Oct. 31, 2054. Friday. 8:32 PM
Drueeemm. Dreeeum. Multiple fans whizzed continuously in circles. Kiyro was sitting in front of the fan, cooling himself down. Unfortunately, for a Halloween night, it was hot and sticky. He wished the Air conditioner was working right this minute, but the humid air stuck to his skin like glue.
The van clattered as it hit the uneven pavements; Kiyro's team was all sitting inside a van where no exterior light had entered. Instead, a single light bulb lit up the dark interior, but even still, it flickered on and off from every unexpected hit.
Every one of them was wearing urban camouflage clothes. They all had a small bag attached to their sides and even a couple of weapons hidden away in their pockets. The silver collar that donned their necks was gone; each wore a black bracelet on their right wrist that was almost invisible underneath their long sleeves. Not only that, but they also wore a type of Alive Gears that wore sunglasses that connected to the internet. His Avatar appeared right above his right eye,
informing him that the radio transmission was active.
"Damn it." Cursed Alex, his face looked pale as he leaned his head against the wall.
"Are you alright?" Eve asked with worry. She looked over her shoulders, wondering if Alex would hurl any second. Her hands were fumbling over a brown paper bag, ready to hand it to him if he needed it.
Alex slowly raised his hands. "I'm okay. I don't do too well with getting into a new car. The last time I did, I almost hurled."
"Really? You seemed perfectly fine the last time I saw you."
"I was trying to save face."
"Ah, I see. So you were trying to show off to Anna, huh." Eve winked and lightly nudged him jokingly.
"It is considered ungentlemanlike if I hurled behind her seat. Ugh-" Alex covered his mouth and flopped over, defeated.
Kiyro felt a tug of worry when he heard Eve joking about Anna. He wondered if she was okay. But, instead, he quickly squashed it away; he knew Anna could care for herself.
He leaned back and closed his eyes. Today was a strange day. They went from the out-of-body experience in the strange room to finally be ferried away on a ship inside a truck. The truck reminded him of an ice cream truck, but larger that could fit a large number of people. He could remember everything that had played out in the past hour.
"Alex, Daulton, Tonia, Eve, Will, and Kiyro." Angel's voice sweetly called their names, but Zero could hear a hint of darkness underlying in his voice.
Kiyro felt the usual chill when Angel's gaze examined him. It felt like all of himself was exposed before Angel without even stating a single word.
"Yes?" Everyone called out and stepped forward.
"You will be group number 11. Please head toward Area 9. We will go on a small 'fun' and 'interesting' trip." Angel stated with a smile.
The way Angel used the word fun and interesting made Kiyro freeze up. He felt very uncomfortable when he stated it in such a way.
Everyone except Alex gulped. They wondered what unusual activity would happen, especially this man they felt threatened their life. They all nodded in silence and headed over toward whey they needed to go and made it over to their designated room. Laid out before them in the middle of the table were camouflage suits with oni masks on top of it. An Alive Gear was present for each person to wear right next to their clothes.
"Get changed. We'll all be going out and doing a field test." Alex stated as he went over to get changed.
"Field test?" Tonia asked, confused. "I do not completely understand what you mean by 'field test."
"He means for us to go outside and use our powers," Daulton stated bluntly. "I didn't expect it to be so soon."
"Wait, you knew this was going to happen?"
"A majority of the people expected something like this to happen. I mean, who wouldn't want to test their psychic power." He said it with a bit of enthusiasm, wondering how much stronger he had gotten and used it in a real-life situation.
"Please don't burn down a building." Tonia rolled her eyes. "You'll become a pyromaniac and an arsonist."
"Hey! I'm not that crazy. I have morals, you know."
"We'll see."
"Tch," Daulton clicked his tongue. He pulled off his old shirt and pulled on the camo t-shirt.
Kiyro, Will, and Alex were already stripping to their boxers, not even caring about being half-naked in front of two girls.
When he glanced up, he saw both Tonia and Eve silently staring with interest.
Alex noticed both their gazes as well with cheeky grins; he flexed his muscles in front of them. Then, finally, he wiggled his eyebrows and arrogantly puffed up his chest.
Tonia squealed in delight while Eve blushed completely red.
"What are you doing?" Will turned toward Alex and then looked over toward the girls. "Seriously?"
"Why not? It's called fan service to the girls." Alex laughed and went back to putting on his pants.
"It should be the other way around. I would rather see a smoking hot body with nice S-line curves instead of your body."
"You're just jealous, kid." Alex's mischievous grin. "If you want to get girls, you must get them to check out your body, especially to see your well-defined muscles. How do I know this? The answer is obvious; look at their reactions." Alex snorted into a chuckle.
"It's true!" Tonia exclaimed with a smile on her face. "I give a perfect godly ten on Alex's figure! His delicious pecs, amazing six packs, V shape lines that define near the hips that you can lick, lean but strong muscles on his biceps with even nice tortoise shell muscles on his neck with that stunning face. Sign me up!" She shamelessly started with a glint in her eyes.
"Please. We don't need such descriptive words." Daulton paled a little.
"You need more defined muscles." Tonia flat-out spoke toward Daulton, pointing out areas where he needed to work out. "I say a 7."
"I'm not sure if that's even considered good." Daulton scratched his chin, then slipped on the belt.
"Getting a ten is miraculous enough." Kiyro laughed.
"Will is 7, but his face makes up for it. Zero is 9!"
"How come he gets a nine and not me?"
"Because Kiyro has almost the same body type as Alex. He looks like he works out a lot but is a bit leaner for my taste."
"I feel my ego dropping." Daulton signed.
"It's okay. All you need to do is work out a bit." Kiyro was finishing changing; he grabbed the mask and patted Daulton on the shoulder. "It's not something difficult to do anyways."
"This is stupid." Will shook his head. He grabbed his mask on the table and started to head out the door.
He's a bit upset about his score too. Kiyro whispered over toward Daulton.
"I heard that," Will spoke, annoyed.
"See." Kiyro's lips curled up on his face. He was holding back a chuckle from bursting out.
"Well then, ladies, either you can start showing us your nice figures while you change, or we'll let ourselves out." Alex winked at Tonia. "I would like it if we got a glimpse or two."
"Shameless!" Tonia punched him in the chest, laughing.
"You wound me, dear lady." Alex clenched the area where he got punched and feigned defeat. "A free show doesn't hurt, you know."
Eve turned scarlet, ashamed that she had a feast watching the guys change. She started to push Alex out the door.
"Okay. Okay." Alex threw up his hands. "I was just teasing." He left, chuckling.
Eve then turned her attention toward Kiyro and Daulton. She motioned her head for them to
leave.
"Our little beauty wants us to go." Daulton taps Kiyro on the stomach, catching his attention. Then, he walks out the door, leaving Kiryo behind.
Kiyro followed a few seconds later; he passed Eve, who was still blushing red like a ripe tomato. While he passed by her, he whispered, "So what's my score?"
Eve coughed and roughly pushed him out. The door closed behind him with a click.
Alex clicked his tongue when he heard the door lock, and his face returned to being serious.
They waited, and five minutes later, the girls came out. Their clothes fit perfectly to their body, especially Eve. One could see her perfectly S-line body and beautiful face that matched well with the clothes. Even Tonia looks nice in the clothes that they are given.