TYRALIUM

Chapter 8

We were back at The Diary, and Akalo started to explain what he'd just said.

"The Tyralium got sucked into you. It flows through your veins as we speak."

"Like blood?" I asked.

"It is your blood now." He sighed "What we need to do, is to remove the Tyralium from you. As far as it's still in you, you're in danger."

"It can be removed?" I asked again.

"Yeah, and we need to remove it, now!" He said.

We walked down the stairs, into an elevator which went deeper down, and stopped at a room which was labelled lab 32.

All the scientists, and doctors stopped whatever they were doing and looked at us the moment we arrived.

"Listen up! We've got the children!" Akalo announced to them "Get to your posts, we ain't got all day."

Immediately, all the scientists scattered in a hurry back to their original posts. A huge screen emerged out of the wall.

Akalo took my arm, "It won't hurt, not much." Then he pierced the pin of a wire-like structure into my veins.

Immediately, my red blood cells where shown on the screen. More like, purple blood cells.

"Suck em out!" Akalo ordered.

"Won't I die?" I asked him.

"No." He answered "Your red blood cells are still in there. Once we suck the Tyralium out, they will multiply. You'll just faint and regain consciousness in at most 10 hours."

"Something is wrong." A scientist called on to Akalo, and Akalo looked on the screen "They're resisting. The heart is not pumping blood anymore."

Akalo turned to me, "How d'you feel?"

"Normal." I answered.

"How?" He asked himself, then he spoke out loud "Check the heart."

"How?" They all asked.

Akalo removed the pin from my arm.

"Akalo, be careful" Ramson cautioned.

He then pierced then pin through my chest.

"Men! Do you have heart?" I asked him.

"Not really." He answered.

A new diagram was shown on the screen. The diagram of my heart. Upon seeing it, all the scientists, including Ramson, and Akalo gasped. I rose my head to see what was causing this gasps, and I was shocked to my bone.

My heart was not beating, and worst of all, it was entirely covered in Tyralium. The thing is, even though my heart wasn't beating, I was still alive.

*****

"I hadn't seen nothing like that before." Akalo told Nick, holding his head.

We were in Akalo's office, and Nick had arrived.

"Does it mean the Tyralium cannot be removed?" Ramson asked.

No answer followed that question. We were all quiet, thinking of a way out. I can't be living this kind of life were people are chasing me all the time.

"We have to use it to our advantage." Nick suggested.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Akalo asked raising his head.

Nick brought his eye brows higher and Akalo sighed, "Can't believe you're thinking of this, Nick."

"Our only chance." Nick said opening his eyes wider "Limuel also got the Tyralium. We've got to face. As at now, none of our defense systems can match him, except these two."

"Hold on, hold on. What have we done?" Ramson asked.

"We'll be putting them in danger. The very thing our agency was put up to prevent." Akalo said.

"That's why we'll need them to agree. They're our only hope." Nick said "You can test it if you want." He handed over to Akalo his gun.

Akalo pointed it towards Ramson and pulled the trigger. A huge bang was created.

"What was that for?" Ramson asked as the bullet fell to the ground from his chest.

"You're right." Akalo said, getting up from his seat "It's activated."

*****

"First thing you're gonna learn is how to shoot fire! Tyralium, is mostly suitable as a firepower!" A fit man with a beard yelled out.

Akalo had told us what was going on. He and Nick had decided to get us unto the battle field and aid them in defeating Limuel, because we'd something the Agency didn't. Tyralium.

All they needed was our agreement. I disagreed, but Ramson agreed. Well, you know how persuasive that guy is.

I don't remember how, but right now, I find myself taking shooting lessons, at the training ground, with a guy Akalo introduced to us.

After minutes of aiming my target, I finally managed to shoot a purple-like fire out.

"I shot purple fire!!!!" I yelled out "What else can I do with this shit.?"

I hadn't even checked where my blast landed. All I could see was Ramson struggling to adjust his fist to the direction of the carved human shaped cardboard, which stood metres away from mine.

Well, I guess all that aiming paid off, because his fire found its way to the head of the carved human.

I looked at my carved human, and I could see no mark on it, which means my aim was way off. I didn't care, though.

"Men! That was cool!" Ramson yelled "Did you see that Jrae?!"

After a lot more practice and training, we were shown to our room.

Very soon, after two days of staying in the Agency, letters started flowing in from Mom, Dad, and Vivian. They said Nathaniel had told them everything, which was hard to believe, but they were still with me, and awaiting my return. Nathaniel and Desmond also kept visiting day by day.

Everything went on smooth until, a huge tragedy occurred.

Nathaniel and Desmond had visited us like they always do, but after sometime, Nathaniel, together with Nick, came running into the Agency. Nick went to Akalo's office, and Nathaniel came to our room.

"What's wrong, where's Desmond.?" Ramson asked quickly, noticing the look on Nathaniel's face.

"That's the problem." Nathaniel said sadly.