Badmemo The Evil Bandit Messenger

Ben suddenly saw himself as a boy. His grandmother was frying french fries and he was standing beside her just watching. Out of nowhere leapt a garden frog into the frying pan. It was struggling in great pain getting fried. This memory flashed so fast in front of him, all of a sudden he became the frog. The great agony of being fried alive in high temperature cooking oil was on him. In front of him stood a very beautiful lady. Her sweet smile felt very deadly to Ben.

Ben felt a tap on his back. It was Raylite. His sufferings vanished. He was now sitting with Raylite and the lady visitor surrounding a round stone table. They were on the meadow under a snowy mountain where the air was cool. No more in Raylite's stuffy apartment. Ben knew he had never come to this place before and yet things were very familiar to the smallest detail. He didn't know what was going on. He only knew what he felt was real. The happenings took place too fast and he didn't like what he felt.

Raylite :"What can I do for you, Badmemo?" His voice and face were emotion-less. Ray was always this way with someone he disliked. How on earth did he know her name?
Badmemo :"Sundown sent me to tell you that we are friends. You do what you do and we do what we do. Our paths don't have to meet." Her deadly smile never left her face.

Raylite :"You and I are here. Our paths have met." Still with that flat tone.
Badmemo :"You are the man with power now. You can choose your destiny. Powerless people like your friend here are destined to become victims. There are lots of them. Just stay away from those belonging to our territory. Respect our sovereignty, we both live in peace."

Raylite :"If Sundown follows all the laws passed by Ultimato Consciento, we will live in peace. It's MPM's duty to see that the laws are enforced. It's now my duty too." Emotionless and cold, very cold.
Badmemo :"It seems that we are destined to bump into each other often in the future, you and I." The tone is very soft but very hot like frying oil.

Raylite :"You do what you do and I do what I do. May Ultimato Consciento get to your conscience and Sundown's. May one day all of us sit together like this with cool and peaceful atmosphere, bringing peace and prosperity to powerful and powerless people alike."
Ben felt a very cool atmosphere in the air. Badmemo's eyes showed fear. Her smile never left her face. She was kind of shocked. She felt the strength of Raylite's power. She couldn't afford to underestimate Ray. Ben wondered how on earth he was aware of the details of what was going on? The cool atmosphere was so soothing that he soon felt asleep.

ZZZZZZ..ZZZZZZ

Raylite And Ben Tested The Power

It was 3 am and Raylite was already up. He felt easy, calm and very poised. He grabbed a cold sandwich and a bottle of milk from the friedge. That's his breakfast. Somebody knocked on his front door. He opened it. "Ben, I am alright now." Ben, his neighbour came in.

Ben :"No more blood sweat?"
Ray :"No more blood sweat."
Ben :"So things did happen the way you were told they would?"
Ray :"Yes."
Ben :"So you are ready to put it to a test now?"
Ray :"Yes, to the extreme."
Ben :"To the extreme?"
Ray :"To the extreme."

Ben took out the army knife he hid on his back with his right hand and stabbed it to Ray's stomach. He did it with the speed so fast and Ray was so close to him. There was no way Ray could escape this attack. "ARGH!" Ben screamed out loud in pain! He dropped his knife as soon as he pulled it out from his back. He looked at his knife on the floor. It was burning hot red! He looked at his right hand, it was swollen and hot red spreading the smell of meat got barbecued well. He looked at Ray. Ray was smiling at him :"I didn't hurt you too bad. did I?"

Ben :"You just had my hand well cooked."
Ray :"Not anymore."

Ben looked at his right hand and his knife. They were back to normal. He picked up his knife and slipped it back to where it belonged.

Ben :"Wow, it was very real! It is some power that you got from ...what's his name again?" Ray :"He asked me to call him MPM, Mind Power Man."
Ben :"This guy has been with you all the way, trained you and then eventually handed his power to you this morning? What did he do it for?"
Ray :"Help him fight evil bandits."
Ben :"Wow, evil bandits huh? You the bookshop owner and I your bookshop manager and childhood buddy play superheroes and go against evil bandits that want to destroy the world." Ray :"That and more, a whole lot more..(almost whispered and looking very serious and worried)."
Ben :"What do you mean a whole lot more? (He knew very well that look on Ray's face.... something very bad indeed, but what?)."
Ray :"It's the world and beyond, the universe, planeless, dimension-less, borderless, timeless... everywhere the mind power can reach."
Ben :"Are you saying whatever you imagine can happen, so nothing is beyond imagination anymore? That's some power that you should be happy about, what's the worried look for?" Ray :"What I can do, the evil bandits can do too."
Ben :"You are only one, the evil bandits are more than one... I see your worry now (cold feeling down his spine)."
Ray :"MPM told me the evil bandits would sense my existence the moment I have tested my power...(perspiring and looking very tensed)."
Ben :".. and..?"
Ray :"I should then get ready to be 'visited' anytime, anywhere and anyhow."
Ben :"You mean you should expect to be hunted down anytime at all now (scary feeling started crawling all over him)?"
Ray :"Something like that... turn around slowly and see our company has just come."
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Ben :"???? (turned around)... AARGH!!!"AARGH!!!"