17 Ginmon (2/2)

To his surprise, Lexi replied, ”This is Kai, my partner and my husband.”

The girl jeered, ”Oh my... Lexi finally has a partner.”Then she looked at Kai, ”You better hope she doesn't dump you like she did Alex.” Then she returned to her conversation with her friend next to her.

At this stage of the conversation, Kai put two and two together. He understood that Lexi was miss indecisive. She had told him she had rejected many before him and in the plane, she told him about Alex Seemore so he wasn't in the dark.

Lexi shrugged it off like her words meant nothing to her. Then she looked at Kai and smiled.

At this time the food came in and everyone began eating. After breakfast, the guests left and Lexi and Kai went to their rooms to finish up.

Once they were done each one of them held all their luggage in their hands. They were about to move into their new house together. They loaded all their cargo into the boot of the car then they climbed in and drove off. Along the way, Lexi and Kai didn't speak. Kai was to busy looking at the city. It was far bigger than Agritura. The technology was far better too. In this city, they even had flying cars and paths as well as traffic lights for these flying cars. It was as if he was stepping into a new age. He knew Strera was more advanced than Drauton but knowing and seeing are two different things.

Eventually, they got to their building. It was a 20 story building with houses on each floor. Each house had a balcony where the front door was. Their apartment was on the 20th floor. They took the elevator up with all of their luggage. Once they were at the top, Lexi walked towards there door and then opened it up with a retina scan. She told Kai she would configure it so he could open the door too without Lexi being present.

Once the door was opened they walked inside. The apartment was in the shape of an L. Walking in there was a kitchen on your left. The kitchen had a double door fridge lots of cupboards and a stove etc. To the right was the tv room. It was not separated by a wall. The tv room had a 60 inch 4D tv as well as a 3 seater couch. Just a bit down was a communal place with a fireplace. It also had a few pictures of Lexi when she was younger.

To the left of the communal place was a pa.s.sageway that led to two bedrooms and a bathroom. The first room was Kai's and right next to his was Lexi's. Further down the pa.s.sageway was the only shower and bath in the house. In their rooms were toilets and a basin but that was all.

After showing Kai the place they would call home, Lexi took her luggage and placed it in her room. She began unpacking all her stuff and put them where they belonged.

Kai went into his room and did the same thing. After they were done, Kai walked out his room and then towards the door. He walked past Lexi who was sitting on the couch watching tv. He was going out to go find a job. He would have to travel by public transport because his car was still in Drauton. His parents gave him 2000 guros for food and transport and were sending his car to him via plane. This was the last thing they would do for him. This was his wedding gift.

Before Kai could leave, Lexi asked him where he was going. He explained to her what he was going to do and so she got up and then walked with him outside. Then she told him to scan his eye on the retina scanner. Once he did she added him to the sign in list. Once that was done she went inside again after wis.h.i.+ng him good luck.

Kai took a deep breath and then went down the elevator and into the bus and into the city.

When the bus stopped in the city, Kai climbed off. Then he walked around the city. His Genome watch was leading him to a company that had a job vacancy. There were other job vacancies but this one paid the most.

When he got to Retsam, he saw the line was extremely long. Many other people were applying for this job as well which wasn't surprising given that the job paid the most. It paid the most because this job wasn't without its danger. The job entailed physical labour such as mining and carrying metals. The deeper you went the more you got paid but also the more pressure on your body. There was also the risk of the ceiling collapsing on you as well as harmful gases.

However, as a surpa.s.ser, these dangers meant nothing for Kai so he would get paid danger pay for something that doesn't endanger him. Seemed like a win to him. Kai stood in the line and then signed himself in. He ticked the box that said surpa.s.ser on the tab-like device. He then also forwarded his proof that he was a surpa.s.ser. Once that was done he stood in the long line.

He looked at the line and surmised he would be standing for the next three hours before he could go in. However, to his surprise, an employee wearing a suit came to him personally and called him from the back of the line and into the office. When the others saw this they were furious and rightfully so. They had waited for hours but Kai just arrived and was invited in...

Kai walked inside the office and then sat down. As he sat down a woman who sat behind the office looked at him, ”Why do you want to work here?”

”Because I need the money and your company offers the most.” He said honestly.

”You are aware of the risks?”

”I am aware.”

Then she handed him a piece of paper, ”Then please sign here and here.”

So Kai read over everything then signed the papers.

The lady grinned and then extended a hand, ”Welcome to Retsam. If you would like to you can begin right away. Or you can start tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock?”

Kai shook her hand and said, ”I can start now.”

The lady smiled and then called her a.s.sistant, ”Please take this young man to the mining grounds. Get him engaged with team leader S.”

”Yes, ma'am.”

So Kai and the a.s.sistant left the office and then walked past all the glaring people who were waiting in line. They kept walking until they reach an elevator. They took this elevator down and they kept going down for what felt like forever. Then they stopped at floor S. The floors below S were S-, S+, SS, SS-, SS+ and so forth. The a.s.sistant told Kai he should walk straight and then he would find the team leader. She could not help him find her because her body could not withstand the atmospheric pressure. This elevator was alleviating the pressure but as soon as she walked outside she would be crushed.

Kai understood and so he walked outside. Immediately he felt the pressure she was talking about. It wasn'tt a lot of pressure for him but it couldn't be ignored either. Once he walked out, he saw he was in a cave-like structure. There were lights above that lit the place up. He continued to walk until he found a cafeteria where cooks were cooking food. There were seats and people were eating. They were all wearing mining uniforms so they all noticed Kai because he wasn't wearing anything.

That's when the team leader stood up and walked towards Kai. She had received a message from the manager that there would be a new recruit. The team leader walked towards Kai and said, ”Welcome, you must be Kai. Right now we are having a quick break then I'll show you the ropes. So long go to the room on the right and get changed. Your measurements were given to us prior so it should fit perfectly.”

Kai did just that, he went to the room and changed. Once he was done, they were done and then she led him into the mine. The team leader showed him what he should do and what he shouldn't. Once he got the hang of it she left him alone and Kai began to mine away. Kai mined from 11 am all the way to 6 pm. Mining was easy yet tough in it's own way. It also helped him with training. As he would try and coat the pickaxe with lightning aura every time he would swing at the rocks.

This job was great because Kai could choose his own hours. As long as he worked 30 hours a week he could leave whenever he wanted to. Anything over 30 hours was seen as overtime. He also got bonuses if he found large amounts of precious minerals or gems.

After work Kai took a shower in the shower room this was on floor A. After showering he put on his clothes went to the convenience store to buy food and then went home. He scanned his eye and then the door opened. When he walked in he saw Lexi still seated on the couch watching tv.

She turned around when she heard Kai come in but then returned focus to the tv while eating her takeout.

Kai walked into the kitchen and put his stuff in the fridge and cupboards. Then he took out the pots and pans and began cooking food. Once he took the meat out of their holders he put the wrappings in the dustbin. To his surprise, the dustbin had a lot of junk in. Filled with papers from different fast food restaurants, clearly Lexi had been eating.

After he disposed of his junk he began cooking his meal. Once he was done he sat on the same couch as Lexi and watched tv. They were sitting one seat away from each other. So there was an empty s.p.a.ce in the middle of them. Kai watched what she was watching while eating his food. This was The Royals.

After he was finished eating he was about to stand up so he could wash his dishes but Lexi said, ”One day that will be us.”

Kai sat down again and looked at the tv, ”Definitely, I wonder how it feels to watch yourself on reality tv.”

”I know hey, I've wondered that myself.” She said excitedly. Then she looked at Kai's hands, ”I take it you got the job?”

Kai nodded his head as both sides of his mouth curled up slightly.

Lexi smiled in return, ”See I told you-you would get it. Those type of companies loves surpa.s.sers because they can venture deeper below than pa.s.sers can. I would know my dad owns a similar company.” Then she paused for a while, ”So do you wanna do it again?”

Confused Kai asked, ”Do what?”

”That thing we did at home affairs.”

A light finally went on in Kai's mind. Then he thought about all the lights in this house.

”Don't worry this place was made for lightning wielding surpa.s.sers so it's insulated properly.”

Kai nodded his head, ”Then I don't see why not.” He extended his hand towards hers.

Lexi did the same and until they were holding hands. Once they did they began cycling their essence into their natural lightning and then cycled it into one another. When they did an electromagnetic field was created again. Their hair began fluttering. They continued to cycle their essence lightning into one another. As they did the world got slower and slower. Until they reached the max. The world was as slow as it could get as well as the amount of power they could muster reached a summit. The power was just about more than two times the power they could form alone.

With their hands still together Lexi said, ”Let me try something.”

She then closed her eyes for a while. Even though her eyes were closed you could see her extreme focus.

While she was focusing Kai could feel the s.h.i.+ft in the lightning. Then she opened her eyes and as she did a small stream of lightning left her hand. It was about 5cm in length and looked like a snake. It swam through the air and then dissipated.

Lexi let go of Kai's hand and exclaimed in joy as she bounced up and down on the coach, ”Finally I've been trying to do that since forever.” Then she looked at Kai, ”Somehow I knew I could do it with you.”

Once there experiment was done Kai stood up and took his dishes to the dishwasher. Then he said goodnight to Lexi and went into his room and went to sleep.

Lexi continued to watch tv. She surfed between the channels. From the news, to reality tv as well as series and movie channels. That's when she got a message from her father telling her to watch Surpa.s.ser News 5. Lexi changed to Surpa.s.ser News 5. When she did she saw them talking about her and Kai. The t.i.tle was, ”Miss Indecisive Finally Chose.”

The reporters discussed what they knew about such as his results. His PI etc. They complemented and critiqued whether Lexi made the right choice. Yet, no one could say she made the right choice and no one could say she didn't.

After they were done evaluating her decision the news switched to the how the teams who were battling the Zolma in no man's land were doing. When that happened Lexi switched the tv off and then opened her bedroom door. Climbed in bed and went to sleep.

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