1 Chapter 1

The day is beautiful and the sun is shining through the window of my classroom. I am "Jerlyn McClary" and my Mom always calls me "Jay" as a nickname. I am from a small town called as Ariyalur, TamilNadu, India. I was actually 11th grade student. The classes are boring as the Physics teacher is trying to explain about the Einstein's Mass-Energy Equivalence equation (E=Mc2) and deriving it. In my home, it was just Me and my Mom. My Mom is the best, but I always wondered about my Dad. Who he is, how he will be if I am living with him, how fun it will be to play with him. You can't blame a girl for wondering about her Dad who has never been in her life. My Mom always said that my Dad is trying to make the world the better place for me. I thought it was a exaguration but I never stopped wondering how he even looked because we don't have a picture of him in our house.

The Day is finally over and it's time to go home. It's only 20 minutes' walk from school to my home and also I can see how peaceful the world is around me. I saw kids playing in the playground. It makes me feel happiness in my heart. Never knew why. I just lose myself in my head if I see any kids playing around happily.

I reached home and my Mom was doing something in her laptop. As soon as my Mom saw me, she came and hugged me. I always will push her away when she does that because I'm not a hugger but this time it felt different. But today it felt like I have to hug her. She hugged me back asking "how was your day?" and I said "Fine, Mom". She knew right away that I'm really feeling down. She hugged me again and said, "It'll be alright, my sweetie". I smiled and pushed her away but I felt good after hearing that.

My Mom teaches some techniques everyday on how to survive. Even though I'm a 16 year old girl, I learned Karate, Kung Fu, Jiu Jitsu and Taekwondo. I always felt like it's not enough and I need to do more. I joined in the Boxing classes. She even taught me how to steal the items that are impossible to steal. I have stolen a Diamond from a person's neck without them noticing when I was talking with them. It was a test my Mom gave me.

I know what you're thinking. Why does she do that. Is she a psycho? Well, not exactly. To be fair, I did ask her Why. She said, "Not everyone is your friend. You have to think with your brain and realise who your friends are and most importantly who your enemies are".

Tomorrow (26th Sep 2020) is my 17th birthday on which my Mom promised me to take me to my Dad. She always tells me stories about my Dad and she potraits him as a Legend. As time flies, in my mind, My Dad is a Hero. That's why,I was so nervous about the day where I'm going to meet him and couldn't concentrate on anything. I was also wondering "is this the right time for me or him to meet, what if he is disappointed in me, what do I need to tell him" and I was so restless.

It's 8 pm in India on 25th Sep 2020. I was doing my homework and my Mom is in the kitchen. I heard someone coming in the home and they were sneaky. My Mom trained me when I was 6 to be able to sense if someone is coming or hear them. I could hear their smooth steps as they are nearing the Kitchen. I was confused and immediately I hide in my upper-cupboard from where I can see the Kitchen. My Mom is fighting with one guy and another is sneaking behind her. I instantly leaped in-between my Mom and the sneaky guy behind her. My Mom smiled at me with a Nod as she's giving permission to kick the guy's ass. I have never fought anyone other than my Mom and also my Coach in the training. This is my first time fighting someone and I was so excited and also a little bit of fear because He's huge and this isn't training. My Mom instantly understood what my mind is thinking and shouted at me as "Think of it as training but you must win. Otherwise these guys will get to your Father and they might Kill him". I was furious when I heard these guys want my Dad dead. It took me 20 second to take the guy down with his face smashed on the floor. I was certain he's alive but barely breathing. My Mom was watching me fight since she took his guy in 5 seconds.

She called someone and said "Code 2". Just in 10 minutes, a black guy came into our house. I was ready to fight but my Mom said "Calm down. This is a Friend, Luthor". Luthor gave me a Smirk look and looked around the house. He said "you're becoming rusty" and Mom smiled and hugged him. Luthor came to me and said, "You have your Father's Eyes". And it was the moment I felt real Happiness. I couldn't answer him, so I just replied him with a smile.

He called the two guys who came with him to clean up, but my Mom said "We need to talk about something, Luthor". The guys started to clean the room as my Mom and Luthor are talking in the other room. I couldn't help but sneak and hear them. My Mom said that the guy wanted to know about "Residue No. 5". And I can clearly see the fear in Luthor's face as he shouted "R-R-Residue No. 5!!!!". The guys working in the other room also stopped and I can also see the fear in their faces. My Mom took him outside where I am no longer able to hear them. Luthor came in after 2 minutes talking with my Mom with Furious, Fear and anger in his face. I couldn't help but ask him "what's going on". Suddenly the guy who I took down while fighting, got up with a gun in the hand and pointed at me and took shot.

As I froze, Luthor jumped in front of me and my Mom jumped in front of him. The bullet pierced her chest and she's bleeding. Luthor's men shot the guy in the head. Luthor is trying to do his best to stop the bleeding but soon he felt useless. He asked me to come near her and said, There's nothing can be done. I was frozen and trying to understand what's happening. I sat near my Mom with no expressions but pain and fear. My Mom tried her best and utter the words, "Find your Dad and Save him". As she looked at Luthor and Nodded, Luthor gave me a Locket and said "This will help you find your Dad" and he also gave me a letter that said "From MOM". My Mom looked me in the Eye and said "I love you" and then her eyes closed with a tear from it and she took the last breath in my Hands.

Luthor's man are cleaning the house and clearing the body of the two guys who tried to kill us. Luthor asked the guys, not to move my Mom because he's got a cover for what happened. The cover is "Robbery gone wrong" and I was sleeping in my bed until I heard the scream of my Mom and came down to see two guys running away as my Mom is lying on the floor in blood.

This is the day I never thought would happen in my wildest dream and the hug that I felt good was my last hug from her. My Mom is dead and this is my story on how I became whatever I am today.