It was a sunny day with a lot of sun in the main city of Base 2. A family was traveling through the sky on top of a domesticated flying monster, these were — Paver, Rosquina, Beijino, and Pamona.
It was already afternoon, and after that discussion about the Elder's strange decision, many hours had passed since they left home.
"Damn! Let's go faster, can't this stupid animal go any faster?"
Pamona, hearing that, almost let out smoke from her ears in so much anger. She was the one who bought that monster for emergencies, but her husband decided to take it just to test the children's compatibility. "Now, shut up Beijino! You could have chosen a calmer day with less wind. You and your rush to test our poor grandchildren, you could have chosen next month's exam. You didn't even let them rest, both your son and his wife! So be quiet." She was also angry with the day chosen, that her husband chose to go to the city to take the exam, he didn't even care about the wind, now her domesticated flying monster is struggling to maintain flight.
Beijino, as always, saw that continuing the discussion would only make Pamona more irritated — This also because the flying monster was hers and not his.
Paver, seeing that, wasn't too worried. The fights that his mother and father had were always in the form of words, this because if they fought with punches and kicks, their marriage could go down the drain. Neither Beijino nor Pamona wanted to undo their Fusion.
"Love, I think the children are hungry, did you bring the porridge I asked for?" Who had said this was Rosquina, she didn't care much about the fight between those two, she now only had attention for her two children. Paver, after hearing her question, quickly opened a leather bag made of monster skin. The monster was quite weak, but as a bag it served to help carry important things.
"Yes love, here it is!" Paver then passed her the porridge he had bought. "Rosquina, are they going to poop or pee here?"
Rosquina shook her head from side to side, and said: "No. I already changed them at home to avoid doing this on the trip." Paver then nodded in affirmation.
Beijino and Pamona, seeing that their fights could disturb the babies, decided to be quieter on the trip, only commenting from time to time.
——— 2 hours later ———
After these two long hours, they had finally arrived at the city and the place where the fusion machine was. "Ready, now let's check the babies' compatibility, fast! fast!" Who was rushing was again Beijino, he wanted to know as soon as possible if in his family there would be another Fused. Pamona, seeing that, just decided to ignore, what she said wouldn't change much to begin with.
Paver and Rosquina looked at each other again and also decided to go ahead. The place they arrived was gigantic with the appearance of a dome adorned with glass and rocks. It was also full of formations, where you could see that anyone who tried to enter here and steal something would be quickly captured.
Paver had been here as a child, he was also tested to know his compatibility with some people during the exam, and it was on that day that the girl from the Durai family had a compatibility of 54% with him, making his father almost marry him to her. But now he was happy, he had a beautiful wife and beautiful children too.
But while Paver was remembering his past seeing the dome again. Two beings were watching what they were seeing. These were clearly the white orb and the red orb.*** "Look at this! This place is quite different from my homeland, I don't understand what these humans are saying, but from what I see here, it's a rather powerful place, I feel the power flowing here. What do these humans keep in this place?"
The white orb was watching and listening to everything, he of course ignored parts of the journey that he did not consider important, like the babies vomiting or breastfeeding… He was happier learning more about those humans, of course for now he was still not able to translate what they were saying, but that was a matter of little time.
On the other hand, the red orb was feeling a rage like never before, he who was a strong warrior on his home planet, that many considered him one of the strongest… Now he was watching babies eating porridge and babbling nonsense words! His rage was only not stronger than the shame he was feeling.
"Damn! I definitely hate that guy, look what he's making me go through, I swear that when I get out of here, I will go to the worlds of the dead just to hunt him down and beat him with all my strength AAAAAA!!"***
After a few minutes walking, they finally arrived at the room where they could take the compatibility test. Pavor and Rosquina were anxious, but they were not the only ones. Beijino and Pamona also had high expectations for the twins.
"I hope these children are better than their mother!" These were obviously Beijino's thoughts. Pamona, on the other hand, wanted the children to have a high compatibility with someone from this exam. Because it was expensive and almost impossible to use these fusion machines all the time, that's why they tested Paver only once because they feared that doing the second or third, could definitely bankrupt their family.
The dome had various places that served as formations and orbs were used in these formations to ensure that the fusion machine worked perfectly well for fusions. But the price was very expensive, so the rulers of all countries only allowed the first test to be done for free — The rich of course could test dozens of times without many problems. The world has never been fair, that was the rule.
With that, the room in a few minutes was filling up with people coming from all over, some were here for the first time, others were already their second or third time. So the room was full of people of all ages, and this was something controversial in the era of Fuseds.
Young people and even babies, could have compatibility with older people like adults or elderly. Some families don't mind having their children fuse with someone older, as long as they don't do anything wrong. Some didn't think the risk was worth it, because when two humans become Fused, one always controls the mind and the other the body. It was always random and this made certain families only let it be someone of many years of trust. Some didn't care about this and just wanted one more Fused in their ranks.
Everything was a big question that certain countries were more rigorous and others not, because if this meant more power for their country, many then ignore and override moral thoughts…
Cocaida and Volsa were oblivious to these issues, they were just babies who couldn't do much. When the examiner entered the room, everyone stopped talking and waited for him to say something. And so it didn't take long for him to start explaining to those who were coming for the first time or the 'hundredth'."Hello everyone, my name is Choco and I am the examiner for this test, be aware that we have rules here, so I will say them quickly. First, your compatibility will be tested with everyone in this room. Second, those who are taking the exam after the first attempt, at the end of the exit you will be charged and don't even try to run away, as this place is full of restriction formations." After looking and seeing that everyone was quiet, he took it as a sign of mutual understanding.
"Well, that's all I wanted to say, so to test your compatibility with each other, you must touch the orb and wait for everyone to do so. In the end, after everyone has touched the orb, the orb will then send me the information of everyone who has compatibility and I will say the name of each one to go forward. Be aware that babies who have compatibility with someone, their parents will be able to choose who they want to be their fusion. Children can decide without parental permission, but only above 10 years old."
Hearing that, Paver and Rosquina nodded at the same time to the examiner, because their children were babies, so they had a greater responsibility and should choose someone to fuse with their children.
"First will be participant number Povila, please Povila step forward."
Then a blonde-haired girl looking about 10 or 11 years old went forward and touched the orb, after a few seconds she stepped back and the examiner continued. "Now the participant Mezin, take a step forward." And so he called all the participants who were in the room to touch the orb.
After having called more than 50 participants, it was the twins' turn to be called, being practically the last in line, making Beijino's face sour for having arrived earlier and not being the first… "Please participant Cocaida, take a step forward."
Rosquina, who was holding the baby, had to take a few steps forward while the crowd looked at her, more specifically the babies waiting for the test to end.
The examiner looked at her and said: "Please mother, make the baby touch the orb." Rosquina quickly held his little hand and made him touch the orb, which after a few seconds the orb stopped glowing indicating that it had already been tested.
"Very well, now the participant Volsa. Please do the same as the mother of the other baby did."
Paver then repeated what his wife had done, thus ending the tests and finally reaching the time for the results.