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Chapter 12

It didn't take long for me to reach the third memory omegas house. I easily got inside and made my way to his study which was where his heat signature was coming from. I was a little cautious since his temperature was going down and I could tell he was lying on the floor. It was just as I suspected when I entered the study. He was lying on the floor dead.

Someone smashed his head into pieces. I checked his wallet to see if it was him and it was. I couldn't salvage any memories since his brain was destroyed.

*Shit! Who did this!*

I was pissed. This man was suppose to give me answers, but he's already dead. I decided to take some of his blood since I could at least get a stronger resistance to mental attacks from it. I searched all over his house trying to find any documentation regarding old missions. I knew it was a futile effort, but I didn't want to leave here empty handed. When I found nothing I sighed dejectedly. The only place left was his computer so I connected to it using the suit.

All the files were scanned and I found some unusual emails.

From: Mr. A

"The mission will commence on January 7th."

From: Mr. A

"Your job has come to an end. He on standby until new orders are issued."

Those were the only two emails he had. He must have deleted all the others and did it very thoroughly since the suit couldn't find them. The date in the first email made me a little concerned since it was tomorrow. Since my target was already dead and I still didn't have the information I wanted this night had been waisted. I made my way back to the mirror room and deactivated my suit then went up to my apartment. I fell asleep while thinking about how pissed I was to finally have a lead and then losing it.

The next morning was the same as always. Lisa, Vincent and I met up with Mia and went to school. All the students were gathered in the arena again, but today there were more teachers.

Teacher:"We will be continuing the tournament today and there are some people here to give you a few words of encouragement."

The teacher stepped back and surprisingly the supreme entered the arena. He wasn't noticed at first since he entered from the rear while we were listening to the teacher. He started to levitate then took off flying over all the students heads and landed near the teachers. This brought out the excitement in the students as they cheered and clapped. The supreme raised his hands.

Supreme:"Settle down!"

He must've used some ability cause his voice reverberated throughout the arena. The students started to quiet down and the supreme lowered his arms.

Supreme:"Each of you have been given the chance to rise above your current status! This tournament offers power, but it takes strength to acquire it! You may believe that this tournament is too difficult for students, but the truth is only strength matters! Defeat your enemy and take the power that you want with your own hands! This is a command from your supreme! Win!"

A roar of cheers boomed out of the students. The supreme shot flames out of one hand and ice shards out of the other. His display of power only further excited the students as their cheers increased. The supreme backed off and stood near the teachers. The man on the end who I didn't recognize stepped forward. He had short brown hair and two short swords at his side.

Alex:"Hello students my name Alex and I'm your principal. In all honesty I may hold that title, but I very rarely have anything to do with this school."

*So that's our principal. He's younger looking than I thought he'd be.*

Alex:"Just like all of you I too went to this school. I had a lot of fun, but one day I realized that life can be cruel. The weak are trampled on and the strong enjoy life."

I could tell from the teachers expressions that they weren't liking the principals speech.

Alex:"Our society is corrupted and I'm going to help fix it. I ask for your help. Today is a revolution!"

The supreme seemed to realize something as he dashed towards the principal. In the crowd of students fights started breaking out. The supreme shot fire towards Alex, but he just canceled it out causing the flames to die out. The supreme closed the distance and tried to punch Alex. I had to look away because one of the students came charging at me with spikes all over his body. I jumped out of the way and a student that was beside me got impaled.

I dashed through the crowd trying to find Mia, Lisa and Vincent since we split up when we entered the arena. I started to notice that some of the students fighting had a black bandana tied around their arm. I could only assume it was used as a way to tell friendlies apart. The black bandana group must have been placed here by the principal. The teachers had to get involved to try and stop the fighting between students, but a few ended up getting killed.

I finally spotted Mia through the crowd. She was making her way to the supreme.

*Damn it! Don't get near him!*

The supreme was currently locked in a deadly fight with the principal. All of his attacks were being canceled and the principal was slowly making his way towards him. I started to push my way through the crowd trying to get to Mia. People that I could only assume were the principals back up started to make a circle around the supreme. Many of them were killed by the supreme while trying to form the circle, but the principal was able to draw his attention back to their fight. Alex was taking damage and had many small cuts and burns. The supreme didn't have any mental attacks, but it didn't matter since they wouldn't work on Alex because of his canceling ability.

The supreme angled a fire ball to hit right in front of Alex which exploded a few feet away. It sent rocks flying towards Alex and since the rocks weren't created through an ability he was forced to dodge. The rocks tour through his right arm and rendered it limp. He dropped one of his short swords, but didn't release his stance. He was still determined to fight.

*Why the hell did the principal suddenly attack the supreme!*

I was closing in on Mia who was currently fighting a couple bandana guys. She was covered in her scales from head to toe. The eyes were her only obvious weak point and all she had to do was close them. She was knocking one after the other out, but they seemed to keep flocking to her.

*Maybe they're after her!*

I kicked off the ground and made a jump towards Mia, but she must not of noticed it was me since she punched me right in the gut. I only bounced back a few feet then landed on my feet.

Mia:"Cyrus!"

*Now you notice me.*

Mia:"Sorry! Are you ok!"

Cyrus:"I'm fine."

I dashed over to her and we went back to back. I protected her back as she handled the guys in front of her. We talked while we fought.

Cyrus:"Where are you going?"

Mia:"To my grandfather of course!"

Cyrus:"You'll only be getting in his way!"

Mia:"I'm going anyway I have to help him!"

I didn't think I could talk her out of it so I decided just to go with her.

Cyrus:"Fine but I'm coming too!"

Mia:"I already knew that! We're a pair after all!"

*This is gonna break my phone, but oh well!*

I activated a part of the suit. It was the right glove which materialized and sent a pulse out. The pulse can't be seen and just a glove wasn't enough to expose me. I decided to use that energy power I got from the girl when I went after Mr. Kelly. It basically gives me control over electricity and if I train it properly it could be come a good weapon, but for now the best I can do is use it like a stun gun. I pointed my index finger out and started firing shots at bandana guys coming towards me. When they were hit their bodies tensed up and started to shake before falling to the ground unconscious.

Mia continued to push through the people and I stuck to her back. The people surrounding the supreme joined in the fight against him, but to me it looked like the supreme would eventually win. Even Alex seemed to be running on fumes. He had stopped the bleeding on his left arm by wrapping a piece of his coat around it.

*Did he really think he could win?*

The supreme finished off the rest of the people attacking him with multiple ice spear attacks. Alex was the only one left, but he had a smile on his face.

Alex:"Hahahaha! It's time!"

Just as he said that there was an explosion near the back of the students that sent many of their mangled bodies flying. Someone was flying through the air while two other people plowed through the students. No one could stop them as they made their way to Alex and the supreme. The three of them took up positions around the supreme. When I saw them I froze in place. The three people were wearing tech from the research lab. They each had a suit similar to mine. I knew this because I had the research notes on the other versions of my suit that were made. These three were the ones that as far as I knew were destroyed when the lab was attacked.

(The one flying.)

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(One of the ones on the ground.)

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(The other one on the ground.)

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I didn't know how those suits survived the destruction of the lab, but this was bad news. I could see Alex smiling then he did something I didn't expect.

Alex:"Activate!"

He had a suit of his own that materialized.

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I didn't recognize this suit. It wasn't in the research notes I got from the lab.

*This is bad!*

The supreme would definitely lose. If I got involved I'm sure it would be a tough fight. Mia was rushing forward at an increased speed. She didn't know how much of a threat those people were, but she knew things took a turn for the worse. We finally made it to them, but stopped immediately. They were all just standing still looking at each other. I could tell that this was the quiet before the storm. They were preparing for the real battle that was about to begin. The supreme still hasn't taken any damage, but that was likely to change soon.

Mia:"Grandfather!"

Supreme:"Stay away Mia!"

Mia:"I'm here to help!"

Supreme:"It's to dangerous!"

Just as the words left his mouth the blue suit that could fly zoomed towards us. It's punch was aimed for Mia's head. I shoved her to the side and threw up a block with my arms. The strength behind the hit was more then I could take and it sent me flying backwards. I slammed into a wall and broke almost all of my bones. My arms were mangled and barely holding on by a piece of skin.

Cyrus:"Aaahhhhh!"

I cried out in pain. I didn't expect that punch to have so much power. Mia would have died even with her scales protecting her. My body fell limply to the ground.

Mia:"Cyruuuusssss!"

Mia had a look of worry and fear as tears rolled down her face. The flying suit started hovering over towards Mia who didn't even move as she looked at my mangled body.

*Shit!*

I had a strong urge to save Mia. I originally got close to her because she offered me a chance to get information from the supremes computer files. At some point I must of grown fond of her. I didn't want to see her die. My bones snapped back in place and the injuries repaired themselves. I stood up in my tattered clothes which drew the flying suits attention. I could see a smile on Mia's face.

Cyrus:"Sorry Mia. Activate!"Back to Main Page