Ezra had moved as fast as he could, flying through the night. And now, it was day. With the sun rising in the east, there was nowhere for him to hide.
Fortunately, he was getting closer to the checkpoint. He still has a few hours and would be able to et his wives there. He sent them ssages through the soul bond, assuring them he was fine and they also assured him that they were safe.
He walked at the side of the highway, putting one foot in front of the other. Occasionally, a car would pass but none stopped for him.
With everything going on nowadays, people were more careful. No one knew if the next hitchhiker they carried would be a serial killer with powers.
He didn't care, anyways. He had super endurance. It wasn't as if he was going to get tired.
He adjusted his blindfold as he walked, making sure it was firmly in place as the wind blew. The city had entered the radius of his Aura and he gave himself a ntal pay on the back.
Then, he noticed them. Young n inside a van, each one holding different weapons. They were the one thing The Republic had been unable to stop.
Empowered gangs.
While the majority of them were ordinary humans, three of the young n sitting in the car had a significantly larger amount of vitality inside them, marking them as either vampires or powered humans.
As he walked, he covered himself in vitality and activated his chaleon tattoo, going invisible. He didn't need any additional trouble at this point. He just wanted to go back to his family.
As if he was inside a movie and no one had told him, the van zood to a stop in front of him, blocking the road. Then, the door swung open and the youngsters began to file out.
"There's nothing here, Dane." They looked puzzled, looking around the deserted road.
"O ye of little faith." Dane hopped out of the driver's seat, his eyes fixed on Ezra. He was one of the three powered humans. "Have I ever guided you wrong?"
That was when Ezra tried using a skull that had failed in the last six months since he'd been trying it. Maybe it'll work this ti.
His Aura covered Dane and slipped away, as if there was sothing shielding him from the Aura. He sighed. This was one of the long list of changes to the world. Humans could no longer be hypnotized
Dane put his hands inside his pockets and ca to stand in front of Ezra. "Howdy, boy? You lost?"
Ezra chuckled at being called a boy. He might look around his mid twenties but he was older than all of them.
"Are you laughing?" Dane laughed. "Let's see if you'll be laughing after this."
"Don't waste ti, Dane." One of the gang mbers waved his tal bat around. "You look like a mad man talking to himself."
"Hold your horses." Da smirked and a wave of energy erupted from his chest, spreading in a shockwave around them.
Ezra stood, tilting his head in curiosity as the wave got to him and began eating away at the illusion covering him. If it had been another enhanced human, the illusion would've popped but this was a sixth ringed vampire.
Ezra studied the wave, trying to find differences between it and normal vampire abilities.
There were none.
He looked around at the gathered youngsters, wondering how to take care of this when the last gang mber got off the van.
He imdiately dropped his invisibility and placed both hands behind his back in a regal pose, staring at the young man.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here." The gang mber standing at the front crowed, exchanging pleased glances with Dane. "I guess you were right after all."
"A blind mutant?" One of the gang mbers exclaid as they saw his blindfold. "Lucky. I heard they sell for a nice wad of cash."
They fanned out, boxing Ezra in but his attention was on the last gang mber. The man studied Ezra for a mont before his eyes widened and he dropped to his knees.
"My lord!"
Just as Ezra has suspected, he was a vampire. A vampire of the Monarchy.
"What the hell?" The other gang mbers cursed, glancing between Ezra and the gang mbers. "Hey, Wade! What's the aning of this?" Dane raised his voice.
Ezra ignored them, staring at the vampire who had his eyes down on the floor. He had been able to recognize that Ezra was a higher ranking vampire. Even with the new changes to the world, the Aura of higher ranked vampires hadn't changed.
"What are you doing this far out of the Monarchy territory?" Ezra asked.
"I'm the lookout, my lord!" The vampire, Wade, answered imdiately.
"I see." Ezra nodded to himself. "Stand." Wade stood. "You shall escort to the Crossroads."
"Have you betrayed us?" Dane moved closer to Wade, reaching into the pocket of his jacket and removing a switchblade. He flipped it out, pointing it at Ezra. "Who the hell are you?"
Ezra sighed and said a single word.
"Kneel."
He activated his Domination Aura and every gang mber dropped to their knees, their face pressed to the floor. If this had been six months ago, their body wouldn't have been able to withstand the pressure of his Aura but tis have changed.
After a few seconds, he retracted his Domination, leaving the Aura for him to see by. The gang mbers spent their ti, hacking and gasping for breath while Wade struggled to his feet.
"You will take into the city and then to the Crossroads." Ezra said to Wade, having not moved from where he stood since the van stopped. "Understood?"
"Yes, my lord!" Wade answered.
Ezra didn't have to do anything else to make the gang mbers understand that they'd just run into soone much more powerful than they are.
In a few minutes, he was sitting comfortably in the van, every gang mber trying to sit as far away from him as they could.
Onward, to his wives, and then, the Monarchy.
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