" Yeah! My name is Allison, and you're Markus right?" Allison asked still wearing a smile, he frowned quickly but hid it just as quick.
" Yeah, how did you know?" He asked, his guard up.
" Your brother talks a lot when he's nervous." Allison said fidgeting and looking away when he met her eyes, this had him frowning again just from the fact that it seemed a bit too fake, like someone learning how to act.
" Righhhht...." He said dragging the word on before he went quiet.
" Oh yeah! I wanted to ask whether you're going to the lacrosse tryouts today?" She asked faking excitement.
" Oh, actually, I was thinking of getting back on the field again and see whether it was for me or not." He said giving her an answer which surprisingly had her eyes widening just a tiny bit, her smile going up just a bit wider.
Weird.
" Oh! That's great! Your brother invited me to go so I'll cheer you on when I can." She told him with nod of her head." Anyway it was nice meeting you Markus."
" You too Allison." He replied back before watching her walk out towards the field.
All the while he wanted to beat himself up.
Inside his head, all the while he was talking to Allison he had started feeling as if he was in danger, watching her aura flare had also get him on edge.
' What the fuck is happening?' He thought whilst swiping the sweat off his forehead.
He didn't dwell on that thought further though, he had other matters to take care of.
Like the one where he would be getting stronger with the help of his system, till his own plans could be finalised anyway.
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—[Locker Room's]—
Getting to the locker rooms was met with no further surprises, Luckily.
When he entered though, immediately, everyone's eyes were on him.
" Huh? McCall?" The coach muttered surprised before grinning, excitement washing over his face, then he immediately looked at Scott." Alright you! You'll now be called 'Other McCall "
Scott at first had been surprised at seeing him, then when he heard coaches comment he growled.
He growled at him once more, his eyes glowing yellow again before fading fast.
' Anger issues much?'
" Please tell me you're back on the team McCall!" Coach said after walking up to him grabbing his shoulders.
Hearing that he gave him a sheepish grin." Something like that, I'm still trying to see where things go for now."
"So? Can you have me on the team again?"
The others when they heard that had a varying amount of reactions, most were excited, Jackson had a frown on his face probably feeling threatened of his captain position already.
Scott was who he focused on though , watching as his eyes simply glowed brighter once more, good for him that he had his helmet on so nobody noticed besides Stiles who kept looking back and forth at the two.
" Have you on the team?" The coach asked looking as if he heard a joke."Of course you're on the team! Heck! You're already on the team and don't even need to enter these tryouts, though you still have to, in order to see which of our newbies has potential." The coach said beaming with a smile.
"*low growl*"
'oh dear...' He thought whilst ignoring his brother who's aura started thrashing around almost carelessly around them and even touched his own aura field.
Curiously this caused a shiver to run down his spine.
More curiously was that his [Genius Comprehension] went on overdrive, analysing the aura and even Scott in that very second.
He didn't expect much until.
[— You've gained the Perk—[Aura Control]-]
' Huh?'
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—[Moments Later]—
After that little interaction with his brothers bloodthirsty aura, he had found himself suited up in the lacrosse gear and walking up to the field alongside the others.
All the while though he was playing around with his aura, he found that after obtaining that perk—Aura Control, he suddenly obtained a sixth sense— probably.
If he expanded his aura outwards he found that he obtained full perception of his surroundings. This though drained him of his mana extremely quick and induced a mild headache.
Then he figured that he was able to interact with other people's auras too.
He had interacted with one of his teammates auras, and when he looked at him while doing so he found that he was looking around himself frantically, so he pulled his aura back not wanting to cause a scene.
He didn't know the full usage of his abilities yet as he didn't have time to check, thanks to [Genius Comprehension] though he atleast got a good grasp of this pseudo ability of his.
So focusing back on the outside world he saw that they had reached the field, right as Lydia and Allison arrived too.
He watched as his brother gawked, looking at Allison as if he was a lost puppy.
Scoffing at the display, he looked at Allison and Lydia and saw both were looking at him.
Allison looked at him with eyes that were appraising, whilst her face was showing another picture. Lydia instead looked at him with surprise. He quickly disengaged eye contact with the girl's but that was a bit too late.
"*Growl*"
Markus sighed to himself when hearing the low growl that came right besides him." Can you stop growling at me like a fucking rabid dog."
Scott seemingly did not take that well as his posture lowered and he stared at him almost seemingly ready to fight." What did you say?"
" Hey! Hey! Scott calm down!" Stiles came just at the right time, grabbing Scott by the shoulders which seemed to calm the boy down.
He felt like taking a jab at his brother again even at the risk of Scott attacking him—Coach though had a different idea.
" Other McCall! You're on goal!" He stated whilst throwing a helmet at him with a smile, to the confused expression of his brother.
Scott looked the helmet and other gear that coach threw at him again and frowned." I've never played."
" Oh I know." The coach said with a grin." Scoring some shots will give the boys a confidence boost, first day thing."
And so with that the coach tapped Scott on the shoulder before he walked away.
Markus seeing all this play out shook his head before throwing his brother a provocative look and then walking off to join the line of players waiting to take their shots.
Scott walked into the goal post looking unsure of himself, then as if hearing something—he looked at Allison and Lydia who chatted as they looked at the people in the field, including him.
' Enhanced Hearing?' Was his first guess before the referee suddenly blew onto the whistle.
*Loud-Whistle*
Scott, who probably had his enhanced hearing active immediately almost buckled down as he held onto his ears in pain, but a ball that came from the first player to shoot his shot, it had hit him straight to the helmet which buckled him down quickly.
" Ohhhhhhhh! That's gotta hurt."
" Look alive Mc–Scott."
" He's so getting clowned after this."
" Now that's just sad."
Murmurs from the players echoed whilst he simply stared. He held close to no love for his brother, but he wouldn't laugh at him when he was down— If he didn't deserve it.
Scott stood up with a frown shaking the noise out of his head before focusing back on the next person.
The next person sprinted for a bit until reaching shooting range and with a swing of his arms a ball rocketed to the corner of the goal post.
When everyone expected the ball to enter the goal post without a problem, instead to the surprise of everyone except him, Scott was able to catch it with relative ease.
The field went silent for a moment before a cheer erupted from the crowd, Stiles screaming his lungs out with a grin.
" Let's go!!" Stiles shouted breaking everyone out of their haze.
Scott quickly threw the ball back to the referee with a grin.
Then as if he were possessed by someone else, Scott caught every single ball thrown at him and with each one he caught, his confidence grew.
It got to a point where Markus saw Scott's confidence boosted, then he became overconfident.
Markus grinned when he saw that, but before he could walk up to take his shot, Jackson walked up before him, they stared at each other for a moment before Markus walked back in line with a grin.
' Go on, feed his ego some more jackson.' He thought not offended by Jacksons subtle power play.
He'd get what he deserved, that he would ensure. He never liked the guy, probably never would too but for now he'd be of use to his mission and that took providence above all.