Misha's POV
The place have minimal lights, yet it still looked dreamy due to the gleaming lights from the ragged edges of the crystals. The three of them were almost transparent, if it weren't for the lights reflected from them, I wouldn't even notice their beautiful presence. I went nearer and saw reflections of myself from different angles. I had the urge to touch them, so I slowly stretched my right hand while glancing towards the others to make sure I don't get caught.
"Please be careful not to go beyond the mark encircling the crystals. It will cut your flesh. Come! I will tell you the process of the assessment", he said to alert us. I immediately retracted my hand and faced them with an awkward smile while slowly striding towards them.
All of us were heading to a small room nearby. It has a sturdy looking glass barrier that serves as a wall on the front side, and the rest of the walls were made of metal, with a door located at the side. Computers on top of the tables were seen from outside through the glass panelled walls. I saw that someone was already inside, which seemed to be typing something. We stopped at the door and Mr. Knight turned to face us.
"Alright. Before we go inside, I would like to tell you a few rules to follow. One, don't touch anything inside. Two, once someone is being assessed outside, no one should go outside the room. Three, everything that happens in this floor will be kept a secret, unless, there's nothing to worry about. Lastly, the people inside, will be the only ones you will confer to about your powers, unless, again, if your powers don't need to be hidden from everyone else", he said.
"And what will happen if we break those rules?", Lara asked.
"Same punishment that I told you before, it can be suspension, imprisonment, and it can even escalate to death, depending on the weight of the situation", he said, and turned his back on us again to open the door.
"Ladies first", He said, and gestured for us to go in. Lara and I looked at each other and took a deep breath before entering the room.
The room's walls were painted in white, and there are a lot of computers on the table with charts, data and stuff. A blondie was operating them and was too busy to even notice us. Mr. Knight touched her left shoulder to get her attention.
"Ms. Tatiana, please welcome our guests", Mr. Knight told her. She turned her body half way to face us.
"Hey guys! It's time to know what your powers or special abilities are. I'm here to help operate the computers and the set outside for your test, so that there would be no other things that you need to think about other than to follow the instructions we are going to tell you now", she said and smiled.
"Thank you for whatever it is that you are doing", I said, just to be polite.
"You are welcome.", she said and smirked at me, before going back to the preparations for our test.
"Alright, let me explain to you what those crystals are for. The crystals detects extraordinary talent, genius level skills, and powers, regardless if they were already discovered or still undiscovered.", Mr. Knight started.
"The first one starting from the left detects talent, the 2nd one is for genius level intelligence, and the third one is for powers. They emit lights when you touch each one of them and the lights produced will be measured and analyzed. There's a meter to have a quick visualization of the results before we get the exact numbers from the computers. The white one means low to zero reaction from the crystals, the green one means you have average score, the red one means that you have reached superhuman level.", Mr. Knight continued.
"Do you have any questions?", he asked.
"What if we don't fall to any of the categories, are we going to be expelled?", I asked.
"That actually never happened before, but in case someone gets all white, or all green, we made a policy to let them stay in school and try to develop their skills for a whole year and they will be assessed again. We can't just let them go, we will give them a chance.", he answered.
"And, how about if someone gets all red. What will happen then?", Lara asked.
"She has the freedom to choose where she would like to excel in. Again, that has never happened before and it may not be possible.", he said. We nodded, indicating that we understood him.
"Do you have any other questions?", he asked.
"Well, you said earlier about the mark around the crystals. Was that really true?", I asked for confirmation.
"Yes, it is. It has a very small opening for air to be blown out in a very high speed, which can then lead to cutting someone's flesh and bones. We did that to protect the crystals from thieves." He said.
"Oh! Thank you Mr. Knight. Hehe", I awkwardly laughed.
"Mr. Knight? We're ready now", Tatiana said and stood up from her seat.
"Great! So let's start with Ms. Misha.", he took me nearer the glass panelled wall.
"Wait for our queue when to go inside the circle. Once we tell you that it's okay to go in, go towards the 1st crystal and touch it , and don't let go until you finished a one full minute, then go to the next one and do the same", He instructed. Tatiana got out goggles from the drawer next to the table and tossed it to me. I almost didn't catch it because she didn't even inform me that she'll give me those goggles.
"What's this for?", I asked.
"Weren't you listening? Lights will come out of the crystals, so obviously, you need it", Tatiana said and chuckled thereafter.
"Why? It's not like it will make me blind", I said and rolled my eyes at her.
"Alright, suit yourself. Just don't let me say I told you so", she said smirked at me.
"Just follow what we told you Ms. Misha. Please wear your goggles and we'll start with the procedure", he said and opened the door for me.
"Thank you Mr. Knight", I told him and he smiled, then closed the door. I wore the annoying eye protection and inhaled deeply then slowly breathe out.
"Here I go", I said and walked towards a future I have never expected.
- To be continued -