Chapter 65 - Alexander Cartel

A FEW YEARS BEFORE AETHER'S REINCARNATION:

ALEX (ZWAIN) 'S POV:-

In this world, everyone has a dream. Small or big, it doesn't matter, they all have one. Obviously, it applies to me too and my dream is...

...

I am Alex. 15years old, currently a shut-in who lives off of his parents' money. I stopped attending school since last year, it was pretty boring, to be honest, and a small place for someone like me to go to. My parents are filthy rich so I don't need to worry about money in this lifetime at least. At least that is what I thought until today...

Waking up after hearing the alarm clock I got up from my bed. Switching it off I sat there for the next 15 minutes thinking what I should do next. Then I decided to sleep a few more minutes to freshen up my groggy mind even though I knew I would probably sleep another hour. But since I had a strong will (not really), I will wake up fresh this time.

-Ring Ring

Before I could continue to sleep I heard my phone ringing. I picked it up only to find it was my sister.

'Not at this time sis, I wanna sleep now,' I thought as I turned the phone on silent before I went to sleep again. It took me a few moments to fall into a deep slumber.

At that time I had a dream, a dream about a guy protecting a world all by himself. He looked really cool, so cool that words couldn't explain it. Behind him, there were a few more shadows and in front of him were some...Gods? That's the only thing word that can describe them. It only made me cheer for him more. I wanted to shout as loud as I can but then the scene changed.

This time it was an Elf who was living a happy life with his father and mother. A happy family of three. At a distance, a small girl was peeking at them. The father Elf noticing her called her close to him. It looked really beautiful...or at least that it was supposed to be before the girl took out a red dagger and killed all three Elves. Then she turned into a Demonic creature with 2 horns and a long tail. Laughing out creepily she then turned to me as a smile formed on her face. She then chanted something and my vision blacked out.

The scene changes again, this time it was...me. I was sitting in front of a Cathedral? And my family, both my parents and my sister were dead. I wanted to shout, this can't be true. The 'me' in my dream then started to cry out loud. Tears kept flowing out as he slowly started to crumble on the floor. Then a man comes to help him out before making him feel better. He speaks something to 'me' and then the dream slowly fades away as I wake up to find myself covered in sweat and tears.

I hurriedly looked at the phone to find 34 missed calls from my sister. My heartbeat rose even more, but before I could proceed to call her again, the phone rang again. I looked at the phone to find my sister calling again.

-Click

"ALEX!! WHERE THE F*CK WERE YOU BASTARD!! PICK UP THE DAMN CALL!! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT F*CKING HAPPENED?? DO YOU EVEN F*CKING CARE?? WHY THE F*CK WEREN'T YOU PICKING UP THE CALL?? ANSWER ME YOU BASTARD!!!" I heard my sister shouting in anger at me. It was filled with curses but it was more soothing to me than anything I have heard in my entire life. With voice filled with tears, I tried my best to compose myself as I answered her,

"I am sorry sister. I was asleep with my phone on silent. Is everything okay?"

"OKAY MY FOOT!! ALEX...Alexander...phssss...Alexander, I need you to come here as fast you can. I won't hear 'No' for an answer. I need you to be here as fast as you can," my sister being the mature one calmed herself down and got direct to the point. But that made me even more scared. Is everything okay? Are father and mother okay? Are you okay sister? Multiple questions started popping in my head. My heart was beating like crazy.

"What happened sister? Is everything all right?" That's all I could ask in the end though. With my mind in turmoil, it was difficult to keep my thoughts in check.

"I will explain everything properly when you come here. Just get here okay?" She spoke then cut the call before I could ask anything else. I tried calling back but the phone was switched off. I was slumped for a few seconds before my expression turned determined.

Not wasting any time I packed all the necessary material and immediately booked the first flight back to my city, half the time I was messing things up as my hands were shaking a lot and it was making me more frustrated but somehow I managed. I got the message the flight I booked is 3 hours later. Since there was still time, I decided to take a bath and clean myself up. I was in too much of a hurry to clean up my room so I left it as it is. I'll clean it up after I make sure the dream was just a dream and nothing else.

3 hours later, I was standing at the airport waiting for my flight. My eyes were fixed on the flight time table, my hands were shaking continuously. I just wanted to immediately reach my home as soon as possible. Each second that I was standing there made my anxiety grow by another margin. I tried calling my sister and parents but their phone were switched off, which added another point to my anxiety.

"It's not like looking at the table will bring the flight early," I hear a voice of a man behind me. Turning around I see an extremely handsome man smiling at me. If a perfect face existed in this world then it might fit that face perhaps. But what shocked me most was that it was the same person....the same person that appeared in my dream.

Looking at my shocked expression his smile changed from that of sincere to that of amusement. Everyone around me was observing that man with admiration or some form of infatuation but he seems to be used to those gazes as he ignored them without any concern. My expression must have intrigued him enough that caused him to get to know me. He raised his hand forward for a shake as he spoke,

"What's your name kid? You can call me Aether. Aether Rodriguez."

That's how I first met my Idol, my saviour, my life changer and my God.. That's how I first met the future Genius of the Millennia, Aether Rodriguez.