Midnight, 1:00 am
In the dimly lit room, darkness predominates, creating an atmosphere of quiet solitude. The only source of light emanates from a computer screen, casting a faint glow that gently illuminates the immediate surroundings. The room appears minimalistic, with a bed to the right corner of room and a door to the right.
Cr…eak
The door opens slowly and a figure walk in with a bag of plastic filled snacks, protein and pills. He closes the door behind him and puts the plastic bag on top of the bed.
Si…gh
He slowly lets out a deep sigh and lays down on the bed. Shutting his eyes and putting his hand on top of his eyes he lets out another sigh then asks.
"How much longer until I become the strongest?"
Ever since I was a child, I wanted to become strong, because I was an orphan and didn't have parents I was raised in an orphanage. One day I and my friends went to town and I came across a television store where they were playing an anime.
The protagonist of that anime was the strongest and hides his power while fighting the evil. Watching it I loved how the he hides his powers and fights the evil, so from that day on I started going out of orphanage at night to beat bad guys.
I started waking early, doing exercise and then I became 8 years old. Someone came to adopt me and I left the orphanage. After the adoption I pleaded my parents to let me join martial arts.
After which I also started learning martial arts. At night I would go out to fight gangs and at early morning I would train. After training I would take a shower, change into my school cloths and leave for school.
Now, I am 17 in second year of my high school.
Reminiscing about my journey, my conciseness slowly fades.
Buzz buzz
Slowly opening my eyes, I turn my alarm off. Like any other day I wash my face, brush my teeth, go out to start my training then come back to take shower in order to wash away the sweat.
As I come out of the bathroom my mother shouts.
"Roland, hurry and come eat your breakfast or else you will be late!"
"Yeah mom, I a coming!"
I started dressing my self quickly and came down to eat my breakfast. While sitting my dads starts saying that.
"Tonight your mom and I will be going to on a date so the dinner by yourself'
"ok, how late will you guys comes?"
"maybe, 10 o'clock"
"ok, then I will get going or else I will be late for school"
"yes baby, first give your mother a kiss then go"
Chu
"bye mom, bye dad, I am going"
***
Night
In a park illuminated only by the moon hung above the sky. The gentle breeze of the wind brushes past the black hair of a girl sitting on top of the bench while reading a book.
A man sneaks behind her and with smooth move covers her mouth and nose with a handkerchief.
"mhm..h.m… .hmf"
The girl tries to grab the man to somehow free herself but all efforts were in vain as two more men came to help. After a few minutes of struggle she stopped moving and three took her away.
From a corner of tree a boy watched it all with happen with calm expression, yet it gave of the feeling as if he was watching something amusing as a small smile tugged his lips for briefest of the moment and disappeared as quickly as it formed.
"Now, now. That's exactly I wanted"
After which he too vanished from his spot like a shadow without making any noise.
***
In a dark warehouse with a glass for the roof was empty except the fact that there was a girl and three men.
The girl's hand and feet were tied down while her mouth was tapped.
"what should we do now boss?"
Asks a man with bald head and a potato like face. While another man with short black hair and long nose tries to wake the girl up.
"call her parents and ask for money you idiot, what else."
"but we don't know her parents number boss"
"you idiots then wake her and ask"
"wow boss, you are so smart"
"shut up and wake her up"
Shortly after the girl wakes up. Looking around with a terrified face she tried to scream but no noise came out of her mouth. At that moment the one with long nose and black hair removes the tap from her mouth while pointing a knife to her throat.
"stop struggling no one will come. Give us your parents number and let finish this quickly."
Bang !
All of the attention suddenly moved to the guy jumping from ceiling. And with another bang the guy with long nose and a knife which was pointed at the girl was crushed beneath the guy who jumped.
***
Roland after seeing everything followed the kidnappers which lead to abandoned warehouse was now struggling to how to come up with a grand entrance to rescue the girl.
' hmm, should I just kick the door and rescue her or…'
Before he could finish his thoughts he saw a ladder and an amazing idea came to his mind.
"Right if I do that I would look like a real hero."
Mumbling to himself he quickly placed the ladder and climbed it he saw that a man with long nose was pointing the knife at the girl's throat.
"what an amazing timing."
Saying that with a sparkling eyes he jumped and crushed the man beneath unconscious.
Dust rose but Roland paid it no heed and sprinted quickly toward the guy with bald head and potato like face. With a practiced upper cut to his jaw Roland made the second guy unconscious too.
After the dust was settled the boss watch it happen so quickly that before his mind could capture what happened his hands moved and grabbed the gun from pants but before he could fire he saw a kick coming his way so he tried to defend it with the hand holding the gun but the force was so stong that gun dropped and his bone fractured.
'what kind of monster is he?'
That was the thought that came to his mind but had no time to think as a punch was coming toward his face so he tilted his everything he had and the punch missed.
Seeing the punch miss he tried to counter attack but it too late as a side kick came hit his ribs fracturing them followed by another punch to his face and with 'thump' he fell.
Still somehow conscious after the punch he moves toward the gun slowly. Grabbing the gun he fired the bullet toward Roland who was trying to free the girl and pierced his heart and then his consciousness faded as well.
The girl who saw the stranger with black mask covering his face except his mouth and eyes rescue her then getting a bullet pierce his heart.
She panicked and tried to get her phone to type 911 and call for help.
Roland seeing a hole in his heart and the panicked girl who tried to call for the help only smile and said his final words.
"I wish.. I was… stronger"
And with that Roland died.