The Medical personnel came in and took Seth away. He had passed out by the time they arrived but he was still breathing.
She looked down at her hands. They were covered in blood. Inside, she felt sick, angry, sad, and scared, but her face was blank, stone still.
She recalled the two boys whom had come with Seth. They forgot them in the fray, but now she was looking silently for them.
She found them a minute or so later, standing together in the corner. Not talking, just staring around, terrified.
Not the greatest welcome or beginning, she noted. She was supposed to take them out of the hanger as soon as possible in the case of an injured extraction team members. To save them for what they had seen.
"Welcome." She directed at the boys. "I would shake your hands or something, but i'm a bit dirty" she gave a half smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"Where do we go now" the younger had spoken. Surprising to her. She expected him to be too scared to speak, but the older seemed to take that role. This time she genuinely smiled.
"Well, you are the 100th newcomers, so its time for the sorting ceremony, follow me to where you will wait. You'll stay there for no more the half an hour, then we will have the ceremony.''
The boys looked at each other, but didn't object and followed the lady into a large waiting room. The lady handed them both pencils and sheets of paper. The papers were questionnaire. They asked for their names and information about their favorite fandoms and such. They started answering the questions quickly and then handed them back to the lady.
She then disappeared and other people started filing into the room. The youngest they saw was maybe 9 years old, the oldest seemed about 25 to 30. When the room was tightly packed, doors on the other side of the room opened and people walked out.
As they passed the doors they saw people all around sitting at tables and against the walls. The room was magnificent. With a high ceiling, stained glass windows, chandeliers, candelabras, and tapestries.
they all stopped and the youngest almost ran into the person in front of him . He shifted back and forth and stood on his tippy-toes to try to see why they had stopped, but it was useless.
Someone spoke into a microphone, and the noise he hadn't noticed, stopped. It was unnervingly quiet.
"Eleise Aarons"
A girl pushed by him and walked slowly to the front. Silence followed for a minute or two. A loud voice rang out, startling him .
"SUPERNATURAL" Cheers followed from a group of people on the right. Eleise took the cue and went over to them.
"Kailee Aberton"
Silence again, for even longer, it seemed, this time.
"STAR TREK" cheers from another group on the right.
Names kept being called and people went up. Some fandom would be called and people would cheer . He got bored pretty quick.
He was about ready to sit down until they called his brother's name.
"Henry George"
Him and his brother shared a glance before his brother disappeared into the crowd
"LORD OF THE RINGS" More cheers. He smiled, his brother would be happy about that, but his smile was short lived when his own name was called.
"Jordan George"
It took his a moment to move, and when he did, his mind seemed to race.
What if I don't get into Lord of the Rings. What if I never get to see Henry again. What if...
But he didn't finish that thought, he was already at the front. There was a stool, and a hat.
When she said sorting ceremony she wan't joking.
He walked to the stool and sat down. They placed the hat on his head and something was bellowed across the room, but he couldn't tell what it had said. He freaked out for a moment not sure what to do. He could see the cheering group of people but wasn't sure he wanted to go over there.
"Harry Potter" a voice whispered in his ear. He looked up at the person conducting the ceremony. It seemed that most can't tell what it says either. He was relived, to a point. and went over to the group. He was still sad though that he wan't in the same fandom as his brother.
The ceremony continued and more people joined his fandom. He zoned most of it out though.