Teach Me How to Live
Chapter 1: Getting My Life on Track
In a dark room only lit up by three candles, a figure of a young girl sat on the cold metal floor, hunched down. She was sitting down, contemplating on her fate. Her hands were cuffed to the wall and the floor had a pool of blood. The girl's breathing was calm and steady.
A creaking sound came from across the room. Sunlight flooded into the dark space. The girl looked to see a man with long dark brown hair tied into a low ponytail walk into the cell. "Time to get up, Skuoro. Someone's hear to see you, child." The man said to her. The girl addressed as Skuoro looked up at him. Her face had spots of dried blood, her bangs almost covering her eyes and her long black hair was slightly messy.
"Is someone here to buy me, Xul?" She asked him. The man, Xul knelled next to her and starts removing her cuffs. "I don't know but right now, let's get you cleaned up." Xul answered her and helped her to her feet. He lead her out of the cell.
At another room, a group of people were waiting for something. Two people entered the room. A man wearing a green suit and black sunglasses and a teenage boy wearing a red orange jacket and orange googles on top of his head. "Why are we hear again?" Asked the teen. "We're here because White wants us to survey this new 'weapon' they're trading." The man answered him. "Weapon?" He asked again. The man didn't answer and kept on walking through the crowd. They came to the balcony overlooking a large space. The walls below were stained with blood and had a bones scattered all over the floor.
The crowd clapped as a bald man with pale peach skin and bright pink eyes entered the room. They stopped when the man started to speak. "Welcome, my friends. Thank you all for accepting my invitation to see my newest discovery. I present to you, Skuoro Angelos, the most powerful weapon in the world!" The man gesture to the space below.
The lights turned on and focused on the girl before. She wore a white short-sleeved t-shirt underneath a dark blue short-sleeved jacket with long light blue sleeves, soft light brown trousers over black knee-high military boots, brown gloves with loose cuffs and a fluroscent green charm necklace around her neck. She also had her hair tied up into a neat ponytail leaving some of her hair loose to the front and her bangs clipped using transparent hair clips.
Suddenly, the space was rocked by foot steps, slowly approaching the girl, Skuoro. A lion head emerged from the shadow followed by two more. Then, came it's body and spike covered tail. Skuoro's face was empty. Not one emotion was shown. She calmly removed her blue jacket and tied it around her hips and took out a black cloth. She tied the cloth around her right forearm. "Now, watch as she defeats this horrendous monster." The bald man said again to the crowd as they turned their attention to the girl and monster.
The monster charged and got its razor-sharp claws out, ready to attack Skuoro. She charged at the beast too. As they came closer, the girl pulled her arm back getting ready to punch it. With one touch, the monster flew to the back of the room. The crowd gasped and started to mutter things. "Woah! How did she?", "That's incredible!" and "I'm taking her." was heard all around the room. There was a short pause for the battle as the two tried to catch their breathes. "I bet you're asking how she did that. Well, Skuoro is an elemental E.V.O. with unique abilities," Said the pink eyed man.
The fight continued. Skuoro's eyes flashed orange for a while and her hands were on fire the next. The monster charged her again, this time ramming its head first. The flames on the young girl started to extend to form a flaming whip. She lashed the whips to the lion monster and it was wrapped around its neck. The monster roared in pain as the intense heat burned its fur and flesh. "The first and main ability that she possesses is pyrokinesis," The man continued. Skuoro released the monster and extinguished the fire whip.
The monster rose up and started to charge at her again. Seeing that, she lifted her hands and her eyes glowed dark green. The ground shook violently. Suddenly, the ground below the beast collapsed and so did it. "Her second ability is geokinesis. She also has aerokinesis in which you have seen earlier." The man continued.
Skuoro got up once again this time her eyes glowed white. Her hands started to get covered with ice. Her breath was cold also. She charged at the now helpless monster. The teen jumped and turned the ice in her hands into sharp claws. She landed on top of the beast and punctured its chest using her razor-like weapons. Blood spluttered on her form. The crowd went silent, shocked to see a girl of such a young age, killing something so violently and merciless. "Cyrokinesis is her second most commonly used ability but that's not all that she has."
The young teen stood up from them dead carcass of the animal. She took a deep breathe and held out her hand. Suddenly, her eyes glowed pale green and pale green streaks started to appear along her arm crawling towards her hand. The dead monster's body started to disintegrate and turn into dust. Her eyes and arm reverted back to normal and she staggered a few steps back due to a slight headache. The crowd was astonished at this. "That was amazing and at the same time pretty creepy." Said the boy in the red-orange jacket. The host walked to the front of the balcony.
"So, what will it be for this army of one?"