*Training Room*

We were all in the training room together; Violetta and Katarina were sitting in chairs along the wall while Flarea and I were in the ring. I stood across from her as she was stretching a little bit. Her long athletic legs were exposed as she wore a pair of black short shorts and I think her top is called a tube top or something like that. It’s one of those shirts that stops just below her breasts.

I could see the bottom of her sports bra poking out from underneath her shirt. Her decently sized breasts were being suffocated by the sports bra and it was a sad sight to see in my opinion. She finished stretching and looked at me, “You ready for this?” I cracked my knuckles and smiled, “As ready as I’ll ever be.” She grinned, “Good.” As soon as her voice died away she disappeared.

I widened my eyes in shock and looked around for her. I couldn’t see her no matter how I tried. I was in my basic fighting stance standing slightly sideways with my right hand by my chest and my left palm stretched out. I heard her voice from behind me, “You need to open your eyes.” I spun around and as soon as I faced where I thought she was I was hit from where I was just looking. I flew across the room and hit the wall hard. I yelled out from the impact as the entire house shook.

I tasted a metallic liquid in my mouth which I promptly spit out as I stood up. I cursed, “You really weren’t kidding when you said you wouldn’t hold back.” She stood in the ring smiling while she muttered something I could barely hear, “But I am holding back…” I frowned at what she said as I walked back into the arena. My arm was still a little sore from when I fought Katarina, but I was able to ignore it for the most part.

I smiled at her, “How about we fight with no powers?” She laughed and then disappeared again before whispering in my ear, “But I am fighting without my powers.” After the words left her mouth I was hit in the back. I flew across the room, but I didn’t hit the wall this time. I rolled a bit on the ground and then jumped back up. When I looked at where I was standing at before she wasn’t there.

I looked around again and couldn’t see her. I heard her speak again, “You need to open your eyes Caelum.” I gritted my teeth because I knew what was coming. There was a pain in my gut as I doubled over and flew like a broken kite into the wall again. The force wasn’t as much as the first time, but it was definitely more than the second hit. I spit out some more blood as I stood up again.

I wobbled a little and started to get extremely pissed off. I gritted my teeth again and looked around for her some more. I was quickly thinking of a power that could help me out in this aspect. I found a power that I hoped would be very useful against her, but I was confused as to why it was under the dark power tree. I was smashed in the face before I could actually activate the power.

I flew towards a different wall this time, but I was caught by someone. I heard Violetta speak, “I think that’s enough for now Flarea.” I looked up and saw that Violetta was standing behind me keeping me from hitting the wall. Flarea was standing in the ring with a frown on her face, “He is the one who agreed to this.” Violetta frowned, “I don’t think he agreed to a beating.” Flarea shook her head, “All he needs to do is open his eyes and he won’t be hit as easily.”

I still didn’t know what she meant by that, but I am pretty sure that what I have planned next isn’t it. I smiled and spit out some blood, “Don’t worry dear, she won’t hit me again.” Violetta frowned, “You don’t have to do this.” I smiled at her, “If I don’t get my ass kicked every once in a while then how will I learn new things?” She frowned, “Uh, study.” I laughed and shook my head, “I ain’t very good at studying dear.”

Before she was able to speak again I jumped back into the ring and stood across from Flarea. I stood straight as a board with my arms to my side. She raised an eyebrow, “No fighting stance.” I smiled, “I won’t need it.” She grinned, “A little cocky huh?” She licked her lips, “I like it.” She disappeared again and I activated the power I discovered. My control wasn’t that great yet, but it allowed me to see where her punch was coming from. That horrible control though made it to where I was only able to move enough to lessen the impact.

I moved forward as fast as I could manage and her fist connected with my back again, but this time I only slid forward a few yards. I jumped up and smiled at her. She was still standing with her fist where she punched me at. She raised an eyebrow, “What did you do? At the last second you actually looked partially behind you and moved forwards.” I smiled, “It’s a secret.”

Flarea grinned, “Let’s see if it was a fluke instead of a secret.” She disappeared again and I activated the power again. My control was a lot better this time and I was able to actually see her moving. I followed her with my eyes and I saw that she was surprised. She grinned and then disappeared again. There was a pain in my jaw as I flew a few feet to the left and smashed into the floor.

I looked up and saw that she was standing in the middle of the ring with a grin on her face. She was looking straight at me, “I know what you did. I didn’t think that you would be able to do it though so I had to pick my speed up some more.” I frowned, “So you weren’t moving at your max speed?” She laughed and shook her head, “I was moving at about twenty five percent of my max speed, but you caused me to bump that to fifty percent.”

I cursed, “Fuck.” She laughed again, “Don’t worry though. To make a Galactic Fighter use fifty percent of their speed isn’t something that a normal Planetary Fighter could do. With just the power you activated alone you could rule Earth. You would only have to listen to Aunt Kat in this system.” I laughed and then stood back up, “Let’s go again.”

She smiled, “That’s the spirit.” She disappeared and I activated my power to the highest that I could. I saw her running and then watched her make her way to my right. She was moving at the speed of a turtle. She smiled and then started to move faster, but she didn’t disappear this time. She was moving at a brisk walk and I sprinted over to her. I threw a punch towards her face and I was able to connect. Her momentum was way higher than mine so it caused her some damage, but I saw that the bone in my right arm broke through the skin. It was like I punch a freight train as it was coming towards me.

I spun backwards and hit the opposite wall with blood flying from my arm. Flarea was pushed back a good five yards and had her hand on her face. She was smiling from ear to ear even though I could see that her face was red from my hit. I groaned and grabbed my arm. Violetta rushed over to me, “Caelum!” I tried to smile when she ran over, but the pain of my bones sticking out wouldn’t let me unclench my teeth.

Flarea laughed, “That’s what I’m fucking talking about! You didn’t open your eyes, but you did the next best thing.” Violetta glared at Flarea, “What are you talking about?” Flarea had put her hand down and you could see a little blood trickling from her lips, “He basically made me close my eyes as well.” Violetta growled, “I am tired of the confusing shit that I don’t know what it means so tell me straight up. How did Caelum move as fast as you did? You both disappeared and I couldn’t see anything until he flew towards the wall.”

Katarina spoke up, “Time.” Flarea snapped her fingers, “Exactly.” She walked over towards us, “Because he inherited the powers from Juli… I mean that bastard and Xavier he basically doesn’t need to discover them or how to use them. They are basically free for him to activate at any time he chooses. The only thing he has to do is learn to control them and strengthen his body. After that he will rise in power exponentially. He has a god damn cheat if you ask me.”

I groaned, “Why do I feel like one of those overpowered characters in a xanxia novel. Have unlimited power, but still get my ass kicked until the end of the fight. Of course, I still got my ass kicked at the end of this fight.” Flarea laughed, “At least you aren’t too cocky about it… yet.” I laughed and looked at the ground. Violetta spoke up, “I am still stuck at the whole time thing. What did you mean mom?”

Katarina sighed, “He basically slowed time down for everything around him. We wouldn’t notice that time slowed down though. We would only thing that he got extremely fast.” I grinned, “I can’t really activate any of my light powers right now, just the neutral and darks one. I was searching through them and I thought about using wind from the neutral powers, but then I saw time listed under the dark powers. I was honestly confused at why it was listed as a dark power. Isn’t time supposed to be neutral?”

Flarea spoke up this time, “Normally yes, but if you think about it time really is dark. It’s a fucking bitch if you ask me. When you are mortal you wish you had more time with her and when you become strong enough she gives you that time, but then you have so much that you don’t know what to do with it. Eventually you get tired of all the time she gave you and you wish for an end to it. Even as an immortal being time is a fucking bitch. Mortals want more of it and immortals want less of it…”

“…Time can never make anyone happy. Of course, some immortals don’t worry about it too much because nothing is truly endless, even time will come to an end someday and everyone will cease to exist. Time is a construct of living creatures and without us it will cease to exist. Think about it, does a rock care about time? No it doesn’t a rock is just there and it will be there until something erases from existence as well. Creatures with a consciousness are the only ones that care about time.”

She smiled at us, “Enough about that though. I was honestly surprised that you actually hit me.” She walked over towards me and crouched down, “This is a reward from your master so treasure it.” After she said that she kissed my cheek and then left the training room. Violetta turned red and chased after her, “What the fuck was that Flarea!?” I touched my cheek with my good arm and shook my head.

Katarina smiled at me, “You sure are a lady killer huh.” I laughed and shook my head, “I don’t see myself as that though.” Katarina laughed, “Whether you see it that way or not doesn’t matter, but the fact is still there. I haven’t seen Flarea just kiss someone on the cheek in a long time. She usually just fucks them and then is done with it, no foreplay at all with her usually.” I grinned, “I think that I have my hands full with just Violetta.”

Katarina smiled gain, “That will probably change. It usually does when a man or woman grows in power.” I grinned but I didn’t say anything. Katarina knelt down and grabbed my busted right arm. She looked at me, “This is going to hurt.” I raised an eyebrow, “What are you goin… Shit!” Right when I realized what she was going to do she twisted my arm and then pushed the bone back into place.

My vision went black around the edges from the pain and I could see that the skin was starting to knit together. It was a good thing that I had powers otherwise I would have a very nasty scare on my arm. That and it would take a few months for my arm to heal. I pushed my back against the wall and walked myself into a standing position. Katarina watched me as I stood up, but she didn’t make a move to help which I was grateful for. I already felt like a bitch to begin with and didn’t want to at salt into the wound.

I walked out of the training room and headed towards the main living room. I saw that Flarea and Violetta were both sitting on the couch having a friendly chat. They noticed us walk in, but they didn’t stop talking. I sighed and sat down in one of the recliners. I checked out my arm and saw that at least the skin was healed and didn’t look like it was injured at all. I knew for a fact that the bone was still broken and would take a few hours to completely fix itself. I was honestly still surprised at my healing capability.

Katarina said it had something to do with the powers I got from Julius. I thought that when she sealed it my regeneration would go away, but it’s nice to see it isn’t gone. What Flarea said is true I really am a broken cheat character, but oh well. Let’s try to have all the fun we can then. I smiled and then stood back up. I headed towards the garage, but I heard Violetta speak up, “Where you headed babe?” I looked back at her, “I just thought I would head out for a bit. We have been in this house for the last couple of days.”

She nodded, “I’ll go with you then.” She stood up and Flarea followed shortly after, “Me too.” I raised an eyebrow at her and then looked at Katarina, “You want to go as well?” She smiled and shook her head, “Thanks for the offer, but you kids have fun.” I smiled, turned around, and headed towards the garage.

We entered the garage and I saw my Chevelle sitting there, but I figured we could take something a little more bigger in size. I looked around at the cars and my bigger vehicle idea quickly went out the window when I saw a fucking Lamborghini Aventador GT. I have been a car guy for a long time and admired a lot of cars from a distance and I knew that the Aventador GT actually had four seats.

I pointed at it and then spoke to Violetta, “Can we take that?” She smiled, “Sure.” She walked over to a box on the wall and took a key fob out of it. We walked to the car and let Flarea climb in the back seat while Violetta drove and I sat in the passenger seat. I would have loved to drive, but my right arm really couldn’t be used right now. I wouldn’t be able to pull the paddle shifter on the right side of the steering wheel.

She pushed a button on the visor and the garage door opened allowing us to exit the underground garage. She turned onto the street and headed towards the city. A few minutes later and we were merging onto I-35 and headed towards the city. I could see Oklahoma City in the distance and it brought up a few distant memories of the times I had to fight to survive basically. The city itself isn’t bad, but it has its parts just like every other city.

We weaved in and out of traffic until we made our way to BrickTown, which is an entertainment district of Oklahoma City. We drove by the Thunder Dome and made our way towards Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill. Yes that is the real name of the restaurant and don’t ask me why it’s named that way because I couldn’t tell you.

I had never been able to afford eating at the place, but with the money I make now I can check it out. We pulled into the parking lot and we drew a shit tone of stares. We parked the car and Violetta and I got out, followed by Flarea. The two girls really drew stares especially because they changed their close sometime between leaving the training room and the time I walked into the living room.

Violetta was wearing a solid black blouse with a black miniskirt to go along with it. She work a pair of violet colored heels that matched her hair color. Flarea was wearing a tight fitting red shirt that had flames along the bottom of it. She was wearing tight fitting black jeans and a pair of red sneakers. I on the other hand was still wearing the shirt and shorts that I wore for training. I sighed at the sneers I got from the other people because of the way I was dressed compared to the girls.

Violetta must have noticed the stares because she threw me the keys and then clung to my left arm, “Thanks for letting me drive babe.” When she said those words the sneers and glares stopped and a lot of people’s looks changed. I sighed at their quickly changing attitude, but I decided to go along with her, “Anytime baby.” We walked arm in arm into the restaurant followed by Flarea.

We walked inside and we were greeted with a lively atmosphere and a waiter who wanted to take us to a table. We were taken to a round table that had three chairs sitting at it and we were directed to have a seat. The waiter sat our menus down and asked us if we would need a minute or if we were ready to order. Flarea asked him to give us a bit and the waiter nodded his head as he left to check on another table.

After checking out the menu for a bit we decided on our food and drinks. We called the waiter back over and told him. He went to turn our orders in and we had some small talk as we waited. It was a nice evening until something unpleasant happened. There was a voice that I really didn’t want to hear again, “Hello lovely ladies. Mind if I join you?” I looked over and saw that Dudly “The Studly” Santiago was standing next to our table. He stood at five feet and eleven inches and weight a hundred and eighty pounds of pure muscle. It seems that he was still a muscle head even after he graduated high school.

I only saw him a few times when I took some classes at the high school that I couldn’t be home schooled in, but the times I did see him were not enjoyable. Flarea looked up at him and snorted. I saw Dudly’s eye twitch a little at the sight. Violetta smiled at him, “I’m sorry, but I am with my boyfriend and best friend right now.” Dudly snorted and then hooked a finger at me, “This scrawny kid is your boyfriend?” He looked me up and down, “He doesn’t look like much.”

Dudly apparently didn’t recognize me, but that was understandable due to the changes to my body. He looked back at Violetta, “Why don’t you lose the twig and hang out with a real man.” I really hate these types of guys that give avid gym goers a bad name. Violetta shook her head, “Please leave us to our meal.” Dudly’s eye twitch and I who, from experience, knew that he didn’t like being told no was getting a bit pissed off at his stubbornness.

I finally spoke up, “Dudly, just back off man and go eat some food.” He turned towards me, “How the fuck you know my name squirt I ain’t every seen ya before in my life.” I sighed, “It’s been awhile Studly.” I tried to put some emphasis on his nickname in the mocking way that I used to when I saw him at the high school. He widened his eyes, “Caelum?” I sneered, “Took you long enough.”

Dudly laughed loudly and drew the attention of the people in the establishment. He stopped laughing and sneered at me, “Caelum man you sure have changed. You look better and you have beefed up a bit, but your still scrawny as hell.” He cut his eyes towards Violetta, “You mean to tell me you actually managed to land this babe as your bitch?” He laughed, “Oh man this world is so fucked up right now.”

Flarea spoke up, “I wouldn’t call her a bitch if I was you.” Dudly laughed and spoke to her, “Or what? Little Caelum over here is going to nibble on my ankles or something? This bitch likes to be with him then I definitely need to show her what a real man can do.” I stood up from the table and towered over Dudly. My six foot four inches allowed me to literally look down on him.

Dudly looked up at me and he showed a little hesitation in his eyes before it disappeared. He laughed, “Man Caelum you had a growth spurt didn’t you.” He stopped laughing and bowed up, “Just because you are taller than me doesn’t mean shit though.” I looked him in the eye, “I don’t want to hear anything concerning my woman coming out of your filthy mouth.”

Dudly sneered, “Or what, you going to do something about it? Go ahead and try. After I am done with you I’ll take the bitch home and give her a real…” I didn’t let him finish his sentence as I grabbed him by the throat with my left hand and then lifted him off the ground. His eyes grew to the size of quarters in shock as he stared down at me.

I growled at him, “I told you not to speak about her again.” He tried to pry my hand lose, but it was futile. My body was already way above even the strongest of normal humans. I saw out of my peripherals that people had their phones out and were recording the entire scene. I bend my arm and the elbow and brought him closer to me. He was trembling a little now as I spoke to him, “I don’t want to see any sight of you again Dudly. If you see me you are to turn and walk down a different path.” I picked up a steak knife from the table and snapped it between my index and my middle finger, “If I do see you I will snap your body in half like this knife. Understand?”

Dudly nodded his head vigorously and I heard a dripping noise on the floor. I looked down and saw that he had actually pissed himself. If it wasn’t for the fact that the entire establishment got deathly quiet when our disturbance started I wouldn’t have noticed it. I threw him aside, “No get the fuck out.” He landed with a thud and then quickly scrambled to leave the building. I looked around and saw all of the stares and phones recording me.

I lowered my head, “I am sorry for the disturbance everyone. In order to make up for it everyone’s meals are on me tonight.” Everyone smiled and clapped after I said that. I smiled and sat back down with the girls. Violetta smiled at me, “That was very sweet of you dear.” I laughed, “It was something that I wanted and was supposed to do.” She smiled and was about to say something, but our food arrived at our table.

I told the waiter to gather all the bills of everyone that was here right now and add them to mine. He nodded and went to do as I asked. It was probably going to cost me quite a bit, but Violetta had opened a checking account for me with the money I got from the company. I had the card in my wallet so I would be able to afford it. I took Violetta’s steak knife, since I broke mine, and cut into my steak. I put a piece in my mouth and then stiffened. Violetta looked at me, “Something wrong?” I shook my head and finished chewing my food before swallowing it. I looked at her and smiled, “It’s been a long time since I have had a good steak with company just as great.” She and Flarea both smiled before they started digging into their food as well.