" I lied, there was another one." And several guns were now aimed at him.
" It was me." And Richard froze, and looked at him.
" You dare to use half the finished product on you." And Carl replied immediately.
" Who said it was half finished." And Richard after hearing this immediately ordered them to Fire. And soldiers without hesitation, immediately fired at him, emptying almost all the magazine.
Carl was hit by several bullets, and his body was littered with sparks, his clothes torn, and he himself fell back a little. But there wasn't any blood at all.
" It hurts." Came a loud voice came from ahead. It was Carl, and he was winding in pain.
" Ouw….ouww… ouch. How can people still walk after that, you don't let me finish Richard." and before he could say anything, soldiers emptied the rest on him. And Carl seeing this told them to stop.
" Stop… . Stop.. It hurts." And the bullets were not empty.
" My clothes… they were expensive." And he fixed whatever clothes he had left, and he looked at Richard with a little pained look.
" You should have let me finish." And adjusting himself, he looked at Richard and his man.
" The one I and Cecelia took was the perfect one, made by me of course, the one I gave you was semi products. I finished my research months ago, and used it myself, all this was just to make you waste time, and do things accordingly." And after hearing this, Richard had only one question in mind.
" Why? Why all this then? Why did you do this all, if you have the power to change everything?" And Carl after hearing this, said like it was obvious.
" I don't want to. My only goal was to make Krish fall, and I succeeded. Now the next step can go smoothly." And Richard asked.
" What next step?" and Carl replied.
" To replace him of course. In the future, everyone will be Krish. The semi formula I created may be low, but it has potential, and it can be passed down. In a few decades, we will see little Krish flying around all over the world, and in that world, to remain on top only strength is not enough, prestige, prestige is what I need. So the third or I said it, the climax is what gonna make my prestige." And after hearing this, Richard immediately asked.
" Who gave you the idea that they will listen to you?" And Carl pointed at him.
" You my friend. Didn't you say they'll remember what I want them to remember? And you don't know my powers yet do you?" And Carl looked at the soldier, his blue eyes deep, and the soldier started to feel old all over. He looked at his fingers, which started to get wrinkles, and he started to age rapidly. He yelled in fright, but before he could do anything, he started to get old very fast, and very quick. And soon at his, only clothes and dust remain. And seeing this, everyone was frightened. And Richard was no exception, and he looked at Carl with fear.
" I called it life force." And he took a very satisfied breath, and a smile appeared on his face.
" I can absorb the life force of others in a very wide range, making myself more powerful, more young, more healthy." And he looked at Richard, his eyes cold.
" My body subconsciously, and continuously absorbs life from others, and it depends on the person I'm absorbing. The stronger the person, the stronger feedback I get." and he looked at other soldiers, who slowly started to age down as well.
" I can decide the life of death for anyone around my domain, I can make you age, or I can make you Immortal." and just as he said that, Cecelia who was lying on the ground suddenly stood up, and threw the mask away, regaining her old cold temperament.
" I can heal any injuries, wounds, any scar or disease. But you know what's the most important part of this power." and he went close to Richard and said in his ears.
" I can get other powers as well." And just as he said that, he grabbed His bodyguard Harish's neck, and Harish slowly aged and became a husk.
" I can get the power of others by absorbing their life force, directly, or I can just take it slowly, till it manifests itself. And thanks to a healing factor, I was lacking this one in my deck." And something seems to click, and be remembered, and a look of realization dawns on him.
" You guessed it, I keep the four so I can absorb them, making me the strongest being on the planet. And by making everyone Mahmanav , I can get an infinite amount of life force from stronger individuals on the planet, no matter how strong a person will get in the future, he'll be weaker than me. Every strength they have, I'll have it also. You can call my powers, strongest in the room if you like. Because no matter who is in front of me, I'll be stronger than him sooner or later, just by standing beside him. How's that for a step?" Richard was dead silent now, the horror of his power now daunting on him, no matter what he does, or what others do, it will have no effect on him, no one can stop him in the future, there is no hope.
And Richard, feeling himself defeated, asked a last question.
" How…. How are you gonna do the last step." And Carl smiled.
" just like he did, back then. Defeating the biggest threat in the world." and he placed his hand on his shoulder, and said softly.
" I really never wanted to kill you, Richard, you are the only person that I have ever talked this much to. I'm really sorry." And he hugged him. And Richard pressed a button on his wrist, and slowly turned into dust. And after that Carl said lightly.
" Here goes my first hug." and he looked at Cecelia.
" Let's finish our preparation then, I need to suit up."
And far away inside of the truck of the military, several people were looking at the human sized glass container in the middle, and the corps floating inside it. One of them in particular was paying special attention to it, his where the most focused. He looked at the glowing light above, and noticed one of them suddenly changed color. It turned blue to red, and he saw in the turbid liquid, a red mist started to appear. He was a little surprised, and asked his teammate if that was normal, and his teammate, after hearing this, looked at the container as well, and frowned.. He could see the red mist engulfing the turbid liquid. And before he could say anything, he did something unbelievable, he saw the damaged part of the body starting to heal, and regrow. And before he could do anything, an explosion happened centred around the truck, and from outside, it looked like a mini sun had gone off. Making the whole area a mess.
Dust obscured the areas, the formation of cars were in disarray, several soldiers came out from the place, some dishevelled, and some injured by the sudden blast. Soldiers who were rather far from it were ok, they immediately called for backup, and took their position for any problem they might face. They all looked at the dust cloud in the middle, and one of them looked around, they were at the edge of the city, and the area was partly populated.
The commander looked around, and ordered them to be ready, and as they waited for the dust cloud to settle, they saw a figure in a three piece suit, wearing sunglasses, standing in the air motionless. Everyone was surprised, some passerby even screamed, and one seemed to recognize him.
" Dr Arya." He said with fear.
And like a trigger, the commander ordered to fire, and even throw the modified serum smoke bomb.
Dr Arya wasn't fazed, he looked at the hair of bullets flying towards him, he grabbed one at random, and turned into dust, and soon all the bullets, all the bullets, and all military people started to become particles, and turned into nothing, everything about them was gone, even the cars they were in. and soon the whole chaotic scene became silent. The passerby who managed to run, ran far away, and whoever remained turned into dust. Dr Arya slowly landed on the ground, and slowly touched the asphalt of grass there. Touching it like porcelain.
He looked ahead, and saw on TV about the news of Krish, and the year has passed since the last incident.
His eyes behind those sunglasses flicker, and teleport in the middle of New York heart, the time square, and saw the several screens on the buildings showing all shorts of things, and one of them was playing the news of current time square, and a reporter was there, reporting the scene live, when she heard people calling, and pointing at the air. She looked back, and then at the sky, and she was a person standing in the air like a God. She couldn't see clearly, but there was indeed a man in the sky, she told his cameraman to focus. And he did, and zoomed into him. And soon his features were clear, and it was shown in one of the screens there, and when people looked at it, they seemed to see a very recognizable person. And soon someone in the crowd recognized him. They screamed, and started to run away from him, and the news of his sightings soon reached the whole world. And when Carl sees that, his brows furrowed.
" Shouldn't he be going to India?" He asked, and soon something happened. Dr Arya moved, he floated, and started to leave the city. And Carl looked at the screen, and said to Cecelia, who was opening a huge box .
" Hai Cecelia, turn on the singles for me. Dr Arya needs to go back home." And she pressed a button on the console, and the gift packet left in the military camp by Richard started to give out a signal, and Dr Arya on the screen sensed something, and went in the direction of the military base.
" Ready my suit, I need to save the world." And she opened the huge box, and inside was his suit. And seeing that, he whistled.
" Would you look at that?" and far away Dr Arya reached the military base, and the soldiers there were ready, they immediately fired at him, but it was no use, they disintegrated before they even reached him. He looked down at the base, and saw several soldiers doing some weird stuff, he saw a person suddenly appearing behind him like he teleported, and Dr Arya grabbed him by his throat, and his emotionless eyes looked at him up and down. This guy was different. He has powers, and before he can do anything, he teleports back leaving a smoke bomb tied to his waist. He looked at the smoke bomb, which went off as soon as he saw it. And down there with the teleporter guy, he took deep breaths, and said I had a tired voice.
" I did it." and a red smoke cloud appeared where Dr Arya was, but when it dissipated, Dr Arya wasn't harmed at all, he was standing there tall like a God. And before the people below can do anything, Dr Arya moved, and he vaporised everything there, turning everything to dust. And Carl was watching this all through a camera in him.
" Very good. But what a pity. A guy who can teleport." And he shook his head.
" What a waste of potential." And he looked at Cecelia again.
" Please, activate the next." And she turned on the second beacon, which was in Mumbai." and Dr Arya, like sensing something, started to walk in the direction of India.And in the way, he started to destroy everything he saw.