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Cap 1: #fromdeathtolife.
We have always wondered, that there after death?. What are you waiting for us once we stop living? Or that will happen to us once our time comes to an end. I did so many times you are questions that I already lost the account. Oh, sorry for not introducing me, my name is Alejo Benjamín Escudero, I am an Argentine nationality but I live in New York, I have been living here for years. I started living here mainly by my dad's work, he is basically a technician specialized in computing and in the handling of machines where he works, my mom is a woman who has her own flower shop in the city, and I have two brothers. Benito Jeremiah and Renata. They are the minor brothers, well they will wonder what I can be good not? The answer is simple, I am a student at a music and theater school, my dream always has been a great artist or an actor. Well, since they know something about my family, I think we should go where all my life gave a very big turn.
All this started on any day, the truth because of this pandemic there is not much that we can do, my dad continues with his work and almost nobody comes to the florist of my mother so she spends time with my brothers. I was on the other hand I was watching my favorite anime, Boku not Hero. If I am a fan of anime especially this, I always wanted to know how I would feel like having a skill like that of these character, but I doubt that is possible. Still, hey, it's worth dreaming?.
"Son, could you come here for a moment?" my mom would call from the ground floor of our house.
"Sure mom, I'm coming!". I said as I went downstairs, not without first pausing my anime and seeing what they needed.
I was wearing a black T-shirt with the logo of a metal band, long gray pants, blue slippers, and well, my hair was messy and it's because my hair is long. They will wonder how much good, it reaches my shoulders, if it sounds strange that a boy has it like that but hey, it's the tastes. And how can you guess that is the clothes I wear to sleep like makeshift pajamas.
"What do you need mom?" I said while trying to order my hair as well as possible.
"Son, I need you to go get some things from the store please, I would go but I'm helping your sister with her piano lessons." my mom said while she gave me the money a shopping list.
"okay, Mom". I said as I went up to my room and changed my clothes.
Now I was wearing a white t-shirt, a black sweatshirt, pants and sneakers the same color as my sweatshirt and my hair was now neat but hidden under the hood of my sweatshirt because it started to rain. After putting on a headset and grabbing my cell phone, I would go to the front door ready to go shopping.
"I'm going, mom!". I said as I left the house starting to walk the streets.
while I was walking I was listening to the music of the opening of the animes that I like, you know. Naruto, dragon ball, one punch man etc. I like that feeling that for every song I listen to while walking it makes me feel like I'm inside those anime. I hardly see many people in the streets, but at least everything is quiet and nothing is happening Bad. after about 15 minutes of walking I would arrive at the store and start my shopping.
I was in there for about a few minutes, things were not a big deal, eggs, juice, milk, bread etc. But just as I was about to go to the checkout, I see a van abruptly park at the entrance of the store and I see how 3 people get out, the 3 were wearing a set of black clothes and a mountain pass each, I see that two of them have pistols and the largest carried a shotgun of a very strong caliber.
in that one of those who had a gun shoots at the sky making us all panic and hide but there were some with bad luck who were taken hostage.
"Everybody on the fucking ground now!" shouted one of the robbers while I was hiding in a part near the butcher shop in the store.
'Damn, this is not good. to make it worse, I have nothing to defend myself. ' I thought while feeling that my heart was beating so hard that it would surely be heard throughout the store.
in that I see that some of the thieves take a woman and what seems to be her daughter which makes my concern jump into the air.
"Mom, I'm scared." said the girl while she was sobbing.
"calm daughter, everything will be fine I promise." her mother said before bending down just as one of the robbers shot close to her scaring even more the girl who began to cry while hugging her mother tightly.
"Shut up both of you, or I'll kill you both!" shouted the one with the shotgun.
I couldn't leave, I didn't know why but I had a need, a feeling, a feeling that told me "I must do something." then look at the butcher shop and see a knife on the ground, apparently the butcher came out terrified the moment the thieves entered. I slowly approached the butcher shop and would take the knife. It was a kitchen knife and apparently it was very sharp, I know because I will examine it in detail, the paint was very firm and sharp like the rest of the blade. my mind told me that this was a bad idea and that it would be best to surrender to thieves to avoid problems. But my heart said, I had to do something about it. how many people were taken hostage and especially those in the store, how an officer is supposed to come to help. I did not have many options, I knew I would die because as they carry firearms and I a simple knife, I think I already knew what could happen. so I would take my cell phone and call the only person who had to know about my situation, my dad.
"Say? Who is it?" my dad would ask through the other line.
"h-hi dad, I'm your son Benja." I said I was trying to sound calm but I was too nervous to be.
"Son? Are you okay? I notice something scared you. What's wrong?" my dad would ask somewhat concerned because he clearly heard that my breathing was agitated and he was scared.
I knew I couldn't lie to him, after all my family has something in common. Every time we lie, everyone can tell that we are lying because we get nervous or just laugh suspiciously as if we are hiding something. I had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Dad, I'm in the middle of an assault. There are 3 armed men and I'm hiding in the butcher shop and. I'm arming with a knife." I said while overflowing some tears.
"What!?, my son, resist to call the police and tell them to go there. It is in the same store that we are going, right?" my dad asked very worried to know now about my situation.
"Yes dad, but. don't worry I'll take care of this. I have an idea and. it will probably cost me my life." I said as tears kept falling from my eyes due to the despair, worry and fears I felt.
"No, son I don't know what crazy idea you are thinking but don't think about fighting them if you do they could kill you said they are armed you won't be able to fight them." said my father hoping that his words would make me see reason.
"Dad, they have a girl and her mother as hostages, I cannot stand idly by and see how that woman and her daughter die in front of my eyes. I, I must help them, I will never forgive myself if they die and I did nothing to respect". I said while trying to keep control of my feelings but to no avail
If there is one thing that someone should know about me are two things, I am extremely stubborn and my need to help when I see the opportunity is always present. In this case the two things appeared at this moment
"Son please, I beg you to leave your idea on one side and think about what you are doing, could you die, what will happen with your dreams?, what will happen with us?, what will happen to your friends?, because you risk losing everything just for saving these people I would say my father already very scared and having a panic attack forcing him to be on the verge of crying.
"Dad, I'm sorry. "I said as the tears fell like never." Forgive me for all the discussions we have had, forgive me for being a stubborn person, forgive me for all our fights and discussions in the past. seriously I want to ask for forgiveness and thanks for everything, thank you for being there always to support me in good times and in the bad, thank you for being with me as long as you have leaned on my most difficult moments, thanks for all the love and affection you gave me. I'm going to treasure every moment we had and I will never never stop loving them. Forgive me dad, but I will not stay here and see how you are people die. I hope you understand dad, because. This is what the heroes do, goodbye dad. I love you ".
Before giving my dad the opportunity to speak, I would turn off my cell phone and look at the photo I had, it was a photo of me and my family in a family reunion, with a last smile I would put my cell phone away, but not before placing it in silence, already prepared for combat.
That's when I came up with something so I took off my shoes and it's because I'm very quiet when I walk like that, that's why I'd take one of the bottles of wine that was there, I had to generate a distraction to be able to kill one of the thieves. after taking it he would throw it to the ground breaking the bottle and drawing the attention of one of the thieves who was one of those who carried a gun
"what the fuck?" said the thief seeing the broken bottle on the ground, in that I had to gather a lot of courage since I would jump on his back, the thief would panic starting to shoot in all directions and in that he would stick the knife in his neck.
once I was dead my hands were shaking because I had never done this before, but my thoughts were intervened when I heard someone running to where I am, so without wasting time I would take the thief's gun and start running to hide again.
"Shit, one of these bastards killed one of ours. Come back here brat!" yelled the one with the shotgun as he fired at me. I felt my shoulders being pierced, the sensation was completely horrible it was as if my arm was about to fall off.
I quickly hid as he grabs my shoulder, trying to stop the bleeding. in that I see the magazine of the weapon and I see that it has only 14 bullets, I had to use them well. My first thought was that I should incapacitate him and attack directly at his head. so he would bend me down and shoot the best he could at his legs getting him in the knee.
"Ah, damn motherfucker this will not stay like this!". he yelled while she tried to shoot me but only managed to break some bottles that were next to me. I could not go the other way I knew that because of all the scandal the other thief if he saw me go the other way he would already be shooting me, I had to eliminate this before going the other way or this would not work, so I quickly looked out and I would immediately give a shot to the hand so that he releases the shotgun, take advantage and run to him, kicking him in the head making him lie on the ground, take the extra seconds to take a glass bottle and break it on his head leaving him unconscious.
"Well, that's two. I must take care of the last one." I said while taking the shotgun and I would check if this guy had no other weapon, seeing that he was without another form of defense he would reload the shotgun ready for the last thief.
in that I would run and when I got to the front I had to throw myself to the ground because the last one noticed everything and almost caught me by surprise. when I fell to the ground the pain in my right shoulder was very ugly, if I continue like this the wound would open more and the bleeding would be worse.
"You bastard son of a bitch! You killed two of my friends. I swear you are still unhappy now!" the last angry thief yelled as he waited for her to come out to face him. in that I would roll on the ground shooting him as best as possible but the shots missed and he took the opportunity to shoot me in the leg making me scream in pain while I hide again.
'Damn, how could I be so careless. I must think of something quick! ' I said mentally while he grabbed my leg, in that I saw that he was on a light bulb so he would immediately shoot the spotlight causing the crystals to fall forcing the thief to cover. I quickly took the opportunity to take out the shotgun and shoot him but I made the serious mistake of putting the stock on my injured shoulder, and as you know shotguns have the reputation of being extremely strong weapons when it comes to shooting and it is due to the great impulse it generates time to shoot. so when shooting I yelled in pain because the blow from the butt to my shoulder was completely fatal rendering my shoulder incapacitated. at the end of the day the last one was now lying on the ground due to the gunshot so now all he had to do was see if everyone was okay.
"Are you all alright !?" I asked as she limped due to the shot in the leg. Seeing that they were all okay, I sighed in relief. in that I approached where the girl and her mother were.
"Ma'am, are you and your daughter okay?" I ask while looking at the two of them to make sure they are alright.
"Yes young man, thank you for saving us." the lady said as she hugged her daughter to calm her down.
my happiness was changed when you heard one of the people in the crowd yell at me "watch out!". by the time he turned it was too late. I felt that my flesh and skin were pierced by a knife, and it was because the second thief that I was supposed to have rendered unconscious had actually made me believe that I was unconscious and I take advantage of my carelessness to take the knife that I had left at the time of take your guns.
"You forgot about me idiot, you should have killed me when you had the chance. Now I'll kill you for what you did to my friends." said the thief sadistically, but before I could make another move the policemen arrived just in time and would shoot the thief in the head killing him, in that I felt that my heart was beating slower and slower and my legs were getting tired, no I had a lot of energy so I fell to the ground while bleeding, the people around me were scared when they saw me fall to the ground and immediately they were helping me the best they could, they were already calling the ambulance but I knew that my chances of survival were low Because my injuries made my situation worse, the bleeding was getting worse. I knew that the ambulance would never arrive on time, the only thing I could do was nothing.
"Sir, are you okay?" the girl would say while she looked at me.
"Heh, I'm fine little. Don't worry, the important thing is that you and your mom are fine." I said with a weak smile.
"Boy, we just called an ambulance they will come soon just recite a little more." said the woman very worried about my situation, I risked my own life to save them they could not let me die.
"Ma'am, I don't think I made it, I feel so empty and so tired. I feel like all I want is to sleep." I said weakly, I felt that my body felt increasingly lighter and my vision was only clouding making one thing clear, my time has come.
"Don't say that, just magazine." the desperate woman would say.
my vision was darkening, my eyelids were weighing me down. I felt that my body did not react even though I asked it. I was feeling completely tired and little by little I was closing my eyes.
"Boy!?, wait wait please hold on!" the woman yelled as she shook me waiting for a reaction but the only thing I got was that I closed my eyes completely, I felt like I couldn't move anymore, it felt like my body was splitting in two. I didn't know why but why did I feel so light and at the same time so fragile?.
I slowly opened my eyes, but only succeeded that he was no longer in the store. I was in, a place where everything was dark. I saw that the darkness extended beyond the limits it was as if it were eternal, I stood up and noticed that my wounds were no longer there, it was as if I had never been shot or even stabbed. but my question still was, where exactly was it?.
"where I am?". I said as I looked around, my voice was a great echo in this empty place. I felt that my voice could fall on deaf ears in this place.
"Wow, I didn't expect to find you here Benjamin." I looked behind me to see who was the one with the voice and I realized that it was a person with white hair that reached the middle of his back, he wore a large white tunic that covered his entire body, on his head there was a golden halo and what stood out the most were its two large pairs of wings that were very surprising.
"who are you?". I said looking at the angel.
"My name is Sebastián, your guardian angel. I'll be honest with you Ben, I didn't expect to find you here. It was supposed that the girl was supposed to die and not you, but I see that risking your life swallowed you here." said the angel now called Sebastian.
"Where am I? Because I don't think this is heaven or hell." I said looking everywhere.
"We are practically in limbo, or rather a pocket dimension. I brought you here since I have to talk about something serious with you. You will see at the time of the assault the girl was supposed to have died but you changed things with your sacrifice, now the girl will be fine which is wonderful, but the reason I brought you here is because of one thing. " Sebastian would say something serious.
"And what is Sebastian about?" I said looking at the angel curiously.
"Have you heard of reincarnations?" Sebastian would ask while he looked at me waiting for my answer.
"Yes, I heard about reincarnations. But what does that have to do with me?" ask confused.
"Well, I was wondering if you would like to come back to life." Sebastian would say with a smile.
"Can I come back to life !?" scream completely surprised.
"This is Benja, apparently when God realized your sacrifice to save people he wants to give you one more chance of Life as a gift for your act of pure heart." Sebastian said with a smile.
"Great! I can't wait to come back to life and go back to my family." I said happy.
"I'm sorry, but you can't go back to your old body." Sebastian said making him stop celebrating. "Your body suffered a lot of damage and due to the bleeding it made your organs stop working. I am afraid you cannot return to your original body due to the damage you suffered."
"oh I see". I said as I lowered my head, I could not believe that I could not return to my family again, even with the gift that God gave me it was sad to know that it did not work that way
"But the world in which you will be sent will be one in which heroes exist and you know something, that world is waiting for hereos, and I'm sure they will need you there." Sebastian said trying to cheer me up.
I couldn't lie, the idea of becoming a hereo was great and since I was little I wanted to be a hereo and this was my chance. Also, even though I would completely lose my family which was devastating for me, there was no going back. i guess i had no choice.
"It's okay Sebastian, I'm ready." I said with a small smile
"Well, by the way once you get to your new home I'll give you a surprise, it's a super power that will help you on your adventures." Sebastian would say while he created a portal.
"It's okay Sebastian, thanks. Please take care of my family for me, yes?" I said looking at my guardian angel.
"I promise Benja." Sebastian would say and with that he would enter the portal, and thus my new life would begin.
Hello, I hope you liked my first chapter there a lot. This is the first time that I make a story and I upload it here I hope you like it, see you next time