The year is 2099.
On a large island located a distance away from the coast of South Africaā¦ā¦ a group of 10 men dressed in modern brown hunting outfit were hiking through the thick forestā¦ they were a mixture of different races with a pick-up truck with an empty trunk following them while two men lead in frontā¦
One of the leaders was a tall, muscular dark-skinned man of about 50 years with a long moustache and beard. His outfit was unique with a hood covering his short black hair and a long metallic spear on his back.
He turns to the other man leading with a cheeky smile. āI still canāt believe youāre hunting with us. Can you still use that thing?ā He chuckled with his tone that of a Ghanaian.
The other man of 45 years of age who was not as tall and wasnāt that muscular turned to him and smiled. He was light-skinned unlike his very dark companion and his black hair was short and curly.
āI admit that itās a long time since Iāve hunted myselfā¦ā He said with an almost normal American accent if not for his surprisingly deep voice. He chuckles and pats the rifle on his side. āBut I still know the ropes, John.ā
John cackles and pats the manās shoulder. āWhatever you say, Chief. Just make sure you hit the prey and not us.ā The other men with them chuckled at Johnās joke while the man shrugs.
āWho knowsā¦I might even catch more prey than you.ā He said with a cocky smile and John raises a brow at him.
āYouāre on but be warnedā¦ā John grins and slaps his muscular chest, proudly. āJust because youāre the Chief of the village doesnāt mean Iāll go easy on you.ā
The Chief chuckles and lightly punches John. āI expect no less from my head hunter.ā
They walk some more distance when John suddenly gives a sign and they all stop. He motions to one of the men whom used a small metallic scope to scout ahead and spots three grown antelopes.
The man indicates three with his fingers and John signals two men to positon themselves with the Chief following.
āDonāt miss it.ā John whispered and the Chief smiles as he pulls out his rifle. After a moment of silence, John gives the signal and the three men fired, taking down all antelopes through headshots.
The men cheered as the antelopes fell to the ground with loud thuds and John pats the Chiefās back with a smile. āNice shot.ā
As they go to collect the bodies and place them in the truck, one of the men noticed a rumble on the ground and signals John.
āLooks like we got company.ā John said and the two men guard the truck while the others got ready as the sound gets closer.
John grabs his spear and swings it around a little before clutching it tight in his hands just as a stampede of wild boars busted out of the bushes.
The men open fire, taking down some boars while John hurls his spear at the beasts, ripping through three of them at once. āGuess our hunt startled them.ā He mumbled as he charges forward and pulled out a handgun to take out some other boars.
The Chief takes down five more boars with headshots before speaking up as he reloads. āLucky for us.ā He rolls to the side as a boar charges just past him and prepares to attack the disoriented Chief when a familiar spear rips through its skull and its body comes to a halt.
The Chief turns back to see John running over to him. āThank you, John.ā
John shoots another boar with a side-arm before reclaiming his spear and turning to the Chief. āNo problem. Besides, if you die here, Iām more scared of what Mrs West will do to me than the entire village.ā
The Chief laughs as he gets up with his rifle clutched in his hand. āMy wife does have her scary side.ā He chuckled before taking point and shooting down another boar.
After about 10 minutes, the men were already halfway done with loading the captured boars on the truck when Mr West lets out a tired laugh. āI think Iāve had enough hunting for a while.ā
John wipes the sweat from his head and throws his arm around Mr West. āLooks like I won the bet.ā
āIt wasnāt an official bet, so it doesnāt count.ā Mr West mumbled and John laughs as he releases Mr West who suddenly wore a worried look. āJohn?ā John turns to Mr West with a raised brow. āIs it alright to trust my son to go off by himself?ā
John chuckles and places a comforting hand on Mr Westās shoulder. āIāve told you a hundred times, donāt worry about it. Your kidās a tough one and I respect thatā¦ā Mr West hangs his head a little but John shakes him with a laugh.
āDonāt get all worked up. I treat Levi like heās my own son, too. Besidesā¦ā He reaches for his hood and removes it to reveal his short-low hair. āHeās the reason Iām still alive, remember?ā He gestures to his neck where a large beast scar was seen.
Mr West lets out a sigh and chuckles. āI guessā¦but the main reason Iām even here was because I wanted to see how he hunts. Do you even know where he is?ā
John shrugs. āI never know where that boy goes to hunt.ā Mr West raises a brow at John who laughs and waves dismissively. āCome on, chief. Itās not like anythingās actually capable of hurting him out thereā¦ā
āWeāre ready, sir.ā A young man said and John nods as he motions them to head back. Meanwhileā¦ā¦
Deeper in the thick forest, on one of the trees was a concealed figure in the thick leaves, observing a group of five antelopes grazing on the vegetation.
He was a young guy with bronze-coloured skin, a tiny black mole on his nose and smooth-silky black hair in a basic bowl haircut. He was just wearing a black tank top, blue shorts and sandals. He was also a little muscular and based on his facial appearance, he appears to be Mr Westās son, Levi.
He closed his caramel-coloured eyes and takes a deep breathā¦the air around him suddenly feels chilly as he opened his eyes with his iris now glowing deep sky-blue.
āFive antelopes and a boarā¦ā He mumbled as his vision was now in thermal mode which allowed him to make out the boar covered in the bush. He grins and stands on the branch with his eyes on his targets. āEasy enough.ā
His eyes glow brighter and he lunges forward, the force snapping the branch he was standing on.
The sound startles the animals but Levi moves with a blur as he snaps the neck of an antelope before smashing the heads of two more antelopes together then he immediately takes out the last ones as they tried to escape.
He turns around as he hears a grunt and a heat signature was scurrying away. āNot so fast.ā He quickly picks up a rock and hurls it into the pig, sending it to the ground with a thud.
He lets out a sigh and both hands on his hips when he feels something and quickly crouches down. He closes his eyes and focus on his environmentā¦ā¦
An abstract coloured-drained holographic image of the trees, grass, the captured prey all formed in his mind including a creature approaching him from behind. He turns around just as two foxes appear from the bush and growls at Levi.
āNiceā¦ā He mumbled with excitement as he stood just as one of the foxes growls at him angrily and pounces. But Levi ducks below before smashing his palm under its jaw, breaking its teeth and cracking its skull.
The other fox growls at Levi before suddenly lunging forward with its sharp jaws but Levi dodges to the side and grabs another stone from the ground.
As the fox prepares to attack again, Levi spins around and hurls the stone into the foxās head. It hits the ground with a heavy thud and Levi grins at his new captured prey.
15 minutes later, Mr West and John with the rest of the hunting team were already at the village with their captured prey.
The village was found in a valley bounded by two massive hills to its sides and the sea to its northern part with the southern side leading to the jungle. It was as big as a small town but it was as modern as technology was around the year 2050.
This is because the island was a by-product of the World war created by Trons to serve as a refuge for civilians and after the peace treaty was made, many refugees returned to their homes while others regarded this island as their new home and stayed creating the multi-race residents now present. It was called Asylum Bay partly due to its port system.
John leads the men to the hunting centre and as the men carried the goods into the building, John catches Mr West staring at his rifle with a smile on his face. āLooks like I underestimated you, Chief. Youāre still the hunter I knew before you took over this village.ā
Mr West lets out a sigh and rubs his head. āMy carefree daysā¦ā He looks up at the now setting sun and places a hand on the fence of the building. āItās getting late. Where is-ā He was cut off as some people cheer and they looked in the direction of the main gate feet away.
John folds his arms when he sees the figure running up to them. āLooks like our yearly feastās going to be especially festive tonight.ā He chuckled as he noticed the large mixture of different animals tied together by ropes over Leviās head.
He comes to stop in front of the centre and grins at John. āWhat do you think? Too much?ā John shakes his head and chuckles. The workers by the building gathered a cart and Levi gently lowers the large pile of prey unto the cart just as John and his dad approached.
āHey dad.ā He said with a smile as his eyes returned back to its normal brown but Mr West raises a brow at him.
āYouāve been hunting for a year but you never told me you did it aloneā¦and neither did the man I told to watch you.ā He said with a slight angered tone and a glare at John who whistles as he avoids eye-contact.
Levi rubs his neck and chuckles awkwardly as Mr West continues to give a stern look to his son before sighing. āI have my hands full now with the feast, soā¦ā¦ā Leviās face lights up with a grin. āIāll just leave the talk to your mum.ā
Levi flinches a little and shakes his head slowly. āCanāt you just talk to me yourself?ā He asked with a nervous laugh and Mr West laughs.
āToo late. Iāve already told her about it and sheās waiting for you back home.ā
āIām dead.ā Levi mumbled with his head hung and John chuckles as he gives Levi a strong pat on the back that makes him stumble a little. āHeyā¦ā He mumbled as he rubbed his back before glancing at men who were lifting the foxes into a different cart. āOh, yeah. I told you Iāll get something awesome today.ā
John glances at the large prey with its head lulled to the side and grins at Levi. āI never had a doubt.ā
Levi lets out a proud laugh and turns as his father touches his shoulder. āYeah. Nice work, Levi.ā
āThanks.ā He said and Mr West gives his head a little rub before letting him go.
āYou should head back. Iāll be back by dinner.ā Levi nods and waves at John before moving away. āOh and Levi?ā He suddenly stops but doesnāt turn back as his father gives him a stern look. āNo powers.ā
The blue glow already in Leviās eyes fade away as he chuckles with a hand on his head. āOkay.ā He gives a little wave and runs off. As Mr West turned to John, Levi glances back and takes a turn by a building before using his powers again.
His speed suddenly increases as he zooms across the village of buildings and houses of which the tallest were only as high as 3-storeys.
He smiles as he gets more excited and jumps up, ricochets off a wall and leaps onto the roof of a two-storey house. He startles the woman spreading out clothes to dry on the roof and she smiles when she sees him.
āLevi. If you wanted to visit, you could have just asked.ā She said with a chuckle and Levi chuckles as waves at her and continues to run.
āSorry, Mrs Dean.ā He said as he jumped off the roof to the next. He laughs and grins as he leaps across buildings and trees with inhumane speed and agility. He leaps off the side of a building and performs a loop-d-loop with a tree branch, launching him back into the air.
As his body soars through the air, he catches the sight of some kids playing soccer on a small field, although it appeared upside-down because of his mid-air position.
The kids along the rest of the world were moving in slow-motion to Levi due to his senses and brain which processed events several times faster than a normal human. He finally lands on the ground with a flip and was already moving through the streets while glancing at the slow world around him.
<Sorry, dad.> He thought because as much as his parents try to stop him, he canāt resist using his powers and he loves being a Tron.
He looks up as he approaches the boundary of the village where a large cliff can be seen with three outposts on the cliff-surface but he kept moving because he knew what was on top of the cliff. He then skids to a stop some distance from the cliff then crouch down as his eyes glow brighter.
āHere goes.ā He mumbled as he suddenly leaps leaving behind a cracked floor as his body hurls upwards, past the outposts and as his body began to slow down, he digs his fingers into the cliffās surface and flings himself up again until he reaches the top.
He grins as he takes a look down at the village below from one of the cliffs that makes the valley.
ā5 seconds. A new record.ā He mumbled as he heads towards the large duplex after easily flipping over the secure fence.
His landing caused the guard that was asleep there to fall from his chair and his hat drops from his face. āSorry, George.ā Levi said as he goes over to help him up.
George groans as he stands up and dusts off his security uniform. āYou know; normal people use the passageway to get up here.ā He said with a half-glare at Levi who was already inching away.
āGood thing Iām not normal, am I?ā He chuckled and George sighs as he puts his cap on while Levi speeds towards the house.
Levi takes the back door and enters the house but he deactivates his power when he sees a familiar figure in red with some maids working in the large kitchen. He hesitates a little before taking a deep breath and walking into the kitchen. The maids turn to their attention to the new presence in the room and smiled at him. āWelcome back, Levi.ā The most elderly of the maids said and Levi waves at her but he flinches when he realised a particular woman staring at him. She was 42 years of age and she was basically the same height with Levi. She had a small x shaped birthmark on her forehead at the left side. And based on her similar Afro-Asian bronze skin-colour, brown eye and long black smooth hair which reached her back, you can tell that she was very closely related to Levi. āHi, mum.ā Levi said, sheepishly as she approaches him with a scary look on her face and she stops in front of him in silence. She suddenly gives him her signature scary-sweet smile and speaks. āYour father to
Drals; Just like with Trons, there are some animals that had also been affected by the Genesis all those years ago. But unlike Trons who gain specific powers, the Drals are just destructive beings with no real ability that makes them stand out like Trons. Levi watches as the event seemed to only be occurring at the main gate from the village but notices that it began to spread inward. āDamn it.ā Without much thought, Levi leaps out of the window, lands on the solid ground and races across the field before flipping over the fence around his home to help handle the situation. āLevi!ā Rose shouted as she barged into his room but once she saw his empty bed and the opened window, she understood what happened. āNo.ā She said as she rushes out of his room with a concerned expression on her face. Meanwhile, Levi was already back on the village floor and speeding across the barely lit roads while residents ran away from the action ahead of him. As he approaches the danger area, he catches t
3 days later, Levi was playing basketball in the afternoon with some other kids his age on a basketball court not too far the northern gate of the village which lead to the seaport. A short boy dribbles past a defender and passes the ball to his teammate who quickly hurls it into Leviās grasp. Two boys tried to stop him but Levi performs a professional drive through before performing a lay-up and the ball falls through the net with a swish. āThatās right.ā Levi said as he high-fives his teammate just as the other team approached them. āYouāre only winning because you have a Tron on your team.ā The boy with the ball said and Levi chuckles as he turns to them with a hand on his hip. āFor your information, Iāve not used my powers yet. Iām just a good player.ā Another member of the opposite team spoke next. āYeah right.ā He sarcastically said and one of Leviās teammate speaks up. āCome on guys. You all know Leviās actually got some skills.ā āSome?ā Levi chuckles as he stares at his
All seem normal in Asylum Bay following the Dral attack, with reconstruction and repairs moving smoothly and people getting back to their normal livesā¦ā¦except Levi who had been constantly restraining himself because Agent Steel from The Index had been living in his house and the streets now filled with a few Index workers. Itās already been 3 days but Steel has shown no sign of leaving, increasing Levi and his familyās concern. What further disturbs them, mostly Luke was that he found out who sent that messageā¦ā¦which was Harold as expected. After another bitter argument between Luke and Harold which didnāt end wellā¦ā¦ Harold reluctantly agrees to keep Leviās powers a secretā¦for now. Itās another afternoon and Levi was in the garden behind his house reading a book. He hums along with the song coming from his headphones when his eyes suddenly glowed uncontrollably. āHey Levi.ā Levi suddenly forces his powers back in when he hears the familiar voice and turns around to see Steel who j
In the midst of the burning and broken village, a figure zooms across the road, leaving a little gust of wind as he moves without a momentās hesitation. Levi leaps on a car before flipping onto a lamppost with his hands tightly clasping the metal bar he is crouching on. He looks ahead where several attacks and fire was spread out throughout the village close to the southern gate with the threat advancing towards him. He grits his teeth in anger and his hands slowly crush the metallic pole. āBastardsā¦ā He grumbled before closing his eyes and focusing on his senses, creating the holographic image of his environment in his head. He extends the range to the point of the battle zone where he could make out groups of Drals fighting different guards but he searches for a group which really needs his helpā¦and turns to his left where he sees only two guards left with a large number of Drals closing on their location. He opens his blue eyes and leaps into the direction, his figure soaring
Goro and Levi stare at each other, motionless at firstā¦ before Goro suddenly throws a punch into Levi who quickly leaps over it before drop kicking Goro in the face. Goro remains immobile resulting in Levi being ricocheted instead which was what he wanted because before Goro could even recover, he quickly throws a piece of metal he was secretly holding straight into Goroās right eye. Goro shouts out as blood gushes out his right-eye while Levi lands on his feet and springs forward again. Goro growls as he throws a punch with his left fist but Levi shifts into his new blind spot and focuses a powerful punch to Goroās right shoulder. āDamn you!ā Goro groaned as he smacks Levi aside with his left arm and Levi skids to a stop some distance away before stumbling to a knee as his eyes flickered from blue to brown and back to blue. āLooks like youāre almost at your limit. You should just-ā He was cut off by a loud crack which made Levi slowly smile as Goro turns to his right shoulderā¦ā¦wh
The shock of the attack by āthe Tamerā and its dral army became just a bad memory as time passes. Itās been 2 days after the attack and apart from the unfortunate loss of some of the guards in Asylum Bay, there was no civilian causality although there was a civilian who got severely injured. It was an afternoon and Levi was staying in one of the vacant guest rooms close to the house since it was torched. He was surprisingly healed completely, so perfectly that most people wouldnāt know how badly he got hurt that night. He was singing along to the song playing in his room as he was placing his clothes inside a suitcase. After he finishes packing his neatly folded clothes, he picks up a picture of his familyās photo and grimaces as he looks at his young bright smile from years ago. āTomorrowās the day.ā He sighed before placing the frame into his suitcase and zips it up just as his music cuts off and an alarm sound fills the small room. āDamn. Iām late.ā He mumbled as he grabs his
After a moment of conversing, the scientists moved over to the console in front of the orbs and began putting in some commands and flipping some switches causing the large machine to start to whirl and buzz. āDo you know what this is?ā Peter asked as he comes back to stand beside Levi who shrugs with a confused expression. āThatās a device called a Spectron.ā āOh, Iāve heard about it.ā He said with an excited smile and Peter raises a brow. āSo what do you know about it?ā He asked and Levi turned to him as he explains. āNot much. I read an article that itās a device used to test the abilities of a Tron and classify them. But apart from that, no other information was given and I didnāt know it looked likeā¦this.ā He said, gesturing to the large and bulky structures, wires and valves around and in it. A sudden buzzing sound was now heard and one of the scientists gives them a thumb-up. āItās ready.ā āAlright.ā Peter said as he collects Leviās phone and ushers him onto a platform in f