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Chapter 9 - WANTED

Sa-iq kept walking around the city, always looking over his shoulder. He had no idea if the public knew about this or not, but just in case they do, he started wearing a hood to blend in with the crowds. He then remembered his phone, after putting his hand on his forehead and shaking his head a little, he decided to check it one last time before throwing it away so that he couldn't get tracked. There, on the Agency's app for agents, he saw his own face plastered on a threatening bounty.

WANTED ALIVE

SA-IQ SHAWKAT

REWARD = 100,000$

Sa-iq was shocked, not only is the national Dermine Agency after him, but 100,000 is a huge number and many agents will look for him just for the money now.

"Damn it!" Shouted Sa-iq out of anger and threw his phone, this caused some bystanders to look at him

"The bounty was only given to agents, none of these people should know about the bounty." He thought to himself

"But what if there is an agent here?"

Sa-iq then decided to play it safe and got out of there as fast as possible. More than once was he close to running into someone while being so fast, and Sa-iq is convinced he electrocuted some people on the way. Sa-iq quickly hid into a new crowd, unknown of who was walking among them. He walked among the crowd, resting a little after running so much.

"I'm only F-rank, I won't be able to win against most agents!" Thought Sa-iq to himself. Sa-iq kept thinking about how he could possible survive this situation, however his train of thought was quickly broken.

"Sa-iq Shawkat! I will hand you back to the Agency!" Yelled a man. Sa-iq looked behind him to get a closer look at him. The agent seemed like the agent that patrolled the city, or what they called a "City-Agent."

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City-Agents are scattered around different cities in the world. That way someone could react quickly to a demonic attack.

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Sa-iq knew having a fight in the middle of the crows was idiotic, and immediately rushed into the forest, he had hoped that he would lose him on the way.

"I'm right here!" Said a voice from below, Sa-iq looked down and was flabbergasted. Beneath his legs the sand was moving, and a sudden clump of sand held his legs. Sa-iq barely managed to cut of the clump and jumped onto a tree.

"That's clever, you're a quick one huh." Said the man. Sa-iq watched as the small spot of sand on the ground suddenly shifted into a man in his 20's

"You can go and we'll both pretend this never happened, your life isn't worth 100k." He said, hoping the man would fall for the bait.

"No way, 100 grand will change my life, plus I wont just let a demon roam free." The man responded

"You're pathetic" Sa-iq said before he dashed right on the man. Dust was everywhere and electric sparks surrounded the dust. Sa-iq began coughing as he kept breathing in the dust. He tried his best to look around and find him but wasn't successful.

"I am one with the dust!" Yelled a voice from above. Sa-iq looked above him and saw a blade travelling towards him, he barely managed to dodge it and get out of the dusty area.

"Dude you are a psychopath." He said while rubbing his head.

"I have to go all out duh, the ranks say I can't win so I'll win by other methods." The man responded.

"Hmphf, so he's a lower rank, that means he's Z-ranked." Sa-iq thought to himself.

Sa-iq began creating a bolt of lightning, his strategy would be to step back anytime the man got close to him

"It'll be a shame to leave without knowing your name"

"It's Rayan, how will that help you though?" Rayan sneered.

"It won't help me, I just like to search peoples names up on the Agency website." He said he then used both hands to throw the bolt. It made a massive impact, with dust all around the forest now. Sa-iq was breathing in and out due to exhaustion.

"His ability must be sand or something, I need to be careful he can get me out of nowhere." He thought to himself, his eyelids covering almost his enter eye.

"What's happening?" Said a random voice that threw Sa-iq off guard. He started looking around but only saw dust. Suddenly a shadowy female body around his height starts approaching. Sa-iq was shocked to see Saras face in this place out of nowhere.

Startled, Sara let out a quiet "Ah!"

"Sara! What are you doing here!"

"I-I-I-I was just looking for you before those other agents did." She said stuttering

Sara began hugging Sa-iq, Sa-iq got startled by that action and hugged her back.

"I know they're framing you! You could never do such a thing!" She said, her head in Sa-iqs chest

"She's never this close, she must've missed me and mom." He said, before his eyes widened.

"B-but, from her POV, I was the one who killed mom, wouldn't she hate me in this situa-" His thoughts got broken after he felt a backstab. Sara then pulled back and started smiling

"Don't ever trust people in a dust storm when I'm around." She said, but the voice coming out of her being Rayans instead of Saras normal voice.

Sa-iq kept looking forward, the wound on his back making his clothes all bloody and dirty.

"You-" He said before fainting on the ground. Rayan walked up to him and kept staring down at Sa-iq. Sa-iq began laughing hysterically.

"Is THIS what it's like to fight? I LOVE IT!" He said before getting up and using his knee to hit Rayan right in the chin. Sa-iq then backed up and kept smiling while staring at Rayans broken jaw.

"Unlike you, I can regenerate." He mocked him.

"But let me tell you one thing, I'm not a demon, I'm someone who kills them, not people. So, it'll be wise if you stop following me." He said before he began to walk off the distance.

"Also, don't you ever deceive me like that again." He said after pausing, he then continued walking off the distance.

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