Chapter 1- Who was he?

The paths of different people diverge and the altered fate of an individual starts to show.

Chapter 1  

  *Crash* The loud screeching noise was heard throughout the area. The vast crossroads painted with pedestrian walkways, road signals, traffic lights and normally noisy pedestrians were silent at the exact moment. The sun was hiding behind the rainy clouds as the heavy drops fell…but… no one in the area appeared to try getting shelter…Not one person moved an inch from their respective places…but it was already obvious that this would happen, since something incredibly shocking just took place right in front of their eyes… …

    A heavy, 5 ton truck carrying huge amounts of timber crashed just before the area… The truck had a major break malfunction and went to crash in an exceedingly high speed. The amount was large enough to massacre almost each one of the pedestrians… But the crash, that was said earlier, was not able to bring forth its expected devastation. In fact, everyone was standing firmly, not a scar was seen on them. Although everyone was safe and uninjured, no one in the area dared to take a step closer or farther from the very scene. How in the world did this happen, you wonder? It’s pretty simple actually. Someone had stopped the truck before it could crash headfirst to anyone. Yes, that’s what exactly happened. A person, wearing a long black jacket with his hood covering his face, has single-handedly stopped the truck from moving any further. WITH ONE HAND, he stopped the heavy 5 ton truck from crashing headfirst to the citizens.

    He stood there, with his black shirt on top of it is a silver necklace hanging a blue crystal pendant, down under are black long pants, black lightly metal padded shoes, black palm gloves with the right hand in his right pocket and the other hand on the head of the damaged truck. He had a figure of an average athletic teenager, he was about 5’9 or 5’10 in height, if anyone had a say, he was probably a 16 or 17 year old.

    Two girls, the ones nearest to the crash, were sitting just a few feet away from the person. They both sat on the road behind the mysterious person, still shocked at what happened. The truck almost hit them directly, since they were the nearest and when the car came rushing in they wouldn’t be able to run to a safe place; but before that could happen this mysterious person jumped out of the crowd, streched his arm and single-handedly stopped the truck from accelerating. The two girls wore the same outfit, probably a school’s prescribed uniform. They wore green female sized vests with gold lines near the ends, white polos underneath their vests with the sleeves reaching up to only almost half of their upper arms, dark green ribbons that highly beautifies the outfit, dark kale green skirts extending to half of their upper thighs with parallel and intersecting lighter colored lines which make a criss cross pattern designed on them, long black knee socks reaching to half of their lower thighs and black feminine low heeled shoes worn on both of their small feet.

   But even though they wore the same outfit, they both had unique redeeming features from where people could distinguish these two heart-catching girls from one another… The girl, on the left backside of the mysterious person, had long silky black hair, part of which are tied up as long twintails, alluring dark brown eyes, an adorable nose, supple feminine lips and an aura of dazzling elegance that make men all around dream to dance with her on the high balcony of a fairy tail palace. While the other girl, just in front of the black haired girl, had long shining smooth pink hair, appealing light blue eyes, a cute nose, lovely kissable lips and an aura of radiant cuteness which make any man want to hold her and protect her.

    These two girls laid on the ground in different positions. The black haired girl, laid on a crawling position near the pink haired girl, she tried to protect the pink haired girl as soon as she saw the large truck zooming in; while the pink haired girl, laid on a sitting position, with her two arms streched backwards, her legs streched forward and her back streched upright, evidently showing her disbelief of the situation

    “Are you two… alright?”, the mysterious person, quietly spoke as he slowly turned his head to the direction of the two girls. As soon as the girls, heard this person’s warm and gentle voice, their hearts calmed down. They were still dumfounded, obviously, as they slowly stood up staring at the back of the mysterious person. His tone was not anything frightening, but he had a worrying, but gentle tone, clearly proving his concern for them. This made the girls clear all their suspicions and with nervousness still present in them they answered uncoordinatedly: “Y-yes…” “W-we’re alright!…” “Thank y-you…” “T-thank you!…” Hearing these words, the mysterious person, slightly curved his attractive lips with an endearing smile, captivating the girls for a second. After the small of moment of his smile, he turned his head to the direction of the truck, put his left hand down scattering the head of the truck’s debris and stood there staring at that hand absorbed in his thoughts.

    After the crowd of people, watched this scene, they started to pull their jaws back, brushed the fear off their shoulders and proceeded to whisper and chatter to each other, one by one, group by group, families and friends altogether. Their murmers and chatter grew louder, trying to talk and question themselves what exactly happened in the scene. They were saying things like: “Ok, I’m seeing this right? I’m really seeing this, I’m not dreaming or anything?” “Seriously??? Did he just freaking stop that hella huge of a truck??” “Mommy! It’s batman! It’s him Mommy! He’s real and he came to save us!” “He was totallllyyy nowhere before this happened. He just like… jumped in out of who knows where and stopped that big truck, yeah, I was like O-M-GGG!” “WHAT WHAT DID THAT JUST HAPPEN? TELL ME IT DIDN’T PLEASE!???” “Who is this punk and how did he do that!??” “Ahhhh! The great lord has brought down an angel to save us from the coming catastrophy! Let us praise his name!” “No junior, he’s not batman, batman’s NOT REAL… I uhhh think” “Angels suprisingly wear black don’t they?” “Dude, we seriously gotta get this to instagram!” “Hey yo, we gotta tweet about this!” “So… now do you believe in aliens?” “Sign me up.” “Is he fo’ real!!!!????” “OHHHHHHHH!!!!!” “Who is he? We really need to show this to boss right-freaking-now!” “Damn, I might’ve drunk too much. I knew I shouldn’t have drunken that last bottle!” “HE SAVED US!!! HE’S OUR HERO!!” “That’s real results right there kid, told you going to gym can change lives.” “He must be some kind of superhero!”

    The chatter of the people started growing louder and louder, their murmurs became hardly audible since their conversations started to pile on one another; this drew the attention of the mysterious person, as well as the girls, to the crowd causing them to turn to different directions from left to right, right to left as they eyed the different groups surrounding them. Some were business suited adults, some were outgoing teens, some were kids and old people, the scene was a variety of strangers all brought together to witness the very situation.

    Part of the crowd, also confused and puzzled, started to take their steps and tried to get closer to the mysterious person. The truck driver, that was in the truck the whole time, wearing a dark blue colored long sleeved tucked in polo with a -Corteśan Industries- logo, long baggy dark blue pants, a dark blue hat and black torn leather shoes, calmed himself down and opened the door to his truck. He also, like the other people in the crowd started walking closer to the mysterious person. The girls, seeing the situation, only turned their heads, simultaneously, back to the mysterious person, staring at him with curiousity.

    All of them had plans, on what question to be answered, what opinions they want to be heard and what reactions other people might have of this. Individuals, intrigued about this person, tried getting closer to him, they wanted to question him, interview him, know about this person. … … But… before anyone could get a chance to get close… He ran… He ran through the crowd of people, dodging every figure he met in his way. The girls, seeing this, took no time to hesitate and tried to get after him… They also, like the other people, had unanswered questions, and they knew, that if they let this chance go away, they might never be able to have the opportunity to have their questions be heard.

    But, after they pushed the first set of people in the crowd, he was gone. He ran so fast, no one could keep up with him. He perfectly dodged every upcoming figure and lightly pushed every person that blocked his path. Everyone had different reactions, some were relieved, some were confused, some were worried and some were… well happy that everything’s over. They all knew that this might be the last time they would ever encounter this person again. But, even though every individual in the crowd had differences, all of them, the two girls included, have one same question, one simple question that never stopped lingering in their minds, one question that they knew may never be answered:

《Who was he?》

Author's Note

Not a native speaker, so sorry if there's some grammar mistakes. Would appreciate some constructive criticism, thanks!