[Three Days Later]
Riley stayed in the hospital for three days, he was discharged afterwards.... returning back to IPac as a sergeant of the US military, he was given a bedroom to sleep, since he is an awakened, he was treated ok.
Gifted a lone small room to sleep in alone.
He packed his bags into his room, arranged them carefully, dressed his bed, he took a few hours before everything was complete, his wives aided him in his works, Alpha worked physically, Zaine used magics.
A knock was heard on his door afterwards.
" Who's there? " Riley asked.
No one answered, he approached the door, gently opening the door when a forced pushed the door back, sending him staggering back, he moaned softly, both Alpha and Zaine were enraged.
But they couldn't dare do anything that would implicate their husband!
" Sergeant Riley, what are you doing lazing around? " The voice of a soldier erupted, he walked into the room to see Riley careesing his broken nose, they both locked eyes!
Riley was stunned to see the rank of the soldier standing before him!
" A Captain? " He asked himself.
" Yes, I'm a captain, I was told everything about you, you have met with Captain Morgan right? I'm his colleague, Captain Ritchel and I'm here to take you to the Willow's Ground " Captain Ritchel uttered.
" The Willow's Ground? What's that? " Riley asked.
" You will be training with the rest of the awakened sergeants and cadets, those are your colleagues, in there....you will be bred to become the strongest gifted produced by IPac " Captain Ritchel declared.
" When are we leaving? " Riley asked.
" Boy, we are leaving now.....no more questions " Captain Ritchel declared, he poured out his mana into his fist, directing a blow against the stomach of Riley!
Riley was sent crashing into a wall, he spat out bloods from his mouth, collasping on his knees, a groan escaped his lips.
Alpha gritted her teeths in anger, with a bond formed, her emotions heightened, she became angered to see her husband getting hurt by his fellow soldier.
Riley blocked her from moving an inch, using the summoner's domination.
" Tch, this is quite cruel, do you plan on knocking me out before taking me to the Willow's Ground? " Riley questioned, he struggled to contain the effects of the punch he took.
A smirk appeared on the lips of Captain Ritchel.
" So you can still talk after taking my punch huh? this hurt my pride just too well, I won't lie kid, now you forced me to attack twice " Captain Ritchel said, Riley remained on his knees.
He stayed still, expecting the next punch of Captain Ritchel, Captain Ritchel is a soldier higher in ranks, he couldn't dare attack a superior.
The Captain movements came to a halt and what followed next was disastrous, a loud bang erupted.
Riley collasped on the ground, in a state of unconciousness.....covered in his own pool of bloods, the next attack unleashed by the Captain wasn't something he could take in well.
A sigh escaped his lips.
Captain Ritchel bent down, he checked the pulse of Riley, confirming him to still be alive, he lifted Riley up, putting him on his shoulder, he stepped out of the room, both Alpha and Zaine remained.
Zaine bent down.
" You get quite enraged quite often Alpha, there are times you should be calm, if you killed that soldier, our husband would have been accused of killing a superior and would be executed swiftly "
" That's treason by the law of this country "
" He used his domination authority to subdue us not to make any irrational judgements, we can track him down if we figure out he is in danger, for now.....let's stay here and wait for him " Zaine adviced.
" Hmph.....I guess I will have to listen to you for once, for now.....I won't kill that soldier who acted in such manner against my dear husband! "
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Thud!
Riley's unconscious body was tossed to the ground, a loud groan escaped his lips, slowly opening his blurry eyes, he struggled to control himself, moving his lips....he adapted to the attacks.
Recovering afterwards.
" You're awake? brat, well I expected such from someone who survived series of attacks against Zurtures, stand up " Captain Ritchel commanded, Riley obeyed, he rose up to his feets.
Standing beside the Captain, he was stunned to see himself standing on a platform, few feets above them, below him were the cadets and sergeants of the academy all assembled together.
They were all cladded in their uniforms.
" Where am I? " Riley asked.
" Brat, this is the Willow's Ground, a secret academy owned by IPac, in here we train our future suicide soldiers, awakened cadets and sergeants, grooming them to become the next future of IPac "
" Now that you are an awakened....you have been commissioned here "
" You have only three weeks to train before your first deployment takes place, if you are lucky, you won't be facing such terrors as you did before, you will be facing a bigger one " Captain Ritchel declared.
He sent Riley flying with a throw, causing Riley to crash into the ground, a groan escaped the lips of Riley.
The eyes of his fellow awakened were fixed on him, Captain Ritchel turned his back, making his way out of the assembly hall, he is the controller of the Willow's Ground, but there are teachers positioned.
Groomers hired to make the lives of the cadets a living hell.
The assembly hall remained silent, no one uttered a single word, Riley got up from the ground, gently dusting his body, he noticed the change in his attire, he's putting on the orange colored uniform.
" Tch, are they kidding me? this isn't a school uniform but a prisoner's uniform, what's the meaning of this? " Riley asked himself.
One after the other, the students started moving away, returning back to wherever they came from, only a few remained, a group of four, their faces were filled with smiles.
Three boys and a girl, just like his old friends.
" Don't be bothered by that, we are modern slaves of IPac, bred to be strong and die for the IPac, that's our fate and destiny as awakened " one of the four students spoke out.
" Who are you guys? " Riley questioned.
" Yvan, I have no last name, I was bought from my parents as soon as I was discovered to be a gifted, I have the Talent to create explosions " the blonde haired student named Yven introduced himself.
He stretched forth his right hand for a shake but it was ignored by Riley.
" I don't shake hands, sorry " Riley uttered.
" Sorry, I guess I went overboard, this is my gang so I will introduce them to you, this is Melody, she is pretty and she has the Talent to make herself invisible, quite cool right? " Yvan asked with a chuckle.
" This is Tristan and JJ, Tristan belongs to the elemental group because he has the ice Talent, while JJ belongs to the spatial group because he has the Talent to create portals, quite useful " Yvan explained.
" I see.... that's nice " Riley spoke out.
" He-he-he-he-he, yh it is I can confirm that, but what about you? can you introduce yourself to the gang? " Yvan asked.
" I don't know, I ain't that social but I guess it doesn't hurt, the name is Riley, Riley Bloodnight and I don't think I can expose my Talent to you guys, sorry " Riley said
" Bloodnight? is that really a last name? " JJ asked.
Gently adjusting his glasses.
" Yes and no, not that it matters anyways, since I was forced down here, I guess it won't be bad linking up with some people, can you explain to me what's this academy all about? " Riley asked.
He's seen walking with the gang, entering into the depths of the academy, moving away from the assembly hall.
[Meanwhile]
His silver eyes glowed brightly, watching from the shadows.....he watched as Riley left the scene with the nobodies, slowly emerging from the shadows, a grin escaped his lips.
Revealing his silver hair and the mark on his forehead.
" A newcomer huh? "
" Even though he tries to conceal it well but he's multi gifted, just like you sis, should I make him join us or should he be crushed? " He questioned, the sounds of approaching footsteps followed suit.
She emerged from the shadows, her eyes glowed brightly.
A grin appeared on her lips, with her mana covering the atmosphere.
" He's strange, others will try to destroy him so let's get involved with him for now, let's see what he is capable of before making the next decision "
" For now we watch in the darkness, brother Cyan "