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Chapter 1 - Hyun (part 1)

 

In a dark alley of the city of Rutel a fair young woman can be seen running while gasping for the cold air of the night. As her foot is skipping over the thrown away rubbish and mud that escaped from the old cracks of the orderly placed cobblestone, her long silvery hair soars behind showing no trace of any of the dirt. Anyone who were to see such a sight, their heart would stop from the beauty of the adult elf lady’s sight. Not only her lovely eyes that attract attention from all around, her well-shaped body is a proof of her worth. However, the words leaving her mouth are poison to hear to these charmed men.

 

“Why me? Why is this happening to me?”

 

Her eyes wet from blue tears are more than enough to break hearts, maybe even move mountains. Her story began only a few minutes ago.

 

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“Sorry for this. After you finish these you can can go home and rest.”

 

Says a middle aged woman whose charm already withered long ago to her young assistant behind the desk after putting another pile of paperwork in front of him. This fresh graduated college student is in no way special, he is just like anyone else who joined a company and started their own lives in their own way. His grades were better than average, but that did not matter at all when he got his job.

 

“Got it.” Is the simple answer given.

 

This man named Hyun after becoming one of the cogs of the machine called society was made to be an assistant from the start, making his inexperienced life miserable. Not only he couldn’t get used to it quick enough, the company he works for is very busy during this time of the year making his days a living hell. Overtime? All day! No matter how good they pay for it, humans are not capable of living without sleeping nor eating.

 

This is why later this night, during his way towards his apartment called home, he collapses in the middle of a crossing. This is an everyday occurrence in these modern days. Usually a passerby calls an ambulance then after a sailin infusion and a good rest they send them back to works themselves to near death again. Usually.

 

This time however no one stopped to help him. Why is only him that is not helped by others? The sole reason to that is that the moment he fell, he vanished. As if nothing happened, all the other innocent continued their wretched way without ever noticing anything.

 

Suddenly arriving in an alley head first in a puddle, he thought his day couldn’t even be better. Not noticing the changes, his exhausted mind gave up until his consciousness faded. It was only for a few a minutes until he was rudely awaken by a large hand gripping from behind. Letting out a sigh he resolved himself to exchange formalities then continue his way to his bed, but the sight that welcomed him was different than imagined. Not only the crossing that was filled with many people changed into a deserted and dirty alley, a few shady men gathered around him already.

 

In his mind he already gave up, since there is no way he can escape. His well earned money will be taken away but hopefully they won’t beat him.

 

The problem, is that when he tried to put his hands in the pockets of his jeans, they were gone. Not the pockets that should have had the purse with the small change left after paying the bills, his entire jeans were gone, leaving him in some cloth that in unseeable in this dark.

 

Dark thoughts filled his grey matter that truly frightened him. They stole his clothes, but why would they kidnap a man to rape? It doesn’t make any sense.

 

“Hey cutie. I don’t know where you fell from, but probably heaven. Come little angel play with these uncles a little.”

 

With a wide grin on his face the thug who raised him with one hand and hold him in midair by his strange clothes appealed him. Encouraging words came from his companions, making him sweat.

 

Perverts? Why me? Just how could this happen? -he thought.

 

This is when he noticed something strange. His whole body was covered by some kind of fabric, no it was women’s clothes. They dressed him in women’s clothes. He is not even handsome, why would they gone to such lengths?

 

In his already deep fear, he could only let out a large scream filling the dark night under the twin moons. He noticed it. Why are there two moons, a red and a blue? Why does he care about such a thing when he is about to experience hell?

 

Fortunately the man holding him seemed to be inexperienced since he got scared by the sudden scream, loosening his grip. Not giving up the chance Hyun bit his teeth into the hand, which in response got retracted letting him free. Without any delay the adrenalin in his body propelled him forward, quicker than normal human ever should be able to move, he ran.

 

He ran, jumping over junk, rubbish, dirt and everything in his path. But he noticed. His body felt much lighter than ever before, not like some overworked tired meat on skewers like it usually is. Exceeding human limits in panic he did not even notice that he used the walls as stepping stone to propel himself around corners. He ran who knows where to save his lonely and undesired life from a fate that is much worse than his current. But the fatigue caught up quickly, he gradually slowed down. Not only his muscles felt like they were melting, his mind began to burn like the 7th circle of Inferno.

 

His steps slowed down and he could barely mutter:

 

“Why me? Why is this happening to me?”

 

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Noticing something strange in the air, the man dressed in black walks towards the source. Not even the thirty steps was reached when a scream fills the night skies. The man not changing his pace, with slow but confident walks towards the noise. With his right hand he takes a cigarette from his left pocket and using the other as a lighter he lights it.