Chapter 25 - Tenzan's Mistake

Jade had got in Tenzan's tent to check on Creed. She saw him lying down on the bed, sleeping. He looked exhausted and tired from the way he closed his eye and the way he slept. In her mind, she knew that he had been through a lot, not only these past days but also the past years in he has been in the Republic. Jade wished that she should've done more for him. She put a hand on his face, ran it through his forehead to his chin slowly. Then she realized that she had to leave in order for him to recover more and she did. She truly cared for him and wished for him to get better soon.

On the other end, Jephtah was with Tenzan. He wanted to find out why Tenzan had psychic powers because of all the years of him being in the Resistance, Jephtah only found out that Tenzan had psychic powers now. Tenzan was prepared to tell him everything as well about his powers and his relation with Feiryon. Jephtah lit a cigarette and started smoking, The rich thick smoke he let out was enough satisfaction and heat for him to relieve him of his stress. They stood on the end of the resistance camp in where they can see almost all of the tents that were set up in there. 

"So you have psychic powers. How?" Jephtah asked Tenzan as he puffed his cigarette.

"I didn't know how I got it either, but it started to show when I was in my puberty years. I could hear the thoughts of others in my head. Then it got even more bizarre than that. I could actually lift objects with only using my mind." Tenzan replied.

Jephtah blew out another huge quantity of smoke from his mouth.

"That's classic psychic behavior." He replied.

"Unfortunately, other people didn't take too kindly to my powers so I had to hide it from society. I became a doctor because of this. This was the only way I can hope to forget that I have powers." he replied.

"But, how did you know that Creed was inflicted with a psychic condition?" Jephtah asked him again.

"I have seen that case one in too many times. In previous attempts I had not try to heal it. The illness reminded me of my own powers and my mistake." Tenzan replied.

"Which was?" Jephtah said as he puffed his cigarette. He noticed that it was already finished so he threw it to the ground and stepped on it.

"Feiryon was my mistake." Tenzan replied.

Jephtah was surprised when he had heard this.

"What do you mean by mistake? You ain't related to him are ya?" Jephtah asked again.

Tenzan knew he could not hide it no longer so he just came out straight with it.

"Before I became a doctor, I was a revolutionary. But I was no ordinary revolutionary due to my psychic abilities. My allies considered me a prodigy because I myself never trained my psychic abilities. It was a spontaneous skill for me because it was all about using the mind to fight. I used my psychic powers to fight in the first ever resistance war against the Republic which was 20 years ago." He said.

"You fought in the first ever resistance? The Renegades?? We looked up to those guys. They are the ones that inspired us to build the second resistance." Jephtah replied.

"Yes, but anyway, while I was out on a scouting assignment one night, I had found a young teenager at the side of the road who was badly hurt and beaten up by thugs. He had no money and no will to fight. I saw his face and what stood out was that blood red eyes of his. I talked to him that night, gave him some food and took him in the camp of the Renegades, but not without a fight from the bandits. His name back then was Rasa, but you guys know him now as Feiryon." Tenzan said. 

Jephtah did not say anything for he was really listening to Tenzan's story. Thoughts of Feiryon ran into his mind on how he was able to subdue Creed and put him in a Fear Grip.

Flashback:

"Quick we have to get out of here!" Tenzan said as he lifted Rasa

He was running away from the bandits that claimed that they owned Rasa. He was their slave in that time and his contract was not yet due. Tenzan was still trying to escape with the boy, but in an unfortunate event, they had reached a dead end in the town. The bandits came running soon afterwards and they had cornered Tenzan and the boy. 

Tenzan put down the boy in the back and he got in front to defend him. He shifted now to his fighting stance.

"Stay here." Tenzan commanded Rasa.

The bandits now rushed at Tenzan to attack him, but then they all felt that they could not move. It was Tenzan's psychic grip that immobilized them. He focused his mind so that they could not fight of the grip even they tried. Tenzan then sent them flying with a psychic wave that followed after the grip. The bandits fell to the ground and when some of them got up, they ran away with the fear of their lives. Only the leader of the bandits remained because he was determined to take the boy back as a slave.

"What are you...?" The leader said.

Tenzan got closer to him and the color of his eyes changed when he looked at the telekinesis expert. He just fell on the ground as if he was dead. Tenzan had killed him without even touching him. Rasa saw this and immediately he wanted to be like Tenzan. He wanted to be strong to be able to defend himself.

"Wait, wait hold up. Are you saying that you can use Fear's Grip too??" Jephtah asked him.

"I was the one who invented the technique." Tenzan replied.

"And you taught this to Feiryon?" Jephtah said.

"Yes i did. I was the one who unlocked his Telekinetic potential when his was in our camp. I trained him everyday to the point that I was harsh on him if he did not focus. Eventually he got better and what's surprising about that was it only took him one month to master everything, including Fear's Grip." Tenzan replied. "But something had changed in him after that.."

"What?" Jephtah asked.

In the Renegades camp, Tenzan began looking for Rasa. He asked his comrades where he was and eventually he had found him in the outskirts of camp. Rasa's red eyes stood out from the rest of his body. He kept the focus of a true psychic master as he lifted a huge rock with ease. He dropped it down now and went on to the next agenda. Tenzan was so proud of Rasa's new found abilities, but he was surprised at what he was doing when he saw him. Rasa now was controlling an animal with his psychic grip. He got nearer and killed the animal without even touching it. It suffocated due to Rasa's tightened grip and after that he lifted it towards Tenzan. 

"We now have lunch." Rasa said.

Tenzan did not know what to say but he knew something had changed in Rasa's demeanor. He saw his eyes, they were more sinister and cunning. He felt that Rasa was slipping to the other side with his new-found power.

"He had the killing instinct of a true assassin." Tenzan had said to Jephtah.

"Wow...even when he was young he already was power hungry." Jephtah said to him.

"And it gets worse." Tenzan replied.

Tenzan had been sleeping in his tent when suddenly one of his comrade's woke him up. 

"Tenzan get up! There's an emergency!"

"What is it?!" Tenzan replied.

"It's Rasa..." 

Tenzan had gotten out of his tent and saw the unbelievable, their camp was burning to the ground and only a few tents left. He looked on the ground and saw a trail of blood. Tenzan followed it knowing that it would lead him to the culprit. He wanted to make sure that Rasa was okay and he also hoped that he was not the one behind this mass murder. Tenzan was accompanied by his comrade and they have now reached the end of the trail and saw Rasa lifting a resistance soldier with his Telekinetic grip. He killed the soldier afterwards with no remorse. He then turned to Tenzan's direction and saw his comrade. Rasa's red eyes shone in the night as he gripped Tenzan's comrade with his Fear Grip and the soldier fell to the ground, dead.

"Why are you doing this??!" Tenzan said to Rasa.

Rasa did not reply, instead he lifted Tenzan to the air with one hand putting him in a telekinetic chokehold.

"Thank you for everything, master.." Rasa said as he threw Tenzan to the ground which rendered him unconscious. 

Rasa had turned his back on everything and everyone that had saved him His thirst for blood was the only thing that mattered to him.

"He killed everyone in the Renegades except you???" Jephtah said.

"I saw it coming, but I didn't do anything. I never believed Rasa could do that because I saw good in him.." Tenzan replied. "But it turns out, I was wrong. I had created a monster." he added.

"It wasn't your fault. You did not foresee him doing the unthinkable." Jephtah said to him.

"No..I was responsible for everything, from the time I unleashed his potential it was all over." Tenzan said. "I have one advice to give when your friend fights him again, please tell him this for me." he added.

Jephtah looked at him and he noticed that his demeanor had changed.

"What is it?" He asked Tenzan

"If he fights Feiryon again, he should not hesitate. He should kill him immediately if he gets the upper hand in their fight." Tenzan said as he walked back into camp.

Jephtah sighed and lit another cigarette.

"He won't kill him. He's already made a promise." He thought to himself as he sat down on the ground to rest.