Chapter 27 - Part time fiasco

"Report should be written on this topic, precise and up to a point. Submit it by next weekend right before 12am. Any submissions after that will not be considered for marking," the professor dully said as he ended the presentation.

Zhu Kang sighed laying flat on the table.

"This is so unfair. Why do we have to do so many assignments?" Ruth poked him with a pen. "So what happened with Altren? Everything okay now?"

"I talked it out with him in this morning. I don't think he will be following me any longer," he sat up stretching his back muscles. "Agh, It feels so good to be free."

"I have another class," Ruth whispered with a pout.

"Aw boohoo. Enjoy your extra classes while I sleep away in my nice comfy bunk bed~" he chuckled, swinging his duffel bag around.

"No part times?"

Zhu Kang froze. His happy expression instantly melted away. "I have...." he sadly waved at him and walked out of the class.

His eyes vigilantly searched for a certain blond-haired man in the corridor, but thankfully it was nowhere to be seen.

"Sigh, at least I got rid of one problem," Zhu Kang checked his schedule for the day. His morning part-time and afternoon ones were already done. All he had left was the 4 pm to 10 pm scheduled at a local strip joint. It was slightly farther from the campus.

The thought of walking there brought tears to his eyes. His empty wallet was of no use. "I have a bus pass. At least I can take a bus.... the sad situation...."

As he was walking out of the campus, He felt a weird presence behind him.

He glanced back. There were only a bunch of girls giggling looking at their phones. They did not even pay attention to him.

"Weird..." hastening his step, he walked through the alleyways. Even so, he could feel it....

That presence was still following him.

'It must be that, Altren! I thought we talked it out!' he took out the phone that Ruth had graciously borrowed to him and swiftly typed.

{'hey, stop following me, I will fucking end you!'}

{'I'm not following you, I'm at my uncle's place,'} came the reply.

Reading this, his hands went cold in fear.

{'Are you lying?'} he glanced back, slightly trembling.

{'Why would I lie to you?'}

His heart started to pound loudly.

'Oh my god, who is it then? Is it a burglar... a kidnapper?' he hugged himself tight. 'I'm not worth anything. I bet my kidneys are also not worth it because I'm part lizard....'

Unknowingly, his steps got a little faster. The person behind him also started to run after him.

"Fuck! Hey, I don't have anything to steal. Here, have it!" he tossed his empty wallet his way and dashed out of the alley.

He ran to the bus stop. Right then, his bus came along. "Oh thank mother Jesus." He climbed in and sat in the front seat.

Only after the bus door closed did Zhu Kang let out that breath. The driver took off.

Altren picked up the wallet and took a look inside. It was completely empty with just a cent in there. There was even a small hole in the bottom. "Why is he that poor if he works that much?"

He glanced at the panicked message and chuckled. "It's fun messing with him.. haha..."

His phone rang loudly, ruining his happy mood. He picked up without even looking. "What?"

"Is this how you talk to your uncle?"

"Uncle, what is it?"

"23, alleyway, North Theo street. Come fast,"

"oh so super Zain also needs backup huh?" he happily ran back the way he came from, picked up the car from the parking lot, and drove over to the spot his uncle mentioned.

With just a press of the button, the number plates of his car changed and the windows became tinted. He pulled off his shirt and wore his specially made uniform.

His phone pinged again.

{'Villain has water type. Come quickly,'}

"Fine. I'm already here," he parked his car in a dark alley a little away from the site and flew into the sky.

The area they were in seemed like a clubbing area with various pubs lined up side by side. Since it was the weekend everything seem to be bustling.

He flew over to the highest building nearby. a figure dressed in white was waiting for him.

"You are late," Aaron Zain grumbled handing him a tab with the detailed report of the escapee.

The villain they are dealing with was water-powered who recently escaped from the highly secured Prison up north through the bathroom sink.

This place is the main junction for the sewers in our city. He will most likely try to use it to escape out. the tracker that was embedded in the prison was also showing signs of movement towards this direction.

"he might use the water to attack us Before that, you need to shock him down with your electricity,"

Altren distractedly glanced at the tab.

Aaron Zain slapped his arm. "Get your head in the game."

"Jeez, it's just a minor villain. Why do we need to panic?" He casually whispered typing on his phone.

"Are you seriously messaging? Now?"

"Nope," he guiltily hid his phone.

"Altren!"

"Fine I was texting a friend.... just wanted to make sure he was not in the vicinity. You knew he worked a lot of part times. I want to make sure."

"Three o'clock!" Aaron flew away leaving behind a stark of light in his trail.

Sighing, Altren flew behind him.

A figure in gray slowly crept up from a sewer opening. The man sneaked up like a snaky rat towards one of the pubs.

"Okay, so we have to go in now?" Altren tapped his uncle's shoulders. "I'm not much of a ladies' man. You go on ahead uncle show your charm. I'll wait out here to catch him.."

Sighing, Zain walked into the pub while he stayed out on a watched out.

As he was waiting, he noticed a family bus stop by the corner road. A familiar figure got out and walked directly his way.

"Shit, what is he doing here?" he ran to him without even realizing. "hey,"

Zhu Kang froze with his fists up high. "Altren… no Alta….Don't think killing me is going to solve the problem. You are in your super suit! You will get caught! I...I have written my dying message. They will know,"

Altren flattered a bit seeing his fear filled eyes.

"What? I'm not going to....." he heard loud shouts behind him. "Fuck, come here," he caught hold of his hands tightly.

"No, let go! Help! Help! I'm being kidnapped by this bad, bad man!"

"Shut up will you, I'm saving your pitiful life!" Altren lifted him up and flew away. Subtly he glanced back at the pub. "He can deal with it for now, probably..."

He felt a cold sensation in his throat.

Glancing down he saw Zhu Kang holding a small foldable knife to his throat. "if you drop me...I will kill you, I won't hesitate I swear,"

Seeing his fiery eyes Altren chuckled loudly.

"With those trembling hands, yeah sure..." he got low to a building roof and dropped him down unceremoniously. "Why are you even here?"

"Work! I work there!" he anxiously sat up.

"Well, you won't be working today. Go home Kang. Don't get in the way,"

Saying his mind, Altren flew away.

"Bastard this roof doesn't have a staircase!!!!!" Kang shouted glaring at him deeply.

"Ha-ha, then enjoy the show!"