Novels by bilalisak

Rick stood tall. He gripped his staff. He knew Isaac could not see him or hear him right now. This was a pre-recorded message, triggered to activate a few hours after the raid."You are probably wondering why I let you escape with those thirty sick scavengers," Isaac's hologram smiled softly. He adjusted his thin silver glasses. "You think you won a great victory tonight. You think you saved them from the incinerator."Isaac folded his clean white hands on the glass desk. "I did not want to kill them, Rick," Isaac explained calmly. "I needed them to be rescued. I needed you to touch them. I needed you to bring them back to your secret, hidden rat's nest."Rick felt a cold drop of sweat slide down his back."You see," Isaac continued, his voice echoing in the damp tunnel. "I knew I could not track you. You are a ghost. You hide your magic too well. But sick, terrified, ordinary people? They are very easy to track."Luna gasped. She looked at the thirty new refugees sitting in the train

The warm water felt wonderful. Rick sighed. He opened his tired brown eyes and looked at her. "Thank you," Rick whispered."You are a fool, you know that?" Luna smiled gently, wiping a streak of dirt from his cheek. "You walked right into the smartest man's trap.""I know," Rick said. He frowned. He looked down at his own hands. "Isaac is a genius. He knew exactly what I would do. He knew I could not stand in the shadows and watch a little girl die. He used my vow against me as a weapon."Luna stopped washing his face. She let her hand rest on his knee. She looked at him with very serious, very deep brown eyes."I have been thinking about Auditor Isaac," Luna said quietly. The noise of the busy clinic covered her soft voice. No one else could hear them."He is evil," Rick stated flatly. "He is a greedy, heartless monster. He wants to put my magic in a bottle and sell it to the rich. He is worse than Yuren."Luna shook her head slowly. "No, Rick," Luna said. "That is the scary part. He

Rick stood in the center of the crater he had made. The brilliant, pure emerald green light of his Earth Qi slowly faded away. The bright glow pulled back into his skin. The alley became dark again, lit only by the weak, orange light of the fake doctor’s small lantern.The fifty Hunter-Killers were completely destroyed. Their heavy silver armor was crushed against the rusted iron walls of the alley. Sparks of red electricity popped and died in the muddy puddles.Overseer Graves lay in the dirt. He was groaning in pain. He was not dead, but his body was badly broken. The shockwave of pure healing magic had knocked him unconscious for a moment.Rick breathed heavily. His chest moved up and down. He felt incredibly weak. He had used a massive amount of his true, pure magic. But his soul felt clean. The dark, ugly gray sludge was gone. He was the Ghost Doctor again.Rick looked at the thirty innocent people. They were kneeling in the mud. The burning red electric chains that had tied the

Rick opened his eyes. They were completely flat and gray. He stepped back from the edge of the rusted bridge. He gripped his staff. He turned around. He was going to walk away into the dark. He was going to let them die to protect the greater good. It was the hardest, most terrible choice he had ever made.Down in the alley, Overseer Graves smiled. Graves dropped the screaming little girl into the mud next to her bleeding father. "Chain the brat," Graves ordered a silver guard.Then, Overseer Graves did something very strange. He did not look at the prisoners. He did not look at the fake doctor on the ground.Overseer Graves slowly tilted his head back. He looked straight up. He looked directly up at the tall, dark, rusted bridge hanging hundreds of feet in the air. He looked exactly at the spot where Rick was hiding in the shadows."I know you are up there, anomaly," Graves called out loudly. His cruel voice echoed through the deep scrap canyon, carrying perfectly up to the high bri

From the thick yellow smog at both ends of the alley, heavy metal boots stomped into the mud. Clank. Clank. Clank.Fifty Hunter-Killers marched into the alley.They wore thick, gleaming silver armor. They carried massive red hand cannons that hummed with deadly electricity. Bright red laser sights shot out from their weapons, sweeping across the terrified crowd of sick people.Hovering in the air above the alley were three giant, black Surveillance Drones. Their massive red searchlights pinned the crowd in the dirt.The Night Line of thirty sick patients panicked. They screamed and tried to run."Nobody move!" a loud, robotic voice boomed from the silver guards. "By order of the Pharmaceutical Guild and Auditor Isaac, this area is completely surrounded!"The sick people froze. They dropped to their knees in the freezing mud, putting their hands on their heads. They were terrified. They were trapped.Rick watched from the high bridge. His breath caught in his throat. “A raid,” Rick re

High above the dirty, twisting mountains of the junkyard, Rick crouched in the shadows. He sat on a rusted metal bridge. The bridge was broken and dangerous. It hung hundreds of feet in the air, right over Sector Nine of the scrap maze.Rick did not move. He breathed very slowly. His body was covered in dark purple bruises. His ribs ached with every breath. It had been three days since he escaped the bright, white tower of Auditor Isaac. He had exploded the silver Extraction Engine. He had shattered the thick glass cage. He had fallen back down into the dark, toxic mud of Rustgate to hide.Luna and Ash were safe. He had hidden them deep underground, far away from the city patrols. But Rick could not rest. A doctor cannot sleep when the city is bleeding.He looked down into the dark valley below him. The thick, yellow smog swirled slowly. It looked like a dirty, poisoned ocean.He pulled his new dark gray coat tightly around his shoulders. Luna had stitched the torn pieces of his old

The hall was quiet again. Dust floated through the air where Duke had stood moments ago. The floor was cracked from the force of his blow. Everyone still stared at Thomas as if he had turned into something else entirely.Thomas looked down at his hands, still trembling. The blue glow was gone, but he could almost feel it under his skin, like something alive was still there, waiting.Jerry touched his shoulder gently. “Thomas… you scared me, man. What was that light? What did you do?”Thomas opened his mouth but no words came out. He didn’t know. He just remembered the screen, the words from the system, and how the blade had formed like it had always belonged to him.“I don’t know,” he said finally, his voice low. “It just… happened.”Master Iverson stood by the door, his eyes unreadable. For a moment, Thomas thought he saw pride — but also worry. Deep worry. “Go home and rest,” Master Iverson said. “Tomorrow night, we talk. Alone.”Thomas nodded. The way his master said alone made his

As Thomas and master Iverson were hesitant, Duke immediately ran and grabbed Jerry, Thomas' friend."Duke stop this madness" Master Iverson said."Should I intervene, master," Mike whispered to Master Iverson."Hold on," Master Iverson said.His fist was clenched tightly and without thinking, Thomas stepped forward with his voice louder and more confident than he felt."Leave him alone!" Thomas shouted as he was racing as he stood between Jerry and them. Duke and his guys stopped for a moment while turning to face him.The Duke snorted while one of the Duke guys tilted its head and made a mocking sneer. The Duke then let out a low rumbling laugh."Look at this little guy, you think you can stop us boy" Saul, one of the duke guys hissed while showing his tongue.Brave but foolish, what do you plan to do? Fight us? With what?" Saul, one of the duke guys said with a low growl.Thomas' mind raced for a second and he began to doubt his abilities.What was he doing? These weren't just any t

Days passed, it's a calm morning in the academy. All students were present in the hall waiting for Master Iverson to address them.Thomas stepped forward and everywhere became silent. "What's he up to" they were murmuring."I, Thomas walker, I challenge you, Duke to a duel" Thomas said after deep thoughts, he knew this was the only way to end it."Are you for real dude?" Duke said, looking surprised about how confident Thomas was."Yes Duke, are you scared," Thomas Walker said, trying to push Duke to accept his request."Are you crazy, Thomas, its suicide," Jerry said in shock."I got this," Thomas said."Alright then, it seems this boy hasn't learned his lessons man," Duke said as he looked over to his gang “The fight will be held by four pm. Both of you should be present at the main hall for the fight," Mike said.It is time for him to face his first true test. Thomas is going to fight Duke who has been humiliating him for years."Master Iverson, are you going to sit back and let th

After a cold shower, Thomas stood in front of the mirror and was stunned. His muscles had grown more. He didn't like a weak boy from yesterday.TASK COMPLETED+5 STRENGTH+5 SPEED+1 TALENT POINT EARNEDNEW ABILITY UNLOCKED: MINOR HEALING.PHYSICAL ENDURANCE INCREASED.FATIGUE RESISTANCE INCREASED."Whoa! I look like a bodybuilder," Thomas muttered, turning sideways in the mirror.He clenched his fists. They felt alive. He had been mocked, humiliated and nearly killed but now, he had a chance."I don't know what this system is or why it chose me but I'm not wasting this... I'll do whatever it asks me to do." He said.He stared at the glowing screen again as it flickered softly, ready for the next command."I'm running late to see master Iverson," Thomas said as he remembered that master Iverson had requested his presence.The path to power had opened and this time, Thomas Walker wouldn't be left behind.Thomas walked slowly through the hallways, he was looking calm but his thoughts we

"But be calm, I am not here to harm you," the monster said calmly."I will let you leave my domain unharmed but on one condition," It said.Duke curiosity made him have an encounter with quantum shadow. "What's it you want?" Duke asked.The quantum shadow went closer to Duke. "There's a boy, a foolish boy who is going to stumble up on a power that should not exist in this world" it said with seriousness."This boy is going to grow and be the most powerful and I don't want that to happen and I'm sure you don't want that to happen" Quantum shadow said with seriousness.Quantum Shadow's eyes were fixated on Duke and its expression was serious. "You must stop this boy before it's too late," it said."The powers he will stumble upon are ancient and powerful and if he is allowed to wield them he will become the most powerful in the world," the creature said."Most powerful? I can't let that happen" Duke said with anger."You must find him beside it, it's too late," the creature said."If yo

"I can't let you burn down this place! You will have to go through me first!" Thomas voiced, clenching his right fist and punched Duke across the face.Thomas pulled his fist backwards once more and attempted to hit Duke, but Saul boy from the defenders of the city grabbed him from behind and held his two arms."You damn human! You dare lay your filthy hands on me! After all what you have done for you guys and this city, you dare challenge me? You are dead meat!" Duke roared as he picked himself off the floor and walked towards Thomas who was held down by Saul."Let me go!" Thomas struggled to break free, but Saul's strength was greater than Thomas's."Saul! Hold him still!" Duke roared, and Saul did as he was told. Duke, then clenched his right fist tightly and flames formed around it before punching Thomas hard on his belly.The punch connected neatly, causing Thomas' jacket to burn slightly and he coughed up blood. The lady amongst the group closed her eyes as she knew what type of