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"What are you trying to hit?" I said as I let a fat fist skim past my head.

Sophie grunted as she threw a roundhouse kick at my pretty face. I caught her leg and shoved her back on her ass.

"You don't kick at someone when you can't even punch them. What the fuck did they teach you?" I cursed.

Sophie rolled her eyes as she got up. "It works on everybody else but you."

"Cause you're as slow as my grandma on a walker." I teased.

"Can we take a break? My ass hurts." Sophie said.

I waved my hand, "yeah, you can go rest."

Stretching, I turned to the guys looking like they wanted a turn.

"Damn, I hate you, mate." Arthur said as he tightened his gloves.

"For what?" I touch gloves with him.

"You said you were picking up something for Demi but came back home with more than Demi." He threw a probing jab.

I sidestep his jab and rocked him with a left jab followed by a right before he could put his guard.

"I did pick up what I was supposed to and then came back to train her like she asked." I said with a smirk.

Arthur shook his head and slapped his gloves together. He didn't speak this time and became serious. He threw a right that rolled right on by. I slammed a left in his ribs and listened to him suck in a breath.

He threw a punch to push me back but I took it on my arm and upper cut his ass. I watch his chin rise up, take two steps back, and shake it off.

"Well, Arthur thought he had it in him but he met his match." Jacob said in a mocking voice.

Tyler laughed, "he said he was a big dog but big dogs go down."

I grinned as Arthur was getting riled up. A golden glow erupted in his eyes. He came in with a side kick that was telegraphic from his upright position. Like a boss, I side stepped it and chin him again with more power.

I continued moving around him as he hit his ass and laid there, shaking his head like a good dog.

"If this is all you got, you should stay down. In overall power, you might have me but technically skill. I'm the boss." I joked.

Arthur sat up and shook his head before he looked at the other guys. "Your turn."

Tyler and Jacob both look down which leaves the three girls.

"My momma taught me manners. So Amala, you first." Tyler said quickly.

Amala giggled as she clapped her gloves. "Guess I have to show these men how it's done."

She walked over in tight little shorts and I had to admit, her bursting her ass wouldn't feel good.

"Go easy, huh?" Amala said as she got into a good stance.

I shrugged and bump gloves. Like always, I let them throw the first punch. She came in with a decent jab but I could tell it was no power in it. I dodge it and let her throw around a few punches. When I got bored, I help take a break.

"Ouch! Did you see the way her eyes rolled?" Tyler said as he winced.

Jacob elbowed him. "Shush… the predator watching."

I couldn't help but laugh as I loosen up. I was about to take off my gloves when I heard Riley walking up with Chloe.

"Can we join in?" Riley asked.

I sighed, "come on then."

Riley came first and she came strong. The first jab, my head rolled under, and my glove slammed into her chin. I didn't see her head roll back but I saw her feet leave the ground as she fell back. I stood up and shook my head.

"Went to war and you can't even take a punch. That's the kind of life a protagonist lives when the God of plot armor has his back." I said as I stepped over her.

Chloe looked ready to back down. I smiled and took off my gloves. I grabbed a pad and motioned for her to come.

"Don't worry. I will only teach you." I said gently.

"Damn, he didn't teach us. The difference is legendary." Tyler commented.

Jacob grunted in agreement.

Sophie shook her head, "no wonder you guys are wingmen."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Tyler asked.

"You don't even have the balls to go up." She said.

Jacob shrugged, "having balls hurts."

I laughed at them while correcting Chloe's stance and allowing her to throw a few practice punches.

I glanced at Riley standing up and she looked a little confused but then got angry.

"Did you have to hit me so hard?" She shouted.

Sophie shook her head, "when you don't know when you should shut up and move on."

Riley turned to her, "didn't I knock your ass out once. Do you want to try me again?"

I stopped Chloe as I waved a few grapes over. Chloe took a few from my hand and we watched the show.

Sophie walked over and quicker than a blink of eye, sat Riley down with several blows just below the ribcage. "You got lucky then because I was under the control of my power. But now.. you will remember when to run your mouth." Followed by a hard jab that had me wincing.

Let's not talk about how Riley looked but I bet she would have a headache after. I walked over and healed the damage before returning back to Chloe.

"You know Isabella is going to be pissed." Chloe said.

I shrugged, "not that pissed."

"Are we still going hunting tomorrow?" She asked.

"Yeah. I want some meat." I said then headed inside. I bypassed the ladies in the living room and grabbed a jug of lemonade and poured some in a cup. I barely made it upstairs before my name was called. Which made me speed up and drop into my chair.

"Kay." Izzy said with a somewhat serious expression.

I took a sip as I turned to the door. "Yes, babe?"

Izzy closed the door and sat on the edge of the bed. "Is there any kind of issue you want to tell me about?"

"Other than I made a deal with Sophie? Going hunting with Chloe tomorrow.. I can't think of anything else." I said as I booted up my pc.

"Okay, I was just curious. I saw you beat down on everybody today. Thought you felt some type of way." She said and let it go.

"No, they asked for it. So I handed them their ass." I knelt down between her legs and she instantly leaned forward and wrapped her arms around me.

"So what made you look so guilty when I came in?" She asked while scratching on my scalp.

I shrugged, "thought the women were going to rage against me for giving Arthur a migraine."

Isabella rolled her eyes, "so it's not about you knocking Riley out? Or watching the girl you fucking now knocking out the girl you used to fuck with?"

I frozed and slowly looked up. "Oh, you saw that?"

"And heard what you said after that. God of plot armor, huh?" She said.

"Oh, maybe I am a little miffed." I buried my head into her gut.

"I'm not mad. She deserves it. Betraying you like that the moment you lose your position." Izzy said as if she was trying to comfort me.

I lifted her up and scooted her back in bed. "I'm not miffed about that. I'm miffed that she made a play for me in bed with you. Like she didn't know what type of person I was or am."

"Oh, that's why you were miffed." She had shit eating grin as she pulled at my shirt. I raised my arm and she pulled it right off.

I kissed her stomach as I unbuttoned her pants. Just as I got it past her knees, some asshole knocked on the door. I ignored it and rushed off her pants.

"They are going to keep knocking." She said as she sat up on her elbows.

Damn, she was right. The knocking came again and I got up feeling a rising thirst for blood. I opened the door expecting someone like Jacob or Arthur but I found a lady with similar looks to Izzy.

"Excuse me, I was told Isabella lives here." The woman had that accent that threw me off.

"Sorry, wrong house." I moved to close the door but I got smacked and pushed aside.

"You were about to close the door on my mom, huh?" Izzy said as she pulled her mother in.

I sighed and closed the door. Seems the heavens are trying to cock-block me.

"This is Kaden, my man. He's a bit childish but runs this place. So I wouldn't treat him like you did my ex." Izzy said while sitting on the bed.

I dropped into my chair and grabbed my lemonade.

"Kay, this is my mother Willow. She traveled a long way to come here." Izzy said while giving me the side hints.

Willow held out her hand, "thank you for taking care of my girl."

I shook it and then decided to leave with my lemonade. I didn't have any plans in mind other than to go bug Demi.

Demi, like most times I visit, was sitting. Bobbing her head as she typed away. Like most of the time, she wore barely anything. I didn't know if this was a before thing or what? After all, most of my relationships never truly made it past the we fuck and eat but gone by first light. I think it was mostly my fault as I only dated shallow women with pretty decent jobs til Gloria but she stayed the weekend and week days back home after fucking two or three rounds.

I hovered over her shoulder because this annoys me often. Demi just looked up at me then took off her headset.

"I finished the app, I can send it to you and you can send it out." She said as she held up her phone.

I took mine out and she snatched it. It wasn't a very good sight to see her open my phone without having to think hard about the pass code. I mean, yeah I'm a little cringy, Izzy. But how many people would know I was cringy?

"Izzy told the wives that you set the password to it. They often hang around the kitchen or back pool talking about their husbands or gossip." Demi said as she probably saw my disbelieving face.

I just nodded and look at the app that downloaded way too fast compared to before.

"I had the old man crew build a tower in base for us. They were bored anyway." Demi said.

Damn, is their awakened power the power of inventions? How could they put up the solar panel field so fast when I heard something about four weeks ago? Plus the store needed wiring and a whole bunch of shit.

Things to look into.. well, Layla here. I guess I can make her my secretary. Let's see if she wants to rob me of my authority again. I'll just starve the fuckers and chop off heads of the rebellious lot.

"So the app is basic up front. You have the sun symbol as the app icon. Click it, it asks you to sign in using your username which is your first name. After that, you have a six tab menu. First tab is basically your information, name, job, and community name. The next icon is the currency balance." She tapped it and my balance of twenty-five hundred sat on the screen. "From here, you can initiate a trade, buy, sell, or give. The next icon is basically chat groups or individual chat. You can also voice and so on. The next app is forum. The fourth is the job icon. You can view how many hours you work, the pay per hour, and who signed you in. For the manager level, it provides a bit more like the ability to sign workers in and out. It shows weekly activity. All the person who is reporting for work is holding his phone near the boss phone and it will go green, then he's good. Same thing for signing off."

I took it from her and played with it a bit. "I'll have someone else get with you to set up the price for items and more importantly, pay scale for current to future jobs."

After fiddling with it enough to write a guide, I sent it to all my contacts in the community which mostly revolved around those in the inner circle, those who come to work on the plots, and those women who were a little forward.

The guards will enforce it upon those entering and exiting the inner gates. The bosses upon their workers because food depended on them having it.

"Oh, I think you should be interested in this." Demi said as she pointed at her second monitor.

I leaned over her shoulder to see a thread about a military camp. A lot of posts complaining about the lack of meal options, mre being the prime source. Some complained about sounds of gunfire or feeling strong vibrations throughout the day.

Demi pulled up an Instagram which showed photos of the camp. A lot of selfies which happened to capture eighty percent of the base. I knew that they were based outside of the big city. Buildings to skyscrapers could be seen in the background like mountains.

"This is near us. And probably why you are going to see an increase in foot traffic over the next two weeks. Also in the opposite direction, there is a town about the same size. People are fleeing gangs that rose up." Demi said as she brought up multiple posts that validate her concern.

"Is anybody posting videos here? Or selfies?" I asked.

Demi shrugged, "I won't know until they download my app."

"Make a website page for us. I want to recruit awakeners and those who can build things." I said and walked out the room before she could respond.

Izzy mother was still hovering around. So I went to check out my hemp farm. My little drug dealing partner was checking them and writing down shit. He was really invested and look like a fake cowboy with that weird headband, those faded blue jeans, top with worn out brown boots.

"How is it? And what about tobacco?" I asked.

He looked at me and his eyes drifted down. I snapped my finger and he blushed and pointed at the hemp. "It looks good, great growth, and I tested it out and its good quality. The tobacco is pretty decent. I haven't tested it yet but I was going to tomorrow. We can probably begin selling it the day after."

"Good. Do we need to make the paper to wrap it?" I asked before I took a step away.

"Naw, I already started on that by using a substitute. It won't affect the flavor or affect but it's easy and recyclable." He said with perfect confidence.

I patted his shoulder and went to my favorite guy who was building a brewing room to brew moonshine.

I walked down the lake side and came across a large shed.

"Pass me the wrench, boy." A deep voice came from inside.

I poked my head in and saw that a lot of shit was half built. I had no idea what I was looking at but it looked good to me.

With that done, I guess I could catch a nap? Maybe farm more gunpowder? Eh, I just go get er done