I couldn’t care less about the weight of the declaration I’d just made–not because I didn’t know the consequences of choosing that path, but because I was perfectly ready to face that path head-on like the good father I am!
My last name was Hunter after all. I'm supposed to hunt for the things that would benefit my life the most, and finding a cure for Sunshine checked that box.
“Teresa,” said Daemon, his unsettling gaze locked on me. “What happened to your ability? I thought you healed him.”
“I did. I know I did,” she responded. “He should only be following logic and reasoning. My ability doesn’t just stop working.”
“Don’t worry, lady. Your power definitely worked on me,” I said with a proud thumbs up. “You cleared my head and made me think a lot better. If it weren’t for you, I’m sure the big freak over there would’ve had to cripple me completely. That’s one thing I’ll thank you for.”
“Blown to bits!”
“But if that’s the case then-”
“Don’t get me wrong,” I interrupted. “I get where you guys are coming from and wanting to stop a ‘second apocalypse’ and all that, but I’ve got bigger problems than that! And I’d like to start fixing those problems.”
“Ah, I see what he's done,” said Daemon, rubbing his thick black beard. “It’s not that he's not abiding by reason and logic. He's simply abiding by his own reason and logic and pairing that up with the strong feelings he has for his daughter. What a strange man you are, Radion.”
“With that being said, I plan on leaving now so…”
“So in other words, you plan on dying today?” asked Lyra, wrapping her arms around the neck of her teddy bear.
Kofi began to radiate an aura of electricity around his body. “So in other words…you plan on taking back your little brat by taking on all of us, right!?”
I slowly got up from my chair and assumed an amateurish battle stance. “Give me your best sh-”
“No.” Despite such a calm tone, Daemon 's voice echoed across the room, dispersing Kori’s aura as if that “no” took physical shape and slapped it away. “There’s no use in fighting a Type Two Radion who not only fights like a human, but is also durable enough to withstand my ability.”
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“But Daddy, I can just-”
“You already wasted all three uses of your ability today, Lyra. I’m already aware of you wasting one on that stupid toy you had the nerve to carry over here. And here I thought you were the smarter sibling.”
Upon hearing this, Lyra’s aquamarine eyes wandered off to the side, fiddling with her long black hair.
“We can’t incapacitate him, transform his body, or even alter his mind. It’s unfortunate we can’t just kill him since we actually do need his power on our side.” Daemon stood up and pulled out a status board from the chest pocket of his white shirt. “The only way to handle this is to imprison him in a cage he can’t break.”
A cage I can't break? Shit! Is he talking about Dante!?
As I correctly guessed, the name “Dante” showed up on the blue screen and once I saw this, I jumped away from my previous position, noticing a ball of green energy forming from where I was. It was that asshole’s forcefield which made a failed attempt to capture me.
“Dante,” shouted Daemon, his burly arms folded. “Prove your worth as my son. Try to make yourself look like something besides a complete embarrassment.”
At that moment, the forcefield zoomed towards me, opening up the front just wide enough so that it could force me in. Though this technique had caught me off guard before, this time I was more than ready as I was able to catch the attack, using my hands to block the edges from closing around me.
But wherever Dante was, he must’ve anticipated this. The bubble instantly vanished and, once again, a ball of energy right in front of my chest began to expand. Luckily, I was able to get out of the way before the forcefield fully formed.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t move away in time before the forcefield closed around my hand. I was too concerned with absorbing the forcefield for a boost of power to notice Jason shadowing over me, giving me a cold stare with his red, beady eyes. It was too late for me to react before he delivered a swift punch to my jaw, sending me flying toward the wall, cracking it like glass upon impact.
I didn’t have a brain so I couldn’t exactly get knocked unconscious but it still hurt like fucking hell! This weirdo’s punches were unreal.
But the big man’s punches weren’t the only thing I needed to worry about as I found myself already encased inside Dante’s technique.
Damn it! How are these guys so fast!?
“Hmph. I didn’t expect much from a weak Radion anyway! Why can’t we get rid of him again?” said Lyra—a dumb smile on her face.
Shut up! That overconfident kid must not know about my power. Although, even if tried to absorb my way out of it, but my ability just wasn’t fast enough to get rid of it before anyone noti-
Wait a minute…
I looked over to Kofi who had this giant smile on his face, like he knew exactly how he would’ve done if he were me right now.
Yeah, that’s right! I’ll absorb it through my fingertips like that dread head maniac told me to do before!
I placed my fingertips on the bubble and activated my ability. To my fortune, the forcefield seeped through me at a much quicker speed than before, energizing me with nuclear energy.
Everyone‘s expression in the room barely changed, like they were already aware of what I could do. Everyone besides Lyra, who stared, wide-eyed and jaw opened. Meanwhile, Kofi was struggling to contain his ability—the sound of buzzing emanating from his ability.
Lyra stood up. “Wh-Wh-What is…”
“That’s the power of a Radius,” said Daemon. “And that power is coming from someone you deemed to be unworthy of standing with us. Look closely, Lyra. That man…no. That Radion is going to fix the apocalypse.”
Lyra clung tighter to her bear. “Well then…isn’t that ironic?”