Chapter 8: The Power Within
"Touch the boy, and I won't be held responsible for my actions." Jamila said.
"Yeah, what she said." I muttered to everyone around. The various Tekken Force soldiers raised their guns towards me. I closed my eyes as drops of sweat fell to the ground.
"Don't shoot!" cried Nexeu, "I need them both alive."
Jamila continued to stand in front of me as she said, "What do you need us for?" Nexeu smiled as he said, "Well, I just want you to go on living. I still look forward to your challenges."
Jamila clicked her tongue in disgust. Nexeu continued, "And as for you…" he said as he motioned towards me. I froze up in fear, wondering just what part exactly I had in all of this. "I want you to feel free. I wish to unlock the power within you."
"The power…within?" I said. Nexeu nodded. I laughed a bit as I said, "Well the only power you're gonna find inside me is ghetto power. I tell you, sometimes you'd think I was poor the way I conserve and reuse-"
"Not interested." Jamila and Nexeu said in unison.
"Better respect!" I yelled, knowing that I had just quoted Sean Paul. The two of them just stared at me like my name was "loser". I rolled my eyes as I began to push through the Tekken Force soldiers. To my surprise, the soldiers did not budge one bit and I nearly fell on my rear again.
"Jeez, loosen up!" I yelled. That one earned me a back hand to the face by one of the soldiers.
"Your big mouth is getting you into trouble. Again." Jamila hissed as I held my nose. I turned towards Nexeu and asked, "Anyways, where is King?"
Nexeu held up the syringe and dangled it between his index finger and thumb saying, "First you must take your medicine."
"Are you serious? I already take Adderall, Zoloft, and Resperdal, why do I have to take YOUR crap? YOU take it and unleash the holy dragon or whatever you talked about before."
"Lock them up." Nexeu said angrily. Feeling the callous hands of the soldiers, I tried to put up a fight, but it was no use whatsoever. I felt something hit me in the back of the head and soon, there was blackness. "What is up with all this knocking me out stuff? Ohh…that hurt…"
Later…
I woke up in a cell with Jamila sitting across from me. She was eying me down. I swallowed, feeling the bump on my head as I asked, "What's with the ill grill?"
She continued to stare at me. "Okay, okay I know. I messed up, I messed up bad. Got any ideas of how to get out of here?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes with a sarcastic laugh.
"Oh NOW you wish to do things my way, when you are about to die is when you obey me huh?" Jamila hissed. I looked to the floor, not knowing what to say. She was right and there was nothing I could say to my defense. Suddenly, a new hope came to mind.
"Well, God will save us! I've been in trouble before and I find that when I pray, I-"
"Shut UP about God! If God was soooo merciful, you think we'd be in this situation!" Jamila retorted. I backed down. Apparently, I was saying all the wrong things.
"Just trying to make you feel better…" I whispered, afraid to speak full volume. I heard her sigh to herself. I continued to look to the floor, when she began to speak.
"I'm sorry." She said.
I looked up in shock. Did she just apologize? "Do my ears deceive me? Did you just…why?" I asked.
She rolled her eyes again and said, "I'm sorry because there's nothing I can do to save you anymore. When you came along, you ruined all my plans and now I have none left."
"This is all my fault…" I whispered under my breath.
"That it is." She replied to my silent statement. She seems to sense things, not really relying too much on the obvious. That's when I heard the guards coming back. 'This is it', I thought.
"I'm sorry too…" I managed to say. I looked over to see Nexeu holding the syringe again.
"And now, if you are ready…" he said as he opened the cell door. Jamila moved to get up but a guard pointed his gun at her. She was weaponless, thanks to me. She looked away as Nexeu came to me.
"Is this your utopia? This madness? These experiments that you think are so precious!" she yelled as she turned hate filled eyes towards her brother. Nexeu seemed disappointed in her reaction.
"Jamila, Jamila. All I'm doing is keeping you on your toes…and giving your friend here a new life." He replied as he grabbed my arm. I struggled to get away but some of the Tekken Force held me down.
"No! Stop!" I yelled as he inserted the needle. I could then feel something cold rushing through my blood, changing my mood.
"Nexeu…whatever you just did to me, you won't get away with it…" I muttered as black lightning began to crackle around my body. I fell to the floor as the guards and Nexeu stepped out.
"Agh! This hurts!" I yelled as the pain began to intensify. Slowly, the pain began to ebb and I felt a sense of relief. I felt powerful, like I could do anything. My strength began to triple as Jamila looked on in shock. My eyes glazed over into a red haze as I looked up at her.
"You…you were mean to me…." I said as I began to walk towards her. Somehow, I knew that I was going to have fun.