He never escapes my thoughts. No matter what I do to keep his repulsive face from mind, he always seems to have a way of getting past my mental wall. I see the same vision as I have every other time he haunts my brain.

Setrakus Ra has John by the throat. The bastard sneers. John is doing everything he can to free himself from Setrakus Ra. Nothing. I try to run to his aid like I have the million other times I've had this vision, but just as the last times, I can't move.

"You think you've killed me pitiful boy," Setrakus bellows, "You have merely delayed my success!"

Ok now that's new. The asshole never spoke in any of my other visions and now he's rattling on about his return? Bullshit.

Setrakus Ra stares right at me as if he seems to know I'm there. "My progress is too advanced for a small group of teenagers to bring to an end. No mountain, no matter how big, will be able to bury me!" he screams.

The so called "Beloved Leader" slams John to the ground as if he were a doll and charges towards me. Even though I know this is a vision, this still seems like reality as I dread for what he is about to do next. Setrakus Ra snatches my paralyzed body and brings me uncomfortably close to his face.

"I hope you missed me," he breathes. "But not to worry. We will meet soon enough,"

Setrakus Ra throws me to the ground. He raises his foot to smash my face in and-

"NINE!" I hear as I'm jolted awake. I really have to stop dozing off during breakfast. I turn and see it's Lexa who freed me from the vision.

"Nine, good God you scared the hell out of me," she shakes her head. "You have to stop letting him get to you like that,"

"I know. I know," I mutter.

"The usual?"

"No, actually. The bastard brought something new to the table. Started out the same exact way, but when it got to John, he spoke to me. He was going on about how he wasn't finished with us, and his retur, blah blah blah."

"Nine," Lexa whispers wide eyed, "This isn't something you should just be shaking off..."

"I have it under control alright?" I snap back. "Just let me eat in peace,"

"I get it. I'm sorry, I shouldn't push you. After breakfast come out to the courtyard. The US government has a late bloomer coming in at 10:30 sharp and I want you to actually be there to meet our newest recruit instead of blowing it off like you did to the other Earth Garde that came in."

"I'll be there, but no promises I'm being nice to the kid." I call as Lexa walks off

Too many things on my mind right now. The vision, the oddly late garde being found, the possibility of Setrakus Ra returning, and how poorly made this oatmeal is. I figure all these thoughts can wait. I push my bowl aside and walk towards the courtyard.

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I hold my head in my hands as I'm bounced down a dirt road in the back of a van. After the dodgeball incident, my terrified gym teacher ran straight to the principal himself. The government was notified and I was immediately whisked away in the back of this van to God knows where.

I can't be one of them. I can't be one of them. I repeat over and over again. I saw the invasion on the news and I know what the Loric are capable of. I just want nothing to do with it. I was perfectly fine with the way my ordinary, boring life was going in Seattle.

"Five minutes out," the officer driving the van calls back to me.

I was allowed a phone call to my parents to let them know of my absence. There was a lot of crying on both ends of the call, but the message was delivered. I'm a human Garde and I'm going to spend time in some training center for people just like me.

Where ever the government plans on holding me, it definitely is protected. I notice numerous stationed officers and military check points along the forest engulfed, dirt road. I count at least seven checkpoints in total and I imagine patrols of men are circling the location as well. Escape definitely is not an option. The driver slows to a stop and I'm told I'll be led on foot the rest of the way.

The walk doesn't take long and soon enough, I'm greeted by the campus of a somewhat built school. It looks like something taken directly out of a boarding school brochure. I notice a group of kids who look to be my age running through some obstacle course in the forest. Another group similar in size is scattered off to the side in a circle tossing frisbees to each other. Except they aren't using their hands. The group is doing exactly what happened to me in gym class except it looks like they have much more control.

My head starts to throb and my stomach turns. I prayed that this was all just a fluke and that I was hallucinating what happened in the gym. Seeing these kids replicate the magic force makes me realize just how real this all is.

We walk past the two groups and head straight towards the center of the open courtyard. My stomach starts to turn and I fell like I'm going to vomit as we approach a group of people. One of members is clearly lecturing a kid who I assume is a student here.

"Kyle you have to stop turning invisible and sneaking into the girls locker room. It's nasty and if you do it again I'm gonna have to unleash hell on you. For now, we'll start with laps."

The kid groans and jogs off to start running circles around the campus. The lecturer, obviously satisfied with the result of that meeting, smiles and nods. He notices me approaching and claps his hands together.

"Great! Fresh meat at my disposal. How's it going kid? My names Nine, but that's Professor Nine to you. Welcome to the Academy!"

Hey guys sorry I took so long to upload the second chapter! I've been busy this weekend but I wrote a lot longer of a chapter this time hopefully to make up for it. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter of The Academy! Please leave a review and let me know if you guys want chapters this long from now on or just any other feedback is great. As long as I know you're there I'll keep writing. Thanks!