CHAPTER 2: Hello & Welcome

Hello & Welcome

In an apartment building at the heart of downtown Detroit, Michigan, a man in his mid-twenty resides in an apartment on the eighth floor; apartment 813 was his dwelling. He has a chocolate skin tone, dark coarse hair in a mini twist style, and an athletic build. His name is Maleek Rey Sammons. Maleek is 5,11 in height and weighs at least 230 lbs. Maleek dresses in casual attire that he bought at a discount store.

The apartment has one-bedroom accommodations that cost $1215 a month to rent. It was great since it had the most beautiful view that a person could have. You can see Canada across the Detroit River. It beats having to drive downtown fighting for a spot during the Fourth of July because it has a view of the fireworks display at the yearly water festival.

Maleek was at home reading a book on engineering, astrophysics, and dark matter. He played new-age music on his Bluetooth speakers, which helped him concentrate. His apartment walls were plastered with blueprints for an energy-producing reactor. As he was about to turn the next page, he heard a knock at the door. He gets up and opens the door. He sees a woman who is fuckin gorgeous. Her name is Kia Alexis McDonald.

Kia has a slender waist, c cup-size breasts, and firm buttocks. She wears a black catsuit that brings a great contrast to her caramel color skin. Kia's jet-black hair complemented her cherry plum lip gloss and eyeliner. Maleek smiled upon seeing her, but Kia had a stern look.

"Hey, babe! How are you," Maleek asked as he leaned in to kiss her. Kia rejected his kiss as she turned her head to avoid his lips. Kia darted inside the apartment.

"We need to talk!" Kia replied.

Maleek cringed hearing those four words from a woman's mouth, as he knew bullshit would follow. Maleek closed the door and prepared his ears for the unknown onslaught of words. Kia said nothing as she darted inside the apartment. Maleek followed her to the bedroom. Maleek was baffled when he saw Kia stuffing a tacky faux animal-printed duffle bag with clothes. He knew it was a huge problem when he saw her grab a faux animal-printed duffle bag and start filling whatever clothes she had.

"What is going on," Maleek asked in confusion.

"We are not working anymore!"

"What are you talking about?"

"We are done!"

"I thought we were good! I know we had some problems, but we worked it out."

"I thought we worked it out too, but. I am just not happy with you anymore." Kia replied as she packed all the clothes she could carry. "Tell me what I can do that could make us better!"

"All I asked from you was to throw me a $50,000 birthday dinner party to invite my friends," Kia whined. "I don't have that type of money."

"You had money to waste in your dumb experiment," Kia huffed.

"That dumb experiment is going to make me famous. Besides, what happened to the $3000 I gave you yesterday?"

"I spent it!"

Maleek huffed in a surprised tone. "You spent it? How did you spend that kind of money that fast?"

"You must be stupid to think $3000 is enough for my birthday. You knew I was high maintenance. You rather spend money on your pure, free-energy bullshit project than on me? It is over between us. Dante will give me what I want."

"You mean that fucking D-boy you cheated on me with. He sells drugs!"

"At least Dante gives me money. He takes care of me. Give me the car keys to the Camaro."

"You bought that car for me as a gift."

"Yeah, I know, but I want it back now."

"Whatever! Get it yourself. They are on the kitchen counter."

Kia enters the kitchen, grabs the keys off the counter, and heads for the door. She turns around and looks at Maleek with an emotionless look.

"I'll be back for the rest of my things," Kia replied as she darted out the door. Maleek follows Kia outside in a huff.

"Yo ass should have taken everything you own. Your shit is going to the garbage," Maleek yelled. Kia turns around and yells at Maleek. "You better not throw my stuff in the garbage," Kia shouted before darting away.

Kia walks toward a skinny dark, skinny man in his late twenties waiting on the sidewalk. He is Kia's new boyfriend, who wears flashy jewelry and a wife beater. Kia's new boyfriend gives Maleek a shit-eating grin, displaying a mouth full of gold teeth with diamond studs. He was undoubtedly a thug and a D-boy. The unsavory male wore a wife beater, jeans, a gold chain, and a pair of $500 shoes.

Kia walks over to her new boyfriend and kisses him lustfully. Their tongues intertwined as if they were about to get it on in the middle of the street. Once it was over, they looked at each other with crooked smiles. "I got rid of that lame. It's just you and me, daddy!" Kia replied.

"Let's go! Where is that Camaro!"

Kia hit the alarm to an electric blue Camaro. Dante smiles, showing the bling. "DAMN, BABY GIRL! Let me drive that whip, shortie!" Kia gives her new boo the keys, and they both climb in and take off.

Maleek retreats into his apartment and cancels the car insurance on a phone app. Kia had bought him the car as a birthday gift but made sure to pay for the insurance and car maintenance. Even though he couldn't afford the car, he worked two jobs while trying to attend school. Maleek was relieved. Now he could quit one of his jobs and focus on his college experiment.

Maleek was a college student going to school for nuclear and particle physics. Maleek had built a device hoping to convert antimatter into potential energy. Maleek was once a millionaire through cryptocurrency but used most of his money to construct his machine. Whatever he had left, he spent on Kia and her selfish spending, which he spent at least 90% of his wealth.

Feeling frustrated with his love life, Maleek felt a need for a distraction. Every Friday night, Maleek practices a Brazilian form of martial arts; that consists of a dual machete combat technique.

Maleek welcomed the distraction from his breakup. However, Maleek was not as focused on his training as he made novice mistakes. At the end of his class, his capoeira trainer inquired about what was bothering his student. Maleek changed his shoes when he heard his instructor call his name with a Brazilian accent. "Maleek, what is with you?"

"What do you mean, Mestre?" Mestre is a term for highly skilled master of martial arts."You had your head in the clouds. You are in wonderland."

"I wouldn't say I was, but...."

"What is it?"

"It's just that my girl dumped me for some thug."

"Maleek! Maleek! Maleek! After all the times you complain about her mistreating you, you allow her to distract you. It is a good thing she is gone from your life."

"I know! I am just pissed that I wasted time on her."

"You are still wasting time on her."

"What do you mean?"

"You're thinking about her, man! Get her out of your head."

"I am trying!"

"Until you do. Don't come back to class until you can focus," The Mestre states.

"Come on. I did nothing wrong!"

"Of course, you didn't. Just take the time and get yourself right.

After training, he returned to his apartment, showered, ate dinner, and went to bed. However, Maleek could not sleep, so he decided to get some work on his antimatter research.

Maleek got into his old beat-up 2005 Honda Accord and headed south towards the Michigan border at 3:00 a.m.

Maleek bought three-acre farmland with a two-story house, barn, and a silo. Maleek converted the barn into a lab. After cementing the floor, insulating the barn walls, building a small power station, and installing biometric security protocols, he constructed his first working prototype. The prototype was enough to fit in a closet. The device aimed to accelerate light particles and bombard light spectrum energy. All he needed was to work out the calculation to control the bombardment rate of dark particles into light particles.

Maleek arrived at the house when a terrible thunderstorm was approaching from the west. He immediately went inside, making himself a sandwich and tea. Maleek sat at the kitchen table and scribbled equations in a notebook.

While eating an early morning breakfast, he found the equation to input e in his antimatter device to create a stable energy flow. Maleek quickly rushed to the barn to test his mathematical equation, which he successfully worked. For a moment, he seemed to have a steady flow.

Unexpectedly, lightning struck the power station, creating an energy surge. This surge caused a system-wide malfunction and opened a brief doorway, where it looked like another planet and three moons with a crystal tower.

Suddenly the device exploded, engulfing Maleek in a blinding flash of light. When Maleek's vision cleared, he found himself descending to the planet. He looked at his hand and saw that his hand seemed to be disintegrating into atoms.

"This can't be," Maleek said. Maleek heard his voice echo. Suddenly Maleek hears a deep, haunting voice. "Such delicious bright light!" Maleek looked up. Maleek saw another realm that looked desolate and hellish in its nature. A pair of dark grey irises stared at Maleek from a dark apparition cloud. The dark apparition's hands reached out to Maleek to consume him.

To Maleek's aid, a large sphere of light protects Maleek. The spear gave a pulsating light pushing back the dark entity with a blinding light. Finally, the hellish rift closes, sealing the dark apparition into the desolate realm.

Inside the Illuminarium throne room, the column pulsates with a blind light force. Venganza, Seklas, and the six clergy generals have repelled away from the base column throne. The elemental clergy are unconscious; however, Venganza and Seklas are strong enough to withstand the force.

Seklas and Venganza's eyes fixated on Maleek on his knees, breathing heavily. His physical molecular structure was disintegrating into nothingness. Maleek was dying as the antimatter was breaking down his physical makeup. "Who the hell is this," Venganza shrieked as she fixed a condescending look at their unexpected gate crasher. "Help me," Maleek begged with a weak voice. This is not our lord! Kill him," Seklas replied.

Venganza summons one of her weakest spells but is powerful enough to kill Maleek. Venganza calls forth a bolt of energy from her hands. Venganza smiles as she hits Maleek with at least 750000 volts of raw power.

Venganza's wicked grin turns into a look of disappointment. Instead of Maleek being evaporated in a flash of light, Maleek molecular structure stabilizes.

Maleek hunches over on his knees, attempting to balance his senses. Most of his clothes were smoldering and smoking. Maleek was disoriented and felt nauseous. In a confused disorientating state, Maleek's hazed-out eyes lock with Venganza's. "What happened? Where am I?" Maleek asked as his heart raced in fear.

"This can't be. You should be a pile of smoldered ashes," Venganza shrieked in disbelief. Seklas turns his attention to Maleek. "Fascinating. I have never seen anyone withstand your magic attacks." "Don't worry! He won't survive this spell!"

Venganza attacks Maleek with a combination spell of lightning and fire. The volts were more potent than before, while the flames were over 2000 degrees Celsius. The floor around Maleek begins to buckle.

Maleek screamed in agonizing pain as his body was engulfed in electricity and flames. However, being burned and electrocuted alive was not the source of his agony. Maleek's body absorbs an extreme amount of energy. When Venganza ended her attack, Maleek was unscathed. Maleek was still screaming from absorbing excessive amounts of magic. Maleek's body uncontrollably levitates and pulsates with energy. "WHAT SORCERY IS THIS? IMPOSSIBLE," Venganza shrieked.

"Very fascinating," Seklas replied with a look of gratification. Maleek's body emits an aura that becomes blinding before Maleek screams, releasing an energy wave that decimates both, Illuminarium and Nibiru battle machines and warships.

The Illuminarium citizens remained unharmed. Yet, the royal vehicles and machinery are damaged in Maleek's energy wave. As a result, Seklas' parasitic army in the capital city met the fate of disintegrating into ashes. Airships from both sides fell from the sky, land vehicles burst into flames, and ships on the sea began to sink.

Venganza's eyesight became hazy. Venganza wiped her eyes as black substances drained from her eyes and streamed down her cheeks, revealing her bloodshot scleras. Yet, her iris remained a beautiful violet color.

"What is happening to me," Venganza asked in a confused, fearful tone. Venganza's body trembled as she felt her magic being drained from her. Venganza looks at Seklas. "Seklas, what have you done to me?" Venganza fell to her knees and vomited a black liquid onto the alabaster color floor.

Seklas touched Venganza's forehead with the point of his staff. The wave of energy nullified Venganza's ability. Once Seklas helped Venganza remember her dark path, her eyes became dark as the midnight sky. Soon after, a platoon of Fulani-Musai royal guards rushes into the throne room. "Venganza, my dear, take care of them."

Venganza staggered to her feet before attempting to obliterate her enemies. However, Venganza's body became weak to cast any powerful spells. Dark crimson blood streamed from her nose and ears Venganza's before she collapsed to her knees once again. "I can't use my magic," Venganza panicked faintly.

"It's time to leave, my dear," Seklas calmly states. Seklas taps his staff against the ground. Seklas, Venganza, and the six clergy generals disappear into a void of dark shadows.