The grasp of having failure cramped me into a dirty, crumbled corner never fit so well for me. And letting depression run through my wires was also negative; I fought on and on, trained ever so aggressively till the point my stamina ran out after running on a very thin pluck of line that eventually slapped me with reality as I became dangerously exhausted to the point my body finally got torn into stress. I thought with the interaction of that female stranger that my depressive episode will extend heights it never reached before, but fortunately, the female soldier was a former Conaire soldier that left the battlefield one hundred years ago. She said she never felt this better and more peaceful in many years, and seeing someone like me hanging around an unfamiliar province brings joy to her lonely atmosphere. It was also learnt that we were the only Conaire residents in this area.

She had the attitude of a warm mother, she mentioned she's happy with two mixed juveniles that are both male twins working their way up the ranks to be praised by the Gods and Goddesses of this rotten planet. After awakening from my deep slumber, the first sight I encountered was an over-excited Rey who was also dampened in blue liquid tears that reflected the five moons casting by the distance. She derailed me with soft punches that struck a sign of sacredness and I allowed her to punch me as much as she could to comprehend the embarrassing situation I found myself in. Not without thinking - my hands gilded above Rey's head and began gently patting back and forth with a glowing smile of appreciation.

Rey spent the whole day insulting me but also sympathising with me after hearing the reason why I overworked myself. I must admit it was a stupid move but I just didn't want to be trapped in that approaching depression. I never want to go back there and I will do anything to avoid the worst moments of my life. Teri informed me that I graduated from the training program and gave me a whole month to rest so I can get to know Rey and the surrounding lives more. In all my years of living a lonely, unfortunate life, I felt happy again.

"You know, for someone so laid back, you've somehow reached the same level of power like me." Rey chuckled under the heat shadowed by a tall skyscraper building blooming in glistening complexions. As I popped my right leg back in after seeing it heal for almost a week, I turned to face Rey and saw her smile and smiled as well.

"Well, I'm pretty sure if I wasn't ignoring my limitations, I would be way lower than I am right now," I replied generally.

"I don't believe that - you always had a strong determination hidden mysteriously inside you somewhere. I saw it when we first fought." Rey mentioned, locking eyes with me.

"You think so?"

"Yes, for certain. I secretly became jealous of that hardcore determination because I never had it,"

"At least you exposed your secret then hid it away. We all have secrets we don't want to say,"

"What's your secret? Do you even have one?" Rey curiously questioned.

"Mhm, but my secret will be revealed on a certain day." I grinned mischievously.

"Oh come on!" Rey whined, slapping my shoulder lightly, following it up with a gentle giggle afterwards.

As the days zoomed by, I and Rey got very close, to the point it felt like there was a romantic connection between us every time we conversated with each other in front of Teri and Callu who both thought the same thing as they both went into a jealousy silence when they saw both of us having the best times of our lives. Callu got so jealous to the point he forced me to run every morning, waited for my legs to break, heal them, and force me to run again. Teri did it even worse, she purposely broke me and Rey down until we can't move a single limb, heal and repeat. But I found it extremely hilarious and teased them for it - that just makes the situation tougher than before. Work harder, gain better results, I guess. It didn't bother me or Rey at all, it was what I needed the most and what Rey wanted so she could be an even stronger individual, body-wise and mind-wise.

I knew this wouldn't last long, this relationship I mean, a fresh relationship, a well-bonded friendship that has been a dark area for me for a lengthy time. Well, I know I can just retire from the military but I'm too focused on this revenge to not retire. I intentionally brought myself into this mess and I'm going to carry that unforgivable mess until I stop breathing. It's dramatic, I know, so, saying goodbye to my new friends was going to be rough and I knew these last months are going to be an interesting one. I won't know how they would react and I don't know how they are going to feel after I vanish from their lives after being a trusted Pariah member. I'm trusted so much by the city I currently live in, to the point I am a Pariah resident now; I came as a stranger and I'm leaving as a family member. Missing them was going to mess me up but I need to move on. That's for another time though, I'm still not leaving yet.

"You keep on pleasing me," Teri acknowledged with a comfortable smile as I stood up from the veiny, cracked, white smothered floor. I cleansed my hands by rubbing them against each other while nodding my heading with a pleasing smile.

"That's not the first time I heard you mention that." I teased, snickering after the sentence.

"Ah! Shut it, you're lucky I accepted you in the first place!" Teri yelped.

"More like I accepted your request…"

"Not my fault that you charmed me!"

"Can you two both shut the hell up with your disgusting things and move on? I'm disappointed, Zoomchard. I thought you weren't that kind of a thirsty, horny beast." Rey snarled with an aggressive clench to her gripped fists.

"Yeah, Zoomchard! I'm disappointed as well. Terrible being," Callu rolled his eyes with disappointment.

"I'm the villain now? She's the cold villain who was jealous of the fact Rey was getting more action from someone like me. And Callu, you shut up with your terrible pervert mindset when your wife comes around. You're a vile beast," I snapped back. After my statement, we all laughed it off and said goodbye to each other as we parted ways. The place I lived in was the village I first saw when entering the city. I thought it was a relaxing area because there weren't that many civilians here and it was a quiet area, minus the fact I still can hear the city miles away because it's such a loud, radiant location full of happy civilians enjoying their lives to the fullest. It didn't bother me that much for the reason that at night, there's a rule where the loudest areas, and the quietest areas, fall silent so the hard workers and others can sleep without being interrupted by noisy groups chasing down the streets doing young things. I'm young, sure, but I have more of an old mindset where parties aren't my thing and the most casual things like reading and watching was the best part after having a long day out.

As I walked down the lane of a vibrant village stretching two miles long, I then walked down a jagged path that led to a one-floor house in a cube shape with no roof hugged by dying metal fences that were gradually collapsing to the ground on the right corner of the chopped village to enter. It was warming, the cooling feeling drowned itself around me as to greet me back home to a simply decorated living room divided into two sections where the other section was the supply area. I sat down on a creaky settee and turned on the television before remembering something I forgot to do.

"Oh!" I muttered out, rushing over to a board beside the front door to write down my new progress of training. Today, I did an easy training method and wasn't congratulated with new results but I became more used to my new expensive powers that can easily murder a generation. Oh! I can also limit the destruction I cause every time I use the full capacity of my speed, there's still destruction but there are tremendous improvements from my last attempt at trying to control the destructive reaction. I took advantage of telekinesis and manipulated it in a way where it can limit the amount of damage I cause - it takes a lot of energy out of me but that's going to get worked on as well.

"There we go!"

I cheered my way back on the settee and binge-watched an entire human television series to learn more about human behaviour and how close they can get to replicating our forms with artificial intelligence that is a dumber version of us. They're not the smartest as of yet, they look similar to humans and have most of the freedom that they can receive but they aren't fully smart enough to understand there's a better breed of their baby-born nation. A human nation, huh?

I wonder what human nation would understand us? I heard that there was a recent contact with humans that accidentally found their way here a couple of weeks ago. But they immediately left and explained it through all the media and I have the privilege to watch these humans run maniacally to believe there's another liveable planet nearby full of unknown creatures. They look so cute getting so excited to find out another planet was similar to them in a way, if only they knew their governments previously met us thousand years ago and kept it hidden until now.

The Galaxy is full of secrets, I guess.