I could feel every muscle fiber in my stomach

It ached and throbbed so much it made the rest of my body feel numb

"Are you gonna get up lazy ass?"

Nathan's annoying comments had been getting harder and harder to bear with as hours went by

I had become Nathans punching bag, it seemed like that annoying old man was enjoying every time I got hit

I pushed myself up onto my feet and I wobbled trying to maintain my balance

My head felt light and everything was slightly blurry stopping me from focusing on anything

"C-cough! come on!"

As soon as I finished my sentence I was launched against the wall for the hundredth time without any mercy

"Arghhhh!"

I couldn't feel anything at all

My brain had numbed and all the pain in my body cancelled each other out, it didn't help me as my body still felt exhausted and battered

I couldn't even lift myself up as my arms kept giving out every time I tried

"Are you ok there bud?"

Even his voice felt muffled and I could barely understand anything that was coming out of his mouth

"I think you you pushed the kid too hard, especially on the first day"

"You can't talk, you almost killed me on the very first lesson, especially since you made us use real weapons"

I could hear loud sounds echoing in my ears

Everything started feeling darker and the world started twisting around as I slowly lost touch of reality

Before I knew it everything slipped from my grasp

I fainted

...

I could feel a light breeze caress my skin

I could feel a pain echoing throughout my entire body causing a groan to escape my cracked lips

"Earrr"

"Oh, is he awake?"

I could feel my heavy eye lids flutter open as I saw two faces hanging over me, there was an old man and Nathan

"W-what happened?"

"You fainted, 'somebody' pushed you a bit too hard"

"Oh, so you're blaming me now. this is all your fault for pushing all your responsibility onto someone else"

I tried sitting up but the pain was so excruciating that it immediately deterred me from trying again

"Arhh"

"Don't try moving, your bodies probably going through hell right now"

Rifling through a jacket he had put on he pulled out an almost palm sized vial filled with crimson liquid and dripped a few drops onto my stomach

"This will help with the recovery"

"And the bruises you caused"

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Nathan gave the old man the coldest death glare possible

I could feel the small amount of energy in my body quickly disappearing causing me to fade into darkness again

...

My brain felt groggy and stuffy

I opened my eyes peering at the familiar roof

I was still in the training room but this time I was alone in the room

Pulling myself up my muscles didn't ache this time, everything felt fine unlike the last time I had been awake

'Was that a healing elixir he used on me?'

I was surprised that he would use such a precious thing on me, even someone on the attack force would have to spend a decent amount on elixirs considering how often they got hurt

'How long have I been out?'

I pulled myself to my feet and walked out of the door

I went out to the central area and made my way down the stairs, in the lobby was a massive clock that told the time

'Six o'clock, perfect timing'

It was time for dinner to get served so I made my way over to the cafeteria for dinner, probably one of the only meals I regularly attended

...

Walking into the cafeteria it seemed like everything had gone back to its normal boring self

There was no duels, no singing, no drinking

'Do I hate this normality?'

It was weird not experiencing anything extremely chaotic especially after having such an eventful couple of days

I picked up my tray and sat down on a table all by myself, just like I always did when no one else was around to hangout with

I sat there silently slowly eating my meal, I was much slower compared to when everyone else was around

'I wonder what everyone's up to'

As I was quietly sitting around I saw someone run past

'No way. is that the goon?'

The very idiot that had talked about how Charlotte is much hotter than Jessica, he was now running for his life

"Crackkle"

A lightning charged butter knife flew past both me and that goon and engraved itself into the floor before sending off a wave of electricity that danced across the floor like a wave blocking off his path

It forced him to leap over it using his mutation

His thigh muscles bulged and squirmed under his skin before tightening and letting him leap high like a grass hopper

Using his new legs he bounced from table to table moving faster and faster trying his best to escape from Jessica's destruction

Just as it seemed like he had gotten away and was safe from Jessica's grasp a deadly lightning bolt came flying and slammed into his back throwing him onto the floor

Striding towards him was Jessica

She was dressed in tight yoga pants and a loose almost transparent white shirt that barely hid anything due to the bright yellow glow

The lightning crawled after the goon that was desperately attempting to escape to hopefully survive her wrath

"Do you regret your words now fucker?"

"P-please don't kill me. I'm sorry, please!"

"Too later you shit stain"

Before he could respond she gathered all the electricity into her fist and went to throw a power filled charge

"JESSICA!"

She froze in place scared not to move even an inch, even her lightning started to quickly dissipate no longer being maintained by her

Nathan walked up to her and stopped her from killing the lackey in the cafeteria in front of everyone

"He is a valuable scout that we need in the hunting party, please do not kill valuable people. am I clear?"

"Come on, just let me kill this one asshole"

"Nope, not allowed"

"Tch. fine. praise your god you fucker"

After insulting the goon she turned around and left the cafeteria quietly, not many knew where she always hid during the day as she was only ever seen a few times a day, mainly at meals

'Is Nathan really that important?'

It was my first time seeing Nathan after he knocked me out... twice?

As Nathan helped out the goon and quickly left he shot me a quick glance and made eye contact with me

We both acknowledged each other before Nathan quickly left taking care of the boy that had been shocked and hurt in multiple places on his body

'How lucky is that asshole?!?'

He had been saved by Dick and James, had been saved by the celebration and booze that was served and now he was protected by Nathan, if anything he was the luckiest person in this world

'Tch, if only I had a little bit of that fuckers luck'

Than maybe I would be a mutant and would actually be worth more than the weak person I am now

Standing up I left the tray at the table and walked out of the cafeteria going back towards my room

Glancing back I looked at Jessica, at first glance she looked completely fine but after staring carefully I noticed she was wobbling back and forth ever so slightly

There was sweat drenching her and it seemed like her eyes were glazed over

She was one step away from passing out on her feet

But before she did she kept her act up and walked out of the cafeteria to somewhere unknown

'She looks exhausted, is that why emitters use their powers scarcely?'

...

In my room I had pulled out my sowing items and spare clothe

Laying in my lap was my removed pants, the sowing kit and the needle

I carefully started sowing the pants back together with precision, making sure that the piece of cloth was big enough

After sewing on the front part I grabbed the scissors and cut the cloth in half, making sure it was just the right size for it to properly suit the pants

I finished sewing it I laid it out making sure that it was stitched properly

Taking a look at my craftsmanship I admired my own hard work

'It looks perfect'

I packed up my sewing equipment into a cloth bundle and placed it back near the rest of my stuff that didn't need to be hidden as I wasn't worried it was going to be stolen

After packing up I slid my pants back on and made sure that I was no longer in a shirt and underwear