Born with the cursed mark
Neoni walked into coffee shop covered in black hoodie,she walked straight to the counter,her head slightly bowed to hide her identity.
"A cup of coffee please" her voice came out calmly and gentle,as the man turned away to make the coffee, she snatched his wallet and took his money replacing it with papers and slid his wallet back, he passed her the coffee and she used his money to pay him, she inhaled the hot tasty coffee, perfect for the cold morning, she turned to leave but was called back by the man.
"Why are you hiding your face in such thick hoodie?"he asked and fear builded up in her loins
"Ummm..I...I am cold this morning,so am covered in this hoodie"she said calmly hiding her fears.
"That doesn't mean you should hide your face, c'mon let me see who you are, I love identifying my customers"he said and Neoni looked around the coffee shop, everyone in there was staring at her, her anxiety grew, she wanted to leave now and fast!.
Before she could even make a reaction to leave, the man pulled out her hoodie and her face came to light, revealing the short dark scar that ran from her brows down to her upper cheek,her eyes widened and the man gasped in horror and anger,
"SHE'S AN OUTCAST!" His voice echoed in the coffee shop, everybody turned alarmed.
Neoni was ready to make a run, she approached the door but two men double crossed her blocking her passage.
She immediately poured the hot coffee on one of the men's face, he screamed parting way, she used the mug and lashed it on the second man's balls, he groaned falling to the ground, she ran out and bolted the door from outside the coffee shop.
She forgot to cover her face again, she spotted a kid standing across the road licking an ice cream, immediately the kid saw Neoni, fear gripped her and her ice cream fell, she screamed and pointed at Neoni,
"mum, look there's an outcast over there" the little girl yelled, her words attracted the people on the streets and their gaze fixed on Neoni, everyone now looking for the closest weapon to kill her,
"Oh shit" she muttered realizing that she had just turned into the "center of attraction".
She took off running, but now half of the community were chasing her, all holding various types of weapons and angry faces, all with one aim ' to kill her '.
She ran panting, her panics only worsened, the worst part is that she's an outcast with no superpower or abilities,she just bears the cursed mark for nothing, but these angry fellows didn't see it that way, their motto is "you bear the cursed mark! ...you die!".
In Swellville, once lived Humans and Outcasts,the Outcasts are humans with special abilities and powers, believed to be demons in human forms or mystic beings, every Outcast bears the "Cursed Mark"
A signification to others that they aren't human but a total different specie, it comes in different shapes of scars mostly seen around the eyes and cheeks, the humans hated the Outcasts, they believed they were demons sent to corrupt mankind and humanity itself because their powers were mostly dangerous and destructive.
Overtime, it turned into a law that every Outcast found must be killed, some elders formed alliance with some governments and Outcasts were kept in one place, a school were they were recruited, nurtured and trained for humans to use their abilities as resources and strategies but some strict top governments ordered the annihilation of Outcasts and turned it into a law, and those who'd kill an outcast will be honoured.
Neoni's case was different, she bore the mark but have neither any powers or abilities, she felt it was painted on her face to inflict pains on her, her parents died when she was still a year old, a human took her in and raised her for five years but when these governments found out the woman was raising an outcast, she was killed.
Neoni fled and ever since ,she had survived on her own until she turned 18, all by herself stealing to feed, homeless, she sleeps by the waste dump with rats and cats, and now she's running again for her life, she has never been chased by half a community.
She kept running but unfortunately she was double crossed and pushed to the ground with so much force that she bruised her arms and knees.
Her fears engulfed her as she was circled by angry men and women with killing weapons and children that was holding out ice cream cones and dolls to fight against Neoni.
"Please let me leave, am merely an outcast,I got no abilities" she pleaded but all fell on deaf ears, they charged closer and slowly towards her making each inch of her fear count.
The weather began to change, the once bright sky turned into clouds, it was like a heavy storm was coming.
A man charged to her with an axe but then lightening strikes him shattering him into a million pieces, his axe fell right in front of Neoni, out of that same lightening descended a being, a masculine figure with a unique voice, so beautiful.
The angry folks stared in fear and horror staggering backwards "It's Mr Terrific" Neoni heard a female whisper.
As his feet touched the ground, a mighty force threw away half the community that wanted to kill Neoni, scattering them to different directions, some died but Neoni was unmoved like the force wasn't meant to harm her.
He stretched his hands to her, his beautiful voice overwhelming her, she couldn't see his face due to the golden hoodie he had on, she slowly took his hand and suddenly slowly passed out after she heard the last part of his song,"Welcome to my DARKSIDE!!"...