all of a sudden?

JOE- No clue.

No no no no... how things escalated to this???

I am worried even more now.

She's not even picking up my calls.

Dammit, I hope she didn't do anything to herself.

KNIGHT [via Resocom]- What happened?

BAIZHI- Knight, where's Kae? Tell me fast.

KNIGHT- I left her in the hallway as she told me to do so after receiving the demotion news.

BAIZHI- Alright.

I need to reach HQ as quickly as possible.

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(reaches HQ entrance)

BAIZHI- (stops, breaths heavily) Kae...

KAE- (exiting the building) Uh...

BAIZHI- How... all this happened...

KAE- Baizhi.

BAIZHI- Uh...

KAE- I'm resigning from SP Forces.

BAIZHI- (shocked)

KAE- I don't think I can handle all this anymore. The hate I'm getting, my way of handling things, none of it was working well. I'm no longer in a position to keep compromising myself for this.

BAIZHI- I... understand... It's fine, I'm still with you.

KAE- Actually, I want to talk about this, too.

BAIZHI- What...?

KAE- I'm aware of your feelings for me. Well, I also had feelings for you, since you're such a nice person.

BAIZHI- Wait... what do you mean by "had"?

KAE- Well... I lost all feelings for you now.

(a crack happened somewhere in the corner of his heart)

BAIZHI- Why... what did I do...

KAE- It's not like that. I appreciate your care and efforts. But I don't think you should be doing this now since I'm no longer your leader.

BAIZHI- You think I cared for you because you were my leader? Kae, I genuinely cared for you because I never wanted you to take stress. 

KAE- No need for that anymore. I can handle things myself now, and if I can't, then I don't want you to stress for me.

BAIZHI- So, you're just gonna push me away now...?

KAE- You're misinterpreting it.

BAIZHI- I get it. 

(a moment of silence)

BAIZHI- Whatever, now, Waleed's arrested now. One of my concerns has already removed now. If you don't want to worry about yourself, then let it be like that. (walks away, towards HQ) Wish you good luck.

KAE- Uh, you too. (walks away)

(both walk in opposite directions, one being relieved, and the other being disappointed)

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