Jude had know idea what Sammie was talking about. I mean, he was pretty sure he didn't win because he just got his ass handed to him.
Seeing the confusion in his expression, Sammie clarified what he said.
"You might not have won, but that was not the objective. We were simply testing your power and to make sure you gave it your all we said it was a test. We also made you completely dislike one of our colleagues so that you'd push yourself to the limit."
Sammie placed his hand on Jude's shoulder, reassuring him that this was not a lie.
"Well anyways, would you kindly please follow me this way." Sammie said pointing to an office near the other end of the warehouse. Sammie also told Madonna to come along with them. Jude looked back at her, forgetting that she was there, because the old Madonna always stuck out, but now it was like her shadow took over her body. Jude slowly came closer to her, she noticed and looked at him then smiled with the corner of her lips.
They arrived at the door of the office when Sammie shifted his body so that he was facing the two plus Zetsuros who came out of the shadows and in to vision.
"Ummm, this is mainly for these two but I guess you can come to," Sammie said not sure if it was right to do so, nonetheless it made Zetsuros snort in dissatisfaction.
"Well anyway there are a group of kids here who are going through the same thing you are going through Jude. The only difference is that some have known about their powers for a long time. However, either they didn't know how to control it or don't know where came from, all in all they are in the dark about all this dragon references. The only thing they know about is their own specific power and nothing else. This meeting is for explaining the main idea of pretty much everything in a shortened way and to convince the group to join our ranks."
Sammie twisted the door knob, opening the door that showed 20 or so kids siting in two long rows with one long table separating them. They were evenly seated with each having one person siting on the opposite side of the table. Sammie walked to the front, followed by Jude and Madonna. Zetsuros also walked in but immediately blended with the shadow parts of the room where no one saw him.
"Well, this is Jude and that's Madonna. They'll also be doing the meeting with us." Sammie announced.
Jude stood stif, not moving an inch looking at the floor feeling weird for some unknown reason. He did not categories himself as a closed type, then again he was not an open type just in the middle. He definitely was not one to get shy of only 20 people around his age, so he was simply shocked. Madonna held his hand, for once acting like her true self and taking charge of the situation. She was the one use to this not Jude, so he gladly let her step in.
"Umm, hello I'm Madonna. I uhhh... I..." she looked at Sammie as for she did not know what else to say. He, simply shook his head with a smile saying that, that was all she needed to say.
Jude nodded his head realising that it was an easy task so he introduced himself to and sat down at the seat that was annoyingly smack bang in the middle of everyone. Madonna was lucky for she was on the other side nearer to the back.
Jude sat next to an over weight, big guy who was stuffing his face with chicken. On the other side was pony tailed girl with a purple overcoat. Her legs were crossed and on the table and her arms were folded while she was chewing her bubble gum.
*uhhhmm, this girl is a typical cliche in a high school TV show or movie* Jude thought looking at the girl then cursing at himself for judging a book by its cover. He took a look around at the teenagers as some looked different from normal and some were stereotypes. There was a goth girl keeping to herself, two muscly boys, one stupid and the other annoyingly handsome. The cheerleader, the out-sider, the observer and the nerd who didn't really seem like your typical nerd. Last but not least there was the punk, with a messy spiky hair. The rest just looked like normal teenagers kind of like Jude, the only thing that made him slightly different was the big scar on his chest.
It went right through the middle, with stitches twirling around it. Jude had no idea how he got it, all he knew was that Granditus his fake grandpa told him he was born with it and when he came out the doctors quickly sowed him up.
"Well before we get started, you guys should say your names and introduce your self to one another and show the group what you can do."
Sammie pointed to the boy who was as Jude thought 'the outsider'. He wore a green fluffy jumper, that came to the top of his knees, and school type trousers. He had brown short curly hair and light caramel brown eyes. He tried hiding himself showing that he really did not won't to go up but Sammie insisted that he should. So the boy reluctantly stood up and slowly moved to the front of the classroom.
He nervously fiddled with his fingers not daring to look up, but keeping his line of sight to his feet. Then he spoke.
"Ummmm, well I... ummm, I'm called Martin. And well ummm... my power is ummm... to stop the flow of time and manipulate it in a small are." He said while blushing and feeling embarrassed that he was even up here.
Sammie clapped for Martin and told him to sit down, but before he did one of the teenagers snorted. It was the punk.
"He didn't even show us his powers. How do we even know he's telling the truth. I say we test it out."
He picked foout a small rock from his pocket and threw it towards Martin, who yelped as it came closer. He quickly placed his hands out covering his face. Before the rock came in contact with his palms, it stayed still in mid air only a few inches away from his hand. It didn't move at all and when Martin finally opened his eyes to look at it, the rock dropped straight to the floor before he could see what he had done.
Everyone looked, some more shocked then others, but it was not wrong to say that it drew the attention of everyone in the room.
Martin didn't know what happened, but quickly shock of his train of thoughts and sat down. Everyone now had a different perspective of him now, it showed that there were truly others like them and Martin the timid boy was the one to show them.
Sammie called out another person. It was the cheerleader type girl, typically blonde but strangely had brown transparent grey eyes. She wore a shirt that she tied up at the bottom and a short skirt with long socks covering up to her knees.
"Yeah, so my name is Annabeth and well, umm I can manipulate or see into people minds. But, I'm not really good at it because it needs like a lot of concentration and also only three at a time then I need an hours break or something." She explained in what seemed like to Jude a forced dumb way. The way she spoke seemed like it was unnatural to her and she was not used to it.
She looked at the punk with eyes of boredom expecting him to ask her for an example. Feeling slightly embarrassed he shock his head, so she sat down.
Before the others were given the chance to introduce themselves the door flew open smashing onto the wall next to it. A man wearing a soldiers uniform came out panting hard.
"Sir.. there's been... an incident," he spoke.
"What?"Sammie asked.
"There's a... code Blue beginner... level."
Sammie froze not expecting to have this information. This branch, of the major Earth Dragon Association ( EDA ), rarely even got any blue coded assignments and if they did it would be once a year. But they already had one 7months ago, so they shouldn't have seen one or expected one for another couple of years. He shook his head because there was no time to waste overthinking it, he quickly headed for the door before being stopped by Zetsuros on the way.
"Where are you going?"
Sammie looked at him, no longer with eyes of admiration he was looking at him with eyes of excitement.
"I'm going to take care of something important."
"Well then Jude and Madonna will go with you. They both need to gain experience and test what battle truly is through watching experts."
Sammie automatically thought that it was stupid to risk Madonna's life but Zetsuros was insistent so he allowed it.
"Since the two are of you are going it's only fair that those who wish to came, can come. Now who's ready for some action, far greater then anything you've faced before, you might not even make it back."
Only 7 people not including Jude and Madonna actually signed up for it and wonted to go.
Sammie smiled,
"Then let's go."