'White'
When Zyran opened his eyes again, he found himself standing on top of an endless ocean, looking around, he couldn't see where it began nor where it ended, it just seemed endless. Craning his head up, he saw a blue sky with white clouds. Looking down at his feet, he saw his reflection on the water, he was wearing a white garment and he was bare footed. "The core of my soul". He silently whispered.
Zyran instinctively turned around and when he did, he saw a small orb, the size of a soccer ball, floating a few metres above the water a few steps from him. Unconsciously, he began walking towards it and in no time he reached it. Inside the orb, he could see something that resembled light blue swirling flames. Without thinking, he slowly moved his hand towards it and before he could realise what he was doing, it was too late.
'Sshhh'.
His hand began to burn badly, forcing him to instinctively want to pull it back. But for some reason he couldn't, he couldn't pull his hand away. Then all of a sudden, his hand ignited in blue flames, and then the flames continued to travel through his arm all the way up to his shoulder. Within seconds, he was covered in scorching blue flames.
'Argh!'
Zyran gritted his teeth and tried to ignore the burning pain but he couldn't. It was just too unbearable. Without thinking, he raised his other hand and touched the orb before closing his eyes. ' Concentrate'.
At first nothing happened but, as the seconds passed, the flames that raged all over his body began to slowly go back into the orb. 'Its work—'
'Ba-thumb'.
Zyran opened his eyes in the real world and clenched his chest with a pained expression. He felt like he was being stabbed by thousands of burning needles.
'Ba-thumb'.
He gritted his teeth so hard, his gums began to bleed.
'Ba-thumb'.
'Arghhh!'. He screamed out loud in pain. That was when a purple force field appeared out of nowhere and inclosed him in a bubble.
"TELOS! What's happening?". He yelled through gritted teeth.
[...]
"Bastard! You tricked—". Suddenly, Zyran's actual body ignited in blue flames again burning his clothes off in seconds.
"Ahhhhh!!!". He screamed till his throat burnt. As the flames burned his skin off, along with his hair. Leaving him bold. The grass beneath him began to dry up before it also ignited in blue flames but the flames never left the area beyond the forced field.
Zyran rolled around in the ground, screaming in pain, untill his voice sounded hoarse and he couldn't scream anymore. The flames kept on intensifying, untill the ground began to melt.
"Aghhh!!! F*CK". Zyran, who now looked like a lump of burning flesh. Began punching the ground in pain. At first, he felt the bones on his fingers breaking, but then...
"Boom".
"Boom".
"Boom".
"Boom".
Every time his fist connected with the ground, a powerful booming noise would reverberate as the whole ground continuously trembled like a miniature quake.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!".
"BOOM!".
"BOOM!.
"BOOM!.
"BOOM!.
He could feel the flames beginning to die down as he continued to ruthlessly pummel the ground. And then, everything stopped...
[That is enough]
Zyran found himself no longer being able to move an inch of his body. Before he could form any proper thoughts, his consciousness began to slip away and then everything went dark... Again.
•••••••••••••••••••
Location: [Moon City, Affluent District, Yeager Corps safehouse]
Time: [ 04:37 pm]
I opened my eyes and was immediately blinded by the bright light, forcing me to close my eyes. I slowly opened my eyes again, this time, slow enough to adapt to the light. That was when I saw the all familiar white ceiling. 'Why are my here again?'.
'Argh!'
I grabbed my head as I was struck by a splitting headache. 'What happened to me? I remember being outside in the garden. I also remember talking with— wait! Telos!".
[...]
I hurriedly raised my arm and touched my head, feeling for my hair, I then brought it Infront of me and observed it, after noting that it wasn't cooked, I sighed in relief. "I want answers".
[Is this how humans show gratitude]
"What are you talking about". 'Is he trying to change the topic again?'.
'sigh'. I heard an exhausted sigh in my head.
[Look at your arm again]
I thought for a moment, but eventually I raised my arm and looked at it.
[Look more closely]
I looked at my arm, even going as far as to strain my eyes, but I still didn't see anything.
Just as I was about to give up, I began to see a blue vapour like substance coming out of my arm, it looked as if it was leaking out of my body.
"What the! What is this?". I could feel the adrenaline beginning to pump through my body as I observed this.
[Congratulations... You can now see your Psychi essence. Now try to concentrate it on your palm]
In my state of astonishment, I forgot about what Telos did to me and began to follow his instructions. I observed the Psychi essence that was leaking out of my arm and imagined it moving towards my palm and it did. It was an amazing thing to observe. Just as the Psychi began to concentrate on my palm, something that traumatized me happened again. A blue flame suddenly ignited on my palm...
'Sh*t!'
'Sh*t!'
'Sh*t!'
'Sh*!t'
I crazily waved my hand around trying to extinguish the flame but it didn't work.
[Can you stop it with the drama already]
"Your not the one on fire!".
[Just look!]
'Huh?'. I stopped waving my arm around and noticed that the flames weren't spreading like before and... They didn't hurt. "What's going on,Telos?". I asked as I observed the flames burning on my palm. I even tried touching them with my other hand but they still didn't hurt. "This is crazy?".
[There's something else I might have forgotten to mention]
I stopped messing with the flames, "And what's that?" I asked suspiciously.
[By entering your soul and touching the orb that was in your [Inner World], you not only unlocked the ability to see Psychi essence, you also forcefully awakened yourself. So... Congratulations for finally being an awakened]
"Wait a minute!, you did not mention anything about Awakening!".
[Like I said earlier, I forgot to mention it]
"No you didn't". I'm sure of it.
[Your right, I didn't]
"Your not even going to try denying it, you—". Suddenly the flames on my palm grew bigger almost engulfing my arm. "Crap!".
[Calm yourself]
I followed Telos's advice and began to calm myself with deep breaths. The flames began to slowly diminish until they disappeared, I then tiredly lowered my arm. "Why do you keep doing this?". It's getting tiring.
[Doing what?]
"You keep—". Suddenly my head shot towards the door. Behind it, I could see a human shaped red figure. 'Is that Psychi? Why is it red?'.
The door opened with a click and then Thea entered, wearing her black and tight clothing. "Oh, your awake". She spoke lazily and walked into the room, I could not help but to get captivated by her curvy body, but that's not what really caught my eye. 'Why is her Psychi essence red and how come it's not leaking out of her like mine does?'.
[Because Psychi essence is unique to each individual. Meaning, different colours. As for why hers isn't leaking, it's because she has better control than you over her Psychi essence]
Thea noticed Zyran's unfiltered gaze but pretended not to, Ailani had already told her about Zyran's pervy habits, but she couldn't really blame him. She sat down on the chair where Zyran found his clothes in the morning and crossed her legs, a habit of hers. "How do you feel?".
'Telos'.
[Yes]
'Are all awakened capable of seeing Psychi essence?'.
[Not really, only demons can and now you. If they could see Psychi essence, they wouldn't have tested you earlier for any powers]
'Right' I then tried with all my strength to stop my eyes from going where they shouldn't and focused on her bright ruby eyes. "I'm fine, thank you for asking". 'Good, I'm able to talk without biting myself'.
"I see" Thea pulled an apple out of nowhere and handed it to Zyran.
"Aren't you supposed to cut it for me?" I asked but still took the apple. 'And where the heck did she pull it out from?'.
"Did you loose control again, Mr Gravel". She asked as if she was asking about the weather, casual.
"I'd prefer if you called me by my name". 'Mr Gravel doesn't sound right coming out of that mouth'. I finished the rest inside.
"Okay... Zyran". Thea didn't really care about how Zyran wanted her to refer to him.
'Now what should I say?, that I'm now 'actually' an awakened and that what happened earlier was the effects of my awakening'.
[Just say yes]
"Your explanation better be good..." her eyes narrowed "You burnt my precious flowers".
"I'm sorry about your Garden, Ms Thea. Yes, I lost control of my powers again". I said with a regretful expression. Obviously I wasn't.
Thea fell silent for a moment. " Fine, At least now I know that your a pyrokinetic". She stood up and walked towards the window that faced outside, she then spoke without looking at Zyran. "It's way past noon, Zyran. You should have an answer by now. So... What would it be?".
I stayed silent, just to make it seem like I was making a last minute decision. Can't make it seem like I'm desperate. "I've decided. I'll join the Yeager Corps". I said in an unsure tone.
Just after Zyran finished speaking, The corner of Thea's lips stretched back a little but pulled back seconds later, something Zyran couldn't have seen since Thea was still facing the window.
"Well then..." she turned around and flashed Zyran a bright smile that almost took his breath away "I welcome you to the Yeager Corps".