"No fucking way." I muttered under my breath.It wasn't as large as the ground Landon and I trained but it was perfect.A part of it was sandy, just like in the academy.Another part of it was dry ground. The floor was smoothe, it looked like I might slip on it.My parents have been dead for so long but this whole….base looked like someone had been taking care of it.To my right was a shelf with books.I moved closer to it and saw that they were just like the ones at the academy.It looked exactly the same so I put them back.I checked out other parts of the training ground, like the sand.I tested the sand by putting my legs in it but I didn't drown.After exploring other areas of The training ground, I returned to the main room.I stared at the desk I had just seen the video.I pinched myself and closed my eyes, hoping that when I opened them again, I would wake up in the academy or in the corners of my room on Earth but when I opened my eyes, the desk remained the same.This was rea

This must be why the Principal didn't get rid of me just yet.Even though I couldn't go on missions or wasn't ranked, he still kept me around.He needed me around for as long as it was going to take him to give Ivan my prototype."If Callin ever finds out about this, he's going to be hot on your tail. I should have known he was only a power-obsessed psycho who wants nothing more than control." My mother frowned for the first time."We are going to make sure that he never finds out about your potential whether we are there or not. And even if he does, you'll be strong enough to keep yourself away from him. We are not going to leave you defenseless, son,we promise."The video ended."Unlimited." It sounded strange.Was the screen possibly the protection that my parents had put on me?If it was, that explained why it wanted me to unseal my true potential when it sensed that I was returning to Earth.I clicked on the subsequent file, eager to know what else my parents had done to protect

I clicked on the next video but it was just my mother in this one."Hi Kastian. It's day three of the Ash Experiment. Your father is monitoring the process of the seal. If it isn't successful then my internal organs will show signs of irritation. While he's at it, I decided to tell you everything about the first mission of the academy and how that changed the academy.""Together with the psychic users, we discovered that a planet called Karile held dangerous energy. Your father was a bit skeptical about the whole plan to go to Karile and check it out."She smiled and looked sideways like she was avoiding getting caught saying the words she was about to say, "To be honest, soldier, I was equally terrified."She straightened her back, "But of course, I hid it from your father. I couldn't let him see my doubt if I wanted him to get out of his own doubt and trust my plan.""I couldn't blame him since I was scared too. Just because we survived on Lath didn't mean we could survive on other

FLASHBACK"I'll keep Kastian's friend at bay. He might cause some trouble if he's left unwatched."Friendship.That was the only possible relationship between Kastian and Landon that Micah, Aki and Langrid believed caused Landon to react the way that he did over Kastian's death."We'll meet here tomorrow and share information. It's not about us this time or just the people close to us that have been affected but about the whole of humanity. This is us truly being heroes.""Keep me at bay?" Landon scoffed, joining them."Shit!" Langrid cussed."I didn't cover us with Stealth.""How did you get away from your friends?" Micah asked, stepping closer to Landon."D-grade Special illusion user." Landon straighted his shoulder and stood proudly."Although, I'm pretty sure the ranking system made a horrible mistake leaving me in the D-grade." He muttered but loud enough for them to hear."You cannot be here, kid. You should leave." Aki told Jim off and Landon huffed."You think you're the only

Writer's POVLangrid rushed back into Kastian's room, looking all ruffled up."What's it like out there?" Landon asked Langrid, curious.It sounded like real chaos from inside Kastian's room, he dreaded stepping out."You're about to find out." Was Langrid's only answer as he handed out their communication materials to each of them."So," he was interrupted by a loud bang outside Kastian's room.He only spared the door a glance before speeding up with his explanation."There have been changes of plans. We are canceling out Aki destroying the laboratory and my part to find out what Callin knows. What's out there is probably going to destroy the entire school. What we feared the most has come for us, we don't not need anything else that Callin knows." He rushed his words.Aki took the ear plugs from Landon to help him with it.The latter struggled with it as fear ate deep into his bones.Over the length of time he had been in the academy, they had been made to believe that no one could