Yun snatched the radio from Anre´s hand “So, what do you want? Uh? So we do the dirty job and kill her? Well think again!!!”, “fisty as always Yun I like that”, Yun gaged for a moment passed the radio to Parker, and declared “Creepy idiot”, “So what’s the deal? What do you want?”, “Well, well finally Parker, someone you can talk to” Parker rolled his eyes “I want you three to save her” “Pardon my rudeness but what the hell did you just tell me?” Parker asked waiting for an answer “There is something only she can do, something that could help you lot not only clear your names but also change the future for the better, isn’t that something you three want? A way out of the hell you live in, in exchange for that I´m only asking for you three to be her bodyguards”
I remember a horrible nightmare, my house was on fire and my dad was pulling my wrist to run, he asked me to be brave and then it went dark, I opened my eyes, but I didn’t know where I was, it was cold, I heard some voices I didn’t know I pretended to be sleep and listen in on them, “so… what are we going to do?”, “well… we can’t just leave her like this, not here”, “Yeah but playing house with three jail inmates does not sound good either”, the last voice said inmates? Like criminals? I took a pick opening my eyes just enough to see, the other three people were talking one was very big and scary, the other one was shorter than the scary one, he looked worried, and the one with glasses was very much lost in thought, “okay so” said the shortest, “we should go talk to her and calmly explain what’s going on” the short but worry man said “maybe you should handle that Yun” so the shortest name is Yun, “why me? Shouldn’t we all go and talk to her as a group?” “Oh right, first thing you want in the morning seeing this face up close and personal” the scary one smiled, I started to shake and started to silently roll to the edge of wherever I was to find somewhere to hide
“Anre is right, Yun you know how to treat kids you used to work as…” Yun moved so quickly while I was rolling I missed him for a second and he had his hand covering the mouth of the other man, “Parker says it and things will get ugly” The man named Parker was visibly shaken by the treat and just nodded in return, “okay, I’ll go and talk to…” he looked around “where did she go!, Karolin are you okay?” they… they know my name! I hid behind a pillar and covered my mouth, okay Karolin calm down just like playing hide and seek “if you don’t see them they can’t see you”, I kept saying that until the voice of Yun said “You know that’s true, that’s very true, but when you say it out loud they can still hear you” I jumped from my hiding place and looked around but the man was nowhere to be seen “where are you?”, “on the other side of the pillar, may I take a sit here?” he said, I hesitated for a moment “o… okay”, I heard the clinging of his boots when he sat down, and when he did he asked me “so… you feel okay? any dizziness or something?” “I… I don’t think so no”, “That’s nice to hear, so here’s the deal you answered my question so you can ask me something and I’ll answer truthfully, okay?” his tone was calming like talking to a family member, “o… okay, Mr. Yun, where am I?”, “oh” he sounded surprised maybe because I call him by his name, “well Karolin you see, you are in the mow of the dead man, a prison for criminals in the lowest level that can be” I covered my hands with both of my hands, I opened my mouth to ask something more but Yun interrupted me “okay my turn, do you know what a “gift” is?, I sided my head and answer quickly “something you get on your birthday or Christmas right?”
Yun laughed a little “Well I guess you are right, but your turn” What does he mean? “how did I get here?” was my next question “Normally we get “Hunts” not like sports more like kill this moonlight beast or die kinda Hunts, so yeah you came instead, my turn, can I sat next to you?” my heart dropped for a moment, I didn’t know what to answer he didn’t seem like a bad person but on the other hand he is a prisoner of jail, while I was making my mind up I asked “if you promise me to tell me what did you mean by a gift, yes you can” “of curse”, I heard him standing up and walking around the pillar I consider running but judging by what I saw he could probably catch me so I opted against it.
“Hi, I’m glad to see you are okay” he had a warm smile like a ray of sunshine “Well you see Karolin, a gift is not exactly what you said although your answer was correct” I looked at him confused “Then what is it?” “Okey first give me your hand and promise to not let go okay?” I hesitated at first but I wanted to know I grabbed his hand and walked whit him to the wall “You see Karolin” Yun said as he put his feet on the wall a weird colored mark appeared on the wall the pattern and the color were amazing, but more amazing Yun and I started to walk on the wall like if it was the ground, “ho… how are you doing this?” I squish his hand harder “A gift is something some people get think it like magic from a fairy tale, in my case I call my gift "magnetism" The crest on the wall is positive while the one on the bottom of our shoes is negative so that means?” he waited for me to answer “that they attract each other just like a regular magnet” he closed his eyes smiled and said “correct, so yeah that’s what gifts are, different people have different gifts” I nodded while we walked back down to the floor, “am… Mr. Yun” he cut me off again “Yun… just Yun is fine”
“Okay why am I here”, his expression tensed as we arrived at the floor, he looked unsure but knelled before me and put his hands on my shoulders “Well honey, you have a gift, normally kids who are born with a gift are… are…” he kept saying are for a moment until he let out “killed” I felt the blood dripping from my face as he said that “when a gift awakens you can’t control it that’s why I.. we are here” “what do you mean Yun?” “Okey is like… and then…” I wanted to focus on his words, but it was like I was hearing static until my hearing focused on something else, “What are you doing Sir. Stop!” footsteps from far away… no form up top… I could hear his heart beating faster and faster, he was scared “I warned you officer…” I could hear a clicking sound “No… you won’t get away with this… people will know” “rookie officers “fall” to the bottom of the maw from time to time… they slip and fall to their deaths, nobody will bat an eye to a nobody falling”
“Karolin? Hey! What´s wrong?” Yun asked me I held my head and covered my ears to stop hearing the voices, my eyes opened wide, and yelled “Above you!!!” as a gunshot resonated through the room instantly Yun, Parker, and Anre looked at each other, and something was falling quickly to the bottom with us, “Anre!” Yun yelled Anre held his hammer, and it started to glow scarlet red, Yun ran and leaped towards the blunt edge of the hammer, When the sole of his boots met the hammer a big explosion lounged him far into the air several feet into the air he soured high like a bird trying to reach a cloud, he managed to grab the falling object but now the two of them were falling, “Parker!” Anre yelled, “damn it, I just got this!” Parker complained as he opened one of his books the pages separated from the spine, and with swift and delicate motions he gave a new form to all of the pages ribbons lashed out, catching and helping Yun´s landing, watching their gifts in action was breathtaking, “Its Marston!” Yun yelled.
Everyone got closer to see the man that fell, “move let me check him” Yun let the man on the ground, as Parker did a general checkup, “he has a pulse but is weakening we have to take the bullet out” they all looked at each other and then back at Yun, “… no I can’t do that!” he told his friends “what are you expecting? That I magnetize the bullet inside of his body and pull it out?” “Of course not but we need to know where in his body is, with the fall and the landing it could have moved farther into his body” “I…I…” Yun started to hyperventilate until Anre put his hands on his shoulders “Yun listen, Lad, I've known you for two long years, and something I know for sure is that you can do anything you put your mind into, not only that but you would rather die than let a young lass down” Yun was exasperated and buffed against the remark but not being able to counter the argument he lowered his head “move, and be at the ready in case something goes wrong” Parker made space for his friend and folded paper into a scalpel.
“Is that paper-made scalpel going to work?” I asked concerned, Parker looked at me and smiled “Yes Miss, my Gift "Origami" let me generally alter the composition of paper, sharp enough to cut through stone or light enough to fly” Yun shushed him and concentrated, making a triangle with his hands he took some air and moved his hands tracing a path from the wound alongside his arm and then back up, the man´s body jolted as a bulge formed in his shoulder “there!” Yun yelled and stopped his hand gesture, Parker quickly made an incision with the scalpel and folded into forceps to pull the bullet out “Okay bullet is out but now I didn’t think about closing the wound…” The man was losing blood, Anre pushed Parker and Yun out of the way “My turn lads, thighs are about to get loud”
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