AIDEN
"Who are you?"
I asked the weird looking guy In my dream, wait is this even a dream I asked myself cause its starting to feel very real but the last thing I remember doing was feeling tired and dozing off. Gah! whatever I don't know anymore.
"Your real name is Jared, son of Ra" the weird looking guy says, with no preamble
"Excuse me, I think you have the wrong person my name is Aiden"
Mr weird looking guy smiles and says "That's the name you were given at the orphanage not the name given to you by your father, listen I don't have much time left. your powers will start manifesting little by little, the problem is that you don't have the luxury because your step brother has put a bounty on you"
"What are you saying?" I asked "and where has this family being since all these years that I have been alone"
"Your father had to keep your existence a secret to protect you, but you have always being looked after, or where do you think the monthly money sent to you came from" he asked,
"I don't know, maybe from a good Samaritan"
He scoffs "yeah right, me and you both know a good Samaritan can't deposit $10k every month since you turned 15.
Listen, your powers will serve as a beacon for all supernaturals, both strong and weak. They will want a taste, and it doesn't help that there's a bounty on your head"
"Who are you and if what you are saying is really true how do I defend myself", I asked.
"My name is Zain, your protector and guide. You just need a little guidance and your powers will do the rest" he said fading away.
7 AM, my alarm goes off and am instantly awake thinking about my weird dream, on how real it felt. I remember I have a early morning test. 15minutes later, I leave my apartment. Wait did I mention am studying Diplomatic relations in the university, now in no way am I brilliant but I am beyond average in school, just enough to go unnoticed. My apartment isn't far from school, just a 10 minutes walk everyday enough to clear my head and think about that dream once again.
Somebody's watching me, I realized suddenly. I can sense it, always have been able to. Call it a sixth sense, I don't really know but I do know it has saved me from many situations. I look around but I can't see the person.
"That dream is getting to me" I said to myself but the feeling still won't go away and have always listened to my senses.
Fast forward and have finished my test, which wasn't really that hard by the way.
"Hi, Aiden" my friend Justin calls me over.
"Hey, what's up man?" I replied.
"How was your test, did you ace it or you did do enough to pass it?"
That was a question and a statement, and I didn't give an answer. "You know me too well" I smiled.
"Listen, have you seen the new girl on campus?" he gushes "she's like the most beautiful creature have seen since my birth".
"No I haven't", he suddenly grabs my arm
"there she is, looking for where to sit"
I don't turn back cause I still have a lot on my mind.
"She coming our way dude"
That got my attention, the hairs on my body stands up the closer she gets, a clear sign of danger approaching.
"Is this seat available? she asks, in a very sultry voice. Even as she sits down to my left without waiting for an answer. I finally look up and wow, oh my world, she really is beautiful I thought, a perfect body that's enough to drive any man to lust and my body reacted in a not so pleasant way, damn.
"Hi, am Shirley" she continued in that sultry voice that seemed to be getting to me.
"And I am Justin and this dude drooling is my friend Aiden" Justin replied her, because I am tongue tied all of a sudden.
I give him a look, but yeah I might have been drooling which is totally not cool. I ignore both of them for the rest of the lunch break. After few minutes, i stand up to go to my last class for the day before I embarrass myself further in front of the new girl.
"Did I intrude on something" I heard her ask Justin but didn't catch his reply since I was farther from where they were, I seriously do not have time for this I tell myself.
Last class of the day was boring and I wasn't concentrating much anyway, many things playing on my mind.
After school I tend bars, not because I don't have money because I do, but I like the job and I like seeing people socialize since I can't seem to for the life of me. 2 hours into my shift and a strange man works in dressed in all black, I can't see his face but he is oozing danger in multiple waves. He seem to be watching me, although he is not facing me how I can tell, I don't know but I can. My dream resurfaces in my mind and am mid way into panic mode because this guy is huge and there's no way I would be able to take him in a fight, did I mention I have a black belt in karate, taekwondo, kaido. I even did a little Kung Fu so am way above the average fighter, but this guy makes me want to go in the opposite direction. An hour later and mister black is still in the bar, and still looking at me without looking at me. Today is getting weirder by the second and its all because of that damn dream, I thought. Few minutes before my shifts ends mister all black leaves the bar and heads out finally giving me room to breathe and relax a little. I end my shift and leave the bar, whisltling and humming to myself when mr all black shows himself, I could tell it was him straight away before I even saw him.