Once she said the word, I found myself in a dark empty space but before anything else could happen, I opened my eyes.Micah's hands had left me and she was panting."Are you okay?" Magda rubbed her back.Micah nodded before looking up at me."What happened?" I asked."You really do have Chorazin flowing through your veins." She admitted what I already knew."I was going to help you remember anything but your prototype was too strong for me. I can't help you remember anything." She said either a hint of apology in her voice."So I have such a strong prototype but I still can't be ranked?" I sighed, disappointed.I had been hopeful Micah was going to be able to help but I guess she can't.Maybe I was useless after all even with Chorazin."You can still train your physical abilities.", It was Magda who spoke.My father didn't have any Special abilities but he somehow became a Special.Maybe I could be like him if I couldn't be like my mother."And if I can't?" I still felt doubtful that
I hurried to the hall with new found energy.My abilities were still intact, I just needed to train for a while to force them out.I don't care whoever that person was but I hoped he continued helping me train for as long as I needed."You're early." Micah looked at me in surprise."I really want to do this." I responded, moving further into the hall.This had been the same place I concluded the first segment of the first level of my training with that voice only moments ago."That's not what she meant, Kastian." Magda held my shoulder.They both looked at me with curiosity."I told you he could superspeed." Magda said to Micah, smirking.What were they talking about?"It's not even been ten seconds since I told you to come over." Micah said, scrutinizing me like I was something she was about to experiment on."What?!" Now, it was my turn to be surprised.Had I used my ability without even knowing?Had someone probably seen me?"Did anyone see me?" Magda asked as if reading my mind."
I don't understand.This was my training with Magda and Micah, not him.Why was the second segment of the first level ticked off?"Are you okay?" Magda asked, noticing how my countenance had changed."I think you used too much force. It's training Magda but he's a beginner. You don't have to go all out on him." Micah whispered to Magda."I swear to you Micah, I didn't even use the little strength that I have." Magda whispered back to her.I looked at the screen and then back at them.They couldn't see it, of course."It's not that." I exhaled, thinking of an explanation that wouldn't sound dumb."I just still find it hard to believe that this is all real. Still can't believe my parents knew this existed and were even a part of it." I turned around as if still admiring the academy like I did when I just got here.I didn't want them to see it in my eyes that I was lying and I hoped that Micah didn't go into my head to find out herself."I understand." I heard relief mixed with admiratio
"Welcome back, Kastian." He sounded cheerful as he spoke to me.I had hoped that he would take me in his Universe soon so I could ask him the numerous questions on my mind."Where is your Universe?" I asked him.He hesitated for a while before answering, "If you know that, you might not get a chance to be in it ever again.""Why?""Some questions Kastian, are better left unanswered for a while." Was all he said in response but I wasn't letting him go until I had my answers."Those nightmares I had, they were your doing. Weren't they?" I wish I could at least get to see what he looked like."No. They were your doing." There was a tone of finality in his voice that said he wasn't going to tell me what he meant by that so I didn't ask."You said you were in a different Universe. How come you can communicate to me while I'm in the academy?"If he actually was in the academy, the Principal would have found out or even Micah.I could tell she was that powerful."I can only communicate with
"I want to go to the fourth segment now." My shoulders heaved as I tried to steady my breaths."You are injured, Kastian and it is no minor injury." He commented."You said it yourself, didn't you. I can heal, I should take risks." I took a step forward."Your abilities are flunctuating, Kastian. What if you're not able to heal yourself?" He asked but I only shrugged."Since you know so much about the academy, I assume that you know that there are healers there. They can heal me.""They can heal you and then you can risk them finding out what you've been up to. For someone who had little knowledge of what he's dealing with, you put too much trust in the academy."Shit!I couldn't let them find out about his Universe if I wanted to keep training in it.No doubt if the Principal saw me all bloodied without being on a mission, he would make Micah and her likes dig into my head until they took out every answer.And what did he mean by I put too much trust in the academy?"I will heal." I
By the time I returned to my dormitory, there were chants and cheers everywhere.I didn't want to care initially but the noise kept getting louder."I bet my lunch tomorrow, he's going to take him down!" Someone laughed, throwing his hands in the air and chanting as the noise continued.What the hell was happening?I tried to move past them to my ward but they kept pushing me down, caring less for me and more for whatever was making them shout like that."What's going on?" I resorted to asking."Oh, it's the ordinary Special." Some boy laughed, calling his friends to join him."Don't you know your nickname. Wow, what a shame." One if his friends laughed."You're pretty popular around here man and you don't even know it. Shame." He shook his head, laughing loudly along with the other boys.I was so mad, I wanted to react but I couldn't.The damn screen appeared with an instruction. Heroes don't hit heroes. You don't fight unless in a fair fight, Kastian.Even though he had said my
When I woke up the next morning, I took my bath quickly.I checked my time to see that I had enough time to do some exercises before my training session with Magda.It was day two of my training with her and I couldn't wait to see my progress after a month.The screen appeared before me again, showing some daily routines I had to do.I had to do a hundred sit ups, push-ups and lifts.There was nothing in my room that weighed enough to go for a dumb bell so I decided to improvise.I took my other suits and casual wears off the hanger.It was metal so it was strong.Since I had no dumb bell, this would have to do.I started with the sit-ups. They were painful but whenever I wanted to stop, I always thought of how weak everybody here and in Sidon saw me.If there was anywhere that I could have a place, it was definitely here.After I finished the exercises, it felt like my bones were on fire.I sighed, relieved when I saw the blue glow in my vein.The aches stopped just as Micah called o
When we returned to the Principal's office, I was stunned.I knew my mother was a hero but I didn't know she had done this plenty of good deeds.What else could she have done?No doubt, my mother was a good woman and an even better hero.This must be why she had been so uncomfortable with leaving whoever was left behind, behind.I didn't ask the Principal about it anyway."Kastian, your father was a Special even without possessing any abilities but he was still a hero. If he had to jump into the fire to save someone, he would do it not caring the slightest for his lack of abilities.""I understand that you feel different not being able to use a prototype that should make you the strongest but that doesn't mean you can't be a hero." He returned to his seat as he spoke.He was right.Once, my father had gone into our neighbor's house to fight off the robbers that had attacked them in the middle of the night.Without knives or guns, he had risked his life to save them.I was so young whe