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
I fell on my knees, watching the screen unbelievably.Blood bending ability?What on earth did that even mean?"Congratulations, Kastian. You have yet unlocked another ability no Special has ever had. If you keep going at this rate, you would definitely outlive Ava and Liam." He said in-between gasps.I noticed that just like me, his blood crawled back into his body before his injuries closed.He had mentioned something about having something similar to my prototype.He must have been telling the truth."Blood bending." I read the word again."What can I do with this ability?" I asked him.It sounded really powerful so definitely, creating arrows with my blood wasn't the only thing it could help me do.I watched as his outline stood up.He wasn't large but he wasn't tiny, either.He was only a little less large than Ivan but definitely much taller.I badly wanted to see what his whole body looked like."Like I said, Kastian. There is no Special in history that has ever gotten blood be
I walked over to Magda, stretching out my hand to her.The blood retracted from where it had pierced her, the fire burning off when it floated back into my body.I kneeled down beside her and placed both of my hands on either side of her face.A warm blue glow emanated from beneath my wrist.Her eyes went wide open as she coughed, jerking up.Her eyes never left me for once as she stared at me in disbelief.Micah joined her soon.Neither of them said anything as they only stared at me."How did you do that?" Micah asked.She seemed surprised but at the same time, not surprised.It was like she knew of the ability."Your prototype gives you blood bending abilities." She said in almost a whisper.So she does know of the ability?"How do you know about it?" I asked her.He had said that I was the first Special to ever have such abilities."In my clan in Tokyo, there are myths about heroes of the future. Even as a kid, I was always told of the myths of humans who possessed abilities that
Writer's POVMicah and Magda just walked in silence as they left the young Ash behind."Do you believe me now?" Micah asked Magda triumphantly.She had finally proven to her that the young Ash was going to be their hero at the end of the day."Hopefully, Ivan doesn't kill him before he saves us all from what's coming." Magda answered."His prototype worries me, Micah. He comes at unexpected times." Magda expressed her worry."He's gained control over it." "We can't be so sure, Micah. What if it fails him during his fight with Ivan? Nobody knows what the bastard is planning. I do not wish to risk Kastian getting hurt." Magda panicked.Micah reasoned with her before an amused smile spread across her lips."I only care for him as a hero would care for a friend." Magda defended herself before Micah teased her."Let's just pretend that's the situation. Just so you know, we are going to talk about your sudden overprotective care over Kastian.""We are not talking about anything, Magda. I o
Writer's POVThe B-grade team prepared as the day of their mission had finally come.Magda, as team leader, gave out instructions to her team."So what's the plan, leader?" The B-grade portal user asked Magda after she had gone over the threat of the mission.They were going to the planet closest to Earth.The psychic users of the academy had detected an energy quite similar to a deadly energy they had detected in Earth on the last mission.The Principal thought that it wasn't a coincidence and this energy might lead them to whatever was taking Specials from Earth.The academy had never had any reason to go to planet Trion.They only ever went on missions to places that might pose a threat to ordinary humans.This was the first time Trion was ever posing as a threat to Earth."We don't know for sure what exactly is emitting that energy in Trion. The fact that the psychic users had felt that same energy from Earth meant the owner of that energy could travel between Trion and Earth as h
Writer's POVOn the other side of the portal was Trion; a planet with nothing but rocks and hills.Josiah quickly caught Anna before she fell on one of the rocks."Thank you." She blushed, looking away shyly when he released her."Let's focus on the mission, guys." Magda moved in front of her team, scanning the area before giving her commands.When she concluded that there was no danger in sight, she put her hand up and gestured with her fingers for them to move forward."Now, Anna." She said to the psychic user on the team.The tall Lady nodded before closing her eyes.With her mind, she tried to search for the energy the other psychic users had spoken of."Dark and cold, so empty, it could leave your mind hollow." That was how they had described it.Anna searched but she couldn't detect anything dark, cold nor both.As a matter of fact, she couldn't detect any mind energy at all.It was as though the team were the only living on the planet."What did you find?" Magda asked Anna."Th