Chapter Four: Anima
The ending of the era is near,
Bye my Aria,
If you love us, then save us.
The story so far…
After the reset of the timeline, Luka Megurine was sent back into her old mind.
With her memories erased, she must relive her life before her encounter with the mysterious Man with The Silver Gun and previous of Aria's death.
The current Luka has entered the college she's been accepted into by her entrance exams and her PET test. So far, she has met a beautiful woman named Aria Elegy, whom is the Aria Elegy that was killed before the reset. The two get along fine, but tragedy strikes when Luka's mental barrier rejects her.
After she recovers, she gains the Cross with the Red Ruby, and now can return to her dorm and continue her journey…
But as she is living a good life, evil is growing in the world. The evil that is self-righteous, and wants to change the world forever…
Arc 2D "Crisis" – Entrance: Neutral
A few weeks later….
Tokyo Hospital for Industrial and Scientific Study
September 26, 2028
Weather: Sunny with 45% chance of Thunderstorms
A man wearing a white lab coat walked within a white and bland hallway. The hallway has the scent of a sterile environment, from constant cleaning and housekeeping. As the man is walking along while holding file folders, he passes a wall mural that reads Tokyo Hospital for Industrial and Scientific Study in blue with a double-sqaure logo. The hospital had a steady intake of patients, but most of the complex were research centers for numerous studies of medicine. The man wasn't no more than 30, but he seemed to be a little older than most of the new people on the block. On his lab coat was a name plate that read, "Dr. Longya Ph.D". His full name would be Yuezhang Longya, heir to the corporate giant known as the Longya Corporation. The Longya Corporation being the one of Japan's largest sellers since World War III, and the leader of markets in China and the whole NEF.
Longya scanned his way into a back corridor away from the main hallways, which lead to a business meeting room a few meters in front of him. As he approached, he slicked his hair just a bit to straighten it out from a full night of testing. He was nervous, but overall ready to present the results of a research program that he has undertaken from his mentor. He opened the door to a room that had several people in it. The people were mostly doctors and business men, sitting ready to hear the word on the project they tirelessly poured their money into.
Upon seeing the business men, he instantly voiced his thoughts like a speech he had just written beforehand. "I gathered you all for an important meeting on the progression of the Kami Program today", his voice came out a little crackly. He cleared his throat as he reached for a folder. "I also have something to show you in this meeting…", he said as he grabbed a folder and placed it onto the table. "Something important", He said as the folder flipped open and spilled out a small amount of papers. On the cover of the folder was marked with careless erasing and renaming from the years past, it read "The Kami Program: To change and push Human Evolution."
"This program was started 10 years ago by a man that you may not know", Longya said, sitting in the seat that he pulled out. "I've been personally working every minute of my current life to give you the results that we have put our hearts and important resources into", Longya said. "This is the project that I dedicated my life to…" He said as he cleared his throat, then spoke again. "I even sacrificed my only sister for this." He opened another file folder, and removed a paper detailing the results. "This is the drug testing results from a year ago, and it has a 90% fatality rate on normal humans, however I modified the drug to give a person mental powers in order for it to not instantly kill the user, thus bringing the fatality rate down to 10%", Longya said as he looked around the table. "So far the results of the Kami program say that this is an important success of the human race."
One of the other doctors looked at him nervously and said, "How do we know that it's complete? Did you test every little detail and partition of it?". Longya scoffed, "Yes, we spent testing it for the past 5 years, but we finally managed to perfect it", Longya said. "We have physical evidence to show you proof that our resources and effort were not wasted." Longya then reached across the table and clicked a button. The speaker turned on and he spoke into it, "Send him up", and sat back into his chair. He was very confident about this, as it was the best finding of the century, perhaps in the history of this world.
After the men sat there in silence, there was a knock on the door after about a minute, noddingly Longya got up out of his chair to go to the door. He sighed and hoped that his 'proof' would be enough for them. He opened the door with a little reluctance, and at the door was a man with white hair and grey-blue colored eyes. Longya looked at his arm, which showed the imprint of "CV04". The doctor smiled at him and said, "Come in, we have lots to show them."
CV04 walked into the room with reluctance to see doctors and men, it was a room different from his usual environment. CV04 watched as Longya moved his hand towards CV04 and said, "I present you, Cee-Vee-oh-four, or Adam". CV04 winced at the name Adam but was glad that it wasn't his predecessors name. Longya showed Adam off to the business men and said, "He will change the world as we know it." Adam breathed in slowly, he didn't like the fact that he was now the 'Savior' but decided to go through with it. He needed to be better than 'Kami', he absolutely needed to get what he wanted… Revolution.
One of the business men then cleared his throat, "How will he change the world? He doesn't look older than 20 years old." Longya laughed while he looked at his creation, "He will, I'll show you how", he said as he then stepped back from Adam. Adam sighed softly and worked his magic. He put his hand out and summoned forth a light barrier, his eyes glowed green from it. He let it glow for a few seconds and then he stopped and returned to normal. One of the men slammed his fist on the table and yelled, "This doesn't prove anything! How would he be the world's savior!? That's just normal Photo-kinesis!" Adam felt the man's anger and locked eyes with the doctor and then threw him back towards the wall without a problem. "If you don't believe me now, you'd best do it soon", Adam said as he started to suck the life energy from the man's body, taking it into his palm and then bit the bottom of his lip as he crushed it.
Longya tapped his shoulder and said, "You can take it easy for now Adam." Adam returned to normal and let his 'Father' talk to the men. "This young man here will change the course of the upcoming war and will be of significant use for us." All the men in the room were a bit scared, but they recomposed themselves before one of them spoke, "What did you give him? Enhanced powers?" Longya shook his head, "He was given the drug that we put our life into developing, I call it God's Word", He said as he put another file on the table. The file contained the information about the drug, and its effect. "Diluted to one-ten-thousandth of its original form. This was the final product of the previous Leia program, and now fixed in the current Kami Program."
All the men looked stunned, "What happened to Leia then?", one of them asked. Longya sighed, "She was only here for a mere month and during that time, we had no time to properly test on her but, she was the one that allowed us to create God's Word." Longya grabbed a file from another folder and placed it on the table. "Her codename was Kami at the time, and the information she gave us was very beneficial", Longya said with a slight crack in his voice. "Have you men ever heard of how people are related to gods?", Longya said a little cryptically. One of the men perked their head and muttered, "You mean Leia?" Longya looked at him and nodded, "It's not a known fact, but it's mostly taken as fiction, but 0.01% of the population of Japan are descended from gods. That's why you had clans, households, and all that history stuff." He stopped talking to clear his throat. "Leia was in fact descended from a god, that god we know now as 15-dash-29-dash-B". Longya turned to look at Adam and said, "After testing on Leia during her stay in the hospital when I was still an intern for my mentor, we found out that she had inherited the god's abilities."
"However, we couldn't test on her long enough as she was an inpatient, and as soon as she recovered, we let her go with her mother." Longya said as he circled the table, and then sat back in his chair to pull out another file. "But we had her blood tests, which in according to our secret policies, we must store the blood as well. But we as researchers had our way with it, thus we made the Leia Program…" He trailed off while thinking of the moment. "But that's old history, we lost her and now we have Adam. The CV series has been complete, and only after four iterations." Longya said as he stood back up and placed the full files of her on the table, the doctors and men looked as they saw a woman no older than 16 in the image. The woman has long hair and wore glasses. Longya looked and motioned at Adam. "Adam will bring us remarkable success…", as he said as he pushed a button that brought down a projector from the ceiling. "He as he has shown himself to be a great sniper, and a precise one at that", he said then as it began to play a video clip.
"In a test trials, he has been able to control even his bullet to hit the target, and his maximum range", he said as he waited for the video to catch up, "his range is 5 miles, making him better than any sniper that exists in the world today." The video clip changed to others that were given the 'God's Word' drug. "The God's Word, or GW drug has been shown to give even a mere human being psychic powers, or if one took the undiluted form..." He trailed off as he played another clip. "It would be a disaster had we not had anti-psychic tanks." The video showed a man with Dark Blue hair crashing through steel walls and different blockades. The doctors seemed to be interested at this prospect, one of them smiled and said, "So what happens if you take the undiluted solution?".
Longya looked at them with a serious express that he rarely shone, "You would become a God, you would have powers of creation, powers of imagination to create untold things, you would essentially be able to save the human race from extinction from all the known prophecies in the world." He stopped to clear his throat. "You'd even be able to prevent the said Ragnarok, or you'd be able to stop the God's judgement on the world." He turned to look at Adam. Adam stood straighter as he knew that Longya expected great things from him. "You would become so powerful that it wouldn't even be worth trying to stop you." Longya then grabbed another file, "The GW drug is so powerful, anyone who takes it will become a god, simple as that."
Longya motioned at Adam and did a hand signal that only meant one thing. Adam stepped forward as he started to focus and demonstrated a new ability. He created an apple out of his hand, and then took a bite out of it, sneering at the other people in the room. "In other words, the people using the drug would be able to transcend death, would be worshipped by all for the millions of years, even be sought out as a means of life", Adam said in a dark voice. Adam then walked forward towards the table, "Since I'm your creation, let me fight for your cause, I know that you mean good in this world."
Longya turned and faced Adam, "You'll be of immense help". Longya patted his shoulder, "Let's end this world and bring about a new one." Adam looked up at Longya and felt a warmness in his chest. He nodded as he locked eyes with Longya, "Yes, I've seen the horrors, it's time to rid ourselves of our previous control of the God's and other religions." Adam started to lower his head, "I joined because I was discriminated against for being who I am!" He stood up and faced the men in the room, "I will do anything for saving my life." He looked around the room and spoke in a louder voice than before, "Since you guys are his allies, you're my allies. Let's make this world once again renewed, a world where religion doesn't matter." He smiled, "A world where the Gods are really here to help, and not sitting in a place where they don't exist, only to leave us alone." He put his hand to his chest, "To the Sekai."
Later that evening...
Aiko City, Outskirts
The dorm room was a decent temperature with its low lighting, it's interior was now decorated with stuff from Luka after she settled in and got used to her roommate. Luka had finally made herself at home, after her nightmares and tryst with the clinic a few weeks ago. The time since then had been lessons on various subjects, but none so far about using the powers that she has. The 'Lessons' weren't lessons on teaching her about psychic abilities, instead it was her teaching the scientists and professors the abilities, which was contrary as they are supposed to know what they are.
She sat on her bed exhausted from the day of studying and showing what her abilities were, which wasn't hard, but it left her feeling very tired and weak from the day. Luka sat there as she felt a little nervous as something was bothering her. 'Why is it that everything is fine, but I feel anxious?' Luka asked herself while lying down on her bed looking up at the ceiling, feeling the energy of the world flow through her. 'It's been strange these past few days. Every day is a new experience, and somehow it calms me knowing that I'm in a place where I'm accepted… But still…'
Ever since they became roommates, it was Aria was the first to perk up about something. "Hey Luka, do you want to go someplace to eat?", she said with an excited tone to her voice. Luka lay there thinking about it, wondering if it was worth trying to get up and go someplace just to have a dinner and have another 'getting' to know each other talk. Honestly Luka felt tired from the day but hearing about food made her feel tortured. He stomach clearly had no mind against her otherwise tired body. 'Well it can't be that bad…' Luka thought to herself as sat up and stretched. "Yeah, where do you want to eat at then?", Luka said, getting ready to stand up. Aria started to speak again, "Let's see... I know a place here in the city that serves up great Raman if that's your liking, or maybe there's that buffet about 4 kilometers away or maybe…" Aria trailed off trying to remember the places she's been to.
Luka was already standing while Aria was going through the 'best' locations in town. Luka knew that if she didn't answer her question about where she wanted to go, Aria would get a little worried and go into her 'why are you avoiding me' talk, even though that Luka very well liked her, but didn't like that she was tired from the day. Luka spoke up, "Well… It doesn't matter to me, I mean I really like su-." Luka stopped herself from speaking those words. Aria's head perked up and tilted in a way that reminded her of a certain image she saw in history books about a dog. Aria chuckled and said, "Oh... You're a fish person, aren't you?".
Luka mentally slapped herself at those words, now Aria was going to spoil her even more than she already did in the past few weeks. Luka then started to remember all those times that Aria would somehow guess what she liked, and then spoiled her with it. 'It's not like I like her', Luka thought to herself. 'Maybe I should say that I liked something else…' Luka to herself and turned to see Aria was already searching through her wardrobe. 'Well there goes that plan…' Luka thought as Aria pulled out an outfit that she liked. "I like seafood too Luka, for today's dinner the food will be on me." Luka sighed, Aria always wanted to pay for the dinner, even though Luka clearly had enough money for it. Luka then said, "Let me get dressed then", she said as she slightly slumped her shoulders from exhaustion.
Aria looked at Luka and smiled. Luka saw it and felt her heart melt, she liked it when she did that. 'Maybe tonight can't be so bad after all' Luka thought as she reached into the dresser next to her bed. Luka looked through and tried to find an outfit that fit the weather, and something that looked nice, but not fancy. As she searched through, she found an old dress that was black with red streaks and some frills that just barely came over her knees. "I really hate triangles…" Luka muttered. Aria heard Luka say something and said, "What was that? Did you say something?" Luka winced and hoped that Aria didn't get the wrong idea. "I'm talking about an outfit, nothing to worry about" Luka said as she chuckled, but clearly cringing on the inside about still having this from a school play.
As Luka finally chose an outfit for herself as Aria was in the restroom getting ready. Luka looked to see that it was her chance to change so that way Aria wouldn't see her in her undergarments again. Luka quickly took off her shirt and shorts, and quickly slipped into black shirt and shorts, and put hoodie on. Luka looked at herself in the mirror and thought it looked ok, but quickly thought against it. 'This won't suit the occasion, I'd look weird like this heading into a restaurant. This is not like anime life' She thought as she changed into more suitable clothing for a night out. Luka quickly started to brush her hair to remove the frizz that would come about from not taking a decent shower in the evening time slot.
Aria came out of the restroom and said, "Are you ready Luka?" Luka stopped brushing her hair and look at Aria. She softly gasped as Aria was wearing a red shirt with a black overshirt and a knee length pink skirt. Luka also took notice of Aria wearing glasses which made Luka want to hug Aria right now but decided against it as they are friends. 'She's not like Miku, she might get weirded out.' She thought as she just continued to look at Aria. "Um, Luka… Are you going to stop staring now?" Aria asked out of spite from Luka just staring at her. Luka snapped out of her thoughts and blinked a couple of times. "I'm sorry Aria, I was just deep in thought." Luka said trying to cover herself from looking too weird. "That was some thought then." Aria said as she turned around while maintaining eye contact.
'Why is it so hard to talk to her God?' Luka asked herself as she sat on the edge of the bed, slipping on her socks. Luka could hear things moving around in the small kitchen they had, obviously Aria getting the small fridge cleaned out. 'I forgot that each dorm room was bigger than I thought…' Luka thought to herself as she remembered the layout. There was a kitchenette near the door on the left side of the room, and the main room was separated from it by a wall. The bathroom was on the far back and left side of the room, where it had a all the necessary things inside of it. The beds are in the main part of the room, and both can be separated by a folding wall built into the right-side wall.
Luka continued to sit there thinking about the room as Aria was almost ready to head outside of the door. "Come on Luka, you're just sitting there! You're going to get left behind at this rate!" Aria said in a playful manner. Luka's head perked up from hearing that, forcing her out of thought. "Ah, coming in just a sec!" Luka shouted while jumping off her bed. Luka grabbed her purse off the shelf near her bed and ran towards the door. At the door she stepped into her shoes and grabbed her umbrella just in case it rained again. And once she was done getting the umbrella, she looked up to see Aria's eyes looking back into her own. "Luka silly, slow down or else you'd hurt yourself." Aria said while looking at Luka, almost looking into her soul. Luka stood back up and took a breath. "I'm sorry Ia, I just felt worked up today, so hopefully you won't mind my closed mindset right now." Luka said apologizingly. Aria just smiled and turned away, and said "Come on, Dinner's on me tonight."
Aria walked into the hallway of the dorms, which was empty and quiet for now. Luka followed suit and walked behind Aria at her pace, which wasn't too fast or slow. Luka's attention was grabbed by the numbers on the doors, which decreased every door until they reached the elevator. In which the elevator had to be called up from the button because someone had just recently used it. Aria slightly bent over to swipe the touchscreen and select a floor, a feature that Luka didn't know existed until now. "That's how this elevator works?" Luka asked out in question, looking at the touchscreen that was lit up. "Yep, I know you're used to those civ elevators, in which you must select the levels inside, however this elevator works differently. You can select the level before getting on, saving time and space for other people." Aria said, twiddling her thumbs while waiting for the elevator to arrive.
"So this place is more advanced than I thought." Luka said looking at the panel, seeing it glow blue from being used, then switching off. "This place was built as a testing ground for various things besides just us Roses." Aria said, looking up from watching her thumbs to look through the window overviewing part of the campus. "In fact this place was built to test the new tech they want to implement at other schools and colleges alike. In fact, Aiko is actually not a real city, this city was almost made overnight if you were born early enough for anyone to tell you." Aria said as the elevator showed up. They both stepped in while Aria kept telling Luka about the history. "It's not called love-child for a reason, the term was used in a derogatory sense, but in this case it was called Aiko because it's not a true city like Tokyo. This city was made to house refugees from the previous World War, and it was built for long term usage."
The elevator continued down to the ground floor and stopped at the 2nd level for someone to get on. When the elevator opened, a blue haired woman walked in and stopped when she saw Aria. "Hello Aoki, what are you doing outside of your main dorm?" Aria inquired, as she was the dorm keeper. "Uh… I uh… I was hanging out with Yuzu, we chatted up a storm and forgot what time it was." Aoki responded sheepishly. "You're lucky that you were on the right level young miss, if you had been a level up higher I might've called the campus police." Aria said in a serious tone, tapping her foot sending out energy that made Aoki freeze in her place. "I-I'm sorry E-Elegy-san! I won't do it again!" Aoki cried out, while the door closed locking her in with Aria and Luka. "Hey, no san. People won't understand you with that language. It's Miss Elegy to you, now when this elevator stops, I want you to head back to your building." Aria practically yelled, scaring Aoki more and more. "And you better do it, you wouldn't want your third strike being something stupid won't you?" Aria said looking down on her, using her energy to place fear in her heart. Aoki gulped and leaned against the door, which opened a few seconds later causing her to fall. "I-I'll be on m-my way t-then…" Aoki said as she stood back up and ran off.
Luka stood there blinking at what just happened. 'So this is Aria's power, Emphatic Control…' Luka thought to herself while watching Aoki almost trip over the carpet on her way out. As Luka and Aria walked out of the elevator Aria sighed, "This is a tough job they gave me… Anyway… Where was I in explaining…" Aria said trying to remember where they were in the conversation. "Ah… The city was kept in good condition and now fifteen-years later here we are. This college and academy was made by the Tokyo Hospital for Industrial and Scientific Study, which is another college hospital in Tokyo." Aria said while walking through the automatic doors in the front. "This is all funded by them, and they're super helpful too. They're the ones that made the Limiters known as the Psychic Barriers." Aria continued about them, in which Luka really didn't care about hospitals or their scientific background in general. Aria stopped walking and spoke up, "Hey Luka, are we using your car? I mean we could use the bus too." Luka thought about it. 'It's not like people drive that much, since half of Japan's population died…' Luka snapped herself out of her thoughts and said, "Let's take mine, that way I know how to drive in this city." Aria nodded, "Lead the way to your car!"
However, the walk to the car was short, so short in fact that it was maybe 30 or 40 paces away from the entrance. However, the way Aria was talking, she made it feel like a journey of a thousand miles. A thousand miles that Luka felt like she would've much better spent on something else, however walking to the car in the cool evening felt nice on her skin. It felt much better considering she would be doing something interesting, much better than staying at the local library just to study or going to the Scientific Center for Study in Mentalism just to have scientists poke at her basically with sticks to study her "power".
'It wasn't my fault that God or whatever exists decided to make me a "Special" one. I didn't ask for this.' Luka thought while she knocked on the door to let Mirai know she wanted in. "Good evening Luka press your hand against the window and I'll let you in." The A.I. spoke in its usual bubbly tone, in which was a nice break from always hearing the monotone voices of the scientists and doctors asking her questions about 'Whether she had used her powers in the last 24 hours', or something like 'What caused your mental barrier to break on your first day here?' In which Luka can answer the first one, but the second always came back as strange.
Luka pressed her hand against the window and let Mirai scan it, to which Mirai said brightly, "Welcome Luka, you have 25 miles left and your car interior has met a maximum of 40 degrees Celsius today." Luka disregarded it as it didn't alarm her too much. "Also, this car had a total of One break in attempt today. The photo of the perp has been taken and reported to the local authorities." Luka froze while opening her door and thought about it. 'Who would attempt to break in to my car?' Luka asked herself while continuing to get in her car. Luka had a concerned face and looked at Aria when they both stepped in. "I wonder who would try to do such a thing? I don't think anyone here is jealous of you Luka." Aria said, sitting into the car and putting on her seatbelt. "I mean your ability is classified as a Class 2, which isn't that powerful in perspective."
Luka sighed, "I'm not sure then, I wouldn't think anyone could get past security… Maybe…" Luka trailed off as she thought about it, but then started to tap on the monitor of the car. "Mirai, bring up the image of the would-be carjacker." Mirai popped up on screen and said, "Yes ma'am, here they are." Luka and Aria moved closer to the monitor to see a person wearing a mask with a hoodie trying to force they way into Luka's car. However, over the hoodie was a vest that had a symbol. "I don't know who that is." Luka said as she looked at the image. Aria put her hands on her lap and looked at the image, "It doesn't look like anyone familiar, and he doesn't seem to be from around here." Luka sighed, "Let's not think about it, he was reported to the authorities, so we wouldn't need to worry about it." Aria looked and smiled at Luka, "I don't think it's going to be a bad thing, they'll increase security since they were contacted." Luka smiled, and grabbed the steering wheel after putting on her seatbelt. "Let's go."
The car started up quietly, much to Luka's relief that no one would notice unless they themselves were outside standing around in the parking lot with them. Luka put the car into gear, and reversed carefully, making sure that she won't hit anyone or even the scarce number of cars in the lot. Realizing that not many people make transit is what makes Luka feel alone in this world. The new lives count taken in the previous years showed that the amount of people per square mile went down to 5000 people, much less than the historical prediction of 20,000. And on record, it's what made it so easy to have a better life, except for the fact that first responders were at an all-time low.
"You know Luka, this world does feel empty doesn't it?" Aria said, sensing Luka's feelings of loneliness. Luka breathed out while turning the car out of the lot and into the small street leading up to the gates. "It is… I guess." Luka responded, feeling a little out-of-place driving in the night. "It does feel lonely because it feels as if people of your own are not there anymore. It feels like… the roominess makes for the loneliness that comes to fill what's left." Luka said as she gripped the steering wheel while nearing the gate. "It's the causalities of war, it's what we did to protect ourselves, Luka." Aria said, twiddling her thumbs. "It's the sacrifice our country has made to let the future generations live longer. And… Take it this way, what may be sad, it also makes room for further happiness down the road doesn't it?" Aria said, trying to lighten the mood. Luka chuckled, "You're right. What's done is done and we can't think too badly on the past, we can't since the ones that gave us the second chance to live, also bet everything they had on a brighter future."
They approached the security booth that leads outside of the campus, to which Luka took a breath putting together words for her reason for leaving. The man in the booth stepped out and stood in front of the car, causing Luka to slow down to speak to him. The man looked like he was just another intern, he was wearing a casual security garb that was standard issue. It was colored grey instead of blue, possibly because real Security officers had blue gear and were needed elsewhere. The man knocked on the window, to which Luka rolled it down so he could speak. "So, where are you two headed out to this evening?" The security officer spoke with a light voice. "We wanted to go to a restaurant to have a dinner, is that a problem?" Luka said, trying to be as casual as she could. The officer peeked into the car and looked around, he also pulled out a tablet-like device and started typing on it. He finished typing and the device printed out a slip. "Here, it's your time ticket. The college wanted us to start doing this because of the recent break-ins."
Aria and Luka looked at each other, although Aria was the first to speak up. "You mean it's not just our car that was almost broken into?" The officer stepped back a little and shook his head. "No, at least 10 tenants reported this happening to them. So far, it's a report about a guy wearing a hoodie and a mask. An eyewitness report said that he comes in like mist and leaves without a trace." The officer said, looking at his wristwatch and looking around. Luka nodded and made a mental note about it for later. "I will warn you two as well just as I did to others, don't engage in a fight with them. I know who both of you are, and even being a Class 1 (One) and Class 2 (Two) doesn't make you any stronger. Please be careful alright? If you need anything, talk to me, or report to the local authorities got it?" The officer asked, trying to be strong and professional. "Yes sir, we understand." Luka said while carefully pushing on the accelerate pedal. The officer nodded and sighed, "If you need to talk to me for any reason, my name is Yuma. Have a good night you two." Yuma said while tilting his hat just a little and backing away from the car. "Thanks officer." Luka could say as she processed what was just said. Luka put the car into gear and proceeded to move forward from the security booth.
In THIS' Labs
"Get ready for set up", a man said over a loud speaker. "We will be dropping you into VR in 5 seconds."
'I always thought I was needed for this world…'
"3…"
'Looks like it's my time, and now I can give it my all…
"2…"
'And now I can be better than my predecessors…'
"1…"
'Kami, I will be better than you.'
"Dropping!" The voice yelled out.
The world all around turned dark, and then lit up with lines of red light. The lines grew into skyscrapers and buildings, the clouds above turned into a void of darkness with a black and red sun. The wind turned cold, and then it grew cold and damp. The skyscrapers that grew were now fully created with red lines outlining them where the walls and edges met. The cars below turned into blocky versions of themselves, now following a set path, indicated by a line.
"How does it feel to jump back in for the final time today Adam? How does it feel to be able to use your full powers without trouble?" A voice asked, inquiring on how Adam felt. "I feel good, nothing stopping me, no glitches, everything running at 100% synchronization." Adam said, breathing in the virtual air, which felt and tasted metallic and damp. "Vitals look good Adam, it looks like you are used to this program now. I'm going to select the mission for you Adam." The voice said, now being sent directly to his headset. "This mission for the final test of today is the Area 17K Aerial Test." At this point Adam breathed in deeply, this was the hardest mission for all the subjects that had been in it previously.
"This test will take place in a near real world rendition of Area 17K or Tokyo. You should know this place very well." The voice announced. "This will be your final test, after this we will grade you up to this point. "Your performance will mark the final test and the starting production of GW, now don't fail us now." The voice said, being very strong with their wording. "I won't fail the Sekai, not when we're close." Adam said, starting the mission.
Once the simulation started, he saw a group of helicopters flying away at top speed. A computerized voice said to him. "From this rooftop, you are to aim and shoot your gun at the door gunner of the targeted Helicopter shown on your HUD." Adam nodded and raised his gun, focusing his energy on the target about 2 miles away from him. He breathed in and out while he started to put pressure on the trigger, ready to fire. He closed his eyes and visualized the path the bullet would take to the target, and once he saw the path, he opened his eyes and pulled it. From the recoil of the gun, his arm moved back just a tad, causing him to experience a slight pain in his wrist, which meant he was holding it wrong. This meant nothing as he focused the bullet to the gunner and hit them square in the head.
"Good work, now for the next test." The computer said. Adam relaxed and waited for the next part to start. He rolled the revolver clip out of his Silver Gun, and then reloaded it with only One bullet. He closed it and awaited further orders. And he only stood there for about 5 seconds before the next one came in. "You are to board the helicopter 24 meters to your left and stand on the platform that's extended out of it. Further objectives will come in as the helicopter flies along." Adam instantly ran towards the helicopter, to which it started to lift off and move very fast.
Adam looked back at the building behind him, which was the THIS building. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his head and kneeled on the platform. Which alerted the computer and the person that was running the simulation. "Adam, are you fine? Your synchronization rate fell to 75% suddenly." Adam stood up shaking it off, "Yes I'm alright. Just some Chron Static interference." The voice sighed, "I'll have you adjusted after the mission, just focus and get it done. The next objective will start shortly." Adam nodded and stood back up, he focused on bringing his Synchronization rate back up. The computer spoke after only 2 seconds, "You are at Waypoint Charlie, your orders are to use your teleportation powers to ransack 6 out of the 12 helicopters before your allied fighter jets come in. You have 30 seconds." Adam narrowed his eyes and jumped to another helicopter with his ability, in which he pulled out his gun and shot one of the members in the holding bay, quickly reloaded, and shot the other 3 then quickly used Pyrokinesis to blast the pilots. "2 seconds." Adam muttered underneath his breath while he quickly jumped to the next one to continue the mission.
The next 2 weren't that hard, however the 4th proved a problem when one of the members pulled a gun, in which Adam pulled out his knife and sliced their arm off and finished them off with a few shots to the head. Adam prepared for another jump but was interrupted by the co-pilot whom stabbed him in the back. Adam groaned and quickly turned around firing a few shots into the simulation's chest. Adam then quickly jumped to the next one and finished it off with ease and speed. And now only one helicopter remained, "6 seconds left" he muttered. He quickly jumped and shot a few shots into the helicopters gas tank and quickly used a flame from one of the other helicopters that had lost control. He controlled the flame towards the last one and ignited the gas, which then followed the gas into the gas tank which promptly blew it up. Adam sighed and jumped back to an allied helicopter while the jets came in and destroyed the rest.
"Well done Adam. Testing complete. Now processing your grade." The computer announced while it went silent. Adam holstered his gun while the testing environment started to dissolve. The red lines disappearing and quickly turning into a white room. Adam then followed procedure and walked to the leftmost side of the room and placed his hands on the panel. It opened and formed into a table, to which he undressed from the testing suit and placed his Silver Gun on it. Another table came out from the same wall with a clean grey uniform that he had been used to. He walked over to it and dressed very quickly, hiding his thin but slightly toned body. After he dressed he walked over to the other table and grabbed his gun, all part of the procedure set in place by previous subjects. He stretched and pressed a button on the table, to which it printed out his results.
PERFORMANCE: 10/10
TIME: 4:50
ABILITIES USED: PYROKINESIS/TELEPORTATION/LATENT FERROKINESIS
TIME COMPLETED: 8:26 PM/26TH/SEPT/2028
Adam slightly laughed.
'I truly am better than Kami.' He thought while holding the slip of paper. While he got the grade, more important info such as combat data, telemetry of bullet speed, rate of fire, and error rate were all sent to the researchers to be used as data to adjust his daily dosage. This was all that meant to him, this was his world, to fight for the cause he believed in and to be better than the ones that came before. He started to slightly laugh and then started to cry, he needed his dosage soon…
"I see that you are still here Adam." A familiar voice called out. Adam turned around to see Yuezhang standing there with his hands behind his back holding a bag and a few papers. "Longya…" Adam said before kneeling before him. "Settle down Adam, I looked at the data, and besides the error rate being 2%, you managed to score a ten-out-of-ten on this simulation." Longya said while patting Adam on the head smiling. "Soon you'll be the leader of our army, our force to take back this world from the corporates and zealous people who believe they are the superior race." Adam looked up at Longya and nodded and let his head dip back down. "Are these the side-effects, Father?" Adam asked, inquiring about the pain, hatred, love, and humor going through his mind. "Yes, it is Adam, once I get your dosage adjusted and your sleeping tube adjusted, then you'll be back to one-hundred-percent functionality."
"Take this, it's an emergency dosage for now, this'll quell your suffering for just a little while until I can give you your new dosage." Longya said, holding the bag towards Adam, in which he started to stand up and reach for the bag. Adam grabbed it and looked inside to see the contents, to which he found a syringe and a bottle of a clear liquid. "Thank you Longya, I'll be sure to use it." Adam said, turning away to lean against the wall. Longya watched him do the procedure as he was taught, to restrain his arm and use the syringe to inject the clear liquid into his bloodstream. However, much to Longya's strain he knew the long-term effects of its usage. Longya knew that Adam wouldn't last another 2 months without losing control of his self-being and would eventually turn into what Longya wanted.
Aiko City, Inner quarter
After what seemed like 15 minutes of driving, Luka finally found the sushi-restaurant that Aria was talking up a storm about. The restaurant was dubbed solely as "Ika-san's Sushi Grill", or at least what Luka could best translate it as. It wasn't a high-class place, but it surely was a place that you'd best plan on at least spending over ¥10,000 on just food alone. 'I'm going out to eat again with Aria, now what?' Luka asked herself as she pulled her car off the road and into a place to park it. The city wasn't bustling at night like Tokyo, it was quiet and peaceful, something that's been unheard of.
"You know Luka, the reason why prices are so high here is because all the fish and squid are grown in artificial habitats as they no longer are in the ocean." Aria said, giving off another piece of trivia that justifies the moment. "In fact, most if not all sea life has died out since the plate detonations." Aria spoke again, putting her right-hand finger to her lip, thinking of other trivia. 'It hasn't been 15 years, since the US tried to create mass havoc with their Plate Detonation Bombs, the ability to release turmoil to the planet itself… The Ultimate Destruction.' Luka thought as she reminisced on watching the news when she was very young. 'India's Plate and mountains suffered tremendous stress, so much that it caused a 9.8 and a 10.4 earthquake. The US and its allies wanted to make an example of their power and flying cities, so much that they willingly destroyed an entire country and its people just to show off.'
"I'm sorry, is that bringing too much things back?" Aria said, lowing her voice out of respect. "Just a bit…" Luka responded, releasing a breath. "Come, Let's eat then, I'm starving." Luka said, trying to drop the subject. "Ok." Aria responded simply, something Luka just needed right now as she felt very stressed.
The car door opened with ease, letting the cool evening air rush through the car. This was Luka's favorite time of the year because it started to cool down from the heat that came in the earlier months. Looking around, Luka thought to herself about the everything was set up,'Guess I'm here now… What do you think of this place, God?' Aiko, being a town that was a refugee city built a while back, it was structured differently. There were parking spaces outside of buildings and such, something that you wouldn't see in Tokyo, which was still overcrowded to this day. Luka looked at the building itself and saw that it still looked new, it was a building that had a restaurant with apartments built up above it. The apartments looked a little empty, with at least 1 (one) floor having one or two lights on.
"Don't worry about whether anyone lives here or not, Luka." Aria said, letting Luka know that she could feel her mixed-feelings about the place. "Let's just eat and have a nice dinner, take you mind of things for today." Luka nodded in response and started to follow Aria along the sidewalk which had 5 or more people further down the street. "Also, Luka, have you ever read the book called 'Philosophy of Evil?', it's really good and it talks about how we can't truly by good without being evil first of all." Aria said standing near the doors to the sushi restaurant, opening one of them for Luka. Luka slightly tilted her head at the statement and looked off into the distance, 'You can't be truly good without being evil… I wonder what that means God?'.
Luka slightly shook her head and walked forward, to hear Aria say to her, "Ladies first." Luka slightly winced at the jab that Aria made, but it was refreshing considering that Aria wasn't this playful for the past 2 weeks. The first week Luka and Aria were sharing the room, Aria was as quiet as a rock, only asking about food and studies. The second week was better considering that Aria got more talkative and relaxed around Luka. The friendliness of the atmosphere around Aria was something that Luka also got used too, every other day Aria would be with one of her other friends, hanging out in the Library or screwing around with some students by making them walk into walls. The latter simply made Luka feel iffy about Aria's demeanor.
"Welcome!" The cook said to Luka and Aria. "Miss Elegy, you're back again, and you brought someone different." Luka held her breath at the word 'different', but realized he was using a different context, so she decided to let it go for now. "This woman is Miss Megurine Luka, she is my roommate down at the research college." Aria said, handling the situation. Luka blinked and realized she should introduce herself rather than having Aria do it for her, "What Aria said, I'm Megurine Luka, I've been in Aria's care for 2 weeks now." Luka thought about her phrase but let it go, perhaps she was too direct. "Well since this is your first time, welcome. What are you two young women having tonight?" The cook said. Aria grabbed Luka's arm and walked her to one of the tables. Luka's body felt warm from Aria's touch, it felt relaxing and soothing. 'She must be using her ability on me again…' Luka thought feeling comfortable in the place now. "We'll be having the 'House Sushi' tonight, add some extra for my friend here too." Aria said, sitting down at a table. "Coming right up, it's gonna be about 15 minutes since I'll prepare them fresh." Aria raised her hand and yelled, "Thank you Ika-san!"
'They must know each other for a while then if they're this friendly.' Luka thought as she looked at Aria's reaction and acting. Luka locked eyes with Aria while sitting there, her eyes were a pure blue color that made it feel like she could fall right into them. Her hair was a blondish color that wasn't too bright, and her complexion matched every feature on her face. Luka couldn't take her eyes off of Aria, she just looked really beautiful. "Are you staring Luka? Am I that good looking?" Aria said, with a playful tone in her voice. Luka blinked quickly and felt her heart jump, "Uh no… I… Was…" Luka said, she knew she couldn't hide it since it was so obvious to the other. "I see Luka…" Aria grabbed Luka's arm and held it firmly, taking in Luka's feelings. "So… You do have some attraction for me, even if you won't say so." Aria said, giggling to herself. Luka grimaced and looked away blushing, "It's… not like that. I just thought you're beautiful." Luka said, trying to change the subject, but changing it would be harder considering how much Aria is making her feel with her ability.
"You're not the first one to fall for me you know, guys and girls both grovel at my feet because of me." Aria said, putting a finger to her bottom lip and giggling. Luka felt herself fall a little into the trance that she was put in. 'Dammit! I feel for her…' Luka yelled quietly in her mind, knowing full well that Aria can take advantage of her. "You're a bully, you know that…" Luka said, trying to clear her thoughts so she can think for a minute. "Hehe, I knew that this would be your reaction." Aria smiled, "Come on… I'm just trying to take your mind off of things. I do this with other people too you know." Luka sighed and cleared her throat, "Well… Thanks I guess…" Luka was lost in her thoughts now. This Aria girl has a dangerous ability, one that Luka never experienced before. "…Is this the only ability you have?" Luka asked, knowing that this wasn't the full package that Aria was letting known.
Someone cleared their throat. "No, Miss Elegy has another one that I know of." Luka quickly looked back to see a certain Blue-Haired male with his team of friends, it was Kaito. "Kaito, what are you doing here? I thought you had to study?" Aria asked questioningly. "I already did, so I thought to take these guys out to dinner." Kaito said pointing to 3 other people behind him. Kaito turned his attention to Luka, "Miss Luka, I hope you recovered well." Luka looked up at him, "Yeah… I got better, thanks a lot Kaito. I owe you my life I guess." Luka said trying to stand up. "No need for formalities Miss Luka, I'm not that much older than you."
Luka looked at the other 3 people behind him, Kaito quickly noticed this and stepped back. "I should introduce these three…" He said while standing near them. "The one on the left over there is Fukase Jorgenovich…" He said as he pointed at the young man who had Crimson Red hair. "Can we get on with this?" Was all Fukase said, showing his disdained face. Kaito cleared his throat, trying to speed through the process. "This woman here is…" Luka looked and saw Miku in the mix. "… Miku Hatsune…" Luka finished his sentence. "Ah… I completely forgot about that…" Kaito chuckled. "I was there when she showed up, beg my pardon please…" Kaito continued and waved his hand to another female, one with Deep Blue hair like Kaito's. "This is Una, you can just call her 'Machi'." Una shifted her weight to another leg and posed, "Greetings and salutations!" She said out loud, loud enough for Luka to take a breath hoping no one else in the restaurant notices.
Kaito finally finished his team's introduction, however before Kaito could do something else, Luka approached Miku and asked softly. "What're are you doing here, Princess?" Princess was something Luka liked to call Miku because of the was she acted sometimes. Miku was a sort of girl that got what she wanted sometimes, however in her later High School years, she calmed down from her old demeanor. "Kaito is an online friend, Remember Luka? So, I started to hang out with him." Miku said in response. "Ah…" Luka could only make respond in a way showing she understood.
Luka turned her attention to the other two, Fukase and Machi. "Hello, My name is Megurine Luka. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Luka almost bowed before Miku poked her face, "Don't do that in front of me Luka… You're not a housemaid…" Luka winced and stood back up straight. Miku had a touch of being either too direct, or making reference to jobs and or history. "Sorry, I guess we don't need formalities anymore…" Miku grabbed Luka's arm and laughed, "Luka you're so funny." Luka didn't need to be reminded of all the times Miku decided to make a scene for her, this was Miku's specialty.
"On the other hand…" Luka cleared her throat getting back on topic, "What do you mean 'Other Ability'?" Kaito pulled out a chair and sat down. "All Psychics have a main ability and a 'Latent' power." Kaito motioned for everyone else to sit down and listen. "Aria's Latent ability is only something she can show if she wants to, school rules state that we can't show our 'Latent' ability." Kaito said, raising his hand to flag down the waiter that just arrived. Luka sat down too and leaned in the chair, "So you mean that Aria's not allowed to show me?" Kaito laughed, "She already has, you just don't notice." Luka's breathing increased. 'She's already used it on me?'
"You see, Aria is using it right now. Ever notice how there wasn't a waiter here before?" Kaito said, drawing attention to the waiter walking around. "That's a shadow, something that's not real. This is Aria's ability, to control reality and mentalities around her." Luka gulped and started to slightly sweat. "You're saying that this isn't real?" Luka asked, looking around quickly. "No need to be afraid Miss Luka, this is very real, although that waiter is a creation of her own." Kaito leaned forward, "You see, Aria is special because she can make things happen that normally can't happen. That waiter is her own creation, this restaurant is a part of the real world. Don't try to pry into it too much, but Aria's ability isn't always active." Kaito sighed and signaled the waiter again. The waiter approached and asked, "What would you like sir?" Kaito nodded and said, "A cold glass of water." The waiter nodded, "Coming right up."
Luka watched the waiter leave and continued their conversation, "That's a fake then?" Kaito shifted in his chair, "Yes, however watch this…" Kaito waited for the waiter to return, to which he reached out and grabbed the cup from it. "There you go, have a nice dinner, mon a mi." As the waiter bowed, it fizzled out of existence leaving the cup of water in Kaito's hand. "I don't believe it…" Luka murmured, "How?" Aria cleared her throat. "This is what I can do, but this isn't the limit." Luka turned around to face Aria, Aria locked eyes with her and spoke. "I can create images and realities in a person's or multiple people's minds. Emotional control isn't the only thing I have… In fact Luka… this is the first time I used it on you." Aria said, smiling. Luka breathed out. 'I really hope that this is all she can do…'
Kaito took a sip of the water and smiled, "We here in this town, we're special. Same with you Luka." The cup was almost empty when Kaito let it drop to the floor. When the cup smashed into the floor, it fizzled out of existence. "Aria is a Class One (1) type psychic, she is considered top of her class in terms of other ones." Luka nodded and looked at Aria again. Luka still couldn't get over Aria's looks. 'I can't believe that someone like her is able to do stuff like this.' Before Luka could speak again, the cook called out for the food. "Miss Aria, Miss Megurine, come and get it!"
Luka nodded and stood up, Kaito still smiling while his 'posse' where all doing their own things. "Remember Luka, Aria isn't evil. She doesn't mean harm to you." Kaito said, turning back to his table mates and starting to talk to them. Luka sighed, she knew Miku heard what was said too. 'God… What does Miku think of me now…? Hopefully I didn't hurt her feelings falling for Aria…' Luka grabbed her plate and waited for Aria to get hers. Aria looked up at Luka now that they were side-by-side, Aria was a little shorter, but enough for Luka to have a decent height advantage. "Let's eat now Luka… Take you mind off of things." Luka nodded and quickly sat down. "Thanks for the food, God." She said before taking a bite.
The Next Day…
September 26th, 2028
Weather: Rainy
1:36 PM
"Good afternoon class, today we'll be studying the various new theories that have been put forth in the past decade. This is an important section for your Theoretical Science subject classification, and a good learning portion for your day." The professor, known as Kiyoteru, Hiyama Kiyoteru. "As you may know", he continued. "One of the new theories put forth by the famed Doctorette, Linda Shizuka of Tokyo Labs, is known as the 'Level Theory'." Hiyama said while standing there reading from the book while writing on the board. The entire class looked a little entertained knowing that at least the subject is at least an interesting one.
"The 'Level' Theory goes as shows, no matter how many lives you live, you live on a plane or a level. The Level is where your life takes place, where our reality takes place. While the Level below us is where our subconscious takes place. Where our Ideals and dreams live." Hiyama said, starting up a presentation about the theory. "The Level Theory also states that people in a higher dimension are twice as stronger than the current level we are." Hiyama said while moving his hand to move the presentation along and writing at the same time. "Let's say that you are here in this plane-", He started a diagram with 10 (ten) different lines signifying the planes. "And these are the 9 levels above us, the first level is us, while each level above us goes up in power exponentially. If you all remember how Atomic Energy Levels work, this is the same principle." Hiyama said as he moved the presentation along, illustrating the whole thing. "The higher level would have a higher energy plane, therefore making it so that a person here is 2 times less as powerful as a 'God'… As you would call them… And the level above the God's realm are 2 times or 3 times stronger than them and so on and so forth." Hiyama said while starting to draw squiggles to show the whole mess of the theorem.
"This theory was made to counteract many different ideals and things that people may have about the world. Also-in theory-it may as well be correct since Ghosts and various entities always have a higher energy platform than that of us humans." Hiyama said bringing up findings about the scientific segment of Paranormal Studies. "Also, what confirms it is the random occurrence of Psychic-born children. As Psychic abilities are considered 'Super-natural', and while this isn't a Paranormal Studies class, this is a theoretical class to further support your Science and Natural Science classes." Hiyama said while running out of breath. "Any questions?" He asked the student body of 26, to which only a pink-haired student answered, "I have a question."
"Yes, miss Rana? What is it?" Hiyama responded listening to her. "Do you believe in stuff like Ghosts? I mean aren't they still considered a hoax?" She asked, wanting his input on the matter. "Haha… I see." Hiyama chuckled as he formed a response. "Ghosts do-according to Paranormal Science-exist. It's because according to the 'Level Theory', they can't interact with us as they come from a level or 2 (two) above us. Also they can be picked up electronically. If you'd like to study this, I'd add Paranormal Studies to your list as policies state that I can't teach 2 (two) different subjects at the same time young miss."
Rana was taken aback, she tilted her head slightly and nodded, "Thanks Professor."
She looked at the white board and the holographic-glass projector and wondered if he knew more than he let on. Rana continued to write notes down on her tablet while flipping through messages sent to her by her other friends that weren't psychically talented. Her only difference against her friends, her ability to project astrally and perform out-of-body appearances made her great for spying. She sighed as she flipped through some of the messages wanting her to go through someone's apartment and find out if so-and-so was cheating on them. This didn't matter to her though, while it may make her some quick money, she'd rather keep her hat on and prevent herself from seeing others about in their private quarters.
Rana quickly jotted down the rest of her notes and decided to think about how to explain her ability scientifically. Was it having to do with actual super-natural abilities? Or was it mostly since scientific-wise, she had slight control over atoms. But then bodes the thought, how would she have so much energy to project and move about while not being seen particularly, but how she could make a different copy of her body without the required energy. Simply put, humans don't have a lot of energy made up of them, and to create an almost invisible copy of herself, she needs to arrange the atoms in the natural environment in the proper way to make a copy of her body. However, the energy needed to do so is ginormous, she can't do it by herself. To her, solving the mystery on how psychics get their energy needed to use their abilities is questionable at best. Perhaps from further studying, maybe she could get her answers someday.
Before she could finish her thoughts on the matter, Hiyama decided to let the class out early due to the fact that there is hardly anything to teach in the course, and it's mainly just a filler course. She quickly packed her tablet into her small bookbag that was colored a pink like her hair and stood up to leave. Before she could though, Hiyama stopped her.
"Miss Kurohime, it seems I haven't really answered your question." Hiyama said standing near the door. "The answer is yes, yes ghosts do exist as through years of research and having proof done by many different scientists. In fact, Supernatural Science is a booming research area of knowledge." Hiyama said, pulling out a paper from one of the folders he constantly carried around. "This is research paper based on the area, they have extensively researched it and it turns out that this also made most scientists question if many of the theorems hold fast against new information." He handed the paper-clipped 10 page research paper that seemingly looked older than Rana herself. Rana nodded, "Thank you. You see Mister Kiyoteru, I want to go into this field of understanding because I'd like to see how psychics do things and how they work. This confuses me, because according to the old law of Thermodynamics, energy cannot be made or destroyed, it just simply goes into equilibrium." Rana said, taking a short peek at it. "I see, well some of things take time to understand. Somehow, someway, certain psychics as we call them can create energy, which violates the old law. In fact the reason why people are scared of us is because we can create endlessly as long as we have a conduit. However, those than can create energy… Well… They are kept in secret. They are kept secret as not to let the public know that Thermodynamics is no longer a true law." Hiyama said, adjusting his glasses from falling off of his face. "Thanks mister Kiyoteru, I appreciate this. I'll be sure to study this tonight so I can write to the scientists here at the college about my thoughts." Rana said opening her bookbag to carefully slide her papers in.
"I need to be somewhere now mister Kiyoteru, I appreciate your help." Rana said, bowing to him a little. "Oh… no need for formalities, we lost that 10 years ago… And you're welcome miss Kurohime." Hiyama said while moving away from the door to let her leave. "Have a good rest of your day Kurohime." Rana heard Hiyama speak while she left the room. The hallways reminded her of her old high school that she went to, but were more empty than them. Rana sighed while slightly gripping one of her braids that hung down past her neck. All the requests coming in were astounding, even some intelligence agencies wanted her for hire so they can spy on some other country as if the recent World War didn't deter them.
Rana quickly entered one of the women's restroom and sat on one of the small chairs in it. She wanted to know why Psychics exist, why they can do what they do, and what's their purpose in the world. Rana leaned back in the chair and closed her eyes and breathed out. 2 (two) years ago she wouldn't have cared about her grades or wanting to find about what psychics were. 2 (two) years ago, she was just a happy go lucky and non-caring type of person that would hang out with her friends. But ever since she discovered her true talent, her life ended up differently, now people just want to use her for their own gain.
Rana received a notification from her tablet, it was one of her old friends that cared about her. Rana smiled as she responded to the message with some happiness, and quickly put her tablet away and stood up. She felt that it was her duty to find the truth of psychics, her want for the truth to be unveiled was something she felt that would replace what she lost.
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Author's notes:
It's really been a long time…
I've personally been busy with a lot of things. Spring and Summer might've been relaxing, but I've been really busy lately. First off all, I had gotten Pneumonia, so I couldn't write. Second of all, I had really bad writer's block and wound up rewriting this chapter 3 times over. Third of all, I haven't had time to write in general.
To make it up, I made sure to write more than 7K words, so I wound up writing this large of a chapter, which I might as well write this much considering this is the 2nd arc of the story.
So far Luka and Aria's characters are falling into what I wanted them to be portrayed as. I introduced a couple of character's in this chapter, one of which was Rana as promised. I wasn't able to introduce Zing as I have other plans for her… *huehuehue*
I don't feel like listing all of the terms I made in this chapter as it's 2:10 in the morning for me, and I have to leave on a 7-day trip. But here's some info…
Notes:
Latent – Abilities that were formed after their "Catalyst" has taken affect. Latent abilities are far more powerful than their main abilities.
Level Theory – The Level theory is a thought and practiced idea throughout the story. The Level theory states: "The higher in dimensions you go; There must but more energy per level." This Theory is used by the THIS in their studies, as they are the creator of the GW drug. There exists a level higher than the plane of existence that 'God' lives on, therefore, there is something stronger than you. Also it states that stories and ideals live a level below the person that thought of it. Simply put, a person's idea is powerful, but not enough to manifest itself unless people believe in it. Also story characters are weaker than the plane that thought of them.
Area 17K – Central Tokyo.
Adam "CV04" – According to files taken from the lab, his brother was a natural born child with powers above Level 10, however they took him and created Adam by using various phases of structural mentality and cognitive science. His powers are not genetic and appear to be a random happening. His name Adam is derived from God's First Creation "Adam".
