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Chapter 38 - 38 Grabbing At Strings

---------Saturday 007:04am

Null, woke up and stayed in his bed remembering the previous night.

He and, Ezze bickered then, ate there food and cleaned the dishes and went to sleep and now...

His here, in his bed.

"Why didn't I enter my mindscape this time?" Null questioned himself.

[You were too mentally exhausted]

"That's it?"

[...]

"Still grumpy, from when I made you slip up?"

No answer.

"Anyways, thanks." Null muttered as a he entered the bathroom and clean up and, he looked at the pile of clothes and, proceed to clean them and left to hang.

He wore light clothes purple slippers, gray pants to spend his time in the dorm and a long gray sleeved shirt.

He grabbed his laptop and, went to the couch and sat there and, Ezze got out her room in her pajamas, yawning as she jumped over the couch and sat next to him.

She laid her head on Null's soft hair, just tired.

"I'm not a pillow." Null stated.

In response, she nuzzled further in his hair.

He grunted and, proceed to open the laptop and saw the file he retrieved.

Project:S. O. T. F

He stared at it hesitanting to open it.

Then he saw a finger press it on the screen.

It resulted in nothing but, Ezze grabbed his attention.

She nodded, to the file.

Null let out a sigh.

Ezze closed her eyes and rested them.

"Want me too read it for you?" Null asked.

She nodded, his hair below her head, cushioning her head.

Null looked at the file...

Then opened it.

Project: S urvival O f T he F ittest

<[Authorization: General, Head General.....

;The Domineer's have broken the ten year treaty, stronger than before, our current force's are handling the small war but, we suspect, a greater danger is about to appear. That we even called upon, one of the Supreme General's.

But, War's don't end in a day or even year, so we re-established a old method used in the past in the third planetary war to drasticaly, increase the potential and strength of the future generation.

This method was one of the reasons we survived in the third planetary war, this is under wraps from the outer world till the completion of.

The S. O .T .F. method.]>

"That's it?, what even is this method?, the longest who survives with out food or something?!" He said in irritation, and frustration.

His eyes turned blue clearly expressing how he felt already.

Ezze, could feel this was his natural reaction, it didn't feel as weird as, the other times his eyes turned blue.

Her eyes closed and resting, she brushed his hair.

His eyes went back to purple and, his face gained a slight hue of pink.

He was still a kid, one with an abnormally small range of emotions, but still a kid.

"Thanks..."

Ezze grew a smile.

They stayed like that for a bit...

Then Null sighed.

"Now I'm going to be guessing what this method is and I don't like the thoughts I'm having..."

Ezze nodded, having her own suspicious from what she heard from Null reading the file.

She already accepted that her grandpa was sent to the front lines, so now her main focus is being alive when he comes back.

"Ezze, go wear something, rather than your p. j's, we're going to find Lumina."

She groaned but did so reluctantly.

_ _

Lumina walked in the hallway with bloody knuckles and pulled up sleeves, his bandages from his knuckles to his elbow in full view.

"Why do I have to keep law and order here?" He said narrowed eyed his braids swinging at the sides of his head and his tied back afro.

'The real chaos will be at the dorm room floor's.' He thought as he started to jog, but before he could get far he saw, three students in casual clothing walking together.

They were laughing as they walked together then they spotted Lumina.

Lumina after observeing nothing was strange about them he was, about to get going but, one whilsted to catch his attention.

"Hey!!, bloodly wrapes, come over here for a bit."

Lumina glanced at him then just ignored him.

Then one sped to him getting up close.

'Grade 2.' Lumina assessed.

He looked behind the speed-meta.

He saw one boy's hand grow claw's and the other boy's hand clench into a fist, knuckles white and crack's sounding from it.

"Now have you seen a short kid, black hair, poor posture, freckles and head phones?" The speed meta questioned, a malicious grin evident.

But, Lumina didn't pay mind to him or, what his saying he was more focused on the two approaching.

'A hide meta and a strength or durability meta, If I let them surround me, I'll be able to handle them but, not in this case, I have to learn how to fight with out my ability.' Lumina glanced at all of them.

'Meaning I have to take them out one by one.'

"Hey, I'm talking to yo,Ooof!" The speed meta exclaimed as Lumina kneed him and then turned around and ran.

The speed meta could not react as he never saw the attack coming.

"Get him!!" The speed meta shouted, on the floor.

The more fitter of them began running after Lumina.

While the hide meta was, in the process of taking his shoe's off.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!?" The fully recovered speed meta questioned the hide meta, infuriated.

"I don't want to destroy my shoes!" As he said that, he finally took off his shoe's.

His feet elongated as he sprinted forward, the speed meta passing him.

Lumina, turned the corner and the fitter boy had difficulty stopping, using the wall to stop himself.

He saw Lumina standing as he looked at him.

The boy charged at him.

Lumina dodged as he passed by him.

The speed meta turning the corner and saw Lumina heading straight for him.

He rolled, dodging the kick aimed at him but, due to his state of not stopping his momentum he, rolled into the wall violently.

Lumina turned, about to follow up with another kick but decided to duck, the fitter boy who aimed too spear him.

He dodged and, turned to face him.

A mistake...

'Ugh?!!' a sharp pain spread across his back

The hide meta clawed at his back, but Lumina turned and twisted his body and struck at the hide meta.

The boy's head flung back.

But, Lumina was not going to give him space...

But...

Bam

A kick, firmly and cleanly landed at his side, being flung to the floor.

Then he rolled to the side, dodging the foot of the speed-meta.

Bam

A kick landed firmly in his stomach flinging him to the wall.

'Ugh!!, so his a strength-meta.'

Lumina thought while getting attacked, giving him no space.

His forearm's were taking all the abuse.

'Now, I'm in a tough situation.' Lumina thought, still calm.

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