3508 years later
Primus city
At an Amusement park somewhere in the city,A young boy was sitting on a bench as he simply stared at and observed the happenings all around him like it was something foreign to him.
Zen was clad in a black top, jacket and pants as well as a pair of black leather gloves that covered his hands all the way to his wrists while exceeding that point a little, it was quite obvious what his favorite color was. He had smooth raven black emo style hair that completely covered his right eye, his left eye which was visible was an abyssal black which seemed to pull people in the moment they looked at it, and his fair smooth skin made him look almost a little bit feminine.
Zen kept looking around calmly, not exactly looking for anything but wanting to analyze as much of the world as possible,he knew it wasn't long before they realize he had escaped and find him.
Almost as if on cue it sounded like someone was causing a ruckus around, the next moment at least a dozen uniformed individuals surrounded zen eying him warily while keeping their distance .
A woman who seemed to be the leader stepped out and confronted zen directly
"Criminal escapee Zen, as you can see you're surrounded, show compliance or we will use lethal force"
The moment she finished saying this her hand went down to the hilt of a sword on her waist as she gripped it tight.
Zen acted as if he didn't notice any of them and kept looking around like the average sightseer. Irritated by his attitude the leader lashed out
"Did you hear m....!!!"
"I heard you loud and clear"
Said Zen as he cut her off and raised his head to look at her in the eye with his cold dead indifferent eyes. He didn't seem at all intimidated by the people surrounding him.
The moment there eyes locked, the commander felt like she was staring into the abyss,her body froze up seeing an expression completely lacking emotion of any kind on a child
"Damn brat" she muttered as she shivered.
Zen suddenly stood up from his bench and with a bored look he raised up both of his hands signifying compliance . The team surrounding him quickly but carefully acted on it, one of zen's captives quickly sprinted towards him before forcefully putting him in handcuffs as he watched
"You're sloppy, you're doing it wrong"pointed out Zen as he watched the method this so called elite unit was using to cuff him.
Upset at his calmness his captor simply fixed zen's cuffs and walked him forward towards their vehicle. Behind them a female member of the team saw how Zen was being treated and was confused
"Why were we sent to get a kid?"she whispered to one of her teammates
"Oh you're the rookie aren't you,no wonder you don't know, listen rookie look at that kid and tell me what you see"
She thought about the little she had seen of him and replied
"His eyes,they look dead"
in the end that's all she could say was unusual about him. she felt like she was looking into the eyes of a dead fish whenever she looked into his eyes,so much so that it slightly terrified her
"So you noticed, listen to me rookie, that thing isn't a kid, the kid died long long ago, you're just looking at an empty shell, whatever you do never let your guard down around him, the truth is he's a....." He whispered something into her ear and the moment she heard,all traces of pity or sympathy for zen disappeared into the wind as she saw him for the monster he was . Zen who was far ahead of them suddenly stopped moving for a few seconds before continuing after sighing.
Zen was forced into a van although unnecessarily as he had complied so far. The van suddenly took off at high speeds towards the tallest building in the city.
Arriving ,Zen was escorted into the building and taken into an office, inside the office sat a man with black slicked back hair and a sharp look in his eyes ,he was dressed professionally and seemed to be busy with something important as he didn't immediately notice the presence of Zen and his units in the room.
He was Murphy, the mayor of primus city and one of the most influential and powerful people in the city and on the planet, although the reason for the latter had nothing to do with being mayor.
lifting his head up Murphy finally noticed them
"Oh you found him, good work, I'll address you later you may leave" the leader of the elite unit glared at zen for a few seconds before snarling and leaving.
"(Sigh) Zen how many times are you going to do this
Zen didn't reply, simply staring blankly
"Still not one for talking are we?"
Zen didn't bother wasting time chatting, he wiggled his wrists a little and the handcuffs on him suddenly came loose and fell to the ground, he had actually picked the locks a while ago but had kept them on as he knew how the 'elite unit' would react even though he had no plans of escape, not to mention escape seemed almost impossible....at least to them it did.
instead of being surprised Murphy simply ignored Zen's action, it was only natural considering where he came from and who he was.
"Not bad, but let's get to business, you probably thought this time would be the same as all the other times you escaped since you were captured a month ago however the truth is i can't find anything to do with you, and i can't exactly keep you here forever so I applied you for an enrollment at Sentinel academy"
Zen wasn't exactly surprised, he had already determined that that was all they could do with him given his circumstances so he didn't bother leaving a comment
" Oh and one more thing, you'll be staying here until you leave, Celia will be guiding you to your new room" said Murphy as he pointed towards a girl around zen's age seated at a corner in the room
"That is all, you may leave"
Following Celia's lead zen Walks out of the office. The moment the two kids left the office a voice rang out across the room
"Are you sure that was such a good idea?"
After which a woman appeared next to Murphy out of seemingly thin air, she had long light brown hair and brown eyes and was dressed professionally bearing a strong resemblance to Murphy
"I know what you're thinking but one thing is certain, he isn't interested in revenge for some reason despite the effect that event had on him"
"Hmmmm perhaps he was faking it? We already know his psyche is far beyond what someone his age should possess"
"Although I doubt it, it is a possibility, what's important is that we won't need to worry about his situation for the next few years
"If you say so " was the woman's lazy reply before she once again disappeared into thin air"
Murphy didn't bother himself with her, he was deep in thought. He pushed a button on his desk and a holographic image appeared and looking at it Murphy felt even more helpless about this case
It ready
[First name - zen]
[Last name - unknown]
[Age - 16]
[Ability - None]
[Parents/guardians - none]
[Affiliations - none]
.....
The list went on and on with more things like citizenship or planet of birth but the more Murphy looked at the list it didn't seem right, the main problem with the list was that other than name and age everything else was either none or unknown, the kid was practically a ghost,if it wasn't for where they found him and what Murphy himself knew, there really might have been nothing on the kid
Looking at the list Murphy sighed deeply, the kid had no record whatsoever, not even a shopping receipt.
"Well, looks like this is going to be interesting,i can't believe you caused me so much trouble back then and now this kid who is in some way related to you is doing the same thing now ".
Meanwhile outside the office celia who had been leading zen to his room had determined they were far enough and slowed down to walk side by side with zen . One might say it was quite unwise of Murphy to leave celia,a child with zen, someone who's threat level was unknown however there were two reasons she was safe with him first, unlike zen she had awakened and was fully capable of manipulating aether and she even had an ability. The second was unknown to Murphy, they were close .
"So it looks like you'll be going to the academy with me, that's so awesome zen,i can't believe it my dad actually let you go "
Zen on the other hand knew that Murphy had simply wanted to make him someone elses problem and was sick and tired of dealing with him.
Celia and Zen had met about a month ago when zen had first been brought here, she was the one who had been helping him escape the place and had proven to be quite valuable to him.
Celia suddenly stopped moving and looked around for a little bit before calling out to zen
"Psst hey, come with me real quick,we don't have much time"
She then started running in a different direction than before. zen who was confused followed her
"Where are we going?" he asked
"I already told you not to worry so calm down, you're gonna love this"
A few minutes later they arrived at what appeared to be a dead end. getting more and more pensive by the minute zen asked what he had asked dozens of times before they got here but before he even could, celia who had noticed had said in a slightly annoyed tone
"Do you even trust me at all? I told you not to worry geez!"
The dead end suddenly opened up to reveal an elevator which they both got into,as they did the elevator began moving downward and the wall closed back to the way it was before
Zen started thinking while in the elevator, about what she had said, did he trust her?. His mind suddenly wandered back to when they first met in.