A Simple Decision, Kimon Michalo [interesting books to read in english TXT] 📗

I would have beaten them.Not to mention that they could have a weapon."

"Yeah, but you still devised a great plan and you fought like a pro.You even made a high kick at the first one!" she said in disbelief.

"I've been doing martial arts and self-defense lessons since very young.That's how I was able to do all that.But, as I said before, if they hadn't taken the taunt it was possible that I would end up getting killed."

"No matter what you say, I think you were awesome." she said in a carefree attitude, as if she was talking about something trivial and not about a dangerous fight.

They fell in silence again while they covered the rest of the distance.They entered the garden and stood before the front door.With a nervous sigh, Simon took out his keys and oppened the door.He walked in and heard his mother in the kitchen.When they entered they saw her activating the stove to boil water.

"Simon?What are you doing here?" she asked and then she saw Sarah."Oh, um, hello.I'm Simon's mother." she said surprised.She took a good look at her but didn't add anything else.She gave a stare full of questions to her son.

"Sit down.We need to talk." he said and motioned towards the kitchen table.In some minutes he told her everything that happened to him that morning.She would have interrupted him at the first time he mentioned ESPers but he stopped her.When he finished, he waited for her reaction.Sarah was looking down, probably a little embarassed to be there.

"Look, it's not April Fool's day, this joke has gone too long." she said, hoping that all of this was a tasteless prank."How can this be true..." she said in a lower tone and put a hand on the table to support her head with her hand.

"I'm afraid it is." he said and then nodded to Sarah.She did the same thing she had done before in the cafe to prove that she really is an ESPer.Alicia, Simon's mother, was left speechless.Everything they told her was surely the truth.There was no hope that it wasn't real.

"Isn't there a way for you to get out of this mess?" she asked, a hint of desparation in her voice.She just couldn't accept it."There must be something we can do!" she added."At least let us follow you!You're still young, you can't be out there on your own!" she continued.

"Mom, you know we can't do that.And believe me, if there was a way to cut ties with this, I would, but there's nothing I can do now.And you know you can't come with me, you still have to take care of Liza." he said, meaning his little sister."She's still in 5th grade, you can't take her with you or let her stay with someone else..."

"Yes, yes, what am I saying..." she answered."Let's...let's just wait until your father comes back from work, ok?" she said."You won't have left by then, right?"

"No don't worry.I'll see dad too." he said and left his chair to hug her."I'm going inside with Sarah, I'll let you cook now, alright?"

She didn't reply.He made a gesture to Sarah and lead her to the living room.They sat on the couch and he switched the TV on.He was feeling a little awkward now that she had been a witness to that moment.

"I can understand how you're feeling.I went through the same thing back when I found out I was in danger.The ESPer beside me at the time was Nick, he's the one we're going to meet now.He's 19 years old right now, three years older than me.Back then he was sixteen.Yeah I found out about my power when I was 13."

"I can imagine.I thought that most of you, or should I say us, have gone through similar situations." he said.The discussion then turned into more of a chat about trivial things, many of them concerning what was playing on the TV.

"How's your sister?" she asked out of the blue.She'd remembered him mentioning her in the conversation with Alicia.

"She looks a lot like mom.She's blonde, thin, a little short for her age and she's got big, honey coloured eyes.Even when I describe her she sounds like mom." he said and chuckled, not really feeling amused, but trying to distract himself.

Some time later, his father arrived.Normally, he would be arriving much later but he got a call from his wife that he should be back the fastest possible.He saw his son in the living room with the girl from before and many things ran through his mind, but he got grabbed by Alicia and dragged into the kitchen.Sarah and Simon exchanged a look abd silently decided to leave them alone.Half an hour later, Harry and Alicia joined them.Simon's father was obviously the parent he looked like.He too was tall, his hair was, although not really long, curly and he also had that unexplainable orange circle around the core of his eyes, but they were a dark brown, in contrast to his son's.

They both landed on their chairs with momentum.Their faces were tired and grim."We decided." Alicia said."We're going to have to let you go." his father continued for her.He was able to keep his cool, but he was on the border of losing it."It's...hard for all of us, but there's no other way.You, us and Liza will be in danger if you stay.You'll have to go.But I want you to promise!You WILL return.You must find a way to come back!" he said with force.

"I understand dad.I'll return.I'll kill my pursuers if I need to, but I'll return." Simon answered.And he really was determined to escape these people, even at the cost of taking their lives.They deserve it anyway...

"Good.Will you stay for lunch, to say goodbye to Liza?" his mother asked, trying to delay the inevitable.Now that she knew he would leave, she wanted to see as much of him as possible.But he wasn't the one to answer...

"No.We have to go.It's essential that we're quick in finding our other member.He's waiting for me right now, I can't be any more late." Sarah said, surprising them.But they didn't try to refuse.They all stood up and looked at each other.In tears, Alicia hugged her son, followed by Harry."Make sure you get back." he said in a damp voice, he was about to cry like his wife.

"I will.I will dad.Goodbye mom." Simon replied in the same voice barely holding back.He was kissed by his mom on the forehead.She had a hard time letting him go from her arms."Goodbye." he said one last time, while getting out of the door.

When they got out and closed the door, he wiped his eyes and hardened himself."Let's go.Lead the way." he turned to Sarah.Avoiding to answer, she started walking away.As he followed, he turned his head and gave a last look to his house, unable to predict if he would back at some point.I hope so...

he thought and hastened his pace to catch up to Sarah.

Technopath

After a walking a distance, Sarah stopped at a bus stop."We'll have to continue by bus, it's too far to walk all the way." she explained as she turned to him.

They weren't alone at the stop so they couldn't freely talk.They waited in there in silence, looking at the direction the bus would come from.Simon couldn't stop thinking how crazy the situation was.In just a few hours his life had turned completely around and there was no turning back.He didn't know what the future had in store for him, he didn't know if he would ever get away from the world he got involved in.

His thoughts were interupted by the bus and Sarah's tug on his arm.He followed her inside and saw relieved that there were few people using it.They sat at the far back, having made a certain distance from even the closest passenger.Some moments after it started, she turned to him.

"How are you feeling?Are you alright?" she asked concerned.As she mentioned before, she had gone throught that stage too, she knew it was difficult.

"Define alright." he said in joking tone."Don't worry, I'll manage.It's not like I'll be gone forever.And I did promise that I would return." he added in a more reassuring voice.

"Well...if you say so..." she answered a little skeptical.They fell in silence once again.Neither of them knew what to say, Simon might not even have wanted to say something, he was lost deep in his thoughts.

After some stops, Sarah stood up."Come on, the next stop is where we're getting off." she told him.In turn, he stood up and followed her to the door.When the bus stopped and they exited, they found themselves in a quiet neighborhood.After looking a little lost, Sarah's face brightened and she confidently walked across the road.Simon followed her and, after some walking between the houses, she stopped.She was looking at a bulding with two floors and a small yard in front of it.She looked a little unsure, but then she noticed the name on the mailbox and relaxed."We're here." she said.

"So, Nick is supposed to be here.Does he live in this place?" he asked.He had expected an apartement, a hideout or something along the lines, he didn't expect a perfectly normal house."I mean, is this his?"

"No, not really.He moves from house to house.Whenever there's an empty house, for whatever reason, he uses it as his base.Don't worry, he steals nothing and leaves it the way he found it." she replied.

"Oh, ok." he said.He was getting a little nervous now.Would Nick approve of him?What was he like?Would he be annoyed at his presence?He couldn't predict that.So, he simply took a deep breath and followed Sarah, who had oppened the door of the yard.

They walked up to the door of the house and she rang the bell.They heard no response from the mechanism, so instead she knocked the door.She waited a little but noone answered, so she knocked again.Once more, there was no reaction so she tried to knock a third time.But when her hand reached for the door, the door oppened and it only found air in it's way.On the doorstep was a young man wearing a white tank top and dark pants.In his hand was a stun gun, but it looked somewhat different than usual.It looked more...high-tech.He had shoulder-length blond hair, which encircled a normal face.At that moment, that normal face was wearing a frown but it dissipated into a smile when he saw Sarah.He didn't ask any questions or even say anything, he only looked around and then gestured them to get in.When they got in what seemed like a corridor that would lead to you to the inside of the house, he closed and locked the door.

"How are you Sarah?I haven't seen you in some time." he said as he went to the other side of the corridor, where it ended with a door to it's side.