I freeze for a moment taking in the man's request….he smiled at me with a cracked porcelain mask trying to look polite…the blonde nurse girl tried to nudge the forty year old man in order to stop his nonsense…
"No, thanks for the offer…." I pick up my rusty magic infused pipe "I can survive…." I say as I ruffle Philip's hair…
The man glares at me while Joon-ho smirks widely….the people behind the nurse sweat anxiously as the tension cuts through the air….I try to get up but yelp for my broken rib forbids me from sudden movement…
"See you can't move right now….you need my niece the nurse….!" Chuckles the man as he pulls the blonde nurse toward him….
"And the only way to get her is….by joining me…!" The man laughs with a cunning tone…
"Uncle stop it…!" The young nurse tries to remove her Uncle's arm from her shoulder…yet he doesn't budge…
"I help people because I want to…I don't need compensation…" she shouts at him….the man looks down at his niece glaring angrily…in a shot he lifts his free arm so as to slap her….
I leap toward the two my pipe in hand…before he could react I smack his forehead causing him to fall…his face slamming onto the floor harshly….
Joon-ho's eyes gleam with cruel amusement as I bash the man's head….then Joon-ho steps closer clapping like a proud child…
My fingers tremble as my pipe gets splattered with the forty year old man's blood…the young nurse gasps at the sudden beating of her Uncle…then she smiles at me….
"You didn't need to do that…." She exclaims while helping me adjust myself on the floor….for the little fight hurt my already broken body….
"If he is truly your family…he wouldn't even dare to hurt you…" I spit out as my lips shake from uncontrollable fury…."by the way what should I call you…?" I ask as little Philip sits beside me….
"Just Marcy….is fine…." She stutters for a casual conversation in such an apocalyptical situation was bizarre….
"Marcy….can you patch me up….?" I tap her shoulder awkwardly as Joon-ho pierces my back with his gaze….
The group which came with Marcy tries to wake up the forty year old man…after a few minutes the man wakes up…then he approached me…the man smiled worriedly as Joon-ho had a wide toothy grin drawn on his face….I looked up at Joon-ho then at the man…Marcy's Uncle the man began shooting apologetic words out of his trembling lips….
"I didn't mean to show such abuse in front of you….I won't repeat that again….!" The man shaked my hand anxiously….I tried to look intimidating yet my blue eyes and curly brown hair draw a childish portrait of me….
Finally, Joon-ho's lips began to shoot out dancing venomous letters into the air around us…
"You haven't gave us your name yet….Mr.Coward…"
I glared at the main character of the book I wrote yet my bullet of defiance and anger was dissolved mid way….Joon-ho's unbearable aura made it impossible to defy him…
"My name's….Ben….just….Uncle…Ben's…fine…" Uncle Ben stutters uncontrollably….he bowed his head as a sign of respect toward me and Joon-ho….
Marcy the nurse continues to patch me up….I jerk a bit for the pain of breaking a rib is unimaginable….me and Marcy have a little chit chat while Philip joins us occasionally….Uncle Ben and Joon-ho go aside and talk together in a corner….the group which came with Marcy and Uncle Ben just sits down close to us joining our little chat….
I begin to ponder….that it's a good thing to keep Marcy close for my weak unawakened body can't handle much beating and tossing….so I do need a doctor or nurse nearby in order to be ready for the next fight….
The underground train station feels peaceful….making me forget about the surreal situation i am in…..