18 Chapter 18 Hidden Enemies

A/N: shorter chapter cause I know you guys have been waiting too long. Sorry. It's been an interesting couple of weeks but with this chapter being dropped, I can restart myself back into writing hopefully. Thanks for the patience and support. You all know who you are. I'm too lazy and I'm on my phone to look you guys up but it's naka (yeah not going to spell it out) and celestial and many more.

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"Nah. It's just filler to add words to a story. Not gonna happen," he says to nobody around him.

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They soon arrived at the airport and separated from the group of students. As the kids kept saying Henry Cavill, people around began to notice. Until they saw that Jake was not Henry Cavill. Instead, he may have resembled him a little but he was obviously younger than him.

They managed to pull together the money for a two plane tickets to Los Angeles, California. All of Taylor's cards were declined but she had some cash while Jake used whatever money "Clark Kent" had saved up. To his surprise, the system had given him a banking account and a debit card. With an unknown balance, Jake was able to pay for the rest of the two tickets.

Due to the incident with the debit card, Jake noticed that the system was able to alter reality itself. This really shocked him as he thought that it could only help him unlock his new genetic abilities.

While he was thinking about the system, a man was steadily following the two of them.

In his ear was an earpiece and he whispered, "Bravo One actual, this is Alpha Three. The target has been spotted accompanied by one other unknown person. Over."

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Somewhere in the airport, three men in a small room were looking at a computer displaying Jake and Taylor walking side by side. They heard Alpha Three's report and the guy in the middle says back to him, "Alpha Three, this is Bravo One actual. We are monitoring the two and will give you new orders after doing a background check. Break."

He took a pause to sort his thoughts and then continued, "In the meantime I need you and the rest of Alpha squad to be on standby while maintaining distance."

An immediate response of, "Roger, sir," was heard and then Bravo One actual turned to the man behind him and said, "Sergeant First Class Crawford. I need you to report the mission update to higher. Also include in it a request for a full background report on the man with Taylor."

"Roger, sir!" says the sergeant who then walks hurriedly out of the room.

The man known as Bravo One actual then sat down in front of the display with Taylor's face. His eyes roamed over her body, licked his lips, and then a grin appeared on his face...

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Jake and Taylor were unaware of what was going on around them as they walked though the airport towards their gate. The man known as Alpha Three, signaled to what appeared to be no one but then 8 people in the crowd that were walking all turned in sync to stand behind him.

Jake thought something was weird around him but Taylor kept talking to him about her family.

"My mother is the one who put together all of the plans. From the thoughts I have heard, she married my father for his money and wealth but had received not enough by her standards. My father on the other hand, is a genius when it comes to business. His own business spans into multiple countries but even after all that success, his work pales in comparison to his brother's."

They arrive at their terminal and sit down. She then continues to say to him, "My uncle's company is a major weapons manufacturer that is worth a trillion dollars. They produce weapons to anyone who is willing to buy and have become the worlds largest manufacturer for any weapon. And with my uncle wanting me to take over it, my parents became greedy and want me dead. You see, if I'm dead, the next person that would be up would be my younger brother. They control him like a puppet and he lets them. He was so smart but for fame, he was willing to do whatever they say. It's disgusting."

Jake was sitting there, listening to her explain a little more about her situation, and learned about some of the things that happened recently.

For there to be political schemes in a business as big as Taylor's uncle's was normal, but for someone who raised you to turn their backs on you and even try to kill you... that was too far.

Taylor then turned around and asked out of the blue, "You can fly right? Why the hell are we taking a plane?"

She was imagining the two of them flying in the air, his big arms wrapped around her. Taylor could feel her face heating up so she looked away.

Jake was surprised by her question but answered it professionally. "Do you know what would happen to a normal human being if they were to be unprotected at such a high elevation? Your body would freeze up, and you would die."

Her dream started to become destroyed but she started reaching for anyway possible to keep it alive. "What about if you flew low?" she said with hope written on her face.

Her hope was slapped away with an expertly timed response from Jake, "G forces would rip your body apart."

Her face became pale as she realizes that the scene of him holding her in his arms while flying probably wouldn't happen as she imagines them soaring through the night sky and then she starts to literally fall apart in his arms.

Jake laughs at her because even though he acts like he doesn't know what she is thinking, he can obviously tell that she has caught some sort of feelings for him. He just doesn't want to lead her on but at the same time he doesn't want to cut off someone who he might develop feelings for.

'Ugh it's so difficult. I just had to choose such a fucking hunk body. Why couldn't I have chosen some small fuck. Oh yeah cause I'm wearing a Superman costume and Superman, "the protector of Earth" ain't supposed to look like he can get his ass whooped by a granny.'