The Deletion - 20th Hour

I fell headfirst onto something soft.

A rough hand pulled me up and I felt something hit me on my face, repeatedly.

I think I lost consciousness for a bit in there.

When I opened my eyes, I was lying under a... tree?

I turned my head left and saw someone sitting beside me.

I closed my eyes and opened them again.

Something seemed to be on my face. I sat up, trying to feel my face.

As I touched my nose, I felt pain.

'Oh. You're awake.', a voice said.

The voice was familiar.

I turned. And there she was, my mother.

'Mom?'

'Yes, Kid.'

'What are you doing here?'

'Well. I had to come help my child.', she said, smiling.

'What happened to my nose?', I asked.

'That was Michael. He punched you until you lost consciousness. I tied him up and put him in the corner.'

She pointed to a corner where I could make out a person tied down.

'Where is Sarah?', I asked

'Oh Enough with the questions. Let's eat something.'

We walked towards my home, leaving Michael under the tree. I could see my Father and my Sister at the table, eating. They were laughing at some joke Dad had cracked.

Mom was stroking my hair, caressing my head in a loving way.

I walked into the room.
The meal sure looked delicious.

'I need to make a quick phone call... you guys carry on', I said, running to take my phone.

A strong hand caught my arm.

'Sit Down and Eat, Son'

My Father never said anything like that to me.

'No Dad. This is urgent. I need to call someone.'

'Listen to your dad, Kid. Sit Down and Eat.'

'What did you call me?'

'Son...', my Dad said, clearly not understanding.

'Not you Dad. You, Mom.'

Dad looked at Mom. Mom looked at Dad.

Mom smiled.

Suddenly, the entire room went dark.

'Not so easy to fool, are you, little Champ?'

Someone was walking towards me, talking. They seemed to glow a bit.

'I tried so hard to get this done. And I have been waiting for so long. You are definitely not going to come in between me and my goal. Not now. Not so close.'

'Who are you?', I screamed at the darkness.

'Don't you understand me... Kid?'

A beam of light fell on the person.

It was Michael.

'Michael? You?', I screamed, shocked.

'Yes Kid. I should have just given your Mom character to a Slave. They would have done it better', he said, glancing behind.

'Who was that then?'

'Vin.'

A bit of light played behind Michael, revealing a shackled Vin.

'Vin?'

'Yeah this dumbass can't even play a character he's known for so long properly.'

Vin looked ashamed. And sad. And Sorry.


'Where am I? What is all this?'

'Well, you clearly am in my Tertiary Space.'

'Why are you doing this?'

'You'll know soon', he said, walking away, Vin following him.

As he walked away, the space started to light up bit by bit.

I was in a room. No windows. Nothing. Just a bed. And me. I couldn't even see a door.

Curiously, there was a table beside my bed. On it were a jug of water, some biscuits and a black book.

I took to read it. The pages were empty.

I was about to close it when a glowing paragraph in the first page caught my attention.

'What water is to Earth
To Men this is
Far Great too Many Men
Lost too much of this
For Wine it may resemble
To Drink it a Folly
Many a Man have tried
Countless, paid the price
Not to drink, a lesson
To drink, not human'

Oh Great. A Riddle.

I suck at this.

I touched my nose.

That bastard really did punch and knock me out.

Wonder where Sarah is.

I sat there, turning the pages of this blank book. It seems, I am destined to turn into a Partial.

Suddenly, I felt the urge to pee.

I got up, heading in a direction I hoped I'd have something to pee in.

And I noticed a mirror on the wall.

There was dry blood caked on my face.

After peeing, I washed my face.

The entire basin was covered in red droplets.

Much like Wine.

I suddenly got the answer to the riddle.

I turned to the mirror. In one hard punch, the entire glass came crashing down.

My hand got all bloody.

The glass repaired itself, somehow. What world was I in?

I ran over to the book, opened it and wiped my blood on the first page.

The gleaming lines now read,

'What a sacrifice, O Noble One
Not in Vain it shall
Find you shall all you seek
To destroy the darkness
You did not see approaching'

Suddenly the page went blank.

And below it, words started appearing in black, black ink.

The Deletion- 21st Hour

We walked into the street.

All was calm. Well as calm as it could be. This did not look like the street where an hour ago, a huge Slave had crashed his hand into.
It was back to normal.

We walked into Vin's home.

He seemed to have slept through the entire ordeal.

Sarah took out a scanning device, scanning for the Tertiary Space nearby.

The device was silent for most part, except for this weird humming noise it did.

'Whats that weird humming noise?'

'Thats me humming a song.', Sarah said.

Before Sarah could see my embarrassed face, the device beeped.

'Found it!', Sarah whispered.

'Why are you whispering?', I asked, whispering myself.

'There's a guy asleep here. We do not want to wake him up.'

Sarah took out another device, aiming at the spot the device had beeped at.

'Hope for the best Kid', she said, firing the device at the particle.

A ray of light touched it, dispersing light as if it was a prism.
A rainbow of colors sprayed itself onto the wall, each shade brimming with energy.

'Michael, make sure that he does not wake up. We are going to search for the body. And hold this device. Keep it at the particle. Do not waver.'

'On it.'

'Kid. You take from the Violet end. I will begin from Red.'

'All right.'

'Do you know what to do?', she asked me.

I smiled.

'No.'

'Thought so.'

She gave me a pair of glasses.

'Wear this. Look at the lights carefully. If you find any shimmering or difference in shades or anything, anything at all, let me know.'

'Allright.'

I wore the glasses. The lights seemed to intensify in strength.

Violet was such a peaceful color. It flowed slowly, not disturbing the others nearby.
In fact, the speed of the colors increased from my end to her end.

I noticed that there was some sort of shimmering in Green, as if something was trying to get out from it. It kept pushing its borders.

'Sarah?'

'Yeah?'

'There's something moving in Green.'

'I see it too. I think it might be best if we just look for your body and leave the rest. It might be dangerous.'

'I think we should help it.'

'That is a wrong decision, Kid. We need to find your body. We are running short of time.'

'Does that mean leaving a living being stuck in that world forever?'

Sarah let out a sign.

'First thing after finding your body, we will release it.'

I was not satisfied, but hey, beggars can't be choosers. I had to find my body fast. I did not want to end up as a trophy in Michael's or Chief's room.

I looked at the colors at my end a bit more carefully.

It helped that these glasses had a zoom capability.

The moment I noticed something floating in the colors, I zoomed in.

It was mostly just some random thing, like a vehicle or some sort of weapon.

As I was starting to lose hope, I saw something floating in Blue.

It seemed to move along slowly, as if there was nothing to guide it.
I zoomed in. I could make out something covered, but it sure looked human.

I gestured over to Sarah.
I realized a second too late that she probably couldn't see me waving my hand at her.

'Sarah.', I whispered.

'What?'

'I think I found myself.'

She walked over to my side, zooming in with her glasses.

'Move back.'

She walked over to the color, wearing a glove over her hand.

'This is going to be interesting.'

She put her hand into the color, zooming in with her glasses.

Slowly, carefully, she removed it.

She now had me in her hand.

She gestured at me to bring the device from Michael.

Michael handed the device over to me, waiting for me to do something with it.

Sarah pressed a couple of buttons on it and watched as it fired a beam of light at the thing.

I felt pain. Shocking, numbing pain. I almost dropped the device.

I watched as smoke rose from her hand, as something happened to my body.

I jumped at her, yelling. The device clattered to the floor. The pain vanished, so did the beam.

Vin woke up, yelling.
.
Michael looked at Vin, who punched him in the nose.

He got up, cackling.

'Think you can steal from my collection, fools?'

He threw a small transparent ball onto the floor. Suddenly, a Slave appeared.

'Capture them.', he said.

I turned and ran.
Michael and Sarah followed behind.

Suddenly, I felt an arm close on my hand.

'Jump, you Idiot!', I heard Michael scream.

And I jumped right into darkness.

The Deletion- 22nd Hour

We landed with a thump.

Michael was at the bottom, Sarah on top of me.
I was sandwiched between them.

Sarah got up, looking at her body.

Michael pushed me off.

We both stood up and looked at our surroundings.
Michael seemed awfully interested in looking at my arms and legs. Weird.

'Where are we?', I asked.

'Somewhere.', Michael replied.

'Yeah... Where?', I asked.

'That's the name of the place. Somewhere.', Sarah said, before Michael could reply.

'What are we doing here?'

'This is the place I first thought of... the Transporter Device locked onto this and took us here.'

'Can It trace us?', I asked, gesturing behind me.

'Well... Depends on how long the portal was open there.'

'What do you think happened to my body?'

'I am pretty sure that your body is hidden... probably in a tertiary space tagged on to your friend.'

I probably looked like I did not understand a single word he said, because he started to explain.

'In simple terms, your body has been taken into a small space, basically a tiny dot, so small that people can mistake it for a dust particle.'

'Ok...'

'And in that particle, people can store things. It was really common before and it still is, if you don't want to carry an AllBag.'

'What's an AllBag?'

'That's the heavy bag you're carrying.'

'This one?'

'Yeah. It has all the stuff we need.'

'But It's so heavy!' I complained.

Sarah looked at Michael.

'Yeah Genius here packed in some weapons.'

'Did you check in on the teams?', she asked.

'I did not.'

'We should.'

Sarah took out a small device, entering in details.

The screen lit up, transmitting details to her.

She projected the video she has received onto a wall nearby.

It showed a huge being crashing into our car, moments after we escaped. It seemed to solidify only its arm so that it could cause damage to us.

Teams of our Agents swarmed onto it, taking it down and containing it.

Oh Great. I just thought of them as our agents. It's like I'm working for them as well.

I watched as it was transported using a beam of light, carrying it as if it did not weigh much.
The being seemed motionless.

'What was that thing?'

'It's a Slave.', Sarah replied.

'A Slave?'

'Yes. It does as it is told. Has a host of magical capabilities, but has to be bound to someone. Otherwise it will go berserk.', Michael said.

'If its like a pet, there should be some way to know who it is bound to.', I said.

'It usually has a chip embedded into its neck or arm. Teams reported negative on finding any ID.'

'Why was it motionless at the end?', I asked.

'That means that its duty is done. Someone gave it a last duty and then set it free. Effectively removing any traces of their act. And now that it's gone into Stasis, there is no way to get its memory back.', Sarah said.

She smiled at my dejected face.

'We will find your body Kid. We are so close to it now.'

'So... We safe to return?', I asked.

'Well it sure does seem like it', Michael said.

'Open a portal then.', I said.

'You cannot travel so soon. It could break you.'

'I am sure I can handle it', I said.

'It's your funeral.', Michael said, snorting at his own pun.

He opened a portal ahead, gesturing at Sarah to go in first.

'Ladies first', he said, smiling.

'You just want to stare at my ass, Perv.', she said, sarcasm dripping in her voice.

'Well, guess you found my secret.', Michael said, laughing.

I rolled my eyes. They should really get laid, I thought, as I walked into the portal after Sarah.

The Reluctant Hero- Chapter 3

As the nurse tried to save him, he stirred.

He could feel hands trying to spot where he was hurt. He also heard someone ask his name.

"Rackett", he replied, sitting up.

"The Superhero Rackett?", someone asked.

He nodded.

"Are you OK?"

He nodded again.

"Let me off. I'm OK."

They let him off at the sidewalk. Now he would be called The Suicidal Hero.
Not a good look, but he didn't care about that anymore.

He stood on the pavement, watching the ambulance drive off.

He felt a sense of power well up inside him, and he took off into the skies, flying.
He could still hear the city and it's movement, the cries for help, the sirens and the footsteps of a million humans.
He longed nothing more than to leave.
As he stared into the sky, a memory walked into his vision.
It was that woman again, laughing at him, pointing at the sky.

The Deletion - 23rd Hour

Me and Michael got out of the house.

Sarah stayed behind but was behind us in a minute.

I thought I saw a small flash of lighting in the room. I also heard him snoring next.

No idea what happened there, even though I can guess. 

I had seen Men In Black five times. 

We got into the car.

Michael looked at me.

'I shouldn't be saying this, but things are starting to look grim.'

'I thought so.', I said.

Sarah looked at me through the mirror.

'We will find your body Kid. Before you turn into a partial.', she said.

'How can you be sure?'

'This ain't our first rodeo, Son.', it was Michael who answered.

'What?'

'Yeah, we have done this before', Michael said.

I looked at Michael.

'How many were saved?', I asked.

'Like... 10 percent?'

'That is the worst reassuring I have ever had in my life.'

'Hey. What's in a percentage?', he asked, laughing.

'It's death for me.'

He stopped laughing really quickly when he heard that.

'You know what. I will make you a deal.', he said, all serious now.

'What deal?', I asked.

'In case we are not able to find your body, I will personally put in a good word for you. You can become an agent like us.'

I looked up at the mirror. I thought I saw something dangerous flash there. Sarah did not approve.

'For real?', I asked.

'For real, Kid. I like you. Let's hope for the best though, allright?', Michael said.

I let it go as him just trying to make me feel better.

I smiled and nodded along, as if to make it look like I was enthusiastic about it.

We drove forward.

Sarah was just driving along, when she asked me about my phone.

I told her that it had gone missing with me as well.

I did not have it with me anymore.


'Can you track it?', she asked.

'I should probably be able to.'

We stopped at the next Electronics Store we saw.

I logged into my Gmail account and checked for my phone status.

Thankfully, it was still online.

It seemed to be located a bit farther from my home.

I was surprised. It was at Vins place.

Sarah looked at me.

We ran out of the store, taking the laptop with us.

The store cameras caught a young man running out with a laptop.

They couldn't catch my face properly, apparently. It was all blurred.

Sarah drove back to his home. She was going pretty fast. If we did not have special help, I am sure we would have gone back up there.

As we drove up to the place, we saw a hole forming above his home. There were sparks coming out of it. A humanoid shape was forming in the air.


'Agent Sarah, AE34 calling in. We have a One Oh One happening here. I am posting my location now.' she said into a device. She pressed a red button which started glowing green.


The humanoid shape was allmost done joining together.

It descended into the world, landing on the road, as if it weighed nothing much than a feather.

It turned its huge head in our direction. It seemed to be transparent, with vehicles crossing through its legs as if nothing blocked them. No one seemed to notice the huge hole in the sky either.
I wonder how many of these I had missed.

Sarah took the beaming device in her hand.

'Michael. Take the weapons. Kid. Take what all you can, but do not forget the bag in the back. And slowly, exit the vehicle.And whatever you do, do not shout. And do not make any fast, sharp movements.'


I reached back and took the bag. It sure was heavy for such a tiny one.

We all slowly got out from the vehicle, making sure not to make any sharp movement.

Suddenly, a sound spoke from the device.
'Teams AE34, 35, 36 Dispatch Confirm'


Sarah looked up at the being.

'Oh.... F...', Sarah was not able to complete the statement.

Before that, the being had started running towards us.

'RUN! IDIOTS!', Sarah screamed.


I threw the bag onto my shoulder and started running.

Michael took my hand.

'Hold on!', he said, as he disappeared into the air, sucking me along with him.

I could just barely make out Sarah jumping into the place where I had been.