(PH :1)
Night.
The city wasn't sleeping,the city was watching.Elior sat on his bed,When he closed his eyes cameras.When he opened them the sound of drones.
Bzzzz…¡¡¡
He stood and walked to the window,the city.Neon lights,Giant screens,Drones circling the sky.
"Why…all this?"
A question burned inside his chest,
Why Alan?...
Why only toppers?...
[Flash – Classroom - Alan's memory]
"Sir, one doubt…" Alan.
Quiet,always first rank,There was something sharp in the way he asked questions.
He was a thinker...
Elior opened his eyes.
"Because he was smart?"
"No."
That wasn't the reason....!!
[Morning - The college]
The college looked normal,But the people weren't.
"Police are here again.",
"They didn't let the media inside.",
"The management is hiding something."
the corridors new cameras,More of them.Placed lower,Elior noticed.
The cameras weren't watching students…
they were watching minds.
A faint pressure hit his head,
Tick….!!
For a moment sounds faded.A student
He was smiling,But inside that smile
fear.
"Stop…"
Elior trembled,Sounds returned.
"Is this…my power?"
[In canteen]
Lyra didn't drink her coffee,She looked at Elior.
"Didn't you feel it?"she asked.
"What?"
"They were taken because"
"they're easy to break."
He stayed silent,
"Break…?"!!! She lowered her voice.
"Toppers,Pressure,Expectations,Fear of failure."
"All it takes
is a small crack in the mind."
Elior struggled to breathe,,
!They were chosen
because of mental weakness.!!
The library,Silent.A student sat alone,His hands trembled,A book open
but his eyes weren't reading.
Elior's head pulsed again.
Flash!!!!!!
A dark room,,,
Something like a helmet,,,,
Thoughts on screens,,,,
He stepped back suddenly.
"I shouldn't be seeing this…"
But he did....
but in somewhere...
A dark place,A voice.
"Intelligence alone isn't enough."
On the screens brain waves.Fear,
Sorrow,Isolation.
"To control a human"
"you must find the crack
inside their mind."
A name appeared,,
ELIOR VEIL!!!!!
The voice laughed softly,
"He hasn't broken yet."
Elior stood alone,Wind blew.But the wind felt… different.Red,Faded blue.
The city felt like it was holding its breath.A truth settled inside him.
"They weren't chosen for intelligence."
"They were chosen
because they could be broken"
He whispered,
"Who's next?"...
0.5 seconds.It stared at him.