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CHAPTER 3: The Blueprint

Two weeks have passed since President Reed had told Doctor Rogers to build this machine that they had received schematics for. The Doctor told the president that it was ready to be tested as of today, and that they had made a founding and an improvement.

"Mr. President, as you can see. Instead of one monitor there are now two screens. We have found out that our brain scanner can potentially unlock two powers that lie within people. This will give us an increased advantage for the fact that our soldiers have the potential to be even stronger than the enemy's soldiers. Now all we need is a volunteer," said Dr. Rogers

The president looked around the room and everyone who he had made eye contact with had lowered their head. "What happens if one tries to do this but they do not have any latent powers," he asked?

It became so silent that you could hear a pen drop. "The brain sensors will fry the participants brain leaving them dead or severely injured," replied Dr. Rogers.

"Is there anyone here willing to test the machine," asked the President to the scientists and officers around him. "Understand the pros and cons because there are both. If you succeed, you will be a leader of a top task force assembled by me. Yet, if it fails, then you'll go down in history and this great country will forever remember you" announced the President.

No one said a word. It stayed silent until a familiar voice was heard. "I'll do it Mr. President" volunteered Dr. Rogers with his chin lifted higher than normal. Everyone looked around in astonishment.

"Are you sure doctor? You know what will happen if this fails right," asked President Reed.

"Yes, I do, but I feel that I should test it since I built it."

"Very noble of you Dr. Rogers, I accept you as the first candidate for our very own machine. Do you know how to set yourself up in it?"

"Yes sir, all you need to do is press the green button when I tell you to," said the doctor.

He laid down on the chair and got his assistances to strap him down using the leather straps. "Okay, I'm ready," said the doctor settling his nerves and finally closing his eyes.

"Okay, thank you doctor for your services, and I hope to see you on the other side," exclaimed President Reed.

Every scientist gathered around as the President pressed the green button. Once on, the doctor immediately passed out consequently making everyone nervous. The monitor turned on and a logo of the American flag appeared on one monitor, and the other monitor show a rate that looked like a heart monitor After five minutes, a new logo appeared on the monitor. It was the letter "X".

Confused, the president asked around to see if anyone knew what it meant. All the sudden the same familiar voice said, "Its Professor X from X-Men." It was Doctor Rogers that said it as he let lose the straps that restrained him.

"Amazing. So, it worked," asked the president?

"I think so! This should mean that I have the power of Professor Xavier. Telepathy is my power I believe," announced Doctor Rogers. Everyone was amazed that the doctor was still alive and were waiting patiently for him to demonstrate his powers.

'This is incredible, we have finally done it,' thought the President.

"Yes this truly is Mr. President. We need to create a device that will somehow find people with this hidden potential," said the doctor with excitement written across his face.

"I didn't say anything, Rogers… That's amazing, it works! Congratulations on your incredible success! You just perfectly read my mind!" The President's smile extended from ear to ear. He walked up and gave Dr. Rogers a giant hug. "What are going to name it?"

"I think I am going to go with... Roxy. Yes, Roxy is perfect." Everyone was jumping around in excitement when Dr. Rogers stopped and stood still. "We've got company" he said.

Right after that General Hall walked in and saw the that everyone was high-fiving each other, and so he had assumed the process was a success. "Doctor, what power did you awaken?"

"I have the power of telepathy, I can read the minds and spirit of others. I think that I might be able to create a device that registers if someone has latent powers as well!"

"You must get on that right away doctor. If what you think is true, then we can succeed in stopping the ISIS Empire." said the president.

"Yes sir, me and my best team will start immediately. And yes, there are others in here that I sense potential in here… General Hall, would you like to see if you have any powers?" said Doctor Rogers.

Everyone stopped and waited for a response knowing that if it failed the best General the US had to offer would become useless. "What makes you —" but the general was cut off.

"Like I said, I'm telepathic. I can see inner potential, read minds, and speak to others in their minds as well. That's we're doing right now," said Dr. Rogers in Gen. Hall's mind.

"Alight, I trust in the doctors new found abilities. I'll try it." General Hall stepped up to the chair as assistants strapped him in.

"Are you sure about this?" asked Mr. President.

"I trust him. Don't worry," nodded the acclaimed General. General Hall took a deep breath and then shut his eyes. He was unconscious, and his life was now in the hands of a doctor that just communicated with him in his head. He said that he trusted him, but he was still worried for his own safety.

He heard the press of the button and that was it until he saw a bright light flash before his eyes. This startled the general so he opened his eyes. What he saw was like nothing he has seen before.

There was a girl with long, dark, straight hair, and she wore a dark black school uniform with a red trim. At the bottom of her clothes were singe marks. All that was around them was white. Nothing more.

"Who are you," asked General Hall?

"That's something that you have got to figure out." The mysterious figure said as she stood up and turned around with a long thin sword in hand. She had red symbols covering her body and red eyes with black surrounding them

"What are you doing," said the General slowly backing away from the girl.

The girl did not say anything and began to slowly walk towards the General giving a little chuckle. At this moment, the general felt something in his grip; it was heavy, yet light at the same time. He looked up to see her swinging the sword toward General Hall's face.

General Hall could only hear clapping and yells of excitement as his eyes opened to the real world around him. Many scientists crowded around the chair to see which power the General had. An arm with a sword appeared on the monitor screen and there was talk about what that meant.

"Congratulations sir, you have awoken an imperial arm. I do believe it is a sword of some sort. You were unconscious for a long time, did you see anything?" said the doctor after analyzing the screen and thinking upon it. Everyone's head moved closer out of curiosity.

"Nothing, it was like a normal sleep." The general said this because he could only trust two people in the room: the president and Dr. Rogers. He unstrapped himself and rose to his feet. He thought to himself about the girl that he had seen while asleep. Who was she? What was she? What even was an Imperial arm?

"Very well, I hope that we can optimize our new-found powers quickly. I think that I may be able to create a device that locates others with this hidden potential." The general had not noticed, but the doctor had read his mind when he was thinking about the girl he saw in his "dream."

"That's what I like to hear Doc," said the President. "Please start on this as soon as you can, so that we can prepare for anything that comes after us. I'd speak to you and General Hall in my office after this as well." The president was curious about the experience and the power they have. A thought that crept up was if he had any powers, but knowing that he was president, he had more pressing matters.

General Hall and Doctor Rogers began to follow the President to the Oval Office. Silence filled the air as they walked there. They got to the door and an assistant opened it for them and went ahead to shut it once all three of them were inside.

"Have a seat" said the president pointing to the two couches that were in front of his desk. "I want the full truth and nothing but the truth, and considering that this is a large breakthrough, I need every detail about your experience in the chair and how you feel now. Doctor, please start since you were the first." President Reed leaned back in his chair and prepared himself for a complex story.

"Sir, whenever I had shut my eyes to initiate the test, I saw a bright light flash. The light quickly vanished and a steel wall began to surround me. In front of me was a walkway that extended itself to the middle. In the middle was a circular platform with a chair that had brain scanners on it as well. A voice told me to walk towards it. As I began to walk, I started to hear multiple voices speak out to me. They were simple conversations, but I could tell that there were a lot. I felt something heavy in my chest every time I heard a voice. This experience led me to believe that I could create a device like this to find other people with their own latent powers. Once I woke up, I began to hear voices again, but I realized that they were from the people around me, and I remembered what I was doing. At that point, I knew what power I had; the same as Professor X in the movies X-Men." Doctor Rogers took a sip of water that was resting on the coffee table. "I could hear everyone's thoughts at the same moment." General Hall tensed up on the couch. The President sat there silently, processing everything he heard. It was outrageous what he just heard, but he knew it to be true.

"Okay, now you General."

"My experience starts off the same way as Dr. Rogers; with a bright flash of light. Once everything cleared up, I noticed that I was in a white void. It was an area of complete nothingness, except for a single girl that appeared to be sitting there in a dark black school uniform holding a long black sword that looked like a katana. I tried talking to her but that did not work. All she did was stand up and start walking towards me. Once she got about ten yards away, she lunged towards me and slashed her sword at my face. That's when I saw another bright light and woke up. I was still a little confused when I woke up, that's why I looked dazed then. What even is an imperial arm?"

General Hall started to adjust himself in his seat, giving an unsettling impression. "I'm not sure Clinton. Here let's see." As President Reed said that, he turned on his computer and opened Google Chrome.

In the search bar he typed, 'Imperial Arms anime' and a link showed up that said 'Akame ga kill Imperial Arms'. "This looks promising" said the President with Dr. Rogers and General Hall leaning closer.

"An imperial arm is an extremely powerful weapon that exist around the world. They are rare, and only the strongest of warriors are able to wield them. Some have the appearance of equipment or weapons, others can even be living creatures." The general straightened up and stood tall.

"Is there a way to search the arms and see if there is a correlation between the girl and my imperial arm? See if there is a girl in a black school uniform in the character list." The president moved the mouse to the character list and clicked the link. The first name that appeared was 'Akame', and she had a black uniform with a red trim.

"That's her! Who is she? What's her power?" The general felt anxious. He was finally about to figure out what superpower that had been held dormant inside of him.

"It says that her imperial arms was the sword, Murasame. The one-cut killer. It is said that once a living person with a heart is cut by the blade, a curse will spread to the heart within seconds and kill the victim. The swords trump card takes place when you cut yourself with the blade and resist the curse from spreading. By doing this, the user must embrace their inner demon and take responsibility of all the lives that the user has taken. Wow." The president stopped reading and looked up at General Hall. His face looked shocked. Any man figuring out he had a superpower that could kill a person with one swing of a blade would be shocked.

This weapon fit him very well. General Hall was 31 and had served in the seal team division for 8 years. He had once held off a squad of one hundred to three hundred ISIS intruders with two comrades, and each of them had a single bolt-action rifle. The numbers are all different depending on who tells the story.

There was a sudden knock on the door. "Come in" said the president. It was his personal assistant Josh Ashley. This was Josh's second year working in the White House as a graduate assistant coming straight out of college. He had gotten the job because he had known the President ever since he started interning for him when President Reed worked in a state office.

"There's a package here for General Hall, sir. And good afternoon Dr. Rogers." The doctor gave him a quick nod.

"Thank you, Josh," said the president. "Please bring it in and try not to let others touch it."

"Yes sir, I'll go get it now." Josh left the room and the President and Dr. Rogers turned to look at General Hall.