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Waking up, he looked around only to see that one of the crates had been moved and Noah was the only one in the crate circle. Standing up, he looked around and saw his backpack in a corner. He walked to it and took a quick glance to see if everything was still in there and if nothing was damaged. Seeing everything in order, he put his backpack on and looked toward the back of the truck. The doors were wide open and he saw a beautiful building.
'That must be the dojo,' he thought to himself, first walking out of the crate circle and then out of the truck. When he heard sobbing, looking in the direction of the sob he saw Steph kneeling over her father's body. Dead body, the side of his head had a bullet hole. Jay and Maison both stood a bit further away, both their heads bowed as if to pay their final respects. Zenix and Ben stood behind Steph, Zenix had a hand lying on Steph's shoulder and Ben layed one hand on Zenix's shoulder. But in contrast to Steph, who was bawling her eyes out, Ben and Zenix just looked sad. Mourning in their own way. Noah could only see those five people outside, he looked toward the door of the building and saw an old man.

The old man, looked like he was in his sixties but his black hair only started having gray strands of hair. He had a little hunchback, but even from Noah's position which was a little further away. He noticed the liveliness in them, although it was swept over with the emotions of sadness and pity. Noah then walked to the old man, and the old man set his focus on Noah. His eyes swept over him from head to toe, then his sight went back to the mourning teenagers. Standing almost next to the old man, Noah then, too, was back to watching those mourning teenagers. Maison seemed to feel them watching him and looked in their direction. Seeing the old man waiting for him, Maison took Jay's arm and walked with him toward the old man and Noah.
"Gamps, I've found Jay. He was in Malimoor, they crashed there and he lost his memories. That's why he never looked for us."
The old man smiled at Jay and walked up to him, "My grandson, I knew as soon as I saw you getting out of that truck. But I also know that you must have been so shocked and guilty as your teacher was shot right in front of you. But heaven sends us you as the new hope for these tiring times."

Jay got a little water in his eyes and then hugged his grandfather. Maison looked proud of himself, and Noah was smiling at the reunited family. Their grandpa then looked at the remaining three people, even though Ben and Zenix seemed to be over their favorite teacher dying real quick. They both looked at Jay and his grandpa and both wiped imaginary tears off their face. Steph also stood up but looked really bad, she walked as if on automatic. She just walked by the four who were standing in front of the door and inside, where she was welcomed with a hug from both Lea and Cindy. Then the duo walked to the other four and Zenix petted Jay's shoulder, before walking Inside and leaning on a wall. Ben was with him and positioned himself next to Zenix. The four outside also went inside and closed the door behind them. Noah, Jay, and Maison walked to Ben and Zenix. The other six sat on the ground in front of them.
Maison's and Jay's grandpa walked in front of them all and spoke, "I'm Kane Murray, you lot can call me Mr. Murray. What I am about to show you will be handled under absolute secrecy. Your supplies will be brought down as an entrance fee. You are only getting in because my grandsons brought you or else you would live in tents just like the rest outside. Before we go down all your backpacks will be inspected so as to not bring any kind of dangerous things inside. All the supplies you may have in there you can keep. The rules will be given to you as soon as you get your place to stay."

He had both his hands behind his back and walked to a door on the left side. They stood up and walked in behind him, inside the next room they saw several men and women with weapons. On the left lane was a man and on the right a woman.
Mr. Murray then said "Men left and women right. Anything in between or outside of it just choose one." Ted shrugged their shoulders and went to the right side. The woman on the right side did not seem to mind. One after the other their bags got checked they got checked and then it was Noah's turn. And he remembered the two and a half bottles he had.
So he went to the man and gave him his bag saying "Ehm, there are still almost three bottles full of a mixture of Aqua Regia, hydrochloric, and nitric acid. It is a very dangerous substance that can even dissolve Iron." The man in front of him seemed a bit alarmed, got out the three bottles, and put them behind him.
Mr. Murray came closer to Noah, "Mind telling me how you know such things and why you would need them?" Hearing such a sharp tone Noah had to pretend to be flustered, so he fidgeted with his hands and looked at the ground. For most of whom were in the room he looked like an anxious rabbit.
"Well... S-Sir I kind of had to break a-a lock with it and I didn't want to look like I was not useful. I did not want to be thrown out and I paid attention in class. And science fascinates me so..." He deliberately repeated the word 'and', to seem more nervous, he also studdered, never looked the other in the eye, and bit on his lower lip to seem believable.

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