Summary- The 'Wexos' is a super-human race of power users each unique abilities that vary from person to person. Their powers are strong and at times deadly. 'In a land overrode with discrimination can they ever fit in with one another let alone with the humans?
Details
Name Age Power
Team Vezarius
Alice Gehabich 17 Telekinesis
Daniel Kuso 17 Elemental Control [Fire]
Joe 18 Mechanical Resonance
Mira 17 Tracking/Dimension Manipulation
Team Inferno
Runo Misaki 17 Elemental Control [Water: 3 phases]
Julie Makimoto 17 Illusion Creation
Marucho Marikuro 15.5 Advanced intelligence
Ace Grit 17.5 Elemental Control [Lightning]
Baron 16 Healing
Head commanding officer of Wexos magic Foundation -Micheal Gehabich a.k.a. Hal-G
Others
Shun Kazami 17 Demonic materialization
Antagonists- Shall be revealed within due course.
Vezarius Inferno
crystal-mist
Chapter 1
Wexos
Long ago there was a village situated near a queer secluded warehouse, a place where 'black magic' was said to be practices. One day this warehouse underwent an explosion and a mysterious fire broke forth. Fumes of various colours mixed with one another and created an unhealthy –potentially dangerous- fog. Strangely enough, in spite of the fire not a single person died. The warehouse also disappeared without a trace. This incident was top news and their miraculous escape was hailed fortunate.
The inhabitants were relocated into the city and probed for any potential change in genetic make-up due to radioactivity.
Strangely enough; everyone was healthy and there was not a single sign of mutation.
As centuries went by, this incident was soon forgotten and it became just another irrelevant page in the book of history.
But when the 444th generation of the residents came into existence, a queer mutation manifested itself in their genes.
The descents underwent a complete genetic alteration and thus were formed- ' the power users' or 'Wexos'.
These 'Wexos', each was unique with different superhuman powers. They were seen as outcasts and shunned by society. Their abilities were exceptional, and as a result, normal humans started to fear them... And the strangest thing was that this manifestation only occurred for the exact 444th generation and the 445th generation formed by this 'Wexos' had no such powers. They were normal humans.
Subsequently, various private organizations began to hire the Wexos to do their dirty work.
Micheal Gehabich, a scientist who was fascinated by the Wexos created an independent organization called the Wexos Magic Foundation. Why he used the word 'Magic' in the name of a group comprised of outcasts -nobody knows.
He wished for all the Wexos to live with an atmosphere of mutual acceptance rather than cruel dejection. This keen interest was developed due to the fact that his own grand-daughter was a Wexos as well.
In this story it becomes significant to focus on two particular groups of highly skilled Wexos children.
The two groups being mutual rivals- Vezarius and Inferno. These groups are comprised of early graduates of the intense vexos training program, each with unique talent and exceptional power control. They take on missions together and subsequently get paid for their services.
Their jobs include a variety of odd jobs which are at times dangerous.
'Beep beep beep'
A deafening alarm sounded through the entire environment and lights bleeped red. An emergency state was declared throughout the building. Men clad in black suits ran around with various contraptions in their hands.
The steady sound of footsteps echoed through the hallway as the men hurriedly inspected the perimeter in search of the intruders.
Unknowingly they passed two boys; one about 17 and the other 18. They were hiding in the shadows.
A smirk lit upon the face of the brown-haired guy. "Area clear..." he declared into his walkie-talkie [walkie-talkies shall henceforth be referred to as talky or talkies.]
"Alright Kuso, Proceed as planned, get Joe into the cloak room." came a female reply from the other end.
Daniel Kuso –one of the intruders nodded. "Right."
Dan and Joe made their way cautiously through various doors… "There." said Dan pointing to a high security lock.
Joe nodded with a determined look. He walked up to the high-tech gadget and held out his hands. He closed his eyes and a sort of series of waves emitted from his hands. The contraption bleeped a bit and then blinked. "ACCESS GRANTED."
"All set." declared Dan into his talky.
"Preparing to hack." Informed Joe as he stood in front of the computer just like he had with the previous machine...
Dan waited impatiently. Right now they were sitting ducks and if the guards appeared he would be heavily out-numbered. Not that it bothered him but right now retrieving this information was crucial. And Joe had been a bit sickly for some days now.
"Kuso… People coming your way." came a voice from the talky.
As if on cue a set of footsteps echoed through the hallway. Dan held his breath, should they hide? More importantly 'could' they hide in time?
"Thanks for the warning, Mira." He muttered half-sarcastically. He held out his hand, it started emitting a faint reddish glow. And his eyes also radiated light of the same colour. He readied himself for the battle.
The men soon reached there. They had strange devices in their hands. They were normal humans. They had no idea that the intruders were Wexos. And that this group of Wexos children would expose their illegal plans to the government.
Dan was about to shoot the fire out of his hand when suddenly they all dropped unconscious and a queer green smoke flooded the place. Joe was still engrossed in hacking the device using his power.
Dan recognized the smokescreen and so covered his nose and mouth and waited.
"Be more careful…" came a female voice as a red-head emerged from amidst the smoke. She had a gasmask on and clamped a similar mask onto Joe's face… She then threw one to Dan.
"Thanks Alice….I owe you one."
She smiled and crouched down beside the two guys. "You done Joe?" she whispered softly so as not to disturb his concentration.
"Just a sec…Almost done." Replied Joe as he still worked on cracking the code..
After about a minute of waiting. "Done." He declared.
Alice smiled. "Good job…" she then turned to Dan. "Let's get out of here…Now." And he nodded.
The trio rushed out of the building.
Dan took out a rock from his pocket and threw it at the window. He then threw a rope down the building's wall. He waited for Alice and Joe to descend before following her out.
But when they reached the gate they found them shut and bolts of electricity were running through the walls.
Any normal people would be terrified but Dan smirked. "They're messing with the wrong people, right chief?"
"Don't call me chief." scolded Alice playfully. She extended both her hands and her eyes shone azure blue and soon all three of them were levitating.
"Be wary of bullets." came Mira's voice over the talky.
Just then, several gunshots echoed as men tried firing at them but Alice had already used her telekinesis to erect a shield and hence the bullets fell uselessly onto the ground.
When they were at the very top they heard Mira's dissatisfied sigh over the talky.
"What's wrong Mira?" asked Dan.
"The 'Infernos' are there right at the other side of the gate…I think sent them as backup or something." said Mira.
The trio was soon on the other side and sure enough there stood four people. Well maybe the word 'teens' will be more appropriate.
"Oh lookie there, team Vezarius is here… They can't go on a single mission without backup." sniggered a green-haired guy. His name was Ace Grit and he was the 'leader' of Team Inferno.
"They probably couldn't complete the mission and are now returning empty handed…Aw now, don't cry…We'll help you…" said Julie in a make-shift sympathetic voice.
"Hm…Vezarius- Fancy name, but ain't got game." taunted Runo.
"By my calculations I am sure that we could have completed the task 12 minutes and 34 seconds earlier." informed the youngest and shortest of the bunch, Marucho.
Dan was about to fly off his handle. But he paused when he felt Alice's hand on his shoulder. She used her mind to talk to him [she was telepathic after all] . 'It's alright Dan…Calm down please. We don't want a fight here.'
Dan sighed in defeat. 'Alright Alice.' He told her.
Luckily Joe was normally calm and placid just like Alice and the only other irritable member of Vezarius- Mira was about 1 kilometre away.
"Thank you for being concerned but we have succeeded in completing the mission…So if you don't mind we shall take your leave." said Alice with a smile on her face.
She then led her team away from team Inferno.
T
his sweet nature of hers was always as such. It was also a well thought out strategy.
Ace hated this ability of Alice. She would always avert Inferno's taunting so skillfully… Alice would always be so sweet to them that in the end they would be speechless in her vicinity. They could neither retort nor create an argument.
Marucho straightened his glasses. "According to be calculations it is 65.8% more easier to tick Vezarius off when the 'tracker' Mira is with them and it is 99.9% easier to get on their nerves when Alice Gehabich is not around."
An anime vein popped up on Ace's forehead. "Do I look like I need statistical analysis?." He retorted as he walked away in the opposite direction Vezarius had gone.
The rest of Team Inferno followed.
"Ace, don't take your frustration out on us! I agree that it's not fair they get more missions than us and that we are always just back up; in spite of having TWO elemental warriors AND an illusionist… But pouting and self-pity won't get us anywhere." stated Runo pushing a loose strand of her blue hair behind her ear.
"We should fight for what we want." declared Ace in a determined voice.
"That's right." agreed Runo pumping her fist into the air.
Julie watched the two of them and shrugged confusedly. "It's not my fault that our team is made up of hotheads…I am normally quite bubbly and easy going myself." She said with a slightly exhausted sigh.
"Julie, who are you talking to?"
"Ah…." She stuttered. "No one in particular." She said whilst laughing nervously. Truth was Julie had this strange little habit of talking to herself a lot… but she did not want the others to know that. Perhaps that came from being a creator of illusions…
Alright, so that was the intro done…
I've noticed that the intros are the most tiresome chapters to write because you have to work on getting your idea out to everyone and stuff like that.
I do not know what impression this first chapter created on you. I mean, I had to spend an ENTIRE paragraph explaining Wexos and their origin….That was tiresome.
Please, do tell me what you think, and please do continue reading.
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