Chapter 6
Ignorance part 1
3rd person POV
Within a hotel room a teen was watching the TV intently. His skin was pale, deathly pale. He had enough scars for 3 people, spreading all over his muscular yet lanky frame. His eyes were gold, with an unnatural glimer, almost like they were glowing. He put on his shirt and jeans, said jeans were new. He opened a drawer and retrieved his most prized possession. A silver magnum revolver. He loaded the cylinder and put in a holster on his side. Finally, he put on a black leather trench coat and a fingerless glove to match, along with a small leather cap over his left arm stump, and a pink scarf just above that.
Nixullium Umbra looked at himself in the mirror, 11 years on the run had not helped his appearance.
Today, vengeance would be his…
"Mr Malum, what are you hoping to get out this summit?" A reporter asked as he walked by the crowd.
"A way to protect us from the shifter threat that effects everyone. These people are dangerous and undetectable, that isn't a good combination" he explained.
As he walked inside he was greeted by an elderly man in a suit. He had a black wooden cane and a Jolteon at his side. His grey hair was combed back and his green eyes were sharp, despite his age.
"Ah, Director Michael, what do I owe the pleasure?" Mr. Malum said slowly, putting emphasis on pleasure.
"Well councilman, I've come to speak on the shifters behalf." Michael explained.
"Well then, good luck" He taunted.
Michael grabbed his shoulder as he tried to pass by. Emerald met brown as they stared each other down.
"I recommended calling off this summit due to recent attacks all over the world, but since your so determined to have a chance to mock shifters again I've simply had to up security and keep agents everywhere. They're in the crowd and stationed on the meeting floor. Some of them are shifters" Michael reminded him.
"You and your circus freaks have no place here, neither do the headmasters of those academies you sponsor, stay out of the way of progress Michael" Malum jeered before walking away.
"I hereby call this meeting of the united regions security council to order" Sinnoh's councilman announced.
The entire assembly, audience included went silent. You could feel the tension rising in the room.
"First, I would like to thank the headmasters of Sinnoh, Johto and Kalos' shifter academies for coming, along with MRPA director Michael" the Sinnoh chair continued.
"For years shifters have been an unknown to most of society, hiding or being persecuted for their differences. We must find a way to provide safety and security for them along with maintaining calm that the world desperately needs" he finished.
As the politicians took their respective stances Connor was having trouble focusing. 30 years of living with humans and he still had questions about how their leaders ever got anything done. It was his turn to speak after Malum finished, just as his rant began Connor noticed movement from someone in the crowd. He had stood up and was reaching in his jacket. The item he was retrieving had a black grip.
Connor put two and two together in less than a second. From an outside view it looked like he teleported rather than flew up out of his seat and tackled the teen.
"NO! LET ME GO!" The teenager demanded as Connor knocked his gun away, much to the shock of the crowd.
"I'LL KILL YOU JACKSON, I'LL KILL YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" He yelled as he tried to break free of Connor's hands to no avail.
"Get security in here, NOW!" Jackson demanded as he saw the gunman's face.
The color drained from his skin as he saw the boy on the ground. For a split second he showed fear.
He regained his composure just as Connor brought the assailant to his feet.
"Do you know him?" Connor asked.
"I've never seen this boy in my life." Jackson lied, convincingly.
"YOU LYING PIECE OF SHIT!" The boy screamed.
"Wait, where's security? There's security cameras in this room." Cassie pointed out.
Before anyone could even think of responding the front door exploded in a shower of wood chips. Smoke filled the room as the boy broke free in the mayhem, slugging Connor in the face with his head.
As everyone got to their feet a beam of blue energy shoot through the fog and hit Connor dead in the chest, simultaneously lowering the temperature of the room.
Within a solid block of ice Connor was frozen in place, clearly mere seconds from erecting a psychic barrier to block it.
Finally the smog cleared and the perpetrators entered the room. One of whom was an all too familiar man dressed in purple. Ethan pulled out a thermos shaped object and opened the top and a shirl noise appeared.
Cassie, Jake and Dana clutched their ears as they collapsed. They were all but helpless as three order members put shifter cuffs on them.
As the council members along with Michael were placed back in their chairs and zip tied on both hands, The Order members took all the spectators and tied them around the room in a circle.
"You'll never get away with this you freaks" Jackson said, spitting in one of his captor's face.
"Oh I think we will, and all of the world will watch as our message is broadcasted in your pitiful summit's place." He scoffed.
"Who's gonna give this "message" to the world?" He joked.
With a chuckle he motioned to the center of the room. A large black portal appeared and the room fell silent. The air felt heavy and cold. As if something was draining the very life out of the room. Out of the void came a man in a more eloquent black and red robe. He had two necklaces on rather than one. One was the same as all the other members of the order, but the other was a gold talisman with a yellow center jewel. His mask wasn't bronze like the other Order members. It was a gleaming gold that the lights in the ceiling reflected off of. He looked around the room and raised his hands.
"Well done my disciples, are we ready to begin?" he asked in a neutral voice.
The order members nodded and backed up. Only he and the hostages were in the field of view of the cameras. He waited for a red light on the cameras then spoke.
"People of the world, you do not know me, but you will. I am the high priest of the Order. We have seen the injustices that have befallen shifters for centuries. Fear and chaos have reigned for too long. We have hidden in the shadows for too long, now our work will begin. We will bring humanity to where it belongs, at the feet of shifters who they have oppressed. Any one who stands in their way, will face the same test as those you see before you"
As he finished his speech he was handed another metallic disc. He held it up for all to see and yelled "This is how the future begins! ONLY THE WORTHY ENDURE!"
He slipped the activation key into the artifact, and laughed as the gas filled the room.
Edited And Proofread By FXCF.
Nixullium Umbra Also By FXCF.