Rule number one: only opponents are allowed to fight. None are allowed to receive help.Well, that screwed up Landon's plan.Rule number two: no healers are allowed until the end of the fight. My healing ability just came in handy.Rule number three: it's a free fight, both opponents can fight with Physical abilities, Specie abilities or both.My breath hitched when I read the third rule.I shouldn't be bothered since I could finally show my Special abilities and prove how useful I can be on missions.I wouldn't have been bothered if I never found out Ivan's classified ability."It's nothing more than mind work, Kastian. He'll try to control your mind against you since he knew he didn't stand a chance against you." I mumbled to myself and my breathing become normal again.Rule number four: opponents must do what they can to survive and win.Oh, there's a lot I had in mind to do, to win.Rule number five: none of the previously mentioned rules prohibit the death of an opponent.Wait, w
Writer's POVThe Principal rushed up to where Ivan stood and took his hand, "He wins!"Some Specials cheer but others grumble.Landon, Micah and Aki rush to Kastian's body but the Principal stops them."You are not allowed to interfere." He stopped them, calmly."The fight is over!" Landon yells at the Principal, trying to get closer to Kastian's body."He's dead. You are not in charge of taking care of his body." The Principal said in a dismissive tone.Some Specials came over and picked up Kastian's body.Landon still fought to get to Kastian's body but Aki held him down."Let me go!" He continued to struggle but Aki was stronger.When the Principal walked away with Ivan, the Specials began to leave, a lot of them still in shock over Kastian's death."Let me go!" Soon, Landon began to cry.His friends came over to take him from Aki, "We'll go with him. Apologies."Aki nodded and let the biggest of them take Landon."Shit!" Micah screamed when it was just the two of them."How the fu
I'm alive!The first two words that came to my mind.Judging by the broken portal pieces on the ground, I have not been dead for too long.I didn't get up immediately, I just stared at the bodies of the Specials long enough to believe that I was really alive and this wasn't a hallucination I had in death.When I was convinced that I was really alive, I sat up.I looked up, causing the sky to release more rain of ice.I was alive.He had said that I wasn't immortal but I am.Even now, I still didn't understand what his talk about the blood meant.He had already told me not to die so mentioning anything about my blood couldn't mean that.I reminisced on the fight to check for anything that might help me understand.I closed my eyes and the entire fight played before me like a movie.That wimp!He had pretended all along to fool me into believing that I would beat him.I thought I had messed with his mind buy in truth, he had messed with mine.Yes!I remember now!He had mentioned someth
I screamed as I continued to fall.Eventually, my back hit something solid.I healed quickly and got up.It was pitch black in here and the ground felt metallic."Lights?"The light came on immediately, thanks to the screen.I was speechless at the sight before me.It felt like I had been transported to a superhero comic; the type with cool science gadgets and a secret base.The metal ground made light noises as my feet collided with it.I walked through the not-so-vast room.There were two computers on each side of the room and two desks meant for two people.Stacks of folders were lined up on each side of the computers.Up ahead, there was a bed, a stove, and a small refrigerator.I looked behind me and saw curtains.I walked briskly to the other end of the room and pushed aside the curtain only to reveal a laboratory.It wasn't so small but it wasn't so large too.It was the perfect size for mild experiments on not more than two people.There was a bed similar to the one outside, d
"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
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
"Shit." I muttered under my breath.Her eyes never left mine as she continued to walk closer to me.Suddenly, her husband barged into my room, "Are you okay?"She blinked and turned to look at him, "Yes, the locker just opened on its own.""It was rather creepy." She added, shuddering lightly.When she looked in my direction again, she wasn't staring directly into my eyes like she did earlier.I sighed, concluding that it was only a coincidence that she stared at me like that.I waited to see why they were in my room.After she told him she found the locker opening on its own too strange, he took her out of the room.Without waiting another second, I returned to the laboratory.If they had forgotten absolutely everything about me and even the fact that I owned that room, I wonder why my aunty was in it.When I returned, I went back to the video."When your ability kicks in, the system would first take its time to hide all of your other abilities and select an order by which they would