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Chapter 6 - 6. A NEW BEGINNING...

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(ONE MONTH LATER)

Ouch Rez bumped into someone. "Watch where you are going dumbass". the stranger blurted out.

"I'm so sorry". Rez replied as he hurriedly walked, It was as if he was jogging, one could say he in between running and jogging.

Rez stopped in front of a shop. He knelt down and screamed "Nooooooo, they are closed." quite dramatic for an 18 year old guy fortunately the people passing didn't mind.

It was a busy night in Area 100. That was Rez new location, he had been moved here by the Agency under strict surveillance. His face looked different, so did his hair. The necklace he was wearing was a state of the art Face Constructor.

Rez decided to hold onto his first name after much insisting but changed his other to Kagi. He was now known as Mahrez Kagi. That was the name of his dad. The Agency opposed it but the guy was stubborn.

"Welcome to Area 100, please stay safe." a loud robotic AI voice kept announcing. It gave plenty announcement all the time. Area 100 was a more advanced Area than Area 367. It had beautiful colourful streets. Tall, fancy buildings.and equipment. Rez changed his Comm after entering, the new one was pretty cool .

Rez went back home, his new house was a little bigger, the Agency considered getting him a crowded place but then they realised if there ever was an attack people could die even though many people in Area 100 had awoken their powers.

As soon as he took off his shirt,

"It seems the training is really paying off." A voice sounded, then a being suddenly appeared.

"Damn it, Zero you almost gave me a heart attack." Rez said, he didn't like surprises such as this.

Rez had been doing some gym exercises for the past month, his body was 'ripping' really fast. In all he looked really mascular. One would think he was given a body reconstructor too.

"How did you get in here without triggers the alarm."

"We built the system we sure have a way to get past it." Zero found the question stupid.

"The Agency wants you, you need to come over to train."

"Really?" Rez was excited

"This is nothing to be excited about." Zero said in a low tone.

"Anyways, 12hrs tomorrow, don't be late." After this Zero vanished. Rez was sure Zero could pass through walls.

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Some Minutes after 12 hours.

"Welcome Rez". His name was in their database so the IA recognized him now or was it, in truth Rez had taught his name to the AI just so he could feel important if he ever entered the building.

Diiing, the elevator opened Rez walked out and headed straight out to the training room. He had been told by a receptionist that he was being waited for there. When Rez entered, the room was hot and sweaty. He percieved that some training had occurred.

"Hi guys"

"You are late" Captain Lex replied.

"Yeah, I couldn't find my shoes."

"Come, let me introduce you to the squad."

Rez was already familiar with some of them but there were others he had never seen. They were nine people in the room. Rez already knew Zero, Eagle, Port and the Captain. The rest were Bulleye, Coded, Sonic, Mountain and Phoenix. Phoenix was a new recruit about Rez age.

After Introduction, he was told the reason he was called for. The Captain thought it wise if Rez trained here in the room to exercise the gift he was given.

"The StarPower is like an ability, just like your ability to run, when you use it too much you get tired sometimes it causes you too faint, remember the first time you used it you fainted. However continuous usage can make one's ability stronger in some cases even develop additional abilities. It's called Awakening."

"Well, that's not all Captain." A man dressed in a doctor's uniform said. He was the head of Research at the Agency, the whole Agency. His name was Doctor IQ.

"Latest research shows the StarPower is like a whole set of new organs in you, fusing with the human body to give you extraordinary abilities."

"Welcome Doc" the Captain greeted.

"You must be the young man"Doctor IQ asked

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Rez didn't know whether to answer or not they were many young people around. Doctor IQ shared some information with the Captain then left waving at Rez.

Rez understood something new, his powers was like suppressing a whole system from functioning. Is that why he saw the light he thought to himself.

"Ok let's begin." Captain Lex shouted out.

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'Today was a busy day' Rez thought as he walked with his sore body to the house. He had learned a lot, no wonder those at the Agency were so powerful.

He discovered an hypothesis he developed to be true. His ability was limited by distance and number. He couldn't use it if the person was in a distance of about 3 metres far from the person and he a limited number of one person per time.

Depending on how strong the person is, Rez could continue to put off the person's powers for long.

Today didn't go well in that regard. The people at the Agency were too strong. He couldn't even put off the Captains power. He was too strong for Rez.

Rez also named his ability SupRezsion(it can be mentioned Suppression) he liked it with his name in it. He smiled at that thought of the name.

Some Abilities however were too powerful for the body and people with powerful abilities trained very hard building their body up to par going through great pain.

Some had died and some had not remained the same. Also some Abilities could be trained to become a powerful one. Others also go through the Awakening through maybe a traumatic experience. It was therefore we that this abilities were somehow linked to one's emotions.

"You have something for us?" a rusty voice sounded behind Rez, held a knife in his hand.

Rez face constructor changed his face, it was program in such a way that anytime Rez was in danger it changed his face to protect his identity.

He was disappointing though, then all of a sudden Rez had a good idea; why not practice his new found skills. He learned about something called Martial Arts. It was an old technique one used to defend himself. His face lit up. This confused the Robber.

Just then three other guys pulled up behind the robber.

"Hihi, it seems you got yourself a bank."

"Yh he sure looks loaded."

All this while Zero was just standing there watching. If Rez knew that all this was a setup , he would have questioned the Agency's idea of keeping him safe.

"I have nothing to give you. The overconfident Rez said with his chest puffed up. They were in front of an old building, the light there was dim. Zero just relaxed his back against a wall.

The guy with the knife tried to stab him. Rez leaned to the side and rolled him using the guy's own form against him, slamming him to the ground.

Another guy tried punching his belly. Rez deflected it with his left hand and placed his foot in front of the guy causing the guy to trip and fall. Zero signaled the rest to leave. They took off with speed.

Rez was good because he had already been studying this so called Martial Arts he just needed someone to practice with him. Rez puffed his shoulders and showed some smug face.

"Yeah, you better run."

Zero just shook his head and left.