It's been quite awhile since I write again. What happened to me is indeed unfortunate but I have managed to survive. I dare not to imagine that I can put my ideas into writing but I'll try my best. So here it goes for the new story.
Chapter 1
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
"10 years of planning, the first fatal strike shall commence." A man spoked
"Do you think the Perfect Wizard will succeed? Or even come close to Ellen Mira Mathers?" Another one asked.
A man in spectacles gives out a sigh, visibly stressed by the question.
"I can't say for sure, everything was carried out in secret and we didn't have much time in throwing in more variables. He has potential, not the strength she has. And Woodman is getting too big as an obstacle, there is no way we can orchestrate a friendly fire situation like we can always do in that blasted continent. Woodman has rarely set foot there despite Asgard having so many interests there."
The man in spectacles is reading the document of the project known as Perfect Soldier. Having a smile as he sees the statistics of their project.
"Well, let's just hope we succeed this try. Or else we'll have to find another compatible."
A house in Japan
"You are well trained and have run through this drill for many times, I'm very sure you won't fail this mission."
In a rather small dark room, a man with graying brown hair with a pair of blue eyes is smoking. He is looking at a boy with a wavy blonde hair whose emerald green eyes are lifeless. The boy is wearing a black and gray wiring suit.
"Yes…" the boy whispered.
He then gives the boy a vial of greenish liquid, the boy immediately grabs it and ingest it.
"Ugh!"
The boy lets out a faint grunt, the veins near his forehead starts to bulge and he pants for awhile before wearing a helmet with a semi-transparent gray visor. He is then attached to a black CR-Unit.
"CR-Unit link 100%, stealth module online, thrusters online, realizers online." the boy whispered.
The room's top then opens and the young boy takes off, immediately engaging the stealth module which turns the boy and the unit invisible. He then flies off to his designated location, soon his visor picks up the outline of a massive airship.
He then uses the remote function of the suit to open a small airlock for maintenance, then uses the territory and CR-Unit to seal the airlock, preventing any alarms from triggering.
"Remember, I only want one man dead. If you kill the whole crew it is all over for you and me."
The words of the old man keeps ringing in the boy's head. He starts his search on the bridge while being cloaked. At his luck, he then sees his target, a white haired man with spectacles sitting on a wheelchair.
The man on a wheelchair is addressing the other crewmen who are gathered around him, behind him is a woman with short blonde hair and also spectacled. At his side is a very young girl, who is around 8 years old.
The young man then extends his left hand, expanding his Territory to encompass his target. His cloaked is disengaged while doing so as there isn't enough power from the suit to maintain 2 Realizers at one go. It all happens so fast, the man in wheelchair can feel his is being choked, no, he is not being choked, the young man is literally crushing his neck. The spectacled woman then pulls out a handgun as she reacted instantly upon his disengagement of the cloak, but he immediately raises his right hand and clenches his fist, the handgun barrel is immediately crushed. This stopped the woman from firing as it would result the gun exploding in her hand, desperate as the invisible force is soon completing the user's command.
The woman's action has distracted the young man enough that he is immediately kicked in the stomach by a tall man with long blonde hair and light brown eyes. The tall man then follows up with an uppercut at the chin, separating the helmet from the boy's face. Though the boy feels no pain, force he felt still forces him to break his action.
"A Wizard! DEM!?" the long blonde hair man exclaimed.
The man on wheelchair is shocked to see the boy's face, he knows the boy. Seeing the boy's lifeless eyes, the man on wheelchair can tell that he is under influence of combat enhancing drugs
"Alex! Stop it Alex! Can you hear me?"
It is clear that Alex cannot hear the man in wheelchair with everyone is soon knocked off their feet as he unleashes a powerful telekinetic blast. The blast has managed to separate the man on wheelchair from the others.
"DIE!" he whispered.
The boy then claps his hand causing the man on wheelchair to hug himself as he thought he will die. But when the crushing forces meet, the man is left unscatched as a field of green barrier protects him.
"That was close!"
The long blonde hair man has attached the control module of the ship's Realizers and protected the man on wheelchair. This shocks the boy as he is never prepared to fight against someone who has the same abilities as him.
"It looks like you have never fought against a Wizard before, Alex." the man said.
In an attempt to continue to kill the man on wheelchair. He pushes out his left hand and unleashing yet another powerful telekinetic blast at the tall man. While reaching out his right, he attempted to kill the man on wheelchair again. But the barrier still holds as the tall man simply conjure another barrier to protect himself. And in a display of mastery on Realizers, he protected all other people.
"I would love to continue with this but this has to end before you tear the whole ship apart."
The tall man simply uses the Realizers to telekinetically break Alex's left arm and leg. While once again, he feels no pain, but he can no longer fight as he cannot move his arm and leg, resulting him falling backwards lying down on the floor. Thinking Alex is no longer a threat, the tall man lowers his guard.
"Thank you, Kannazuki."
Suddenly, without any warning, Alex pulls out a pistol from his wiring suit and aims at his right temple. Kannazuki sees that and tries to stop him.
"NO!"
Before Kannazuki can stop him, he pulls the trigger, the bullet penetrates his head and he lays in a pool of blood.
"ALEX!"
The boy's eyes are shut and the bullet wound in the head is bleeding profusely.
"He is still alive! Hurry to the sick bay!"
A stretcher comes to the bridge and the crewmen puts the boy onto the stretcher, carrying him away from the bridge.
"You know him?" The little girl asked.
"Yeah, once again, thank you Kannazuki. Now, that boy there, Alex Herman is Max Herman's son. Alex had gone missing since a year ago. But something isn't quite right, those equipments are clearly not from DEM."
Suddenly an explosion is heard, the CR-Unit that Alex used has self-destructed, then they realize what had happened, Alex Herman did not make it.
Back at the safehouse
"Alex… You have failed me. I have failed you as well, I'm sorry. 10 years of preparation, it's all over!"
The man has been monitoring the vitals of Alex throughout the mission. Seeing how his heart rate spiked a few times, suggesting that there were difficulties, and then slowly, becomes a flatline. Back at Johor Bahru, the people are sighing in disappointment. Knowing that the mission is an absolute failure.
2 Hours later on Fraxinus
"Vital sensors in a wiring suit which the HUD won't show? Clearly whoever is behind this doesn't want to be traced back." Kannazuki commented.
To Woodman's relieve, Alex was actually still alive, the CR-Unit detonated because the wiring suit got removed from Alex.
"And they even got their hands on the heir of Herman family. Not a single trace of DEM can be found on him." the blonde woman commented.
"That kid, that kind of strength can only be pulled off by combat enhancing drugs considering he is rather inexperienced."
Woodman only nodded slightly, Alex's lifeless eyes told him that the young man was completely under drug influence. And the fact that Alex didn't react to his crushed limbs was rather disturbing. Hypnosis is certainly at play as well, seeing how he did not respond or react to voice.
"Sir, the procedure on Alex Herman is successful. He is out of danger now, however there is the possibility that his motor, speech functions or his memories are affected. And also, there is a possibility that he'll never wake up again." the doctor reported.
Through the use of a medical realizer and a few highly skilled doctors stationed on board Fraxinus, they managed to extract the bullet and regenerate the damaged head and broken limbs. However, patients can still feel the pain and are often required to have additional rest until they are fully healed.
"Karen, Kannazuki, I want everyone on this ship to keep their mouth shut on this incident, not even Max is to know that Alex is still alive. I would want to hear everything from Alex himself. Whoever is behind this now thinks Alex is dead."
"Yes sir!"
Woodman and Karen enters the sick bay which Alex is in. He is lying down on the bed with his wiring suit being changed to a patient gown. To the two's surprise, Alex's right temple where the bullet was shot did not heal perfectly. It left a circular scar, it is as if the god wants the young man to remember his mistakes and the close shave with death itself.
"Please Alex Herman, if fate kept you alive from that, you have to live on and fight."
Woodman silently prayed, knowing that even if Alex do wake up, there is a chance he cannot speak or move. It infuriated him that someone would do this, an innocent child being kidnapped, brainwashed into an assassin.
One week later
"I'm sorry Alex… I'm so sorry… It's all my fault for leaving you behind."
Alex can hear a female voice, in a dark world a shimmering orb of light appears before him.
"Who's this?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter Alex. Know this, you still have a road to walk. And I will always love you. Fight on!" it said.
His dark vision is now engulfed in light and it forced him to open his eyes. His blurred vision then slowly adjusted to being less blurry. He was attached to various apparatus, IV drips and an oxygen mask. The doctor has noticed him being awaken and starts to speak to him, asking him question, but Alex couldn't hear him, and couldn't speak or even move.
What the brain damaged Alex didn't know is that the doctor can hear perfectly on what he's saying, he is literally groaning in agony. The body has started to develop withdrawal symptoms as it has been seven days since Alex took the drugs.
"Hmmm… Withdrawal symptoms as expected. Sedate him and conduct regenerative treatment procedures now!"
Woodman and Karen quickly arrive to Japan and be on board of Fraxinus after being notified of Alex's awakening.
"He is unable to speak, has trouble moving, but he seems to be aware of his surrounding and able to respond to words."
Woodman and Karen are looking at Alex from the outside, the young man is sweating profusely and groaning in agony. He is suffering from the withdrawal symptoms of the combat drugs.
"His condition is noticeably better than yesterday after regenerative treatment. If our hypothesis is correct, he may be able to speak after a few more treatments. Then to make him walk, and those withdrawals are another issue."
Woodman only nodded silently, he is relieved that Alex has survived, and the fact it is possible for Alex to recover. Woodman enters the room with Karen and the doctor, Alex looks at them with his expressions unchanged except tears start to flow out from his eyes.
"Do you know what happened to you?"
Alex nods lightly with a groan, he can hear and understand.
"We will help you to recover, but you need to be strong."
Alex nods lightly again. But what he does next surprises Woodman.
"Once you have recovered, you will be able to reunite with your father."
Hearing that, Alex shook his head furiously. Signifying that he doesn't want to be reunited with his father. Woodman suddenly understands something, and decides not to convince Alex any further.
"Alright then, I understand, just stay strong."
Woodman and Karen exits the room solemnly, both start to suspect that Max Herman is behind the assassination attempt. It is something that they do not wish it being true, Max Herman is a friendly person, someone that Woodman sees as a friend. But until Alex starts talking or at least able to write, there is no way for him to know.
At the bridge
"You seem to have taken a strong interest in him."
A young child who is a redhead speaks to Kannazuki, she has a pair of red eyes as well, her hair is also tied on both sides with black ribbon. The young child has caught Kannazuki reading on the medical reports of Alex. The young man that attempted to kill Woodman has apparently caught the interest of Kannazuki.
"You are right. He reminds me of those back at AST. Great potential to be a boon and a bane to himself."
Alex is left fighting against the withdrawal symptoms that agonizes him greatly. He knows exactly what happened to his body, and he needs to get rid of the dependance. And yet the constant spasms hurts him greatly with no end in sight.
"You bastard… What have I ever done to you to deserve all of this?" he thought to himself.
Alright, that's all for now. I'll do my best to pump chapter 2 out ASAP. I hope this is a tease that is good enough. Bye!