What was an ability?
Was it born through genetics?
Was it defined by the user's will?
Was it something that humans can never ever understand?
No one actually had an answer to it.
Sometimes, an ability can get passed down in a family. But then in the same family, mutations of those abilities will surface up.
And in rare cases, the ability would be entirely different.
Luvi was one who never obtained any benefits of being a Prathan. His ability was nothing more than growing teeth.
But that was when limited by the lack of his talent.
Now being a white star, his ability changed a bit, becoming stronger and more useful.
Even breaking fingers as well as the knife in his jaws with little effort.
There was only one problem though.
"Fuck… those eyes. It got stuck to you…"
The man was a psychic based mutant, having the ability to control, deflect and even enhance many kinds of projectiles on his own. Making him the perfect sniper.
Which he originally used to kill the original guards of this arena.
But when he was so close to someone of physical might, there was nothing he could do.
'Yes, psychic blast.'
Luvi's body was broken, his will was weak and the true owner of the body was not even in the cockpit of his body.
Instead, the body was driven by something else. Something that was originally put there to end Luvi. But now for some reason, it has stuck to Luvi instead.
So the man attempted to create a spell, ignoring the possessed Luvi who had tightly grabbed his leg, while opening his mouth widely, as if readying himself to eat something.
A mouth that was filled with blood and bones, remains of his right palm, along with broken pieces of the knife as well.
The man also understood at this point.
A single bite would rip off his leg.
Though the man was not so kind enough to use the psychic blast on Luvi. Even though his right hand was useless. His left hand was still fine.
And with a single swipe from his back he took out a pistol and aimed at Luvi's head, instending to end him right then and there.
Though matching the aiming speed of the gun, the possessed Luvi struck accurately at the man's, causing him to lose the gun.
But in turn, Luvi was still blasted by a barely-formed spell of fireball, casted by the broken hand of the man, which actually pushed Luvi back for a bit, as the fire has lit up his hair.
A spell like that when properly formed by a green star hunter might have already killed Luvi. But as it stands, his opponent might be a blue star, but he had barely started on the path of a magi. Making his spell weak and unstable.
Though the man was still a purple star and enhancing the fireball projectile with his ability, it made it possible for him to cause enough damage so that he can gain some breathing room.
One shouldn't forget. He was a sniper and excelled at long rage combat.
His movement skills were top-notch as well, along with hiding ones. If given time, there would be no chance for Luvi to survive.
"Just bleed out and DIE!!!."
Another fireball came, this one weaker than before, which directly struck Luvi's stomach, burning off his clothes and exposing his bare body to the whole world.
And there was not just a single burn mark caused by the attack, there were various marks. Most of them are old but varying in sizes and nature.
A body that the whole world saw, but few noticed the problem. Majority of people were already horrified by the assassination attempt on this kid.
Most were even disgusted by Luvi when he showed his demonic face when his teeth grew out.
One among them suddenly going recalling her trauma, as she closed the lid of her laptop the moment the face of Luvi was exposed on the stream.
*****
Luvi opened his eyes in a dark room with nothing around him.
He struggled to breath as well as unable to move.
A familiar feeling, a familiar memory. But in his listless state, he barely recalled how he got here. All he knew was that if he didn't get out, he wouldn't be able to live.
So he struggled as much as he could, shouted while breaking his voice and even cried inside.
Though none responded, he was all alone, slowly suffocating in the small space.
Then, the gate opened and Luvi saw a familiar face.
"Mothe… huuu" Luvi said while taking deep breaths.
Though the only response he got was a simple one. "Is this your new trick to vie for attention?"
A heartless remark to a child that came close to dying. A face that showed disgust and hate when looking at him.
"Mo…mother. Pleas…"
"Get out and don't be a nuisance anymore. Your sister's trainer is going to come soon."
With those words, the woman that was Luvi's mother disappeared, not even giving a look at her child.
And Luvi too, crawled out of the cupboard while drowsed in his tears. Barely able to speak any words as he inched toward his room.
An old room without much in it.
Beside a bed to sleep on, a table to study on as well as a computer to entertain him. There was nothing else.
And Luvi was going to come into the room as usual and fall on the bed to take some rest and not make any sound, in fear of his family.
But sadly, there was something already on the bed.
"A book?"
A book without any title, an old musty book that seemed to belong to an antique shop instead of a six year old child.
Which in turn caused Luvi to shake in fear again, his mind wondering who put it here and if this was another one of those pranks.
"I… I will put it in my father's study."
He ran to it and stretched out his hand to take it.
And the moment his hand actually fell on the book, something happened.
The scene in front of him changed.
The chained memories were awoken again and he found himself in the arena again.
Most of his body was burned, his leg was shot, there was a stab wound on his back and he lacked one hand.
But he found someone's else's hand in his remaining hand's grasp, while he found something big stuck in his own mouth.
And as Luvi turned to look down what the giant thing in his mouth belonged to. He found a mutilated body'
"Bhaa…." He panicked as he backed off, causing the thing in his mouth to drop, exposing it to be the head of his victim.
He felt none of the pain, he felt barely anything in his body. But he still started to run back in fear at what he had done.
"Hidh…atht?" He asked in fear, wondering who it was.
His memories were already iffy about what happened before he lost himself. But the last person he remembers was Idhant under his arm.
And now, there was a mutilated body as well as a head in his mouth. Which caused Luvi's imagination to run wild.
"Don't worry, it's not your friend." Then came a soothing but familiar voice from Luvi's back.
A man Luvi was very familiar with.
"Bha…" Unable to speak, Luvi touched his face, finding the overgrown teeth that have broken his cheek muscles once more.
Then Luvi calmed down in an instant, much to Pragati's Liking. "So you still remember what our father taught us."
At those words Luvi turned to look at his brother, while attempting to make a smile.
Then without any attempt to say anything, he lost his consciousness.
*****
The woman who created multiple mirages came back to her safe room covered in blood.
Her face was twisted in anger, as well as loss.
An emotion shared by her older brother that was waiting for her in the room.
"How many did we lost?"
"All of them…. He killed all of us in a mere minute."
"They died while protecting me… " The loss of this little war had been immense.
The amount of lives lost on their side was more than expected. The woman had already did her own research before putting the plan into action.
Hell, even Luvi was nothing more than a bait. A perfect trap for Pragati, a kid the Prathan family actually cared about.
Sadly, just like she has gained newfound strength through practice of those training methods. So did Pragati.
No, it would be even more on his side, as he displayed some spells that were not even mentioned in the publicly available text.
"We overestimate ourselves… there is nothing to be done there. But brother, at least we succeeded in killing their youngest?"
She asked, wishing for at least one win against that monstrous family.
But her brother, as if still stunned at the events that transpired on the screen, he just shook his head.
"No, our brother was butchered instead, ripped apart by an animal."
"An animal that should not get the chance to grow to reach his brother's level."
"??"
"What do you mean brother?"
******
FIX: Lev, there is a job for you.
Lev: What is it?
FIX: Just some killing.