Two days had passed; I had been trying my best to develop a sub ability but to no avail. I decided to take a break and check up on my squad's progress. We met up at our assigned squad room.
Our squad room was a moderately large room with equipment for training, a conference area for our meetings, as well as a break room where we could relax. As I walked into the room, I saw Daniel and Delight sitting closely in the break room. They were deeply engaged in a conversation and hadn't noticed my entrance, so I decided to sneak up on them and find out what they were talking about.
"Your eyes have the prettiest glow when you smile.", said Daniel, to which Delight blushed profusely. She wasn't used to being complimented about her looks as people were only interested in making fun of her height. I found the atmosphere very awkward and decided to let my presence be known. I called out to them from a distance so as not to alert them of the fact that I had heard their conversation. They separated very quickly, and Delight looked embarrassed.
I asked how their progress was and found out we all had no luck in the task. Daniel had made the most progress, having managed to gather energy into his whip to increase the damage output but it was too stamina-consuming so he had to find a way to adapt the ability. Delight, on the other hand, had no idea what her sub-ability could be as her main ability was dependent on the animals she combined.
"How are we supposed to fix the weaknesses in our abilities without clues on how to do it?", Delight sighed with frustration.
I punched Daniels's arm, "Well since you've gotten so far Daniel, why don't you share some knowledge with us".
we continued chatting about how we could manifest sub-abilities, thoughts were shared, and techniques were explored. All we could really do now was to try our best to get something. we soon dispersed to keep up with our training.
Daniel had gone to the combat hall; he summoned his whip and began to channel energy into it. Doing damage wasn't going to be enough, he needed to figure something out. Already he had done ninety percent of the work, all he had to was to...well, manifest it. On to the work.
Delight on the other hand was sitting in her dorm room, "What can I do, this sub-ability stuff is weird and hard" " She walked over to my bed and took a seat. Slowly she shut her eyes and began to think of the boundless possibilities. In her inner consciousness, she had entered a state of imagination. suddenly something caught her inner sight. It was herself but, she had wings on her back. suddenly she jolted up.
"Could I merge myself with animals?" she kept on asking herself. she picked up lovely her pigeon and touched his forehead, then she placed her fingers on her own forehead. A radiant glow filled the room. The light dissipated and now delight had wings displayed on her back. She suddenly began to breathe heavily. Quickly she deactivated the link between her and Lovely. "I guess I need to work on that she exclaimed before dropping on her bed." The sub ability had drained all her energy quickly.
Devin was making some good progress too; he was basically done with the assignment. Devin had always been a super talent but compared to his other siblings he was average. The Page family undoubtedly produced prodigies as children, so it was no surprise that Devin was learning quickly.
Devin activated his ability; his arm began to glow a dazzling light. He stretched out his arm and pointed it towards the air. An orb the same color as his arm departed from him. After the attack, he was left feeling heavy. "I need to figure out how much energy I put into this thing; it's taking too much to cast one energy ball".
I, on the other hand, was at one of the base's sports fields. I lay on the grass, gently breathing in and out. I needed to connect to my roots and think. My eyes were shut, and my hair began to extend and cocoon me. I needed to think.
Could I turn my hair into replicas of myself? that was something I could already pull off. I kept on thinking and trying to imagine a sub-ability. Suddenly something flashed within me. I saw myself manipulating the hair of another human, would that work? Could that be it?
I quickly got up and began to envision a way to make this happen, I was going to achieve this no matter what.
Days passed by, and it seemed as if everyone was adding the perfecting touches to their sub-abilities and so was I. I had developed a foolproof technique that would enable me to control another individual's hair. I was extremely proud of myself.
I decided to take a hike on one of the base trails, seeing as it was the weekend, I had time to unwind. I had walked quite a distance on the trail and sat down after a while, deciding to take a breather.
"What are you doing here?" I whipped my head backward; it was Devin standing a distance away from me on the trail. "Aren't I allowed to take a hike any more?" I shot back. He frowned "Someone got off the wrong side of the bed today". I rolled my eyes and began to get up, these rich kids had irritating mouths.
As I walked further down the trail, Devin decided that his mission today was for me to punch him. He kept on disturbing me and buzzing around me.
"So, what's your ability called, it's not nearly as magnificent as mine but it intrigues me" he exclaimed as we kept on walking. I was irritated already, "You know you have some nerve dude, you rich kids need help". I grumbled angrily.
My hike had officially been ruined, I simply extended my hair into long legs and took massive steps away from him, he tried to keep up, but he wasn't getting any closer. He was a really annoying prick,