***Rev
I've been at the monastery for a few days now. They've given me food and shelter. I wrote a letter to Kendra so she knows I'm safe. Reznakov has been showing me around. He shows me where the monks train at and meditate. He hasn't mentioned anything about the Viper squad yet. I doubt that is the only squad though. Reznakov is definitely a combatant. I've seen some of the monks train in healing arts while others train in combat.
" Rev finish your food and then get ready to get on the ship." Reznakov says.
" Where are we going?" I ask.
" You have a preliminary mission with the viper squad." He says.
" Okay I'll be ready." I tell Reznakov. I don't have any weapons. All of my guns and everything is gone. On top of having no mana this might be dangerous. So I'll have to trust my Borolin blood to protect me.
I get on the ship and I see 3 people. One of them is the captain Juco. " Rev these are your teammates. The short one with long green hair is Kaia. She is the main healer on our team. Her sister is named Laia they are twins." Juco says.
" It's nice to meet you Rev please don't hold anyone back." Kaia and Laia say in sync.
" I'll try my best." I say to them.
" It's weird how their voices are so in sync. You'll get used to it. Now the other member is Reznakov but he's not coming today. " Juco says.
" So what's the mission?" I ask.
"We are going to go subjugate some poachers. There are a lot of unknown borolin members who get killed by poachers." Juco says.
" Why don't the Borolin family do anything about it?" I ask.
" They are a family of strength they think if the weak die then they just deserve it." Juco says. How could the Borolin family just let their people die. That's not the family my mother preached to me about.
The ship takes off and the twins tell me this is pretty much to see what I can do. I tell them about how I can't really use my mana. They say it isn't a problem. We land behind a small camp. They've definitely noticed us. I can already smell the bloodlust coming from the hunters. Juco sits in the ship just watching.
The twins break out the animals and Kaia heals them. They are polar opposites when they are apart though. Laia is like a rabid animal the way she attacks she is very brutal but she hasn't killed anyone. The poachers start focusing on me. I try transforming just my arm into a tiger form but it doesn't work.
I'm not defenseless against the poachers though. They aren't that strong. I don't think they are used to fighting against people. They lack conviction in their strikes. It makes it easy to parry them. They start running away from me and Laia but I pick up a stone and hit two of them with it. I'm still as accurate as ever I was worried I lost that as well.
Kaia signals to me to go towards her and when I walk over there she says. " I already know why you're scared of your own mana so let's not waste time."
"What do you need me to do?" I ask.
"You won't be able to fight without mana forever but we can focus on that later. You are going to force your mana out and then lay it on this animal. Then enforce your mana with healing properties that is the basics of healing. " Kaia says.
"I haven't used my mana in a year. What if I just end up hurting the animal instead. I think we should just do this another time." I say to her.
Kaia slaps me. I couldn't even react to it. I didn't even realize she slapped me until I felt the string across my cheek. " You are 20 years old Rev. You're a grown man you better act like it. Now heal this animal and use your abilities for something meaningful." Laia says.
Laia is right. I have to get out of this slump I'm in. I just don't know if it's the right time for that. I slowly force my mana out my hands and lay it across the hurt animal. It jumps at me at first but it starts to calm down. I can hear it's heartbeat start going towards a normal pace.
" See isn't beautiful healing. There are so many ways to use your mana. It doesn't just have to be to hurt someone. " Laia tells me.
Juco comes up behind us and says. " Good job Rev. Your learning and growing the way Reznakov said you would. I really hope you achieve true peace."
" Thank you Laia and Juco." I say. This is the first time I've genuinely smiled in a while. Last time I smiled like this was with Kendra.
Juco walks over to one of the poachers and wakes him up. The poacher starts pleading for his life and Juco says. " Shut up i'm not going to kill you. I do need you to tell me where you sell these animals."
" We sell them on the black market nowhere specific just whoever buys." The poacher says. The way he talked was weird. It was like the words were forced from his mind. What did Juco do to him?
Juco has us clean up and tie up the poachers and we take them on our ship. We fly to the local law enforcement and then go back to the monastery. Reznakov is waiting for me with a big smile on his face.
" How was his first mission?" He asks everyone.
" He did well he finally got rid of some of the fear he had." The twins say.
" I think we might be the strongest squad now that we have him." Juco says.
" See Rev. I told you everyone is just here to be peaceful and enjoy life. So you should start doing the same you can't be fearful of your own power forever." Reznakov says.