I will kill you for this, Nathan!
"What's wrong, Ada? Why's your head down?" Nathan mockingly asked.
"I'm...going to go for a walk," Ada responded. Without another word, she got up and left. Nathan scoffed at her reaction. Olivia, on the other hand, was shaking with fear.
"Guys, we should get along...you know," Zack said as he looked right at Nathan, to which he averted his gaze.
I won't get along with people like that. I shouldn't have been associating with you guys in the first place.
As Ada walked into the plane area, memories started to surface at the back of her mind.
"Ada, didn't you say that guy did you wrong?" A female from her memories said to her. "I can kill him for you!" She stated with enthusiasm.
"Ada, I got my monthly paycheck!" A male again from her memories said. "As usual, I'll gladly give you it all!" With outstretched arms, he handed the cash to her.
What the hell...
"I should use my poisons to kill the students that bullied me?" A younger version of Olivia asked Ada. "Well, if you think that...I'll gladly do it!"
I've always controlled everyone I desired and got rid of anything I despised.
"Trust you? Why should I?" Nathan's words echoed in her mind.
But my ability that placed everyone beneath me with my words alone...is not working on Nathan! Ever since I met him, he's been unusually cold towards me!
Her rage was becoming even more apparent on her face. Pulsating veins had surfaced on her forehead.
"You've been nothing but useless."
HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME! ME OF ALL PEOPLE! IF I CAN'T CONTROL YOU, I'LL JUST KILL YOU!
Meanwhile, Nathan and the party were starting to plan after hearing the news.
"Alright, if their meeting goes well with the president, super soldiers are gonna be on our asses now," Nathan said. "So it doesn't matter whether we hide or not. Ada's gang will easily get taken out by those soldiers. They won't act for much distraction."
And since they're thinking of evacuations, I'd hope they move Lilith as far as possible from this shit.
"Um..." Olivia muttered.
"What's wrong, love?" Jack asked.
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"W-well, what if...they have...abilities as well?"
"Her gang?" Nathan asked. "I mean, that could be a possibility, but I thought abilities were kinda rare. Wait, Olivia. Do you know something about Ada?"
"...no." She hesitantly said.
"But don't you hang around her alo--"
"Nathan, would you stop your yapping about Ada and get to your usual planning!?" Zack snapped. "After all, there's no way someone as... good-looking as her would betray us!"
This guy's an idiot.
"Okay, my bad." Nathan yielded. "As I was saying from before, since super soldiers are gonna be sent out to the streets, there's no point in hiding, so you guys can do anything you want, I guess."
"I guess I'll go out and find more prey soon." Jack decided.
"If you come back too late, you'll miss the good movies," Zack warned.
"Don't worry, mate. I'll be there in time."
"THERE'S NO WAY I WON'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT THOSE GUYS!" Charles declared.
Maybe I'll even find the one that beat me before!
"While you guys are doing that, I'll be training with the NPC," Nathan said. "I'll likely get killed if I carelessly go out now, so I gotta get stronger or, at least, more adept in using my ability."
"What is your ability anyway?" Zack asked. "You just keep saying you're a magician whenever we ask."
A few seconds of silence passed as Nathan decided whether or not he should tell them.
Hmm...Ada's not here now, so I doubt it'll be used against me, but what about Olivia?
With a glance at Olivia, he decided.
Well, from what I've seen, she seems fearful of her. So not friendly, I suppose. Maybe she doesn't trust her as well.
"Sigh, my ability allows me to store anything I touch in like an inventory, I guess," Nathan answered.
"Oh! So that's why you decorated this warehouse with the hotel's furniture. You stored them, ya little thief." Zack teased.
"Shut up. What about you guys? What's your abilities? It's only fair that you tell me as well." Nathan said.
"I mean, my ability is kinda one-dimensional, mate." Jack responded. "I'm a fast guy," Jack answered.
"Same, I'm just a strong guy," Charles added.
What was I even expecting?
"What about you, Olivia?" Nathan asked, and Jack quickly turned to her with interest.
"Um...I make poisons...I guess..." Olivia softly responded.
"Nice, I can't wait to see that in action, love," Jack remarked. "Seeing you poison tons of people will be a sight to behold."
"O-Okay..." She responded with a slight smile.
"And I can forcibly deto--"
"We already know, Zack," Nathan said, refusing to let Zack finish.
"Oh..." Zack responded with a downtrodden expression.
"Well, now that we got that out of the way, I'm going to ask the NPC to spar with me now," Nathan said as he got up.
"What the...didn't you just get healed!?" Zack asked. "Why don't you eat something first!?"
Instantly, a bottle filled with orange juice along with a sandwich in a transparent zip-lock bag materialized in Nathan's hands.
"Don't worry about that," Nathan said with a sly smirk as he walked off.
"Hey! That's cheating!"
* * *
Fast forwarding to later in the day, there was gridlock in the city, Severe traffic congestion could be seen for many miles. It's as if a switch in the citizens' heads were flipped after hearing this morning's news, for they wasted no time to leave the parts of the country that had been attacked by Nathan and his party the most.
Numerous posts online spoke about this as well.
"I'm glad that the state is finally taking things seriously even though things have already gone to hell, but there's no way I'm staying in a city that most likely many super soldiers will run rampant in now." A person posted, which received tons of likes. "I'm not gonna wait on the state to evacuate us. I'm gonna evacuate myself as fast as possible!"
Lilith was scrolling through the posts and reading them. She was curled up in the fetal position in her bed, clearly looking depressed. Her eyes were red, which could indicate that she had just finished crying.
Nathan...