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Her extended arm hits my shoulder and unexpectedly it's my body part that gives in.

Then she grabs my other shoulder and uses my own momentum against me. Using some kind of judo throw I find myself buried half a meter into the earth with mud flying all around me

owwww

My whole body aches although having hardened cells for a bit I had forgotten to brace my bones and joints.

"ha..a..haa..haa.."

A nervous laugh escapes my throat as I look up to a familiar face just above me. It's of course the brunette. Like I had though, along her neck I can make out black metal covering her skin and disappearing inside of her clothes.

What is this?

"You're fast girl but you really shouldn't challenge us. At least not until you've gone through another checkup. What kind are you? An ? Though I didn't think they'd take anyone this young into the program."

She winks at me and extends her hand to me to help me up.

I grab it and she lifts my 3 tons of weight up as if it was nothing.

"Insane isn't it? The speed, the power. It feels as if you're on top of the world."

Sighting she extends one hand towards the sky.

"It's your first time with the gears right? Nobody else would go up to max speed with legs only on the first run than greenhorns."

She is DEFINETLY mistaking me for someone.

I start laughing. The whole situation is too unbelievable.

Another voice adds to our conversation.

"Ehm Captain? I don't think she's part of the program. She doesn't seem to have the armor."

The woman turns around to the quite short and bald man. Then she looks at my face and neck.

"Girl? Are you a new type maybe? We just got here yesterday and are not up to date on what the engineers made."

HAHAHAAH

I think I look quite crazy standing there in front of eight people. My my this would be hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous to simply tell them who I am.

I decide on telling them the truth and hoping for them to let me off.

"I'm sorry to tell you but I have no idea what you're talking about. I am an esper and used a little bit too much power trying to have a race with you."

The whole atmosphere changes in mere seconds.

Suddenly everyone looks at me cautiously.

"What squad do you belong to?" the woman still has a relaxed expression not befitting the rest of her team.

hahahahhaha

"Funny story." I stop and swallow nervously. These people have power. If it had been normal special troops I would've gotten away with my shenanigans but they had power. I don't think I could simply talk my way out of this.

Haaaaaaaa

"I'm from school. Some of the students have been allowed to go onto the other sections of the area. I'm sorry for using my power to try to overtake you. It was childish of me and I apologize."

With that I show her my ID given to me by the Headmaster.

Her eyes widen in surprise.

"Hmmm, if Mr. Polinsk trusts you I guess it's fine. I've seen these ID's before. But more importantly, how did you manage to speed up that far just by using your power? That's insane. Our equipment was specially designed to accelerate us up tremendously. We should be on par with at least middle tier lv 4 espers. What is your rating girl?"

Che I think I fucked up massively.

In the books I'm [lowest lv 3]. I don't even need to act nervous as I start sweating. Maybe this had just taking it too far and endangered my whole work with Lane and the Raiders.

"I'm only lowest lv 3" mumbling I try to seem like a small child caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"LOWEST LV 3?!?!?!" The woman explodes in swearing. Incredibly she doesn't seem mad at me though.

"YA MAGGOTS!?!" Instead she's shouting at the other seven people behind her.

"Without using abnormal movement we're slower than lowest lv 3's, HOW IN HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DEFEAT HIGHER TIER LV 4'S?!?!?!"

she actually seems pissed.

"Fine, Ignar, Songe, Skall, since you where the slowest the three of you will bring the engines to their limit and sprint as long as the reactors don't overheat, I want you to be able to endure the highest setting next time. The rest ON ME, I want you four to spar with each other."

The three slowest of the group shout "yes ma'm" and start sprinting into the distance.

"and you girl. Just jog normally now. I thank you for showing me that we still need to increase our capacity. As long as you don't get in our way we won't stop you anymore."

I got off?

"Thank you, I will, I really will go slow now."

I show her my back and slowly try to jog away.

"but girl?"

Che

I flinch and slowly turn around again.

"What is your power?"

"gravity control"

"How where you able to withstand that blow?"

Excuse ASAP.

"decreasing my own weight" I answer her.

"Quick thinking indeed, what's your name?"

I have no other choice but to answer her.

"Alexandra Mercer"

"Mercer? Hmm, I'm sure we'll meet each other again. With that strength you'd make a great soldier at some point. If you ever need a squad to join or to train with, ask for Captain Ithild. I would gladly train special potential like you."

With that she takes off her glove and extends her hand towards me for a handshake.

I copy her motion and grab it. It is not made of the weak flesh of humans though.

The thing I grab is a greyblackish copy of a woman's hand. When did the scientist go into the realm of cybernetic limbs?

Her handshake is firm. As expected of steel.

"Off you go then, I still have a lot to do."

With that she follows the other four and heads to another part of the compound.

I'm so done with this.

Not wanting to meet any of them again I quickly head to the different gates and back to the school grounds.

The whole situation had barely taken 2 hours and it was only around 9 am.

I couldn't believe that had just happened. Everyone must put a huge amount of trust into the headmaster. I simply told them that he trusted us and I got away with undoubtedly using my power outside of the allowed sections.

Hahaa, if Lane finds out she's going to be so enraged.

The moment I walk through the second gate I start laughing again. The thought of seeing Lane pissed off at something I did was hilarious.

Hmmm, and that woman - Captain Ithild - she seems like a trustworthy soldier.

I wonder what would happen if somebody told her that there where espers here hiding their true strength.

My smile turns wicked. The headmaster would be the first to get checked on. He might even be imprisoned depending on what happens. Lane still holds him dearly. Maybe even more than her values. This could get very interesting.

Hmm but that is not all. John seems very suspicious and Velvet too. They hung out a lot and Vel obviously knew that power of John.

It would come later.

I had sweat a lot due to nervousness so I wanted to return to the barracks as soon as possible to take a shower.

Something caught my eye though as I got back. Just when our building was in sight I noticed darkness enveloping part of the upper floor, our floor. Karif was doing something.

Curiosity killed the cat but I didn't care. Normally Karif would either use his shadow to entirely clean up his room. At least that's what I had deduced from seeing him. But this time something was off and I wanted to know what it was.

Taking the short route I jump upwards and onto the roof. Luckily none of the guards had seen me.

Because Karif had used his shadow it was nearly impossible to eavesdrop on him without alerting him. But that only counted for conventional means. I had other ways.

Due to some of my cells being active inside of his body a certain amount of control could be exerted by me. Sadly it was extremely short ranged and could barely be used at 4 meters.

Outside of his room it could have been too far away. The roof on the other hand.

Smiling I extend my inner senses towards my own cells inside of his body.

To my surprise they had multiplied by a huge amount. I had not thought that they would take over his DNA in some parts.

Well, the more the better my control over them would get so I shouldn't mind.

Through connecting my cells with his I'm able to experience everything he is at the moment. The weird feeling of having eight limbs, four eyes and four ears fulfills me.

This is true eavesdropping. I smile and listen to what Karif is doing.

Throwing your humanity out the window helps with your sense of guilt.

I get greeted by an awkward sounding voice. I can't understand what they're saying...

"Ich kann nichts tun. Morgen wird ein weiteres Midglied ankommen und ich werde ausgerechnet bei bleiben müssen."

Apparently he's communicating with someone through ethereal means as I cannot feel any phone in his hands or see any other device.

I can't hear what the other side is saying but Karif seems fearful all of the sudden.

"Das könnt ihr nicht machen!! Warum schickt ihr hier her?!!? SEID IHR VERRÜCKT?!?!!?"

I still cannot understand anything he's saying. But he seems really scared, I can feel it.

"Warum? Warum muss das geschehen? Auch wenn die anderen weggeschickt werden, wenn ihr das Lager zerstören lasst wird alles vor die Hunde gehen. ALLES!"

After a long pause of listening to the other side he finally seems to have accepted whatever had been said to him.

"SCHEISSE, meinetwegen. Ich werde euch eine Nachricht schicken wenn Lane und ich auf einer Mission sind. wird alles andere erledigen."

I can feel him nodding it seems the talk is almost over.

"Wir werden siegen. Ich bin die und gehorche. Für die Welten."

With that he stops talking and slowly his shadows seep back into its normal form.

Quickly I cut the connection and slide off the roof. I slow down my fall but still land hard.

Everything is getting too complicated too quickly.

Nothing like this had ever happened before. I had always thought that Karif was cleaning up his room. I had been too naive and arrogant.

Che.

I cannot simply confront either John or Karif. I think for now I shall watch and see what happens.

Happy with my decision I walk upstairs to take a well deserved shower.

Although one thing does bug me a little bit.... It was the last thing Karif had said.

Where have I heard the word "Welten" before?...