This was 78 years ago...
Leo was just a boy like every other boy in the town, but with more life crisis even at a very young age. So, that makes him quite different from the others. When he was 8, his father died during a turf war that broke out between so sort of new thieves in town and the one Leo's father belong. Now, Leo's father was a thief. His na was Rayden.
Rayden was a drunkard both day and night. Even when the night robberies with the thugs go smoothly than normal, he would have spent more than half his share of the loot on liquor before he got ho to his family. And even when he got ho, he often complains that there is no money on him to feed anybody. And whenever Laura, his wife questions him unnecessarily, he never hesitate to land blows on her.
One night, Rayden landed one of those blows that makes her shut her mouth, but this ti, she had shut that mouth forever. She collapsed and never woke up. Rayden, thinking she's still conscious continued to rain more blows on her limp figure until he discovered that she's not resisting again. In the dead of the night, he fled the house at once and never returned. It was that sa night he fought in the turf war with the new gang and he was killed.
All these happened right before Leo's eyes. At 8 years old, he didn't have any real parental care. He saw his mother die before his very eyes, and after crying after his father in the night, he also saw him killed by the thugs from a safe distance.
In one night, he lost both his parents. With nowhere to go, the town chief took him to one of the orphanages and after a while, he started school at the Town's academy.
This was how his life changed for the worst, or probably for the better, depending on how this is going to end for him.
He was 13. He got back to the orphanage ho from school and after resting his little head, he suddenly heard a loud bang in his head. Like soone had just pushed the door forcefully and barged into the room. He jumped off from the bed at once to see who was at the door but he saw no one. Leo's heart started pounding against his chest.
After a while, he cald himself and just waved the sound as a form of hallucination. Maybe his imagination has gotten too wild that it is now creating nuclear weapon blasts in his head.
But by the ti he was about to fall asleep again, he heard a voice. This ti, it was clear and sharp. This can never be from his imagination. The voice ca silent and apologetic:
Leo spoke this ti, "you can really hear my thoughts? Who are you, please. Co out of my head, I'm scared."
"What? Luxus? Like, the planet Luxus? Our teacher told us that there's a planet called Luxus and it is filled with other life forms similar to our planet... Are you from Luxus too, Mr Luxus?" Leo bombarded the voice with questions. It's funny how he was getting a hang of this strange happenings so quickly.
"How can I help you, Mr Luxus?"
This whole ti, Leo was holding his hands over his ears. His head was reeling like crazy but he was trying very hard to keep his consciousness. The voice was giving a good feeling to his body but his head was swimming at the sa ti. He felt he was going to faint.
Luxus was cut short mid sentence.
"Wait, how is this possible? How are you in my head, Mr Luxus?"
"I won't listen until you tell , Mr Luxus."
Luxus lanted.
Leo waited.
"How did I do the signal stuff, Mr Luxus?"
"Okay, Mr Luxus."
"What?!" Leo was practically stunned. "What does that even an, Mr Luxus?"
"Sorry, Mr Luxus but I don't understand what you're saying. Is there a power button to end this call?"
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