"I see you have gained a reasonable amount of control over your abilities."I was back in his Universe."I have." I responded, smiling, knowing that he could see me."There are no specific tasks to carry out in the second level."The screen never appeared until Magda decided what to train me on the last time.It only appeared to show me the time I had left to defeat Magda.I leveled up after that."I do not control what appears on your screen, Kastian. That's your prototype training you on how to use it."The more time I spent as a Special with Chorazin prototype, the more I realized that I knew lesser of my prototype that I thought I did."Unlike other Specials who have defined abilities like ability to use illusions, psychic abilities, superspeeed abilities, fire abilities and so on, you don't have a definite ability. Your prototype makes you limitless. You can do absolutely anything, Kastian. You can rule the academy, take over Earth and Lath."I felt him move around me."You see t
Writer's POVMagda followed Micah as she led her to the memory room.Somewhere in her heart, she hoped that Micah would be wrong and she had only imagined what she thought she saw.But then, Micah had a strong mind, she couldn't be deceived by her imaginations.Once they were sure that there was no one in sight, they quickly walked into the memory room.Any Special who wished to be there, was allowed into the memory room at any time.But after Micah began to suspect the Principal, she became wary of where she went in the academy."Where is it?" Magda asked Micah impatiently.The latter led her to a huge frame; the exact one that she had seen.Luckily, the Principal hadn't gotten hold of it and discarded it.In the frame, was a picture of Callin with Ava and Liam Ash.The fourth person in it didn't look like it had been planned for him to be in the picture.While the Principal stood in the middle of the academy's greatest Specials and held them, just the boy's face came into the picture
Writer's POVWhen the Principal had confirmed that there was nothing else about Zenin in the memory room, he left with Langrid, discussing who he was going to transfer Kastian's prototype to.Micah and Magda came out of their hiding place once they were sure that the Principal had left."He knows him." Micah muttered while Magda just nodded."Do you still think you should dig into Janel's head?" Magda asked Micah.Micah was sure she wouldn't be able to dig into the Principal's head even if she wanted to.She thought about digging into Langrid's. He was always with the Principal so it would be difficult for her to dig into his head.But then, if there was anyone who could provide her with the answers that she needed, it was definitely Langrid."Langrid should do. As a matter of fact, he would do better than Janel would."************************************************The Principal returned to his office with Langrid."Ivan would be a good choice."Langrid frowned in disagreement."Yo
Immediately, the Principal disapproved of Ivan's decision."That's not going to happen, Ivan." He sounded very pissed.I could tell that he wanted to keep me around for his experiment."The kid says he's useful now," Ivan mocked me."The only way I would believe he is as useful as he claims to be is if he can defeat me in a fight." He crossed his arms under his chest, grinning."I almost killed you once Ivan. If there's anyone that should be laughing right now, it definitely shouldn't be you." I hissed.After he had embarrassed me before the class the other day, he had disappeared.The fact that he was only showing up now meant he definitely had something up his sleeves.He snickered, walking up to me."Well, Kastian, I'm still alive, aren't I?" He brushed his fingers on my shoulders.I never had the chance to look at him from up close after what I had done to him.A good part of his face had burned, even beyond the capacity of the Specials that were healers."You proved your presence
Writer's POVOnce the young Ash had left, Langrid faced the Principal."I told you he was a wrong choice, didn't I?" Langrid hissed.He was too angry to even notice the satisfied grin on the Principal's face."I told you he was the perfect choice." He responded."What do you mean by that?" Langrid's expression twisted in confusion."Ivan is the perfect choice for the experiment, Langrid. Fifteen days was what it took me to transfer Ava's prototype to Zenin who was a in a lower grade than Ivan. It's not going to take as much as fifteen days to transfer Kastian's prototype to Ivan. He really is the perfect choice." The Principal was content with how things were going his way.After he had transferred the young Ash's prototype to Ivan, he could get rid of him just like he got rid of his mother."Transfer?" Langrid repeated the word like it was foreign to him."You said you were only to make a duplicate of the kid's prototype and offer it to other Specials. You said the vision of the expe
By the time I returned to my dormitory, Micah and Magda were standing outside.From the look on their faces, I could tell that they already heard of my deal with Ivan."I don't know what you think you're doing Kastian but you have to call off the deal you made with Ivan." Micah demanded.I have never seen her look so troubled."It's a little too late for that now, Micah."I wasn't going to back out if Ivan wasn't going to.Magda stepped forward, "Ivan is a beast during missions, Kastian. His physical abilities surpass mine. I don't think you're making the right choice making this deal with him."It didn't matter what Ivan was, I was definitely going to win against him."I got stronger in just a few days of training. I can get stronger before the next fifteen days. Trust me, I'm going to win against him." I needed someone; anyone, to have enough faith in me."Kastian, "Magda placed one hand on my shoulder."You do not know the rules of the fight nor do you know what Ivan is planning. H
Instead of appearing in his Universe, I found myself in another memory.Zenin and my mother were on their beds while the Principal stood in-between them.My father was nowhere to be found."It's tested and trusted, Ava." He said to my mother as he linked the tiny wire in her wrist, to Zenin's.He looked terrified but at the same time, eager to see what would happen next."Are you sure you want to go on with this, Zenin. You might not survive it, you know?" My mother asked a terrified Zenin who nodded."Since we are all on the same page, we would now begin." He stretched out his hand and golden flecks gathered around my mother's wrists.Slowly, he controlled the golden flecks in her wrist, through the tiny wire and into Zenin's wrists.The boy shut his eyes, trying to endure the pain.When he could no longer take it anymore, he screamed out in pain.My mother didn't look like she was in pain.Zenin kept screaming and the Principal kept doing whatever he was doing to put my mother's pr
The memory washed away and I was back in his Universe in no time."Do you ever have any idea what happens in the academy?" I asked him."I do." He answered.Right, he did. Which meant he knew of my fight with Kastian.The screen appeared. Fourteen days left to fight with Special Ivan.It was already a new day in Lath.I had just fourteen days more to get strong enough to defeat Ivan and go on missions or return to Earth and be a much worse loser than I was."Then you just know of my fight with Ivan." "I know. I'll help you become strong enough to defeat him." He assured me.I needed all the leveling up I could get."Do you have anything against Ivan too?" He sounded really determined to help me defeat Ivan. "It's not just Ivan I hold grudges against. It's the entire damn academy.""Why?" I asked even though I knew he was likely to say nothing useful."That's not the reason you're here, are you, Kastian. Even if that might be, that's not the reason your prototype brought you her