its 6: 45 am.

up on a cliff, overlooking the seas, a young girl sleeps in her room.

too bad the alarm clock had to ruin that.

BRRRRRRRRRZZZZTTTTT

The sharp noise wakes me up , already wishing i was dead.

meet me, Jessica amber, the girl monologuing this story.

"uhhg, why didn't i go to sleep earlier!" i debated, still not lifting the comforter. i lay awake with gloomy eyes as i stares at my ceiling, written above is the symbol of a god.

which god? the god of flames, heaphestus or vulcan in roman.

'wanna know why i have that symbol?'

its because its tradition in the evlogiménoi culture, to have your child be placed in a temple to have them be blessed by the gods.

these blessings can be extremely usefull or quite dull.

me? i was lucky to be blessed by heaphestus, god of fire, fires a good element for destruction and power. its something that will help me in physical combat

'hey..isnt this a school day?..wait..Oh god Its GRADUATION DAY!!'

I jumped out of my bed, avoiding toppling over my stack of book on pyromancy and fire. i get ready, wearing the same old uniform of white t shirt and black pants. but wait, jessica, i hear you not asking, shouldnt girls wear skirts? tell that to my adoring parents, who care so much about their daughters body.

its not like boys spend all day just looking at girls or vice versa. either that or my parents generation had literally nothing to do.

either ways it wont matter. i put on the black gown, and grab my cap.

today was the day.

i walk out of my room down the corridor. i pass my younger sisters door and pause...

'maybe..i should say hello or good morning..we arent that close even though we're only 2 years apart....mom and dad would always send me to training or tell me to go study whenever we tried to play together. and she's become so reclusive lately that she doesn't even come to the family dinner. which is smart on her part.'

i knocked. no reply.

i tried a little harder.

"hey, jenny...im graduating today..which means im leaving for..well you know...just heading out of the nest....i...i just wanted to let you know"

i slowly turned away cringing from just how awkward that was and how i should have planned a little more.

i hear a whisper " good luck"

i smiled "same to you"

i then slide down the stairway and walk through the lonely hallway. my parents room was barely used...well they're barely here. theres a library large enough to be called a private library that my parents thought would be where i would spend most of my days.

the burned forest logs and ruined lawn would beg to differ. i remember training here. I've got a lot of nicks and scratches. plus im pretty pale so they stand out really gruesomely.

the private helicopter my parents have is state of the art and fully automated. my parents don't trust anyone. not even us.

"good morning jessica, where will you be going today?"

the automated ai. harpy, i named her, is really nice. but not much of a talker, courtesy of , once again my parents.

"hey harpy, the calladay highschool"

"affirmative"

the blades spin faster and faster and soon we are hovering and i just stare at the zooming visuals of clouds and the sea. the island and house becoming smaller and smaller.

we live on a private island and my parents send me to calladay, which is the closest school. my younger sister jenny is homeschooled after we realised she was getting picked on for being blessed by Poseidon. most people would be ecstatic about being blessed by the god of waves....unless he blessed you with only being able to control fog. after the tests the teachers remarked that she has no potential in getting stronger so she quit and now she..well i dont know what she does now other than play games and eat chips.

i grip the leather seats as calladay appears in the distance...i shake my head and focus. i snap my fingers, sparking flames due to the magical nails i have.

i started burning the caps ribbon just a little bit.

the helicopter lands and i leave immediately, following the lines. i wasnt the only one..all of my classmates and friends had arrived just as i had and were following a line.

i walked just a bit faster to outpace the rest. but i was challenged by increasing footsteps. i started speedwalking, only for them to do the same. i stop at a circle as i feel a slap on my shoulders.

i turn my head to see the same smiling face that was my best friend valerie burdett. a Hispanic whos parents were veteran generals.

she winked, a faint crackle can be heard. Valerie's blessed by Zeus and can create thunder in any form. her cap was streaked with burn marks.

"can you believe it? we're finally here!!" she giggled. i could hear her heart doing jumping jacks.

"i know!" i replied. all of the other students formed a line as well, although it was rare for us to get a long.

a figure stood right by her, it was my crush zhang zhi. hes a genius who got into calladay by impressing a set of judges with his ability to create weapons from simple elements. hes blessed by ares. the god of war

i heard a zzt infront of me to see a hologram of-

my mom!

what was she doing here!!!she doesnt even show up to teacher conferences let alone my graduation!!

" hello, graduates, due to unexpected events. your graduations will be handed out by me, and as a neccessary precaution you will all be heading straight to your new facility of education, all clothes and payments will be taken care for."

'excuse me what!! no! my moms horrible at picking clothes. i swear if we have to wear army uniforms-'

"jessica amber, please come forward" this knocked me out of my quick monologue of a rant but ut was like i was in a trance. i couldn't get myself to step forward.

i got a push from valerie and i walked towards my mom, looking behind her because i didnt want to see the usual grimace on her face.

i stopped infront of her hologram.

i could hear snickering and some anxious whispering. they all know my mom. well atleast from the stories.shes a veteran with a kill count of 34 thousand. which is the 3rd highest in the history of any soldier. most people think my mom has me do 500 reps. which is absurd. she settled for no less than 700 per day.

my mom pulled up what seemed to be a holoimage. and she put it on my cap, instantly causing my gown to light up and appear to be on flames.

"digital technology has come a long way, jessica, you have an even longer way to go" she nodded her head left . i barely nodded back, i was frustrated that for all the effort i put shes saying i haven't done enough.at least not directly but thats what her tone implies. then i followed the path down to a plane big enough for my entire class.

i climbed its steps and entered the cabin. it was first class, with a marble colour pallet on the floor and ceiling, the seats were in jet black and i sat down in the front row.

a few stewards walked by probably to guide the rest of the class to their seats.

not long after i hear the the scatter of heels , valerie appears and sits next to me and hugs me. i hug back as she just sobs in happiness.

she tried to speak to me but all that comes is weird happy gurl noises and more profuse sobbing.

"i-i-i-i ca-cant be-belive-it we-we passed!!"

'did i mention that the highest score was 56 by zhang and i came second with 54. so you have to understand our teachers didnt tell us if we passed. later we learned that we were judged in 0/ 70. so all of us above 35 had passed and me and valerie were in the top 5. something her parents would be proud of.....something my parents would say " wasnt my best".

! steward on board had appeared and gave valerie a tissue box, which she thanked for before stuffing her nose and wiping her ruined mascara away

this was so exciting...but also sad...jenny would be all alone at home and i couldn't shake the thought that she'd think i wouldn't say goodbye...

the plane started rumbling as they started the engine.

"ladies and gentlemen this is your pilot speaking we will be gaining speed soon and its best that you all extend your seats to take a nap."

i didn't want to sleep, but valerie and i already were getting ready. it would be shame to show up on the first day with dreadfull eyebags.

even as i tried falling asleep, i couldn't help but think of our destination.

Facility 001. the underground government training center for young adolescents aiming to be part of project entity.

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my head felt dizzy. my body was heavy. my eyes fluttered open at the feeling of bodies approaching. all of them above 5ft 6inches and wearing something bulky.

i took in my surroundings. i could tell i was in a cell but..

my cell was lot more...well hotel than a cell...

as my head cleared i though.

'where was i? did i get caught?'

the shiny, scratchless walls, the smooth tiled floor and the glass door which was unlike any cell ive been thrown in.

was i in some new prison? the 6 bodies i sensed earlier were stopping by the door. i stood up, all 6ft and 4 inches of me. and stared them all down as they entered.

they had batons and electric knives, they looked like stormtrooper knockoffs done by amateurs. i tried to keep calm but in a prison this white, being brown seemed pretty dangerous, ive come across a lot of racist cops in my life, i wouldn't be wrong to assume such things now.

they surrounded me and the leader, i assume, pointed at the door, i walked forward, weary of any attack.

they lead me through an endless maze of stairs and hallways, going left, right, right, left , up, left , up , right , down and so forth, untill we reached a door guarded by two even bulkier stormtroopers.

they opened the door and i was pushed forward, not much of a push but like a small pinch but i decided to roll with it.

i walked towards a desk with a woman, probably hispanic, behind it. she seemed serious enough but the scar on her face streaking down the right side of her skull sealed the deal. but since this place was run by a hispanic, i assumed i wasn't in any more danger than any other regular criminal, however i still had to worry about being a lithunian.

"alright boy..i have had a very long day of work, and i seriously wanna get this over and go congratulate my daughter. but no. i get this suprise task of handling you and now i cant even visit her till this is over."

so no professionalism? i can work with that.

she grabbed a file from her drawer. a really fat file. and she started reading through it, amused at what must have been written there.

i noticed the gold plated bar that had 'general penesa burdett rosa written on it '

good to know.

now, was i in some maximum stronghold facility because i dont think my crime-whatever it is-could be that bad that i get sent to one.

"hmm......hrt....pfft.....wait really?.... my my..." the general muttered"...thats quite the track record. dodging the proper authorities..running from adopters...messing with the mafia ....sneaking aboard multiple privet jets and airliners and causing multiple breakins....tsk tsk...."

she closed the book eyeing me, taking in my features.she put the file down.

"now...i dont know if this file contains information regarding you or people with the same name doing these things... how old are you 17-19?"

i wanted to say 20...but i knew she probably already knew my age... i figured this was a test.

i sighed" 14"

The general seemed content with my answer but she was already plotting something.

"it says here you originated from a low lying archipelago in the indian ocean and if i did the math correctly, you were born during the reign of the arctic terrors. stupid name really but nonetheless. its astonishing.... how you have trekked the entire continent of asia and now here you are after being taken down by my husband. he sends his apologies for knocking you out like that."

the memories flood back as i remembered how i got caught.

it was just like any other attempt in hiding inside an airplane. sadly for me, a middle aged man noticed me leaving the plane landing wheel. see, theres enough room for me in most airplanes but this one wasnt as big and i clinged to the sides, awake all night in fear that i might fall asleep and end up roadkill when they open the landing wheel. her husband had run towards me in a speedy dash and slammed into me using his shoulder, sadly he must have thought i was heavier than i looked and used more force and i ended up flying head first into a cargo container.

i spoke up" yeah, no hard feelings, its water under the bridge, dude was doing his job, i was just caught lacking"

the general was suprised with my vocabulary, but ive been through many homes from the hood to the sub-urbs and even in a loft.

"well"the general said" either i send you to an orphanage, which i know you will leave, considering all these reports, i have a proposition. your a lithunia? right? which begs the question? what kind of bio mutation do you have?"

i just smiled." lets say i can sense things"

general penesa smiled back" like spiderman?"

i smiled harder" similar but its um.. constantly..how do i put it on. theres no switching it off"

penesa leaned forward. interested at the new flood of information" like now?"

i looked down " theres six different books in that drawer, 2 of them fat and full of ink probably a law book. the other is an album full of cds. probably blu-ray. the other three are a diary, a journal and a picture book."

the generals smile started to drop. she started frowning.

i continued " below me is another office, possibly your secretarys workplace, above us is the roof. the guards behind the door are playing rock paper scissors-"

"enough" the general interrupted, her eyes sparkling" ive heard enough...thats a remarkable thing you have.." then she started giving of sinister vibes." the chiteki would be very interested in disecting your body"

i kept smiling. the chiteki were like people with no special abilities other than an increased IQ. or more likely the ultimate mind to adapt to anything. they normally dont see us as equals. see us as savages and demigods.

however, ive tangled with chitekis, fought with other lithunians and escaped many evlogiménoi's in the past.

but sadly for me...i was in a country run by evlogiménois, escaping this place and escaping the army out there is a fools plan.

"you know..."the general spoke, breaking the silence" i have a daughter about your age, who's following in my footsteps. and looking at you, who seems execptionally smart. as a mother... i dont have the guts to send you to a orphanage ,where you cant be helped..."

wait...no, this is bad.

"i propose a deal where you get to be free, get education free of cost, learn to become a prodcutive member of our society and get a job"

i voiced my thoughts" hmm..sounds like a mental prison"

she seemed done with me" well then, too bad. your going to facility 001 and your going to keep an eye on my daughter, under stand?"

i didnt like that" listen lady im not interested in higher education, that schools name suc-why would you want me to look out for your daughter, shes probably strong enough to beat any sick pervert if she can get into this facility 001?"

miss penesa looked at me, crossing her arms" well see, ive been hearing rumours that a playboy is entering that school, now, as a doting mother, i know whats best for my daughter, however none of us parents are allowed in the area- thanks to a certain cheat-and my daughter is a romantic, like her father, except shes a lot more gullible and clearly will not stay innocent , if you know what i mean"

really? babysitting duty? well i guess its lot more fun blocking some rich kid from doing anything mature with some generals daughter than simply being locked in an orphanage.

"alright, miss penesa...ill do it, because this deal sounds really good if i get to learn something that benefits me . however after the first semseter, if what they teach is boring, im dropping out"

she burst into laughter" oh boy.. your a comedian huh. theres no dropping out from this. this is a military training regime for a talented new taskforce!"

what did i just get msyelf into.

"hmm.. and you'd let me? a lithunian in to such a thing?"

"its not like you can reveal that to anyone, and with an ability like yours i can just write a gods name as your power and they'll believe it. simple as that" the general mocked."so which god do you think could bless you with a power like yours?"

i thought about it...who could bless someone with the ability to feel bodies around 500 meter radius.....

i got it" hades" i said.

the general was suprised at my choice, possibly due to him being the god of the dead and all, but that would also mean he could bless me with the ability to feel bodies. theres some inaccuracy there but what are they going to do? call him up and ask him about the list of people he blessed?

the general filled out, what i presume is my id and my information, suddenly she started coughing, while covering her mouth, she looked at her clock and then at me" you want a new *cough* change of clothes? also that coats a little too long dont you think?"

"this coat? you mean the coat thats down to my knees? the coat thats insulated so i- a homeless orphan- wouldnt have to sleep on a bench, freezing in the cold.the coat that makes me look and feel like a time traveller? no. its a good coat. however i will be grabbing some new blue khakis, a black jersy, some new shoes and a box of choclate."

the general raised her hands apologetically " sorry, its hard to see you as an orphan when your taller then my tallest soldiers.oh and be quick about it will you? the plane leaves in an hour for facility 001 and i wont have general amber nag me about strict time mangagement."

i nodded and turned around as the gaurds followed closesly, not as threatening as before but still ready to grab me in case i dash. i can't outrun these guys. im too hungry and tired for that.

i waited in a room as they brought me a bunch of clothes which i tried on. 20 minutes passed untill i was comfortable in green khakis and a grey shirt because the clothes i requested were pretty small. i stuffed a bunch of chocolate into my coat pockets before they escorted me to the roof where a plane was warming up for take off. i was guided into the cabin and was given a comforter in case i wanted to sleep.

then i was left alone, in a dark dimly litted cabin with the rumble of wheels increasing and soon my eyes started drooping, i could feel the stewards pop their head in from behind a curtain and check on me.

they must have been scared because they let out a sigh of relief. after all they're escorting a criminal, with no protection, to a secret facility?

facility 001.....what is it?and is the general allowed to do this? allowed to give a nobody lithuninan like me access to a secret facility...all for the sake of her daughter not getting a boyfriend? this place must not be run the same way as the lithunian republic, over there this would be illegal and in here, would this be considered illegal, bribing- blackmailing-me into stalking some kid...yea this is definitely illegal.

those were my last thoughts before the comfort of the darkness took me in, like many times before.

tomorrows a bright day, just hope it doesn't burn me out.

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i woke up to the sound of snoring. my eyes felt like they took the best millenium nap in all of history. i sat up from my seat, popping multiple bones and rubbed my ears, getting all the gunk out.

i feel like a rusted nail. looking around, all i see are sleeping faces. was i the only one awake? figures. i tried to move ny leg which had lost all circulation but that meant risking waking up valerie.

i did it anyways.

she didnt wake up but jow it felt like black and white static was running on my left calve. sometimes having them this lean isnt that good, your more liable to cramps.

almost like thethere was a bump and the screeching of tires. so we finally landed. i suddenly checked the time and it was 4: 56...thank the gods!!! that means most people will be asleep!! i will not be seen wearing my teletubby looking gown that looks like its from hell!!

few minutes later

i waited out side of the airport waiting for the bus to come. there were a few but we had a specific bus to get on. all of a sudden theres a cackle and now it looked like its going to rain. really wish i brought a coat. thankfully this gown is water proof.

there was a faint audio of the weather man talking about the windy weather. something about the seas getting angrier.

i turned on my phone hoping i got a call or a message. the only one i got was a nylon gemini symbol skirt had been delivered to the facility 001 mail box which is actually a lost and found centre.

the wind picked up and it felt like razor blades cutting through mez my hair whiooing around like a spark that wont die out. valerie walked over to me, her hair sizzling with spark due to the wind.

she said"i expected there to be more ads, and a variant on toilet paper. plus we keep getting like weird looks from the adults."

i replied" i mean, a bunch of kids, looking like college graduates arrive with no explanation and are standing out side doesnt seem like an ordinary thing."

"hey check it out!" valerie pointed" its one of my moms district planes!!"

i followed her gaze to a black plane with the athena symbol on it. thats was definetly one of miss penesa's planes. but why is it here. i checked the time 5:05..right on time.

"hey amber? check it out, zhi's already made himself the popular kid!" valerie pointed to zhi being lifted and passed around in a wave of boys like he was rockstar. he seemed to enjoy it so much he was grinning from ear to ear. god, is it infectious, im already fighting back a smile.

i decided to look somewhere else, as my cheeks already decided to smile. i decided to look down the horizon. there was the sign of a bus approaching.

all of a sudden a man had jumped over the fence of the airport into the side walk. he seemed to be on a call with some one. 2 minutes went by with just him standing there nodding. then he checked his phone and then looked at the bus. the glint in the screen seemed similiar. almost...Aurora green. with the cover having a very large white blotch with triangles on it. i realised he had an athena symbol on his phone.

i grabbed valeris arm. she was talking to one of the boys from a different prefecture while i was distantly gazing the horizon. she yelped a little before i pointed at the dude from before.

"valerie, it the person from the plane! hes got an athena model phone!!"

valeri squinted at it. and the dawn of realisation her face was only the icing on the cake. she immediately pulled out her phone and on the cover was a large sun with leaves over it.

"thats definitely an athena modelz but only very few people have it, like me, your parents and victims of...war..."

victims of war.....children, spouses, family of those who died serving their country. most of the times they're given a phone of athena to contact miss penesa or a professional landline to talk about their grief.

valeri used her phone cameras zoom to get a picture of him and on closer inspection, he was not blessed by aphrodite. he isn't ugly ugly but he wasn't handsome handsome. kinda stuck between average and stand out in a crowd. he was a boy, probably our age.

i asked valerie" you dont think he's a cousin of your or maybe your moms friends kids?"

valerie shook her head" he doesnt look like any of my moms friends and he certainly doesnt seem like he's from my family plus with a coat like his ,he could very well be a fashion designer. like look at that...he looks like he came from war with nothing but a scratch.!"

valerie then pointed at the bus pulling up to the boy, wait....isnt that OUR bus!!!!

"hey that IS our bus!!"

me and valerie started jogging so that we could get out of the ever increasing wind before rain started falling.

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A few minutes before.

i felt the ground close in on me, like a wave it rose fast, was i falling? am i falling? did they throw me out of the plane.?!?

there was static from a radio about a raging sea and speeding winds.

i opened my eyes. i was still in the plane, a bump and a series of turbulence told me we had just landed.

i tried to relax my nerves... even after 6 years of sneaking, it was always frightening. i open my eyes as the bright red sun explodes in my face. yeah, nothing better than a red blood ray of light. i stood up, bending my head cause of my height.

one of the staff member were awake but she was shivering, shaking all over-no. it sweat. shes scared.

i approached the exit, a woman holding a screen, who i presume is the stewardess from before, she handed me a phone, high quality tech with a durable cover. the stewardess walked away, sighing like she just got out of death row.

i walked out of the plane, wind flowing through my hair, the breeze whipping my coat.

i surveyed the environment.

this place is trash. theres garbage toppled near the back of the airport, theres oil on the tracks and this wind smells like smoke from a factory that skins fish rotten for 45 years at the saharra desert.

i walked down the stair and jumped over the fence that seperated the public and the airport. no way am i going to make this easy for general penesa. she's now got 2 kids to deal with, a horny teenager and a misfit orphan. theres no way she's getting any sleep tonight.

~ring ~ring ~

i realised the phone got a message, i checked it and whoop de doo, its a call from one grumpy general.

i answered it" this isn't my first rodeo, buckeroo" i could hear her cover the phone with her hand as she asked her assistant if she did it right" anyways, ill be monitoring mission ****** mary so if you see any fu- i mean any playboy activities, be sure to discourage that."

i replied" wait, how will you know if im even doing the job?"

general peneza, with out a skip of a beat" honey, i follow my daughter undercover on twitter as a beaver that loves mozarella, shes already posted about her plans and how shes going to get laid soon. and if she does get laid, you are out and im having a heart to heart talk to her making sure to lie that her partner sold her out"

"arent you going a little overboard with your daughters privacy?"

"i believe not, i just dont want her doing something she will regret later in life."

"alright, so wheres this facility 001? how do i get there?"

"its the big school in the center of the city,theres a yellow double decker bus thats going to pick up you and your class. also, dont try to make a scene, im already knee deep in work, and i dont need anyone coming in her questioning why i allowed an illegal immigrant access to this facility "

miss penesa ended the call.

almost immediately, i spotted the double decker bus she mentioned approach me, lucky timing i guess. i decided to wait for it.

wonder what the time it is..hey wait, i have a phone now! i turned on the phone and checked the time, it was only 5:06 am. lucky me.

i heard the pitter patter of feet and an entire herd of bodies head in my direction i decided to press my self to the wall as a bunch of college graduated pacman looking kids rush into the double decker bus. is this my class??

i followed them into the bus and headed straight for the back. i got glances from everybody, felt their heads turn to look at my back, some of them took a few pictures behind me. plus all of them were moving around in ther seats, probably muttering why some rando was in the bus with them.

this would be pretty annoying but thankfull this was a double decker for a class with less that 20 kids. i climbed the stair and sat in the front seats of the 2nd level. there was no roof over the 2nd level and it started raining. but i don't mind.

i could feel the kids below me talking, their mouths forming words, and from what i was able to deduce, most of them were asking who i was, but there were 2 of them who weren't talking. they were tapping, morse code. but this was probably their own version because i dont remember morse code having swipes and kicks.

i was disturbed that two of them were already suspicious of me. but my heart slowed down when they suddenly stood up and were heading for the stairs.

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"amber, i dont think he's that suspicious, i mean, look at us, we're a bunch of no name kids in gowns" valerie opposed. she didn't want to go out into the rain, it was sounding like a machine gun fire fight up there."

"come on!! he could be like a mission!! maybe they're testing us if we can figure out if he's something out of the unordinary!! it might be like a welcome test!!"

valerie just ooohed as she realised this was something her mom would definitely do." omg your right!we could get points for this!!"

i headed up, with valerie behind me. i opened the door to the second level. i walked through quickly with valerie closing it.it was raining with a complete shift from the warm sun. its a cold blue rain, and i feel like im being pelted with needles.

i saw the kid from before simply sitting at the front, face first, being pelted with water droplets. how can this dude not be shivering, even valerie, someone who can use lighting and is blessed by zues, is shivering. i lit my flames from my finger tips like a candle, but the warmth was immediately shuttered to a kindling... i really should have thought about elemental disadvantage.

valerie trudged me forward taking the lead as the elementally more advantaged evlogiménoi.

it felt like a thousand bullets pushing as back.

i saw the dude turn his head to the left, out towards the buidlings and streets. we sat behind him trying to cover our selves from the rain pelting down on us like we were ants. it felt painfull but valerie tried to use her gown to cover us but it was clear that our clothes weren't going to offer much protection.

the rain has completely destroyed any vision we had, we were stuck in black rain and we could barely see the kid, plus 'why was it getting stronger!!' lightning crackled in the distance...and then i saw it... a hurricane... right down the bay. like a monstrous tail it towered over the city. valerie was already stressing out. she could sense the power in that thing. thats what the radios were talking about.

the mystery boy stood up and put his coat over us making sure to shield us from the rain, his face seemed really calm and kind since he wasn't standing like he was rambo.

"so...you two, are lovers of dreary coldness as well, i see" he spoke pefect english. yet i couldn't help but think he knew more languages.

hastily i blurted out " no!! im cold! im wet!! my hairs ruined and i don't think this test is worth any of this!!"

"sorry about her! shes a hephasteus, god of flames and stuff"

the mystery boy nodded." then why come out here?"

"wa-ait so t-t-this is-isnt a test!?!?!" i spoke, my teeth chittering from the cold, valerie was doing better than me. but this dude was insane there was no chatter in his teeth, no shiver, no glance back to the comfort of a warm room below.

he spoke after a while" my names simon, im going to try and connect my coat so that we get some cover, the seats will stay wet but im sure thats better than this." he then took out a rod and attached it to the antenna and draped his coat around us. i realised the coat was actually longer than it seemed but he rolled it so that it was only knee length. it was like a tent, because immediately it blocked the rain, well most of it, it had a small opening which 'simon' was keeping closed with his hands the zipper wasn't strong enough in this wind.

simon looked back at us.

i realised the rain was no longer going to affect my fire. so i struck my nails and produced a fire, letting it get warmer and warmer in my palms. valeri immediately put her hands close" oh yeah, my names valerie burdett, this is jessica amber, yours was simon right!"

he nodded" yeah, no last names..not anymore"

i wanted to talk but i was busy warming my self. great..i have no other clothes, only thing i do have is the stupid uniform my mom made and its itchy.

"h-h-hey" i stuttered, still chill to the bone" " we-we saw y-you at the airpo-port. your an athena blessed?"

he looked away, into the rain, like it was something he didnt want to ralk about." im uh. a hades.."

valerie instantly froze. she looked at him in awe. a hades...

i couldnt believe it either..."a - a hades!!!"we screamed

simon cringed at the scream but i could see he wasn't used to being yelled at in a positive way.

we dont have many kids of the big three. my sister is also a poseidon blessed. but well..weak..so that was big factor into people ridiculing her. the big three didnt bless people that much it was mostly other gods and small deities....

i decided to quiet down...because valerie had already started sparking, she had questions and as excited as she is, her mood changes pretty fast and im not getting into that storm.

i looked away, to seem disinterested but still listening.

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me and my big mouth. not only have i already found miss penesas daughter but her friend have already noticed me. the plan was to play houdini, not play the third wheel.

valerie looked at me with her eyes sparking with literaly sparks and interest.

"w-whats it like" valerie" being one of the big three?"

shit. not only do i have to speak like i am blessed by hades but i have no power to showoff that will make them think im telling the truth. apart from my 6th sense of course. wait!!! thats it. if i can't make a a fictional story-

just tell half the truth."not real fun, people kick you, hate you, go out of their way to hurt you..plus i didn't even want to be here in the first place."

"o-oh, is that so" valerie seemed shocked that i said something like that. but of course she is. shes a zues blessed. zues is like every non myth reading persons favourite dude. and of course hades was a villain because hes the god of the dead. hes most definetly evil. not. according to myth hes the chillest of the entire greek pantheon.

"your a zues blessed."i told her" your loved because your representing a dude who throws lighting. im representing the dude who rules the dead. which is definetly cooler but terrifying"

valerie was taken aback. she felt sorry she didn'tconsider that he didn't get the same respect" im sorry i didnt mean it like that" she tried to change the subject" but as a hades blessed, you must have some cool power like, a sword of diamonds or hellfire? right?"

i chuckled. my facade was working. shes definitely believed me on the hades blessed part. now to convince red head amber.

"like really?thats what you think id get? nah. i can feel bodies. alive and dead. inanimate and animate. down to the last atom!"

valerie seemed confused" wait." all of a sudden she put her fingers behind her and stuck 3 fingers out. " how many fingers am i holding?"

she really wanted to test that out so i said " alright, 3 fingers, red head here is hiding a 4 underneath her, a 3 now, a 2 and a middle finger"

the red head. amber got up, already amazed." you really can feel bodies.!!"

i nodded. alright mission. make them think im a hades blessed is successful. no need to worry anymore.

we chatted about elemental techniques, something i knew nothing about. but due to my knowledge on Norse myth i was able to piece and assume most of it.

the rain started getting weaker till it stopped. i took down my coat and rolled up the sleeves and the tail. suddenlyi noticed we were inside the heart of the city, with bill boards surrounding us. the double decker bus drove into a buidling. we all had to get off with me following the back of the group and valeri and amber being at the front due to some popularity thing. but this was good. now they can forget about me while i learn something from this school. a woman in a suit lead us througu what i think is the biggest maze apartment because we kept winding and climbing stairs and crossing hallways till we were all in our room. she showed each student their rooms and made sure they're all categorically in their blessed room. like in groups all the people with the same blesser would be together.

they didn't have a hades apartment section because there hasnt been any in the last 300 years. but they had a spare room for guests which i took. because it was 4 floors up from fhe rest of the students. which isnt in hindsight. going around calling myself a hades was bad enough but realising its this bad is an understatement.

she led me to a room where there was a bed and not much else. not that id need it.

she left a bag and pointed at a tv before leaving.

i turned it on and miss penesas face showed on screen, she pointed to the bag and motioned to open it. which i acted, to find some documents with my name on it, an identification, a credit card and what i assumes is my backstory for this.

lets see

my fictional 'mom' and 'dad' were war veterans who ended up being shot dwon during a gang war where my mom placed me next to an orphanage before running of to help my dad and getting shot. doesnt seem so different than any other orphan story apart from the supposed veterans being hella unlucky. all im gonna get all semester is some sad pity faces.

not only that. but facility 001 is not like any school ive ever seen. they dont have teachers. the kids are supposed to work and learn stuff themselves. apparently the project was to train and specialize on what your good at which doesn't bode well most of the time.

guess tommorow morning im checking the schedule.