You remember using your special trait, and the next
moment you're waking up in a massive golden flying chariot. There's
an odd bunch of kids along with you, and you're slowly ascending
into the clouds. There's two adults, a man and a woman overseeing
the group of young and old kids, slowly waiting for everyone to
wake up and adjust.
Theo slowly opened his eyes and stretched, glancing around
sleepily. Huh...that's strange...why are there people here?
Last thing he remembered was ... Of course. The bullies. Then
nothing really. He sat up, slowly adapting and getting used to this
new environment. He felt a little self conscious about himself as
he was currently situated in a big group on a big chariot, and he
was near the middle. Just great. There's other people, two
adults I don't know...I don't like this.
she wants to dance like uma thurman /
bury me till i confess
Athena blinked open her eyes. Were they on a flying chariot? This
made no sense. A few seconds ago, she had been happily making
progress on her new code, and then suddenly she woke up here. There
were others here as well, some were still asleep, others looked
just as confused as she was. What was going on? Spotting two adults
near the front, she went up to them and asked, “Hello, do you know
what is happening?”
Neo had woken up a while ago. he never slept much in the first
place. "Huh. neat. Some other people are waking up." a group
of... 20-ish people? They were being kidnapped. Why were they being
kidnapped? Did it have something to do with his ability? He noticed
athena woke up. "Yeah, go right up there and ask our kidnappers
what they're doing."
"Yes, I will get to that in a second. Go sit back down Athena, we
don't want anybody falling off." The woman said in a stern voice,
shooing Athena away. "We'll be making an announcement once
everybody is awake."
Theo listened in to the conversations. He wanted himself to be
invisible. This was extremely awkward for him. Atleast these other
kids were in the same chariot boat as he was. There were
some with animal features, and some that looked, well, normalish to
him.
she wants to dance like uma thurman /
bury me till i confess
"This is..." The woman contemplated for a minute, as if she was
considering not telling. After a couple of seconds, she started to
speak again. "Schooling. Proper schooling, Mr. Sanchez. Oh, I know
you won't fall off Athena, you're one of the smart ones."
Theo listened in, trying to make sense of what was going on.
School..? It seems like everyone here has already gone through
school. He glanced through the crowd of kids.
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bury me till i confess
"You're bein' awfully suspicious, lady.
Seeing as the people in this chariot are all of different race and
ages, I'm guess you got us all for something we have in common, and
this 'school' is where we train this... common thread. Am I
right?"
"Correct, Mr. Sanchez." She said, nodding and materializing a
clipboard into her hands. "Hm. Athena...Neo...Theo..." She mumbled
some names, scanning through her clipboard.
She said my name. How do they know my name. Breathe...calm
down...use what you're mother taught you... Theo glanced over
the edge of the chariot and retreated almost instantly. Holy-
we're high up-
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bury me till i confess
"Yes. These..." She hesitated. " 'Abilities' need to be trained. We
do not need the world blowing up because some of you-" She glared
towards the kids. "-Don't know how to use them properly. Or wisely.
Which is why you all are here, for abuse and not hiding it enough
or properly."
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bury me till i confess
"And it is not my fault you children," She practically spat. Anger
issues. "Cannot hide it well. I lasted longer than you all. Be
grateful society is more sparing now."
"They weren't very sparing to me.." Theo mumbled. The lady turned
towards him. "What did you say?"
"N-nothing, ma'am."
she wants to dance like uma thurman /
bury me till i confess
The woman glared at the two, about to say something more but the
man came up behind her and put a hand on her shoulder. He directed
the woman away, whispering something into her ear.
she wants to dance like uma thurman /
bury me till i confess
Athena dropped it. Maybe she had argued a bit too much. It was what
everyone always seemed to hate her about, she spoke her mind, and
was quite good at collecting evidence.
Neo was never the smartest, but he had good instincts. That's what
the older kids he fought had said when he was young, and that's
what people on the streets said now. Right now, with this old hag?
His instincts were telling him to stand down.