Adam : From a man to a God

Adam looked up and saw the helicopter's spotlight on him. He squinted but managed to read the word "NEWS" on its side.

"What now? What am I supposed to do?" Adam muttered to himself.

He noticed police officers approaching the building and quickly jumped to the next one. This one was a shop with just one floor. He leaped, landed, and rolled, hitting his head.

"Ow," he groaned.

He got up, climbed down a metal ladder attached to the side of the building, and landed on the ground, continuing to run.

"I have to leave town fast," he thought. "Where would I go? Who would I live with? I can't think about that right now. I have to get out of here."

Adam kept running, but the helicopter was still on him. He headed straight for the bridge and saw the police waiting.

"Stop, or we'll shoot!" an officer shouted.

Adam kept running, and the officer fired a warning shot into the sky. Adam continued to charge at them.

One officer fired, and Adam jumped, flipping mid-air over the police and their vehicles. A police officer looked up, amazed at how high Adam could jump.

Adam landed and quickly continued running, now at 86 miles per hour, heading downhill into the forest. A police car arrived, and Detective Morgan stepped out.

"What are you waiting for? After him!" Morgan shouted.

"We… we won't catch him. He… he's not normal," an officer stammered.

"I know that now! He… he hurt my son," Morgan retorted.

Billy was Morgan's son, and he had a broken rib. Adam kept running downhill, off-road into the forest. He tripped on a tree root and fell, rolling down and hitting trees and rocks. He was running at high speed, after all. He hit a tree, which bent over, and he groaned in pain. He looked at his leg; it was broken, and a bone was sticking out of his thigh.

"AAHhhh!! My leg!" Adam screamed.

Tears started to well up in Adam's eyes, but before they could fall, he felt relief. The pain was fading, and his body was slowly healing. The bone slipped back into place, and the wound closed.

"Woah. It healed like before," Adam marveled.

He continued walking, and it was already nightfall.

"The closest town from here is Mountaindale," Adam thought. "I'll find a way to cross the river without being seen. With my speed, I could make it in four hours… but I'll still get tired. I have to find a place to rest."

Adam spotted a small cave just ahead. He was also surprised at how well he could see in the dark. He sprinted to the cave, quickly arriving and sitting down.

"I hope nothing lives here. There are clouds… it might rain soon. I might have made the right choice. Mmh, I don't feel cold at all. I hope they don't find me," Adam muttered to himself before falling asleep.

*Somewhere in Mountaindale*

A man, tied to a chair and wearing only boxers, was bleeding from his chest and had one ear left.

"I'll never reveal any secrets of the Black Dragons," the man spat.

A woman in a black uniform, an assassin, was torturing him.

"Wow, you Black Dragons don't crack, do you?" she sneered, sliding her knife from his face to his crotch.

"Go ahead," the man dared.

"Okay," the assassin replied.

Just then, her phone rang, interrupting the scene. She took out an old mobile phone and answered.

"Hey T, it's me. I've got a mission for you," the voice on the other end said.

"Huh? Finally…" T replied.

"There's a target we sent V to handle, but she failed. So now it's up to you. Don't disappoint Father," the voice instructed.

"I won't," T assured.

She threw the knife without even looking, and it stopped just inches away from the man's skull.

"What's the location?" T asked.

"He left Center Hill. He'll probably head for Mountaindale. The police are on his tail, though, so we're giving you 34 hours," the voice replied.

The call ended, and a text with a photo of Adam and some information was sent.

"Kill me if you're going to do it already!" the man demanded.

"Don't worry, I won't spare you…" T said.

The knife, which had been floating, slowly penetrated the man's skull. He screamed in pain until he died. The knife quickly returned to her. She looked at the photo again.

"He's just a kid, though," she mused, smiling.

"Interesting…" she said.