Chapter 253: Future Dark Part 2 (1/2)
Diego came home to find his mother arguing with something. He stood idly at the door listening to the muffled shouts as he built up the courage to slide the door open. His mother turned to him, slightly thrown off, as Diego spotted an older girl in her late teens looking at him. ”What's going on?”
”Diego, I don't want you being here right now… Here, go and buy yourself an ice cream or something. I'll call you later.”
Diego took the small amount of money being pushed out of the house, hearing the arguing once again. He was completely thrown off by what happened. He didn't give it much thought stuffing the money in his pocket, turning around and walking back into town. He knew what was going on wasn't his business, so he decided to just forget about it and hit the town buying the best ice cream ever.
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Some time had passed, and Diego was still idly waiting for the phone call to come home. Had finished his ice cream, he was now just idly playing games on his phone, growing bored. He sat alone on a bench by the nearby park, his schoolbag resting next to him. He let out a longwinded sigh fed up wanting to go home, and just as he thought of this, his phone began to ring; about to answer, he stopped as a voice spoke up. ”Don't answer that.” Diego looked up, seeing the same girl with who his mum was arguing with standing idly by with her school bag resting over her shoulder. She had short blonde hair matching Diego's own, but her eyes were a different story being dead of colour or life. Just looking at them was an empty void of nothing. ”Diego, I want to talk to you.”
Diego was ready to stand up as he brushed her off. ”I have to get home; leave me alone.”
”I'm your sister.”
Diego stopped on the spot, still sitting down as he looked up at her, confused. ”Excuse me?”
”Well, half-sister. Your father is Kevin Jolts, correct? Snap.”
Diego scratched his head, giving it a little thought. ”So? What do you want from me?”
”Just to talk.” She asked. ”Can I sit?”
Diego stood up, sighing. ”No. It's going to rain in a couple of minutes. We should talk elsewhere.”
”Huh?” She questioned, looking up at a clear sky. ”Is that some kind of joke?”
Diego picked his bag up, throwing his rubbish into the bin. ”Just trust me.”
”Ok? There's a coffee shop not far from where I work part-time. We'll go there.” The two-headed in that direction as Diego wasn't much for making small talk. Sister or not, it didn't really bother him; he wasn't someone to care but would at least allow her to speak her mind. Just as he suggested, as they got to the coffee shop, it began hammering it down out of nowhere. ”Told you…”
The girl stared out of the window in shock. ”Damn, we would have been drenched… How'd you that?”
”My mum says I'm a lucky guesser. It's a bit more than that… Let me show you.” Diego whispered, looking to the clerk. ”That boy is going to spill the coffee over the next customer.”
The girl pivoted on her seat, watching idly, waiting. Like Diego suggested, the next customer yelled out as a fresh brew of coffee was spilt all over their suit. ”Hot damn! No way could you just guess that. You can see into the future?”
”Briefly and only one person at a time. It's nothing special, really. It's not going to win me the lottery; it might avoid me from stepping on shit or something but nothing more than that.” Diego tossed away. ”Anyway, just who are you.”
”Right, sorry. I always forget to introduce myself. My name is Sae Jolts. See, we share the last name. Do you believe me?”
”I never actually doubted you,” Diego replied, sipping his drink. ”I still don't get why you're here? You were arguing with my mum.”
”I was… I'm actually looking for the old man. He left my mum and me when I was not much older than you. Just poof vanished off the face of the earth. When I learned he had another child, I thought you could help me.”
Diego shrugged his shoulders. ”Well, we sure do share something in common; the dickhead left my mum just before I was born. I never met him; if what you told me us true, he's probably out there fucking some other helpless woman. Why do you want to find him so badly?”
”Because I want to kill him,” Sae admitted making the room feel heavier. She chuckled, sipping her drink. ”I really messed that one up. Let me explain; I'm actually one of the CEOs of V.I.R.A.L.”
”Seriously?” Diego muttered. ”Aren't you a bit young to be a CEO?”
”I get that a lot. I was approached by them when I was young, as they found my gift remarkable. You see, I can control shadows. Something pretty cool, right? Well, not as cool as seeing into the future! That wasn't the only reason they approached me, however. Our father, he's dangerous. His own so-called gift is unstable. He's basically a ticking time bomb just ready to go off, and I need to find him before he causes a lot of harm.”