Williams stood looking down at the body of C3. "Wires?" He thought as he noticed a wire sticking out of C3's body.He raised his eyebrows in confusion. What would wires be doing inside of a living person? Was this some sort of upgrade the ORA used? He knelt down beside the body.Now that he took a closer look, he could see more and more circuitry sticking out of C3's corpse. It didn't make sense.This wasn't just enough wires and circuitry for a simple enhancement, no, it looked like he was made from nothing but wires.In fact, Williams struggled trying to find a single actual organ in his body—at least from where he could see.He was no doctor. Sticking his hands into people—whether dead or alive—wasn't something he was comfortable with."Now that I think about it, I think that guy was called Maner... And he called this guy C3..." Said Williams as he sat down beside it, staring at the body."Wires... C3... Maybe this guy isn't a guy at all?" Thought Williams. As much as he thought ab
Soki was shirtless and kneeling ten-toed in front of an alchemy return circle, holding a piece of paper in his hands."I fear the worst is yet to come, and a battle beyond what we could possibly imagine won't be long now," he said to himself.He was quietly reading the contents of the paper. It was a report, sent to him by Horace.It spoke about the findings of team Charlie, team Stevens, and team Kayla. Earl's familiar, the secret base and the storm drug, project Chimera and the slave traders... There was a lot that they discovered in their one month away from the school.Team Charlie strangely hadn't encountered any of the ORA and had stuck to basic training—Team Soki wasn't much different.Though as a result, Team Charlie had made the most progress training wise and covered the most distance.It spoke of the identifying of the moles within the school, as well as the progress of the other children back in Welgrid.Thankfully, the children who were kidnapped for the slave trade and e
Damian, Ruby, and Christopher were all walking in a row behind Soki in the dead of the night.They walked past vegetation, trees, streams, and a few insects. Thankfully the activities of the ORA—whatever they were—seemed to have scared all the beasts and animals away, meaning that they didn't have to worry about encountering any beasts attacks in the dark.They didn't even walk with any artificial lights. The moonlight was enough for them to navigate through the area easily, they were used to the surrounding area after all."Hey," said Damian from behind Ruby, Ruby turned, "yeah?" "Are you okay?" Asked Damian, Ruby raised a brow."Whaddya mean?" "Meeting the ORA I mean..." Said Damian, Ruby kept silent for a moment.It hadn't been too long since the death of her mother. It hadn't even been a year since she died. Her funeral hadn't been done yet either.Immediately after that whole incident, there was barely any time before the school festival where Earl and Sidney were kidnapped.And
Ruby, Damian, Christopher, and Soki, all laid eyes on their targets. As the cave shook from the impact of Soki's fist he turned to Damian, "kill the flame," he said.Instantly, Damian extinguished his flame, and all four of them slammed their feet into the floor and blasted at their opponents.The men who stood in the center shook in confusion, illuminated by light. Not a second more had passed and now they saw shadows approaching them from the dead of the night."When facing an opponent," thought Ruby, as she held her hand in front of her, "it's best to retain them first and hinder movements," thought Damian as he held out his own hand."However when fighting the ORA," Christopher held his hands out in front of him, "breaking a few limbs would be best," thought Soki as he slammed his foot right in front of one of the men.Throwing out both hands, he grabbed two of the men by the face and hoisted them high into the air before slamming them into the ground.*BOOM!!* an echo bounced off
Black goop gathered in a section of the cave beneath where Ruby and the group once were.The cave was lit up by glow worms that stuck to the roof and floor of the cave. As the goop gathered, it rose before falling once again, leaving Soki and the two men he attacked alone in that part of the cave.Soki held the men's faces in his hands, refusing to let go no matter what. The tattoos on his body glowed faintly and started shifting and turning round his body.One of the men in his grasp slammed his hand into the floor. Immediately Soki saw himself flying in the air with both men still on the floor."Wind burst!" The man said as he got up off the floor and ran to his comrade beside him. Picking him up the two got off the floor."Hey," the wind alchemist said, "we have to be careful with him... Can you stand?" He asked his comrade. The other man rubbed his throat before looking at the wind alchemist, "yeah... Who the hell is he?" He asked as he looked at his comrade.Soki landed on the f
Christopher waited quietly and watched Lee. His guard was up, he wasn't going to let whatever Lee was about to say bother him."So, what's your name kid? If we're rivals we'll have to know each other's names," smiled Lee.Christopher raised his hands, "I don't know what you're planning, but you're not getting any info out of me," said Christopher.Lee stroked his chin, "well that's a problem. How am I supposed to hell out your name in anger now?" Asked Lee as he paced up and down.There was still quite a distance between Christopher and Lee, and Christopher made sure to keep an eye on Lee and keep it that way.He wasn't planning on making any mishaps. He would look for a small window when Lee's guard was down, and then take him out.He hadn't been training with Soki for no reason. Still, he was the weakest amongst his group. Ruby and Damian had made leaps and bounds in improvements compared to him.He knew getting careless could cost him his life. He wasn't planning on dying, he stil
Black goop spat up Damian and his opponent. Damian fell out on his butt, quickly getting to his feet.His opponent was still bound by his flames, rolling on the floor. Damian locked his eyes on his opponent."Shit!" His opponent saw the look in his eyes. It wasn't a normal one. He was facing an opponent ready to kill."Yosh!" He flexed his muscles and powered his way through the flames, extinguishing them.His opponent launched himself off of the floor and landed on his feet. His black hair ran down in one braid down his face, covering most of his features, save for a single eye."I'm sorry kid, there's a death king that I need to deal with! Those men don't stand a chance..." Said the braided man, "... I barely stand a chance. Our only chance is to awaken that dragon to kill him," he thought to himself."How long?" Asked Damian. "What?" The man was confused, "how long have you been with the ORA?" Asked Damian, his face holding an unsettling intensity.The man broke a smirk, then he sc
A child, no older than ten sat in the corner of a dark room. His eyes dark, his heart darker. His dark scraggly hair sat right on his head.He swayed back and forth murmuring something to himself. It was a nursery rhyme. It was humpty Dumpty.He didn't like that one in particular very much. He'd thought it a tragedy how Dumpty would fall from the wall and shatter into so many pieces that even all the king's horses couldn't piece him back together.He was singing it only because it was the only one his mother had taught him. Not just that, he sang it because it distracted him.It distracted him from the bad sounds. From the sounds of his mother getting beaten in the other room.He rocked back and forth and tried singing louder. But his voice was too sore. He was already exhausted and his fresh bruises from his own beating still hurt.It was his fault that his mother was getting beaten in the first place. If only she'd kept quiet and let his dad beat him like he did every other night.B