A kid stood outside a huge cathedral with an insignia of an eight pronged star.'The cathedral of the eight heroes'.He was a boy about seven years with ashen grey hair and blue striking eyes.He was dressed in a white robe with a blue marking at the collar.he was alienated from the rest of the kids who were playing nearby ,similarly dressed.They all laughed as they ran around the field,playing all sorts of games with one another.They were clearly happy.''All right everyone time for today's lesson ,lets get going,''a young lady about twenty said. She was dressed in silver robes with golden lapels and a matching headdress.She was the one in charge of the children .Her name is sister Mina. The children obediently walked into the cathedral one by one as sister Mina did ahead count.She counted sixty two children.One was missing,she looked around and noticed a kid not far from the entrance looking out into the horizon.'why is it always him?she wondered as she walked towards the kid.''Come on Xavier we'll be late!"she called out to him. Xavier was pulled back to earth and looked to the source of the disturbance only to see sister Mina walking toward him.'It's that time again'he thought and walked calmly past sister Mina into the cathedral.''lets get this over with'' he said as he took a seat at the rear of the cathedral away from all the students.He clearly wanted no association with them.
Sister Mina walked to the front and stood at the altar,she pulled out abook from below the bottom of the shelf underneath and opened the page at the back.''Now that we are all here let us get straight into our final lesson.Today's chapter is'The victory of the heroes'.it entails how the eight heroes fought against the force that threatened to bring an end to our word let us begin from the background....''The sister spoke however it was clear that Xavier was not paying attention.
Why should he when h did not even believe in the teachings of the church?It was ridiculous,utterly ridiculous for him to entertain such thoughts.Thus the lecture went on and on while Xavier was lost in a world of his own.The sister must have noticed his disinterest,not that he was concealing it,and spoke up''Now that the lecture is over,i will ask some questions on today's topic.First up is Xavier,could you kindly tell us who won the battle and where it was held and how it was won?''she asked with a smile.
''i am sorry i don't know''.Xavier replied curtly.'Is he trying to insult my intelligence?Mina thought.''Could you at least tell us who we honour? she asked once more.Xavier smiled and looked back at her.''You honour the heroes who stood back and did nothing,I honour the damned who actually won the battle.Everything else is simply but a delusion followed by fanatics who run away from the truth''.Sister Mina looked at him unbelievingly Xavier grinned and looked at his fellows.''everything you have been told is a lie,only I know the truth''.
Sister Mina was now fed up with his nonsense and stepped forward and slapped him hard across the cheek leaving a mark.''get out of here and don't ever show your face again ,such heresy is unacceptable even from a child like you.Begone spawn of the damned!''she shouted clearly angered by the kid's words.'Finally.it is underway' thought Xavier.He walked to the cathedral doors and looked back,''the gates will open once more,...and it is I who will open them.''he said as he walked out
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Seven people sat at the round table.Each of them knew why they were there.all seven of them looked young,this was true as they were all twenty years old.The tension in the atmosphere was tangible .They all sat waiting,the question is what for?The clock was ticking.
It was almost midnight .The seven of them waited as the clock drew closer to the hour mark.They held their breath as the last ten seconds went by,seven,six,five,four,three,two,one...The clock chimed.
''the time has come,let us now go forth and reap the harvest''A woman with white hair remarked eyes closed.
''Understood!'' the remaining people said with the exception of one ,a dark haired woman who sat opposite her.The five vanished.Their mission was to gather people spread out across the nation ,marked by fate.
''Do you think he will be found?''The dark haired woman asked
''No need to worry,the law is in our favour,lets get started ,shall we?''The white haired one responded as she opened her eyes to reveal blood red pupils.she stood and both of them walked out the room.
On the table was a single document. It bore the title of their operation .It had a peculiar title.It was;
FOREVER 16
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