A knock on the residence was heard. Sa-iq went to see who it was. He was happy to see that the person behind the door was one of the most precious people in his life. He happily opened the door, past the door stood an older woman. Her golden eyes adjusting to Sa-iqs height and start looking down.
"Normine!" Said Sa-iq ecstatically.
"Sa-iq, I'm glad to see you doing alright. I need to talk to you about something." She said, her tone being serious. Sa-iq welcomed her in and they sat down in the living room.
"I heard you joined the agency while I was overseas." Said Normine. She had just come back from her home country of Ghana. While she is originally from Ghana she grew up in Levant. It's rare to see a dark skinned person in Levant, especially someone who grew up there. However most people don't care as they just assume she's an agent doing her job overseas.
"Yeah, is there something wrong with that?" Asked Sa-iq.
"Why shouldn't I join the agency? I get to use my abilities freely without anyone nagging on me, and I get to help people and get paid." He followed
"I don't mind, as long as I'm here I don't think anything bad will happen to you or Sara." Responded Normine
"It's rather the chain of events, I don't need to deal with 2 other completely normal teenage boys to join the agency, and I don't even know why they were allowed." She responded.
"What's that supposed to mean? Am I not normal?" Asked Sa-iq.
"Yeah you're not, you're a descendant of the strongest agent of all time, you're father was the upper rank 1, don't make yourself seem like you're normal. The only difference between you and the rest of your family is that you're the most normal one, still not normal though." Responded Normine. Her curly hair running down to her waist.
"Anyways, why I came here is to teach you and Sara a little more about combat. The next time an E or D-ranked demon pops out I want you two to take care of it. I'll be standing on standby ready to help if you don't succeed, don't beat yourself up if you fail. It's stronger so of course it would." She said. Sa-iq was a little surprised but didn't mind.
"Please no Ms. Normine, I don't want my precious Sara to go through anything terrible again." Said their mom after she listened to the conversation.
"I will be accompanying them, nothing bad will happen, I won't allow it." Said Normine.
"Still, I think she might still be traumatized from you know, that day." She said.
Both Normine and Sa-iq just stared at her. Sa-iq wondering why she's only protesting for Sara's involvement but not his. She left the living room shortly after. Her extreme old age making her look like she's the same height as her children.
"And she doesn't even bother to ask about you. Anyways I'll cancel this lesson then, you can't beat a D-rank on your own. I just wanted to see how well you two could fight together." Said Normine disappointed.
"Can I bring one of my friends?" Asked Sa-iq.
She looked at him surprised. "They're Z-ranked stupid, they wouldn't be able to do much." She sneered.
"Not true, a couple of days ago the school was attacked by a demon, my friend was the one who saved me. I was THIS close to dying." He stated.
"Hmm, well you'll get some experience from it, and it might traumatize the kid and make him quit so I don't mind actually." Said Normine. Sa-iq got a little happy.
Some days later.
As the football flew towards Sam, he started contemplating on how to score the goal. People from the other team were rushing him, so he couldn't just take his time, stop the ball and do a perfect shot, instead he had to shoot as soon as the ball was near him. He did just that.
"YOU FUCKING IDIOT, DON'T SHOOT IT OVER TO MARS!" Yelled one his teammates angrily after Sam had missed.
"Hehe, my bad." He said, before he could keep talking his phone went off. He took it out of his pockets to see the notification.
"Hmm, I need to meet up with Sa-iq about the thing he mentioned the other day. Oh well." He said quietly to himself
"See you all later!" He then said before leaving the field.
Gasping for air, Sam asked what's wrong.
"You're slow, I guess idiots attract each other." Said Normine while looking at Sa-iq.
"Oh anyways, D-rank, unknown ability, male. That's all we know about this one. Oh well good luck and remember, if anything bad happens I'll save ya. Come on let's get moving, it's been last located by our satellites 5 minutes ago, it should be around 3kms away." She said, it had looked like she just read off a script on her phone
"I see it over there!" Said Sa-iq to Sam. The demon was choking a person, the shop that it had breached looked like it had just been through a riot. Sa-iq and Sam had a plan, that Sa-iq would rush in, surprising the demon. Sam would then interfere and do the finishing kill. With sparks of electricity surrounding him, Sa-iq got ready to dash in. However the demon must've noticed him, as it looked back at Sa-iq and managed to "freeze" him mid-dash. As the demon kept holding his hand up, stopping Sa-iq mid-air. He analyzed the situation and noticed Sam. He immediately swiped his hand to the right, making Sa-iq fly right into the wall that was also situated on the right side. The demon then rushed towards Sam so fast that Sam wasn't able to react. He then held Sam by his neck and started choking him.
"Children poking their nose where it shouldn't be. What makes you think you can defeat a demon when you're not able to dodge a bullet?" Said the demon.
"Y-you shouldn't h-have g-gotten so c-close to me!" Said Sam while struggling to speak. In a blink of an eye, both Sam and the demon were set on fire. Sa-iq looked horrified for a second, until he saw Sam emerge out of the fire completely unscathed.
"Has no one told you how dangerous it is to stand beside fire?" Stated Sam. The demon who was still on the ground looked back up towards Sam.
"This is getting fun!" He said before using his telekinesis and throwing a rock at Sam. Sam then fell to the ground, the back of his head bleeding. The demon stood up, staring down at Sam.
"Another win to Khodol! No one can beat me!" Said the demon arrogantly. Sa-iq was suddenly behind him, ready to decapitate him.
"And when do you give up?" Said Khodol, before freezing Sa-iq mid air and kicking him right in the gut. Both Sa-iq and Sam were laying on the ground, unable to do much due to their injuries.
"The Dermines are doomed to fall, so much potential in your ability, yet you still have the durability of a normal human, learn to use your DER, you privileged brats." Said Khodol mockingly. He then rose his hand, ready to finish the fight, that was before he immediately got blocked, suddenly in front of him stood Normine, eying Khodol down.
"Humans are so weird, you seem older than those 2 yet you are still shorter than me." Said Khodol while his hand was still being held back. He kept looking down at Normine
"This says a lot about a knock-off version human who just happens to be pearly white." Snickered Normine. The demon backed off, his eyes ran down Normine, trying to analyze her and her potential abilities.
"What a waste, why should a beauty like you risk her life fighting demons. We are superior to humans and Dermines!" Said the demon while giggling.
"I appreciate the compliment, but I don't agree with your other statement. Demons outnumber Dermines by so much, yet you still get hunted by us." Replied Normine. She then rushed towards Khodol, in the blink of an eye, she was already in front of him again. She punched him in the gut so hard that the demon was on the route to get knocked to the wall. While he was still in motion, Normine closed in on the demon aiming her hand at its eyes. Her hand suddenly turned into a ball of light, acting like a flashlight. The demon was blinding, and before he even collided with the wall he was immediately kicked back into the road.
"I'll hear so many complaints if I destroy more private property, but the road is is owned by the government so I should be fine." She said. She then walked up to the demon.
"Don't you see Khodol? I am toying with you, I'll make you eat the words you puked about me back up." She hissed. As her hand was in motion, ready to separate the head from the rest of its body. The demon suddenly stopped Normines hand mid-air.
"M-my ability is telekinesis controlled by my hand. I can move anything as long as I use my hand to aim. You're clearly a higher ranked person as I can't control your entire body, but the fact that I can control your hand, just means that you will die by your own hand!" He said while struggling to control her. The demons DER-levels were failing fast after he had used so much on Sa-iq and Sam. However Normine let her guard down after holding back so much.
"I can't do much without damaging the property close to us, I'll just make a layer then." Thought Normine to herself.
"Dermine Extra, Protective layer!" Yelled Normine
Dermine Extras are abilities, however they are not tied to someone's actual ability. This means that anyone can do these Dermine Extras. The reason these exist is due to some contracts that the Dermine agency had made with the Aunts
Light suddenly starts emerging from Normines mouth. "Get ready to get blasted by my Gamma Ray Burst." Said Normine.
In the process, she noticed something move in the corner of her eye, making her stop activating her beam. Suddenly, at much faster speeds. Sa-iq who got caught into the layer jumped in, cutting off the demons hand and letting him lose control of Normine.
"Sa-iq?!!?!" Thought Normine to herself, she thought Sa-iq was too injured to move around. So seeing him so energetic surprised her. Her train of thought was broken as she remembered to get rid of the demon.
"Goodbye D-ranked demon." She said before decapitating him. The protective layer went down, showing that the outside world is still the same as it is.
Sa-iq looked back at Normine. "We need to get rid of the body before it explodes!" Said Sa-iq.
"Don't worry about it, I put it somewhere remote, you were just too slow to notice me move so fast." Said Normine while mocking Sa-iq
"But I am surprised, first of all we need to take your friend to a hospital, but I am surprised you were able to just "walk" your injuries off." Said Normine
"N-no I just hurt myself, no need for a hospital." Said Sam
"Idk I was just able to move again." Said Sa-iq
"Oh well, no matter what you two did a great job. Keep up the work and you'll rank up no matter what." Said Normine before she had disappeared into the distance.
"Don't mind her she's fast." Said Sa-iq
"And she's harsh too, I'm surprised she just complemented us." Replied Sam.
"She only does that to motivate us, without her I wouldn't know what I would be doing." Said Sa-iq suddenly
Sam asked him what he meant. "It's hard enough for me to grow up without a dad, and my mom just keeps ignoring me. She, Normine is more like a mother to me than my actual mom." Said Sa-iq
Sam had no idea how to respond to this. They both told their goodbyes and finally went home for the day.
Normine Abimbola
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Dermine: Light
Strength: A
IQ: B
Speed: O
Durability: A
Ability potential: S
Current Ability usage: A
Rank: A rank