"Hoaam, it's already morning," said Alan, he slept well that night, he thought, it was rare for him to sleep so comfortably since the massacre in his village. "Morning Nick," he said to Nick, one of his new friends who was busy eating his canned food, "you don't usually wake up early," said Lisa to Alan, "I always wake up early," said Alan with a smile, "don't joke," said Lisa while giving Alan's ration of food that day.
Alan has been living in the shelter for about two years, he also knows everyone there, even has quite close friends, they have done a lot of training and missions, now Alan is not alone.
"Are you guys ready to train?!" said Alfred excitedly,
"WE ARE READY!" the children said in unison, they started the exercise by jogging around the school field,
"Come on, cheer up!" said Alfred while encouraging the Children, there were five children who trained with Alfred, there was Alan, Lisa, Nick, Peter, and Henry, the five of them were among the strongest in the shelter, despite their young age.
"Okay you guys, listen to me," Alfred said, it's not uncommon for Alfred to gather them together outside of regular practice hours, Alan thought, "I've taught you a lot of things," Alfred said, "and this...is the last thing I want to teach" Alfred continued, "What is that?" Lisa asked, "The last thing I want to teach you is....that you will be weak if you are alone and you will not be able to survive on your own, that's all..." Alfred said ending his sentence, "if you want to get stronger, keep practicing even though I'm not around. , you understand?" said Alfred "yes we understand!" answered Henry excitedly.
That afternoon, Alan was busy in his room, he was reading the note Rex gave him.
"There's a lot of writing that I don't understand..." Alan said confused, "is this computer language?" Alan asked himself, "hi, Alan," said Lisa, "oh, hi," Alan said frantically hiding his box, "what are you hiding?" Lisa asked curiously as she sat beside Alan, "nothing, nothing" Alan said awkwardly, "are you sure?" said Lisa with a smile, "yes I'm serious" Alan said annoyed
"You know…" said Lisa starting to tell the story, "I admire you, I heard from my mother, she said…your village was attacked, and you might be the only survivor?" said Lisa, "yes, my village was attacked," Alan said quietly, even though it happened 2 years ago, he still remembers it clearly,
"you're great .." Lisa's words broke the silence. "Oh really? Why?" said Alan in surprise.
"Yes because… you can get up and become so strong, don't you realize Alan? You're the strongest among us, you master so many abilities, isn't that great?" Lisa said smiling,
"Ah, I think that's normal," said Alan modestly,
"Yes, you think so, but for me, it is a difficult thing…." Lisa said, "Before meeting you, I had no hope… I always wanted to end my life.." Lisa said recalling all her trauma, "especially since the attack on our small town… I didn't think life would be this difficult….", Lisa said sadly,
"yes you're right, but someone once told me that only I can save myself, so I have to get up if I want to survive," said Alan, "Lisa...have you ever heard the story, about human greatness before the great war...how beautiful the world is used to be," Alan asked, "yes, I've heard that before ..." said Lisa, "and I want to go back to that time .." Lisa continued,
"Then, how about we change the world, we rebuild this world and all its beauty, what do you think?" said Alan, "Are you sure? That must be difficult?" said Lisa doubtfully,
"of course he's sure," said Peter suddenly at the door, "Peter is right," said Henry, "because we'll be stronger together," said Henry with a smile "how about we make a gang too ?" said Nick suddenly following the conversation, "that's fine," said Lisa, "what's her name then?" Lisa continued, "how about The Angel's Sword?" said Alan suggesting a name, "Hmm, that's fine, you might as well be the leader" Peter suggested, "Yes Alan, you are the strongest among us" Henry added, "how? do you guys agree?" said Nick, "Hey, I didn't say yes," said Alan.
"If Alan is the leader, what if Lisa is the secretary?" said Peter ignoring Alan, "okay, then you and I will be captains of the fighter division, Pete," said Henry,
"what will I be?" asked Nick, "how about you become the captain of the intelligence team, you and Alan are the two smartest people at that," said Lisa, "everyone agrees huh?!" said Nick excitedly, "okay," said Alan still grumbling.
"How about our first mission is to sneak into the capital?" said Lisa giggling, "for a girl, you're quite brave," said Henry, "but aren't the capital's borders very strict? We're one of the survivors, you forgot?" Peter warned." I think it's okay," said Alan,
"I wonder what is behind the apartheid walls" Alan continued, "see the boss has decided," Nick said with a smile, "how about we go tomorrow night?, prepare all our weapons and mental" Lisa suggested, "okay, and remember to bring enough weapons, not too flashy" Henry reminded, "I have a friend a broker who can sneak us in," said Alan smiling, "really?" said Lisa surprised, "yes, just see," said Alan smiling
After everyone returned to their rooms, Alan was busy with the box again, "Hmm, how do you open it?" asked Alan curiously,
"You said you didn't hide anything," asked Lisa from behind, "EH WHAT? Why are you here?" Alan asked, quite annoyed with Lisa's sudden appearance.
"hehe sorry, I'm having trouble sleeping," said Lisa, "what's in the box, and what's in the paper?" asked Lisa curiously,
"I don't know either.." Alan said quietly, "this was given by my foster father before the attack on our village" continued Alan,
"oh I see, then, just try to open it," said Lisa impatiently, "that's the problem, this box is locked," said Alan,
"hmm okay," said Lisa disappointedly, "emm, this is for you," said Lisa with a red face, while handing a laser sword to Alan, "wow, this is for me?" asked Alan with sparkling eyes, "yes, I always see you borrow Alfred's sword when you train, and you look like you want one, so I bought this one for you," said Lisa, "wow so this is new?" asked Alan happily, "yes, don't react like that, I'm embarrassed," said Lisa with a red face.
"I promise to take care of it," said Alan, "thank you" he continued with a big smile.
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Tomorrow night...
"Sshhh, don't be noisy, we're near the wall," said Alan to his friends, they nodded, "I'll go out first, if you see my code then come along," said Alan giving directions. Alan also came down from the ruins of the building where they were hiding, his hoodie was as pitch black as that night.
"hey bro! Finally, you're here" someone said, Alan quickly turned around and immediately caught the shadow of someone behind him, "Raven?" asked Alan, ascertaining who the man behind him was, "yes, it's me, Raven, at your service, where are your friends?" asked Raven, "they're up there," said Alan while looking up and waving, when everyone had gathered, Raven began to explain the route, "you don't need to call me always if you want to play here, so I'll explain the route, you have to go ..." Raven said as he explained.
After explaining everything they started down the route Raven had mentioned. "Remember, don't be noisy!" said Raven in a whisper, after passing through the aqueduct, and the swamp, they finally reached behind the wall.
"Wait a minute, isn't this the capital? Why is this area so ordinary, where is the magnificent building?" asked Nick confused by what he saw, "this area is an ordinary area, a commoner area, if you want to see the beautiful one, you have to go through one more wall there," said Raven, pointing to a large wall, "but I can't bring you there" said Raven,
"why?" Henry asked, "because the security is tighter there, all the waterways have some kind of detector so that commoners can't sneak in," said Raven, "then is there anything we can see here?" asked Peter curiously,
"Hmmm I heard there will be a royal parade tonight," said Raven, "wow I want to see it!" said Lisa interested,
"Okay then, let's go," said Alan,
After walking for a while, Raven said, "oh yeah, I forgot something, if you want, maybe you can see the beauty of the elite area from the outside," said Raven, "how?" asked Alan curiously,
"you see that tower?" Raven asked pointing to a tower, "yes" said Lisa, "it's actually a watchtower, but it hasn't been used for a long time, you can see the beauty of the elite city from there" Raven explained, "oh yes, and one more thing, I can't take you to my house," Raven said quietly, "why?" asked Nick curiously, "if I get caught bringing outsiders, we could all be fugitives" said Raven, "hmm ok," said Peter.
"Come on, the night parade has started," said Raven, "there they are!" said Raven pointing to a luxury jeep, "actually they're not that popular around here, cuz you know, the people here think the royal family was corrupt, so they don't really like them," said Raven,
"that explains the large number of police and soldiers," said Alan, "Alan, you don't talk like that okay? There are lots of secret police here" Raven said in a whisper, "of course" said Alan.
After they were satisfied to see the royal parade, they climbed the tower that Raven mentioned, "wow, it's beautiful," said Lisa, when they got to the top, "yes you're right!" Nick said. "Look at that! is that the palace?" said Peter, "maybe" said Henry, "this place is so beautiful!" said Lisa again excitedly, "how many times do you want to say that?" sneered Nick, "huh, it's up to me," said Lisa annoyed.
"Stop it…." Alan said, "we want to enjoy the view here, not fighting each other, right?" said Alan reminded,
"yes sorry", said Lisa and Nick at the same time, "look at that palace ... one day, we will master it," said Alan optimistically.
they didn't know that the years to come would be full of adventures.