When you'd initially escaped the hell you'd grown up in, you'd imagined a better life. One of green fields and pink tinted clouds in afternoon skies. Somewhere to run free. Free from pain and the chains of cruelty.

Revenge, a word so commonly passed between tongues within the last few hours. Your mind was replaying the declaration from only minutes before. On a primal level, it shook you as you sat in the corner of the room. Paralysing, primal... fear. This is not what you had envisioned.

"Come on, step forward" one of the older children coerced, as the queue began to get shorter. There was a line spanning the entire meeting room, backing up into the corridor outside. You're so called friends that had taken the lead were checking everyone.

Checking everyone for... something special. You couldn't remember what.

Before long, you were also in the line. Those who had been inspected had left the room, though every once and a while they'd send a child into a side room. You just wished that you wouldn't have to go in that one.

This all seemed so wrong, military like. You just wanted to leave. During your slump, the line had come to an end, and you were suddenly at the front.

You stared into the eyes of the girl (in your head, you'd named her lieutenant) as your throat restricted. You had no idea why. These people had been your comrades, had pioneered the escape from your captors. Saved your life.

So why, when you started into her eyes, did you feel this overwhelming sense of dread?

"You alright? Looks like you've seen a ghost" the girl pointed out your drained expression. You coughed.

"No, I'm fine" your reply was quick. It wasn't convincing. She smiled, reaching out for your arm. "It's okay to be scared..." She trailed off in question.

"(Y/n)"

"It's okay to be scared, (Y/n). But we're not the enemy. We're not going to hurt you, just checking you over" she girl explained, pulling on your arm again to hold your palm.

You wanted to pull away. Something felt wrong. But you stayed. Because of course, you had nowhere else to run.

"What're you checking for..?" Voice level, you tried to steady your hand from shaking.

The girls eyes flickered up to you for a second in concentration, almost looking through you. You frowned, and we're going to speak again when she let go.

"Nothing you need concern yourself with, now if you go through the front entrance and to the living quarters..."

You could barely process what else she said as your legs lead you out of that heavy tensioned room. Whatever they were looking for, you were just glad you didn't have it.

And as your face hit the pillow, only then you remembered how exhausted you were.

...

Whimpering filled the cell as the small girl clung to herself. She pressed as far into the cold wall as she could, tears littering her face.

Her knees pulled up to her chin, hands rubbed her ankles painfully.

All alone... in pain...

"BE QUIET"

She choked on air, biting her lip as a shadow cast over the small window on the door. Daren't to breathe, her chest tightened painfully. The room spun, blurry. It was so dark. So scary.

Endure it.

There was shuffling sounds as words were exchanged from beyond the metal door. The noises going too fast to grasp, and she dug her fingernails into her kneecaps. Her chest tightened again.

As the shadows in the window conversed, one word repeated. Again and again. It was important. This word. The girl knew nothing of this world, but at that moment she clung to the single word as a mantra formed in her head.

N...en...nen...nen...nen...

Soon after, the shadows left, but the little girl had still to open her mouth. She didn't.

Sat there, in the dark and the cold. She was too scared to even breathe.

...

You awoke from the dark recesses of a dream, a hand scratching at your chest as your eyes flew across the room. You made no attempt to move for several moment, simply listening to your heart beat as your shoulders shook.

It was silent. Deathly silent.

The room held many beds, reminding you of a post war hospital. A previously abandoned one at that. There were many children, tucked in bed and sleeping away. You had no idea how many managed to escape. Fifty? Sixty? More?

Some were awake and whispering to each other, but took no notice of you.

I mean, why would they?

A grumbling resounded on the opposite bed as a fluff of hair appeared. "(Y/n)...? You okay?" Your friend, Tatsuya, questioned.

Nodding your head, you shuffled off the bed and stood. "Hey, where are you going?" He whined, hand outstretched. From the corner of your eye you looked at him, before heading for the door, your bare feet making soft padding sounds. Tatsuya grumbled at the lack of response, wrapping a blanket round his shoulders and following you.

"Wait up...!".

...

"So, how many do you think?"

"It's hard to say. Only a handful of them have manifested. Many of their auras would be too weak to go through awakening if we did it forcefully"

"We have to try. If we're going to strike, we need to fill out our ranks"

The girl frowned. "And if they die, Amara? Wouldn't that make us just as bad as the Mafia—" The boy Amara, stilled, slowly turning to his right hand. A small smile on his face. God, he was always smiling. Even when he was poked full of needles and beaten to a pulp. He always smiled with that look in his eye.

Lieutenant suppressed a shiver.

"We'll start tomorrow" he finalised, staring into the small fire in the corner of the room. She nodded, choosing to say nothing more on the matter. Bowing slightly, she exited the room and caught a breathe.

Though many people called her Lieutenant, she had a real name. Before this. Before all of this. Kia.

Kia was taken away from her family at a young age, but she was old enough to know what freedom was. What right and wrong was. Maybe that's why she felt such a strong resentment now. Because she remembered what love felt like, before it was ripped from her life.

As she walked down one of the many corridors in the make shift HQ, she looked out of the large pane glass window. Orange and pinks littered the sky, the clouds kissing the rising sun.

Kia sighed, stopping for a moment. "It's morning already..?" She whispered to herself, touching the cold glass.

"Yeah, if the sun wasn't obvious enough for you".

Kia flinched, muscled tensed as she whipped around to see a girl a little younger than herself. How come she couldn't sense you coming?

"What're you doing here? You should be resting"

You shook your head and moved to her side.

"Couldn't sleep" was your simple response, moving your attention to the sky. Kai was watching you, still tense.

"I see..."

There was silence for a moment. Maybe she just let her guard down for a moment and you took her by surprise?

Another person was coming, this time Kai could sense it.

"(Y/n)...! Come on, don't walk off without me~" the voice of a boy whined, wrapped head to toe in a blanket as he shuffled into view.

You ignored him, still staring off into the horizon. It was beautiful. All the colours that enveloped your sight... You... You wanted...

A hand grabbed yours.

"Arghhh come on (Y/n), it's too early. Let's go back" Tatsuya blundered, blinking at Lieutenant before pulling you back down the corridor you'd came down.

The older girl sighed, shaking her head. Whether it was a fluke that you sneaked up on her or not, tomorrow (or more accurately, today), was going to be a hard day for everyone involved.

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(A/N) YO! I hope this chapter wasn't too much of a mess to follow and that you enjoyed it. Did you find it intriguing or too vague? I always find the balance so difficult to grasp! Not too sure on Kia and Amara as names right now, I might change them later on.

(Also, it's not in canon story yet but later down the line they'll conjoin so don't worry my lovelies!) Like and comment, it helps keep me motivated! x