Fight at Laura’s Street

SYSTEM ACTIVATED

What the hell was that?

He looked around. The three men stood up as they took a fighting stance.

No, that sound did not come from them. That sounded like a feminine voice.

One of the three ran forward, towards him, blinded with rage, ready to beat the crap out of him.

RIGHT

The guy lunched a punch on his right, Ajax blocked it swiftly.

LEFT

Another kick came to his left. He dodged it as well.

How on earth did he see that coming and deflect it so fast. And who the hell was telling him what to do!

RIGHT KICK TO HIS STOMACH

He felt his right leg lift on it's own accord and strike a heavy kick on the man's stomach. The man fell to the floor grunting in pain.

ADVANCE FORWARD

He watched as his feet walked towards the man.

GRAB NECK AND LEFT KICK ON CALVES

His hands lifted up and in one swift motion, he grabbed the man's neck. Ajax gasped and watched in sheer horror as the man watched him eyes wide, struggling to breath. His left leg threw a kick on his calves. The man fell to the ground. With his foot, he sent the man flying to the ground far away from him. His heart was racing as fast as a potter’s wheel.

What in the freaking world was controlling him?

RIGHT!

He turned and saw one of the men running towards him. He was surely going to die today. Tears began to pool in his eyes. He did not mean to do that to the guy. He took a step back placing his hands forward to protect him.

“Oh my God, I'm so sorry I didn't mea-“

TAKE A 360 DEGREES TURN. UP IN THE AIR, GIVE AN UPPER CUT.

The voice interrupted him. He watched as his body did the bidding. He spun on his heels and jumped high in the air.

The man that was advancing towards him was just a few meters away from him when he landed a blow on his face.

He watched as the man staggered back and fell to the floor unconscious.

“Oh my God” he whispered as he covered his mouth. “I'm so sorry”

LEFT

He felt his body whoosh to the left in an inhuman speed as a bullet whooshed past him.

“stop talking!” he screamed to the voice in his head.

He heard people discuss about voices in their head. Was this it?

RIGHT, LEFT…..

The voice gave him series of commands which he did unwillingly.

In a few minutes, he saw three bodies sprawled across the ground.

One hopefully not dead. Two unconscious.

He wanted to call for help but his body was trembling. His breath caught in his throat as he looked around horrified. He began to run. He had no idea where he was going, he just ran. He needed to be away from this. The scene, the voice.

His legs were getting weak by the moment as he ran. His lips trembled. So did his body.

He found himself in front of his van house. He pushed the door open and shut it swiftly behind him.

He glanced round the living room area, only to meet the eyes of His grandpa. He could see the confusion in his gramps's eyes.

“Are you okay?” he heard his gramps's say, but his mind was too unsettled to comprehend his words. All he could hear was his gramps's talking in a distance.

He rushed to the part of the huge van that he used as his room. He shut the door behind him as he rested on it.

He took deep breaths as his heart hammered against his sternum. He could feel his body relaxing.

“What in hell just happened?” he thought to himself as he placed his hands on his chest.

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENS IN HELL

“Arghhh” he screamed as he scurried away from the door towards his bed.

“Get out of my head!” he yelled.

He heard a knock on the door. “Is everything alright Ajax?” his gramps's asked.

“Yes, I'm fine” he muttered.

“Who are you?” he said aloud.

“I CAN'T TELL YOU. BUT I AM WITHIN YOUR BRAIN AND MIND”

“oh my God!” he gasped. “Am I a robot?”

“I'M AFRAID NOT. YOU ARE HUMAN”

“So you are the robot”

“NO I AM NOT”

“So how did you get into my head?”

“I HAVE NO IDEA. I HAVE ONLY STARTED WORKING IN YOUR BRAIN BY 10PM TODAY”

“so you have been in my head all these while? But you decided to show up today?

I CAN’T TELL YOU THAT EITHER

“Why today?”

THE System ACTIVATED ME. AFTER THOSE MEN PICKED A FIGHT WITH YOU, YOU GOT SCARED EARLIER, AND SECRETED THE ADRENALINE HORMONE. THAT HORMONE TRIGGERED ME AND HENCE, YOU ACTIVATED ME.

Ajax sighed. His racing heart had reduced to the normal rate. His life was weird. Anybody that saw him now would definitely take his ass to a bloody insane asylum. Only a crazy person would be having a conversation with the voices in their head.

“Thank you for helping me earlier” he muttered. He was truly grateful. He would have been unconscious, beaten to a pulp or worse dead If the voices in his head or robot or whatever it was in his head did not help him.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

‘Wait, you can hear my thoughts?’ he thought.

YES I CAN

He rolled his eyes. Oh well, there goes his privacy. His eyes caught the picture of his girlfriend and him that was pasted on his wall.

Oh shit! He cursed mentally. He had totally forgotten. He checked his time and it was few minutes past 11pm.

He had no gifts, no cash and he was late. Caroline would definitely have his head.

He could already imagine the mean words she would throw at him in front of her friends and his friends. He knew she had invited them too.

He sighed to himself and plopped down to his bed.

He should just sleep it out. There was nothing he could do about it. Tomorrow he would face Caroline. Right now, he was tired. He needed his test.

He closed his eyes as he felt his muscles and body relax in the warmth and softness of his bed as he embraced the darkness and fell asleep.