"Let's go, love," Azula yelled from her booth as Alexander Love approached the plate.
"You're rooting for the unicorns," Lonzo said with a friendly push
"Yep, Angel's supporters are in the booth next door," Azula said, pointing to her sister's booth.
"Ha, it's not as lively as here," Lonzo said, glancing towards Necathual.
"Even when she's out, she's training," Lonzo added before returning his attention to Azula.
"So, um," Azula nervously spoke, looking at Lonzo.
Lonzo was a tall white angel with brown hair; however, Azula kept glancing at his arms.
His family and Lonzo were renowned for their swordsmanship skills. His arms were almost the size of her torso.
"I see you've been working hard-" Azula added, slowly raising her hand
'One touch won't hurt,' Azula thought to herself
The sound of a hardened slime and metal bat smacking each other soon filled the arena, followed by screams of cheer.
"ALEXANDER LOVVVEEEE," the announcer screamed as Love landed a slime on the back end of the field, landing perfectly on the tic-tac-toe board. It was an automatic 10 points and free runs.
"NO SHIT!" Lonzo stood up in horror. It was 16-3, and the Unicorns were up.
"Woooo, does that mean I win?" Azula said, jumping up, clapping
"No, but that's halftime," Lonzo said, checking his watch
"Hey," a voice called out, catching them off guard. It was Necathual
"Something's off," Necuthual said in a serious tone, looking at Lonzo
"I told you that," Lonzo said, standing up before adding
"I had a feeling you could get through that barrier. What did you see?" Lonzo questioned
"Wait, what barrier?" Azula said quietly
"Ya, what barrier I'm talking about this damn judu match," necathual added
"Are you being serious?" Lonzo let a slight sneer
"Relax, I'm just joking," Necuthual Said with a playful smile
"I saw the barrier, and all that was behind the barrier was a boy. I barely got a look at him. Do you know Nicholas?" Necuthual added
"Ya, the one from the Lone family, the one with no talent but heavy dedication; I heard he's a psychopath like his grandson Axel," Lonzo said. The group quickly searched their surroundings
"I only really know about Axel. What makes his grandfather so important if he lacks talent?" Azula said, lounging in her seat
"Grand Pa took Glo 1 in the battle of merch in only a swoop.. so the rumors say."
Lonzo said, staring at the game clock.
"Let's go see what the bubba's about," Lonzo said with a smirk, calmly walking towards the phone repair shop.
"This place might well be a mattress store," Lonzo jokingly said to Azula
"Nobody would believe that," Azula chuckled, following behind
Necathual couldn't help but roll her eyes
'I should have asked it to be my death behind that wall,' Necuthual thought to herself.
"What can I do for ya?" the clerk asked
"Supposed to come here at halftime," Lonzo commented with caution
"Of course, this way, please," the man led them through the CPU walls to the back, where they climbed down the stairs to the main room.
There were all the top elites and their children waiting and talking
"I'm going to catch up with my pops real quick," Lonzo said, walking off
"They let anyone in here, don't they, sis?" necathuals asked
"Look, they got our rankings up from last year's tournament," Azula said, pointing at the wall
1. Azula
2. Necuthual
3. Axel
4. Lorerance
5. Lonzo
"You know I let you win, right?" necathual said, tossing her head to the side.
"Sure, sure was that after or before you told me to turn the sun off," Azula said, letting go of a slight chuckle.
After a few minutes of rambling and the girls standing alone with each other, a woman soon entered the room.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming on short notice. If you all would be so kind as to follow me, and for those who don't know who I am, my name is Chole of the Vex house," Chole said, leading the group to the back room.
The room had a large round table with a coat of arms on the back of the chairs.
"Please find your seats," Chloe added
"Just realized Mom and Dad aren't here," Azula whispered to her sister
"Never too far," she whispered back
"Before we start, I want to congratulate this next elite class. You are all talented, and after today, you will be full-on members," Chloe chirped.
Hoping to revive the same energy, only to revive crickets
A hand shot up
"Ah, yes," Chole said, pointing to the hand
'Axel,' necathual thought to herself
Axel shot up from his seat
A slap hit Necuthual's arm. Her sister signed her.
'Is he wearing that to an elite meeting? Count me out if he's not leaving,' Azula chuckled, throwing her head back and closing her eyes.
'I don't blame you,' Nemathual thought, looking at Axe, who wore white spandex. It was extremely tight, and Nemathual could only cringe, getting a glance at his lower section.
"I just wanted to say this is a waste of my time, and this organization has only put us elites in more danger. As a new member, I can demand a leadership change in the organization."
Axel said before confidently sitting down and crossing his legs.
The room tensed
'Fuck' necathual thought to herself, glancing at her sister to find her in shock as well.
The room began to shift into a colder atmosphere; the gravity felt heavier.
"A single person does not run the elites, nor can you just vote for a new leader. The top three strongest elites run this organization, so if you want their spot or my spot," Chloe said in a declining tone, "you'll have to die for it."
'Chole, the cold and to think ice magic was useless; I can feel the liquids inside of me slowing down,' necathual thought, grabbing her stomach in hopes of keeping it warm.
Axel just snared and sat in silence.
"I want you all to pay attention to the screen."
Chloe said to the group before, glancing at the camera. The lights soon shut off, and a few more people entered, two of them being necathala parents.
"This planet is called Octavius Prime. It was a key military planet with a rare poison well. Besides some refugee camps, the military mainly occupied it. Well, we never liked." Chloe spoke, pointing to a virtual board in front of her
'Planet looks like a shit hole'
Necathual thought to herself, looking at the images
The ground was dry, dead of life. The sky looked toxic orange, and the refugees there were starving
"This planet military was under one of our commands, and we have reason to believe the god-emperor himself coordinated this attack," Chloe said, flipping the slide show display shows a man no older than 33 in a beat-up brown suit with a breathing mask on being escorted entering a spaceship with the god-emperor emblem on it.
"This man has been identified as Daniel after being transported to the capital, HG. He released papers on a pill that could erase a person's mana and ki ability," Chloe added, flipping to another slide.
'The fuck this gotta do with the boy you'll kidnap,' necathual wondered, becoming slowly restless.
A hand grabbed her shoulder, giving her a slight rub
Glancing at the man, it was her father, who had a slight smile on his face
'For someone so weak, you ought to know when to be afraid, more dad,' Necuthual wanted to say to her father but kept quiet
"We need you to infiltrate the military and retrieve any information about the possible development of these pills and to find Daniel," Chloe said, flipping the screen again
"After he released this information to the public, he has not been heard from, and finally, we need a volunteer to help raise an orphan the elites deemed worthy of joining as an outsider," Chloe said before clapping her hands and the doors swung open
A blonde young boy stood outside the door before being forcibly pushed inside.
"Hello, young man, why don't you introduce yourself?" Cloe asked him
Nicholas soon followed entry before taking a seat next to his family,
"Alright, maybe you don't have a name, and we will give you one," Chloe said before bending down in front of the boy.
"I have a name." He spoke
"Well," Chloe said in a calm, gentle voice as she felt the elites' eyes on her.
Necuthual received a slap from her sister.
"Aw, he's so adorable. Is this who you were talking about? God, what is he wearing? Infirmary clothes?" Azula said to her sister in sign
Necuthual signed back, "We should volunteer to adopt him."
Amber snapped at the girls; they could feel the gravity around them pushing down slightly.
The girls glanced at their mother, giving them a nod, no
"My name is Michael," The boy said, speaking more clearly
"And I will not be used," Michael said, giving his best imitation stance he could muster
"Well, Michael, is this the first time you've spoken to us since bringing you here? Is there anything else you want to say to us?" Chloe said, standing upright before doing a slight nod at the camera
"The soul realm has given up on life; they would rather kill us all than give us time to change, and it's my fault," Michael said before tearing up in the room/
The elites couldn't help but sit in confusion
"what the fuck did you drag in here," Axel said as he stood up in disgust
"A fucking soul junkie, probably from section 8," Axel looking at the elites.
Though some of the younger ones laughed, everyone else stayed quiet
"Does this have something to do with the good power surges?" Azula asked Michael
"It's not a power surge; it's the people of the soul realm," Michael said before cutting himself off
"Now, how do we know you're telling the truth? What makes u special?" Lonzo asked, sitting upright in his seat, sending glare shots at the young man
"That brings me to the next point," Chloe interrupts
"This young man is a 10/10/8," Chloe said with confidence, but as she looked at the elites, some speculated
'How can someone be so gifted and not be found today?'
'Has someone been born so strong and talented in the history of the holy empire? "This is why his adoption is so important to us; either way, he is a real talent from Section 8 or some Tier 5 plant. The talent doesn't lie," Chloe said to the group.
"WE VOLUNTEER," Necthaula and Azula both said simultaneously.
"We do not," Amber said to the members.
"Great, since you're already in, you can accept, " Chloe said with a huge smile, avoiding Amber's daggers.
"We don't even know how old this boy is, where his mother or father is, and we are just supposed to raise him as our own, no way, while the government has been sending investigators to my houses." Amber quickly injected
"Well," Chloe was going to speak, just to be caught off guard again
"And I want to see this 10/10/8 power for myself anyway," Amber said before raising her arm in the air, causing the people in the front to react, and even Chloe quickly moved away from the boy.
"Please, according to his DNA, he's no older than 11; he's probably barely seen his powers," Chloe said to Amber in an attempt to stop her.
The lights flickered, the room shook, and Michael fell
'Please,' Michael tried to speak. Still, gravity pulled him to the ground
"Now, tell us the information we requested when we first got you. What's your name, your age, and where are your parents?" Amber said, increasing the density of the gravity, smashing Michael's face down, and his arms fell next.
'I am Michael. I'm sorry. Please help me,' Michael pleaded as his eyes blurred.