I opened my eyes. Everything was blurry for a minute. I blinked several times trying to clear my vision and understand the voices around me.
"Agent W is finally operational." A male voice stated.
"Agent. A person who acts on behalf of another, in particular...Operational. In or ready to be used... W. That was just a letter. What significance did that letter hold?"I thought to myself.
This place... It was so dark. Why? Where was the light? No lanturns, no torches, no light at all? I struggled to get my eyes to adjust to the darkness. Should I move? Could I move? I tested whether I could move by moving my fingers slightly. I heard the male voice speak up again.
"Looks like he's become aware."
I could almost hear the smirk in his voice. I froze. What would he do to me if he knew I was awake? What should I do? My muscles tensed. My eyes were finally adjusting. This man. He was averaged sized. His eyes a sky blue color. He wore a black cloak and had very dark almost black hair. There was another one he too had a black cloak. Brown hair and eyes. Both gazing down at me. Oh shit where was I? Who were they? Should I be scared? Relieved? Who was I? Agent W? My back was feeling cold. What was I laying on?
"Can he understand what we're saying?" Asked the brunette.
"He should be able to." The dark haired man replied.
"Can you understand?" The brunette questioned me hopefully.
I did nothing for a moment then hesitantly nodded. They smiled very unnerving smiles. Was that a mistake? Should I have just stayed still and silent?
"You are Agent W. Remember that." The dark haired man said plainly.
They gripped me which scared me at first but I calmed when I realized that they were just helping me up and off this cold hard surface. I almost fell as I stood for the first time. The two kept me from falling. I took a minute to get the hang of standing and walking. Why the hell was I so tired? Though I was pretty sure that I had this whole walking thing down the two still tried to support most of my weight. I let them lead me out of the room and down the dark hallways. I looked back at the room. A metal table and a large vial like container. There was a pair of curved staircases that led to a platform that was the same height as the vial. I guess so they could put things into or pull things out of it. The vial looked like it would be able to hold human or two in it. It had tubes and wires going into it and around it. The lid to it was on the floor and there was a trail of... some type of liquid leading from the vial to the table. Some type of computer sat a bit further away from the vial. Well at least there were torches on the walls outside that room. Honestly the light that I had been seeking kind of hurt my eyes to the point where I was flinching away from it.
"We'll be out of this acursed light in just a minute." The brunette informed me.
I said nothing as we kept walking. We passed so many creatures on the way to our destination. Some flew. Others walked. Some looked like they belonged in the water. The creatures glanced at me but quickly looked away when the dark haired man shot them a glare. They lead me to a bedroom. They lay me in the bed. The dark haired one left immediately. The brunette stayed. He covered me with the thick blanket.
"Don't worry about Kison. He's kind of... harsh but you'll get use to him like everyone else here." The brunette told me before leaving also.
I snuggled deeper into the blankets. Screw Kison. I just wanted to sleep. There's a time to work and there's a time to rest. RIght now seemed like the perfect time to rest. I'll figure out where I am later. I let my worries go and fell into a hopefully dreamless slumber. I tossed and turned in my sleep. Guess that was a no for no dreams tonight or morning. How was I suppose to know what time of day it was when it was so dark? My eyes fluttered open. I could see one two three four five six figures outside the... the... where was I? Some green bubbles rose past my face. I had some kind of a face mask on with a tube coming off of it. Smaller tubes pierced my flesh but I didn't even think of removing any of them. Glass. The figures were on the other side of the glass. Four... I searched for the right word... Four were male. Male were the sex that produce typically small motile gametes called sperm. Fuck was I a dictionary?! The other two were female. One of the female's looked in at me. She had black hair and wore a lavender suit. She spoke up.
"Hey guys. He woke up."
One of the males rushed over completely dropping his conversation with the black cloaked men. He looked in at me. Creep... He was blond and wore a yellowish gold suit. He had a pretty large muscular build to him. Not too big but bigger that any of the others that currently saw. He had a two handed blade. A claymore to be exact. The black cloaked men casually walked over. The other male was a redhead and wore a crimson suit. He had a couple of daggers. The second female was a brunette and she wore a light blue suit. She had a single handed blade. What's with all of the suits?
"How the hell-" The dark haired cloaked man started. "There's no way he could be awake yet. Check his vitals."
The other black cloaked man walked swiftly over to some computer. He pressed a few buttons and scrolled down. He looked to the waiting dark haired man
"He's sooo incomplete. Is he even capable of understanding speech?" The yellowish suit asked tilting his head to the side.
"You weren't at all better off than than he is." The cloaked brunette spoke up as he stared at the computer screen again.
"So?!" The dark haired man demanded. Well he was impatient.
"There's nothing wrong here. Everything's normal. Nothings changed." The cloaked brunette explained scrolling down a little farther.
"Hmm... Put him back to sleep..."The dark haired one ordered.
"Allllrrrriiiiight." The second cloaked man replied as he pushed a few buttons.
I could hear a hum of some machine and I could see some type of smoke no that wasn't the right word. Gas. Yeah that fit. Some type of gas was quickly snaking it's way through the tube that lead to the mask I currently wore. I tried resisting at first but gave in. Just letting my eyes slowly close. The last thing that I saw was the figures staring me. The dark haired cloaked man shifted his position slightly and turned to speak to the brunette. I couldn't make out the words though no matter how hard I tried. I sat up quickly in the bed. I looked around. Nope. No vial. No tubes. I was still here. Was I just dreaming or was that... a memory? I lay back down. Just forget it. Just forget it and go back to sleep. Nothing happened. Just figure it all out later. It's not like I could leave unnoticed. From what I saw there were creatures crawling all over this place. Wait a second. Was I really in that vial at one point? Then those others... Those others wore suits. I pushed the covers down a bit. I looked at myself. I was wearing a white suit. Did that mean that I was like them? Were they like me? So I wasn't alone here? Was I safe? So many questions. I pulled the covers back up. I had to be safe, right? Whatever reason they have for keeping me here must be just right? Did I have any other memories besides that one? I thought hard. When nothing came up well I was kind of disappointed. Did I really have no other memories? I turned onto my side trying to will myself to just go back to sleep and forget about the whole memory concept. It couldn't be the only memory I had right? I mean I looked pretty grown up to me. I just had to be too tired to remember anything. Yeah... That had to be it. I closed my eyes again. I took a breath. Then I ever so slowly fell back to sleep trying to push aside all of my worries and fears to little effect. When I woke to the door opening that morning I wasn't as tired as I was... Yesterday? Yeah it had to be yesterday. I proped myself up on my elbows as the brunette came into the room. He had a bright smile on his face.
"Morning. Ready for your first day of training?" He asked.
Training? I said nothing. I hadn't really tried talking yet. Well... Might as well go with him right? I have no where else to go. I was going to move but hesitated. This feeling. What is this feeling? This feeling that was clawing at my stomach. What was it? I thought for a second. My mind quickly registered hunger. Hunger. That ment I had to eat right?
"Well come on. Let's go and test out your skills." He said his smile dropping a little.
I pulled myself out of the bed. Test out my skills? Training? What did he mean? What was I getting tested for? What was I being trained for? Why should I care? All I wanted right now was this hunger to go away. I really didn't like the feeling. I took a few steps toward him and stopped. No way was I going to get any closer to him. The black cloaked brunette man turned and started out motioning for me to follow. I followed a pace or two behind still feeling uneasy. He lead me to a large room with four different landscapes. One corner was just the marble floor which we currently stood in. The second was all sandy. The third had water that was shallow but deepened the farther you went in. The fourth was rocky complete with it's own small drops. Some creatures that I had seen in the halls yesterday and those I had not littered the area. The dark haired man from yesterday stood looking serious and impatient as usual. The brunette walked me to the center then hurried back to the entrance where the dark haired man stood.
"Attack." The dark haired man said snapping.
What? The creatures around me started growling. Their fangs showing and snapping as they approached very threateningly. I shot a glare to the cloaked men as I instinctively drew into a fighting stance. The dark haired one smirked and the brunette looked down avoiding my glare. I turned my attention back to the threats.
"What do you think Berin? Can he harness it. Do you think he can pull it off or do you think we'll have to trash and replace this one too?" The dark haired man asked the brunette with that same smirk. His voice taunting me.
Replace? Trash? Was he really trying to taunt me? Pfft. No way I was going down that easy. One of the lizard like creatures lunged at me. I reacted by kicking it. It fell back. Why did he tell these things to attack me? I have no weapon you idiots. How was I suppose to beat these things if I had nothing to fight with? I ducked and dodged the larger creatures attacks. I jumped back as one of the creatures shot a fireball at me. What the heck? It looked like it belonged in the water. I leaped over the next fireball only to get pounced on a wolf like dog creature with purplish fur and red socks. I kicked it off as it's claws dug into my shoulder. I searched for something that I could use to fight these things. One of the creatures swung at me. I did a back dash. That's when everything seemed to slow. My image staying for a few seconds though I was no longer there. The creature looked confused as its claws went right through swiping the image away. It was confused but probably not as confused as I was. A smile formed on each of the dark cloaked men. One looked like relief and the other was more sinister. Kison or whatever his name snapped his fingers again calling the creatures off. What was going on? Kison exited with a satisfied smile.
"Wha-?" I started confused but stopped at the sound of a voice. My voice. I stiffened as the one Kison called Berin approached. Could I trust him? Did I have a choice. He had his usual warm smile.
"Good job. I was worried for awhile that we'd have to... get rid of you. It's nice to finally be done with that lab. Oh sorry. I have to introduce you to the rest of the gang. Then I have to give you a name." Berin said the last part more to himself.
With that I was once again following Berin who knows where. He led me to a different room. It was them. The four suited people from that dream or memory that I had. The red headed male had a serious expression while the blond male seemed to have more of a happy nature. The blue suited female looked from her magazine to them and smiled with a "Hi Berin." The lavender suited female studied me curiously which made me feel uncomfortable.
"This is Nash." Berin started gesturing to the crimson suited redhead who waved. "Vant." The blond smiled brighter. "Raina." The blue suited brunette straitened in her seat. "and Violet." Berin finished with the ebony haired girl. "Guys this is... Aeon."
