“What do you mean you by that?” Collen asked.

“He killed my mother. So I plan to kill him,” I simply replied.

“Look Benard, I know that the death of your mother has hurt you dearly. But you can’t blame Justin. He was mind controlled by Jonathan. Concentrate your full anger on him,” Collen advised.

“Charge up,” Jonathan commanded and Justin reacted by attracting the burning flames from the destroyed, burning vehicles. The flames slowly span around Justin’s body but on the outside.

“How do you fight someone who can burn us into ashes at given time?” Collen asked. I looked around and I saw a fire truck.

“Keep him preoccupied. I’ve got a plan,” I exclaimed as I ran away.

“How will I do that?” Collen asked.

“Increase your strength. You’ll feel less pain,” I said as I ran past Precious. “Come on follow me,”

“Should I stop him, Sir?” Jack asked Jonathan.

“Nah, he wouldn’t go anywhere. He knows what’s at stake,” he replied confidently.

Collen increased his muscles.

“Even if you increase your strength, it won’t make a difference,” Jonathan shouted. “Attack!” he commanded.

Justin ran towards Collen and threw multiple flame punches, but Collen shielded himself from them with his arms. Justin’s punches burn Collen’s arms.

“Arg, I can’t feel any pain but the skin on my arms is damaged. It’ll take a while for them to heal,” Collen cried out.

I got to the fire truck and it had a big pipe on top of it.

“You drive. I’ll use the big pipe on Justin to cool him down,” I explained to Precious.

Collen threw a punch at Justin’s face. It first passed the flames around him.

“Blast him up,” Jonathan commanded. Justin creates a fiery ball. “Let’s see him trying to shield that,” Jonathan exclaims.

Justin jumped and threw the fiery ball at Collen and Collen shielded himself with his arms. The ball hit Collen and exploded, causing Collen to fly off and land awkwardly on the ground.

His arms were all burnt up. I arrived with Precious with the fire truck. Inside it had a primary water tank and a surge gun. I immediately targeted it towards Justin.

“You can now finish him,” I heard Jonathan shout.

“Get out of the way, Collen,” I yelled.

Collen moved out of the way and I released the water from the deluge gun.

“Get out of the way fool,” Jonathan commanded but it was too late.

The force of the gallons of water swept Justin off, and stopped the fire that was swirling around him. It was now the perfect time to attack him. I jumped out of the truck and ran towards Justin. As I ran I thought of what Precious told me while we were in the truck.

“The only way I can dehypnotise him is when he’s exhausted physically. Drain his energy then I’ll be able to achieve that,” she had told me.

“Easier said than done,” I whispered to myself.

Justin struggled to stand up. The road had become slippery, thanks to the water poured from the trucks deluge gun. I had to take him down before he could attract fire again. I ran towards him with my left fist held up high.

Justin got back on his feet and I threw a flurry of punches on his faces. I gave him an uppercut to his chin and kicked him on the stomach. He moved backwards in the process. I stood trying to catch my breath.

“Is that the best that you can do? You seem to forget that a hypnotised person can’t feel pain,” Jonathan mocked me. That was it.

“Neither can I,” I replied with a smirk.

It was time that I increased my strength. I clenched my fists hard. I started to feel the adrenaline moving from my head to my whole body. More and more veins formed around my body. I had increased only fifty per cent of my strength. That should be enough to take care of Justin, I thought. Provided he doesn’t use any energy source to fry me.

“You’ve got only fifteen minutes left, Bernard. Attack him with everything that you’ve got,” Jonathan ordered.

Justin ran towards me and I ran towards him. I threw a right cross but he jumped and I missed. He then kicked me straight on the face. I touched my nose with my left finger, and it was then that I saw I was bleeding from my nose. I couldn’t feel the pain from it since I had increased my strength. But the more he punched me the more I started to feel pain. I needed to take him down before that happened.

He ran towards me and threw multiple punches at me. They didn’t pose a threat as I shielded my head by forming an X with my arms. He started to kick me in the ribs and kidneys. I released my shield and he hit me with his left knee on my face. I flew in the air before hitting the ground with the back of my head. I quickly stood up.

Jonathan has made him attack me in every way possible, that means he’ll have an opening for me to exploit, I thought to myself as Justin ran towards me. He threw a right cross and I ducked it. He then threw his left knee towards my stomach and I blocked it with my hands. But that left me vulnerable and Justin gave me a strong head-butt.

I moved backwards due to the impact. I started to feel slight pain. My half strength was starting to decrease. I had to wrap this up quickly. Justin ran towards me again. I quickly placed my right leg on his left leg and my left arm below his armpits. I then carried him, using my left arm, and threw him on the ground; he landed on his back.

“Darn it, stand up and attack!” Jonathan hissed.

I placed my arms below his armpits and moved them behind his head where I pressed my hands against him, automatically putting him on a strangle-hold. He tried to get out but I tightened my strangle-hold. I then turned him to face Precious.

“Now, Precious,” I yelled.

Precious looked directly at Justin.

“What the hell is he doing?” Jack asked Jonathan. Jonathan looked at Precious’ eyes and realised that they had turned blue.

“She’s dehypnotising Justin. Stop her!” he ordered Jack. “We can’t afford to lose our greatest weapon,” he yelled as Jack ran towards us.

“You’re gonna have to get through me first,” Collen said, blocking Jack’s way with a left punch to his cheek.

“Is that all?” Jack grunted as he gripped Collen by the neck and gave him a powerful choke-slam on the tarred road.

Justin stopped trying to break my strangle-hold.

“It’s working,” I screamed to Precious. At that point I felt a hard knock on the back side of my head, which sent me and Justin falling on the tarred road. I stood up sluggishly.

“Justin, play time is over. Attract the electricity from the fire truck and destroy them all,” Jonathan shouted.

Justin stood up slowly. He struggles to stand up straight; he couldn’t even lift his arms. He looked around him and shouted, “You’re all dead!”