9 Chapter 8: Chase (2/2)
From that new hiding spot, Magnus answered Michael's question. ”Well, us, low class, can enjoy looking at these gifted folk from a safe and comfortable distance, but you, Michael. Ahh, how sad I feel for you.”
Then taking that instant which Michael was engrossed with his explanation, Magnus ran up to the next obstacle and jumped over it, landing behind it. But this time Magnus did not get away, unscratched.
”FUCK!” Magnus yelled, as burning pain coursed through his left shoulder, and blood ran down it, from the area that the bullet grazed.
”Hehe, did you think I would continuously fall for that?” Michael asked as he giggled, gleefully, at the pain he caused Magnus. ”Anyways, why don't you continue from where you left off, from, Magnus, maybe it will work this time?” Michael asked in a mocking tone.
”You know what? I will do just that!” Magnus shouted in resentment, from where he hid, as he applied pressure to his shoulder. ”At least I will get to watch you squirm around like the little bitch you are, as my words cut deep.”
”Shut your mouth, Magnus!” Michael barked, as all the joy he was feeling, just a few moments ago, escaped him.
”Wow, Michael, are your words as cheap as that?” Magnus asked as he started to chuckle, but stopped, as the movement of his chest hurt his shoulder.
Then deciding that it was wiser not to push his luck, Magnus got back into his speech. ”I am only doing what you told me to do, seeing if this could work. So, in light of that, I think I will ignore your second command and stick with your first one.”
”Don't think you will get away with this Magnus!” Michael cried out as he once more fired bullets at Magnus.
Safely behind his rock, Magnus carried on, ”As I was saying before you rudely shot at me, I genuinely feel mournful for you, Michael. You have to constantly live under all these gifted people shadows, reminding you, always, that you amount to nothing.”
Michael did not respond to Magnus taunting, deciding that it was best not to trade words with him anymore, that is until he gets his hands on him.
Magnus, seeing that, was not worried one bit, since all of this goading and ridicule was leading up to one thing. The one thing that would make Michael go off into a berserk rage, and create the grand opening that Magnus was looking for all along, so that his trap could fall into place, ruining Michael into damnation.
”And,” Magnus added as Michael got closer and closer to his hiding spot, ”this is why I think your fiancee went ahead and tried to cheat on you.” At that, Michael started to slow down and come to a complete halt.
”It is because of all the reasons I gave above, which lead her down this path. It is not because she is a bitch, Nooo. It is far from it.” As Magnus said that lie, he felt like puking. That woman is the bitchest bitch of bitches.
But still, Michal does not need to know that, all he needs to do for Magnus, is break. Although that might be the cruelest of fates, breaking a man like that, it must happen for Magnus to survive. And what is humanity without its cruelness to each other!
”The reason lies with you, Michael.” Magnus said as his declaration booked no reproach. ”You are worthless, like the rest of us, peasants. And no woman in her right mind, would want a WORTHLESS man like you.”
As Magnus great act of cruelty came to a complete close, silence reigned throughout the whole hill, down to the smallest of creatures, to the wind itself, and the occupants of the hill, as well. All came to a standstill in complete and utter silence, to witness it all.
The silence continued to remain as Magnus got up from his hiding place and ran the remaining distance, it also carried on, as the Mech suit awoke from its stupor once it saw Magnus fleeing, and silently chased after him.
Time itself came to a slow, at that moment, it was as if the fates of all things were about to be decided, at that moment.
Magnus kept on running even as the edge of the cliff came closer and closer. Then he did the unimaginable, he jumped into the air, and off the cliff. As Magnus did that, Micheal aimed down his sights, and fired his gun, breaking the silence that held this place.
Bullets ricochet all over the area, tearing through the air, but Magnus was already out of sight by then.
Not letting up for a single second, the Mech suit followed in pursuit, and jumped off the cliff like Magnus did.
Once more, the silence that held this place before, returned.
Out of nowhere, a bloody hand gripped the edge of the cliff, then another one appeared, followed by the head of nobody else except for… you guessed it, Magnus.
Magnus hulled over the rest of his body, and laid there, over the edge of the cliff, laboring. ”Woah, that was crazy!” Magnus said as he shouted out loud in an exhilarating voice, once he got his breathing under control.
”Magnus,” Codex said in a worried tone.
”Yeah, yeah, I know. This is not finished, yet” Magnus said, as he waved her off, ”I will go deal with Michael and his goons, but just give me a minute here, okay?!”
But before Codex could say anything at all, Magnus got up from the ground, then he was immediately back down, and screaming.
Codex sucked in a cold breath as she watched Magnus squirm around on the ground, screamed in pain, ”Yeah, that is what I was trying to tell you about,” Codex said as she sighed to herself.
”When the Hell did this happen?” Magnus asked as he looked down at the lower right side of his stomach, while clenched his teeth in agony.
”Must have happened when you jumped off the cliff,” Codex responded, while very troubled with what she was seeing. ”Though I have to say, that should not be your main concern, at all, you need to rush to the hospital and get them to see it.”
”Alright,” Magnus responded as he used his left hand to apply pressure to the new wound, and his right hand to his old wound, making a very unusual and peculiar sight, of him hugging himself.
”If the pain is any indicator of how bad it is, then it must be really bad,” Magnus added sarcastically, to lighten the mood as he made his way down the hill, limping.
”Just shut up, would you.” Codex said as she felt like smacking him right across the head. Ahh, he really has the humor of joking around in a moment like this.
”Fine, it is your loss, not mine.” Magnus said to Codex,
”Well, hello gentlemen.” Magnus shouted to Lobal and Jovel, once he made it to the foot of the hill.
The two men immediately started to shiver at once, in two parts thanks to their fear of Magnus and also they were shirtless, as they had to use their shirts to make a makeshift bandage to cover up their wounds.
If it were up to them, they would have fled long ago, although they might look like brutal guys, in actuality, they are pretty good-natured fellows. But the issue is, that they have to stay and protect their boss, or else the fate that awaits them and their family. Ooo, just thinking about it, sets off all alarms in their minds.
The only reason that they even got mixed up with Michael, in the first place, is because of their fathers. To survive in this economy, you need the protection of a gifted individual, and that protection came in the form of Michael's mom.
”Don't worry guys, I won't hurt you anymore,” Magnus said, and he would have raised his hands up as well, in a gesture showing peace, but they were kind of busy at the moment.
”All I want to do is say goodbye to your boss.” Magnus said with a bright grin, ”Nothing else, I promise.”
The two young men looked at each other, and came to some sort of silent agreement since they stood up straighter and blocked Magnus path.
Magnus raised his eyebrows in confusion, then asked, ”Ahhh, what are you guys doing, exactly?”
”Sorry,” one of the brutes said in a rumbling voice, ”but we cannot let you through.”
”What do you mean, exactly?” Magnus asked as his eyes squinted together in suspicion.
Then in a flash, Magnus took the moment he gave himself, and leaned his head to one side, to get a better view of Michael.
Instantly, Magnus' eyes widened like saucers, and he whipped his head around to face Lobal and Jovel, and asked in a growl. ”What the hell is he still doing in his virtual headset?”