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First of all, i would like to say a few words.

I have been reading fictions in RoyalRoad for over an year, this site has given me many hours of pleasant readings, and for that i thank all of this community.

For quite some time now I thought about writting a story so that I could also contribute with this site. There was a problem though! English is not my first language, and I have always been insecure about writting in a foreign language.

At the end, i finally got the courage to write my first story in english. I hope you guys enjoy it. For now i wrote a little head start, so i will be releasing 5 chapters today for you to know the story, but after today i will be releasing chapters at least once a week, probably 2 or 3 times a week.

Enjoy!

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Chapter 1

-Did you bring it? - I rushed the person in front of me, things have gone bad, for the past few hours i’ve been trying to shake some hunters off my track, but it was only a matter of time for them to catch up to me.

The guy showed me the package, as soon as I confirmed it was what I wanted, a blade slid through his neck, I didn’t have the time to negotiate, so this made things quicker. The man had two bodyguards, but since we were in a crowded place, none of them seemed to expect me to do that. Amateurs! I grabbed the package and started running before the bodyguards could get to their weapons, if it were any other situation I would have gone for their lives as well, but time was of importance, and the crowd could be used as meat shield.

I heard a scream, in seconds people would be running in all directions, which would work just fine in my situation, and the next second I heard gun shots. In plural, some coming from where I just left, some coming from my side. “Dammit! They caught up to me too soon!” I cursed in my mind.

As soon as I turned an alley I threw 2 smoke grenades to the ground, counted to two and threw a normal one, no one was behind me yet, but I wouldn't wait for them to get in shooting range with no meat shield to protect me to make my move, would I? A moment later I heard a super bang behind me, some normal civilians were bound to get caught in the fire, I was told not to worry about unwanted casualties, so it wasn’t that much of a problem.

I threw another normal grenade in case my foes would try to still come after me, and in no time I was in a different street, and lucky me, there was a cab just in front of me.

-Where to? - Ask the cabby with no good mood at all, his voice indicated a man whose only worry was to get the job done and get paid.

-To the HellCat’s Pub, please.

As the car drove to it’s destiny I could hear sounds of sirens getting closer, I took a look at my cellphone and smiled at the message I saw: “All’s Clean”. Which meant all the security videos of today have been cleaned. I took the battery off my cellphone since throwing it away would seem suspicious to the driver, I trust the company cybersecurity team, but it's better to take measures in case someone tried to locate me by GPS.

The HellCat’s Pub was a crowded place, perfect for a facade. The name came from the picture of an evil looking cat in front of the place, the reason for that? The name seems funny and it kept people coming. I walked through the crowd, and went to the VIP area, a fake name to where business were done. Since I was a well known face inside the organization, I was let in as soon as the security saw me.

-As expected of the best problem solver of the organization, you did it! - I heard a well known voice from my left. From a corridor I could see an old man dressed in a fancy suit, his two loyal bodyguards were by his sides, not that they were needed in here. I bowed to him, that man was the reason I am who I am today, he was the one who invited me to the organization, and the one who polished my skills.

-Uncle George, it’s a pleasure to keep up to your expectations, how was the travel to Russia?

He gave me a smile. - The deal’s closed... And the whores you told me about, Richard, they are as amazing as you said they would be.

I delivered the package to his hands, and after some talk about his stay in Russia I was told that I wouldn’t have any new missions for the next week, so I would enjoy the little time I had.

Enjoying the news, I took a new phone from a basket, yes, there is a basket full of phones to be taken by the end of each mission, then I called my servant to get things ready - John? Make the plane ready, we are flying to Brazil tonight! What? Yeah, yeah, she’s still in my mind, but knowing her, who can blame me, right?

While I waited the plane to be ready, I was reading some reports about R Village, a village in Africa I owned by paying a sum of money to local militia. As long as I paid well enough, they would keep it running the way I instructed and keep sending me reports. Twice a year I would go and visit. You can say it is SimCity for rich people, and there was a little competition inside the Company to see who could grow their city faster, for the last few years i’ve been ranked from 4th place to 2nd, when you take into consideration that there were about 30 competitors, and it's been less than a decade since I bought my city, I was doing fine. The first place always got to the boss, not because the results were faked to make him happy, the guy just had the gift to get things running, this and he always invested 3 times as much as any of us in his city.

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I was about to leave the place when I heard someone call my name. - Richard, the boss wants to speak with you! - Luke, a bodyguard of George called me. I nodded and followed the guy.

-Sorry to ask this of you, Richard, but some things came up and I need this to be delivered to Bangladesh as soon as possible, I have a plane ready, but I need someone I can trust - he gave me the same package I have left with him a few minutes before. Holding my anger inside, I gave him a polite and professional smile. “How dare he ruin my vacation!” I cursed inside.

-Just before you go - George spoke to me once again when I was already by the door - this is an equipment developed to manipulate a newly discovered kind of energy, it’s still on trial, but from what I heard, it can be very unstable, we were warned to keep it from impacts as much as possible, so keep it in mind.

I nodded again and, as usual, there was already a car in front of the pub waiting for me, in a few minutes we were at the airport.

-When do we leave? - I asked the aviator, he noticed my bad mood as he heard my voice, and seemed lost in how to give me the answer, probably one that I wouldn’t like.

-Sir, there is a storm in the way, so we are still trying to get clearance for the plane, but as soon as we are allowed we will leave to our destiny - although the weather was kinda cold, I could see him sweat.

Damn, is everything going to be happening against my vacation in Brazil this week? - Hey, its just a little storm, right? Why dont we just take off right now and let the company handle the permission?

I took my phone and called John, explaining the situation in which we were in, and as I would expect of him, he told me to consider the problem solved.

-Clearance granted - I smiled to the aviator a second before his radio manifested, received the same message.

-Sir, but the storm is suppose to be bad! - The aviator tried to argue, perceiving his mistake as he saw my face turning angry.

-And thats a problem for you to solve, or do you want me to call god to make it go away? - I laughed at him and went to my seat, when I got there I saw a woman in provocative clothing staring seductively at me. John was going to receive a raise for being so perceptive and considerative.

Three hours after we took off the plane started to shake like hell, we were finally in the storm. I asked the aviator how bad things were, fortunately he told me the plane could handle way more than that, there was no chance we were going to crash from that.

I was going back to my seat when the plane shook harder than i’ve ever seen, and though the plane kept whole, I saw the package I was suppose to keep safe falling to the ground.

I had no time to react, the next second a bright blue light blinded my eyes, and I felt like I was being pulled towards it. My hearing was gone, I couldn't figure out why, and before I knew it, all of my senses were gone, all I could feel were strong vibrations that seemed to be like the universe was being torn apart, it hurts.

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It’s silent. I have no idea how much time i’ve spent in this state, it seems like I was just fine moments ago, but deep down I also had a feeling it’s been ages since that happened. I dont know why, but this place seems familiar, it’s like i’ve spent a long time in here countless times before, I feel safe here.

Breaking this continuous darkness in which I felt safe, my feelings started coming back to me, but something was different, like I was feeling someone else’s body. I tried moving, but it’s like I had no control over this body, and I couldn’t get it right, furthermore, it seems there is something blocking my movements, what is wrong with me?

All of a sudden, I felt some force pushing me, getting stronger as the time passed by. I was nervous at this, and before I had the time of figuring out what the hell has been happening to me since that package crashed, I got surrounded by a cold air, taking me out of the darkness, brightness as i’ve not seen in a long time was hurting my eyes. My body acted on its own: I started crying.

At the capital of Salamander Kingdom, Naarl, a baby was born to this world. Lareha Gallymane was giving birth to her third child, teacher at Salamander Magic Academy, she asked for a time off to take care of her child. Her husband, Ashex Gallymane, a Royal Guard, was also granted time to watch his child be born.

-Its a boy - the maiden told them right before handing the son to his mother, the father seemed happy to hear that information.

-Then may his name be Vokier Gallymane - the mother looked at her crying child, the name had been decided a few weeks ago.

-Harod and Vayja will like to know that they have a little brother to play with now - the mother continued, a priest that was waiting just outside until now was called in to check the health of the child, and after seeing that everything was ok, he suggested them leave him to rest.

While I was crying I could hear different voices speaking all around me, they were speaking a different language, and I had no idea what they were talking about. Not knowing scared me, was I in a foreign hospital? If so what happened? How bad was my body? All these questions started popping up in my head. No answers came, though. Feeling tired, I tried my hardest to stay awake and try to find out what have happened, but my hardest was not enough and I fell asleep.