Waking up, he looked around only to see that one of the crates had been moved and Noah was the only one in the crate circle. Standing up, he looked around and saw his backpack in a corner. He walked to it and took a quick glance to see if everything was still in there and if nothing was damaged. Seeing everything in order, he put his backpack on and looked toward the back of the truck. The doors were wide open and he saw a beautiful building.
'That must be the dojo,' he thought to himself, first walking out of the crate circle and then out of the truck. When he heard sobbing, looking in the direction of the sob he saw Steph kneeling over her father's body. Dead body, the side of his head had a bullet hole. Jay and Maison both stood a bit further away, both their heads bowed as if to pay their final respects. Zenix and Ben stood behind Steph, Zenix had a hand lying on Steph's shoulder and Ben layed one hand on Zenix's shoulder. But in contrast to Steph, who was bawling her eyes out, Ben and Zenix just looked sad. Mourning in their own way. Noah could only see those five people outside, he looked toward the door of the building and saw an old man.
The old man, looked like he was in his sixties but his black hair only started having gray strands of hair. He had a little hunchback, but even from Noah's position which was a little further away. He noticed the liveliness in them, although it was swept over with the emotions of sadness and pity. Noah then walked to the old man, and the old man set his focus on Noah. His eyes swept over him from head to toe, then his sight went back to the mourning teenagers. Standing almost next to the old man, Noah then, too, was back to watching those mourning teenagers. Maison seemed to feel them watching him and looked in their direction. Seeing the old man waiting for him, Maison took Jay's arm and walked with him toward the old man and Noah.
"Gamps, I've found Jay. He was in Malimoor, they crashed there and he lost his memories. That's why he never looked for us."
The old man smiled at Jay and walked up to him, "My grandson, I knew as soon as I saw you getting out of that truck. But I also know that you must have been so shocked and guilty as your teacher was shot right in front of you. But heaven sends us you as the new hope for these tiring times."
Jay got a little water in his eyes and then hugged his grandfather. Maison looked proud of himself, and Noah was smiling at the reunited family. Their grandpa then looked at the remaining three people, even though Ben and Zenix seemed to be over their favorite teacher dying real quick. They both looked at Jay and his grandpa and both wiped imaginary tears off their face. Steph also stood up but looked really bad, she walked as if on automatic. She just walked by the four who were standing in front of the door and inside, where she was welcomed with a hug from both Lea and Cindy. Then the duo walked to the other four and Zenix petted Jay's shoulder, before walking Inside and leaning on a wall. Ben was with him and positioned himself next to Zenix. The four outside also went inside and closed the door behind them. Noah, Jay, and Maison walked to Ben and Zenix. The other six sat on the ground in front of them.
Maison's and Jay's grandpa walked in front of them all and spoke, "I'm Kane Murray, you lot can call me Mr. Murray. What I am about to show you will be handled under absolute secrecy. Your supplies will be brought down as an entrance fee. You are only getting in because my grandsons brought you or else you would live in tents just like the rest outside. Before we go down all your backpacks will be inspected so as to not bring any kind of dangerous things inside. All the supplies you may have in there you can keep. The rules will be given to you as soon as you get your place to stay."
He had both his hands behind his back and walked to a door on the left side. They stood up and walked in behind him, inside the next room they saw several men and women with weapons. On the left lane was a man and on the right a woman.
Mr. Murray then said "Men left and women right. Anything in between or outside of it just choose one." Ted shrugged their shoulders and went to the right side. The woman on the right side did not seem to mind. One after the other their bags got checked they got checked and then it was Noah's turn. And he remembered the two and a half bottles he had.
So he went to the man and gave him his bag saying "Ehm, there are still almost three bottles full of a mixture of Aqua Regia, hydrochloric, and nitric acid. It is a very dangerous substance that can even dissolve Iron." The man in front of him seemed a bit alarmed, got out the three bottles, and put them behind him.
Mr. Murray came closer to Noah, "Mind telling me how you know such things and why you would need them?" Hearing such a sharp tone Noah had to pretend to be flustered, so he fidgeted with his hands and looked at the ground. For most of whom were in the room he looked like an anxious rabbit.
"Well... S-Sir I kind of had to break a-a lock with it and I didn't want to look like I was not useful. I did not want to be thrown out and I paid attention in class. And science fascinates me so..." He deliberately repeated the word 'and', to seem more nervous, he also studdered, never looked the other in the eye, and bit on his lower lip to seem believable.
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Even Noah himself could not believe the acting skills he pulled off.
The old man immediately felt a little pity for him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Son, don't worry I am not going to eat you. This talent is great you can work together with our researchers on a cure." Hearing that he could actively work together with other people to make the world a better place, Noah smiled from the bottom of his heart. His eyes were gleaming with joy, his kind of curly hair gave a fluffy feeling and the smile was captivating. Giving several people in the room the urge to possess. Mr. Murray just smiled at the silly little child in front of him.
Then he looked at the man in the corner of the room, "Francis, take these bottles and bring..."
He then looked at Noah with a questioning tone, Noah looked at the ground, shy, and replied "Noah."
The old man gave him a nod and turned to Francis, "Noah to our research center." The burly man named Francis came out of the corner, he was wearing green tactical pants and a black shirt in which one could see the muscled body.
If Noah said he wasn't drooling inside, he would be lying. Francis his face had a sharp chin line, brown eyes, and a scar that went from his upper eyebrow to his chin. Although that would make him look fierce, Noah felt this man was spraying hormones everywhere. This means that although Noah was already begging on his knees in his mind, he had a little scared expression on the outside.
Francis smiled a little in the hopes that Noah would not think he was a bad person, "Don't worry, I'm just escorting you there. I won't touch you at all. If you want I can walk a little in front of you?"
Noah was panicking inside, 'Please don't let this fine man think I would despise him!'
On the outside, Noah was looking kind of nervous and walked in front of Francis, "Don't worry I was just a bit startled. You don't need to walk in front of me." And let a million-dollar smile out again.
Ben and Zenix looked at the show in front of them like 'Really? In front of my salad?' Jay looked a bit bleak and Maison looked at their interaction and suddenly and only for a moment felt his heart hurt. But it also did not feel like physical pain more like it came from a much deeper end.
Not that he thought much about it, he just thought he must have stood weirdly. Francis and Noah then walked by the other teenagers and through the next door. At first glance, it looked like a door, it was actually an elevator. First, he showed a scanner his ID card and then Francis pressed the number five, and they both went down. On the fifth floor, the walls and everything already looked like a laboratory. White walls, doors that look like prison cells, and the smell of disinfectant. Noah just walked behind Francis, they took many turns and went through a few doors until they came to a white double door. It had a sign that read "AUTHORIZED PERSONAL ONLY!"
Through the door, a very pretty woman walked in front of them, "There stands authorized personnel only, what are you not getting? We are working with very dangerous chemicals right now." She said very annoyed, her brown-green eyes scrutinizing the two men.
Francis stood straight as he said, "Reporting the old dojo master wanted to get Noah on the research team. This is what he fabricated while outside, Mr. Murray thinks he could be useful to the research." And held out the two and a half bottles. The woman took one of them, beckoned Noah with her finger, and shooed Francis away. The rest of the bottles were put on a table near the door and Francis walked outside. Walking behind the woman, Noah was really envious of her red locks, which were in a bun. But little pieces of her hair still came to the outside. She walked up to a white rectangular machine, pushed a button and a little class dish was automatically outside. On the little glass dish, she dropped a tiny bit of the liquid inside Noah's glass bottle. As she pushed the button again, the glas dish went inside the machine and the machine began to work.
Then the pretty woman looked at Noah, "I am Professor Alen Maclaren. Short Professor Maclaren, if this is what I think it is you will be studying under my hand. I am the chief assistant of this little lab. The Chief you won't be able to meet, she is on a very important journey and won't be coming back the next few years." Noah nodded, like a very obedient student.
She smiled, "Good, while that is running you can come over here. These are several test tubes your job for right now will be to figure out what is in them. This means trying to find out how this machine operates without any help. I will be back in one or two hours. That will be the time when your mixture will finish tumbling. Noah nodded and Professor Maclaren just walked away. Now he stood before another machine and about 10 samples.
Noah asked himself, 'If his mixture needs one to two hours, how does she expect him to do these ten samples?' But he watched her do it so how difficult can it be?
After half an hour, Noah finally figured out that this machine was not even plugged in. Half an hour after that he heard his mixture stop and it made a beeping sound, while he still figured out where his sample goes in. Because the button he pushed just let the machine go to work, without anything in it. Fifteen minutes after that he got a sample in but the machine started leaking oil... Noah now knew it was not as easy as it seemed and he probably needed a mop. After getting a mop and cleaning up, finding the button that closed the tank for the machine, he finally got his first sample in and it started tumbling. He was proud and exhausted.