Chapter Two- Daniel
This was the day I had been waiting for. I had been in training so long and it was finally time to put that training to use. I was so excited I felt I could burst. I had to look the image today. Smiling smugly I pushed back by black spikes of hair so they stood up in that 'I've just walked through a bush backwards' kind of look. I placed dark sunglasses over my chocolate brown eyes. Adjusting my red sports jacket so it hang over my white top I pulled my jeans up and looked down to make sure my trainers were tied up. I looked in the mirror. I could pass for a normal school boy any day. I smiled smugly to myself.
"Daniel!" Mr Rottingdan called from his office. I took a deep breath but I wasn't nervous. I was actually pretty confident. I was going to do him proud. Pushing open the large black double doors a greeted my boss with a wave of the hand. In this building and this business smiling wasn't really appropriate. He nodded in response. The whole room was black with one large window looking out on London town. The street buzzed outside. I drew my attention back to Mr Rottingdan. He was sitting behind his desk. He looked so menacing, I looked up to him, he was what I wanted to become. The head of this business.
I took my seat opposite him. "Today is your first mission" he said with authority. "I want you t-" he was cut off by the sound of two very loud engines outside. I turned my head to the left to see what it was. There were two people on bikes. One was a man, probably in his forties. In front of him was a girl about my age. She was laughing as her ginger curls flew behind her and hazel eyes twinkling. She was really pretty. Face of an angel. But wait... Neither of them were wearing helmets wasn't that a bit dangerous? Apparently they thought differently. I then realized the learner sticker on the back of her bike. The guy behind her must have been the teacher I supposed. I watched as she sped past traffic lights before making an expert ninety degree turn to the left. I could hear the instructor shouting at her as he was forced to speed after her but before he disappeared round the corner I saw that he was grinning.
"Stupid bikers" Mr Rottingdan muttered, drawing my attention back to him. I nodded my head in agreement. "Back to business" he cleared his throat. "This mission is of the uppermost importance." He began ."We have found a very powerful unregistered savant. We have to find her and get to her before the savant community do. She can be very useful to us" He clicked a button on his laptop and a picture was projected onto the wall behind him. It was a girl. About my age. She was wearing a leather biker jacket with black top underneath. Her long ginger curls were draped over her shoulders and her hazel eyes sparkled in the light. She was laughing slightly. By the look of the background it looked like she was at a gas station. "This picture was taken this morning" he continued. "Her name is Thalia" He finished. I raised an eyebrow. "Doesn't she have a surname?" I asked. "Not that we can find" he sighed. Strange but good enough to work with.
"What do you want me to do?" I pried. "You can drive right?" I nodded. "I want you to take out our Ferrari whoo her over somehow, you know cause your a boy and bring her back to us. If that fails use your persuasive powers" I smiled at the mention of my power. This whole community were savants, savants who used their powers to their advantage. People who believed we were above normal humans. And we were. We could do telepathy and telekinesis. We also had our own power, mine was to force people to do things. So if Thalia didn't play nice we would have to do things my way. She looked pretty sweet and gullible though plus I had a way with girls.
"The address" I requested. The boss pulled out an envelope. "This is the address, I trust you to do well. You have graduated as one of our best students here. It is finally time to do the big stuff. You are our secret weapon Daniel. I hope you realize that. I wish you the best of luck" Just as I was about to leave the engines kicked up again. I looked out of the window once more. The couple were coming back again. Since they were facing me I got a better view and what I saw shocked me. The girl, it was Thalia.