Zerø : The Eight Supremes

Saeri

An old man, a soul, a little kid, and a boy sat around a circular table. They all looked at each other with scrutiny.

A few moments of silence, and they were all waiting for someone to start the meeting. It was a little peculiar to see them like they were waiting for a food or for the waiter to come in.

They know time was running out, and they need to activate Vacuum Palace. They also need to deal with the Guardians, so training should be the first to do.

"I'm out of here." Vin stood up.

"Wait." "Wait." "Wait." The three of them stopped Vin before he can go away from his chair.

"So what are we gonna talk about?" He asked.

"What do you want to know." Asked Avalon.

He smiled and then he looked at the three.

"Why are you here, Saeri?" He started off.

Avalon was about to stand when Saeri stopped him. She stood up on his chair and looked at Vin.

"Like I said last time, I was afraid of that core because we were experimented. That core gave us greed towards energy."

"It was a bit ridiculous but I am three hundred years old. Inside this labyrinth, it is six hundred."

"At first, we were kids that has no energy signatures. No mana, no aether, hex and even the idea of manifestation is not in our mind."

"It is a small planet at the Central, and we are like dirt in their eyes."

"One day, the Supreme that manages our country found that energies of our planet were sucked dry. The next thing we knew, all the people inside our world was devoid of energy."

"We were not born yet when that happened. As offsprings, we have no aptitude for those energies."

"It was then that we were abducted, and was experimented. They say they were from the Northern Alliance, Some of them say that they were from Eastern Forces, but we do not know because there are no people there that may give us a clue."

"We are almost a thousand people. But I was the only one who survived that place."

He stopped there and looked dejected. Vin then sat near him and made him sit in his lap. He then hugged him, put his chin on his right shoulder while caressing his head.

Saeri then pushed him away.

"Like I said, I am almost three hundred years old. I am not a -- Woaaaaah!"

Laughter rang out.

"Flish shtaff ich." Vin was pinching both his cheeks. He was fighting back but to no avail.

"You are a cute kid." While Vin is teasing Saeri, Avalon is laughing hard and the soul is chuckling softly too.

Saeri then managed to slap Vin's hands away and then he rubbed his cheeks.

"Okay, continue. I will stop." Vin said, throwing his hands on the air like surrendering. Saeri glared at him and kicked his feet, which was the bone below the knee cap. In pain, he ducked his head to see where he was kicked, when he suddenly headbanged the table.
               -- Basically, his feet and face are now hurt.

"There were almost 40 facilities. We were pitted against each other inside, and that's what they did too when we survived. It was hell."

"We were to use everything we can to kill the others, and at the end, we were all tired and almost on the verge of death. It was then that Avalon stopped it. The next day, we were all placed in chambers that has ice inside it."