Chapter 6:

Ashu POV:

Assault continued to the point even srounnded soldiers turned their heads; 

"Now that his ass wooping done, how you guy's. Who are you, and how are you releated to him?" Asked the man dressed in black as he turned to us, looking down on to us like a we were, ready to squashed. I on the other hand was boiling the rage inside, controling myself.

"..." Nor Ray and I let out a single word, this angered the man, and I closed my eyes and redy myself for boot on to my face but....

Nothing happend, I opend my eyes to see the man lying unconsious with foam coming out of his mouth.

Cale’s movement was so quick and so rapid that no one could fathom, what just happened in front of their eyes.

All the troops stood gaping, while their superior lay unconscious on the ground, with whit foam coming out of his mouth; Stunned by this action, Ray and I exchanged bewildered glances, then at Cale with an expression of astonishment.

When they saw their captain lying unconscious, all the soldiers around us immediately levelled their weapons at our heads.

 They abruptly triggered their rifles at Cale, Ray and I sprang up and launched ourselves to protect him, but it was the wrong move… because the guy didn't needed our intervention.

Cale evaded the bullets by vanishing into thin air just to reappeared in the midst of the soldiers, much like a ghost.

He knocked few numbers of them down before dropping all the bullets that were shot at him, demonstrating to the soldiers that they were ineffectual against him.

All of the soldiers began to feel helpless as they were perplexed by his abilities. In desperate attempts to save some pride, one of the troops dashed into him and threw a punch at him, but Cale, avoided the blow and kneed the man in the stomach.

"Now, either you let us go or we slaughter each other." With this comment alone, their sprit was broken.

"So, what will it be?" Cale spoke confidently and authoritatively.

All of the soldiers had lost their will to fight, they didn't know what to do.

Seeing their captain unconscious on the ground, with bullets falling like pebbles from Cale's hand.

They couldn't do anything, with their heads down because of their frailty, they paved the way for us.

Cale turned and looked at us, signalling us to make a run for it. Ray and I got the signal and took off running, with Cale close behind us.

"Is it him, Ashu?"  Ray inquired quietly as we hurried towards the spot where we had hidden our car. I nodded, all smiles, delighted to have a new member.

We made our way to our car, but to our horror, someone had already arrived. The man sitting on our car's roof with a large sword in his hand was none other than the same old man who had stopped Ray and I earlier.

"Oh! So, you guys got away safely, and even defeated Luke on your way! That's quite a impressive feat for a couple of amateurs!"

"Well, given his personalities, I'm not surprised. I mean, he had an ego of the size of tower" I said, trying to add a bit of humor to the situation. Ray chimed in, "Yeah, he was like the king of the world, but in a much smaller package."

 "So, you knew?" I inquired. "Not at first, but your amazing acting and the fact that you didn't know my title revealed your disguise," the man on the roof said with a smirk.

With a smile on his face, he stood up and unsheathed his sword, while looking down at us. Cale exclaimed, "Ashu, get back!" as the guy in front of us unsheathed his blade, warning me.

Lieutenant Lester materialized out of nowhere between Ray and me, hitting Ray in stomach and delivering me a roundhouse kick. "Whoa there! Easy on the abs, man! I'm trying to maintain a six-pack here!" Ray jokingly yelled as he doubled over in pain.

Fortunately, we both blocked the blows, but the force of the strike could be felt in the vibration and pain.

"Oh, you managed to escape that, but your friend there, I believe, is not so lucky," the lieutenant said as he pointed at Ray who coughed blood and was now on his knees.

Cale ran up and covered for him. I instantly gave a straight jab and a frontal kick, simultaneously. Cale delivered an uppercut back-kick. "Oh! I'll be! How did you guys got so good at fighting?" the lieutenant said, clearly surprised.

 "How can you be so rough with an old man like me!?" he added with a chuckle, as he effortlessly dodged our blows. "How about you? Can't you go easy on us, youngster?" 

"Where's the fun in that?" he retorted with a smile.

He then grabbed my leg with one hand and lifted my entire body, tossing me around like a twig.

 "Argh!! This guy is stronger than he looks! I may have underestimated him," I shouted out in agony. But Cale cushioned my fall and shielded my head. "Ashu, you okay?"

"Y-Yeah… I think I'll live," I said, getting back on my feet.

The lieutenant pulled his sword out again and seeing this I said to Cale, "You keep Ray safe while I deal with this person."

"Are you certain? He's powerful," Cale stated. "But not unbeatable; trust me, I have a few tricks up my sleeve as well," I assured Cale, turning my head and staring the lieutenant in the eyes.

"I like the fire in your eyes, child, but I don't think you'll be able to escape this old man's hold," the lieutenant said with a smirk. "I know that's why I'll give it my all," I replied, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath.

A surge of energy from my core began to erupt from my body, and I felt my suffering subside. My hair had turned silvery white, and my eyes had turned lavender. "Whoa! Ashu, what's happening!?" I was hoping, not use this but our current situation is not making it easy.

I bit my lip and let my body blend with the energy surrounding me. A suffocating quantity of energy caused me to quiver in anguish, so I concentrated on my breathing.

The world around me became hazy as a perceptible aura of various colours engulfed me and my adversary.

"Phase One!" I let out a strained whisper. "THE FLAW!"

Everyone around me seemed surprised as I went through some kind of metamorphosis.

"Oh!

It's astonishing that you're a power holder, so which king do you serve, is it one the emperors or one of the baylords of the tower"

"...."

" Oh, no worries, after beat you guys up, we'll enough time for introgation."

One of my first phase's powers is to boost my human abilities to an abnormal level, but I can not keep this phase for long. I need to end this quickly.

Cale and Ray were taken aback by my sudden appearance.

"Let's play!" I growled, revealing a smirk on my face.

“What a surprise! A kings candidate in flesh! Let see what you can do!?”

I needed to do this quickly, and I assumed that as exhaustion overtook my body, my vision would get fuzzy.

But it won't matter because my senses are too acute right now.

The world spun slowly around me, so I leaped and focused a portion of my might on my fist, instantly closing the gap between the lieutenant and myself, leaving a crater the size of an elephant.

"Sorry Old man, this will be my last shot," I said as I launched my fist at him and landed on his body.

'I'm hoping we win this.'

I made a wish, and it was granted.

Because of the wind pressure from my fist, formed a massive shockwave that hit his body.

This caused many trees and land masses to be blown far away along with his body smashing and crushing adjacent trees.

My pulse rate soared, breathing got difficult, and every muscle fibre in my body and it being felt ripped to pieces, particularly in my hands, where the bones in my right hand seemed like they were going to break.

I was fatigued,  I collapsed on my knee, gasping and breathing, and my body couldn't withstand the pressure from this form for long, so it reverted.

I lost consciousness as a result.

{A few hours after the fight}

"Hello!? Hello?! Is anyone there!? Answer me, danm it!!"

"Ah! Y-Yes."

"This is an INTERPOL headquarters; how may I help you?"

"Finally!! Hello! This Worden Luke tail speaking of Valshiri prison! Code-#009927!"

"We confirmed your code, so what can we do for you, Worden Luke?"

"Emergency! Emergeny! Prisoner Name: Cale Valtia! H-He's free!"

"HUH!?"

"Freed by two intruders, two males in their twenties. Not only that! They also managed to defeat Lieutenant Lester! All three of them are now on run!"

"Based on threat-level and gravity of their crimes, I deemed them, to be a threat to the justica and the enemies of the world government!!"

"Please send us the full report on the situation and the picture of the intruders."

"I'm sending it now…"

"We got it! "

"After a quick verification, I will submit it for approval."

"Don't forget, now!! "

"These three are dangerous criminals; I request that their names to be published immediately in tomorrow's paper."

"We are on it!!"

{JUSTICA Headquarters}

"So, in short, our branch forces were unable to dealt with this particular group of two invaders, not only did they manage to break free Cale Valtia. They also defeated Lester!?"

"Ah! Y-Yes!! "

"These two disguised themselves as ordinary soldier to break into the prison."

"What else? "

"Were there any casualties?"

"Not particularly, sir. Four of our soldiers were just knocked out cold. Major Luke, on the other hand, suffered major bone fractures on his face, and so did Lieutenant Lester

"Currently, both of them are not in any life-threatening situation due to their vitality and willpower, and two renown doctors have been assigned to them, 24/7"

"Phew! At least they are safe, so what do we know about these invaders!?"

"Well, sir, we did find some leads, but they're not that very relevant;"

"It's up to me to decide, Sargent! Speak!"

"Y-Yes sir! Sorry, sir! We did a thorough background check on these two people. What we know that, the guy you see on the screen is named Ray Falcon;

A military veteran, who served under the Justica's third regiment for two years but is now retired from his duties. Due to a fatal injury suffered by him during the Gray war;"

"According to our sources, he was dispatched to Kings' Landing, where he was discharged from the city hospital and met Leon Winter after a few days;"

"Then he met with this guy! The guy you are currently seeing is the same guy who defeated Lieutenant Lester, all by himself."

" His name, Ashu L. Stark; his age is unknown; he is a professional  explorer; very little is known about him; all we know is that he was a guild member in King's Landing, for two years. He had recently rented a brand-new apartment, and was looking for tenants; that's when Sir Leon came across him.

He introduced Ray Falcon and Ashu L. Stark to each other, and the next day both of them started sharing the apartment;"

"What about their families or relatives?"

"None, sir, according to army records, Ray Falcon was an orphan with no living relatives or families speak of, he was brought up in an orphanage, and for Ashu L. Stark, well, everything about him except his name is fake; he forged his ID and all the papers about him."

"Sigh… So, what is their connection to Cale Valtia?"

"Did they know each other from before?"

"No, sir, we have nothing else on them."

"…"

"There aren't many hiding places with Cale Valtia's notoriety, but I'm more surprised to hear Lester being defeated by a no-name kid;"

"Valtia is one thing; I understand he's a strong guy, brought by one of the strong families, but he's too young and hasn't had much of an experience, so him beating Lester has a slim chance, but to think this Ashu guy, with no background what so ever can defeat Lester, all by himself!"

“About that.... according to what Lieutenant Lester informed us, this Ashu fellow is... one of the kings candidate.”

"!!That's explains it! why this Ashu fellow is much stronger than Cale Valtia!”

“Sargent you exactly know what that means, this Ashu fellow may pose a future threat to the tower and world government, with  him being combining with Cale;"

"Yes sir!"

"Inform every major news organisation and media outlet this information and tell them to print this in tomorrow's newspaper. And distribute three wanted posters around the tower, as well as huge bounties on their heads, especially on this guy. "

"Don't let them escape, we must weed out buds of evil from this world before they can spread out their shadow onto the tower;"

"As you command, sir!! "

{One day after the prison break}

{Ashu's POV:}

'Where am I? Oh, now I remember! I believe it is time for me to wake up, I hope we were able to succeed in our escape.' I thought to myself, as I slowly, opened my eyes. The darkness around me began to be replaced by a blurry white light;

After a few seconds, my eyes adjust themselves and the blurriness got fade away, the view of a white cloud started to drift in, like tufts of cotton candy floating across the blue ocean.  The sun shone brightly, and a cool breeze hit my face, and I sat up, looking around to see Ray sitting across a bonfire, roasting three skewers of meat in the yellow flames. He glanced my way and looked surprised. With his face lit up, he came running at me and asked,

"So, you finally decided to wake up, huh?" asked Ray, joyfully.

"Sorry for making you worry."

"So... we managed to escape."

"Yep! After you passed out, Cale and I took your unconscious body and drove through forest; we drove for a whole day then stopped here for some supplies," said Ray;

"Had anyone followed us?" I asked.

"Nope;"

"Phew! By the way, where is he?" I said, as I stood up and stretched my body a little, losing some muscle tension; I still felt my body sore due to the fatigue and overexertion.

"He went hunting, he said that he wanted something nutritional to eat, and protein bars are useless;" My stomach growled, and I felt a pang of hunger all over my body just thinking about the food;

"Do we have some bars left?"

"Yeah, you want some?"

"Yes please, I'm so hungry!" Ray walked over to our luggage and rifled through it, looking for some bars, while I sat down, my back supported by a tree behind me.

"Here, and take some water first;" Ray handed me three protein bars and a bottle of water; I drank some of the water and ate all the bars he got for me in just a few minutes.

A wave of relief washed over me as my stomach reacted to certain foods.

"Woah! "Easy there, avoid overeating; you don't want to make yourself sick, now do you;"

"GULP!"

"Ray…"

"Hmm"

"I'm sorry…"

"For what!?"

"For draging you here, I'm sure Justica heard about us and  have our faces already plastered all over the newspaper;"

"May!? I think you've got something wrong there. "

"!?"

"They already issued wanted posters for all of us, look at the front page," Cale said as he emerged from the woods; he threw a bundle of newspaper in our direction, then put a dead boar on the ground, and sat down in front of the fire with his long blond hair tied in a ponytail.

To be continued…