Noelle fought endlessly. She felt compelled to use her gift in this way, and it could be said that it was something she shared with her brother, the teachings of her parents, about using power responsibly … She couldn’t help but remember her last meeting.
But here she was helping people, preventing some from dying, but more importantly, she was pulling the remaining children out of the line of fire.
Still, like all of America’s security forces, she couldn’t help staring at the creature that was destroying airships with tremendous power. She wanted to prevent them from escaping. Her shields resisted a few blows, and when some of them began to fall, the rest focused on attacking her.
Thanks to this, the soldiers who descended were in a panic, and it was easier to fight them; they were tough, but she did not face them head-on. She concentrated on supporting her allies, moving alongside Batze, who could momentarily paralyze her enemies.
She hoped there were no problems at the station where her student went.
There were too many. She remembered the accumulation in the city the last days … the masked ones, these people were interested in the creatures.
Was the same thing happening in the other cities? Why were they capturing children too?
She couldn’t just stop and search the web … she would wait. Batze beckoned her, and a team was heading towards her. But she wouldn’t let it pass. She saw the elite who ran out of their Beta in the distance; needless to say, and she stood out quite a bit in battle.
She ran towards her while using the debris as projectiles to delay them. It worked, and when the gifted arrived, she recognized it, looking in the direction it came from, pointed its weapons linked to it, and floating around it. Despite having lost the main body, she was still able to use her Beta weaponry.
– I don’t have too many rounds of fire left. Can you support me?
“Yes,” he said after verifying that there were no more students visible in the area.
It was good to see that they were being escorted. Putting that aside, the adrenaline rush and constant tension he was not finding unpleasant. I didn’t know how to take this feeling …
The numbers dropped pretty fast. I try to get some information from the elite, mainly for the betas, but they did not answer anything related to that. It wasn’t charming, but it’s not that I didn’t understand his position.
Finally, the slaughter in the sky ended. Only the figure of the creature remained in the sky, looking at the earth for some prey. But those who were in this area were under the control of the people of this city.
Ethius took advantage of the calm to process what was happening. He understood that the people who had captured and tortured them were not related to the city, and the Betas were fighting the invaders … they were protecting the children and creatures in the area …
His head started to hurt when he understood what he had done. He was carried away by anger, and indeed some innocents were harmed by his behavior.
Again his emotions began to intoxicate him, but now he had goals to vent all his frustration.
He ascended higher to a height where he could see the city.
He captured the movements of those aircraft and again attacked with all his fury.
Noelle fell to the ground with exhaustion. Around him, the scene was repeating itself, while some dedicated themselves to reducing the invading survivors.
In the network, he could see retransmissions of people who recorded how the creature attacked those ships. And the news about the invaders in the human cities and the others also stood out.
Vyndra’s council had assembled, and the contribution of the creatures was highlighted. The funny thing was that they were only humans; no other alien race was found. The kidnapping of gifted children and animals was highlighted; the attacks in non-human cities were mainly cities. The news showed collapsed cities; everything was organized so that the human race did not receive reinforcements.
It was a lightning attack.
The objective was obvious. The fighting was mainly around the gifted training centers. The entire incident on the ground lasted no more than an hour.
The invaders’ cloaking system was too advanced. Many managed to escape into space and dodge defenses in the solar system. A large mothership greeted those who were chasing those who escaped.
Finally, the enemy was identified.
Drako peeked through the entrance of the building. It was too big to be inside.
Tom came out to accompany him. He stained with blood.
– Yuan why don’t you give Drako a bath.- said, Adolf
Drako was about to refuse but was soon sprinkled with water.
“GAHH … It wasn’t necessary,” he said after shaking the water off his body. “When I return to my virtual state, it should disappear.
– Yes, but now you are with us, and the smell is somewhat annoying. – Aiden intervened with a smile.
-Hmmm …
They were silent for a while, while some adults came up and congratulated Drako and the others.
“When did you learn to do that with air?” Aiden asked Tom.
– A few days ago, I think it was luck at the time. But today I help a lot …
– I just started investigating. – Adolf commented, with a tired face. – It was somewhat difficult to study at home these days. You know … I’m the first in my family to have a cocktail. Ha
They did their best to behave as they always did, but each time they looked around, a silence interrupted from time to time. Tom told them what had happened while apart; it was too much for such a short time.
– Now it makes sense.- said, Adolf
– What? .- Tom asked.
Adolf made a gesture of holding his nose as he pointed at Tom’s legs. He was embarrassed, and his face turned red as he took some distance.
“Hey, Adolf.” Aiden touched his shoulder, and his gaze pointed to Yuan.
“Sure,” he said with a smile. “Yuan, it seems like you forgot to bathe someone.”
-You know, I’m not a portable toilet.- Yuan answered but I still totally wet Tom
Sarah laughed along with his companions. But his mind still wandered over everything he had seen in this short period. The scenes of her classmates and the other faces that she used to see every day without knowing their names, being injured or killed, and taking advantage of the situations they were to escape with her friends. They still made him feel guilty.
She wanted to cry, but she wouldn’t, not in front of her friends, not now.
I needed … And I wanted to be healthy.
He saw Tom complaining about being bathed in water by Yuan; he knew of the abilities they had now from awakening. He was surprised to see him control the air, as his master told him that it was not yet time to start using that type of control and that naturally, this applied to all gifted people; she felt jealous. While she bit her lips helplessly, thought that it had been the one who could do that kind of technique, maybe she would not have let all those children be…
She looked away, to avoid thinking about it, she realized that she had her hands clasped together and clenched tightly.
“Are you okay?” Tom asked as he looked at her. Aiden and Adolf were nodding.
-Yes … I received a message from my parents … I’ll leave …
-It’s true … I have a full mailbox … – said Aiden
-Me to
“I will accompany you,” Noelle suddenly interrupted who had arrived at the place.
The three nodded and followed her. Tom approached Drako thinking of riding him to go to his apartment.
-You come with us.- Noelle said
-But … It’s okay … – he replied when he saw the solemn expression of his teacher
The path was quite eerie, and people walked with gloomy expressions. Tom took the opportunity to read the news, and it seemed that his friends were doing the same; what happened reminded the citizens that there was a war. The life they had led so far did not reflect this fact at all.
But while reading, Tom remembered something, looked at Drako, and said.
– By the way, what will have happened to that creature, won’t it come back to look for you?
– … but … I don’t think I can do anything to help him …
Noelle stopped hearing them, her friends looked at him, question obviously on their faces.
After destroying all the airships he could find in this city, Ethius stayed floating above it, his anger had diminished a bit. But he wasn’t satisfied … he’d never forgiven those bastards.
He recognized that he had used too much energy. But there was no place where he could rest … he didn’t feel safe and didn’t know what to do next. If he were able to enter his digital state, it would be all simpler … many questions, he did not know how to answer echoed in his head.
It was when he remembered that creature, perhaps his companion, that child, could find a place where he could rest for a moment. For Ethius, any human who fought side-by-side with his partner had to be trusted … although this assumption was not questioned.
He wanted to believe that he didn’t have to kill every human being that came his way.
