She continued feeding her eyes around
and had almost forgotten the armed
boys behind her.
They took her to one of the buildings
and walking pass a hallway, they came
across a little crowd, cheering noisily.
They were round in circle and Octavia
looked properly and discovered two
people on the floor, in the middle. It was
more like they were wrestling.
many voices coming from the little
gathering.
Since they circled them, Octavia couldn't
watch the fight properly, but she could
tell when one of them actually won and
few people from the gathering cheered
noisily.
"Yeah!! That's it!"
"That's it!"
Octavia tried to look through the crowd
to see the fighters. The loser was still
lying on the floor, while the winner was
on her knees, but Octavia couldn't see
her face cause she was backing her
direction.
"Mica!" She almost called out, but
restricted herself.
Mica who had just won the petty fight
stood on her feet and turned around to
receive the cheers she was getting from
her friends. But when she turned around,
her eyes ran into someone she hadn't
seen in years - her very own sister.
"Octavia?" Her brows arched as she
called the name in surprise.
The crowd paved way and turned to also
have a look and were surprised to find a
stranger in their midst.
"Octavia?" Mica called again and rushed
to meet her.
"M.... Mica" Octavia called, her voice a
little ecstatic.
"She's your sister?" One of the boys that
had led Octavia into the building asked
and Mica replied with a "yes".
"Hey, what're you doing here?" Mica
cooed as she held Octavia's hand.
They had a striking resemblance, just
that, Octavia was more pretty and her
blue eyes..they were heavenly.
Octavia looked at her sister whom she
hadn't seen in 2 years and confirmed a
lot had changed in her.
She was looking more...rough.
"I...I came to see you" she replied timidly.
"You brought out a stranger into the
building?" A lady suddenly asked from
the crowd, referring to the boys who had
accompanied Octavia in.
"She said she was looking for her sister,
okay?" The one with a gun replied
"It doesn't matter. What if she turned
out to be a spy? Master Khalid would
definitely punish you when he hears of
it"
"What does she want, anyway?" Another asked.
"I..I want to stay here, Mica. I want to
belong here", Octavia tried to speak
lowly, but she was still heard.
"Whaat? Are you crazy?" Someone
snapped.
"You can't stay here. The Master said he
doesn't want a new member added to
the group" someone else said, but
Octavia didn't say a word as she just
lowered her gaze to the floor.
She'd have felt so intimidated, but
holding hands with her sister, gave her
so much relief.
Mica studied her sister's face and knew something was wrong.
"Dont worry. I will have a word With her."
Mica said.
"She should leave right away, Mica. If
Master Khalid returns and finds her
here, he might kill her for trespassing" a
boy said as Mica turned back to her
sister.
"Let's go", she muttered to her. And
holding her hand, they left the scene
together, going into a separate room.
Mica took Octavia away from the scene,
far away to her room which she shared
with one other lady.
As soon as they got in, she whacked the
door close and stood face to face with
her sister.
"Octavia" she called breathlessly and
pulled her in a hug.
Oh! She's been longing to do that.
Octavia sighed as she received the
warm hug. She's missed being in her
sister's arms.
They hugged for a long time before
disengaging.
"How've you been? How's dad?" She
asked and Octavia nodded quickly.
"He's fine".
Mica smiled and took her bag and as
she opened it, Octavia took out time to
run her eyes round the room. It was a
little small, but comfy.
"Where did you get this money?" Mica
asked quickly as soon as she found the
bundle in the bag.
"I stole it" she shrugged and Mica
scoffed.
"Seriously? Why?" She asked.
"I....I needed some money to come here.
wasn't having anything on me". She
replied in less than seconds.
Octavia was fond of talking fast like a weirdo.
Mica shook her head and threw the
money in the bag, then kept it on the
bed.
"You hungry?" She asked and Octavia
shook her head at first, then nodded.
She chuckled and led her to sit on the
bed, while she gets some food. And in
the end, she returned with a pack of
hot chocolate pops.
"Thank you", Octavia mumbled as she
collected it from her and started
munching on it.
Mica sat on a small seat in front of the
bed and watched her.
Octavia could tell Mica was changed
and was now rough. She's spent years
with these guys, this illegal corporation
and she knew her sister wouldn't be the
same again.
She knew the X-family pretty well.
There were a lot of people like her -
people born with supernatural powers.
They were sometimes, rejected by the
society who saw them as weirdos and
danger.
Most of them were mocked and treated
awfully by the society, including the
government.
So, gradually,supernatural powers decided to form a union a group where they could be
with the people together, and work hand in hand as family. They call it - the X-family.
People with supernatural powers who
were usually intimidated by the society,
decided to join the group, so they could
have a sense of belonging.
Everything was moving on well, but
when the population became much, the
group started splitting. So many of them
went ahead to open their own groups,
but they still remained under the X-
family.
So, currently, there were lots of X-family
clans around the world. Anytime, any
day, wherever they met, they still gave each other respect, and consider themselves as one.
Although, they were enemies in the group, but the X-family had registered rules which they had to keep. So, they were free to keep enemies, but they don't break the rules.
Mica's clan was one of the most
powerful - the Khalid clan.
It was owned by the popular Master
Khalid under the influence of his late
father.
The X-family, sometimes, turn out to be
enemies of the government as some of
the clans do illegal activities.
The Khalid clan was one of the worst.
They smuggled drugs, trafficking, top
thieves, assassinations...name it. They
were the worst and on the government's
top list.Well they didn't care about the government because they had no plans of being in good terms with them.
And the government couldn't attack
them because....well, you should know.
They weren't just normal humans.
The last time the government had tried to attack them, it was fatal.
Uncountable government properties
were burnt down and destroyed. Many
lives were lost. And since then, the
government's been scared of the Khalid
clan in particular. They dread them.
Octavia didn't know the full story, but
she knew the Khalid clan was
dangerous..
"What're you doing here, Octavia?'' Mica finally broke the silence.
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To be continued!