The Mech Lord

Chapter 20 - 19: Helplessness

Kyle and the man faced of against each other as the people in the hallway emptied out, leaving the two behind.

"Swish!"

The man suddenly shook both his hands and several small flying knives appeared in in between his fingers and the next moment, he waved his hand and threw those at Kyle piercing towards all his vital points.

Kyle immediately pushed his cyan energy and conjured a shield in front of him. This was an ability that only people who had become an Lv 11 Elite could perform. But, the man was clearly on a level higher then Kyle, his knives were clad in red energy and the moment it pierced into his shield, it broke apart.

"Shnk!"

Kyle tried to use his skill and manipulated the chaotic wind to deflect the knives away which had lost most of its momentum. But one of them still managed to land a hit on him piercing through the side of his abdomen.

Blood immediately began to pour out of his body as he gritted his teeth from the pain of both being stabbed as well as receiving the backlash from his energy shield being broken. It was all because Kyle had only recently advanced and was still not perfectly able to use his ability. And being forceful about anything was definitely a bad idea.

But even after coughing blood out, he still didn't go down and managed to retain his footing and fighting stance. It was a pity that he hadn't brought his weapon along.

It was going to be difficult for him to continue like this with all this disadvantages at the top of being weaker in terms of level.

"I am still not done with you," The man said with a painful look on his face as he waved his hand backwards and all the knives including the one embedded in Kyle's abdomen flew back towards him.

"Telekinesis…" Kyle muttered looking at him as he put his hand over the stab on his abdomen to stop the blood from flowing out too quickly.

"So, what if you know my skill? You are going to die anyways." The man said with a sneer as he once again threw his knives out.

Kyle's expression changed for a second before he finally seemed to have made a decision.

Many people had similar skills but there were always some kind of difference between the skill of two people no matter how small they were. Kyle had seen people with similar skill like this and most of these people had one thing in common, they weren't able to use it on living beings.

And now seeing that the man hadn't use the skill on him, Kyle was sure that he was the same. So, this man could be considered to be a long range fighter as he controlled things to fight.

In that case…

Kyle suddenly rushed towards the man as he once again let out his energy shield covering only his vital parts. This was done to concentrate his energy on a few parts and build a stronger shield than before.

When the knives came flying towards him, he tried his best to deflect them with his chaotic wind skill but it didn't work perfectly. Two knives sank into his body while one of his protective shield still broke under its impact, but luckily even though the knife was aim at his vital, it didn't sank too deep.

He was hurt, but Kyle still managed to arrive in front of the man and threw out a punch with wind wrapped around his fist.

The man snorted and pushed his palm out putting on a red energy shield in front.

"Bang!"

Kyle's fist landed on the screen and it shook intensely but didn't break.

'20 levels of difference can't be overcome even if he is injured..' He muttered inwardly when he suddenly felt a powerful impact to his stomach and was sent flying away by the man's kick.

"You think you can manage to fight a Higher level physically and that too without a physical skill in your arsenal?" The man said with a laugh as he slowly walked towards Kyle who was struggling to get back to his feet.

He swiftly moved his fingers around and once again used his skill making the knives hover around Kyle with its tips pointed towards him. He just needed a single thought and all of the knives would stab into Kyle's vitals ending his life.

"Die!" The man suddenly yelled as he moved his hands to bring down the knives.

Kyle's face twitched as he saw the blades rushing towards him and just when he thought he was done for.

"You people really are going hard on kids these days…" A voice rang out.

The blade which was about to pierce Kyle's forehead suddenly stopped a centimeter away from it and sweat trickle down his face as such a close encounter with death.

Kyle suddenly raised his head to see what had happed and his eyes dilated when he saw that a a new face had appeared right in the middle of the hallway out of nowhere.

No one knew when this person had arrived but it was only now did they realized he was standing behind the man who was about to take Kyle's life. His palm had held onto the guys wrist stopping him from plunging those blades into Kyle's body, even a fraction of second later and Kyle would have been skewed.

The man who had been attacking Kyle suddenly found as if he had been laid on ice and felt a chill all over his body as he slowly turned around to face the huge man who was standing behind him.

This man seemed to a middle aged person and had a hairy beard and mustache. His figure resembled those of the Vikings Race. He was buffed up with huge and strong muscles which could be seen even through his clothes.

"You shouldn't be doing this, aren't you people supposed to be the good one?" The Viking said with a smile as his other hand suddenly balled into a fist and smashed against his opponent's jaw.

"Bang!"

The man's eyes suddenly rolled upward and he was knocked out dead cold in a single strike.

Kyle couldn't help but stare in shock, he had failed to see any trace of energy being released by the Viking man. Just what monstrous level had he achieve to knock Lv 31 Titled by just depending on his brute strength.

This was terrifying!

After knocking out the bad guy, the Viking looked at Kyle and smiled, "Not bad young man, but its too soon for you to be going up against people two categories above you.."

He then turned around to walk towards Von's room as he left a sentence behind with a quirky laugh, "Give my greetings to Old man Karl, if he is still alive in his coffin."

Kyle was once again shocked when his grandfather's name was suddenly brought up like that. He now was really confused about the entire situation. Just who were these people and what had they got to do with Leo and his father?

Suddenly, Kyle's vision turned blurry and he felt the world spinning around him, 'Crap! I lost too much… blood…'

But he gritted his teeth and began to crawl towards Von's room. He had to see with his own eyes what was that man going to do and check whether he had good intention's or not.

….

On the other side, Leo had collapsed after traveling half the way towards the hospital. The pain was no longer bearable for him and with the adrenaline rush dissipating, it was no longer possible for his body to continue to bear it any longer.

"Splash!"

Suddenly, splashing noise sounded along with footsteps as a person closed in on the collapsed Leo on the watery street.

It was Aiden's brother, Aaron.

"Just where did he think he could run off to in his condition?" He shook his head and sighed before picking Leo up and carrying him on his shoulder.

It was very easy for him to differentiate between the presence of a member of his own race and in comparison to another. If not for that, he wouldn't have reached Leo on time.

It hadn't been much of a time since his arrival on earth, but after knowing that Aiden had gone missing again, he really almost went crazy.

He didn't know why but Doctor Edwin who had apparently been treating Aiden's injuries had asked him to go looking around this part of the city. Actually he was about to explain it but Aaron didn't wait for him and immediately rushed towards the place. And it indeed worked in is favor or else he would have been returning with his brother's dead body.

Doctor Edwin knew about Leo's mental issue and did a bit of research on his mistaken identity before managing to find the dead Leo's house. They had already sent people on look out but Leo had been hiding at Semantha's house and even when he came out now, he was perfectly in disguise. So, they hadn't managed to catch him until now.

…

Two days later….

Leo finally woke up and found himself under a familiar looking ceiling. His body still ached specially the part where his limb was severed from and he was covered in bandages all around.

'It really hurts..' He groaned in pain and tried to get up. And when he finally managed to do it and raised his head, he froze.

He was surrounded by familiar people who were staring at him.

These people included Doctor Edwin and the Psychiatric who had been treating him, then there was Captain Alen and the guard he had been assigned to and finally his new body's brother, Aaron.

There gazes were really freaking him out!

He was caught!

"Aiden! You are fooling them, right? Who is Leo? You are my brother, don't you remember me?" Aaron asked with a frown as he looked at Leo.

After he had returned with Leo, Edwin had explained him in detail about Aiden's situation. But, he just couldn't believe it.

His words immediately reminded Leo of something more important.

'Kyle and father! Sh*t! I need to find out if they are safe or not!'

Leo immediately tried to get up and leave but there was no way it was going to happen with these people around. The guard immediately moved in to apprehend him.

"Leave me! I really need to go!" He screamed as they trapped him inside his sleeping capsule and locked it from outside.

"Why are you running away? Did anything happen back at home? Just tell me, we all are there for you." Aaron looked at Leo with a sorrowful and frustrated face. "Do you know how worried Mom and Dad are?"

"Friend, I am extremely grateful for your help but I am not Aiden. I am not your brother," Leo replied with complicated look on his face. He didn't have any idea to fool this person from the start. How could he dare to take another person's identity and fool his loved ones while pretending to be him?

Aaron looked at Leo in disbelief. He couldn't believe his ears, he knew Aiden didn't behave like this. He might have been a lot free spirited as a small kid but after growing up he really ad changed and become quiet. He had always been the ideal child to the point where you couldn't find any flaw if you removed the fact he had didn't have a potential as an Awakener.

But now, the same guy was refusing to acknowledge his family.

"And you people, how can you forcefully trap me here against my will. This no different then kidnapping. Do you know about Human rights? I will file a case against you," Leo glared at all of them. He just wanted to go out now and meet Kyle and his father. He didn't care about these people at all.

"Human Rights are for Humans and you are not one," Captain Alen said looking at Leo with an amused look and it immediately sealed his mouth shut. Leo really couldn't retort to that.

"Then what about the rights of Foreign citizens?"

"Are you admitting that you are Aiden, a Glorian?" Captain Alen asked with a smile as he crossed his arms with an interested look on his face. It seemed Leo had successfully pissed him with his act of running away.

'This guy is deliberately messing with me!' Leo really felt his veins popping out in anger.

"I have no obligation to stay here! I am an adult and can make my own decisions. Get me out!"

"I am sorry, but this is not how it works in Gloria and you still are not a citizen of our Solar System." The Captain replied with a smile before looking at Aaron. "What do you want to do? To be sure, we even conducted a DNA test. He is your brother. Do you want to take him back?"

"He is just having problem with his memories. I am sure he would improve. If you take him back to a familiar environment," The Psychiatric said.

"Yes, I will bring him back," Aaron nodded.

No matter what problem Aiden had, his family wouldn't just abandon. Gloria had best doctors. He was sure that they would heal Aiden in no time.

"No!! You can't do this to me!!" Leo freaked out.

"You are just sick, Aiden. I am sure when you meet everyone, you will remember everything," Aaron said with a sigh as he looked at Leo banging on the glass pane of the sleeping capsule while screaming.

"You don't understand. I really don't have any memories of you guys." Leo could only say that. He didn't want to prove himself as Leo due to Kyle's warning. But he was sure that no matter what, he wasn't going to fool this body's family. It wouldn't sit right with him.

Aaron looked at Leo with a complicated gaze.

If he didn't think wrong, then both the space accident and the attack last night were related to the circumstances in Gloria. This had led to Aiden's current state. He was sure dad would be enraged once he find out about Aiden's condition.

…

6 Hours later…

Leo was let out of the sleeping capsule but was still trapped within the room. His brother Aaron was there with him as well and they would be leaving on the next ship to Gloria in three hours.

Aaron had been sharing events of Aiden's life with Leo hoping to get some reaction out of it. But Leo was not Aiden, it was all new to him.

Still, at least Leo realized that Aaron wasn't a bad guy. At least they had managed to form a good relation.

"Look Aaron, is ther-"

"Bang!"

A fist came raining down on Leo's head as Aaron looked at him, "How many times do I need to tell you call me Brother?"

Apparently, it was considered disrespectful to call older people by their names directly in Gloria.

"Sir! Is there really no way out of this?" Leo really didn't want to give him any fake hope.

Aaron sighed looking at Leo, 'Well, even after losing memories, he still continues to be stubborn as hell."

"I am taking you back. You already went through a space accident and then lost an arm. Do you not realize its dangerous to roam around without any protection." Aaron shot Leo down, crushing all his hope.

'I knew the space accident might have something to do with this body's owner but I doubt the attack last night had anything to do with it.'

Leo looked at him with a frustrated face and when another hour passed by, he knew he won't be getting away in face of this guy.

"Fine, I am willing to go with you. But I have a condition!"

"You can go ahead, I will think about it. But don't expect anything. I will drag you along even if I have to do it against your will," Aaron replied calmly as he closed the screen of his Smart link and crossed his arms, urging Leo to tell him what he wanted.

"Let me go out for a brief while."