KongPob

Age-14

Kong stared at the dingy walls of the tiny room he was sharing with four other kids. It has been three months since his parent's death, since Dave dumped him here to get rid of him.

" I will come back to get you soon" Dave had said when he left Kong at orphanage. Kong smiled humorlessly at the irony. Soon? How soon? 1 month, two months , two years, twenty years ?How soon is this 'soon' ? As if Kong doesnt know these words are void same as morale of its speaker.

" Your parents were bankrupt"

" At least they didn't suffer..."

" I hope you understand, we are practically vagabonds now. I wish I could take you with me, but I can't support you as of now but I promise, I will return soon to get you back. Meanwhile study here, make your parents proud" Dave's voice echoed in his brain continuously since the moment he heard them.

He smiled once again, a smile that didn't light his eyes up, instead made it look dangerously cold.... like freezing glaciers. Lips stretched in smile, eyes resembling dead, cheeks sunken from self induced starvation, he must have looked like a maniac or a pyscho because other children kept their distance from him, even staff let him sit in a corner of room trapped in his own mind .

It continued till the moment a man came to meet him- Khun Yong Chanagun. Kong was brought in to a room where he was left alone with this man.

" I heard about your parents, I am sorry for your loss.." the man babbled something on and on ,Kong was tuning out this man successfully until said man shook his shoulder in an attempt to gain his attention " Are you listening to me, I would like to adopt you....... if you would be amenable to it. "

Kong didn't answer.

The man waited patiently for several minutes when Kong still stayed silent he threw his last card
" I knew your parents and I know they wouldn't want you to waste away like this. I can give you future they would have wanted and I can even help you take revenge on Dave Thaksirat. Now ball is in your court, decision is yours."

" You were a friend? "

" There are no friends in business world Nong. Only people you owe favour to and people who owe you favours. I owed one to your father... now naturally to you since he is no more " The man said.

" What if I don't want to get adopted? If I want something else than you are offering?"

" What do you want?"

" I want my home to be exactly like it was before. Dave Thaksirat will surely be trying to get his hands on it." Their home was in centre of city... It was golden land, Dave had earlier tried to convince his parents to move in to another and use that piece to build a hotel. Its their ancestral home..... walls of that house has witnessed generations and generations of Suthiluck's growing up. His parents loved this home too much to break it down and earn profit.

Khun Chanagun didn't take even a second to think. " Done" he instantly replied.

Being adopted by Chanagun would have been a much better option but Kong is too charred to trust anyone now. Another question is why does Chanagun wants to help him take Dave down? But he is too far gone to care about these voices of suspicion raising their head in his brain, he mercilessly chopped them down and decided to act on his reckless plan.

An opportunity to get out of here has come in the form of Khun Chanagun. Kong decided to play his luck

" I want to ask for a favour. I'll owe you one" Kong stated voice devoid of any emotion.

" Aren't your ambitions too big? Don't try to chew bite too big for your mouth kid, why would I be favouring a 13 year old? " Chanagun snickered.

" I am 14. By the way I would rather choke on great ambitions than nibble on mediocre dreams Khun Chanagun. It's your choice you want to do a favour to me or not. I am a Suthiluck and I'll find my way. Dave Thaksirat will be licking ground very soon." Kong took a pause to level his gaze and stare straight in eyes of the person infront of him " As for you, you should know Suthiluck men doesn't like their pride being hurt Khun Chanagun. Haven't you heard about Khun Wisit Suthiluck ?"

Kong's great grandfather Wisit Suthiluck was very prideful person. He was once insulted by owner of a prominent leather industrialist. Within two months news of acquisition of the said company adorned the front page of newspaper. This became a tale in business world. Morale - Don't hurt Suthiluck pride.

" What do you want?" Chanagun said.

" Free reigns to your resources " Kong replied

" And how do you plan to get revenge using my resources, hire people to kill him? "

" I could have killed him if I wished. He did all this for money, I will make sure he will not see any. And as for using your resources, I'll work for you till your company till it gain 20% more than it is making now. That will be my payment. "

" Even if I agree, What will you keep as mortgage?"

" You must know A Suthiluck's word is more than enough Khun Chanagun. Now You shouldn't take more of my time if you aren't amenable to the deal. "

" You are too overconfident for a 13 year old. "

" Age isn't measure of capabilities, willpower is. Generation and generations of Suthiluck's has proved it. What I claimed may look too exaggerated now, I promise you wont think so in few years to come." Kong's throat was getting dry he took a sip of water before continuing " Now, I don't appreciate wasting time Khun Chanagun. It's your choice. Take your time. Return when you are ready to say yes"

" You must know I take favours too seriously Nong both in respect of granting and owing. You wont like consequences if you failed to deliver your words. " Chanagun said.

" Who are you threatening Khun? I have nothing to loose. "

" Done"

" Deal"

Kong left the orphanage with Chanagun and an ambition to destroy Dave Thaksirat. Dave Thaksirat had crossed wrong person, he will know it soon.

.........

Age-16

Kongpob sweeped a gaze at the occupants of room. Four people sat infront of him, their eyes trained on his every move.

" I want you to invest in games and technology field, P'Nat has set two of his high ranking employees as our moles. " Kong addressed Chanagun father and son.

" And how will we ensure the information is not forged or a trap? Are you forgetting these people sold their characters to us for money, that their loyalties doesn't lie with us ? " P'Sam, Chanagun's nephew and adopted son asked sneering.

" We will not take their information as fullproof Ai Sam. Dave Thaksirat isn't a fool. We need someone reliable and loyal to deliver information that is fullproof. That is why I am joining DT games and technoly ltd. soon. " as soon as P'Nat put his point P'Sam stood up hitting his palm the table in rage.

" You will not join that bastard's company Ai Nat."

" I will "

" I can't believe you are blindly following plans of a 16 year old Ai Nat. Have you lost your mind ?"

" It's not about following Kong Ai Nat, he is here for his own revenge as I am. You will not understand because you did not lost your loved ones due to him." P' Nat left the meeting.

P'Sam marched to Kong's seat, he grabbed his collar making him stand against his will
" If something happened to him because of your damned plan Ai saat ....... be warned... I will kill you"

" Sam enough. " Khun Chanagun intervened. Sam huffed in annoyance before letting go of his collar and barged out of the room.

" So..."

" I think we should start our plans for a new company. If every thing went as per plan, In two years we will be digging the roots of DT empire . " Kong explained.

" Good. As long as I make profit. " Khun Chanagun smirked.
.......

When Kong came out of meeting room an hour later P'Nat was sitting infront of a T.V. with a big bowl of popcorn .

" Nong Kong what were you doing alone in there for an hour ?"

" Must be brainstorming another disastrous plan " P'Sam spat.

" Shut up Ai Sam. Kong come here, this movie is hilarious. By the way have you tested the game yet?"

" Yes Phi. Found few bugs." Kong watched P'Sam glaring at him.

" Oh Nong, don't pay attention to him. He's got constipated face by default." P'Nat chuckled looking at his boyfriend.

P'Sam's glare changed the direction from Kong to P'Nat. P'Nat gave him a mock stern-glare
" Do you want me to tell him the story of coal you cooked for our lunch date today ?" P'Nat asked.

" Is there anything left to tell about it now ?" P'Sam frowned.

..............

Age-17 and half

" P'Nat ...." Kong entered the house yelling for Nat from the door itself. He was happy to program his first game that actually works.

" You have to see this P'Nat...... first game I................Phi ..." Kong couldn't speak further. His eyes went wide in shock, his felt his legs shaking unable to hold his weight. There was a body lying on the floor , a note stuck on its chest ' You shouldn't put your nose where it doesn't belong. '

" P'Nat ...... " Kong fainted seeing Sam sitting like a rock before Nat's lifeless body, those lifeless black orbs staring back at him.
..........

After waking up in a hospital Kong refused to eat.... to drink. He was once again back in his stupor....trapped in his own mind. It was his fault. If he would have devised another plan Nat wouldn't have been dead. He was discovered. A genius like Nat wasn't easy to catch. He was expert in encrypting- coding and decoding the messages. There was a mole inside, someone of their own decieved them just like Dave did to his parents.

Kong was surprised to see Sam holding tray of food infront of him. He placed the tray with a bottle of water infront of Kong.

" Eat "
Kong didn't move.

" Eat before I'm tempted to shove the food down your throat."

" Why?" He didn't need to say further. Kong and Sam understood the meaning of this single syllable perfectly.

" The question is who? It wasn't Thirasat. Nat wasn't discovered. " This was new information, Kong raked his brain to find a hint of who other could be scorned with Nat. He found none.

" I will find him." Kong swore to himself.

" You will sit your ass down and complete your bachelor's degree then enroll in engineering like Nat wanted. I promised him to take care of you. I will bring you back only to kill you again if I found out you are trying to get involved in any shit that'll harm you. Tone down the revenge for now. " Sam scolded him.

Both sat silent staring out of the window.

Nat treated him like a younger brother the moment they met. He always said that Kong is too young to plan revenges, uprootals. He wanted Kong to have a life as a normal teenager.... as normal one could get between getting accelerated degree, learning games developing and planning revenge.

Nat had taught Kong about languages, programming and fundamentals of game developing. Though Kong knew way more than average person, he could never be compared to Nat who was a genius who's motto was eat, code ,sleep .

Nat wanted him to make use of his brain and seek progressive development of his character. Kong decided that he will complete the degree and enroll in engineering as Nat wanted..... He owes Nat that much.

Few minutes later Sam stood up taking out a simple necklace- a pendant strung in a black thread. Kong instantly recognised it. It was Nat's.

" He gave me this few days ago. He wanted you to have it. Said you will need it someday."

" I am sorry." Kong whispered his throat constricted painfully in effort to hold his tears back.

" You didn't kill him" Sam mumbled standing up , his voice was hoarse and eyes moistened.
.......

Kong stood before the picture of P'Nat, smell wafting from the incense sticks lit before his photo were filling up the room, hugging his senses. He stood there for a long time seeing the infectious smile that managed to disarm him in to brotherly bond he never knew.

He could hear a faint echo of P'Nat's voice

" You know Nong when I was a twelfth grader I read a book called Tottochan. It's set in era of world war 2. When a bomb landed on the school, the principle and owner saw the school he built by his blood and sweat burning before his own eyes. The man smiled and said 'I will build it even better this time'. Your will should be this strong like a phoenix raising up from its own ashes. Whenever you are thrown down by the life bounce back twice energy "

" I will...." Kong mumbled.

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(A/n) : I realised I should have put a chapter in Kong's perspective earlier. One more in Kong's POV leading up to the events of last chapter's fiasco. Then we will be back to crazy Arthit and his antics.

Do let me know what do you think of this chapter. Is it too intense ? Is there any loophole?

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