I know that creepy voice from anywhere. It's my boss.
"Hi…" I said.
This guy…this creepy looking guy is my boss? What the hell did I agree to?!
"Taty correct?"
"Yes and you are?"
"I am Professor Moral but you can call me Moral."
"Professor?" No way…right?
"Yes, Professor. Is that shocking?" What idiot made him a professor?
"Um…Just a little…"
"Oh~ and why is that? Do I not look suited for a Professor?" Time to change the subject.
"Uh…so when do I start my job?" Yea so I can hurry up and die.
"Trying to change the subject? How cute. You can start today if you like."
"Yes that's fine with me. I want to get this over with." He started to stand.
"Oh my…you don't sound too happy about this. That's sad. I was hoping you would be ecstatic about getting a wonderful power. Oh well. Let's go." I followed him to a shady looking cab and got in. I have a very bad feeling about this.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"My research facility." He then started to laugh. I wanted to ask more questions but I suddenly grew tired and feel asleep.
When I awoke I was lying on an examination table and my body was tied up. My head was pounding and I felt sick.I looked around the room and assumed that this was his "testing" room. Tools and other materials were lying on a table across from me with blood on them.
I suddenly got scared for my life and told myself that this is no one's fault but mines, that there where other ways to make money than this. My thoughts got cut short when I heard a voice.
"Good morning Taty. How are you feeling?" It was that idiotic whack job. Damn it…wait…did he do something to me?
"What did you do?" He smiled and laughed.
"I gave you a Minimum. Do you feel different?" Minimum? Different? I felt the same as before minus the headache.
"Actual yes…I have a huge ass headache!" He laughed again.
"Oh Taty you please me so! I have a task for you."
"And that would be?" He started to walk around.
"I want you to figure out your Minimum. When you do, I want you to use it on an innocent bystander."
"You want me to do WHAT?! I'm not killing anyone you nut job!"
"But…Taty…you agreed to this job didn't you? Didn't you say you would do anything for money? Aren't you tired of being a freeloader? You can't stay with your dear friend Abi forever, especially since you have something she wants." He starts to laugh again.
"How the hell do you know about Abi?!"
"I make sure I know everything about my clients."
"No…Abi…came to you for a Minimum?"
"That she did but unfortunately she was too scared to proceed. That's why she's angry and jealous of you. You can do something she is to afraid to do…and before you know it…she's going to hate you forever. Isn't that sad…jealousy can make someone you care for turn on you in an instant. It's sickening!"
He started to untie the rope he had on me.
"What will you do when she tries to kill you?"
"What the hell type of question is that!?"
Abi would never do that...would she? She wanted a Minimum for who knows how long and all of a sudden I show up and get one. Now that I think about it…she probably would do that…if she could.
"If you had the power to kill anyone you wanted…would you kill someone you couldn't stand? Someone who made your life a living hell? Someone who made you look weak by comparison? It doesn't really matter who they are or what they did. If you were granted such power, you wouldn't feel weak anymore and you would want the world to know that."
He's right…there were times when I wished I was strong so I could beat up anyone who would mess with me. I wanted the people who bullied me to be scared of me. I wanted the world to be scared of me. I now have a power that ordinary people don't have. If they were to find out…they would be afraid of me.
"Moral…I will find out my Minimum and get the job done."
"Ah~ That's what I like to hear! I will give you a week to complete this mission. If you were to fail I shall… punish…you."
Punish? I didn't like the sound of that at all.
"Yea yea. Can I leave now?"
"Yes let me show you the way out."
I didn't know were I was. The place was like a huge mansion. There were so many doors and hallways. I wondered if he had other people working for him.
We finally made it to the exit and I couldn't be happier. Before I walked out the door Moral grabbed my shoulder.
"Remember what we talked about and don't fail your first mission."
I said ok. He let go of my shoulder and I left out the door. When I made it outside, a car was waiting for me. I'm guessing it's one of his workers to take me back to the Café. I got inside the car and the man smiled politely at me.
"Where are you headed?"
I thought about the question for awhile. I didn't want to go back to Abi's apartment so I just said the Café Moral and I meet at. He said ok and then drove off.
"I need to find a new place to live at." I said out loud.
The man laughed and said I could find a homeless shelter. To be honest that didn't sound bad. I could live there until Moral pays me. It won't be paradise but it's all I need for now.
The driver stopped and I figured this was my stop.
I got out of the car and told the man thank you. He said no problem and left. I looked at the café and then checked my pockets for some change. I didn't have any. So I started to walk in a random direction.
I didn't know where to go or what to do at this point. I felt lost and hopeless.
I thought about trying to activate my Minimum but where should I start? What should I do? Is there a special way to activate it? I should have asked Moral for a hint. Damn it now I'm back to square one!
I let out a frustrated scream and stopped when I realized someone was staring at me. It was a boy with bandages on his face.
"What's your problem?" He asked.
"Who the hell are you and why do you care?" I said rudely.
"I don't care. Just curious about why you're screaming." He said scratching his cheek.
"You still didn't say who you are." I said. He smacked his lips and the sighed.
"How about you tell me who you are first?" I gave a huff and sighed too.
"I'm Taty. Your turn"
He stopped scratching his cheek and held out his hand.
"I'm Nice. A pleasure to meet you."
I laughed. "Who are you? Prince charming?"
He started to frowned and scratches his cheek again.
"No I told you. I'm Nice."
I sighed. "Whatever I'm leaving."
I started to walk but stopped when I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around and he was staring at me.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"You still didn't tell me why you were screaming."
"Why does it matter?"
"I just want to know."
"Go away!" I yelled and started to walk again.
I heard footsteps again and looked behind me. He was still following me.
"What are you a lost puppy? Beat it!"
"Lost puppy?"
He tilted his head to the side and started to scratch his cheek.
"Stop that!" I yelled.
"Stop what?" he asked.
"Stop scratching your cheek! It's annoying!"
"I can't"
"why not?"
"None of your business."
"Look who's talking?"
"Can you tell me why you were screaming?"
"No!" I started to run. I looked back and he was gone.
"Yes!" I started to laugh but stopped when I bumped into someone. It was him.
"What the hell? How did you do that?" he gave me a confused look.
"What I do?"
I tried to slap him but he caught my hand.
"You know exactly what you did! Now let go of my hand!"
He let my hand go and started to scratch his cheek…AGAIN!
"Can you describe what I did?" he asked.
"Yes I can. You teleported! How did you do that?"
Then I thought about it...Minimum.
"Do you…have a Minimum?"
He gave me a surprised look.
"How do you know about that?" he asked.
"Because…I have one too." He stared at me.
"You didn't go to Facultas."
"What is that?"
"A place for Minimum holders. How did you get a Minimum?"
I was about to answer his question but stopped. I'm sure Moral doesn't want anyone to know about his research so I started to run away. Nice knew I was hiding something but he didn't chase after me. He let me run away. Why?
Let me know what you think about this and also please let me know if Nice is too out of character. I'm still a beginner at this =)
