The World was divided into four kinds after the great pandemic :
Unaffected - The ones which are not affected by the virus.
Defectives - The ones which are not mutated by the virus and has no big superpowers
Killers - The ones which are partially mutated by the virus and got various super abilities
and...
Mutated - The ones which are completely mutated and controlled by the virus.
Thus all living organism are completely divided into these four categories. The Humans and the other beings fled from their nations due to the attack of the Mutated. Because, Mutated have vast special power abilities within them.
And our hero, Dham and his friend, Avee were defectives.
The non-humans infected by the virus evolved into demihumans, as they can speak and live like the normal humans.
Thus the world was filled with demihumans, mutated and so on.
Will they change this world's fate, even if they are just defective?
Welcome to 'THE DEFECTIVES'.
{ And kindly for reader information, Just check out the prologue if you are new to this chapter or book. }
{JUN 15, 2042}
A fine morning as everyday. Dham, a decent looking 17 year old boy living with his friend in a apartment for rent in Maddur. The apartment was too small to fit two young boys, but they lived cramped for these past five years.
The area was always crowded and overflowed with people. Dham just sat in the lobby of his apartment which was located at 12th floor.
From the view he can completely see the town and his precious place, THE KILLERS ASSOCIATION
With a mug of coffee in one hand.
He just looked the newspaper he was holding on his other hand.
And his eyes were overflowed with joy.
He rushed to Avee shouting as "Avee! Avee! see this"
But Avee was just sleeping in his bed.
Avee. He is a tapper looking 17 year old but he looks way too younger than Dham. Both Avee and Dham were friends since childhood.
"Avee..., Hey..., Wake up, Its an important matter!!!", Dham just shouted in the ears of Avee.
Avee just freaked out.
"Avee, The Killer Association has decided their last day for the application. It's Just 7 months from now. And we need to register them tomorrow"
"Sad, It's Sunday man, Let me get some rest", Avee replied with a whiny voice with a huge yawn.
And by the way, Avee always called Dham as Sad since his childhood.
"Rest! Its already 6 AM!"
"Its just 6 AM, Sad", Avee started to whine with screams.
It usually happens. The conversation daily repeats itself. But Today the topic is huge and different. Their whole life is going to change tomorrow as they need to show themselves in front of the Killers Association.
And the day comes.
{JUN 16, 2042}
Dham and Avee left their apartment and made their journey towards the Killers Association.
"What? Is all people in this huge crowd are going to register for the killers association!",
Dham exclaimed looking at the crowd.
"Token number 123,124,125, please make a visit to section A" a voice echoed above their heads through speakers.
Usually there is always more crowd but just a few groups passes the killer association test.
Dham and Avee didn't know the next step they need to take. They were just standing and watching here and there in the huge crowd filled reception hall.
A speaking demihuman cat,wearing a killer association badge, came near them.
"Excuse me! Are you two here for killers association registration", It asked.
It seems like she is a volunteer.
"Yes", Avee replied.
"Then hurry up by filling out these forms and stand in that queue", she said and pointed a long queue in front of them.
Dham is just looking at her even she went away from his sight as she is super cute.
"I think all killer girls are so nice as her", he said.
By the way, demihumans are always super cute.
They need to fill thier names in the forms and whether if they are an individual applicant or a group, and the name of the group.
They filled out their forms and submitted the form by standing in the queue for about two hours.
Their Token number were 1413 and 1414.
It's almost noon then.
They just wander around the killer association.
As it is just the basement, the reception, of the 27 floor building there were only photos of the association elites so far.
And they are not permitted to enter even a single floor.
They just view the pictures and the achievements of them.
And there were photos of the current leader of the association, Mr. ASHI MOHRO, stating him as the strongest living being in the world.
He seems to be having muscular body and his strength is not even recorded as he is the strongest man so far.
"One day I think our photos will be in this hall, Avee",
"and you are eagerly waiting for the day, aren't you Sad?"
Avee looked the eyes of the Dham when he said those words and thats the first time he looked Dham is mad at something.
"Token number 1413 and 1414, please make a visit at Section F", a voice from the speakers said
As their numbers were being called, they ran towards the receptionist.
"Number 1413, Dham, and Number 1414, Avee. You need to read and complete the following 7 tasks in the following months before January 31, 2043 which was written in this letter" said the receptionist and packs the letter inside a cover and sealed it.
"By the way, what's your group name?", she asked.
And they say "The Detectives"
She Just handed over the cover and entered their group name in the system.
But Dham noticed a small problem there.
"Miss, the cover you handed says 'The Defectives', is it a error?"
She mistook the name of the group as THE DEFECTIVES for The Detectives.
"The name have already been entered in the system sir", she replied casually.
"What? Already entered? What have you done miss?",
Dham yelled at her, which took the whole attenetion of the queue beside them.
"Forgive me, sir!"
"I'm sorry for the mistake I have made, But you can change the name once you are accepted into the association sir. After all, You are just a defective, aren't you?",
The receptionist asks him at a sarcastic way. Actually it is not a mistake, that she wrote the name wrong. The receptionist knew that they are defectives. She just written the name for just insulting them as she is also a killer. Mostly many killers were loves to insult the defectives. They usually see them as weaklings as their mutation stops in the first stage. But for Killers, the mutation never stops, It make them grow stronger and stronger everyday.
At the end of the day, It is an insult for Dham and Avee.
It looked like the whole queue standing beside them were laughing at them.
They came back home with a sad face and threw the cover near sofa.
"Is it a mistake to be like this?", Dham asked Avee with a low sad voice.
"Now you can realize Sad, all killer girls are not so nice", he replied and sat near on the corner of the sofa
They haven't even opened the cover, in which the rules and the 7 tasks listed in letter.
Silence surround their entire apartment it is even noisy down their street.
Suddenly some loud sound starts coming from the town.
[ SFX : tck tck tck ]
Somebody starts knocking the door of the Dham's apartment heavily.
Dham went near to the door slowly.
[ SFX : Cracks ]
The Door shattered into pieces.
A group of five men were standing in front of Avee and Dham.
Actually, the group contains three men, a raven and a bulldog.
And in a instant Dham noticed that the men were not an ordinary people and they are KILLERS by their presence.
"Hey, You the white haired one, Are you the leader of the group 'The Defectives'?", The large man, looks probably like the leader of the group, asked Avee.
'Argh... an another insult by the killers today', Dham thought to himself.
"It's not me. It's him, Dham", Avee replied.
"You mean that old one."
"Hey, you, I am not some old one. I am just 17 and my name is Dham", Dham just screamed at the strangers.
"And by the way who are you?"
"And what's all this commotion?"
"You just need to knock the door!. Why have you break it?"
Dham just makes some stack of questions that he was not giving any time for the large one to answer.
"Is he mad?", the large one slowly asked to one of his men in a silent voice.
"Probably", his men replied.
"Hey..., Are you even listening?", Dham shouted.
"Can't you stay quiet? you two little runts.", Dham's neighbor shouted and hit the wall as it was clearly heard even it passing through the walls as it is a very small apartment.
"Nothing Miss.Sukri, Just a friendly chat!!!", Dham replied and turned his face towards the large one.
"My name is Jokin."
"Haven't you read the letter given you today by the killers association?", the large one said.
"No", Dham replied instantly.
"It's already 7 Jokin, and everyone have started already.", a men from Jokin's group said.
"Yes. It's almost time. Sorry kid, I am in a need to start and fulfill my duty right now."
At the time Avee noticed the Killer association badge which was in the pocket of Jokin.
Slowly he took the cover gave by the association, which he threw near the sofa, and took the letter out, as Jokin is busy on the conversation with Dham.
"So hear me for the last time kid, This is the first task given to you!"
Jokin said as he slowly took out his daggers out of his pockets.
And Avee read aloud the first task in the letter and everyone's attention turned towards him.
' 1 . SURVIVE TONIGHT '
Will Dham and Avee survive tonight as the killer association first task begin everywhere in the city?
and to answer that read,
THE DEFECTIVES.